[Tribune7]

In Acts 22:16, it is Ananias telling Paul to "be baptized, washing away your sins".

That is true

You still did not answer my question. Is it possible to become a Christian without having your sins washed away?

That's a pretty vague quetion. Do you mean is it possible for immersion in water to wash away sins?

Verse 26 tells us that we become sons of God through faith. How do we do that?

I'd say we do it by believing He rose from the dead and following His command to love one's neighbor.

Is it possible to become a Christian without putting on Christ?

Do you mean that in a literal sense i.e. wearing Christ like a cloak -- and if so do you believe that the bread and wine (you take wine right?) at the Lord's Supper is His literal body and blood?

[Rhadaghast]

Did yall decide whether Judas was saved?
Has anyone read John 17:12? Did anyone look up Jesus words that call Judas the son of perdition? Jesus stated that all those the father gave him he would keep except the Son of perdition?
I was just wondering if we were speculating or searching the scriptures?

There are also many verses that state that salvation is from confesion. Romans 10:9.

Speaking to Baptism, it is tradition not scripture that Holy Spirit baptism comes upon you with salvation. Acts 19 1-6 shows different. You may be indwelt by the Spirit at salvation, but baptism is another experiance. Acts 4:31 demonstrates another filling of the spirit, or baptism.

If the disciples were saved, why did Jesus seperate the giving of the Holy Spirit into 2 instances. One in John 20:22 and another in Acts 1:8

[jkl1122]

The water itself does not do anything. The Bible never claims that it does. However, submitting to the Lord's command to be baptized is how we have our sins washed away.

Your opinion on what Galatians 3:26 means doesn't matter. What matters is what the Bible says. In the very next verse, we are told how we "become sons of God through faith". It is by being baptized into Christ.

Verse 27 spells out how you put on Christ. It is by being baptized into Christ. Did you miss that part?