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this question is for people who baptize people,or are Christ
do you have to be baptized to go to Heaven?i believe in Jesus Christ and i know thaat He died for our sins.do i have to be baptized to go to heaven?
thank you.
(if you can, give me Bible verses where it says you have to or/if it says you don't have to.)
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What is this baptism of salvation? Is it a water baptism, like the water baptism of John the Baptist in the New Testament that was for repentance? No. The water baptism or John's baptism of repentance is not for salvation. When Jesus was water baptised by John, the Holy Spirit descended upon Him and the voice of God said, "This is My Son, with Whom I Am well pleased." In other words, God said this Jesus is sinless and is mine and does not need to repent. John the Baptist told Jesus that he needed to be baptized by Jesus, and was taken aback that Christ asked for the water baptism. Christ had nothing to repent, he was clean of sin already. The baptism of Christ for salvation is a spiritual baptism. We become clean not through water, but through blood of Christ. His blood saves because it is pure. Water washes the outside, blood the insides. The Jesus being the son of God is the only one without sin that could survive the Holy baptism of "fire" which is symbolic of God's judgement. Jesus died for our sins, was raised again and serves as the middle man so to speak, between the sinner and God. If you repent your sin, you may choose to demonstrate this to others by being water baptised. The water does not save and does not have power to save. It is symbolic of repentance. Christ is salvation and you have Christ within you when you receive salvation through faith in Christ, who did the work of salvation for you. Salvation is through faith in Christ, your faith is what saves you, the work of your faith is what saves you together with the work that only Christ could do on the cross on your behalf. John's water baptism was a precursor to the real baptism of salvation which only Christ could complete and is the plan of salvation, since no human works are enough to wipe out sin. You have to be baptized into Christ, but not with water; with faith. Long before Jesus and John the Baptist were born, Abraham of the Old Testament ("The Father of the Jews") had such a "faith in God" that it was "credited to him as righteousness." The only righteousness of man is faith in God. Works and goodness will automatically and natually flow out of a heart that is for Christ, but these works are secondary, not necessary for salvation.
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Our religion is extremeley weird.But if you havn't been baptized, you can still go to heaven.
If you live a good life,and confess your sins you shall go to heaven...baptisim is a cermony to welcoime you in the the christian community - but god will not punish you for it and send you to hell.You can sin all you like but at the the end of the day if you do good deeds pray, confess you will reach heaven - if you dont bother to live a good life or even think of god then you will go to hell....
God isnt unfair.He wont send a murder who dosnt beleive in god,and has never ever confessed to sins etc and has been baptized he will go to hell
But if a normal person or murderer wasnt baptized but beleived in god and lived a good life and followed god then they shall go to heaven.
You can get baptized if you want....you can be as old as you want and god wont go
now ....(whatever your name is)
Lets see
You had three childrem
went to church
had a wonderful family
and died of cancer
wait whats this??Not baptiisim
thats it your going to hell!!!!!!!!
He dosnt hold grudges.He wants everyone to go to heaven.So summarise.No you dont have to be baptized to go to heaven.
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Hi there,
Funny you should mention this... I have just been involved with this discussion.
If you believe that Christ meant what he said, then you need to be baptized:
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"He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned."
All the best,
DN.
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According to my theology teacher, under privaleged children in Africa how have no knowledge of Christ but live holy lives as Christian's would.
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u don't have to be baptized to go to heaven..but God says that you should be baptized as a confirmation of your faith.
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Note: I think she meant that title to read:
Or are Christian. So no smart remarks please. :)
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