Nothing but the blood of Jesus. No other fount I know, Nothing but the blood of Jesus. Baptism symbolizes the cleansing power of the blood of Christ. Second, it symbolizes our identification in the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Therefore we were buried with him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
Baptism is a symbolic dying and rising.
We go under the water and we die. We die to our old self and our old life. When we come up from the waters we rise with Christ, identifying with his resurrection and participating in the power of his resurrection to live a new life. Sprinkling a little water on a baby's head does not communicate the meaning and power of baptism. In baptism we by faith, believing and trusting in Jesus as Lord and Savior, die with Christ and are raised with Christ.