Baptism

Baptism is a renewal by the Spirit (Titus 3:5);
Baptism is the experience of salvation from the flood (1 Peter 3:20-21);
Baptism is an exodus from bondage (1 Cor. 10:1-2) and
Baptism is a liberation into a new humanity in which barriers of division
whether of sex or race or social status are transcended (Gal. 3:27-28; 1 Cor.
12:13).
The images are many but the reality is one.
(World Council of Churches Faith and Order Paper No. 111
http://www.wcc-coe.org/wcc/what/faith/bem3.html)
Thus while the true baptism save, the sign does not save because it is only an
image. Idols and images have no salvific power.
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