There is nothing we can do to get ourselves saved and it includes getting wet . We are to edify Christ who has the power to save not our own selves.
Yes both the water and the spirit . called the water of the word .The doctrines that fall from above (inspired from ) not earthly , literal water.
Deuteronomy 32:1-2King James Version Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and
hear, O earth, the
words of
my mouth. My doctrine shall drop
as the
rain, my speech shall distil
as the
dew, as the
small rain upon the
tender herb, and
as the
showers upon the
grass
All forms of living water are used in the parable .We know its a parable by the use of the word
as used 4 times .
As to indicate the unseen work . Not
is rain dropping or not
is dew distilling or
is the
shower that causes
born again growth .Words empowered cause born again growth
The same doctrines that make up the gospel that we are to wash our wives with just as he washes us his bride.
Ephesians 5:25-27King James Version25 Husbands, love your wives, even
as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; That he might sanctify and cleanse
it with the
washing of
water by the
word, That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.
Proverbs which are moral parables seem to support the idea . . words as water
Proverbs 18:4 The
words of a man's mouth are as
deep waters, and the wellspring of wisdom as a
flowing brook
You could say the
deep things of God inspired from above not earthly corrupted. . H20
