In other words, without this, a man would remain in a lost, unforgiven state, and never make it to heaven. But all these ideas are wrong. Unfortunately, the masses in the religious world continue to not accept this and remain with the persuasion that water baptism is irrelevant to obtaining the remission of sins. It would seem unlikely that it would. Therefore, the Spirit, the word, and the water all work together for the salvation of man.
Water baptism is necessary for the new birth.
This, however, does not minimize the importance of these elements. We cannot say that just because they are only emblematic of the body and blood of the Lord that we don't really have to take them. The seriousness of partaking of the communion can be seen in 1 Cor. It is not a common meal, but symbolic to us of the death of Jesus.