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What does baptism accomplish? More than many realize, that is if you take God's word for it. \xa0He's the expert, we figure, so we've opted to believe everything He says on the matter and encourage others to do the same.\xa0\n1 Peter 3:21 \u201cbaptism now saves you -- not the removal of dirt from the flesh, but an appeal to God for a good conscience -- through the resurrection of Jesus Christ..\u201d\n\xa0Who will be saved?\xa0\n\xa0Mark 16:16 "He who has believed and has been baptized shall be saved; but he who has disbelieved shall be condemned.\u201d\xa0\n\nWhat is baptism for? To how many generations is this promise given? Does time change conditions of salvation?\nActs 2:38-39 Peter said to them, "Repent, and each of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. 39 "For the promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off, as many as the Lord our God will call to Himself."\xa0\n\nWhat did Paul still have three days after believing on Jesus Christ, and how was he told to remedy the situation?\xa0\nActs 22:16 "Now why do you delay? Get up and be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on His name.\u201d\xa0\n\nWhat must we do to enter the kingdom of God? And how important is it to be a part of the kingdom of God?\xa0\n\xa0John 3:5 Jesus answered, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. 1 Corinthians 15:24 then comes the end, when He hands over the kingdom to the God and Father, when He has abolished all rule and all authority and power.\n\nHow does God harmonize the concept of baptism for the forgiveness of sins, with the principle of not being saved by our own righteous deeds?\nTitus 3:5 \u201cHe saved us, not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness, but according to His mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit\u2026\u201d\xa0\n\nAre we not saved by faith alone?\nJames 2:24 \u201cYou see that a man is justified by works and not by faith alone. (Verse 20 But are you willing to recognize, you foolish fellow, that faith without works is useless? Verse 26 For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.\u201d\n\nIs it Pharisaical to preach baptism, as John did (Luke 3:3), or to reject baptism? \xa0How did the Pharisees reject God\u2019s purpose for themselves?\nLuke 7:29-30 29 When all the people and the tax collectors heard this, they acknowledged God's justice, having been baptized with the baptism of John. 30 But the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected God's purpose for themselves, not having been baptized by John.\xa0\n\nIs there ever an occasion when one should be baptized a second time, for example when one comes to a better Biblical understanding of what baptism is truly for?\nActs 19:3-5 3 \u201cAnd he said, "Into what then were you baptized?" And they said, "Into John's baptism." 4 Paul said, "John baptized with the baptism of repentance, telling the people to believe in Him who was coming after him, that is, in Jesus." When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.\u201d\n\nTo be biblically baptized what requirement must be met? \xa0Can infants meet this requirement?\nActs 8:36-38 \u201cAs they went along the road they came to some water; and the eunuch said, "Look! Water! What prevents me from being baptized?" And Philip said, "If you believe with all your heart, you may."