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Trust God to make that decision. Do not try to tell God if and when He saves. That applies not just to those who couldn't be baptized, but also to those who honestly accepted the false teaching that baptism has no connection with being saved.

Just how in the world could you possibly know that?

The working of salvation is a double cure to the sin sick person that occurs in baptism. It includes two distinct acts. One is justification or forgiveness, in which the guilt and punishment for sin are canceled. The other is regeneration or new birth, in which the sinfulness that has invaded...

Yes, and God does that when you are water baptized.

The water does not do anything. But God says, through the apostle Peter at Pentecost, that He will forgive the sins of the penitent believer and give the gift (indwelling) of the Holy Spirit to him in baptism in the name of Jesus Christ. In John 3:3, Jesus said, "Truly, truly, I say to you...

I certainly am not replacing the baptism of the Spirit with baptism of water. In fact I make the argument that baptism of the Holy Spirit is the giving of the gift of the Holy Spirit to the penitent believer. To be baptized (immersed) with the Holy Spirit is none other than having the Holy...

Actually, I have never said that. What I have said is that God has promised the repentant believer that in baptism his sins will be forgiven and he will be given the gift of the Holy Spirit. You are free to ignore that promise and hope for something else, but that doesn't seem to me to be very...

He is a Zwignliist. And he complains about Calvinists. what a joke.

Oh really!? And what did He say to do?

Take my water baptism as a payment for sin??? What are you talking about? Your lack of understanding of such things is definitely showing up with comments like that.

There are several major departures from biblical soteriology. Three really big ones are Roman Catholicism, Calvinism, And Zwingliism. The question is does the adherence to such false soteriology, in itself, prevent the adherent from being saved. Personally, I do not think so. Or maybe the...

How can you say you believe in God and then not only fail to do what He says, but actually reject what He says. Can anyone be saved without first repenting of his sins or confessing that Jesus is both Lord and savior? To just point out a few cases of what God said. He said in Mark 16:16...

You know that how? I hear others say something similar but I never hear any explanation of just how they knew that had happened.

Yes, I am familiar with all of that nonsense. Why would Jesus speak of being born again physically? Never has the expression born of water ever, now or in the past, been a euphemism for physical birth. John 3:1-15 is clearly not speaking about what flows out of the heart of the believer. I...

I am curious. Have you received the Holy Spirit? If so, did you receive the Holy Spirit through the laying on of hands of an apostle as you are claiming for those at Samaria?

It is obvious that you don't.

And He never mentioned physical birth in that passage either, but you are apparently trying to force it into the text.

There are indeed some, such as all who practice infant baptism who believe in baptismal regeneration. However, I do not believe, nor have I ever suggested that baptism is the cause or the basis for regeneration. That can only be God Himself. So please to no accuse me of that nonsense. That...

You think to be born again involves a physical rebirth also? Surely not, given Nicodemus' question. Or perhaps you are suggesting that truly nonsensical idea that water refers to aminol fluid of the first birth? Such is not now nor has it ever been a euphemism for physical birth.

No, I just understand what it is and what it isn't.