Of course, Christ redeems His people and He does so without baptism.4 But baptism points to and seals their redemption through the sprinkling of the blood of the Lamb.5
Consequently, baptism should always be regarded as a matter of considerable importance.6 Indeed, “whoever believes and is baptized, will be saved; but whoever does not believe, will be condemned!”
Right after the fall, God clothed the nakedness of our first parents when He put coats of skins upon them.8 These garments pointed to the sin-covering work of the Lamb of God, Jesus Christ, Who would take away the sin of the world.9 Doubtless, Adam and Eve also put clothes on their own babies shortly after they were born, to protect them from their hostile environment.10 Similarly, the Bible tells us that Christians are to be “clothed” with baptism, or to have it put on like a garment.11 And the Bible further tells us that we are to have these baptismal “clothes” put on our own infant children too.12
