Baptism
Baptism is an outward expression of an inward decision to follow Jesus. It’s a public declaration of how your old life has been buried with Christ so you can have new life with Christ and a new family—the Christian church. If you have decided to follow Jesus, water baptism is the next step in your faith journey.
And this water symbolizes baptism that now saves you also—not the removal of dirt from the body but the pledge of a clear conscience toward God. It saves you by the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
—1 Peter 3:21