I wasn't Baptized. Am i going to Hell?

[98cwitr]

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[Bob Jones Student]

Everyone is deceived if they believe they must be baptized to be saved. Yes even those who "profess" to be Christians on this website. There are enough Heretics on these boards.

 

[Tangible]

I am in qualified agreement with you, BJS. There are those who cling to a mistaken, law-based view of Baptism and still state that Baptism is required for salvation. This is obviously a blatant violation of the doctrine of sola fide.

A plain reading of scripture shows however that Baptism is not a work of man, but a gracious, life-filled, efficacious work of God by which he gives his free gift of saving faith in Jesus Christ, puts to death our sinful nature, brings us to life anew in Christ, (Col 2:12, Rom 6:4) , pours out his Holy Spirit on us (Titus 3:5, Ezekiel 36:25-27) and clothes us in Christ (Gal 3:27).

 

[Schroeder]

To me this is an extremely serious subject due to how I personally have seen it abused. And yes, it has been abused here in the USA.

There is at least one denomination which teaches that in order to be saved one must be baptized by immersion. If a person accepts Jesus Christ as his Lord and Saviour and truly believes in his heart that God literally raised him from the dead, but he dies prior to getting 'dunked', he is considered as a lost soul bound for hell according to their teaching.

This is a clear violation of Scripture. We are saved because we accept what God has already done for us, not because of what we ourselves have had a chance to do. Ritualism, of which baptism is one of the parts, is not salvation; it is ritualism.

What the layperson usually doesn't realize when they are accepting the teaching that they must be baptized in a certain manner in order to have the possibility (and that word is important) of being saved sometime in the future is that their mindset is being 'programmed'. They permit themselves to be baptized, not out of a desire to show their acceptance of God's salvation, but rather out of a genuine fear of being condemned by a Zeus-like God unless they perform this ritual.

What follows is not the assurance that they are now saved, but instead is a neverending list of further things that they must do, and agendas forwarded by the church heirarchy that they must accept. Their 'church life' is not one of gratitude, love, and desire to do God's will in return for what he has done for them. It is instead an atmosphere of perpetual dread, with the instilled mindset that they must accept and cooperate with all that the church heirarchy tells them. Only through their following this path do they have a chance of winning God's approval, and without it they are doomed.

Do you see the pattern that is developing? In these churches salvation is a perpetual struggle. If they obey their church heirarchy unconditionally they may have a chance of being saved, but it is far from a certainty. To them God is portrayed as a God of wrath, and the only way to appease him is to do as they're told without question or comment. They have become, for all intents and purposes, slaves.

the truth be told. They say scripture is clear on water baptism YET we find many denominations telling us it must be done this way or that way. So its not clear becasue water baptism does not save. It was used for association not salvation.

 

[Schroeder]

Everyone is deceived if they believe they must be baptized to be saved. Yes even those who "profess" to be Christians on this website. There are enough Heretics on these boards.

your correct in what you say but the way you say it is not all that good or maybe nice. very straight forward which most do not like.

 

[CatholicAtHeart]

hi, i am a christian from a christian family but none of us were baptized.we repent and all that stuff, but since we weren't baptized will we still go to hell?

if so where and how can we get baptized?

plz answer quickly because i don't want to die tomorow and going to hell because i didnt get a bath in church .

'because i didnt get a bath in church' ?
Are You Trying To Possess Some Kind Of Humour?
Anyway, Wait. One More Question?
If You And Your Family Are Christian, Why Aren't You Baptized?

Well, In My Catholic Belief The Unbaptized Do Not Go To Hell, But Go To A Place Called Limbo, This Isn't A Place Of Suffering But A Place Of Natural Happiness, But Obviously Hell Is Still An Option If You Lead A Terrible Life.
All You Need To Do Is Contact Your Local Priest And Go From There.
God Bless You!
+Cam.