Thus, without baptism and confession we cannot be saved. Hence the urgency of the Great Commission. Now, it is true that there are qualifications to be made to these doctrines, having to do with the notions of baptism of desire, invincible ignorance, and the like. But to think that this makes the need for baptism and confession less urgent is somewhat like thinking that a diagnosis of cancer needn't prompt urgent action, since there are rare cases where cancers disappear without treatment; or like thinking that to prepare to have a large family and put the kids through college, it will suffice to buy a few lottery tickets.
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