Bible Question:
Are we saved by grace or by baptism? If by grace must we be baptized for salvation? TJA |
Bible Answer: Heb 5:7-10 7In the days of His flesh, He offered up both prayers and supplications with loud crying and tears to the One able to save Him from death, and He was heard because of His piety. 8Although He was a Son, He learned obedience from the things which He suffered. 9And having been made perfect, He became to all those who obey Him the source of eternal salvation, 10being designated by God as a high priest according to the order of Melchizedek. NAS Christ is the source of eternal salvation. Your question is by what means can a person become party to the New Covenant to receive this salvation. God is the author and principle party of the covenant. Christians are the recipients, IF they chose to abide by His requirements (commands). Jesus obeyed His Father's commands and was "heard because of his piety". So too must Christians obey Christ's commands; baptism and Lord's Supper, included. |