Is this post supposed to have something to do with this thread, namely what the Bible says about persons who believe, trust Christ as Savior, yet don't get water-baptized ???
The devils are unbaptized believers, James 2:19
I don't see baptize in James 2:19. The topic is what about men who trust Christ as Savior and yet never get baptized. Devils don't trust Christ as Savior -- completely irrelevant.
The Chief Priests were unbaptized believers, Jn 12:42
1) actually I believe that under the law all priests had to be water-baptized.
2) The Chief Priests did not trust Christ as their Savior. So this is irrelevant. The topic has nothing to do with person who believe God exists or any set of facts, it is about persons who believe in the Lord Jesus in the sense of trusting Him as Savior. What happens if they don't get water-baptized, and where does the Bible say it?
King Agrippa was an unbaptized believer Acts 26:27.
Again, the topic is those who trust Christ as Savior, not those who believe factually that the prophets spoke God's word.
Mk 16:16 "He that believeth AND is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned."
The connecting force of the conjunction "and" ties belief to baptism making them inseparable with both put BEFORE "saved" leaving belief only to fall short of "saved".
Where does the text say that belief only falls short of saved?
I don't see "falls short" in my Bible.
Is this the famous logical fallacy of denying the antecedent?
Given: If A & B, then C.
Given: If not A, then not C.
Fallacious deduction: If A, but not B; then not C.
Acts 2:41 "Then they that gladly received his word were baptized…"
Acts 2:44 "And all that believed were together…"
Where does this text say anything about any who believed, but didn't get water-baptized?
If it says nothing about that, it is irrelevant.
Who are the ones that "believed" in v44? The ones that accepted Peter's words thst were baptized or the ones rejecting his words that rejected being baptized? The ones that "believed" in v44 are the ones baptized in v41, so believed in v44 is used as a synecdoche were "believed"INCLUDES being baptized.
Lets see your proof that believed is "synecdoche for believed and were baptized." If on an occasion all believers got dunked, how does that prove that the word believe means "believe and get dunked"?
Are you saying that believers don't need water baptism since their belief by synecdoche includes water dunking? Proof?
If on some occasion everyone who got bit by a mosquito sold their bicycles, how would that prove that "bit by mosquito" means by synecdoche "sold bicycle?
Again, the ones that accepted Peter's words were baptized and the ones rejecting his words rejected being baptized, verse 41. So one who has not been baptized has not gladly received the gospel word but is rejecting it.
Do you see the illogic of your statement? How does what certain people did on the Day of Pentecost prove what all people everywhere do? You say "the ones that" did something on Pentecost imply something about "one who." YOu say, "the ones that . . . So one who." How would one group of people on one occasion prove what "one who" does . . . that is everyone everywhere? Now if everyone on Pentecost got baptized, how would that prove anything whatsoever on thread: Namely, what happens to persons who believe (trust Christ as Savior), yet don't get water-baptized? For example, a soldier might be dying on a battlefield and hear: "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, & you shall be saved from another soldier, cradling him his arms. What happens to such a man?
The question is not about "receiving the gospel word."
You falsely claim (with no Bible proof): "
So one who has not been baptized has not gladly received the gospel word but is rejecting it." Are you claiming that everyone who trusts Christ as Savior is rejecting the gospel word (whatever that means) before he is dunked? So Mr. X trusts Christ as Savior on Monday, and the preacher schedules the water-baptism for next Saturday. Thus you are claiming that all through the week Mr. X is rejecting the gospel word (off topic anyway) until he gets dunked on Saturday???
You have not addressed the question:
What happens to the man who believes in the Lord Jesus in the sense of trusting Him as Savior, but somehow does not get water-baptized before he dies? What does the Bible say about such a person? Prove your theory from the Bible.