Is Water Baptism Required For Salvation?
 

The word baptism derives from a verb meaning to immerse or to identify with. Spiritual baptism happens when the new believer is united with Christ and His people at the moment of salvation.

Water baptism should be practiced by every Christian as soon as opportunity is provided right after conversion.  There are very   important reasons why every Christian should be baptized.

Water baptism is the   act of immersing the new believer in water as a testimony that he or she has experienced the reality of conversion/transformation.     The act of water baptism is NOT to be equated with or for salvation. Paul reminds the believers at Rome that baptism illustrates both symbolic and spiritual   significance (Romans 6:3,5):

 #1: It represents redemption, picturing the gospel.

 #2: It represents our hope in a future  resurrection.

 #3: It represents Christ as our New and only life.

Water baptism is a wonderful and powerful testimony of one's dedication and determinaion to follow the Lord Jesus Christ.

Doesn't Acts 2:38 demand that we be baptized  for salvation? 

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Sincerely, Dr. Arthur Belanger