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Why do we have to repent before we can receive salvation?        

Romans 10:9 says that "if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved." Baptism, footwashing, and Holy Communion are not mentioned; why are they necessary for salvation?        

Does this mean that you should wait a while after baptism (till after your feet have become "dirtied') to receive footwashing?        

Heaven is too "spiritual" and boring. How can you be happy there if you do nothing but worship all day?        

Don't good works show that a person is already saved? If sacraments are required for salvation, then how do you explain the good works of Christians who have never received the sacraments?        

Besides faith, what else does the Bible say we need to receive a complete salvation?        

The Bible states that our sins are washed away by the blood of Christ (Revelation 1:5). How can the water during baptism actually remove a person's sins?        

If we pray with faith, will God always hear our prayer?        

Why do it after baptism?        

Aren't we saved the moment we believe and confess Christ (Romans 10:9-10; Ephesians 1:13)? Sacraments are only symbolic of the salvation we have already received. They do not have any saving effect.