Resolved the Bible teaches: Salvation follows baptism and is for the remission of sins.

Good day, dear readers I want to start by saying that the only argument my opponent has offered to defend his position is Romans 10:9. And I have said in my response in don't have a problem with Roman 10:9. This is one verse in the Bible. That he tries to make all inclusive salvation. Even though he denies it. His argument includes demons in heaven. He has a ridiculous argument. And has not answered any of my propositions in this debate. He quotes me, quote "I contended that this is the order of things to be done, as given by our Lord: to make disciples, and then baptize them. Baptism comes after making disciples" This very command he agrees with, found in (Mark 16:15-16) but then, he says has no bearing on us as Christians. He is saying the same thing as the proposition says. He is agreeing with me! He says salvation follows baptism! But what he is really trying to do is play word games. What he is really saying is after one becomes a disciple there is not need for baptism. He is inconsistent in his argument. Again the argument is about when the Bible says sins are pardoned. And what the Bible says is this. After a person has faith (believes) he has to repent of sins, confess Jesus as the Son of God and be baptized for the remission of past sins. I presented this unmistakable truth with the Bible. My opponent says Romans 10:9 excludes baptism. But he is trying the hide the truth for the honest readers of this debate. The truth is when the Bible says to have faith to be saved he believes it. When the Bible says to repent, he believes that. But when the Bible says to be baptized. He says no. How can he lift one passage of scripture from the Bible and say that is it, there is nothing else. What he trying to do is destroy the Bible. Oh, but the God of heaven said His word will not be so weak that a man can change it. And in the day of judgment we will be judged by the things written in the Bible and that includes baptism. Faith is not the last act of obedience. Faith is the very first thing we have to do. We have to believe first. But if we stop at faith we are no better than the demons. The Bible teaches faith, confession, repentance and baptism. All must be obeyed. And the only one of these acts that is NOT a work by man is baptism. God perform the work in baptism by remitting our sins. My opponent is under the same problem that many of the Bible readers have. That is the understanding of faith, works and grace. He does not know how to read the Bible and understand how a person is to be saved. I will offer an argument that I copied from wiki. That explains his flawed exegesis of scripture. (FAITH) "By contrast, many recent studies of the Greek word pistis have concluded that its primary and most common meaning was faithfulness, meaning firm commitment in an interpersonal relationship.[10][11][12][13] As such, the word could be almost synomymous with "obedience" when the people in the relationship held different status levels (e.g. a slave being faithful to his master). Far from being equivalent to 'lack of human effort', the word seems to imply and require human effort. The interpretation of Paul's writings that we need to "faithfully" obey God's commands is quite different to one which sees him saying that we need to have "faith" that he will do everything for us. This is also argued to explain why James was adamant that "faith without works is dead" and that "a man is saved by works, and not by faith alone," while also saying that to merely believe places one on the same level as the demons (see James 2). The New Perspective argues that James was concerned with those who were trying to reduce faith to an intellectual subscription without any intent to follow God or Jesus, and that Paul always intended "faith" to mean a full submission to God." GRACE "Old perspective writers have generally translated the Greek word charis as "grace" and understood it to refer to the idea that there is a lack of human effort in salvation because God is the controlling factor. However those who study ancient Greek culture have pointed out that "favor" is a better translation, as the word refers normally to 'doing a favor'. In ancient societies there was the expectation that such favors be repaid, and this semi-formal system of favors acted like loans.[16] Therefore, it is argued that when Paul speaks of how God did us a 'favor' by sending Jesus, he is saying that God took the initiative, but is not implying a lack of human effort in salvation, and is in fact implying that Christians have an obligation to repay the favor God has done for them. Some argue that this view then undermines the initial 'favor' - of sending Jesus - by saying that, despite his incarnation, life and death, Christians still have, as before, to earn their way to heaven. However, others note this is the horns of a false dilemma (all grace versus all works). Many new perspective proponents that see "charis" as "favor" do not teach that Christians earn their way to heaven outside of the death of Christ. Forgiveness of sins through the blood of Christ is still necessary to salvation. But, that forgiveness demands effort on the part of the individual (cf. Paul in Phil. 3:12-16). [1]" Now you can see how his is making faith exclude every other command in the Bible. Let me illustrate. When God delivered to Hebrews from Egypt bondage. They were told to have faith that they would be delivered. When they arrived at the Red Sea. God told Moses and the people to cross over the sea. Now my question to the readers, is this: If the people did not act on their faith and cross through the sea, would the Egyptian army have killed them? The answer is YES. And the same is true with our faith. If we refuse to act on our faith we refuse the grace of God. James said, faith without works is dead. Jesus was asked, what is the greatest WORK a man can do? Jesus said faith was the greatest work done by man. My opponent says, faith is not a work. Who do you believe, Jesus or him?http://www.biblegateway.com... The Bible says God does the work in baptism. My opponent says, men do this work. Who are you going to believe, him or the Bible http://www.biblegateway.com... I have proved my argument and my opponent has not demonstrated any knowledge on the subject at hand. I only regret he accept the debate. Not having the ability to defend his position. He has offered 1 verse to defend what he says about faith, there are over 31,000 verses in the Bible. Sad, sad. To my answers, for the questions he ask: 1) Why would Paul receive the Holy Spirit before he was baptized if he wasn't saved? Cornelius also received the Holy Spirit before his baptism :http://www.biblegateway.com... But he was still commanded to be baptized and so was Paul. The Holy Spirit was given for a sign in the apostolic days to prove God's work. Today we have only water baptism. http://www.biblegateway.com...) 2)Why would Paul lie or be in error in Romans 10:9 if baptism really was necessary for salvation? Why would God allow people to be misled like that? If that is the only verse in the Bible God gave us you would be right. But God gave us ALL of the Bible. And we are commanded to be baptized to wash away our sins.http://www.biblegateway.com... 3) Can you find me one verse which states not being baptized will condemn you or keep you out of Heaven?. You most certainly have NOT shown that. I can not believe you would go as far as calling Jesus a lair! I will post what Jesus said and let the readers decide>http://www.biblegateway.com... My questions: 1 Do you believe ALL of the Bible? 2 Is baptism a commanded in the Bible? 3 Please put these acts in order of your most importance. Belief, baptism, grace, forgiveness