Excert From my study on baptism

1.       Digging Deeper:

Mar 16:16 Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.

Belief and Baptism =Salvation right? NO! Let’s look at the word “believes” in the Greek 

The Greek word is pisteuō

·         Part of Speech verb

·         Biblical usage: to trust in Jesus or God as able to aid either in obtaining or in doing something: saving faith . There are other biblical usages . This is the one this  applies notice it’s SAVING FAITH. Its belief

 Jhn 5:24 Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life.

Notice this verse and there are many like this that state that salvation , eternal life come thru believing that is having saving faith. Baptism is not mentioned .Why? because it’s not a requirement for salvation. Once you make it a salvation issue then it becomes a works issue, and that dangerous. One more random thought here notice in Mark 16:16b it say’s” whoever does not believe will be condemned.” This is pretty clear nonbelief is condemnation not non baptism.