author : Keith Sharp
Question
Jesus said this about belief in Him, John 3:18. Can you provide for me a verse that says if a person is not baptized, does not confess, or does not repent his is saved?
Answer
John 3:18 states, “He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.” This is one of many passages that prove we must believe that Jesus is the Son of God to be saved, and I believe and teach every one of them.
If the passages the reader requested did not exist, this would not alter the fact the Lord teaches baptism, confession, and repentance are essential to salvation (Acts 2:38; Romans 10:8-10). I am not interested in rewriting Scripture to satisfy the demands of those who refuse to believe what Scripture plainly teaches.
But in fact, the Scriptures do plainly teach one who refuses to be baptized, refuses to confess Christ, or refuses to repent will be lost. “Jesus answered, ‘Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God” (John 3:5). “Therefore whoever confesses Me before men, him I will confess before My Father who is in heaven. But whoever denies me before men, him I will also deny before My Father who is in heaven” (Matthew 10:32-33). “But in accordance with your hardness and your impenitent heart you are treasuring up for yourself wrath in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God” (Romans 2:5).
