The Importance of Baptism in Early Christianity

Christianity grew more by conversion than it did through birth. It was just seen that baptism was special and that he also talked. There's another passage similar to honestly the shepherd of hermas, which is an early Christian work from Rome in the second century. That one should probably maybe wait to be baptized till later in life so that one doesn't sin and scare the Holy Spirit out of you. But clearly, there are clear passages and offer hot that suggests that you can lose your salvation.