Baptism is truly a symbol .
However, Paul explained that baptism is the form or type of Christ's death which when obeyed makes one free from sin so that we become the servants of righteousness. Baptism is, like faith and everything else in the world, God's gift of grace. Those who reject the counsel of God for their lives take every passage in the New Testament about baptism and retranslate it into something not supported by any known translation. For instance, one writer accuses those who see the importance of water baptism as belonging to a cult and teaching another gospel. We agree that water baptism is a symbol or a type.