NO ONE will belong to God if he does not get baptized by Jesus. Jesus baptized the man next to Him right there on the cross. With the Name of the Father, and the Son and the Holy Ghost.... How? This is how....
And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom.
Luk 23:43 And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise.
Jesus said... Life everlasting is .... And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
God blessed that man right there on the Cross to KNOW JESUS AS THE LORD... AND THAT saved the man right there on the cross.... The man did not know Jesus when they nailed Him on the cross, but the moment God REVEALED the LORD JESUS to him he spoke out and said.... LORD. That man KNEW Jesus and the only way he could have known Jesus is the LORD was if the Father REVEALED it to him. And the revelation of Father to the man had Jesus bless Him with the promise of LIFE ETERNAL the baptism of the Holy Spirit. And Jesus baptized the man with the words.... To day you shalt be with me in paradise...
Let me express it one more way.. the moment the man called Jesus, LORD, was the moment God gave that man to Jesus TO SAVE.... And Jesus saves (gives everlasting life) by baptism of Holy Spirit. And Jesus gives this baptism or ETERNAL LIFE to whom Father has given him. As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.
Jesus NEVER baptized a single person in water, but He still baptize people today with everlasting life (Holy Spirit)
In the NAME (not water) of the Father, and the Son and the Holy Ghost.... The Name is the TRUTH (The Word of God) Amen!