“None Who Were Brought Unto Repentance Who Were Not Baptized with Water”
Baptism witnesses to both God and man that our spirit is contrite and humble and that we are willing to take the name of Christ upon us. Baptism by immersion symbolizes the Christian commitment to Christ, the acceptance of our Lord’s death, burial, and rise unto a newness of life (see Romans 6:3-5; see also 2 Nephi 31:13; Mosiah 18:8-9; Moroni 6:2-4; D&C 20:37).