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1 Corinthians 1:17 For Christ did not send me to BAPTIZE , but to PREACH the gospel:not with wisdom of words , lest the cross of Christ should be made of no effect.
Food for thought!!!!
When you get baptized, it is a symbolic meaning. When you go into the water you die to your old self, and when you are risen you are a new creation.