Baptism? Let us suppose...
Friday, September 14 2007 @ 09:03 PM EDT
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Let's Suppose...
Another way
of making this clear is to use an illustration. Let's suppose that a person, under the
conviction of the Holy Spirit (John 16:8), believed in Jesus as his savior (Rom. 10:9-10;
Titus 2:13), and has received Christ (John 1:12) as Savior. Is that person saved? Of
course he is. Let's further suppose that this person confesses his sinfulness, cries out
in repentance to the Lord, and receives Jesus as Savior and then walks across the street
to get baptized at a local church. In the middle of the road he gets hit by a car and is
killed. Does he go to heaven or hell? If he goes to heaven then baptism isn't necessary
for salvation. If He goes to hell, then trusting in Jesus, by faith, isn't enough for
salvation. Doesn't that go against the Scriptures that say that salvation is a free gift
(Rom. 6:23) received by faith (Eph. 2:8-9)?
Saying that baptism is necessary for salvation is dangerous
because it is saying that there is something we must do to complete salvation. That is
wrong! See Gal. 2:21; 5:4.