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28:19 and 20 -- ` Go ye therefore , and teach all nations , baptizing them in the name of the Father , and of the Son , and of the Holy Ghost : teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you : and , lo , I am with you alway , even unto the end of the world . Amen . ' We gladly obey the commands of our great Redeemer . `` Baptism does not save the sinner , but it is the answer of a good conscience , as Peter 3:21 says . Baptism represents our death to sin and our resurrection to righteousness . As Paul , the great apostle says : ` Buried with him in baptism , wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God , who hath raised him from the dead . ' The whole idea of baptism is beautifully pictured in Romans 6:3 , 4 , ` Know ye not , that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death ?