Repent and be baptized in the name of Jesus! For those who wonder if this is enough, remember that Jesus said “It is finished” on the cross before He died. That statement means that nothing else needs to be done. Only believe and call on His name and you will be saved, just as the thief on the cross believed in Him. He didn’t have the chance to be baptized yet Jesus said that “Today you will be with me in Paradise”. No amount of witnessing or outward show of faith would be possible for the thief but his belief in Jesus was enough for his salvation.

That is all a believer needs today. Immersion in water doesn’t cleanse you of your sins, it is a witness to the world that you have believed in Jesus and identify with Him in His death, burial and resurrection by being baptized. His blood from the cross sanctified you and cleansed you of your sins. There is nothing that you can add to His sacrifice to make it more complete because He finished it on the cross. Once you believe in Him and ask Him to save you, God wipes your slate clean forever, it is up to you and your commitment to Jesus to try to follow in His footsteps until you go home to Him one day.

Being clean, like Na-man the Syrian, takes obedience from the moment you believe. In the story from the Bible, Na-man had leprosy and was seeking a cure. Elisha told him to dip himself in the Jordan seven times and he would be clean. He didn’t want to do it because the Jordan was muddy but his servant convinced him to do it and when he obeyed and came up after the seventh time…his leprosy was gone. That is what God requires of us today. Obey, believe and walk in Jesus’ steps and do it all by faith in Him.