[HarleyD]

"I never said that we can ask for forgiveness before belief. Belief comes first, no doubt about it. After that come repentance, confession, and baptism.

Thank you for your response. Yes, I would agree with these steps and based upon the sermons on faith and grace I think Calvin would also. I would not go so far as to say you must be baptized to be saved. However, I would question someone's sincerity who did not want to be baptized.

[jkl1122]

Mark 16:16
Acts 2:38
Acts 22:16
1 Peter 3:21

In each of these passages, and many others, baptism is placed before salvation. Do you place repentance and confession before salvation?