is water baptism a "work" ?

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Shalom Higher-Fire,

     Has anyone got a nice write-up in response to the
"water baptism=work" concept...

     One point I have touched on is how in Ephesians 2:9
>"not by works, so that no one can boast. "
that while we may boast of feeding the hungry, there is
nothing in baptism we can boast of, as the active
agent is the Ruach ha Kodesh, which does the only
"work", remission of sins.... (Divine Work :-)

    This is on a forum with the skeptics and errantists where
the believers basically argue against the efficacy of water baptism..
So I found myself allied with the skeptics ... LOL...who see the
logic behind baptism being connected with salvation in scripture,
that most of the believers deny <what a world>.

    So one of the errantists wants to take a wooden "any task"=work
approach since he *must* find a contradiction somewhere...
and since there is "action" in water baptism it is a "task"...
(see what they can come up with ?)

    So any good write-ups on this topic ?

    Thank you...

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