So if I understand you, New Testament ordinances don't really do anything, but are just "busy work" for the Church? Or could the Church of today be just like our beloved brother Paul prophesied it would be in 2Timothy 3:1-5?
"This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof."