How did Peter compare baptism with the deliverance of Noahs family?
How was baptism a “saving” event? 1 Pet. 3:20, 21. Peter refers to the waters of the ancient Flood as a “type” (NKJV) or “figure” of baptism. He recognizes a correspondence between the Flood and Christian baptism in that both effected a cleansing from sin and evil. The New Testament calls baptism a “washing away” of the believer’s sins (Acts 22:16; Titus 3:5). The baptismal water represents the shed blood of Christ that saves a sinner (see 1 Pet. 1:18, 19; 1 John 1:7). To this salvation believers respond with the “answer” or pledge of a good conscience (1 Pet. 3:21), and they receive from God in baptism a “clear conscience” (1 Pet. 3:16). What reference to assurance in baptism do you see in Mark 16:16 with regard to the last judgment? (Compare Heb. 10:22, 23). Baptism is presented in the New Testament as an anticipation of the last judgment. In baptism the believer dies with Christ and then rises with Him to life eternal: “If we have been united with him in his death, we will certainly
