Water baptism: Difference between revisions

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:''He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.'' (Mark 16:16)

:''But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized of him.'' (Luke 7:30)

:While Christians believe that baptism is a very important practice, they hold that it is by faith alone that a person is justified. At the same time, while this ordinance is not a requirement for salvation, the New Testament does give the impression that an unbaptized Christian is not to be the norm since the rite is a means of identifying with the death and resurrection of Christ. Every Christian ought to be water baptized as long as it’s understood that this is not a work the person is doing to somehow qualify for justification in God’s sight.<ref>Bill McKeever and Eric Johnson, Answering Mormons’ Questions: Ready Responses for Inquiring Latter-Day Saints (Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel Publications, 2013), 167.</ref>

'''Baptism is identification with the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ.'''