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Terry wrote:
> Jesus could never have told Zacchaeus when he repented
> "Today, salvation has come to your house". He would have
> to have told him,"Zach, you are almost saved. Now get
> baptized to finish the job".
Don't you think Zach got baptized that day? Those who believed upon
Christ were baptized. Why would Zach not have gotten baptized? What
makes you so confident that Zach refused baptism?
I do believe that ol' Zach was baptised as soon as possible after he was saved. I also know that he was saved before being baptised. Jesus said so. No Christian is going to refuse to be baptized. It is the first command to be obeyed by a new convert. I am simply saying that if you lead someone to faith in the finished work of Jesus Christ, and before you can dunk that convert, he is struck by a train, or lightning, or heart attack, he is going to Heaven, because he was saved by faith, even though he died dry as a bleached out bone. Baptism is an act of obedience, not a means to salvation.
Terry
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