 Question: “I Need to Know if You have to be baptized to go to Heaven . I Love God and was baptized when I was seven years old. I am now eighteen years old, and someone from a non-denominational Church told me that no one can be Saved and baptized at such a young age. 
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They also said that You have to be baptized to go to Heaven , but my Baptist Family said that You don’t. I Just want to go to Heaven . I am Living for God in every Way that I can, but I Need to Know if I must be baptized again now that I am supposedly of age to be baptized. Please Help me ASAP. God bless and thanks.
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â€Response: Salvation and the Forgiveness of Sins come Freely as a Gift through Faith in Jesus Christ . Acts 10:43 states: “All the Prophets Testify about Him that everyone who Believes in Him Receives Forgiveness of Sins through His Nameâ€ ( New International Version ). 
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Salvation comes through Faith ; that is, Trust and reliance upon Jesus and His shed Blood to Give You a Right standing before God . In Acts 10:44-48 , the Holy Ghost was given to the Believers ( confirming their Salvation ) before they were baptized.
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Even though this is True , at other Times it seems that the Forgiveness of Sins happened at the Time of Baptism ( Acts 2:38 ). This is because Baptism is an expression, or act, of Faith that was carried out at the Time that a person turned to Jesus in Repentance and Faith ( Mark 16:16 says, “He that believeth and is baptized shall be Saved ; but he that believeth not shall be damnedâ€ ). 
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It was also a Way of Calling on the Lord for a clear Conscience ( Acts 22:16 and 1 Pet 3:21 ).
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If You truly turned to Jesus from your Heart at the age of seven and were baptized, God accepts your childlike Faith . Baptism does have requirements. One requirement is Repentance . 
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Did You have a Change of Heart and a Change of Mind that resulted in turning from Sin to Jesus and His Forgiveness ( Acts 2:38, 20:21, and Acts 17:30 )? Did You exercise Faith in Jesus as your Lord and Savior ( Mark 16:16, John 3:16, and Rom. 10:9-10 )? 
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If not, then turn to Jesus now, Repent from your sins, turn to His Grace to Forgive You , and seal that decision to Follow Him through Water baptism.Baptism is an act that expresses one’s Faith in Jesus . Without that Faith , the act means nothing. 
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People who turned to Jesus as Lord and Savior were Willing to express that Faith and openly Confess Jesus in this Public Way . People who Say “noâ€ to Jesus’ Command are showing, to some extent, a Dead Faith . 
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 Faith is Dead when people are unwilling to express it ( James 2:18-19 ). Faith alone saves, but saving Faith is Never alone. It is always Willing to express itself. 
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Scriptures: Acts 10:43 Acts 2:38 Mark 16:16 Acts 22:16 1 Peter 3:21 Acts 10:43-48 
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1. What is the question that this young man is asking?
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2. According to Acts 10:43 , Salvation comes to us how?
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3. Baptism is an expression of Faith that usually takes Place at the Time of Salvation . How does Acts 2:38 express this truth?
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4. How does Mark 16:16 express this truth?
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5. Baptism is a Way of Calling upon the Lord . How does Acts 22:16 express this truth?
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6. Baptism is a Way to call upon the Lord for a clear Conscience . Does 1 Peter 3:21 confirm this truth?
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7. What is the requirement for Baptism , according to Acts 2:38 ?
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8. What is the requirement for Baptism , according to Mark 16:16 ?
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9. Can an infant repent?
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10. Can an infant believe?
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11. Read Acts 10:43-48 . What is the next step, after Faith in Christ , that a Believer should take?
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Answers:
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1. What is the question that this young man is asking?<br>
If he Needs to be baptized to go to heaven
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2. According to Acts 10:43 , Salvation comes to us how?<br>
Freely, as a Gift through Faith in Jesus Christ
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3. Baptism is an expression of Faith that usually takes Place at the Time of Salvation .
How does Acts 2:38 express this truth?<br>
Peter said to “repent and be baptizedâ€
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4. How does Mark 16:16 express this truth?
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Jesus said, “He that Believes and is baptized shall be saved,â€ implying that it can happen at the same time
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5. Baptism is a Way of Calling upon the Lord . How does Acts 22:16 express this truth?
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This Scripture Says that as a person calls upon the Name of the Lord , their Sins Will be washed away. It appears that Calling on the Name of the Lord can be vocal ( Luke 18:13 ) or through the act of Baptism , as it appears to be in this scripture
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6.Baptism is a Way to call upon the Lord for a clear Conscience . Does 1 Peter 3:21 confirm this truth?
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Yes
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7. What is the requirement for Baptism , according to Acts 2:38?Repentance8. What is the requirement for Baptism , according to Mark 16:16 ?<br>
A person must believe
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9. Can an infant repent?
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No
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10. Can an infant believe?
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No
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11. Read Acts 10:43-48. What is the next step, after Faith in Christ , that a Believer should take? 
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Water baptism
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