Almost saved- so near and yet so far

[Pressing-On]

Originally Posted by UnTraditional

But, is it the faith, or the works, PO. Remember, what some claim is faith is actually works. When we are saved, our nature is changed. When we are baptized, we are doing so because of salvation, not to effect salvation.

One group does it in order to be saved.
The other does it because they are saved.

That's the big argument on "eis". I believe you must be baptized "in order to" and not "because of" to be saved. You won't be changing my mind about that any time soon.