Without sincere belief in, and commitment to, Jesus Christ, the ordinance is a symbol of obedience only.
If it is to be a "channel of grace" a person needs to be dedicated to Christ (and in this the Holy Ghost is received).
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"Do not despise the words of prophets, but test everything; hold fast to what is good; " 1 Thess. 5:21 (NRSV)
We all trust our own unorthodoxies.
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