Yes, as we would see it as basically being the way to declare being saved now by death/resurrection of Jesus for us, as symbolized in going down/up in the water!
1. Sooooo, IF as you suggest that baptism
IS "an outward sign of an inward reality (salvation)", then of necessity, ALL who are baptized
ARE saved. Put another way, the visible (baptism) represents the reality (salvation) of the one baptized. I'm going to guess you aren't going to submit to that incontrovertible logic, right?
Thus, if that doesn't agree with you, then you are going to have to come up with another definition for baptism, one which is OBJECTIVE and ALWAYS means what it IS vs. subjectively, what it
might be. Definitions need to be propositional.
2. Where in Scripture can one find one example of baptism by "immersion".
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