First of all, all those who Peter is talking to, are Jews.
Not one gentile in the 3000.
Also, notice that Peter was not water baptized in Acts 2:38.
You didnt notice that, as people who are taught to believe what you believe about WATER, never realize it.
Notice it, and notice that none in the upper room were water baptized yet they all spoke with Tongues.
So, water, can't save a dog., or a cat.
The dying Thief on the Cross was not water baptized, and he's in Heaven.
The "baptism in the SPIRIT" is God's Holy Spirit causing the regeneration of a person's spirit, = Born again.
No water required.
Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.
And Jesus came and said to them, “
All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
Having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the powerful working of God, who raised him from the dead.
So those who received his word were baptized, and there were added that day about three thousand souls.
Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?
“Can anyone withhold water for baptizing these people, who have received the Holy Spirit just as we have?”
Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
Acts 10:48 ESV / 877 helpful votes
And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked him to remain for some days.
And he commanded the chariot to stop, and they both went down into the water, Philip and the eunuch, and he baptized him.
Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed in the Lord, together with his entire household. And many of the Corinthians hearing Paul believed and were baptized.
And when Jesus was baptized, immediately he went up from the water, and behold, the heavens were opened to him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming to rest on him;
Now when all the people were baptized, and when Jesus also had been baptized and was praying, the heavens were opened, and the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form, like a dove; and a voice came from heaven, “You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased.”
One Lord, one faith, one baptism,
But when they believed Philip as he preached good news about the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.
And as they were going along the road they came to some water, and the eunuch said, “See, here is water! What prevents me from being baptized?” And he commanded the chariot to stop, and they both went down into the water, Philip and the eunuch, and he baptized him. And when they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord carried Philip away, and the eunuch saw him no more, and went on his way rejoicing
Jesus didn't command us to baptize. See the first verse in this post. As for the thief on the cross, Jesus is the sovereign lord and can save whomever he wishes. He still commands us to baptize believers. Baptism is required if you want to call yourself a Christian. It is a commandment of Jesus Christ that we are baptized is that not true? Finding a situation where one person wasn't baptized and still was saved does not negate the sacrament of baptism. That is something some churches made up. I would recommend that you learn about the teachings of the old church instead of these modern forms of the faith.
