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:::"Every man who is ignorant of the Gospel of Christ and of his Church, but seeks the truth and does the will of God in accordance with his understanding of it, can be saved. It may be supposed that such persons would have ''desired Baptism explicitly'' if they had known its necessity."

:::"Every man who is ignorant of the Gospel of Christ and of his Church, but seeks the truth and does the will of God in accordance with his understanding of it, can be saved. It may be supposed that such persons would have ''desired Baptism explicitly'' if they had known its necessity."

::Hebrews 11:39-40 says most explicitly,

::Hebrews 11:39-40 says most explicitly,

:::"And all these, though well attested by their faith, '''did not receive what was promised''', since God had foreseen something better for us, that apart from us '''they should not be made perfect''.

:::"And all these, though well attested by their faith, '''did not receive what was promised''', since God had foreseen something better for us, that apart from us '''they should not be made perfect'''.

::They had to wait, because they had not yet been saved by the blood of Jesus Christ and born again of water and the Spirit.<br>--[[User:Dataclarifier|Dataclarifier]] ([[User talk:Dataclarifier|talk]]) 16:04, 30 October 2019 (EDT)

::They had to wait, because they had not yet been saved by the blood of Jesus Christ and had not yet been born again of water and the Spirit.<br>--[[User:Dataclarifier|Dataclarifier]] ([[User talk:Dataclarifier|talk]]) 16:04, 30 October 2019 (EDT)

== Regenerative salvation by water and the Spirit: water baptism saves ==

== Regenerative salvation by water and the Spirit: water baptism saves ==