And corresponding to that, baptism saves you . It certainly appears that our Lord demands that we be baptized. It is his command to us over and over. And as a believer and faithful follower of Jesus Christ, I would think that one who has surrendered to Jesus Christ would obey our Lord and become baptized. The water has no saving power in itself but the very act of baptism appears to be a definite and emphatic command of God, and is therefore essential to salvation.
Baptism is a new beginning.
It's the turning of the corner. Baptism is that exact moment in time that marks the very instant when we turned our backs on our past. So the person who is simply unwilling to be Baptized, or who just doesn't want to put forth the effort, or who simply does not have the faith in Jesus Christ that it takes to be Baptized, is making a very serious mistake and is putting their entire eternal future into terrible jeopardy. Although we may be lost by simply not having faith, we must have faith and be baptized to be pleasing to God and to achieve eternal salvation. The Bible teaches that we have not taken that final step to salvation until we do get baptized.