A simple question....what if someone is in a car wreck and they are dying. A Christian witnesses to this person much as Peter, Philip or Paul did and this person believes in Jesus as a Christian does.
They die without benefit of baptism, good works, etc.
Are they counted as a believer or just some poor dude who is not a believer because he didn't get baptized?
A simple question....
All right.
what if someone is in a car wreck and they are dying. A Christian witnesses to this person much as Peter, Philip or Paul did and this person believes in Jesus as a Christian does. They die without benefit of baptism, good works, etc.
Are we presuming that they freely chose to have faith in Jesus Christ, as a result of that witness?
Are they counted as a believer or just some poor dude who is not a believer because he didn't get baptized?
Ultimately, that question is up to God; I wouldn't know, without reading the person's heart. But as to what I think is your question: yes, it's possible for one to be saved if water baptism is an impossibility. Check out the
Catechism, #1258-1261, for details about "Baptism of Desire" and "Baptism of Blood", in cases where the normal method of Baptism is not available (through no fault of the recipient).