Water baptism is a symbol of faith and obedience in God, but it does not save a person. Salvation comes through faith in Jesus Christ alone. In Ephesians 2:8-9, it says, “For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith, and this is not of yourselves, it is the gift of God, not by works that we could do, so that no one can boast.” Baptism is a public declaration of one’s faith in Jesus and a step of obedience, but it is the grace of God that saves us.
The instant you believed in Christ as and confessed him as as Lord, you were baptized into Christ. You were not baptized into water. We were baptized in water as an active obedience, and it was your actions that mirrored what was taking place in your life on the inside as you were baptized into the death and resurrection Jesus Christ.
Galatians 3:27-29
Modern English Version
27 For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. 28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, and there is neither male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. 29 If you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.
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