Jesus—a life of opposites Wet & Dry

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Water can clean and transform…

Heaven breaks through… The story of John the Baptist

The Baptism of Christ is a painting by the Italian Renaissance master Piero della Francesca, finished around It is housed in the National Gallery, London.Piero della FrancescaNational Gallery, London

Sometimes we get covered in jam… Sometimes we don’t act the way God wants us to Sometimes people can’t see Jesus in us because of the mistakes we make But God can wash us clean on the inside and make us new so that we can reflect his goodness in our lives John the Baptist knew that water itself doesn’t change people on the inside but it could be a sign that they had changed on the inside…