Given all that we have said thus far—that grace is
constituted by God’s action in Christ and applied to individuals by the Holy
Spirit, and that the church is a work of God’s grace rather than the response
of men and women to that grace—it should be clear that baptism is first and
foremost an act of God. God is the agent in baptism, not the priest or minister
who applies the water and pronounces the Trinitarian formula. (Carl R.
Trueman, Grace Alone Salvation as a Gift of God: What the Reformers Taught .
. . and Why it Still Matters [Grand Rapids, Mich.: Zondervan, 2017], 197,
emphasis added)
On baptism, see my book, "Born of Water and of the Spirit": The Biblical Evidence for Baptismal Regeneration (2021) (anyone who wants a free PDF copy, drop me an email at ScripturalMormonismATgmailDOTcom)
