If you've already viewed my sections on water baptism and tongues then you've seen how neither have any part in salvation. Scripture is replete with passages which show that salvation is obtained by repentance and faith in Christ Jesus, the Son of God (Acts 16:31; Rom. 10:9-13; Eph. 2:8-9; 2 Tim. 1:9; Titus 3:5).

I'd like to especially point out two verses. Eph. 2:8-9 reads: "For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith - and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God - NOT BY WORKS, so that no one can boast." (emphasis added). 2 Tim. 1:9 reads: "who has saved us and called us to a holy life - NOT BECAUSE OF ANYTHING we have done but because of his own purpose and grace." (emphasis added).

Notice that there is nothing we can do to earn salvation. If you believe that baptism and/or speaking in tongues is required for salvation then you're contradicting Scripture and you hold to a different Gospel (2 Cor. 11:4; Gal. 1:6)! The grace of God is a gift. It is unheard of to work for a gift. Would you call the paycheck you receive at work a gift? I think not (Rom. 4:4)! All that is required is stretching out your hand (repentance and faith) to receive God's precious gift.

As a side note, during my tenure as a Oneness Pentecostal, I was amazed the first time I came across a "Christian" station and saw that Trinitarians "had church" just like we did. They spoke in tongues and moved around a lot. I often wondered how they could "have the Holy Ghost" if they believed in three gods. It just goes to show you that "feeling good" or what you experience is not necessarily genuine. From what I've experienced and observed, I would say that, for the most part, the exhibiting of this behavior is a work of the flesh than of the Holy Spirit. Why I've even heard an Apostolic preacher admit as much.

It is more important that we put our faith in the God of Scripture who can only save. Having an accurate knowledge of the nature of God is essential for saving faith as Jesus Himself alludes to in John 17:3: "Now this is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent." This is why a part of believing in "another Jesus" is to deny that Jesus existed with the Father, as the Son, "before the world began" (John 17:5), something which the apostle John warns us about in 1 John 2:22-23 (cf. John 1:14; 1 John 5:20).

If, as another camp of Oneness Pentecostals teach, the divine spirit didn't leave the body, yet stood by idly and could not "help" the human body of Jesus, how then could Christ have been persevered through the atonement by only his humanity? But Scripture states that it was "through the eternal Spirit" that Jesus "offered himself without spot to God" (Heb. 9:14). Furthermore, 2 Cor. 5:19 states "that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself".