>>17756354
This verse says nothing about condemning the little ones to hell
>>17756344
>That verse isn't saying that NOT being baptized damns you. It says not believing damns you.
Now I want to preface this by saying I am a Reformed Christian so that you know I don't believe in magic salvation water that somehow makes you right with God through physical contact, because I am concerned this is an unnatural theologically motivated interpretation. It's very disjointed and disrupts the flow of this verse, this simply isn't how you would interpret any other speaker, it's not hard to follow the contrast. I believe the reason why the Lord equates belief and baptism is as both are necessary to initiation into the covenant, and therefore the meaning is that those who are members of the covenant are grace are they that are saved. Essentially no different from Peter's gospel proclamation "Repent and be baptized".
>Also, believing on Christ is the baptism of the Holy Ghost.
No, the baptism of the Holy Ghost is regeneration.