Why is it necessary to prepare for the sacrament of Confirmation?

Answer 1

The purpose of confirmation is to provide an opportunity for our young people to explore the meaning of the Christian faith as understood in the Wesleyan Tradition. Central to this experience is the mentoring relationship, as well as study of The Bible, the basic tenets of the Christian faith, and United Methodist worship and polity.

Answer 2

Confirmation is a man-made works based exercise that imparts no grace and cannot be found in Scripture. So prep all you want, but it will not please God nor do anything except show you are against God by adding work to the finished work of Christ. A scary thing to do to a God who spoke everything that exists into existence.

Catholics call it a sacrament and indeed it is a sacrament invented by Rome; you will not find a single person going through "confirmation" in all of Scripture. You will get what you ascribe to concerning cults, such as Catholicism. If you doubt it is a cult; then you are probably part of it because you are not reading or studying your Bible or early church history outside of Rome and more importantly your spiritual eyes and ears have not been awakened by God as the Scripture teaches.

It is very important for the Catholic; for it adds "cooperative merits" to the Catholic view of salvation. In other words the "sacrament" adds saving grace by their meritorious act of confirmation, which adds to their own salvation; hopefully.

Answer 3

The Church offers the Sacrament of Confirmation at around 14-15 years of age. Parents baptize their children (usually very young), and by the time a young person has reached this adolescent age, and studied the Bible through Sunday School, Youth Groups, camps, Confirmation classes, they are ready to "confirm" their own faith in God. They are confirming the promises made at their baptism that they desire to follow the teachings/commandments of Christ in obedience, admitting their dependence on Him for all things in their lives.

Answer 4

It is necessary to prepare for the reception of ALL Sacraments, the only exception being the "Anointing of the Sick."

This is because The Catholic Church is not in the habit if simply handing out Sacraments as if they were candy. Anyone who truly seeks God will find God, therefore anyone who truly seeks the Sacraments may receive them, but the person must truly be seeking them. Many people, especially today simply go through the ritual without any understanding of what is happening, why it is happening, and why it is important. Many pastors struggle with the phenomenon of "Drive By Sacraments" or "Drive Through Sacraments" whereby people receive Baptism, or Confirmation, then never come back to Church again, save Christmas and Easter if that! It is also not uncommon for those in CCD (Catholic version of Sunday School) to say "We can't come to CCD or Mass because we are playing sports." Of course- then they should go play sports and come back to the Catholic Church when they are ready to get serious about their Faith---when it finally dawns on them that sports do not bring salvation. God does.

Therefore if someone is seeking a Sacrament, it is incumbent on them to demonstrate that they really WANT the Sacrament, and that they see the Sacrament as vital to their relationship with God. One way this is done is through the Sacramental Prep programs offered in many Catholic Church's throughout the world. This is to ensure that the person knows and understands what they are receiving, why it is important, and how it fits in to the practice of the Catholic Faith.

Answer 5

To make the individual decision to take on the vows which were made during their Baptism(which they received as infants).

Answer 6

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