We must repent in order to be saved because if we don't repent then we won't believe and become saved. Repentance precedes saving belief/faith. Do you (like those who attend the church of Christ) reverse this scriptural order?
Matthew 21:32 - For John came to you to show you the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and the prostitutes did. And even after you saw this, you did not repent and believe him.
Mark 1:15 - Repent and believe the gospel.
Acts 20:21 - testifying both to Jews and to Greeks of repentance toward God and of faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.
"He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved" (general cases without making a qualification for the unusual case of someone who believes but is not baptized) but he that believeth not shall be damned. The omission of baptized with "believeth not" shows that Jesus does not make baptism absolutely essential for salvation. Condemnation rests on unbelief, not on baptism. So salvation rests on belief. NOWHERE does the Bible say "baptized or damned." If water baptism is absolutely required for salvation, then why did Jesus Himself not mention it in the following verses? (3:15,16,18; 5:24; 6:29,40,47; 11:25,26). What is the ONE requirement that Jesus mentions 9 different times in each of these complete statements? BELIEVES. *What happened to baptism? *Hermeneutics.
In Acts 2:38, "for the remission of sins" does not refer back to both clauses, "you all repent" and "each one of you be baptized," but refers only to the first. Peter is saying "repent unto the remission of your sins," the same as in Acts 3:19. The clause "each one of you be baptized" is parenthetical.
Acts 3:19 - Repent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord. *What happened to baptism?
Acts 10:43 - To Him all the prophets witness that, through His name, whoever believes in Him will receive remission of sins. 44 While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell upon all those who heard the word. 45 And those of the circumcision who believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because the gift of the Holy Spirit (compare with Acts 2:38 - the gift of the Holy Spirit) had been poured out on the Gentiles also. 46 For they heard them speak with tongues and magnify God. 47 Then Peter answered, "Can anyone forbid water, that these should not be baptized who have received the Holy Spirit (BEFORE WATER BAPTISM) just as we have?" *What happened to baptism in verse 43?
Acts 11:17 - If therefore God gave them the same gift (Holy Spirit) as He gave us when we believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, (compare with Acts 16:31 - Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved) who was I that I could withstand God?" When they heard these things they became silent; and they glorified God, saying, "Then God has also granted to the Gentiles repentance unto life. *What happened to baptism?
Acts 15:8 - So God, who knows the heart, acknowledged them by giving them the Holy Spirit, just as He did to us, 9 and made no distinction between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith. *What happened to baptism?
Faith in Jesus Christ "implied in genuine repentance" (rather than water baptism) brings the remission of sins and the gift of the Holy Spirit (Acts 2:38; 3:19; 10:43-47; 11:17,18; 15:8,9; 16:31). *Perfect Harmony*
Do you really believe that one must be water baptized in order to be saved? - "dipped or condemned." Salvation by water baptism is taught in the Roman Catholic church, the Mormon church and the church of Christ, just to name a few. Where do you attend church? I'm not hearing Jason teach salvation by water baptism.
I do not reverse the order as I have seen many on here do, as they put salvation/eternal life before any of this such as repentance and baptism is done. Those are the people I am trying to show the truth from the bible as they believe repentance and baptism is the result and not what leads by faith to salvation.
Then you fall to the same teaching by man that the second half of
Mark 16:16 omits baptism, but it doesn't if you take all the words of the Lord into account. For the Lord Jesus said in such passages as
Luke 6:46-49 that those who
"believe" in Him will do what He said, and He commanded baptism to be done no less then 4 times: Matthew 28:19, Mark 16:16, John 3:5, and Matthew 3:15
Where do you get that from about
Acts 2:38 that remission on refers back to the first condition and not the second, when Peter is clearly saying you have to do both to receive that remission and be born again by receiving the Holy Spirit? Apostle Peter continues on in Acts and even in his epistles showing that water is still part to be done by the believer.
Acts 3:19 does not omit baptism as the conversion part is the baptism, as when you go back to what the Lord said in
Matthew 28:19 it shows by baptism is how we are shown to be converted to be His disciples. We can not go and cancel things out just because the exact word is not mentioned, which is why we are told to live by all the words that proceed from God.
Acts 10:43 is not the standard on what comes first the Holy Spirit or baptism, as that passage was the Lord showing the Jews who were contentious about Gentiles having the right to salvation that we do have that right as well. Lord Jesus gave those Gentile believers the Holy Spirit first to squash and put an end to the debate, but if you then keep reading in
Acts 10:47-48 Peter commanded them to finish the process by being baptized and nobody could forbid it to be done.
Acts 11:17, 15:8, is just a continuation of the debate that went on from chapter 10.
The Lord Jesus Christ commanded baptism (H
20) and said it must be done to fulfill all righteousness, and also said unless you are born again of water and Spirit you will not enter the kingdom of heaven. If you go back and compare it to how the sanctification process has always be done by God from the OT forward you will see that water and blood both were always used. I am Non-Denomination but have attended both Baptist and Catholic churches in the past, and they both stuck to water baptism to be done by believers.
1 Corinthians 10:1-2
For I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that our fathers were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea,
and
all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea.
Cloud (Spirit) - Sea (Water)