Imersion Baptism

[herev]

Wait a second- just want to clarify.

Does the Methodist church believe that baptism washes clean sins? I have never heard that, I thought it was the blood of Jesus that washes sins clean?

technically, yes, of course, the bood of Jesus is the only thing that washes away sins. It's complicated and you will find more than one answer. in This Gift of Water by Gayle Carlton Felton, it is suggested that in Baptism, (think along the lines of the doctrine of original sin) the sin we're born with--that from Adam is washed away, but the sins we are then accountable for through willful actions or inactions are washed away at conversion.

 

[greenonion]

Why isn't the blood of Christ sufficient to wash away the original sin too? Why is this act nessesary?

I'll post this in it's own thread so I don't hijack this one.