Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into His death.
Baptism is a change of position. I go into death and come out on resurrection ground. I get a new name - a name that associates me with Jesus. A dear friend of mine was raised a strict Hindu in India. His name was “King of the Cobras”. When He received salvation through believing in Jesus and was made a member of God’s family, he was baptized and then changed his name. He’s now called Jesubakthan. It means “Follower of Jesus”. He lost everything that this world had to offer -but he gained eternal wealth and life that can never be lost.