Do you have to be baptized in order to be saved?

Listen to Adrian Rogers.

Now there are two grave mistakes that are made about baptism.

One mistake is, since baptism doesn't save us, it's not important.

That is a mistake.

The other mistake about baptism is this, where there's some who say if you don't

get baptized, you can't go to heaven. That's a mistake also. The truth is neither of those. While

baptism is not necessary to salvation, baptism is necessary to obedience, and obedience is necessary to

joy and growth and fruitfulness in the Christian life.

And we, as believers, dare not minimize what the Bible has so emphasized.

Welcome to Love Worth Finding, featuring the powerful, convicting insights

from beloved pastor and Bible teacher Adrian Rogers. Now, as we've just heard,

there are two common misconceptions people have about baptism, that it's either necessary for our

salvation or that it's not important at all. In order to grow as Christians, as followers of Jesus,

we cannot minimize what the Bible has emphasized, which

is starting right with believers' baptism. If you have your Bible handy, turn to Acts

Chapter 8, beginning in verse 35, as Adrian Rogers begins, Start Right, Believers' baptism.

Take God's Word and turn to Acts chapter 8, would you please?

Acts chapter 8, if you know how you end up, it has a lot to do with the way you begin.

Certainly it's true in a race.

It's true in your pursuit of education.

Many times it's true in a business.

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