Got Questions is a website that is run by Christians and that article quotes scripture to confirm whether those things were so. (Acts 17:11) Isolating part of a verse taken out of context and failing to properly harmonize scripture with scripture before reaching your conclusion on doctrine is not one confirms the answer and is also not being a good Berean.
Our part? Grace is God's part and faith is man's part. So, faith + obedience/works? There it is! Salvation by faith AND works. The Bible clearly states in many passages of scripture that we are saved through belief/faith "apart from additions or modifications." (Luke 7:50; 8:12; John 1:12; 3:15,16,18,36; 6:40,47; 11:25,26; Acts 10:43; 11:17; 13:39; 15:9; 16:31; 26:18; Romans 1:16; 3:24-28; 4:5; 5:1; 10:4; 1 Corinthians 1:21; Galatians 2:16; 3:6-9, 26; Ephesians 2:8; Philippians 3:9; 2 Timothy 3:15; Hebrews 10:39; 1 John 5:13 etc..).
Nothing yo repent of. I'm simply adhering to the words of the bible which say exactly as I stated as required. Belief and faith, confession of belief as the Ethiopian eunuch did in Acts 8 and consistent with Romans 10:9-10, repentance per Acts 2:38 and baptism also per Acts 2:38 and as the Lord commanded in Mark 16:15-16.
It is truly sad if you truly believe this
Your truly doing what Jesus said in John 1, John 3, John 4, John 5, John 6, and what paul said in Romans 4, Titus 3, Eph 2 etc etc?
The mere mechanical act of being water baptized is not what literally saves us, as Peter clarified, "not the removal of dirt from the flesh but an appeal to God for a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ". Baptism only saves in the sense that it signifies inward faith as evidenced by one's appeal to God for a good conscience, as it is grounded in the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Baptism symbolizes one's union with Christ in His death, burial and resurrection. So, baptism, which is a figure, saves us "by the resurrection of Jesus Christ." In other words, the figure of baptism sets forth the truth that it is the resurrection of Christ from the dead that literally saves. So, why all the extra verbiage in 1 Peter 3:21 if Peter simply meant to say that we are literally saved by the mechanical act of being water baptized?
The submission of one in baptism is "the answer [response] of a good conscience toward God." The conscience is good before baptism. Hearts are purified by faith. (Acts 15:9) Baptism is a figure, not the reality. It figures salvation, the same as Noah’s ark figures salvation. Noah built the ark, thus typifying the work of Christ in providing salvation for His own people. Noah and his family were in the ark before the flood came and so were saved through water as they were in the ark. Their salvation from death therefore was not literally by the water, but by the ark. (Hebrews 11:7)
It's truly sad you either can't read or can't understand the English language
No obe ever said or claimed water immersion was akin to taking a bath to remove dirt; that's ridiculous! Nevertheless, the scripture, 1 Peter 3:21, CLEARLY, says it saves us then goes on to explain why, but it SAVES us nevertheless, and that's the important distinction to be made and gleaned from the scripture.
I haven't said what I see.
The Greek word eperōtēma can be translated as "appeal," "answer," or "pledge," and its usage in conjunction with a "good conscience" signifies a sincere commitment. This commitment is expressed and signified in baptism.
Peter goes on to explain in what sense that it saves us -- (not the removal of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God), through the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
