208. This can establish what is meant by the Lord's words in Mark:
He who has believed and has been baptised will be saved; but he who has not believed will be condemned. Mark 16:16.
One who has believed is one who acknowledges the Lord and receives Divine truths from Him by means of the Word. One who has been baptised is one who is being regenerated by the Lord by means of those truths.
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