I will simply say that I am not responsible for what God does in his mercy. I am responsible for what I see in the written Word of God. What I see in the Word is the essentiality and salvific effect of Baptism in Jesus Name. I feel personal responsibility to preach and teach the same. What Jesus does in mercy... i.e. the numerous scenarios portrayed of deathbed repentance and an inability to reach water or a lack of time to be filled with the Holy Ghost... I am not responsible for. I can, however, preach and teach what I see in the Word concerning the proper response to the Gospel simultaneously and parallel to teaching the power and covering of HIS MERCY.
Does that make me a cop out or a Schizoid? I don't think so but you may and that is fine with me!