Water Baptism is an outward act (outward repentance) in obedience to God’s instruction. It is our consent to accept the baptism of the Holy Spirit. We are stating our belief of the Gospel and acknowledging our decision to follow Christ (outward repentance). 

When we consent to water baptism and cause it to take place by participating in it as the person being baptized, we are making a public statement that we believe The Truth, The Way, and The Life, and accept Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior. We are consenting to the ‘entering in’ of a relationship with Christ outwardly. -We basically just said “Yes, I will marry you”!  At this point, we are the giver and He is the receiver of this beautiful display of obedience to His Word.