Here are a few reasons why I don’t believe baptism saves.

1. The thief on the cross was not baptized, yet we know that he went to paradise with Christ. (Luke 23:43)

2. The Gentiles in Caesarea were baptized after they were saved. (Acts 10: 44-48)

3. Jesus Himself never baptized (John 4:1-2); which would be very strange if baptism was necessary for salvation.

4. If baptism was necessary for salvation why does Paul in (1 Cor. 1:14-16) thank God that he baptized very few of the Corinthians? Some how I doubt that he was thanking God that very few were saved.

5. I am told that there are over 150 passages in the NT alone that state that salvation is by faith alone. If baptism was necessary for salvation, it would be contradicting these passages.

Tom