Answering the Common Objections

Few doctrines have attracted more objections than the necessity of baptism. Sincere people (often our own teachers, family members, and friends) have raised them for generations. They deserve a fair hearing. In this part we take up the five most common: that baptism is merely an outward expression of an inward reality; that insisting on baptism adds works to grace; that we are saved by faith alone; that the thief on the cross proves baptism is unnecessary; and that Romans 10 teaches salvation by confession alone. Each deserves a careful answer from Scripture itself.