342. What is God's promise concerning Baptism?
It is given in the words of Christ in the sixteenth chapter of Mark:
"He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be condemned."
343. How does Baptism save us from sin, death, and the devil?
In Baptism we come into fellowship with Christ, and are made partakers in His redemption.
Gal. 3:27. As many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
Rom. 6:3, 4.
344. How can water do such great things?
It is not water indeed that does it, but the Word of God, which is in and with the water, and faith which trusts this Word of God in the water.
For without the Word of God, the water is water alone, and no Baptism. But with the Word of God it is a Baptism, that is, a gracious water of life and a washing of regeneration in the Holy Ghost.