Baptism

Acts 16:30-33
"He then brought them out and asked, 'Sirs, what must I do to be saved?' They
replied, 'Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved—you and your
household.' Then they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to all the others
in his house. At that hour of the night the jailer took them and washed their
wounds; then immediately he and his family were baptized."
Here is the clear answer to the question, "What shall I do to be
saved?"
The answer is straight and clear, "Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be
saved." It is interesting that the salvation will spill over to the whole
household. They can loose their salvation by rejecting Jesus. They are already
saved.
Acts 19:1-6
"While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul took the road through the interior and
arrived a Ephesus. There he found some disciples and asked them, 'Did you
receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?' They answered, 'No, we have not
even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.' So Paul asked them, 'Then what
baptism did you receive?' 'John's baptism,' they replied. Paul said, 'John's
baptism was a baptism of repentance. He told the people to believe in the one
coming after him, that is, in Jesus.' On hearing this, they were baptized into
the name of the Lord Jesus. When Paul placed his hands on them, the Holy
Spirit came on them, and they spoke in tongues and prophesied. There were
about twelve men in all."
This passage sums up the entire argument: a). John the Baptist's baptism was
inadequate and he baptized for "repentance," the remission of sin. b). Paul had
to re-baptize these twelve men—in the name of Jesus—implying that it is
only Jesus Who saves or remits sin. c). No human act or work can accomplish
this feat and; d). Jesus supplanted John the Baptist's baptism.
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