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"Where does the Bible say baptism is non-essential?"

You have heard him say this, have you not? Do you recall that he has often preached that baptism is not essential, that you can be saved as well without it as with it? I am sure many of you have heard your preacher say these very things. And if you have, you have the right to go to him and ask him where the Bible says it is a non-essential. If the Bible makes a statement like this, he will know immediately where to find it; and he should be glad to have you question him about it.

While you are waiting for him to show you the requested passage you might show him what Jesus said in Mark 16:16. "He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned."

Ask him why Jesus made both belief and baptism necessary to salvation if baptism is not essential. Ask him why he always puts salvation before baptism when Jesus put it after baptism. You can see that both the ideas are not correct, for they conflict with each other. Either Jesus was wrong when he placed salvation after baptism or your preacher is wrong when he places it before baptism. Ask your preacher which is right.

And it will be well to have him read Peter's statement in Acts 2:38. He said to sinners who wished to know what to do to be saved: "Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit."

Notice carefully the purpose of baptism as revealed in the language of Peter. He said to be baptized "for the remission of sins." Ask your preacher why he says a man must already have the remission of sins before he is baptized when Peter says to be baptized "for the remission of sins."

I am sure that you can see that baptism is not a non-essential if it is "for the remission of sins." And yet that is the very purpose that Peter gave for baptism. Since the Bible says that baptism is for the remission of sins, ask your preacher if he thinks some other passage will deny what this passage affirms.

If the Bible did that, it would be a book of contradictions and would not be worthy of acceptance. But the Bible does not contradict itself. It says men should be baptized "for the remission of sins," and if your preacher says this is not true, he is the one who is wrong about it.

Also ask your preacher if it is essential for a person to be in Christ. Can one be saved out of Christ? If he cannot, then it is essential for a man to get into Christ. Well, the Bible says: "For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ." Gal. 3:27.

What puts a person into Christ? Paul says we are baptized "into Christ." So if a man can be saved without baptism, he can be saved without getting into Christ. Ask your preacher where the Bible says a man can get "into Christ," before and without baptism.

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