Baptism is connected with sinners. Most denominational churches laugh
at God’s requirement for one to be baptized in order to be saved.
After one has come forward and “accepted Jesus as their personal
Saviour” and said “the sinner’s prayer” to be saved, they encourage
people to be baptized BECAUSE they have ALREADY been saved from sins. By
telling people they are saved before they are baptized is false doctrine,
designed by Satan to cause people to be eternally lost. But
Ananias told Saul of Tarsus to "arise and be baptized, and wash away
thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord" (Acts 22:16).
One of Satan’s greatest triumphs and
falsehoods is that men can be saved before and without obeying Christ in
baptism. But let’s see what
the Bible says that God requires for one to be saved.
When the question was asked, “Men and brethern, what shall we do?
Then Peter said to them, ‘Repent and let every one of you be
baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins’…And with
many other words he testified and exhorted them, saying, ‘Be saved from
this perverse generation.’ Then
those who gladly received his word were baptized; and that day about three
thousand souls were added to them…and the Lord added to the church daily
those who were being saved” (Acts 2:37, 38, 40, 41, 47).
In Mark 16:16 Jesus says, “He who believes
and is baptized will be saved”. One
needs help to misunderstand this. This
is such a simple command to obey in the way the Lord says, if one really
wants to be saved and go to Heaven.
Jesus did not say, "He who believes and is not baptized
will be saved" nor did He say, "He who believes is
saved and can be baptized later". But
men, at the prompting of Satan are trying to tell us of other ways that are
contrary to what Jesus says. Most
of the denominational world laugh at God’s word where it says that baptism
is for the remission of sins so we can be saved and go to heaven.
If one is lost in hell because he believed the lies of Satan, he will
only have himself to blame.
We cannot devise our own plan as to how our
sins will be forgiven. To be
baptized for any other reason other than for the forgiveness of sins so we
can be saved is to reject Christ; and one will only get wet.
One will still be lost and still have every sin he has ever
committed.
We do not earn our salvation by being
baptized. There is nothing we
can do to merit our salvation. Salvation
is a gift from God, but He has laid down certain conditions upon which He
will give it.
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