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The Baptism of Water Baptism is mentioned several ways in the Bible. There is the baptism of repentance, the baptism of fire, the baptism of the Holy Spirit, the baptism of Moses, the baptism for the dead, the baptism for the suffering, water baptism, etc. However, Ephesians 4:4-6 says there is only one baptism. Therefore, since the Bible is without error or contradiction, one must conclude that the one baptism is the baptism commanded by the Lord and the apostles and the one in affect today. This one baptism is water immersion in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins and is plainly shown in examples throughout the New Testament where believers were converted. Water baptism was a commission given to the disciples of Jesus and has an ongoing relevance to the Christian leaders and Christian believers of the Christian church today. Baptism is not a ritual. The baptism of water is an act of obedience that follows conversion to symbolically portray the washing away of sins (Brown). Peter confirms that this washing of regeneration involves baptism declaring, ”...baptism now save you--not the removal of dirt from the flesh, but an appeal to God for a good conscience--through the resurrection of Jesus Christ” (1Pet