Devotional

                                                             Mark 16:16
                                  "He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved"

     During a Bible study; the question was ask.  What does this Scripture mean to you and could you explain it to a friend or a loved one, or even a stranger that may ask you:; "I want to be saved or what ever it takes to get to heaven". Here are some answers  a Preacher got from the study group.
     Repent and forsake sins and turn to God as one man replied.  With a true heart said a middle age women, and a third said:; with prayer and a fourth added; it must be from the heart and we must be diligent, said a fifth person and keep the commandants.
     The people thought they were on target and were looking for positive feedback from the Preacher. The only thing they had done was aroused his deepest pity. So the preacher explained it to them this way.  To believe is to simply trust, to depend, to rely upon Christ Jesus.
     To be baptized is to submit to the ordinance which our Lord fulfilled at Jordon, to which the converted ones submitted at Pentecost, to which the jailer yielded obedience the very night of his conversion.  The outward sign saves not, it sets fourth death, bariel, and resurrection with Jesus, and like the Lord's Supper is not to be neglected.
     There is only one door, if you don't enter through that door; you will perish in your sins.  So the next time you are ask this same question can you answer it in the way that would help lead a person to Christ and Glorify God.  Let's think about it; when we talk to some one about Jesus and getting saved, do we plant a good seed or a weak seed that may not grow.