For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. Which is his body, the fullness of him that filleth all in all. Baptism must be preceded by belief and repentance. When preceded by faith and repentance, baptism is scriptural and valid, but without faith and repentance, it is void and useless.
Baptism is one of the factors to which the Bible ascribes salvation.
Baptism is immersion and not sprinkling or pouring. Note another passage that tells us that baptism is a burial. 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. Please study these passages in the light of your own Bible. The Spruce Pine church of Christ invites you to worship with us and learn more of these precious truths.