Baptism is God s chosen way of imparting His saving grace. Baptism is the submission to the command of God that saves. God offers salvation to all men, but He conditions that offer with obeying the requirements which He has set out in His word. The Lord has commanded us to be baptized. The Lord has no nonessential commands.
Baptism is a very serious matter.
According to the Bible, baptism is for the purpose of salvation. In the Garden of Eden God told Adam and Eve not to eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. This is what men are doing today. Satan does not want anyone to be baptized for the purpose of being saved. Satan tells people that after you think you are saved and your sins are forgiven then you can be baptized.