Water baptism is not necessary for salvation

The New Testament was written in a language that Scholars say had become a 'dead' language. Most Bible scholars claim that this occurance was not a coincidence but and act of God. For by this, we can actually take a view back to that time and find what the words precisely meant to the speakers and writers. It is very helpful for us who are English speakers because we often have more than one word to describe a certain thing. When a novice starts to read the New Testament, they most often are not aware of the Koine Greek by which their current version was translated. As the person matures in the faith, they may go on to study the Koine Greek language and then decide which Bible translation adheres more closely to the original language. As you have written already, that our English word 'baptism' in the Koine Greek meant- 'to wash. As we already are aware, some churches have disregarded this for many years and added sprinkling in it's place. I do not think this is wise because I am of the belief that our having such a resource as the Koine with us today, may have indeed been an act of God and we should not be manipulating those words. Just as a side, for the last 150 years the most manipulated Koine Greek word has been 'pornia' translated into English as fornication. The Koine speaking people kept it's ancient Roman (Latin) definition because It's meaning was the same as theirs. It has become an embarrassment to me to have so many Christians give such off -track statements from what the word's original meaning was and still is. Even if we do not have the setting for it today as the people did then. This debate is about water baptism not being necessary for salvation. It is also about our spiritual baptism being necessary for salvation. The instant a person comes to the belief commanded in the New Testament, their spirit is regenerated. The person has instantly come to repentance. 'When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, "Then hath God also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life." (Acts 11:18) This spiritual baptism is different from the miraculous spiritual baptism that was evident by the people being suddenly able to speak different languages. "Forasmuch then as God gave them the [like gift] as He did unto us (Apostles)......" Acts 11:17 This was the second and last baptism of the Holy Spirit. It was not the Spirit's person, but by metonymy, the power which was directly associated with the Holy Spirit. In the New Testament, when it is mentioned about a believer not yet receiving the Holy Spirit, what was meant is that they had not yet had an Apostle passing on the (gift) or (power)of the Holy Spirit by the laying on of hands. 'When Peter and John had come down to Samaria, they prayed for the people that they might receive the Holy Spirit. For as yet it had fallen upon none of them: only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. With the death of the last Apostle, there would be no passing on of miraculous gifts. We are told in 1Cor.13:8 that love will never cease, but the ability to prophesy, speak unlearned languages, have miraculous knowledge, would be ending. This ending would occur when that which is perfect 'teleios' (complete) is come. Since we were told in 2 Pet.1:3 'According to His divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him that hath called us to glory and virtue;' we know that all the knowledge we need had been given in full (complete). In my next Affirmative I will show the water baptism of the New Testament and what it signifies.