Speaking In Tongues Does Not Equal Salvation.

[BroGary]

Originally Posted by jfrog

John 3:5 Only your faulty interpretation of that verse gives the impression that it says anything about baptism.

Mark 16:16 Never says anything about those who believe and aren't baptized. So, you can't base their fate on this verse.

2 Thessalonians 1:8 Paul tells us what he preaches in Romans 10:8-9

8 But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach;
9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.

Therefore obeying the gospel seems to be about confessing with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believing in your heart that God raised him from the dead.

You did not address my point from the last post that confessing the Lord Jesus and believing in your heart that God raised him from the dead was repentance.

It is so obvious that Peter clearly understood what Jesus meant by "except ye repent" and "except a man be born of water and of the Spirit" that is why he said what he did in Acts 2:38.

Well it should be obvious that since Mark said "he that believeth AND is baptized" shall be saved, that those who don't won't be.

Obey means more than merely believing, you can believe the speed limit is 55, but if you don't obey it you will be in trouble.

Also, in order to OBEY the gospel, you must first know just what the Bible means by "the gospel" and I Cor. 15 shows specifically that the gospel is the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ.

We obey the death when we die out to our old life of sin in repentence.
We obey the burial when we are baptized in Jesus name.
We obey the resurrection by seeking and being filled with His Spirit, the Spirit that resurrected Jesus.

Repentence requires action, like in a earlier post it was showed as being defined as "amending" one's life.