 We must confess the Lord Jesus, believe in our heart that God has raised him from the dead to be saved, Romans 10, 9 and 10. And though it's very controversial, it comes straight out of the Bible from Jesus, from his inspired apostles. We must be baptized into Christ for the remission of sins, Acts 2, 38. Our sins haven't been washed away yet if we haven't been baptized, Acts 22, 16. Yes, baptism doth now also save us, 1 Peter 3, 21, because that's when we come into contact with the cleansing blood of Jesus, Romans 6, 3 and 4.