NOW, When Is Someone Saved?

[Adam]

Originally Posted by notofworks

You know, if that's what baptism were for, that's why He would have been baptized, but since Christ was sinless, he must have been baptized for another reason!! Actually, the bible specifically says why he was baptized. Jesus told John the Baptist exactly why.

True. "I saw the Spirit come down from heaven as a dove and remain on him." He was without the Spirit before being baptised. Therefore, he was a sinful man, just like any other man. He repented, was baptised, given the Spirit, then he was able to begin his ministry. Even afterwards he took a whip and threatened to kill people with it. So, I'm not so sure he was saved even after baptism. Perhaps that's why he spent so much time in the Garden of Gethsemane praying, asking God to forgive him for the sins he had committed that day.