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.
It IS more clear...
not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,
Saving baptism is an answer of a good conscience toward God...We then get dipped in water to show that we have a good conscience toward God...That we believe in the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus...
It is not the water that saves us...We are saved before we hit the water...
While Noah's flesh and blood (life) were saved by a flood (God took him off the earth while He killed all living things on the earth), Noah's good conscience toward God is what saved him...And his good conscience was evident by building the ark...
The bible can be a little deeper than you might think...It's not to be read like a novel...
When you stand before Christ be sure to tell Him that you deserve salvation because you were baptised.
Are you saying baptism Is not part of protestant religions? If so, that is as fake as most of the stuff posted by some Catholics on here. I accepted Christ as a child and was baptized in a farm pond! Every Protestant church I have attended, practiced that belief. When I go by that pond on the way to my family in MS, I remember that day.