John 3:5 says,very truly I tell u,NO ONE CAN ENTER THE KINGDOM OF GOD UNLESS THEY ARE BORN OF (water and the spirit ) YOU SHOULD NOT BE SURPRISED AT MY SAYING, an mark 16:16 says IF U BELIEVE (AN ARE BAPTIZED) THEN U WILL BE SAVED, JESUS HIMSELF GOT BAPTIZED an he said TO FOLLOW HIM that means to the jordan river it doesn't mean stand on the shore an watch,he said FOLLOWING ME, an the thief never heard the Gospel, that's why