Did God predestined Judas' betrayal?

That's just one of the questions we'll be answering on today's edition of Core Christianity.

Well, hi, this is Bill Meyer, along with Pastor Adriel Sanchez, and this is the radio program

where we answer your questions about the Bible and the Christian life every day.

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and of course you can always email us at Questions at CoreChristianity.com.

First up today, we do have an email question from one of our listeners. This is from Eric.

And Adriel, he says this, my question is being submitted on behalf of a member of our church

who recently asked me this. I did not have a robust answer that was well founded on scripture. The question

has two parts. First, who is allowed to administer the sacraments, such as the Lord's Supper and

baptism? And second, why is that person or role allowed to administer them and not others?

It's an excellent question, Eric, one that I've had to wrestle through and answer for people in my own church.

Well, first, you bring up the sacraments.

And for those who are curious, you know, when we talk about sacrament, we're talking about those ordinances that Jesus Christ instituted that exhibit the promise of the gospel.

Sacraments are holy ordinances instituted by Christ,

wherein, through sensible signs, Christ,

and the benefits of the new covenant of salvation are represented, sealed, and applied to believers.

And so it's really important that we understand that,

immediately instituted by our Lord Jesus Christ,

to represent and to show forth his salvation and the promises of the gospel. And so the question is, who should

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