Another thing about this comment of yours:
**Water baptism saves you out of the wicked world we live in and show we are a people set apart. It follows new life, but does not give it.**
Noah did not have a new life until he was out of the water.
The life on the ark was not sustainable. Eventually the feed would run out, and the animals would perish, and then also Noah and family. New life follows death and burial.
“Noah did not have a new life until he was out of the water.”
Noah was on the Ark. Why? Because God had already accepted him. He was right with God before the Ark was built, since he built it in response to God’s command. Noah was accepted by God long before the Flood!