Baptism is an outward act
representing an inward grace.
This means of grace offers both the justifying grace of forgiveness and the healing of the new birth as we are indelibly marked by the Spirit as God’s beloved children, set forth to live into further healing in Christlikeness. (Brent D. Peterson)
It symbolizes death to the old way of life and being raised in a new life with Christ:
a change that has resulted from God’s movement in your life.