Titus 3:5 says, “Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost.” Baptism signifies this regeneration and renewing. When Christ blesses one with salvation, indeed all things become new. The blind see. The deaf hear. The mute speak. The lame walk. The dead are raised. So it has been for every one of us. So it is now.