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sarahjames122: 3 months ago via iPhone

Do you have to be baptised a Christian to go to heaven?

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dkks: 3 months ago via iPhone

I'm sorry. I don't fully understand your phrasing of the question. Did you mean, "Do you have to be baptized to become a Christian to go to heaven?" Well, yes, baptism is part of the salvation process, but by itself it is no more than getting wet.
As Strawberry said, "Baptism cannot be a requirement for salvation." Such is the case for anything that people can think is enough by itself : repenting, believing, praying, confessing, etc.
Eph 3:1-14; 1 Cor 2:4-9; 2 Tim. 1:7-10; Titus 1:1-3, etc. all show that God had the plan in place even before creating the world!
And verses like Eph. 5:2; Hebrews 7 : 24 - 27; Heb. 9:26 and 10:12; Rom. 3:23,24,25 ; 1John 4:10; 1Pet. 1:17,18,19; Eph. 1:7, etc. show clearly that it is through Christ's sacrifice that we obtain salvation.
However, God is wanting a covenant relationship with us, and as such we "have to do our part", as little as that may be in comparison to what God has done! Yes, to be a Christian to go to heaven you have to hear the Gospel, believe it, repent of your wrongs, confess the Lord, and be baptized into Jesus to receive the forgiveness of sins and receive the Holy Spirit. As a Christian you then need to grow in Christ, bearing fruit of the spirit to go to heaven. Again, I'm not sure if this answers your question, but I hope it does.

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sarahjames122: 3 months ago via iPhone

When I was a baby I was baptised catholic. I go to a Christian church and believe I am Christian.

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dkks: 3 months ago via iPhone

Oh, well, I will go from a neutral position that it doesn't matter what I think or you think or what others think (you can get opinions that run the gamut here on ask!).
I would say that as long as you have done what GOD says to do you are good to go - so read His word and see if you have done what He says -
Mark 16:16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned. (Did you believe the Gospel and were baptized to be saved from your sins?)
Acts 22:16 And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord. (Were you calling on the name of the Lord when you were immersed?)
Rom. 6:3 Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? 6:4 Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. 6:5 For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection: 6:6 Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin. (Did you come up out of the waters determined to live a new life for God no longer serving sin?)
Gal. 3:27 For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. (Did you put on Christ - i.e. become a new person doing away with your old things? - 2 Cor. 5:17 "Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.")
Col. 2:12 Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead. (Were you baptized in faith of God's power to act and work in your life?)
If a person has entered Christ through what He commanded, and continues to serve Him as He wants, then I would say that yes, that person can look forward to heaven. But if not, then I think that is what the Bible is there for - to instruct is how to get right with God.

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