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Q: Mormon asks: I have never been baptized before... but am getting baptized soon. My boyfriend and I have gone back and forth discussing this. He says if you get baptized in the "wrong" church/denomination, you can go to Hell for worshipping a false idol. Is there any scriptural evidence for this?   A: He is right in a way.  First I will note that all humans are already hellbound because we are sinners. The Law & Gospel further explain this as it points to God's perfection, and the just wages of man's sin is death and eternal wrath.  So if you are an idolator [following a false god, false jesus, false gospel, false word of God, and in a false religiin masqurading as Christian] then it along with your other sins is why you would end up in Hell. Scripture explains by your sin your wages would be given to you. "The wages of sin is death" Rom 3:23, and Heb 9:27 further explains "After death isconly judgment". So your sins are the issue, and need t...

Attending infant baptism Q: I'm considering changing churches and the only biblically sound one near me that I can find is a Presbyterian church. So my biggest concern is that I'm not 100% convinced on infant baptism. What would be your arguments for or against infant baptism? A: Infant baptism isnt biblical and stems out of false teachings of the catholic religion. If you have checked the belief statement of the churches around (and it is the only one in 50 miles) and you have no other choice, you can go... it is a secondary issue so you should be ok. But if you have children you need to teach the issue, discuss believers baptism and how you can have unity and disagree on non essentials. It is a good time to go thru the essentials with your child. And while baptism, women preachers, end times views, etc are important like tier 1 of secondary and can prevent you from going to a church with those views, if you have no choice on going to a church doing infant baptism, it is no...

Salvation requires Belief.  Jesus said "Repent and Believe." The Apostles did too.  The Bible so clearly tells us that salvation is received by faith alone (John 3:16; Ephesians 2:8-9; Titus 3:5), so there must be a different interpretation of those verses. Scripture does not contradict Scripture. In Bible times, a person who converted from one religion to another was often baptized to identify conversion. Baptism was the means of making a decision public. Those who refused to be baptized were saying they did not truly believe. So, in the minds of the apostles and early disciples, the idea of an un-baptized believer was unheard of. When a person claimed to believe in Christ, yet was ashamed to proclaim his faith in public, it indicated that he did not have true faith. If baptism is necessary for salvation, why would Paul have said, “I am thankful that I did not baptize any of you except Crispus and Gaius” (1 Corinthians 1:14)? Why would he have said, “For Christ did not s...

Baptism Baptism according to Scripture is: 1. Immersion & 2. Only for those who have sinned, and who understand the Gospel & can repent .  3. Only for those who already are saved.  4. Shows a public testimony of what already happened.  Simple illustration:  The importance of Jesus Baptism   Short note on Immersion   Understanding Christian Baptism. > more understanding   > Dead to Sin, Alive to God    What about the Ethiopian What about John 3:5 What about Mark 16 ⭐ Baptism The Churches 3 part duty Is Baptism required for salvation. Pt1 . Pt2    Why baptism isnt required for salvation  * Is baptism required to forgive sin Questions on the Holy Spirit What if I had a different baptism , not immersion, but really have been born again by God, and feel the baptism was valid, will a Pastor or church allow me to join that church?  What if the church requires baptism there to join that chur...