Originally Posted by JesusFan
Water Baptism was/is the means by which the person officially declares to all now has been saved, and is now part of the church...
Soooooo, baptism is nothing in and of itself, as I suspected, but simply a tool for someone to use that shows that the person is saved and part of the church, correct?

IF that is true then it appears you are saying how many Baptists phrase it as, "Baptism is an outward sign of an inward reality (salvation). Would you agree with that 'definition'?

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