Jesus: "Whoever believes and is baptized will be
saved."
You: "It is not about Salvation!"
It most certainly is about salvation.
salvation
noun
- the act of saving or protecting from harm, risk, loss, destruction, etc.
- the state of being saved or protected from harm, risk, etc.
Don't be disingenuous like that... you purposefully changed the context of my post!
Baptism is not about Salvation... yes, Jesus said that, He also said:
Jn. 3:16 - For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. (nothing about baptism)
Jn. 6:47 - Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes has eternal life. (nothing about baptism)
Jn. 11: 25-26 - “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, 26 and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?" (nothing about baptism)
Jn. 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. (nothing about baptism)
(and more...)
I wish that you could see how your hyper focusing on baptism is causing you to miss the simple truth; Jesus is our "all-in-all" in regard to Salvation. He does the "works"; we rest in Him. While I understand that we, as humans, feel compelled to work for success/profit/way, in regard to spiritual things, Scriptures make it clear that we cannot do it. That's the difference between the Old and the New Covenents... and I don't understand why it's so difficult for us to lay that down. But we must... you must.
I think that you're trying to earn your way into God's favor... and your (self)denial of it is to the point of saying that your "works" aren't "meritorious", it's mere "obedience"... even though it's required for Salvation. (Ergo, it
is meritorious!) You've asked for proofs that people preach a works-based Salvation... just look at your own postings, I submit all that you've written as proof.
If you don't lose your pride on this issue, I'm afraid that you're going to regret it one day.