By Ron Hutchcraft
There have been far too many times when I could have-when I should have-shared with someone what Jesus did on the cross for them. To my lasting shame, some have died without me telling them.
T.C.
Your question of whether you need to be baptized in order to get into heaven is one we hear often. The Bible teaches: (1) 'For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast' (Ephesians 2:8-9, NKJV); (2) 'He saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy' (Titus 3:5). The Bible also says, (3) 'To the man who does not work but trusts God who justifies the wicked, his faith is credited as righteousness' (Romans 4:5). We must accept salvation as a gift; it cannot be earned.
Hensley