After Jesus secured salvation through His death, burial, and resurrection, all of mankind must step out in faith by being obedient to the Word. One element in the Word is everyone must be water baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus Christ.
That is true, for it is the death, burial, and resurrection, of the Lord Jesus Christ, and baptism is in the name of Jesus, for Jesus is the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.
We cannot leave out the water baptism of it for it is part of the Gospel, and we have to identify with the man Christ Jesus that He died, and we repent of our sins, and die out to sin, and He was buried, and we are buried with Him, and He resurrected from the dead, and we receive the Spirit.
They say we do not have to do works, but we cannot cut out part of the Gospel of Christ for it is part of the salvation plan like repenting, and receiving the Spirit.
Everything we do and think is a work, and the Bible says it is the work of faith, and Jesus said if you lust after a woman in your heart it is the same as fornication, or adultery.
So repenting is a work, confessing Christ is a work, having faith is a work.
And we have to have works of love, charity, love in action, for faith to apply in our life, for charity is greater than faith, and John said do not love in word, or in tongue, but love in deed, and in truth.
2Ti 3:4 lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
2Ti 3:5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
2Ti 3:6 For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts,
2Ti 3:7 Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
2Ti 2:19 Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.
Mat 7:21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
Mat 7:23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
1Ti 6:5 Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness(money, material things): from such withdraw thyself.
1Ti 6:6 But godliness with contentment is great gain.
1Ti 6:8 And having food and raiment let us be therewith content.
1Ti 6:10 For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
I believe that these scriptures apply to them, and we see them in society as they enjoy the world like the world enjoys it, and love money, and material things, the prosperity Gospel, but the love of money is the root of all evil, for it neglects the poor and needy, and love is the fulfilling of the law, charity.
1Co 13:2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.
1Co 13:4 Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
1Co 13:5 Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;
1Co 13:6 Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth.
They do not understand that when Paul says when we are not saved by works, but by faith, he means when we first confess Christ, for that is all we can do is have faith.
And then Paul speaks when we receive the Spirit that we have to have works of love, charity, or we are nothing, and have erred from the faith, saying the same thing as James who said their faith is dead.
For a person is justified by works, and not faith alone, for charity, love in action, is greater than faith.
Joh 3:5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
Joh 3:6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
Rom 6:3 Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?
Rom 6:4 Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
Rom 6:5 For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection:
1Pe 3:20 Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.
1Pe 3:21 The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
What don't they understand.
Pro 30:4 Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his son's name, if thou canst tell?
Isa 52:5 Now therefore, what have I here, saith the LORD, that my people is taken away for nought? they that rule over them make them to howl, saith the LORD; and my name continually every day is blasphemed.
Isa 52:6 Therefore my people shall know my name: therefore they shall know in that day that I am he that doth speak: behold, it is I.
Joh 5:43 I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.
Heb 1:4 Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.
Joh 14:26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
Jesus is the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.
Jews, Gentiles, and Samaritans, were all baptized in the name of Jesus, and those that were baptized unto John's baptism had to be baptized in the name of Jesus.
For all we do in word, and in deed, we do in the name of Jesus, and there is no other name whereby we are saved, but by the name Jesus.
Jesus told the disciples that when He resurrects to heaven to not ask Him anything, but ask the Father and He will do it.
But in another scripture Jesus said when He resurrects to heaven to ask Him and He will do it.
