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FAQ # 1
QUESTION 1 : If
I simply say I believe or receive him, am I saved?
Read exactly what Jesus said
saves us, “Except a man be born of the water and of the spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God”
(St. John 3:5). Meaning, to enter the kingdom of God one must be baptized
in water and receive the baptism of the Holy Ghost; for this to happen
a level of belief must be sparked.
The
gospel produces such interest and belief; however, only the doctrine saves.
The appetizer is nice, but the main course fills us up and provides the
needed nutriments to live.
In
this case, the appetizer will make you want the main course.
If
simply stating a belief in Jesus Christ was enough for salvation, why
did Paul baptize the Jailer after he stated that belief, in such an odd
time of day? The time suggested how important it was;
“And they [Paul and Silas] said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and
thou shalt be saved and thy house. And he took them the same hour of the
night [shortly after midnight] and washed their stripes; and was baptized,
he and all his straightway” (Acts 6:30).
A similar occurrence happened at Gaza with Phillip the evangelist and
the Ethiopian Eunuch. Phillip first asked the eunuch, “if thou believest
with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said I believe
that Jesus Christ is the Son of God” (Acts 8:37).
However, it didn’t stop there, “faith without works is dead.” Belief is
elementary but what follows is crucial;
“And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they went down both
into the water both Phillip and the eunuch; and he baptized him” (Acts
8:38).
Belief
is fundamental but baptisms (water and spirit), though it might seems
insignificant to us, is vital to being saved.
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