The man Christ Jesus died, was buried, and rose again, the Gospel of Christ.
How can a person skip water baptism when it is part of the Gospel of Christ, and we have to identify with the man Christ Jesus, that we repent, die out to sin, water baptized to lay down those sins, and receive the Spirit to newness of life.
Jesus said a person must be born of the water, and Spirit.
The Bible talks of the flood concerning water, and Noah and his family saved, and said the like figure also does now save us, not the washing away of the filth of the flesh, but a good conscience towards God.
The Bible says if we are buried with Christ by baptism into death, we shall also rise with Him, and we can only be buried with Him by water baptism, and we are a living sacrifice unto God.
Peter preached water baptism for the remission of sins, and Jews, Gentiles, and Samaritans, were all baptized in Jesus' name, which Jesus is the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
Jesus said He came in His Father's name, the Son inherited the name from the Father, and the Holy Spirit comes in the name of Jesus.
Those that were baptized unto John's baptism had to be baptized again in the name of Jesus.
There is too many scriptures concerning water baptism, and that it is necessary, and you cannot take away part of the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus, and you must identify with what Christ as a human went through for you are a human also.
If a person did not get water baptized by no fault of their own, then it can be bypassed, like people that never heard the word of God can be saved by believing in a God that created all things, and loving people, and asking God to forgive them for anything that is amiss.
And Paul said we do not void out the law through faith, but we establish the law, which we fulfill the law.
But this faith alone, and not saved by works is the culprit, so they think they do not have to have works.
But the Bible says charity, love in action, works, is greater than faith, and John said, do not love in word, and in tongue, but in deed, works, and in truth, for it to be love that is active in your life.
And faith works by love, for it is love alone, and everything stems from that.
And the Bible says it is the work of faith, for everything we do, and think, is a work, so if we are not saved by works, then how are we saved.
They are trying to make water baptism out to be a work, and say we are not saved by works, when confessing Christ, and having faith is a work, and water baptism is part of the salvation plan of God, for it is the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ.
And faith has to have works of love, or it is not faith, for faith works by love, and charity, love in action, is greater than faith.
We are saved by faith when we first confess Christ, for we have not received the Spirit yet, and our works according to the flesh cannot save us.
But they want to carry faith alone in their walk with Christ.
But then Paul said after we receive the Spirit that we have to have charity for faith to be active in our life.
Paul said he could have all faith so that he could remove mountains, but if he did not have charity then he is nothing, and people that do not have charity by caring for the poor and needy they have erred from the faith.
And James said if they do not have charity, and pointed out caring for the poor and needy the same as Paul, then their faith is dead.
So Paul and James say the same thing all the while many people fight over the two, saying not saved by works, saved by works, and do not find the harmony between them.
They do not understand when Paul is speaking according to the flesh, and according to the Spirit, for when we first confess Christ we are still in the flesh, and have not received the Spirit yet, so it is faith alone, but after we receive the Spirit then Paul is saying the same things as James, have charity, works of love, or your faith does not count.'
But they say we do not have to have works when charity is greater than faith, and it has to be done in works, for charity is love in action, or else faith does not count.
