They are immersed into that baptismal pool, and then as they come out of the pool, they're
anointed with oil.
So that's kind of like that moment where they get saved, you might say?
It's like the moment that brings it to completion.
Ultimately, we don't know who is going to be in heaven and who is not going to be in heaven.
What we can do, and what we're told as Muslims, is to be good and do good.
What is a Mormon perspective of salvation?
baptism is that step that somebody needs to take to kind of enter into God's presence
from a Solific standpoint.
Baptizing them, and we're commanded to be baptized.
Baptism is a sacrament that allows us to enter His faith, and then there comes the
gift of the Holy Ghost by the laying on of hands.
Through these rituals of initiation, water baptism, anointing, being sealed with the
Spirit.
So to kind of gain at a spot in the world to come, you need to live a good life, kind
of be an overall good person in the sense of keeping the commandments of God and following
Him.
It goes according to our actions.
So if a person wants to sort of get paid, he has to do the work.
Not to curse your Creator, not to murder, not to steal, not to eat any limb or part
of a limb that came off an animal while it was still alive.
So baptism is kind of that moment of where salvation comes to a completion, I take it.
It's the entry.
You enter in, and then we have to keep going on.
What are some of the determining factors when somebody stands before God?
What are some of the determining factors that God would look at to let them in?
Sure.
Well, I mentioned one of them there, did we feed the hungry, did we clothe the naked,
did we welcome the stranger, did we visit the one in prison?
Throughout scripture, it talks about our deeds.
Our deeds matter.
In Islam, we have some principles for a person worthy of entering into paradise.
Every good deed has a weight, has a reward, and we believe in that.
We actually believe there are scales.
We don't know the description of the scales.
We see scales in this world, but what?
Scales can be even electronically in a scale, not technology, so how would you scale the
actions of a believer, men and women?
So every good deed has a weight.
So by keeping those laws as a Gentile, that kind of guarantees their spot in the world
to come.
Correct.
Once you've entered in by baptism, is it done?
No, it's not done.
You have to press forward and endure to the end.
That's one way, but it's not the only way.
The other step is anointing and it's like an immersion into the mystery of the Spirit.
Keep on the path, you know, keep going.
Did they feed the hungry?
Did they clothe the naked?
Did they give drink to the thirsty?
Did they visit the sick?
It's not Jewish, only has to follow the seven Noahide laws.
And then we have to keep going on.
Through these rituals of initiation, every good deed has a weight.
Water baptism, anointing, if a person wants to get paid, he has to do the work.