A baptism question?

Question

Does baptism save you? Or just excepting Jesus Christ as your personal lord and savior?

Answer 1

Baptism is a necessary ordinance for salvation, but before you are baptised you need to accept Jesus as your savior.

Answer 2

Accepting Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior does ultimately, but the act of baptism is a sign of obedience in which we are also called to do.

Answer 3

There are differences of opinion here. But I believe accepting Jesus saves you. Read Romans 10:9-12. Be saved and baptized. Baptism shows publicly that we believe in the death, burial, and resurrection of the Lord. This is why I don't believe in baptizing young children, but instead dedication. Call on the name of the Lord and be saved. This doesn't mention baptism. But it is something that we should do.

Answer 4

Accepting Jesus as your Lord and savior and baptism of the Holy Spirit (come with the acceptance) saves you
Water baptism is a public declaration of your inner change.
I would recommend it, because of the overwhelming feeling of newness - but no, it doesn't save you.

Answer 5

The Church's view of baptism has changed over the centuries. It removes the stain of original sin, as well as forgives any sins the person being baptized has committed. Thus, the Emperor Constantine the Great waited until his deathbed to be baptized. At this time in the history of the church, committing sin after baptism essentially resulted in excommunicated (and thus, eternal damnation). This view was modified later, by the development of the sacrament of confession (reconciliation).

Catholics and those protestants practicing infant baptism see the sacrament as bringing a child into the Christian community (as well as absolving the child of original sin).

Salvation comes by living a godly life and regularly asking God (or your local Catholic priest) for forgiveness, combined with a genuine resolve to do better.

Answer 6

You do not have to be baptized to go to heaven. The reason we are baptized is to tell God we will follow his teaching and to show others what Jesus did for us(The death, burial, and Resurrection)
When interpreting the bible make sure that you do not judge the clear passages by the unclear. All you must do is ask Christ to save you.Romans 10:13, John 3:16, and many other verses do not mention being baptized and yet you can be saved according to those passages. The ones that say "to go to heaven you must be saved and be baptized" must then mean that you must be saved, then it goes on to order those who are saved to be baptized.
That last part was obscure so we don't judge the obvious, such as the many many verses that tell you to be saved by belief and asking, by the few verses that aren't so clear in there meaning.
God bless

Answer 7

I think baptism is more than just showing our faith.

It is a covenant we made with God that we will take upon the name of christ , and to keep his commandments.

In other words, it is required, just like a sign agreement.
Go and try enter the United States without signing anything, and see how far you get there.

Answer 8

Excepting Jesus is the only way. Baptism is a way of saying to others that you have excepted Jesus.

Answer 9

Be aware that baptism is be 'buried' in Christ authority, not being buried in water. Yes, water is necessary for baptism, but the water may be; what we tend presently to call humidity. When the Israelites passed thru the Red Sea, they were baptized (1 Cor. 10:2).

Answer 10

It is faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and the evidence of that faith that saves you. Baptism is a symbol of that faith but is not salvific.