why do people think u dont have to be baptized?

Question

why do they think that when it says in acts 2.38 that u should be

um yea it is needed to get to heaven he did not say in the bible if u must repent and maybe be baptized no he said u must repent and be baptized in the name of jesus christ

Answer 1

because not everybody has the same beliefs as you. believe it or not, there are people out there who follow a different (better) god than the christian one, or who don't follow a god at all. You'll notice that the latter are much happier people. Christianity inofitself is just propaganda to make you try to believe that there is existential value to life, when in all reality, there is no way to prove this right or wrong. One day, you will lose faith. Hit me up on that day. I'll be here waiting.

Answer 2

Acts 2:38 is a very misunderstood passage when it doesn't have to be. The problem is that we don't put the right question with the right answer. People take the question out of Acts 16:31 "What must I do to be save?" and put it with an answer from Acts 2:38 "repent and be baptized for the remission of your sins." But in Acts 2 that is is not the question they were asking. Peter had just informed them that the Messiah had indeed come, and they had taken Him and crucified Him on a cross. The Bible says "They were cut to the quick and said what shall we do?" They were not asking how to be saved, but what to do about the sin of crucifying Christ. Since Jesus was crucified before the cross under the administration of John the Baptist that sin had to be dealt with by John's baptism, not believers baptism. And so 3,000 of them were baptized.
Today we are not asking that question since we did not crucify Him, we ask what the jailor did in Acts 16 - How do we get saved, and the answer is "believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you shall be saved" - No Baptism.

Answer 3

I believe that baptism parallels the rite of circumcision in the Old Testament, and is a covenant between God and his people. The Israelites did not see this as an option, this was God's sign and seal of his relationship with them, and therefore a commandment to be followed. Those who receive Christ should want this, for themselves and for their children since babies also stand in need of a savior.

Obviously the thief on the cross that was saved without baptism is an example of this not being an absolute requirement. But in cases where an entire household was baptized, I would think that logically the head of the house must have deemed it extremely important to get everyone baptized that may have been subject to his authority.

Hope that helps. Baptists of course see this as a profession of faith, and the infant baptizers see this as a "marking" of God's property. Either way this is something that the believer should want to do as part of his or her new life in the Lord.

Answer 4

Now, I think that you don't have to be baptized at birth. People have to make the decision to be baptized, not the decision made for them. Now, baptism is a way to show your faith to others and to God. If this is something that you do not want to do, it does not make you a bad person, but it's a very peronal decision. It is not needed for us to get to Heaven...but it is something worth considering.

Answer 5

Baptism is not part of salvation. Romans 6:1 I believe it is, tells you what baptism is. Without the shedding of blood there is no remission of sin. Its the blood of Jesus that does the work not baptism. If you said it was baptism then Jesus isn't good enough to get us there. I believe one should be baptised but not for salvation or to complete it.

Answer 6

It's called people having their own beliefs.

Answer 7

you must have missed my question. Here I'll post it again just for you