Belief alone is not enough, one must also be baptized:
False.
John 1:12 - But as many as received Him, to them
He gave the right to become children of God, to those who
believe in His name. *What happened to baptism?
John 3:16 - For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever
believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life. *What happened to baptism?
John 3:18 - He who
believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. *What happened to baptism?
John 6:47 - Most assuredly, I say to you, he who
believes in Me has everlasting life. *What happened to baptism?
John 11:25 - Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. He who
believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live. 26 And whoever lives and
believes in Me shall never die. Do you believe this?" *What happened to baptism?
Acts 10:43 - Of Him all the prophets bear witness that through His name everyone who
believes in Him receives forgiveness of sins. *What happened to baptism?
Acts 13:39 - and by Him everyone who
believes is justified from all things from which you could not be justified by the law of Moses. *What happened to baptism?
Acts 16:30 And he brought them out and said, "Sirs, what must I do to be saved?" 31 So they said,
"Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household." *What happened to baptism?
Romans 1:16 - For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the
power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek. *What happened to baptism?
Romans 4:5 - But to him who does not work but
believes on Him who justifies the ungodly,
his faith is accounted for righteousness, 6 just as David also describes the blessedness of the man to whom
God imputes righteousness apart from works. *What happened to baptism?
Romans 10:4 - For Christ is the
end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes. *What happened to baptism?
1 John 5:13 - These things I have written to you who
believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God. *What happened to baptism? *Hermeneutics.
Christ is the OBJECT of our belief in receiving salvation and to say that faith (belief, trust, reliance) in Christ alone for salvation is not enough to receive salvation is to say that Christ's finished work of redemption is IN-sufficient to save, yet His finished work of redemption is sufficient and complete to save believers. No supplements needed.
Mark 16:16 NKJV
He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned.
*See post #617.
It is impossible to be baptized without belief, without belief you only got wet, hence the concatenating "and" in Mark 16:16
Yet many unbelievers in various false religions and cults still end up gettting water baptized because they trust in water baptism (along with other works to save them). Such people may believe "mental assent" in the existence and historical facts about Christ (just as the demons believe "mental assent" that "there is one God" - James 2:19), yet they don't truly believe in Him/trust in Christ as the ALL-sufficient means of their salvation. What happened to "and" along with baptism in John 3:15,16,18; 5:24; 6:29,40,47; 11:25,26?
In Mark 16:16, Jesus clarifies the first clause with
"but he who does not believe will be condemned. There is a distinction between believing "and" getting water baptized "afterwards" so your argument about must be water baptized to be saved does not hold water in these multiple passages of scripture that I quoted which say "believe" yet leave out baptism.