What is the role of baptism in the new birth experience for disciples of Jesus Christ?
Answer Hi Ryan, My original answer is below this comment. I’m sorry if it was’t very helpful. The correct understaning of baptism is quite easy to know as long as you are using the definitions of certain words and concepts that the writers of the Bible used. In the case of faith, for example, the typical person today uses the same definition that was, and is, used by people who believe in false gods and that was sternly condemned by the writers of the Bible. Check any English dictionary, for example, and you’ll see that it says that faith is belief in something without regard for proof. Some would even say that if you have proof for what you believe that you are living by sight and not by faith. Biblical faith, the kind that pleases God, is based on solid evidence for what you believe and it is accompanied by overt actions, works, that demonstrate such belief, or faith. Such “works” are works of faith as opposed to works of merit; actions intended to put God in your debt. Your motives
