As it is written, His ways are not as our ways. And His ways are foolishness and as if walking into one's own deathtrap.
Even those that claim to be pious cannot do true charity in this day and age because a short walk is too costly. How can they sacrifice, when they are defending their own lives and worldly possessions? Or when they exacting their wages due? Or fulfilling their own wills and treasures? The path gets narrower and narrower and more and more dangerous as you approach the door of all doors.
Baptising with water is not an easy thing to do. The pains in life causes one to go from observer to participant in the flash of an eye.