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#water baptism is not the means of salvation. The basis of condemnation is unbelief only. | #water baptism is not the means of salvation. The basis of condemnation is unbelief only. | ||
#While baptism in the name of Jesus Christ (or a similar variant) is the preferred method of baptism, it is also true that someone that comes to faith in Christ, publicly declares that faith and is then baptized in the Trinitarian formula, cannot be excluded from the church on any reasonable grounds. ''"Man looks on the outward appearance, but the LORD looks on the heart.''<ref>The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles, 2016), 1 Sa 16:7.</ref> | #While baptism in the name of Jesus Christ (or a similar variant) is the preferred method of baptism, it is also true that someone that comes to faith in Christ, publicly declares that faith and is then baptized in the Trinitarian formula, cannot be excluded from the church on any reasonable grounds. ''"Man looks on the outward appearance, but the LORD looks on the heart.''<ref>The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles, 2016), 1 Sa 16:7.</ref> | ||
We deal with this in more detail below. | |||
==Derivation from a Oneness Christology== | ==Derivation from a Oneness Christology== | ||