Did You Receive the Holy Spirit When You Believed?

[Aknaton]

Originally Posted by Mr_Determined

Clearly not, baptism is not essential for salvation.

OT saints were saved by faith, without baptism.
Many were saved in the NT without baptism.
The thief on the cross was saved without baptism.

Trust Jesus for Salvation, people are saved by faith in Christ without the water works.

"Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved." Acts 16:31 KJV

As is so, a belief that is widespread. But allow me to present to you this small case; we see Philip preaching to the prominent eunuch who is taken by the word and says he believes that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. It did not end there, he ordered the Chariot to be stopped so that he could be baptized.

Baptism for what? We look at the particular scripture the eunuch was reading, and we look further into this and see there is a first Adam and a second Adam. The eunuch is so to say, cut of from the Adamic line which he came into through physical birth and grafted into the Christic line through a spiritual birth.

Adam, with an immortal form finds himself later with a temporary form. Jesus with a temporary form, breaches death and attains the immortal form. We wish to disassociate from the temporary and connect to the eternal.

If you do not believe in these words, then at least believe in the actions and practices of the Apostles. If there should be a way, let it come from the Holy Bible.