Sunday, April 05, 2009

Baptizing A Drunk

A man is stumbling through the woods totally drunk when he comes upon
a preacher baptizing people in the river. The drunk walks into the
water and bumps into the preacher. The preacher turns around and is
almost overcome by the smell of booze. Whereupon he asks the drunk,
'Are you ready to find Jesus?'

'Yes I am'  replies the drunk, so the preacher grabs him and dunks him
in the river. He pulls him up and asks the drunk, 'Brother have you
found Jesus?'

The drunk replies, 'No, I haven't.'  The preacher, shocked at the
answer, dunks him into the water again, but for a bit longer this
time. He pulls him out of the water and asks again, 'Have you found
Jesus, my brother?'

The drunk again answers, 'No, I have not found Jesus.'
By this time the preacher is at his wits end so he dunks the drunk in
the water again, but this time he holds him down for about 30 seconds.

When the drunk begins kicking his arms and legs, the preacher pulls
him up. The preacher asks the drunk again, 'For the love of God, have
you found Jesus?'

The drunk wipes his eyes and catches his breath and says to the preacher,

'Are you sure this is where he fell in?