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Opening Prayer
Opening Illustration
A BOY Scout was on a plane with a pilot, a minister, and a computer whiz.
There was trouble on the plane.
The plane was beginning to dive.
They realized that they had to put on parachutes and jump.
The only problem was there were only three parachutes and there were four people.
The pilot came and said, “Well, look, I’ve got a wife and four kids, I need a parachute.”
So, he took the parachute and he jumped.
The computer whiz said, “Well, I’ve got all of this knowledge that the world desperately needs for the twenty-first century, and I can’t have it die with me, so I need a parachute.”
So, the computer whiz took a parachute and he jumped.
The minister looked at the little boy and said, “Well, look, I’ve lived a long, full life and you’re just a young man.
You take the last parachute, and I’ll go down with the plane.”
The little boy looked at the minister and said, “Mr.
Minister, don’t worry about it.
The brilliant computer whiz just took my knapsack and jumped out of the plane.”
A lot of us are too smart for our britches.
We think more of ourselves than we ought to.
We think we’re a life whiz and every time we jump out to do right, we fall flat on our face.
God has what we need in order to jump and land on our feet.
All we have to do is humble ourselves and submit to Him.
A BOY Scout was on a plane with a pilot, a minister, and a computer whiz.
There was trouble on the plane.
The plane was beginning to dive.
They realized that they had to put on parachutes and jump.
The only problem was there were only three parachutes and there were four people.
The pilot came and said, “Well, look, I’ve got a wife and four kids, I need a parachute.”
So, he took the parachute and he jumped.
The computer whiz said, “Well, I’ve got all of this knowledge that the world desperately needs for the twenty-first century, and I can’t have it die with me, so I need a parachute.”
So, the computer whiz took a parachute and he jumped.
The minister looked at the little boy and said, “Well, look, I’ve lived a long, full life and you’re just a young man.
You take the last parachute, and I’ll go down with the plane.”
The little boy looked at the minister and said, “Mr.
Minister, don’t worry about it.
The brilliant computer whiz just took my knapsack and jumped out of the plane.”
This little lesson in humility is a reminder to not lean on ourselves or or abilities and remember the humble actions of Christ
This brings us to the text we will be focusing on today, John 13:14-16:
Reading of the Text
From this powerful passage we will focus on three main points:
Christ’s Command
Christ’s Example
Christ’s Warning
First let’s look at Christ’s command in verse 14
Christ’s Command
First let’s look at Christ’s Command in verse 14:
John 13
What does it mean to wash someone’s feet?
Foot-washing is the practice of washing a person's feet, especially on entry into a house or other building
During the 1st century in the Middle-East, foot-washing was a sign of courteous hospitality
We see examples of this recorded in Scripture even well before the 1st century
Foot-washing was a sign of courteous hospitality
In the Old Testament we see Abraham’s response to the visit from The Lord and the two angels in Genesis 18:4:
Foot-washing - The practice of washing a person's feet, especially on entry into a house or other building.
Disciples would do for their teachers almost anything a slave would do except deal with their feet, which was considered too demeaning for a free person
David Witthoff, ed., The Lexham Cultural Ontology Glossary (Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2014).
And again Abraham says to his three guests:
In the New Testament we see Jesus refer to the practice of foot-washing when He said in Luke 7:44:
So what is the reason for the refusal of Simon and in this verse and the disciples from our opening passage for not practicing this extremely hospitable service?
......................Pride
......................Pride
One of the ways human pride manifests itself is in the refusing to take on a lower role
Consider this:
A student at a Bible school in the Philippines became disturbed over the condition of the men’s rest rooms, since they always seemed to be neglected in the cleaning routine.
When nothing was done to eliminate the filth, he took matters into his own hands and complained to the principal of the school.
A little while later, the student noticed that the problem was being corrected, but he saw with amazement that the man with the mop and pail in hand was the principal himself!
Later the student commented, “I thought that he would call a janitor, but he cleaned the toilets himself.
It was a major lesson to me on being a servant and, of course, it raised a question in my own mind as to why I hadn’t taken care of the problem!”
We see the disciples in a very similar situation
You see, in that time, disciples would do for their teachers almost anything a slave would do for their master....
One of the ways human pride manifests itself in a stratified society is in refusing to take the lower role.
except deal with their feet, which was considered too demeaning for a free person
Except deal with their feet, which was considered too demeaning for a free person
Even in the Middle-East today showing the bottom of your foot is considered equivalent to cursing someone with the strongest language possible
This is so offensive in that culture that when our soldiers where sent to fight in the Middle-East this custom was included in their training
However, we see from pur passage that Jesus, their Lord and Teacher, has washed his disciples’ feet—This was absolutely an unthinkable act!
This practice of hospitality that was designated for the lowest servant was used by Jesus Christ to express his servanthood and how we are to treat others
William Temple, in his 1947 book “Readings in St. John’s Gospel” said regarding this:
“We would gladly wash the feet of our Divine Lord; but He disconcertingly insists on washing ours, and bids us wash our neighbour’s feet.”
Leon Morris, The Gospel according to John, The New International Commentary on the New Testament (Grand Rapids, MI: Wm.
B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1995). said regarding this: “We would gladly wash the feet of our Divine Lord; but He disconcertingly insists on washing ours, and bids us wash our neighbour’s feet.”
Our actions must be humble, self-giving treatment of other people without regard to shame and honor codes of society
The point of what Jesus has done and said is to show our awareness, intentionality, and readiness to perform the lowliest service for one another.
Nothing was more menial than the washing of the feet during that time...
So, no act of service should be beneath us as followers of Christ
Christ’s Example
Now let’s look at Christ’s Example in verse 15:
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Jesus’ purpose in this action was to establish the ultimate model of loving humility
The humility of Christ is a pattern for His disciples
Instead of aspiring to dominate, they must be eager to serve as we should also do as His followers
Keep this in mind....
Jesus washed the feet of Peter, the man who would deny knowing Him
Jesus washed the feet of Judas who would betray Him
Jesus washed the feet of the rest of the disciples who would abandon Him only in a matter of hours
Do we really have an excuse not to serve others?
..................We must be Christ-like in all our actions
Christlikeness is the process by which believers are conformed to the likeness of Jesus Christ, especially in relation to obedience to and trust in God
Through the Holy Spirit, God refashions believers in the image of his Son, who is set before them as a model of the form of the redeemed life.
This is is not a suggestion.....
Scripture commands it:
Jesus Christ sets his disciples an example, especially in servanthood, self-denial and endurance of suffering, so that they may become like Him
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