My friend is Church of Christ she is upset with me for not agreeing with her that you must be baptized to go to heaven. Can you give me some info to help her understand why I feel as I do.

The man on the cross who was told by Jesus that they would be together in Paradise that very day didn't do anything but accept, believe and confess. Just a thought

Following the baptism of christ is a symbolic but spiritual act. Here are some scriptures that explain it pretty clear an yet of choice. Commitment. Out of love for christ to fulfill all righteousness. First of all.. Roman's 14:1-4 says.. 1)Accept the one whose faith is weak, without quarreling over disputable matters.2)One person's faith allows them to eat anything, but another, whose faith is weak, eats only vegetables.3 ) one who eats everything must not treat with contempt the one who does not, and the one who does not eat everything must not judge the one who does, for God has accepted them.4)  who are we to judge someone else's servant? To their own master, servants stand or fall. And they will stand, for the Lord is able to make them stand. Mark 16:16 says.. Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not "believe" will be condemned. 1peter 3:21 Acts 10:48 Colossians 2:12 Matthew 3:14 Jesus replied, "Let it be so now; it is proper..to fulfill all righteousne

This should be helpful: https://www.gty.org/library/questions/QA79/is-baptism-necessary-for-salvation