See that? The water baptism is simply a symbol of what happened spiritually. It's not the baptism in water that does anything other that symbolize what has already happened.
1 Peter 3
in the days of Noah while the ark was being built. In it only a few people, eight in all, were saved through water, 21 and this water symbolizes baptism that now saves you also
-—See that? The water baptism is simply a symbol of what happened spiritually -—
No.
The flood waters “symbolize” baptism, “which now saves you.” It really couldn’t be more clear.
This is the danger of Luther’s human tradition of Sola Scriptura. Because of it many Protestants have abandoned a Sacrament that “now saves you,” as we enter into the death and resurrection of our Lord, as Paul states regarding baptism, are incorporated into the Body of Christ, and are in dwelt by the Holy Spirit.