“It saves us from damnation, like Peter says in 1 Peter 3:21”
So Baptism = grace, correct? Since only grace can save us. Yet Baptism is given to infants who have no faith. So we can be saved without grace in that one limited circumstance, correct? Thus, sola fide is not as universal as some would think, correct?
>>So Baptism = grace, correct? Since only grace can save us. Yet Baptism is given to infants who have no faith. So we can be saved without grace in that one limited circumstance, correct? Thus, sola fide is not as universal as some would think, correct?
No. Baptism is a means of grace but not grace itself. Grace is the disposition of God towards sinners because of what Christ has done on the cross. You seem to think Grace is something like liquid that is poured into man in exchange for some odd Romish understanding of “faith” because like Monty Hall, God wants to make a deal with you.
For the umpteenth time, you are mindlessly repeating that infants have no faith. You do not have a scriptural understanding of faith but a colloquial understanding of it.