tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20329331.post-66732193700340535452008-03-27T11:15:00.000-06:002008-03-27T11:15:00.000-06:00I started thinking about this washing machine. If you compare a washing machine to the gospel, what parallels are there?<BR/><BR/>Washing machines wash clothes by using water, just like baptism. If you have white clothes, you need to add HOT water equating to baptism by fire. There are different wash cycles, just like the gospel, some sins you only have to pray for forgiveness whereas other sins require a longer cycle to get things clean. There is also some work, not just faith, is involved in the Gospel just as in washing machines, there is an agitator, a spin cycle, a rinse cycle. In the Gospel you need to read scriptures, have family home evening, attend church, take the sacrament, etc. Faith, without works is dead. If you put in cleaner into your washing machine without going through the work of agitation, spin and rinse, the soap doesn't do any good.<BR/><BR/>Now, as it relates to life, the washing machine sure gives us more time and makes our life easier and cleaner. We need to teach people how great this washing machine is. We shouldn't be afraid to tell people how great this washing machine is and how it will make their life better, cleaner and happier.<BR/><BR/>Wow, that is a lot of stuff.Clinthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02987107424050752870noreply@blogger.com