Water Baptism Required: Is water baptism required for entering the "Kingdom of God", and if it is, then why do so many evangelists not require it? [John 3:5, Acts 2:38, Acts 9:10-21, I Peter 3:20-21 ]. Born of Water & Spirit: What does it mean to be, "born of water and of the spirit"? [John 3:5-6].