Is Baptism Necessary for Salvation?
There’s a lot of nuances to baptism (sprinkling v. immersion, adult v. child, etc.), but I’d like to focus on the core question of whether or not it’s essential for salvation.
What do you think? Is Baptism necessary for salvation?
there were two thieves being crucified beside Jesus .one of them mocked Jesus . the other rebuked the first and said they both were thieves and deserved their punishment,but Jesus was innocent .then he asked Jesus to remember him when he came into His kingdom .Jesus told him that he would be with Him in paradice that very day.matthew23:39-43.the thief had no way of being baptised before he went to heaven with Jesus.
Well Jesus is our example and he was baptized, but some people get saved on their death bed, say the sinners prayer, and I believe they are saved, without being baptized.
What is the sinners pray place can u send me it to my email please
One has to look at many factors to see the truth. Gerard makes a valid point using one of the most obvious answers – How would the thief on the cross next to see Christ in Paradise even that day? Was their going to be some symbolic and mystical baptism before he died?
Most of the “baptism for salvation” argument is based on Acts 2:38, but even a cursory examination of the language used (go back to the Greek), one sees that the changing in tense would best be rendered as because of, not to be saved. This has been a hot-button issue, but it is quite important.
We do on earth everything that is in heaven. There is a baptism by faith through the Holy Spirit, the living water of heaven and the Blood of Jesus. For these 3 bear witness.
All our human efforts and performances are deeds of faith. They prove our faith but they do not save us in themselves. Discipleship is a life of following Jesus. First we hear the Word and the seed is planted. We are sealed by God. When we believe salvation has been planted. BUt faith without works is dead. We must prove our faith is real and that starts by confession and being baptised with water on earth. Repenting and growing in faith and love.
Water baptism on earth is symbolic and it must be done if we follow Jesus. If we are led by the Spirit of God we will want to do everything Jesus commands us to do.
Peter states in one of his espistles that it is by faith we are saved. Likewise, most of the new testament is absolutely clear on this: salvation is by faith apart from works.
However, is one primary part of the new testament that might muddy this a little bit. In John, Jesus speaks with Nicodemus, saying that man must be born of both water and spirit to inherit eternal life. Some proponents of baptismal regeneration take this “water” to mean “baptism.” However, an examination of the text surrounding the verse in John 3 gives no such recommendation for this interpretation. Jesus’ explanation of his metaphor instead suggests that the “water” is referring instead to “flesh” because he states “that which is born of flesh is flesh and that which is born of Spirit is Spirit.” It is certainly possible that this interpretation is incorrect, but this passage makes no mention of Baptism –a rather odd thing for Jesus to exclude from a man who is directly asking how to be saved!
One succint point against the argument of baptismal regeneration considers Paul’s words to the Romans when he is describing the theology of salvation. There were those contending that the old testament’s counterpart to baptism, circumcision, was absolutely necessary for salvation. Paul rebutts this argument by reminding the reader that Abraham was declared “righteous” BEFORE he was circumcised, not AFTER. Like the thief on the cross, we are declared righteous when we have saving faith and a personal relationship with Jesus, not when we’ve gotten wet in a ceremony to announce it illustratively to the world.
However, it would be wrong not to make mention that the Bible clearly states that we cannot call Jesus “Lord” and do not do what he asks of us. Jesus himself stated these words. While it may go so far as to be called legalism to say that one must be baptised in order to be saved, one cannot also ignore the words of the Lord, that if we do not do what he asks of us, we cannot call him “Lord.”
Baptism is not necessary for salvation if by necessary you mean mandatory. However, every everyone who comes to the knowledge of Christ (when circumstances allow) must be baptised – not so that they will be saved – but:
1. in obedience to Christ’s command in Matt 28v19
2. a physical sign of their faith in Jesus’ death and resurrection and what it accomplished for them Rom 6v3-4
3. a physical welcome into the family of God – the Church.
i agree with this statement. we should be baptized as christ was
baptized. its being obediant to christ and his word but if for some reason something happens where you cant,you can still be with the lord.
like he sid about the thief,he was not baptized.but your able to i would
do it.
We are saved by faith, not by our works. If we make baptism necessary for salvation then we say that our works are necessary for our salvation. That means that Jesus’ sacrifice didn’t pay the full price for our salvation. His sacrifice did pay the full price for our salvation. However, baptism is necessary if we are to be obedient to Jesus. He commanded that we are baptized and that we baptize others in his name.
So baptism is necessary for obedience, but not for salvation.
Baptism is clearly not necessary for salvation – but it may be a very valuable step towards spiritual growth. Since Jesus started his ministry, it was the very first task he put to new followers, and in doing so, can be considered a new follower’s very first act of obedience – in several places it is written that people should “repent and be baptised”
Levi hit the nail on the head”If we are led by the spirit of God we will want to do everything Jesus commands us to do.and it is written @ John 3:3…”except aman be born again he can not see the kingdom”
No. Baptising is to show the world that we’ve turned from our old ways and have a new life in Christ Jesus.
Follow Jesus Christ if we are true Christian.
Jesus Christ himself went for baptism in living water by total immersion ,to set an example to us to follow. He said “I tell you the truth, no one can enter kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Sprit” (John 3:5) .
“Some people get saved on their death bed, say the sinners prayer, and I believe they are saved, without being baptized.”. This is not biblical.No such truth in the bible.
“there were two thieves being crucified beside Jesus .one of them mocked Jesus . the other rebuked the first and said they both were thieves and deserved their punishment,but Jesus was innocent .then he asked Jesus to remember him when he came into His kingdom .Jesus told him that he would be with Him in paradice that very day.matthew23:39-43.the thief had no way of being baptised before he went to heaven with Jesus.” This incidence is abnormal case , we cannot use abnormal or exceptional incidence to be the base of truth. Further Christ was not yet died on the cross,when He said to the thief. The new testament is only begin when Christ died on the Cross. Any one before the begining of New Testament was safe by faith, Like Abraham , Issac, Daniel etc.
“And now what are you waiting for ? Get up, be baptized and wash your sins away, calling on his name” (Act 22:16). Follow Christ , dont agrue with HIM.
Be for I get started I would like to say that being baptised is to be baptised into Christ death.Ro.6:3 The theff on the cross sins had been forgiven by the living Christ who had the power to for give sin on earth.The theff on the couldnot be baptised into Christ death because Christ had not died yet.The bible teaches that baptism is for the remission of sins,Acts.2:38,Rom.6:3-9,Co 2:11-15,Act 22:16. In the book of Acts their are no less than ten acounts of people receiving Christ and none without water.Jesus said in Mark 16:16 he that believes and is baptised shall be saved.1Peter 3:21 says that baptism does now save us.Jesus said in John 3:5 you must be born of water and of spirit to enter the kingdom of God. 1Co 10:2 Paul says Israel as an example to us were baptise into Moses in the cloud and in the sea. and if you are confused by wether or not we are saved by the spirit, water, or the blood 1John 5:8 the three are in complete agreement. What is called the great commission Mt.28:19 by the LORD JESUS CHRIST to make diciples out of all nation by baptism and teaching them to observe all the things that He had comanded them,has been subtily changed to just make believers.The enemy I think has read the book of James who ask the question can faith along save you even the devils believe and trembles
Father raise up apostles prophets,evanglists,pastors and teachers to make diciples out of those who believe in Christ.
when you look at Saint John chapter 3:3 Jesus told Nicodemus,’ I tell you the truth, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.”
4″How can a man be born when he is old?” Nicodemus asked. “Surely he cannot enter a second time into his mother’s womb to be born!”
5Jesus answered, “I tell you the truth, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit. 6Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit. 7You should not be surprised at my saying, ‘You must be born again.’ 8The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.”
So that scripture tells us that both the baptism of the holy ghost and the baptism of water is required to enter the kingdom of God. The gift of the holy spirit is free just as salvation is free, you just have to reach out for it. The word says you can be saved if you want to be saved.
The children of Isreal were led through the Red Sea which is a type of Baptism which in the Greek is “brought under” (Bapto).All who were brought under did not make it to the Promised Land not having the Blood of Christ for their sins. It is obediance and following Christ that makes baptism the beginning of Faith and seperation from the world.The Holy Spirit Baptism is given so we would know that all of His promises are true.
Eph 1:14 Amplified
Blessings to all of you. I firmly believe that baptism is necessary for salvation. Some arguments have been made both ways, so I would like to bring something new into the mix. There are some that say that it is not necessary, because we are saved by faith and not by works, so then baptism, which they they regard as a work, is not necessary. So the questions I pose are these: “What does a person with faith have to do to be saved? Anything? Do they have to raise their hand? Do they have to say the sinner’s prayer? Or do they just sit or stand quietly and make sure they do nothing because then that would be salvation by works? What I am trying to get to is this: The bible teaches that baptism is the way we manifest our faith unto salvation. The bible does not teach that we raise our hand or say a prayer. All we have to do is read the book of Acts to know that wherever the apostles went preaching the gospel, they baptized unto salvation. Baptism is not a work, anymore than raising your hand and saying a prayer, but it is a biblical mandate unto salvation. Did not Ananias tell Paul, “The God of our fathers has chosen you to know his will and to see the Righteous One and to hear words from his mouth. You will be his witness to all men of what you have seen and heard. And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized and wash your sins away, calling on his name (Acts 22 – NIV).” Ananias did not say, “raise your hand and repeat after me.” He said, “And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized and wash your sins away, calling on his name.” So I humbly fut firmly ask you this question, “What are you waiting for to believe and teach the same thing?” I believe many do not change their belief on this issue because they feel they would be turning their back on how their denomination teaches, or how their father or grandfather taught them, or how their christian friends believe. So I respectfully and cordially end with the following, “Then they called them in again and commanded them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus. But Peter and John replied, “Judge for yourselves whether it is right in God’s sight to obey you rather than God. For we cannot help speaking about what we have seen and heard (Acts 4 – NIV).” God bless you.
baptism that comes with peanace is the true baptism but if you just go to the water without naming your sins to God in prayer in the Name of His So then you just receive the baptism of water it comes without confirmation. Test and prove for yourself the truth this shows faith.
As a true man or woman of God we are obligated to the Commandments,Statues and Ordinances baptism with penance is an Ordinance
When one admits their sins to God in prayer in the Name of His Son He forgives them then they are washed clean in the baptism that is the purpose of the baptism. God sent His Son so that we all can be washed and become Holy and in true fellowship with God to accept the gift all must name their sins to God while in prayer then be baptized. Test and prove this to be the true Ordinance then you shall know the truth.
Some religions burden with extra-things to their fellow brothers, and
one of this burdens is baptism (by the Holy spirit, by water,by sprink-
lin water,etc.)But Jesus never said that you have to baptized in order
yo be saved.Salvation of damnation is only,ONLY by faith and believing in
Jesus, in his death on the cross and resurrection of the dead. Some
pentecostal churches said that you have to be baptized in the holy spirit, and that you have to speak in tongues, so in that way you show
that you really are saved!!!Jesus NEVER spock about it, thats satan´s invention to burden the believer.When Jesus preached in Palestine,many
people believed in him, some times after that they were baptized.In the
present time, after the believer confess his sins and repeanted of them,
he can ask to be baptized, obeiding the order of Jesus.
No baptism does not save, Jesus was the atonement for our sins, it is nothing we can do. Baptism is a decision to follow Christ and dedicating your entire life to Jesus. We are to be obedient to Christ and be physically baptised, but spiritual baptism takes place when we ask Jesus into our hearts to save us from our sins, then the Holy Spirit comes in to dwell within our soul. God is gracious and the two thieves on the cross is one example.