There are some that say you only have to believe, and that you do not have to be baptized in the name of Jesus to be saved.
It is by baptism in the name of Jesus that we have remission
of sins.
How can a person be saved when their sins have not been
remitted?
“Remission” means, “forgiveness, pardon, of sins (the
letting them go, as if they had not been committed), remission of their
penalty” (Thayer’s Greek Lexicon).
Jesus spoke to His disciples,
"Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to
suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day: and that repentance and
remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning
at Jerusalem." - Luke 24:46-47
There in Jerusalem on the Day of Pentecost, Peter preached
repentance and remission of sins in the name of Jesus.
"Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized
every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye
shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost." - Acts 2:38
Later, God sent Peter to preach to the Gentiles. Peter had
just finished preaching the gospel and the power of the name of Jesus to remit
sins. (Acts 10:43).
"While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell
on all them which heard the word. And they of the circumcision which believed
were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also
was poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost. For they heard them speak with
tongues, and magnify God.
"Then answered Peter, Can any man forbid water, that
these should not be baptized, which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we?
"And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord." - Acts
10:44-48
When Peter saw that the Gentiles received the gift of the
Holy Ghost, he COMMANDED them to be baptized in the name of the Lord.
It is by the name of Jesus, applied when we are water
baptized, that we are saved.
"Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is
none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved." -
Acts 4:12
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