"That if you confess with your mouth. 'Jesus is Lord,' and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved.... For Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved." [Romans 10:9,10,13] "... So the Son of Man must be lifted up, that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life" [John 3:14, 15] "... That whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life." [John 3:16]
"Whoever believes in him is not condemned..." [John 3:18]
Baptism is an instruction to follow & a desire to give your testimony, not a condition required for salvation:
... Not for the soldier who recognizes his need for the Saviour in a foxhole
... Not for a condemned prisoner who is led to Christ in a cell block
... Not for the terminally ill patient who prays and repents in their hospital bed
... Not for the thief hanging on the tree next to Jesus who was promised "today you will be with me in paradise"
... And not for anyone who accepts the gift of grace offered by Christ's sacrifice.
Yes, we should get baptised, but salvation is not contingent on it.
The moment you give your heart to Christ, He sends the Holy Spirit to reside in and with you, fulfilling the promises that we will never be alone and that the counselor and comforter will be sent.
The Holy Spirit can move in you and through in accordance to the Father's will, and you can be "baptised by the Spirit", but even if you have not experienced a whole-blooded life-altering pentecostal revelation. If you've accepted Christ as your Savior, you too are a Spirit-filled" Christian.
"Whoever believes in him is not condemned..." [John 3:18]
Baptism is an instruction to follow & a desire to give your testimony, not a condition required for salvation:
... Not for the soldier who recognizes his need for the Saviour in a foxhole
... Not for a condemned prisoner who is led to Christ in a cell block
... Not for the terminally ill patient who prays and repents in their hospital bed
... Not for the thief hanging on the tree next to Jesus who was promised "today you will be with me in paradise"
... And not for anyone who accepts the gift of grace offered by Christ's sacrifice.
Yes, we should get baptised, but salvation is not contingent on it.
The moment you give your heart to Christ, He sends the Holy Spirit to reside in and with you, fulfilling the promises that we will never be alone and that the counselor and comforter will be sent.
The Holy Spirit can move in you and through in accordance to the Father's will, and you can be "baptised by the Spirit", but even if you have not experienced a whole-blooded life-altering pentecostal revelation. If you've accepted Christ as your Savior, you too are a Spirit-filled" Christian.