Yes I can show how to believe and baptism is the same you just refuse to see it. In Acts 19:1-5
Acts 19:1 It happened that while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul passed through the upper country and came to Ephesus, and found some disciples.
Acts 19:2 He said to them, "Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?" And they said to him, "No, we have not even heard whether there is a Holy Spirit."
Acts 19:3 And he said, "Into what then were you baptized?" And they said, "Into John's baptism."
Acts 19:4 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."
Acts 19:5 When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
Now lets pat close attention to what Paul is saying
Acts 19:2 He said to them, "Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?" And they said to him, "No, we have not even heard whether there is a Holy Spirit." He asked if they had gotten the holy spirit when they HAD BELIEVED How does the bible say you get the spirit Acts 2:38 it is through the baptism in the name of Jesus Christ as Paul is going to make clear They said no they had not heard the complete gospel therefore they did not know about receiving the spirit.
Acts 19:3 And he said, "Into what then were you baptized?" And they said, "Into John's baptism." see Paul asked them if you had not heard then what were you baptized into? see baptism is where Paul new that they would have gotten the indwelling spirit in the baptism in the name of Jesus Christ but they told him they were baptized with Johns baptism and we know that it cannot give the spirit because at that time Christ had yet to go to the cross.
Acts 19:4 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." See here is the proof Johns baptism was for the remission of sin as will be the baptism that Jesus will baptize with but it cannot give the indwelling spirit for Jesus has not gone to the cross it only points to Jesus completion of the cross and then the baptism that Jesus will baptize will give the indwelling spirit just as told in Acts 2:38
Acts 19:5 When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. So Paul baptized them in the name of Jesus Christ so there sins could be remitted and they could receive the indwelling spirit. Just as we are told in Acts 2:38 here is scripture backing scripture and we must read what is recorded.
Acts 19:6 And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they began speaking with tongues and prophesying. Now that Paul has corrected their problem and has gotten them born again Per Romans 6:3ff Acts 2:38 Acts 19:1-5
He lays hand on them to give them the power to witness. Why/ He has just planted the new church in Ephesus and needs to go plant more churches so he gives them the power of witness to grow the church he just planted Mark 16:17-20 Acts 1:8
So see when Paul says they believed they had been baptized in this case it was not the correct baptism but Paul corrected it so to believe means to believe all that is taught including the baptism in the name of Jesus Christ just as it is recorded in Acts 21:38. That is where the complete gospel was preached for the first time following the cross and where God started adding to the church just as recorded not my words but the words God gave his Apostles to write so that I might believe.
Godslittleservant, you are not teaching harmony without contradiction of the Word of God. You are forcing disharmony and contradiction teaching that man must be baptized in water to be saved.
Salvation is God's gracious free gift to mankind who believe the Gospel. But mankind, being spiritually dead in trespasses and sins (Eph 2:1,5 Col 2:13) must be quickened (made spiritually alive) by the Holy Spirit to believe the Gospel. (Jo 6:63; Gal 6:8; 1 Cor 15:14; 2 Cor 3:6; 1 Pe 3:18) Man hears the Gospel and after hearing he/she is either eternally saved by believing, or they are still in unbelief. Before having the ability to believe a man must have faith. Faith to believe and be saved comes from the fruit of the Spirit (Gal 5:22-23). Spiritually dead mankind does not have the fruit of faith to believe without the Spirit of Christ in them. The Spirit of Christ working together with His Gospel message give all who are ordained to eternal life (Acts 13:48) the fruit of faith. That makes it possible for man to understand their need of Christ to eternally save them, and he/she turns to Christ in repentance believing.
This is what happened in the book of Acts that you have not rightly understood.
In Acts 19 when Paul asks if they have received the Holy Spirit upon believing, he recognizes they have already received the fruit of faith from the Spirit, otherwise it makes no sense for him to say "since ye believed". Paul knows, and we learn this throughout his writings, that without the fruit of faith in them, they could not believe. But Paul also wants to know if they had received the same 'gift' that had been witnessed elsewhere. But they had no idea what Paul was talking about, being Gentiles of faith, they had never heard of being baptized in the Holy Spirit. The only baptism they knew of was that of John by water. Then Paul acknowledges that was good, because John's baptism by water was done for repentance of sins. They would not have been baptized in water unless they had heard the Gospel and received the fruit of faith from the Spirit in them, that they might then repent of their sins. Paul tells them about the baptism of the Holy Spirit that came after John's baptism by water. After laying hands on them the Holy Spirit gave them the gift of tongues, proving that when they believed the Gospel they were baptized in the Holy Spirit as well as having already been baptized in water.
Acts 2 is proof that the Gospel they had just heard Peter preach was believed "
they were pricked in their heart, said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do?" After hearing the Gospel they received the fruit of faith and believing they repented and received the gift of the Spirit in them of speaking in tongues. It does not say being baptized in water they believed and their sins were remitted. It says they were baptized in the Holy Spirit and as proof they received from the Spirit in them the gift of tongues.
This, like we find elsewhere in the Acts of the Apostles is written to be an example for us that eternal salvation, as we find throughout Scripture is by God's grace through faith, that whosoever believes the Gospel HAS been eternally saved. Once this profession of faith is made the new Christian submits to the ordinance of water baptism that not only points to baptism of the Holy Spirit by which we are saved, but it also shows that we are no longer of this world, we have been translated from the darkness and death of this world into the spiritual Kingdom life and light.
When you make eternal salvation dependent upon our being baptized in water, that is John's baptism, and without the fruit of faith that comes from the Holy Spirit within, water baptism has no power to eternally save anyone. By saying water baptism is needed for us to be saved, is denying that we are save by God's grace through faith, and that our eternal life is wholly dependent upon the gift of God alone. Rightly understood, water baptism serves its purpose, but arguing that man must be baptized in water to be saved, makes a mockery of our Lord and Savior who alone gives eternal life to all who believe in Him.
John 1:12-13 (KJV) But
as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God,
even to them that believe on his name: Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.