Look up the words "into Christ" in the Bible. There are ONLY TWO passages in the entire Bible that tell us to do something to get "into Christ". They are: Romans 6:3 and Galatians 3:27. According to these two and ONLY TWO passages in the Bible that state how to get "into Christ", we are baptized "into Christ". One cannot believe "into Christ". One cannot repent "into Christ". One cannot confess "into Christ". And even more foreign to the scriptures, one cannot "ask Jesus into his heart" to get "into Christ", nor can he say "the sinner's prayer" to get "into Christ" (both of which concepts are found absolutely no where in the Bible whatsoever!) There is no way around this. Baptism puts one "into Christ". Nothing else does.

How's that for an answer?

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--Laura

O Lord, I know the way of man is not in himself; It is not in man who walks to direct his own steps.
Jeremiah 10:23 (NKJV)