All the Verses That Show Us Salvation Can Occur Without Water Baptism

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'We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak,
and not to please ourselves.
Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to edification.
For even Christ pleased not Himself; but, as it is written,
The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell on me.
For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning,
that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.
Now the God of patience and consolation grant you
to be likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus:
That ye may with one mind and one mouth glorify God,
even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Wherefore receive ye one another,
as Christ also received us to the glory of God.'
(Rom 15:1-7)

* May God's will be done in each one of us, for His Name and Glory's sake. @101G . Thank you for your response my friend.

Within the love of Christ our Saviour,
our risen and glorified,
Lord and Head.
Chris

 

[dwight92070]

great, so why bring up what the NBR had to say... (or not say?).

101G

As if often the case, your question doesn't make sense. The NBR (no baptism required) doesn't talk, so it says nothing. IF you're asking why I am bringing up all the verses that refer to salvation without baptism, the answer is #1 -because they're part of God's word, the Bible and #2 -because they confirm that baptism is not required in order to be saved.
Any more questions? If so, then please be sure that they make sense before you send them.

Mark 16:16 "He who has believed and has been baptized shall be saved; but he who has disbelieved shall be condemned."

I agree with this verse 100%. However, this verse does NOT say that he who has believed and has NOT been baptized shall be lost, which is the way that several persons on this forum interpret it. That is a wrong interpretation.

Regarding Luke 20:1-7, those verses do NOT apply to our discussion here. NOBODY here is arguing that water baptism is NOT commanded by Jesus and that all saved people should NOT submit to it. It's just the opposite. So for you to even bring up this passage tells me that you don't understand what I have been saying, right from the beginning of this thread.

 

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'Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant,
how that all our fathers were under the cloud,
and all passed through the sea;
And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea;'
(1Cor. 10:1-2)

Hi @dwight92070,

The baptism 'unto Moses' by passing through the sea, was on dry ground, no water involved. Believing Israelites of every generation identify with Moses in that historical crossing, when God parted the waters of the sea for them to cross over dry-shod.

Every believer in the Lord Jesus Christ is identified with Christ in His death, burial, quickening, resurrection and ascension to God's right hand, by the Holy Spirit the moment they believe. A waterless baptism, not made with hands. This is the 'one baptism' of Ephesians four, which is part of 'The Unity Of The Spirit' that we are to 'keep'.

Praise God!

In Christ Jesus
Chris