Is Water Baptism Necessary For Salvation?

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Originally Posted by Ferd

So here is the defninitive answer.

some of us believe that you are not saved without baptism in the name of Jesus. period.

some of us believe that Baptism is a profession of faith in Christ, and is a public statment of the salvation recieved at repentance.

others believe that a person who comes to christ, recieves the HG but dies before being baptized would be saved but if they refused baptism they would not be saved.


in all the above cases some of us believe that Jesus name baptism is the ONLY effectual form of baptism, some of us believe Jesus name baptism is "more biblical" but do not believe that it is exclusive.

Others believe that baptism in either Jesus name or the titles are on equal footing.


Did I leave anything out?

Yes you did. You left out someone who believes that a person who INTENDS TO BE BAPTIZED, but dies before having a chance to do so, is considered baptized since God counts those things that are not as though they were in such cases.

Something else to ponder... what if God also knows if someone WOULD be obedient to baptism IF they were preached it by someone with WISDOM, and not hammered, but never were?