Jeff Gutt Quotes

Christians were sprinkled with water at birth and thus relieved of washing for the rest of their lives.

I naturally wanted to be saved, so when I came home I told my mom I wanted to be confirmed. That's the way I related to it, being raised an Episcopalian. I went to Dallas and got confirmed.

Standing near the door, we dipped our fingers in the holy water, crossed and blessed ourselves, and proceeded up to the sleeping-room, in the usual order, two by two.

I grabbed my mom and I went to the couch and I said, 'Mom I want to ask Jesus to come into my heart.' And I got on my knee and I asked Jesus to come into my heart, forgive me of my sins, and make me a child of God.

Baptism is the sacrament of allegiance of them that are to be received into the Kingdom of God, that is to say, into Eternal life, that is to say, to Remission of Sin. For as Eternal life was lost by the committing, so it is recovered by the remitting of men's sins.

If you have accepted Christ, your sins have been washed away, and you have been born again into a new life through faith in the God-Man, Jesus Christ, who came to rescue this world.

I remember the day of my baptism very vividly. I was baptized in the baptismal font in the Tabernacle on Temple Square. Those who were being baptized put on white coveralls, and one by one were gently taken down the steps into the water.

It's like every day I'm born anew, without Jesus.

John the Baptist, who we are told was related by blood to Jesus, was preaching the impending judgement of God, urging repentance and moral reform, and baptizing in the Jordan River those who responded.

There's not a day that goes by that I don't bless myself with holy water and then get in my car and rub the medal of the Virgin Mary that she gave me and say a Hail Mary for my mother. And then I kiss her Mass card that's right there on the dashboard.

To turn water into wine, and what is common into what is holy, is indeed the glory of Christianity.

I was 22 years old when I asked Christ to come into my heart. You cannot be born a Christian; you can only be converted. And that is by putting your faith and trust in Christ.

No man is excluded from calling upon God, the gate of salvation is set open unto all men: neither is there any other thing which keepeth us back from entering in, save only our own unbelief.

I always believed in God, I would go to mass most of the time, but I had no idea of the calling to holiness.

I was baptized by my father when I was 4 years old.

God has no grandchildren. He has only children, so being a born-again Christian is not an automatic thing.

I grew up in the Baptist church and, honey, they baptized me about 14 times. It never did take.

I wouldn't be out here without God, without Jesus in my life.

I wanted to be baptized as an adult, confirming my faith and my beliefs. It was also a way for me to consciously thank God and Jesus for everything in my life.

What good does it do me if Christ was born in Bethlehem once if he is not born again in my heart through faith?

The message of Easter is that God's new world has been unveiled in Jesus Christ and that you're now invited to belong to it.

Once God saves us He doesn't move us beyond the gospel, but He moves us more deeply into the gospel.

Lent is a time of grace, a time to convert and live out our baptism fully.

Baptism is not to be conferred on a man who is unwilling to give up his other sins, so neither should Baptism be given to one who is unwilling to renounce his unbelief. Nevertheless, each of them receives the Sacrament if it is conferred on him, although not unto salvation.