In our study of it, let us first consider its importance, or the necessity of being baptized. Water baptism is an ordinance instituted by Jesus Christ. One may say that water does not contain any virtue, but remember that it is included in God s Plan of Salvation.
Baptism is by immersion according to the Scriptures.
And Jesus when He was baptized, went up straightway out of the water. A burial is not placing a corpse on top of the ground and sprinkling a little soil on it, but it is placing it in the ground. In the early centuries, all were baptized by immersion in streams, pools, and baptisteries. Baptism is typical of his burial. Corning forth from the watery grave of baptism is typical of His resurrection.