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Washbasin theology
How are you going to use our gift?
Who is the greatest argument?
· The test or Humility
· We are born selfish
· We think of ourselves to much
· Humility is “not thinking of ourselves at all”
· We want the world to revolve around us.
Look at these Biblical examples the disciple asked Jesus
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The disciples focused on themselves around the Last Super.
· Why did the disciple keep asking Jesus this question?
· Look at all that has been happened to Peter
· Peter walks on water
· Peter has taxes paid from the month of a fish
· Peter on the mount of transfiguration
· Matt18:1
· Why did the disciples ask Jesus who is the greatest in the kingdom?
· Maybe they were Jealous of all the good things happen to Peter.
· They even get their Mother involved
· the mother of the sons of Zebedee
Jesus is our example of true Humility
· Jesus served during the hardest times in his life.
· At the hardest time in his life.
· Jesus did not serve only in the good times.
· He was not a fair-weather servant
· Washing the disciple’s feet.
· How did he serve?
Wash Basin theology
The meaning of the wash Basin
Basin is used in two examples.
· Jesus takes the washbasin washes the disciple’s feet
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· Jesus takes a basin of water and washes other feet.
Servant picture.
· Pilot served himself.
· Pilot takes the washbasin and washes his own hands.
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Pilates example of selfish
He therefore took water and washed his hands in front of the crowd, symbolizing his desire to absolve himself from being involved in putting an innocent man to death ().
But his words, I am innocent of this Man’s blood, did not make him innocent ().
Such an act did not remove Pilate’s guilt from this travesty of justice.[1]
The washing of the hands as a gesture to indicate one’s innocence of an offense was a Jewish custom (; ; ),46 although Plummer finds it also in Virgil and Ovid (p.
391).
Pilate apparently used it as something that would be comprehensible to those who saw it; in any case, his words are plain enough[2]
Two Theologies before us today.
· Serving others
· Serving oneself
We are all born selfish at the core.
· Selfish Test
If you think you are not selfish answer this question.
· Who do you see first in a group picture?
We all look at our self-first.
If we like the picture of our self, we give it a thumbs up.
If we don’t like the picture of our self, we call for a retake
To serve others will be a costly.
We become a bridge between God and man.
What is the bridge built for?
To me walk on or driven over.
That means we will get walked on.
This conflict is illustrated throughout the Bible.
Cain was a religious man, yet he hated his brother and killed him ().
The world does not persecute “religious people,” but it does persecute righteous people.[3]
Why Cain killed Abel is explained in : “Because his own works were evil, and his brother’s righteous.”
The Pharisees and Jewish leaders were religious people, yet they crucified Christ and persecuted the early church[4]
Jesus warned His disciples, “for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues” ()[5]
The key to serving others
· When we serve others, we are serving Jesus
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25:44“Then they themselves also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not take care of You?’[6]
Question:
What if you are not feeling close to God currently?
If you don’t feel close to God what should you do?
Go serve people.
Go out and hug people.
Every time you hug people you are hugging Jesus.
Things to do Everyday
Five steps
1. value people
2. think of ways to add value to people
3. look for ways to add value to people
4. do things that value people
5. encourage others to add value others.
[1] Louis A. Barbieri, Jr., “Matthew,” in The Bible Knowledge Commentary: An Exposition of the Scriptures, ed.
J. F. Walvoord and R. B. Zuck, vol. 2 (Wheaton, IL: Victor Books, 1985), 87.
46 “The irony of this allusion is that Pilate follows a ritual designed to dissociate Israel itself from the consequences of blood-guilt” (Green).
Calvin asks, “How can he scrub off the stain of his crime with a few drops of water, when no expiation could have cleared it?”
(III, p. 187).
Plummer A. Plummer, An Exegetical Commentary on the Gospel according to S. Matthew (London, 1910)
[2] Leon Morris, The Gospel according to Matthew, The Pillar New Testament Commentary (Grand Rapids, MI; Leicester, England: W.B. Eerdmans; Inter-Varsity Press, 1992), 706–707.
[3] Warren W. Wiersbe, The Bible Exposition Commentary, vol. 2 (Wheaton, IL: Victor Books, 1996), 424.
[4] Warren W. Wiersbe, The Bible Exposition Commentary, vol. 2 (Wheaton, IL: Victor Books, 1996), 424.
[5] Warren W. Wiersbe, The Bible Exposition Commentary, vol. 2 (Wheaton, IL: Victor Books, 1996), 424.
[6] New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (La Habra, CA: The Lockman Foundation, 1995), .
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