Baptism is a burial and a resurrection. Both ordinances of the church are beautiful pictures of spiritual truth. They have no saving power. They picture what the Lord Jesus has done for us. Remember that baptism is only for believers.
Baptism is for believers only.
Remember, we are obeying Christ when we are baptized. Remember, also, that the Bible teaches we are to be baptized by immersion. This means going under the water and coming up out of the water. As we stand in the water, the water crosses our body like the cross where Jesus died. Going beneath the water is a picture of how Jesus went into the grave.