You’re very welcome. Not to add to much to the conversation, but here is a quick breakdown of what the Bible teaches about baptism:
a. Baptism is for the remission of sins. (Acts 2:38; cf. Mark 1:4; Luke 3:3)
b. There is one baptism. (Ephesians 4:5)
c. We are buried with Christ in baptism. (Romans 6:4; Colossians 2:12)
d. Through faith, we are raised with Christ (Colossians 2:12; cf. Romans 6:4)
e. It (baptism) was administered to those who believed. (Mark 16:16; Acts 8:12; 18:8)
f. It was administered to those who received the word. (Acts 2:41)
g. It was administered to those who repented. (Acts 2:38)
h. Through baptism our sins are washed away. (Acts 22:16)
i. Through baptism we receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. (Acts 2:38)
j. We are baptized into Christ. (Romans 6:3; Galatians 3:27)
k. In baptism we “put on Christ”. (Galatians 3:27)
l. We are baptized into the death of Christ. (Romans 6:3)
m. We are baptized into the one body (the church). (I Corinthians 12:13 [vid. Colossians 1:18; Ephesians 1:22-23; 5:23])
n. We are baptized into death, so that we may walk in newness of life. (Romans 6:4)
o. Baptism saves, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ. (I Peter 3:21; cf. Mark 16:16)
Thanks for posting that.
In view of these facts - there are still those who argue that baptism is not necessary.
They may as well ignore the need to repent. Or confess.
Yes, there are some verses that seem to indicate baptism as a requirement for salvation. However, since the Bible so clearly tells us that salvation is received by faith alone (John 3:16; Ephesians 2:8-9; Titus 3:5), there must be a different interpretation of those verses. Scripture does not contradict Scripture. In Bible times, a person who converted from one religion to another was often baptized to identify conversion. Baptism was the means of making a decision public. Those who refused to be baptized were saying they did not truly believe. So, in the minds of the apostles and early disciples, the idea of an un-baptized believer was unheard of. When a person claimed to believe in Christ, yet was ashamed to proclaim his faith in public, it indicated that he did not have true faith.