Comments on: Does water replace dirt at a baptism? http://www.diyyourhouse.com/does-water-replace-dirt-at-a-baptism/ We Are All About Home Improvement Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:56:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Gilbert P http://www.diyyourhouse.com/does-water-replace-dirt-at-a-baptism/comment-page-1/#comment-20699 Gilbert P Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:01:20 +0000 http://www.diyyourhouse.com/?p=5773#comment-20699 God must have a sense f humor,...He has to to have servants like you!LOL. John baptized people as a sign that they had asked God to forgive their sins and had decided to live as he wanted them to live. Baptism was an outward sign of commitment.To be effective, it had to be accompanied by in inward change of attitude leading to a changed life--- the work of the Holy Spirit( in essence to washing the "dirt"out of ones grubby little heart,with "water" LOL). God must have a sense f humor,…He has to to have servants like you!LOL.

John baptized people as a sign that they had asked God to forgive their sins and had decided to live as he wanted them to live. Baptism was an outward sign of commitment.To be effective, it had to be accompanied by in inward change of attitude leading to a changed life— the work of the Holy Spirit( in essence to washing the "dirt"out of ones grubby little heart,with "water" LOL).

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