Does anyone believe in holy water?

Question

It has to do with religion in case you didn't know this already.

Answer 1

I believe in a Holy GOD

Answer 2

Different denominations believe in different things. It should not be threatening to any one denomination that another denomination attests to different beliefs, but alas looking at the responses here...

There are many denominations that believe in sacraments. Most Protestant churches have two sacraments Communion and Baptism. The Catholic church has seven sacrament. Sacraments are outward signs of an inward grace. Through the use of the rituals associated with the sacrament the person receiving the sacrament is transformed or changed in some way. ie. Baptism is a symbolic dying and rising with Christ, it is a ceremonial cleansing of sin, it is a purification of soul, it is a symbol of new birth. All are symbolic ways to view the transformational power of Baptism.

The real trick comes in trying to explain how that happens... is the power in the water, is the power in the person preforming the sacrament, is the power in the ritual, is the power in a specific prayer? Each denomination approaches that question in a very different manner.

Those denominations that say that the power is in the water, believe in "Holy Water"; water set apart as special for the purpose of sacrament.

Answer 3

Yes just like the Christians have holy water from Lourdes us Muslims have holy water from Makaah Saudi Arabia called Zam Zam.

Answer 4

Magnetism is an awesome spiritual force that operates on a
multi-dimensional level.
Water has magnetic properties. So does the salt which is a form
of crystal that you put in Holy water.
Plus sound is a spiritual power. The Spoken Word, and invoking the Godhead, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, over the saltwater gives it more energy.

Answer 5

Another example of faith being transferred via inanimate objects is with the disciples praying over cloth and the cloth being carried to a sick person then laying the cloth on their body with accompanying prayer to have their bodies healed by virtue of the faith placed on the cloth. Faith is the key factor here not the water or the cloth. When Jesus answered a Roman's request for healing for his daughter Jesus said He would go to her but the Roman said, "I am a person of authority, when I say to this one do this or to that one do that I know that it will be done. I am not worthy that you (Jesus) should come under my roof, only say the word and it will be done." Jesus marveled that He had not found such great faith among the entire nation of Israel.
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Answer 6

I believe in holy water. I had this experience with holy water that has changed my life for ever.

I was reading this dirty magazine at my dining-room table while eating some fish & chips. My girlfriend came in and saw me and quickly grabbed her jug of holy-water what she keeps on top of the microwave and threw it in my face.

I don't know why she did that to this day but I know that it changed my life. As now, I only read porn when she's at work and not at the shop across the road buying my birthday card.

I hope this helps. If not, I hope you do get some good answers.

Answer 7

No such thing. Jesus said for us to be holy as He and His father are holy. God is holy and when something is sanctified for His use it becomes holy. Now days, inanimate objects aren't holy but we are the temples of the spirit. The alter is now in heaven and we bow down in our hearts and Jesus is the High Priest and his blood is applied to our hearts in faith and that is how we are clean in God's sight.
Hope this helps. God bless.

Answer 8

Ex. 29:4; Lev. 8:6 - Aaron and his sons were washed in holy water in their consecration to the priesthood. Thus, we see the use of holy water during the beginning of salvation history.

Ex. 30:18-19 - the Lord requires Aaron and his sons to wash their hands and feet in holy water before they offered sacrifices to Him. The Church uses holy water for various purposes, and holy water fonts are generally located at the entrance of Catholic churches to be used before the sacrifice of Christ is offered to the Father.

Num. 5:17 - here again, the priest uses holy water. God uses natural matter to convey the supernatural, just as God who is Spirit became flesh in Christ Jesus.

Num. 8:7 - the Lord says to "sprinkle them with the water of remission." The Lord uses water, a physical property, to convey His supernatural property of grace.

1 Kings 7:38-39 - in King Solomon's temple, there were ten large basins of holy water. Holy water has always been used in the context of worship.

John 9:6-7 – Jesus uses clay and spittle to heal the blind man’s eyes, and ordered him to wash in the pool of Siloam to effect the cure. Jesus did not need to use spittle, clay and water, but He does to demonstrate that God uses the material things He created to give graces and heal us.

John 13:4-10 - the Lord uses water to wash the apostles' feet to prepare them for their sacramental priesthood.

John 19:34 - water and blood flowed from Jesus' pierced side on the Cross. The Church uses holy water as a symbol of our Lord's life giving water that flowed from His sacred Heart, and as the property which brings about the power of Jesus Christ Himself, in baptism, the Eucharist, and other sacred rites of the Church.

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Answer 9

No water is more holy than other. Water is pure (in its natural state) to drink, and to wash with. That is why Jews and Muslims can wash with it before prayer. It is from G-d.

Answer 10

I am a Baptist and I do not believe in "holy water." What is it supposed to do? That is what I don't understand.