ÿþ<script language="javascript">function link() { open('../links.html','_self'); }</script><html> <head> <title>Is baptism a requirement for salvation?</title> <link href="../rr.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet"></link> </head> <body scroll="auto"> <span class="header">Is baptism a requirement for salvation?</span> <span class="content"> <P> Baptism is a wonderful symbol of salvation. It is as though you are burying your old self and rising from the grave a new, clean creature cleansed by the living water of Jesus Christ. Baptism is important and is a public confession of what Jesus has done in the life of a believer. However, baptism is not necessary for salvation. If it were, Jesus would not have promised the thief on the cross that he would be with Him in paradise. </P> <P> Furthermore, if baptism were a requirement for salvation, then we could no longer quote the Scripture, &quot;For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith...not by works&quot; (Eph. 2:8-9). Our salvation is a free gift from God, through His grace. Once we repent of our sins and receive that gift, we are saved. Many follow that decision with a public, symbolic profession of their faith by being baptized. </P> </span> <hr size="1" noshade="true"></hr> <address onclick="link()">Content Courtesy of <u class="link">RaptureReady.com</u></address></body> </html>