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[00:00:20] Well, it's been seven weeks since we've been, well, at least seven weeks since we've been in the Gospel of John.
[00:00:26] And that's where we started, oh, a while back.
[00:00:29] And we've been going through the Gospel of John verse by verse, expositionally.
[00:00:34] Took a break, looking at the seven churches in Revelation.
[00:00:37] And I hope that was beneficial for us.
[00:00:39] It was for me.
[00:00:40] Just to look at the different churches that Christ wrote a letter to and had something to say about.
[00:00:46] And how that affects our church, or our hearts, and our relationship with Him.
[00:00:53] But now we fall back into John.
[00:00:56] We're in John 13.
[00:00:58] This is where Jesus' public ministry ends and His private ministry begins.
[00:01:05] In the last few chapters, just to remind us about where we are, in John 10, we remember Jesus calls Himself the Good Shepherd.
[00:01:13] And we are His sheep.
[00:01:14] And He looks at that interaction between the sheep and the shepherd, the only good shepherd.
[00:01:20] And then in John 11, we have the account of Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead.
[00:01:25] And how that affected the Pharisees and the Jewish leadership.
[00:01:29] We moved into John 12.
[00:01:31] Where we saw Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem on the back of a donkey.
[00:01:37] And now the Jewish leaders have set out to kill Him.
[00:01:42] In John 13, Jesus' public ministry essentially is over.
[00:01:46] He's completed it.
[00:01:48] He's come to do what He did, and He did it.
[00:01:50] He let the world know, basically, and the leadership know the gospel.
[00:01:55] And take it or leave it, His work is complete.
[00:01:58] It's done.
[00:01:58] And now He moves toward those that He is closest to.
[00:02:01] His family, His friends, His disciples.
[00:02:03] And this will be for the next eight chapters, the last week of Jesus' life.
[00:02:10] In verse 36 of chapter 12, just before we begin today, John writes that Jesus departed and hid Himself from them.
[00:02:18] From the Pharisees, from the Jewish leaders.
[00:02:21] He went away and He hid Himself.
[00:02:24] He departed.
[00:02:24] He left them.
[00:02:27] And now He's focused on His friends.
[00:02:29] So we'll begin reading in John chapter 13.
[00:02:32] Please turn there if you have your Bibles.
[00:02:34] Beginning in verse 1.
[00:02:37] And John writes,
[00:02:59] Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into His hands, and that He had come from God and was going back to God, rose from supper.
[00:03:08] He laid aside His outer garments and, taking a towel, tied it around His waist.
[00:03:14] Then He poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples' feet and to wipe them with the towel that was wrapped around Him.
[00:03:22] He came to Simon Peter, who said to Him,
[00:03:24] Lord, do you wash my feet?
[00:03:27] Jesus answered him,
[00:03:29] What I'm doing, you do not understand now, but afterward you will understand.
[00:03:35] And Peter said to Him,
[00:03:37] You shall never wash my feet.
[00:03:39] Jesus answered him,
[00:03:40] If I do not wash you, you have no share with me.
[00:03:44] And Simon Peter said to Him,
[00:03:46] Lord, not my feet also, but my hands and my head also.
[00:03:50] Jesus said to him,
[00:03:52] The one who has bathed does not need to wash except for his feet, but is completely clean.
[00:03:59] And you are clean, but not every one of you.
[00:04:03] For He knew who was to betray Him.
[00:04:06] That was why He said,
[00:04:07] Not all of you are clean.
[00:04:09] When He had washed their feet and put on His outer garments and resumed His place,
[00:04:13] He said to them,
[00:04:14] Do you understand what I have done to you?
[00:04:17] You call me Teacher and Lord, and you are right, for so I am.
[00:04:22] If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet.
[00:04:28] For I have given you an example that you also should do, just as I have done to you.
[00:04:33] Truly, truly, I say to you, a servant is not greater than his master,
[00:04:37] nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him.
[00:04:41] If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them.
[00:04:46] I am not speaking of all of you.
[00:04:49] I know whom I have chosen.
[00:04:52] But the scripture will be fulfilled.
[00:04:54] He who ate my bread has lifted his heel against me.
[00:04:57] I am telling you this now before it takes place,
[00:04:59] that when it does take place, you may believe that I am He.
[00:05:03] Truly, truly, I say to you,
[00:05:04] whoever receives the one I send receives me,
[00:05:08] and whoever receives me receives the one who sent me.
[00:05:13] This is God's word.
[00:05:15] Let's pray.
[00:05:17] Father in heaven,
[00:05:20] we're about to go into an amazing example of your love for us.
[00:05:25] Pray that we comprehend it clearly,
[00:05:28] and that we can learn from this,
[00:05:30] and have a better, closer, more appreciative relationship with you because of it.
[00:05:36] Holy Spirit, lead us.
[00:05:37] We pray in Jesus' name.
[00:05:38] Amen.
[00:05:41] As we begin to look at this passage,
[00:05:44] keep in mind,
[00:05:47] we talked about this in a few different examples leading up to this in John.
[00:05:52] Jesus is not just giving us a cute, nice story.
[00:05:57] Remember back in John 10 with the sheep and the shepherd,
[00:06:01] it's not just a nice story about sheep.
[00:06:04] There's a deep meaning there about how God calls His people.
[00:06:06] He knows them by name, those types of things.
[00:06:08] That's theology.
[00:06:10] Like how the Lord fed the 5,000.
[00:06:13] It wasn't just a great story and a great miracle.
[00:06:17] Though it was, it wasn't only that.
[00:06:19] He was showing us who is the true manna from heaven,
[00:06:22] the true bread of life.
[00:06:24] He goes in overboard, as we see it,
[00:06:28] in His object lessons for us.
[00:06:30] The woman at the well.
[00:06:31] It's not just about a woman getting a drink.
[00:06:33] It's about He's the living water.
[00:06:35] There's messages in these things.
[00:06:36] And so here, don't forget about that.
[00:06:38] But He's sending us a message here today.
[00:06:40] He's showing us something.
[00:06:42] And so as we go through, think about what is He showing us?
[00:06:46] You know how they say, if you're writing a book or writing a newspaper article,
[00:06:51] they tell writers, don't tell, show.
[00:06:54] They say, show, don't tell.
[00:06:56] Show me.
[00:06:57] I want to feel like I was there.
[00:06:58] Don't just tell me what happened.
[00:07:00] So He's showing us something here today.
[00:07:03] So let's begin reading.
[00:07:05] In verse 1.
[00:07:06] Now before the feast of the Passover,
[00:07:08] when Jesus knew that His hour had come to depart out of this world to the Father,
[00:07:12] having loved His own who were in the world,
[00:07:15] He loved them to the end.
[00:07:19] This is the week of Passover.
[00:07:21] And this is the third Passover we read about in Jesus' life.
[00:07:25] And it says that Jesus knew.
[00:07:28] He knew that this was the hour that He had come for.
[00:07:32] And He knew where He had come from.
[00:07:33] And He knew where He was going.
[00:07:35] He knew these things.
[00:07:36] Not like a normal human being.
[00:07:38] He had supernatural knowledge.
[00:07:40] At this point, He knew the plan.
[00:07:43] He probably didn't know the plan when He was a little baby in Bethlehem.
[00:07:47] But as He grew, He knew.
[00:07:49] And the Father showed Him,
[00:07:52] this hour is the purpose for your life on earth.
[00:07:56] And He knew that.
[00:07:57] He knew the mission.
[00:08:00] He knew the assignment.
[00:08:04] And He was ready for it.
[00:08:07] In John chapter 17, the high priestly prayer,
[00:08:10] when Jesus is in Gethsemane,
[00:08:13] try that three times.
[00:08:16] When Jesus was praying in the Garden of Gethsemane,
[00:08:20] He said this in John 17, verse 5.
[00:08:22] He said,
[00:08:23] Father, glorify me in Your own presence
[00:08:25] with the glory that I had with You
[00:08:26] before the world existed.
[00:08:29] He knew where He came from.
[00:08:31] And He knew He was going back there.
[00:08:34] John says He loved His own.
[00:08:35] He loved them to the end.
[00:08:36] And isn't that how Christ loves us?
[00:08:38] All the way.
[00:08:39] To the utmost.
[00:08:42] Right to the end.
[00:08:43] If you're taking notes,
[00:08:44] your first note here says,
[00:08:45] Jesus knew exactly who He was
[00:08:48] and what He was doing.
[00:08:50] And He did it out of His great love for us.
[00:08:54] When we go through times that are confusing for us,
[00:08:58] we sometimes talk to Jesus the way we talk to a friend.
[00:09:01] And we say,
[00:09:03] what are you doing?
[00:09:04] Do you know what you're doing?
[00:09:06] It looks like you don't know what you're doing.
[00:09:09] Well, Jesus knew exactly what He was doing.
[00:09:11] And even today, He knows what He's doing in your life.
[00:09:14] So if something is confusing and you say,
[00:09:16] God, do you even know what you're doing up there?
[00:09:19] Think twice.
[00:09:20] He's not just a friend that you work with.
[00:09:23] He's God Almighty.
[00:09:24] And He knows what He's doing.
[00:09:26] And it's interesting how the song lyrics this morning
[00:09:28] touch on that here and there.
[00:09:31] You know, the hardest part about trusting God
[00:09:32] is trusting God.
[00:09:34] I just have to trust Him.
[00:09:35] And I have to train myself to trust Him.
[00:09:36] And He trains us to trust Him at times.
[00:09:39] How?
[00:09:40] By giving us little things to go through
[00:09:41] that are a little strenuous at times.
[00:09:43] And we have to trust God through that.
[00:09:45] And you know what?
[00:09:46] He gets us through those times.
[00:09:47] And so then something greater comes
[00:09:49] that is harder for us.
[00:09:51] It's going to take a little more trust.
[00:09:53] And then we get through that
[00:09:54] and our trust builds.
[00:09:55] And then something that seems like
[00:09:56] it's the end of your world comes.
[00:09:58] Are you still going to trust Him?
[00:10:00] Do you think He knows what He's doing?
[00:10:03] Well, He does.
[00:10:05] He knows exactly who He is,
[00:10:07] what He's doing,
[00:10:07] and why He's doing it,
[00:10:08] even though we don't know why.
[00:10:12] Let's go on to verse 2.
[00:10:14] During supper,
[00:10:17] when the devil had already put into the heart
[00:10:18] of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son,
[00:10:21] to betray Him,
[00:10:22] Jesus, again,
[00:10:23] knowing that the Father had given
[00:10:25] all things into His hands
[00:10:27] and that He had come from God
[00:10:29] and was going back to God,
[00:10:30] He knew all these things.
[00:10:32] He rose from supper.
[00:10:35] He laid aside His outer garments
[00:10:36] and taking a towel,
[00:10:38] tied it around His waist.
[00:10:39] Then He poured water into a basin
[00:10:41] and began to wash the disciples' feet
[00:10:43] and to wipe them with the towel
[00:10:45] that was wrapped around Him.
[00:10:49] Again, John is showing us
[00:10:50] Jesus' supernatural knowledge here.
[00:10:52] He knows way more than the disciples do
[00:10:54] about everything.
[00:10:57] And He knows that God's plan
[00:10:59] is about to work out perfectly.
[00:11:02] And He knows He's going to walk through it
[00:11:04] for us,
[00:11:05] for you and for me.
[00:11:06] He knew He had come from the Father.
[00:11:08] He knew He was going back there.
[00:11:10] And John writes here a few things.
[00:11:12] And I want you to take note of these things
[00:11:14] that Jesus does.
[00:11:15] He rose from supper.
[00:11:17] Okay?
[00:11:18] No big deal.
[00:11:19] What does this look like?
[00:11:20] The Last Supper?
[00:11:23] This isn't the Last Supper,
[00:11:24] but at any dining experience
[00:11:27] back in the first century,
[00:11:29] at least with the disciples,
[00:11:29] we see many times,
[00:11:31] you'll see the Lord was at table.
[00:11:32] He'll say,
[00:11:33] He's at the table.
[00:11:33] The table's usually on the floor.
[00:11:35] They don't have chairs,
[00:11:36] usually back then as we do here.
[00:11:38] They're on the floor,
[00:11:39] reclining with some comfortable tapestries
[00:11:44] or blankets or pillows,
[00:11:45] whatever it might be.
[00:11:46] But you're comfortable.
[00:11:47] You eat.
[00:11:48] How do you feel after you eat?
[00:11:49] You know that time after you have dinner
[00:11:50] with friends and family?
[00:11:52] You kind of eat.
[00:11:53] And you're done eating.
[00:11:54] Well, you don't get up right away.
[00:11:56] You kind of hang out by the table
[00:11:57] and kick back,
[00:11:58] have a cup of coffee,
[00:11:59] a piece of pie,
[00:12:00] whatever,
[00:12:00] and you just relax.
[00:12:01] That's the time where you're
[00:12:02] most comfortable, probably.
[00:12:05] Your loved ones are nearby.
[00:12:06] You're having a few laughs,
[00:12:08] reminiscing,
[00:12:08] and that's the best place to be.
[00:12:10] Your belly's full.
[00:12:12] And that's where Jesus was here.
[00:12:14] They just ate.
[00:12:16] The first thing on this particular list,
[00:12:18] John Rice,
[00:12:19] is that He rose from supper.
[00:12:20] So it's at that moment,
[00:12:22] everyone's happy and content.
[00:12:23] He gets up.
[00:12:26] He lays aside his outer garments.
[00:12:30] Okay.
[00:12:32] He took up a towel
[00:12:35] and He secured it to Himself.
[00:12:36] He tied it around Himself.
[00:12:38] Just picture this happening.
[00:12:41] Then He goes
[00:12:42] and He washes the disciples' feet
[00:12:44] with that towel.
[00:12:47] Then He puts back on
[00:12:48] His outer garments
[00:12:49] and He goes back
[00:12:51] to sit down
[00:12:52] in His place
[00:12:53] where He was resting before.
[00:12:55] Simple, right?
[00:12:56] Okay, well,
[00:12:58] there's no more to the story, right?
[00:13:00] I mean, we just read it.
[00:13:00] We get it.
[00:13:01] He got up and He washed the feet
[00:13:03] and He sat back down.
[00:13:05] What's really there for us to see?
[00:13:08] What's He showing us?
[00:13:10] And I want you to hold that thought
[00:13:11] as we go.
[00:13:13] Verse 6.
[00:13:15] He came to Simon Peter
[00:13:17] who said to Him,
[00:13:18] Lord,
[00:13:19] do you wash my feet?
[00:13:22] Jesus answered him,
[00:13:23] what I'm doing
[00:13:24] you do not understand now.
[00:13:26] But afterward,
[00:13:28] you'll understand.
[00:13:31] And I want you to understand
[00:13:32] the washing of feet
[00:13:34] was a typical practice
[00:13:35] back in that culture
[00:13:36] in those days.
[00:13:36] This wasn't a strange thing.
[00:13:37] It would happen all the time.
[00:13:39] I mean,
[00:13:39] they're in
[00:13:42] Canaan, basically,
[00:13:43] Israel,
[00:13:43] where it's dusty a lot.
[00:13:45] A lot of rocks,
[00:13:45] dust,
[00:13:46] and people went back and forth.
[00:13:47] They had sandals
[00:13:48] and their feet would get
[00:13:50] dusty and dirty
[00:13:50] and if there was a little,
[00:13:52] if they walked through a puddle
[00:13:52] they'd get muddy
[00:13:53] and then they'd get
[00:13:54] crusted mud on their feet
[00:13:55] and sometimes it was pretty gross.
[00:13:58] So they had to wash their feet.
[00:13:59] And if someone was in a home
[00:14:01] that could afford
[00:14:01] to have a servant,
[00:14:03] the lowest servant
[00:14:05] would wash the people's feet,
[00:14:06] the visitor's feet.
[00:14:07] And it was a typical thing to do.
[00:14:09] So it wasn't a strange thing.
[00:14:11] It was a cultural thing.
[00:14:12] A hospitable thing.
[00:14:15] And if you think back
[00:14:16] to the first chapter of John,
[00:14:18] when John the Baptist
[00:14:19] was talking about Jesus,
[00:14:20] remember what he said
[00:14:21] in verse 26 of chapter 1?
[00:14:23] He said,
[00:14:24] I baptize with water
[00:14:25] but among you stands one
[00:14:26] you don't know.
[00:14:27] Even he who comes after me,
[00:14:29] the strap,
[00:14:30] whose sandal,
[00:14:30] I'm not worthy to untie.
[00:14:33] I'm not even worthy
[00:14:35] to be the lowest servant
[00:14:37] to wash Jesus' feet.
[00:14:39] John the Baptist
[00:14:40] is announcing Christ.
[00:14:42] And he understands
[00:14:43] this cultural practice.
[00:14:46] And John the Baptist says,
[00:14:48] I'm not even that worthy.
[00:14:51] He knew who Jesus was too.
[00:14:54] But here's Peter.
[00:14:56] I think Peter's a person
[00:14:57] we can all relate to.
[00:15:00] Peter says,
[00:15:01] you wash my feet?
[00:15:02] No way.
[00:15:02] I won't let it happen.
[00:15:04] Nope.
[00:15:05] Well,
[00:15:06] your next note here says
[00:15:07] that Jesus is giving us
[00:15:09] an example of being willing
[00:15:10] to be humble
[00:15:12] and to serve.
[00:15:15] Willing to be humble.
[00:15:17] Willing to serve.
[00:15:18] Well,
[00:15:19] this message was
[00:15:20] upside down for Peter
[00:15:21] and it's contrary
[00:15:23] to our pride-filled world
[00:15:25] and it just didn't seem right
[00:15:28] to Peter.
[00:15:28] He thought,
[00:15:29] I think Jesus might have been mistaken.
[00:15:31] I think he might have thought
[00:15:32] that Jesus shouldn't be doing this.
[00:15:36] But we have to understand
[00:15:37] Jesus knows what he's doing.
[00:15:41] And I think it's probably fair to say
[00:15:43] that we in our own lives
[00:15:44] have taken Peter's approach
[00:15:46] to life
[00:15:47] where his approach
[00:15:49] would probably be something like,
[00:15:50] ready, shoot, aim
[00:15:51] for Peter.
[00:15:53] Talk before you think.
[00:15:55] Act out of emotion
[00:15:56] before you really know
[00:15:57] what's happening.
[00:15:59] He says
[00:16:01] in Matthew 16
[00:16:02] when he rebuked Jesus.
[00:16:04] Remember when he rebuked him?
[00:16:06] After Jesus told him
[00:16:07] that he would have to be killed,
[00:16:08] Peter took Jesus aside
[00:16:10] in Matthew 16
[00:16:12] and began to rebuke him
[00:16:13] saying,
[00:16:14] far be it from you, Lord.
[00:16:15] This shall never happen to you.
[00:16:17] Jesus says,
[00:16:17] look, I have to die.
[00:16:19] And Peter says,
[00:16:20] no, don't.
[00:16:20] No, far be it from you.
[00:16:21] Don't do it.
[00:16:22] And he's rebuking Jesus
[00:16:24] because Peter thinks
[00:16:24] he knows better
[00:16:26] than Jesus.
[00:16:29] Or like Peter
[00:16:31] reacting before thinking
[00:16:32] in the garden
[00:16:33] when Jesus was becoming
[00:16:34] or being arrested,
[00:16:36] he cut off Malchus' ear.
[00:16:38] Remember that?
[00:16:39] Peter was thinking
[00:16:40] he was doing the right thing,
[00:16:42] defending Christ,
[00:16:43] and he cut off Malchus' ear
[00:16:45] out of emotion
[00:16:46] and Jesus admonished him
[00:16:48] and he healed the ear
[00:16:49] and he said,
[00:16:49] put the sword away.
[00:16:52] This has to happen.
[00:16:54] But Peter thought
[00:16:55] he knew better.
[00:16:57] Peter said,
[00:16:58] let me take care
[00:16:59] of this Jesus.
[00:17:00] I'll make it right.
[00:17:01] Jesus says,
[00:17:02] just sit down.
[00:17:03] I think we do that sometimes.
[00:17:06] You know,
[00:17:06] we'll cry out to God
[00:17:07] even in our hearts
[00:17:08] and say,
[00:17:08] God, what is happening?
[00:17:09] What are you doing?
[00:17:10] I don't understand.
[00:17:12] And Jesus tells his disciples here,
[00:17:14] what I am doing,
[00:17:15] you don't understand.
[00:17:16] Not now,
[00:17:17] but you will later.
[00:17:19] So what does that mean?
[00:17:20] That means trust comes in here.
[00:17:22] Trust comes in
[00:17:22] to fill that gap
[00:17:23] of I don't understand
[00:17:24] now,
[00:17:25] but I will later.
[00:17:26] So what do you want us
[00:17:27] to do right now,
[00:17:27] Lord?
[00:17:27] I want you to trust me
[00:17:29] between those two points
[00:17:30] in time.
[00:17:31] I don't understand.
[00:17:32] I do understand.
[00:17:33] In the meantime,
[00:17:35] you could also fill
[00:17:35] that space with doubt.
[00:17:37] You could also fill
[00:17:38] that space with
[00:17:39] questioning
[00:17:41] or contempt
[00:17:42] toward God.
[00:17:45] Peter acted
[00:17:45] out of emotion.
[00:17:47] Peter didn't understand.
[00:17:49] And we're like Peter
[00:17:50] a lot.
[00:17:55] And as Jesus proceeded
[00:17:56] then to wash Peter's feet,
[00:17:58] he said to him,
[00:17:59] what I'm doing,
[00:18:00] you don't understand.
[00:18:02] Not now,
[00:18:03] but later you will.
[00:18:05] Later you will understand.
[00:18:09] And I think Jesus
[00:18:10] would say the same thing
[00:18:11] to us.
[00:18:16] When we see things happening,
[00:18:17] we don't understand.
[00:18:19] And we don't know
[00:18:20] why they're happening.
[00:18:22] And we don't know
[00:18:23] what's going to happen next.
[00:18:25] Imagine Jesus saying
[00:18:26] to us,
[00:18:28] look,
[00:18:28] I know you don't
[00:18:29] understand right now.
[00:18:30] Look,
[00:18:30] I know you don't
[00:18:31] get this right now,
[00:18:32] but you will.
[00:18:34] You'll understand later.
[00:18:37] Just trust me.
[00:18:39] For now,
[00:18:40] trust me.
[00:18:44] Your next note says,
[00:18:45] when you don't understand
[00:18:46] what Jesus is doing
[00:18:48] or why,
[00:18:48] and that's all of us
[00:18:50] sometimes,
[00:18:51] don't doubt.
[00:18:53] Trust.
[00:18:54] Don't doubt him.
[00:18:55] Trust him.
[00:18:59] Don't question him.
[00:19:00] It's okay to say,
[00:19:01] God,
[00:19:02] why is this happening?
[00:19:03] It's not a sin
[00:19:04] to say that.
[00:19:05] But don't doubt
[00:19:06] that he's got you
[00:19:08] safely in his arms
[00:19:10] or that he's wavering
[00:19:12] on getting you through,
[00:19:13] getting you over it.
[00:19:14] Trust him.
[00:19:16] Trust him.
[00:19:17] We've all been there.
[00:19:19] There are things
[00:19:19] happening in my life
[00:19:20] and in my friends' lives
[00:19:21] that are hard to understand.
[00:19:23] And in fact,
[00:19:24] we really can't say
[00:19:25] that we do understand
[00:19:26] all of it.
[00:19:28] And we have to be okay
[00:19:28] with not knowing sometimes
[00:19:30] as adults
[00:19:32] because kids want to know
[00:19:33] why, why, why, why, why.
[00:19:34] We all have the kids.
[00:19:35] Why, why, why?
[00:19:36] You know what?
[00:19:36] I don't know.
[00:19:37] I don't know why.
[00:19:38] Just do what I say.
[00:19:39] Just obey your father,
[00:19:40] your mother.
[00:19:41] Right?
[00:19:41] We've been there.
[00:19:43] And just like our father
[00:19:44] in heaven is probably
[00:19:45] just, you know,
[00:19:45] thinking to some
[00:19:48] infinite degree
[00:19:49] higher than that,
[00:19:51] just trust me.
[00:19:52] Goodness, just trust me.
[00:19:54] I can't give you
[00:19:55] all the answers
[00:19:55] and if I did,
[00:19:56] you probably would go crazy
[00:19:57] and you wouldn't
[00:19:58] comprehend it anyway.
[00:20:00] We don't need
[00:20:01] all the answers.
[00:20:02] We talked last Tuesday night
[00:20:03] about Deuteronomy 29, 29
[00:20:05] and I always say
[00:20:06] it's such an easy
[00:20:06] verse to remember
[00:20:07] because of that 29, 29.
[00:20:09] But it says
[00:20:10] the secret things
[00:20:11] belong to the Lord.
[00:20:13] We're not going
[00:20:13] to know it all.
[00:20:14] We're never going
[00:20:15] to know everything
[00:20:15] about who, what,
[00:20:16] when, where, why
[00:20:17] about God's amazing plan
[00:20:20] until later
[00:20:20] if he decides
[00:20:21] to let us know
[00:20:22] and then he will.
[00:20:23] But he says
[00:20:24] I know you don't
[00:20:25] understand right now.
[00:20:26] That's not the point
[00:20:27] for you to understand
[00:20:28] all of it right now.
[00:20:29] He says, I know that.
[00:20:30] I just need you
[00:20:30] to trust me.
[00:20:33] So trust him.
[00:20:37] And so here we see
[00:20:38] a classic picture
[00:20:39] of Peter.
[00:20:40] Again, speaking
[00:20:41] before thinking.
[00:20:42] Does this remind us
[00:20:43] of ourselves?
[00:20:44] It does of me sometimes.
[00:20:47] Making a fuss
[00:20:48] when we really
[00:20:48] don't know what's
[00:20:49] going on
[00:20:49] and we think we do
[00:20:50] and later we find out
[00:20:51] boy, that was embarrassing.
[00:20:53] I put my foot
[00:20:54] in my mouth
[00:20:56] and Peter shows us
[00:20:58] how we are a lot.
[00:21:01] Verse 8.
[00:21:03] Peter said to him,
[00:21:03] here we go,
[00:21:04] you shall never
[00:21:05] wash my feet.
[00:21:08] Jesus is trying
[00:21:08] to do something
[00:21:09] to serve Peter.
[00:21:11] No, you won't do it,
[00:21:12] Jesus.
[00:21:12] Jesus answered him,
[00:21:13] if I do not wash you,
[00:21:14] you have no share
[00:21:15] with me.
[00:21:16] If I don't wash you,
[00:21:17] you have nothing
[00:21:18] to do with what I'm doing.
[00:21:19] You have no part
[00:21:19] of me and what
[00:21:20] my plan is.
[00:21:22] He made it clear
[00:21:22] to Peter.
[00:21:25] And it's nice to see
[00:21:26] that Peter
[00:21:26] is a quick learner.
[00:21:29] The next verse,
[00:21:29] verse 9,
[00:21:30] says,
[00:21:30] Simon Peter said to him,
[00:21:31] Lord, not my feet only,
[00:21:33] but also my hands
[00:21:34] and my head.
[00:21:35] Lord, if that's how
[00:21:36] it is,
[00:21:37] then wash all of me.
[00:21:40] Because at first,
[00:21:42] he doubts Jesus.
[00:21:44] The initial default
[00:21:45] position for Peter
[00:21:45] was doubt.
[00:21:46] Jesus, you don't know
[00:21:46] what you're doing.
[00:21:47] No, no, Jesus,
[00:21:48] that's wrong, Jesus.
[00:21:51] He thinks Jesus is mistaken
[00:21:52] or doing something
[00:21:54] inappropriate,
[00:21:56] but Peter shouldn't
[00:21:57] have done that.
[00:21:59] And he's learning here
[00:22:00] that we should learn too.
[00:22:02] So Jesus informs Peter,
[00:22:05] if I don't wash you,
[00:22:07] you have no part with me.
[00:22:09] He just makes it clear.
[00:22:11] You have no share with me.
[00:22:12] What is Jesus showing us?
[00:22:14] What did Jesus show Peter
[00:22:16] in that moment?
[00:22:19] And I'm glad that he was
[00:22:20] a quick learner
[00:22:21] and we should be too.
[00:22:22] Once he realized,
[00:22:23] okay, this is how it is,
[00:22:24] good, okay,
[00:22:25] now I get it,
[00:22:27] take all of me,
[00:22:28] wash all of me.
[00:22:30] Your next note says,
[00:22:31] we should be quick to repent
[00:22:33] when confronted with
[00:22:34] the word of the Lord.
[00:22:37] We have our own ideas
[00:22:38] about how things should be.
[00:22:40] Boy, if I ran this business,
[00:22:42] I would make these changes
[00:22:43] and that change
[00:22:44] and you know what?
[00:22:45] Maybe those changes
[00:22:46] will work
[00:22:47] or if I ran the show
[00:22:48] here or there.
[00:22:49] Maybe you're right,
[00:22:49] you probably would have
[00:22:50] some good ideas
[00:22:51] but there should be,
[00:22:53] there probably is,
[00:22:54] reasons for all those things
[00:22:55] being the way they are
[00:22:56] for now.
[00:22:57] If you don't like
[00:22:57] how the restaurant
[00:22:58] does this or does that,
[00:22:59] there's probably reasons
[00:23:00] for all those things
[00:23:01] that you don't understand.
[00:23:03] Just like in our faith walk
[00:23:05] or in a church
[00:23:08] or how the Lord deals with us,
[00:23:10] we might look at the Lord
[00:23:11] and say,
[00:23:11] you know Lord,
[00:23:11] I would have done that differently
[00:23:13] and let me tell you how
[00:23:14] and he would have really
[00:23:15] been impressed
[00:23:15] and then he would have said,
[00:23:16] can we get back
[00:23:16] to business now?
[00:23:19] If I wanted things
[00:23:20] done your way,
[00:23:21] I mean,
[00:23:21] then you'd be the boss.
[00:23:24] God does things his way
[00:23:25] and he wants us
[00:23:26] to trust him.
[00:23:31] Verse 10,
[00:23:32] Jesus said to him,
[00:23:34] the one who has bathed
[00:23:35] does not need to wash
[00:23:36] except for his feet
[00:23:39] but is completely clean
[00:23:41] and you are clean
[00:23:44] but not every one of you
[00:23:46] for he knew
[00:23:47] who was to betray him.
[00:23:48] That was why he said,
[00:23:49] not all of you are clean.
[00:23:51] Again,
[00:23:52] Jesus shows us
[00:23:53] this supernatural knowledge
[00:23:54] he has.
[00:23:54] He knew about Judas
[00:23:57] and he knew about Judas' heart.
[00:23:59] He didn't just know
[00:23:59] what Judas would do.
[00:24:01] He knew Judas' heart
[00:24:02] and he was the only one
[00:24:03] that could know
[00:24:04] a heart of a man.
[00:24:06] We're told in other places
[00:24:07] in scripture
[00:24:07] that he knows
[00:24:09] the hearts of men.
[00:24:11] Who else does that?
[00:24:12] Only God does.
[00:24:14] He says,
[00:24:15] not all of you are clean.
[00:24:17] And again,
[00:24:18] back to the high priestly prayer
[00:24:20] in John 17,
[00:24:21] Jesus makes a distinction.
[00:24:24] He says in verse 12
[00:24:25] of John 17,
[00:24:26] I have guarded them.
[00:24:26] He's talking about
[00:24:27] his disciples.
[00:24:27] I've guarded them
[00:24:29] and not one of them
[00:24:30] has been lost
[00:24:31] except the son
[00:24:32] of destruction
[00:24:33] that the scripture
[00:24:34] might be fulfilled.
[00:24:35] This is Judas.
[00:24:38] Jesus said,
[00:24:39] you are clean
[00:24:40] and this word for you,
[00:24:42] you know how in English
[00:24:42] we say you
[00:24:43] for plural
[00:24:44] and you for singular.
[00:24:46] This word is a plural you.
[00:24:47] It's like we would say
[00:24:48] y'all or you guys
[00:24:49] and all you guys
[00:24:51] are clean,
[00:24:52] he says,
[00:24:52] but not every one of you.
[00:24:57] So what did he mean
[00:24:58] by this
[00:24:59] about Judas?
[00:25:00] Not every one of you.
[00:25:00] He's speaking to Judas.
[00:25:02] Did he mean that Judas
[00:25:03] was still dirty?
[00:25:05] That his feet
[00:25:06] still had mud on him?
[00:25:09] Was Jesus talking about
[00:25:11] Judas' physical cleanliness here?
[00:25:15] Or was he speaking
[00:25:16] about something spiritual?
[00:25:21] He said,
[00:25:22] the one who has bathed
[00:25:23] does not need to wash
[00:25:25] except for his feet
[00:25:26] but is completely clean.
[00:25:29] Here he's giving us theology
[00:25:31] once again
[00:25:31] through this example
[00:25:32] that seems like a nice story.
[00:25:34] He's really giving us theology.
[00:25:37] Your note here
[00:25:38] says in scripture
[00:25:39] and I mentioned this
[00:25:40] at the beginning,
[00:25:41] remember to look
[00:25:41] for the spiritual truths
[00:25:43] and not merely
[00:25:44] at the physical acts.
[00:25:47] Don't just look
[00:25:48] at the physical actions
[00:25:48] in the story here.
[00:25:50] Look for the spiritual truths here
[00:25:52] and Jesus is giving them to us
[00:25:54] in particular
[00:25:56] by this past
[00:25:58] or this last verse
[00:25:59] where he says
[00:26:02] the one who has bathed
[00:26:04] does not need to wash
[00:26:06] except for his feet.
[00:26:08] Why would he say that?
[00:26:09] Well, these two words
[00:26:10] are different.
[00:26:11] What does it mean to bathe?
[00:26:13] It means to take a bath.
[00:26:14] It means your whole body's clean.
[00:26:15] Take a shower,
[00:26:16] take a bath.
[00:26:17] You're completely clean.
[00:26:18] You've cleaned
[00:26:18] every part of your body.
[00:26:19] You don't have to now
[00:26:20] go out of the shower
[00:26:21] and then go into the kitchen
[00:26:22] and wash your hands
[00:26:23] and freshen up
[00:26:24] because you just clean.
[00:26:25] Your whole body's clean.
[00:26:28] That word bathe
[00:26:29] in the Greek
[00:26:30] means just like that.
[00:26:31] You wash your entire body.
[00:26:33] But the word wash
[00:26:34] in the Greek
[00:26:35] really just means
[00:26:36] to kind of freshen up.
[00:26:37] Maybe wash your hands,
[00:26:38] rinse your hands
[00:26:38] before you eat.
[00:26:40] Maybe splash some water
[00:26:41] on your face.
[00:26:42] Just a little bit here,
[00:26:44] a part of your body
[00:26:44] that might have got
[00:26:45] something on it.
[00:26:46] That's what wash is.
[00:26:47] You don't have to freshen up
[00:26:48] after you just took a bath.
[00:26:49] You're totally clean.
[00:26:51] He says,
[00:26:51] except for your feet.
[00:26:55] What's Jesus showing us?
[00:26:58] We're putting
[00:26:59] the pieces together.
[00:27:01] We're connecting these dots.
[00:27:03] Verse 12,
[00:27:05] when he'd washed their feet
[00:27:06] and put on his outer garments
[00:27:08] and resumed his place,
[00:27:10] he said to them,
[00:27:10] do you understand
[00:27:11] what I've done to you?
[00:27:15] They were probably thinking,
[00:27:16] yeah, you just washed their feet.
[00:27:19] What else could there be?
[00:27:21] But I don't think
[00:27:22] he was asking that.
[00:27:23] And he knew he didn't,
[00:27:24] that they didn't know
[00:27:25] the answer
[00:27:25] to what he was asking
[00:27:27] because he knew.
[00:27:28] They thought
[00:27:28] he just washed their feet.
[00:27:29] Big deal.
[00:27:30] Only little servants do that.
[00:27:31] You know,
[00:27:32] people that are just so low
[00:27:33] on the totem pole.
[00:27:35] He was probably giving us
[00:27:36] an idea of humility.
[00:27:37] That's about as far
[00:27:38] as I could take it,
[00:27:39] they probably thought.
[00:27:41] He didn't wait
[00:27:41] for their answer.
[00:27:42] He says,
[00:27:42] do you understand
[00:27:43] what I've done to you?
[00:27:45] He knows they don't
[00:27:46] understand yet.
[00:27:49] But he wants them
[00:27:50] to think about it.
[00:27:51] And that's why
[00:27:52] he asked the question.
[00:27:53] Otherwise,
[00:27:54] he would have just
[00:27:54] washed their feet
[00:27:55] and then continued
[00:27:55] with dinner.
[00:27:57] And they might have
[00:27:57] had a comment or two
[00:27:58] and that would have
[00:27:58] been the end of it.
[00:28:00] But he pauses
[00:28:00] and he asks the question
[00:28:01] so they'll think about this.
[00:28:02] Do you know
[00:28:03] what I've done to you?
[00:28:03] Do you know
[00:28:04] what I just did there?
[00:28:06] Because if he didn't
[00:28:07] ask that question,
[00:28:08] they would have just
[00:28:08] breezed right past it.
[00:28:10] He made sure
[00:28:11] they thought about it.
[00:28:11] Think about what I just did.
[00:28:16] So now,
[00:28:16] you and I,
[00:28:17] let's think about this.
[00:28:20] First,
[00:28:20] from the physical perspective,
[00:28:22] those physical actions.
[00:28:24] We went through it before.
[00:28:25] Jesus,
[00:28:25] okay,
[00:28:25] what did he do?
[00:28:26] He got up
[00:28:26] from his place
[00:28:27] of comfort
[00:28:28] and rest
[00:28:29] after supper.
[00:28:31] He took off
[00:28:32] his outer garment.
[00:28:34] He put on
[00:28:35] a towel,
[00:28:37] washed the filth
[00:28:38] off the disciples' feet
[00:28:40] with the towel,
[00:28:42] put back on
[00:28:42] the outer garments,
[00:28:44] resumed his place
[00:28:45] of rest.
[00:28:48] That's the physical actions.
[00:28:49] Just dry bones
[00:28:51] like that.
[00:28:51] Now let's look at it
[00:28:52] from the spiritual
[00:28:53] perspective.
[00:28:56] He says,
[00:28:57] do you know
[00:28:57] what I did for you?
[00:28:58] Do you know
[00:28:58] what I did to you?
[00:28:59] Okay,
[00:29:00] well Jesus got up
[00:29:01] from his comfortable
[00:29:01] place
[00:29:04] at the right hand
[00:29:05] of the Father.
[00:29:07] He took off
[00:29:08] his outer garment,
[00:29:11] his heavenly glory.
[00:29:14] He put on
[00:29:15] another garment,
[00:29:16] humanity,
[00:29:16] flesh.
[00:29:20] Philippians 2 says,
[00:29:22] though he was
[00:29:23] in the form of God,
[00:29:23] did not count
[00:29:24] equality with God
[00:29:25] a thing to be grasped,
[00:29:26] but he emptied himself
[00:29:27] by taking the form
[00:29:29] of a servant,
[00:29:30] being born
[00:29:30] in the likeness
[00:29:31] of men.
[00:29:32] He put on
[00:29:33] flesh.
[00:29:34] He put on
[00:29:34] that towel around him.
[00:29:35] He secured it
[00:29:36] to himself.
[00:29:37] What did he do
[00:29:38] by that flesh,
[00:29:39] by that towel?
[00:29:40] He washed the filth
[00:29:41] of those who follow him,
[00:29:42] his disciples,
[00:29:44] his believers.
[00:29:47] He washed their sins
[00:29:48] away with that towel
[00:29:49] of perfect flesh.
[00:29:54] He then put on again
[00:29:55] his outer garment,
[00:29:56] his glory,
[00:29:58] and he resumed
[00:29:58] his place
[00:29:59] at the right hand
[00:30:00] of the Father
[00:30:01] when he ascended
[00:30:01] to heaven.
[00:30:03] And Jesus ends
[00:30:04] verse 12
[00:30:05] by asking,
[00:30:06] do you understand
[00:30:06] what I've done
[00:30:07] to you?
[00:30:09] And I ask you now,
[00:30:11] do you understand
[00:30:13] why Jesus
[00:30:15] washed the disciples'
[00:30:16] feet?
[00:30:17] And then ask him,
[00:30:19] ask them,
[00:30:19] do you understand?
[00:30:20] They didn't understand.
[00:30:23] Not yet.
[00:30:25] But later,
[00:30:26] they did.
[00:30:28] And later,
[00:30:29] you and I
[00:30:29] will understand
[00:30:30] why.
[00:30:32] Why are we going
[00:30:33] through all this
[00:30:34] stuff?
[00:30:35] He says,
[00:30:36] I know you don't
[00:30:36] understand right now,
[00:30:38] but you will.
[00:30:40] You'll understand.
[00:30:44] You see,
[00:30:44] this is the gospel.
[00:30:47] Jesus' washing
[00:30:48] of the disciples'
[00:30:49] feet is a picture
[00:30:50] of the gospel
[00:30:52] through an act
[00:30:53] of service.
[00:30:56] This is what
[00:30:57] Jesus is showing us.
[00:30:58] When we're washed
[00:30:59] by Jesus,
[00:31:00] when we're washed
[00:31:01] by the blood
[00:31:01] of the Lamb,
[00:31:02] when we're washed
[00:31:04] only by Him,
[00:31:05] we are completely
[00:31:06] clean.
[00:31:09] We're completely
[00:31:10] clean,
[00:31:10] and this is
[00:31:10] that washing
[00:31:11] of the Word
[00:31:13] that washes over us.
[00:31:14] This is salvation.
[00:31:16] This is salvation
[00:31:17] clean.
[00:31:20] Your next note
[00:31:21] says,
[00:31:21] we are made
[00:31:21] completely clean
[00:31:22] only by the
[00:31:24] washing of
[00:31:25] Jesus'
[00:31:25] sacrifice.
[00:31:27] That's the only
[00:31:27] thing that can
[00:31:28] wash us
[00:31:28] completely clean,
[00:31:31] and it's only
[00:31:32] by Him.
[00:31:33] He's the only
[00:31:34] way.
[00:31:35] Remember,
[00:31:35] He told Peter,
[00:31:36] if I don't
[00:31:36] wash you,
[00:31:37] you have no
[00:31:37] part of me,
[00:31:39] and I'm the
[00:31:39] only way.
[00:31:41] You need
[00:31:41] me to wash
[00:31:42] you.
[00:31:45] We're not
[00:31:46] clean unless
[00:31:47] we're washed
[00:31:47] by the blood
[00:31:48] of Christ,
[00:31:49] and we're not
[00:31:49] clean unless
[00:31:50] we're covered
[00:31:51] by His
[00:31:51] righteousness,
[00:31:52] and we're not
[00:31:52] clean until
[00:31:53] we're covered
[00:31:53] by His
[00:31:54] righteousness,
[00:31:54] and once
[00:31:55] we are covered
[00:31:55] by His
[00:31:56] righteousness,
[00:31:57] we're completely
[00:31:58] clean.
[00:32:00] But in verse 10,
[00:32:01] remember,
[00:32:02] He says,
[00:32:03] the one who
[00:32:03] is bathed does
[00:32:04] not need to
[00:32:04] wash except
[00:32:06] for his feet.
[00:32:08] Oh, I thought
[00:32:08] we were completely
[00:32:09] clean.
[00:32:10] Why the feet?
[00:32:11] Why do we
[00:32:11] have to wash
[00:32:12] our feet all
[00:32:12] the time?
[00:32:12] Can't He just
[00:32:13] make us
[00:32:13] clean perfectly,
[00:32:14] and we never
[00:32:15] have to wash
[00:32:15] our feet?
[00:32:17] Jesus said,
[00:32:18] no, you still
[00:32:19] have to wash
[00:32:20] your feet.
[00:32:21] What does that
[00:32:21] mean?
[00:32:22] Well, you can
[00:32:23] think about this.
[00:32:24] As we walk
[00:32:25] around this
[00:32:25] fallen,
[00:32:25] sinful world,
[00:32:26] we get the
[00:32:28] world's residue
[00:32:29] on us.
[00:32:29] The sin is
[00:32:30] around us.
[00:32:30] It's even
[00:32:31] within us,
[00:32:31] and we still
[00:32:33] get that gunk
[00:32:34] on us.
[00:32:34] Even though
[00:32:35] we're clean,
[00:32:35] we're saved,
[00:32:38] we still need
[00:32:39] to not
[00:32:39] bathe again,
[00:32:40] we just need
[00:32:41] to wash,
[00:32:42] freshen up.
[00:32:43] Well, what does
[00:32:43] that mean?
[00:32:47] We need to
[00:32:48] constantly be
[00:32:48] coming back
[00:32:49] to Jesus,
[00:32:50] for Him to
[00:32:51] continually
[00:32:51] sanctify us,
[00:32:53] refocus our
[00:32:54] attention on
[00:32:55] Him again.
[00:32:56] We meet
[00:32:57] every week
[00:32:58] on the Lord's
[00:32:59] Day like
[00:33:00] they've done
[00:33:00] since Christ
[00:33:01] was raised
[00:33:02] from the dead.
[00:33:04] to wash
[00:33:04] that stuff
[00:33:05] off.
[00:33:06] We're
[00:33:07] completely
[00:33:07] clean,
[00:33:08] but we do
[00:33:09] have to
[00:33:09] wash.
[00:33:10] Not bathe.
[00:33:11] Jesus makes
[00:33:12] that distinction
[00:33:13] here.
[00:33:13] He says,
[00:33:14] you don't have
[00:33:14] to wash,
[00:33:14] you don't have
[00:33:15] to clean
[00:33:15] again,
[00:33:15] you're
[00:33:15] completely
[00:33:15] clean,
[00:33:16] but you
[00:33:16] just got
[00:33:17] to wash
[00:33:17] your feet.
[00:33:17] Not bathe,
[00:33:19] wipe your
[00:33:19] feet off.
[00:33:20] Why?
[00:33:20] That's the
[00:33:21] sin that
[00:33:21] kind of gets
[00:33:21] on us.
[00:33:23] And the
[00:33:23] longer you
[00:33:24] go without
[00:33:25] washing that
[00:33:26] stuff off.
[00:33:26] It's
[00:33:27] going to
[00:33:27] get,
[00:33:28] it doesn't
[00:33:28] get cleaner
[00:33:29] by itself.
[00:33:30] You've
[00:33:30] got to
[00:33:30] go back
[00:33:30] to Christ
[00:33:31] to have
[00:33:32] Him wash
[00:33:32] you over
[00:33:33] and over
[00:33:34] again and
[00:33:34] again continually
[00:33:36] because He's
[00:33:37] our Savior
[00:33:39] and we need
[00:33:39] Him.
[00:33:40] We don't
[00:33:40] just get
[00:33:41] clean and
[00:33:41] then we're
[00:33:41] clean forever.
[00:33:45] Don't
[00:33:46] misunderstand.
[00:33:48] When you are
[00:33:48] saved, you are
[00:33:49] saved forever.
[00:33:49] I believe the
[00:33:50] Bible teaches
[00:33:51] that because
[00:33:51] what Christ
[00:33:52] does cannot
[00:33:53] be undone,
[00:33:55] but we
[00:33:55] still need
[00:33:56] Him to
[00:33:57] be sanctified,
[00:33:58] to be holy,
[00:33:58] to be righteous
[00:34:00] and it comes
[00:34:00] only through
[00:34:01] Him.
[00:34:05] We need to
[00:34:06] continuously
[00:34:07] be dependent
[00:34:08] on Him.
[00:34:10] You can think
[00:34:10] of it this
[00:34:11] way.
[00:34:11] Once you're
[00:34:11] bathed,
[00:34:12] that's salvation.
[00:34:14] That's a
[00:34:14] one-time
[00:34:15] transaction.
[00:34:17] But after
[00:34:17] that, your
[00:34:18] life starts
[00:34:18] to change
[00:34:19] and hopefully
[00:34:20] you'll become
[00:34:20] more and more
[00:34:21] like Christ
[00:34:21] and that's
[00:34:21] called
[00:34:22] sanctification.
[00:34:23] You become
[00:34:24] more holy,
[00:34:25] more like
[00:34:25] Jesus and
[00:34:26] that's
[00:34:26] that
[00:34:27] washing.
[00:34:28] Daily,
[00:34:28] weekly,
[00:34:29] that's why
[00:34:30] we're told
[00:34:30] that He's
[00:34:31] our daily
[00:34:31] bread.
[00:34:32] We need
[00:34:33] Him all
[00:34:33] the time.
[00:34:34] He's our
[00:34:34] manna from
[00:34:35] heaven.
[00:34:36] How often
[00:34:37] did the
[00:34:37] Israelites
[00:34:37] get manna
[00:34:38] from heaven
[00:34:38] every day?
[00:34:41] And He
[00:34:42] is our
[00:34:42] bread of
[00:34:43] life from
[00:34:43] heaven.
[00:34:46] This is
[00:34:47] the spiritual
[00:34:47] washing of
[00:34:48] our spiritual
[00:34:49] feet,
[00:34:50] you could say.
[00:34:51] Jesus uses
[00:34:51] this as a
[00:34:52] metaphor and
[00:34:55] He gives us
[00:34:55] more instruction
[00:34:56] beginning in
[00:34:56] verse 13.
[00:34:57] He says,
[00:34:57] You call
[00:34:58] me teacher
[00:34:58] and Lord
[00:34:58] and you
[00:34:59] are right
[00:35:00] for so I
[00:35:01] am.
[00:35:02] If then
[00:35:03] your Lord
[00:35:03] and teacher
[00:35:03] have washed
[00:35:04] your feet,
[00:35:05] you also
[00:35:07] ought to
[00:35:07] wash one
[00:35:08] another's
[00:35:08] feet.
[00:35:09] For I
[00:35:09] have given
[00:35:10] you an
[00:35:10] example that
[00:35:11] you also
[00:35:12] should do
[00:35:12] just as I
[00:35:12] have done
[00:35:13] to you.
[00:35:14] Truly,
[00:35:14] truly,
[00:35:14] I say to
[00:35:15] you,
[00:35:15] a servant
[00:35:15] is not
[00:35:16] greater than
[00:35:16] his master,
[00:35:17] nor is a
[00:35:18] messenger
[00:35:18] greater than
[00:35:19] the one who
[00:35:19] sent him.
[00:35:20] If you know
[00:35:21] these things,
[00:35:22] blessed are
[00:35:22] you if you
[00:35:23] do them.
[00:35:27] When He
[00:35:27] said a
[00:35:28] servant
[00:35:29] is not
[00:35:29] greater than
[00:35:29] his master,
[00:35:30] He's taking
[00:35:31] an excuse
[00:35:31] away,
[00:35:32] I think.
[00:35:33] What does
[00:35:33] that mean?
[00:35:34] Well,
[00:35:34] if you're
[00:35:35] one of the
[00:35:36] disciples and
[00:35:37] you see Jesus
[00:35:38] getting down
[00:35:39] and washing
[00:35:39] someone's feet,
[00:35:40] which is usually
[00:35:41] only what the
[00:35:42] lowest servant
[00:35:42] does,
[00:35:43] now you
[00:35:43] can't say
[00:35:44] because He
[00:35:44] said a
[00:35:45] servant's not
[00:35:45] greater than
[00:35:45] his master.
[00:35:46] He's saying
[00:35:46] you guys are
[00:35:47] no better
[00:35:47] than me and
[00:35:48] I'm down
[00:35:48] here on my
[00:35:49] hands and
[00:35:49] knees washing
[00:35:50] feet.
[00:35:50] So don't
[00:35:51] you ever,
[00:35:51] I don't want
[00:35:52] to hear you
[00:35:52] guys say,
[00:35:53] oh that's
[00:35:53] beneath me.
[00:35:56] He said I'm
[00:35:57] down here doing
[00:35:57] it too and
[00:35:58] you're no
[00:35:58] better than me.
[00:35:59] So if you
[00:35:59] think you
[00:36:00] can't do it,
[00:36:00] think again.
[00:36:02] You better be
[00:36:03] right down
[00:36:03] here with
[00:36:03] me.
[00:36:04] Servant's not
[00:36:05] greater than
[00:36:05] his master.
[00:36:06] He said Peter,
[00:36:07] you're no
[00:36:08] better than
[00:36:08] me and I'm
[00:36:09] down here
[00:36:09] doing it so
[00:36:10] I expect
[00:36:10] you to do
[00:36:11] that too.
[00:36:12] He gave us
[00:36:13] an example.
[00:36:16] The second
[00:36:16] part of what
[00:36:17] this picture
[00:36:19] is,
[00:36:20] it's certainly
[00:36:21] a picture of
[00:36:21] what Jesus
[00:36:22] has done for
[00:36:22] us in
[00:36:23] salvation,
[00:36:23] the gospel
[00:36:23] message,
[00:36:25] but it's also
[00:36:26] now about
[00:36:26] how we live.
[00:36:29] He's exemplified
[00:36:30] something for
[00:36:30] us that we
[00:36:30] should be
[00:36:31] doing to
[00:36:31] each other.
[00:36:32] So does
[00:36:33] Jesus expect
[00:36:34] for us to
[00:36:34] be literally
[00:36:35] washing each
[00:36:35] other's feet?
[00:36:37] I don't think
[00:36:37] so.
[00:36:38] I think that's
[00:36:39] the example
[00:36:40] he gives with
[00:36:41] a deeper
[00:36:42] meaning behind
[00:36:42] it.
[00:36:44] The washing
[00:36:45] of the feet
[00:36:45] that we should
[00:36:46] all be doing
[00:36:46] with each
[00:36:46] other is
[00:36:47] helping each
[00:36:48] other to
[00:36:48] stay holy,
[00:36:50] to keep each
[00:36:51] other accountable.
[00:36:53] You know
[00:36:53] how maybe you
[00:36:55] don't see a
[00:36:55] friend from
[00:36:56] church for a
[00:36:56] while and
[00:36:57] maybe they're
[00:36:57] having a tough
[00:36:58] time and
[00:36:58] they're getting
[00:36:58] into some
[00:36:59] sinful things?
[00:37:00] Well,
[00:37:01] Jesus expects
[00:37:02] us to go
[00:37:02] get them
[00:37:03] and bring
[00:37:03] them back
[00:37:04] in and
[00:37:04] lovingly
[00:37:05] bring them
[00:37:05] back to
[00:37:06] the fold.
[00:37:08] This is
[00:37:08] about Christian
[00:37:09] discipline in
[00:37:11] the church.
[00:37:12] And discipline
[00:37:13] is a good
[00:37:13] thing.
[00:37:13] Remember
[00:37:14] last week
[00:37:14] we talked
[00:37:14] about the
[00:37:15] difference
[00:37:15] between
[00:37:15] punishment
[00:37:16] and discipline.
[00:37:17] We're not
[00:37:18] punishing
[00:37:18] people,
[00:37:18] we're disciplining
[00:37:20] the ones we
[00:37:21] love.
[00:37:22] And that
[00:37:22] goes both
[00:37:23] ways.
[00:37:24] We should
[00:37:25] all be
[00:37:25] holding
[00:37:26] each other
[00:37:26] accountable
[00:37:26] is another
[00:37:27] way to
[00:37:27] say it.
[00:37:28] It doesn't
[00:37:28] have such
[00:37:28] a bad
[00:37:29] connotation.
[00:37:30] No one likes
[00:37:30] the word
[00:37:31] discipline.
[00:37:32] We hold
[00:37:33] each other
[00:37:33] accountable.
[00:37:34] And that's
[00:37:34] a loving
[00:37:35] thing to do
[00:37:35] and that's
[00:37:35] what Jesus
[00:37:36] wants us
[00:37:36] to do
[00:37:36] here.
[00:37:37] I want
[00:37:37] you to
[00:37:38] all wash
[00:37:38] each other's
[00:37:39] feet,
[00:37:39] quote unquote.
[00:37:40] Keep each
[00:37:40] other clean.
[00:37:41] Keep each
[00:37:41] other holy
[00:37:42] and righteous.
[00:37:44] Jesus,
[00:37:44] we should
[00:37:45] all want
[00:37:45] our friends
[00:37:46] to do
[00:37:46] that with
[00:37:46] us in
[00:37:47] the flock.
[00:37:48] We should
[00:37:49] appreciate
[00:37:49] that.
[00:37:50] He says,
[00:37:51] if you know
[00:37:51] these things,
[00:37:52] you're blessed
[00:37:53] if you do
[00:37:54] them.
[00:37:55] You can't
[00:37:56] just know
[00:37:56] it.
[00:37:56] I know
[00:37:56] that's what
[00:37:57] I should
[00:37:57] be doing.
[00:37:58] Well,
[00:37:58] do you
[00:37:58] do it?
[00:37:59] No,
[00:37:59] I just
[00:37:59] know it.
[00:38:01] He says,
[00:38:01] if you
[00:38:02] know it,
[00:38:02] then you're
[00:38:03] blessed if
[00:38:03] you do
[00:38:04] it.
[00:38:05] So if
[00:38:05] you know
[00:38:06] it,
[00:38:06] you should
[00:38:06] do it.
[00:38:07] Even in
[00:38:08] James,
[00:38:09] it's one
[00:38:09] thing to
[00:38:09] know the
[00:38:10] word,
[00:38:10] but do
[00:38:11] it too.
[00:38:14] Your next
[00:38:15] note says,
[00:38:15] we are
[00:38:15] called to
[00:38:16] strengthen one
[00:38:17] another toward
[00:38:18] increasing
[00:38:18] holiness as
[00:38:20] we walk
[00:38:20] through this
[00:38:20] world.
[00:38:22] We're called
[00:38:23] to do it.
[00:38:23] Jesus just
[00:38:24] told us,
[00:38:24] I want you
[00:38:24] to do
[00:38:24] this.
[00:38:26] This is a
[00:38:27] good thing.
[00:38:28] 1 Corinthians
[00:38:29] 5 talks
[00:38:30] about how
[00:38:30] we're supposed
[00:38:31] to hold
[00:38:31] each other
[00:38:32] accountable
[00:38:32] within the
[00:38:32] church.
[00:38:33] Not the
[00:38:34] world.
[00:38:34] We're
[00:38:34] supposed to
[00:38:35] love the
[00:38:35] world.
[00:38:36] But if
[00:38:37] you call
[00:38:37] yourself
[00:38:37] Christian,
[00:38:38] now you
[00:38:38] give each
[00:38:39] other the
[00:38:39] right to
[00:38:39] keep you
[00:38:40] accountable
[00:38:40] to the
[00:38:41] Lord,
[00:38:44] to the
[00:38:44] church.
[00:38:46] Verse
[00:38:47] 18,
[00:38:47] he says,
[00:38:48] I am not
[00:38:48] speaking to
[00:38:49] all of
[00:38:49] you.
[00:38:52] And wouldn't
[00:38:53] you wonder,
[00:38:53] and I wonder
[00:38:53] if Judas
[00:38:54] knew,
[00:38:56] is he
[00:38:56] talking about
[00:38:56] me?
[00:38:58] The other
[00:38:58] disciples thought,
[00:39:00] maybe he's
[00:39:00] talking about
[00:39:00] me.
[00:39:01] Remember they
[00:39:01] talked about
[00:39:01] it at the
[00:39:02] last supper.
[00:39:03] Who do you
[00:39:03] think it is?
[00:39:04] Is it you?
[00:39:04] Is it him?
[00:39:04] Is it me?
[00:39:06] He says,
[00:39:06] I'm not
[00:39:07] speaking to
[00:39:07] all of
[00:39:07] you.
[00:39:07] I know
[00:39:08] whom I've
[00:39:09] chosen.
[00:39:11] But the
[00:39:11] scripture will
[00:39:12] be fulfilled.
[00:39:13] This is back
[00:39:13] from Psalms.
[00:39:14] He who ate
[00:39:15] my bread
[00:39:16] has lifted
[00:39:16] his heel
[00:39:16] against me.
[00:39:19] Jesus draws
[00:39:20] lines.
[00:39:21] He knows
[00:39:22] who his
[00:39:22] people are.
[00:39:23] He knows,
[00:39:24] as he says,
[00:39:25] whom I have
[00:39:26] chosen.
[00:39:27] That's why we
[00:39:28] have church
[00:39:28] membership.
[00:39:29] That's why
[00:39:30] church membership
[00:39:30] is important.
[00:39:31] It's important
[00:39:31] to you so
[00:39:33] you all know
[00:39:33] who you are
[00:39:35] called to
[00:39:35] keep accountable.
[00:39:36] accountable.
[00:39:37] And it's
[00:39:38] important to
[00:39:38] any pastor
[00:39:39] or elder
[00:39:39] so they
[00:39:40] know who's
[00:39:41] agreed to
[00:39:42] be kept
[00:39:43] accountable by
[00:39:43] the church.
[00:39:44] Because if you
[00:39:45] haven't made
[00:39:45] the step for
[00:39:46] church leadership,
[00:39:47] you don't need
[00:39:48] to be a
[00:39:49] member of
[00:39:49] any church
[00:39:49] to be saved
[00:39:50] or go to
[00:39:51] heaven.
[00:39:52] It just
[00:39:52] helps the
[00:39:53] flock of
[00:39:54] the church
[00:39:54] understand
[00:39:54] who's
[00:39:55] really with
[00:39:57] us and
[00:39:58] said,
[00:39:58] you can
[00:39:58] keep me
[00:39:59] accountable.
[00:40:00] And who
[00:40:06] come to a
[00:40:06] brother and
[00:40:06] say,
[00:40:08] you called
[00:40:08] yourself a
[00:40:09] Christian.
[00:40:09] You said
[00:40:09] you're a
[00:40:10] part of
[00:40:10] our flock
[00:40:10] and I
[00:40:11] see this
[00:40:12] happening in
[00:40:12] your life.
[00:40:14] Now you've
[00:40:14] given me the
[00:40:15] right to say,
[00:40:16] hey, I need
[00:40:17] to call you
[00:40:17] out on this
[00:40:18] or vice
[00:40:19] versa.
[00:40:19] If someone
[00:40:19] comes to
[00:40:20] you and
[00:40:20] says,
[00:40:20] you said
[00:40:21] you're a
[00:40:21] member and
[00:40:23] I think we
[00:40:23] need to talk
[00:40:24] about a few
[00:40:24] things,
[00:40:25] then I
[00:40:25] should say,
[00:40:26] you're right,
[00:40:27] I have and
[00:40:28] I did and
[00:40:29] let's talk
[00:40:30] in love because
[00:40:30] I know we're
[00:40:31] called to do
[00:40:31] it.
[00:40:32] Now if you
[00:40:33] haven't made
[00:40:33] that commitment,
[00:40:34] that's fine.
[00:40:35] The relationship
[00:40:36] with the
[00:40:37] church is a
[00:40:38] little different
[00:40:38] then.
[00:40:39] We're not
[00:40:39] called to
[00:40:40] hold the
[00:40:40] world accountable
[00:40:42] because they
[00:40:43] haven't made
[00:40:43] that confession
[00:40:43] to Christ or
[00:40:44] profession of
[00:40:45] Christ.
[00:40:46] We're just
[00:40:46] supposed to
[00:40:47] love them,
[00:40:48] show them
[00:40:48] love,
[00:40:49] preach them
[00:40:49] the gospel,
[00:40:50] draw them
[00:40:51] in,
[00:40:52] but until
[00:40:52] they say
[00:40:53] I'm with
[00:40:53] you,
[00:40:54] you love
[00:40:55] them,
[00:40:55] you love
[00:40:55] them,
[00:40:56] you love
[00:40:56] them.
[00:41:00] Jesus
[00:41:00] draws lines
[00:41:01] and he
[00:41:01] says again,
[00:41:04] that high
[00:41:05] priestly prayer
[00:41:05] of John
[00:41:05] 17,
[00:41:07] he says I'm
[00:41:08] not,
[00:41:08] in John
[00:41:09] 13 he
[00:41:09] says I'm
[00:41:09] not speaking
[00:41:10] to all
[00:41:10] of you,
[00:41:10] I know
[00:41:11] whom I've
[00:41:11] chosen and
[00:41:12] he meant
[00:41:12] not Judas.
[00:41:16] He also
[00:41:16] draws a line
[00:41:17] in that high
[00:41:18] priestly prayer
[00:41:19] in verse 9
[00:41:20] of John
[00:41:20] 17 where
[00:41:21] he says I
[00:41:22] am praying
[00:41:22] for them,
[00:41:22] again the
[00:41:23] disciples,
[00:41:23] I'm not
[00:41:24] praying for
[00:41:24] the world
[00:41:25] he says,
[00:41:26] but for
[00:41:26] those whom
[00:41:27] you've given
[00:41:27] me for
[00:41:28] they're yours.
[00:41:28] He's talking
[00:41:29] to the Father.
[00:41:30] I'm praying
[00:41:30] for the ones
[00:41:31] you've given
[00:41:31] me.
[00:41:32] I'm not
[00:41:32] praying for
[00:41:32] the world
[00:41:33] right now,
[00:41:33] for the
[00:41:36] people.
[00:41:37] Jesus makes
[00:41:38] distinctions.
[00:41:39] It's okay
[00:41:40] to make
[00:41:40] distinctions.
[00:41:42] It helps
[00:41:43] us understand
[00:41:43] how we
[00:41:44] are to
[00:41:45] treat this
[00:41:46] relationship
[00:41:46] between this
[00:41:46] person,
[00:41:47] that person.
[00:41:49] We all
[00:41:49] might know
[00:41:50] people that
[00:41:50] are living
[00:41:51] in grievous
[00:41:52] sin and
[00:41:54] we can try
[00:41:55] to be the
[00:41:55] light of God
[00:41:56] to them but
[00:41:57] they're not
[00:41:57] going to hear
[00:41:58] the words of
[00:41:58] Jesus the
[00:41:59] way a
[00:41:59] Christian
[00:41:59] does because
[00:42:00] maybe they
[00:42:00] don't believe
[00:42:00] it,
[00:42:01] maybe they're
[00:42:01] mad at
[00:42:01] God,
[00:42:03] but they
[00:42:04] understand the
[00:42:04] language of
[00:42:05] love and
[00:42:08] unforgiveness and
[00:42:09] that might be
[00:42:10] enough to bring
[00:42:11] them closer to
[00:42:11] Jesus.
[00:42:13] Lines help us
[00:42:14] determine how
[00:42:15] we interact with
[00:42:16] people.
[00:42:20] In this passage
[00:42:21] Jesus quotes from
[00:42:22] Psalm 41,
[00:42:23] he says,
[00:42:23] He who ate my
[00:42:24] bread has lifted
[00:42:24] his heel against
[00:42:25] me.
[00:42:25] This one's so
[00:42:26] close he's dipping
[00:42:27] the bread with
[00:42:28] me.
[00:42:29] He's going to
[00:42:30] betray me.
[00:42:31] David wrote
[00:42:32] those words.
[00:42:33] Now being
[00:42:34] fulfilled by
[00:42:34] Christ.
[00:42:38] And in
[00:42:38] verse 19,
[00:42:40] Jesus goes on
[00:42:41] and he says,
[00:42:41] And I'm telling
[00:42:41] you this now
[00:42:43] before it
[00:42:43] takes place,
[00:42:44] that when it
[00:42:45] does take
[00:42:45] place,
[00:42:46] you may
[00:42:46] believe that
[00:42:46] I am he.
[00:42:47] He's still
[00:42:47] giving his
[00:42:48] disciples evidence
[00:42:49] until the
[00:42:49] very end of
[00:42:51] who he really
[00:42:52] is.
[00:42:52] Verse 20,
[00:42:53] Truly,
[00:42:53] truly I say
[00:42:54] to you,
[00:42:55] whoever receives
[00:42:56] the one I
[00:42:56] sent,
[00:42:56] receives me.
[00:42:58] And whoever
[00:42:59] receives me,
[00:43:00] receives the
[00:43:01] one who sent
[00:43:01] me.
[00:43:04] Jesus giving
[00:43:05] the disciples
[00:43:06] more evidence
[00:43:06] right to the
[00:43:07] end.
[00:43:07] He's telling
[00:43:08] his disciples,
[00:43:08] Now don't
[00:43:08] be surprised
[00:43:09] when someone
[00:43:10] from this
[00:43:10] room betrays
[00:43:11] me.
[00:43:11] I've already
[00:43:11] told you
[00:43:12] it's going
[00:43:12] to happen.
[00:43:13] Don't let
[00:43:14] it hinder
[00:43:15] your faith.
[00:43:16] Let your
[00:43:16] faith be
[00:43:17] strengthened
[00:43:17] by it because
[00:43:18] I'm telling
[00:43:18] you it's
[00:43:18] going to
[00:43:18] happen.
[00:43:19] So when
[00:43:19] it does
[00:43:19] happen,
[00:43:20] say,
[00:43:20] Oh,
[00:43:21] God knew
[00:43:21] this would
[00:43:21] happen.
[00:43:22] He told
[00:43:22] us it would
[00:43:23] happen.
[00:43:23] I'm not
[00:43:24] now crushed.
[00:43:25] My faith
[00:43:25] isn't crushed.
[00:43:26] It's actually
[00:43:26] emboldened
[00:43:27] because he
[00:43:27] said it was
[00:43:28] coming and
[00:43:28] I trust
[00:43:29] him.
[00:43:31] We can
[00:43:31] do that
[00:43:32] with events
[00:43:33] that we
[00:43:33] call bad
[00:43:34] in our
[00:43:34] lives.
[00:43:35] A bad
[00:43:35] event
[00:43:35] happened.
[00:43:36] God might
[00:43:37] be using
[00:43:37] that event
[00:43:38] for something
[00:43:38] great to
[00:43:39] happen later
[00:43:39] for his
[00:43:40] glory.
[00:43:41] So be
[00:43:42] careful because
[00:43:44] the disciples,
[00:43:44] if Christ
[00:43:45] had not
[00:43:45] told him
[00:43:45] this,
[00:43:46] where would
[00:43:46] they have
[00:43:47] been?
[00:43:49] He says,
[00:43:50] Now listen,
[00:43:50] someone's
[00:43:51] going to
[00:43:51] betray me.
[00:43:53] If he
[00:43:53] didn't say
[00:43:54] that and
[00:43:54] warn that
[00:43:54] and he
[00:43:55] just let
[00:43:55] Judas betray
[00:43:56] him,
[00:43:56] the disciples
[00:43:57] probably would
[00:43:57] have lost
[00:43:59] their minds
[00:44:00] even worse
[00:44:01] because they
[00:44:02] would be so
[00:44:02] confused.
[00:44:03] He helped
[00:44:03] them and
[00:44:04] said,
[00:44:04] someone's
[00:44:05] going to
[00:44:05] betray me.
[00:44:06] They
[00:44:06] might have
[00:44:06] said,
[00:44:07] Oh,
[00:44:07] that's
[00:44:07] bad news,
[00:44:08] Lord.
[00:44:08] That's a
[00:44:08] bad report.
[00:44:09] May it
[00:44:09] never be.
[00:44:11] But he
[00:44:12] knew it
[00:44:12] was for
[00:44:12] the best.
[00:44:14] So sometimes
[00:44:15] when we
[00:44:15] get quote
[00:44:16] unquote
[00:44:16] bad news,
[00:44:18] maybe just
[00:44:19] call it
[00:44:19] news because
[00:44:21] God's doing
[00:44:22] something with
[00:44:22] that and
[00:44:24] we just don't
[00:44:24] understand yet,
[00:44:25] but we
[00:44:26] will.
[00:44:28] In this
[00:44:29] case,
[00:44:29] he tells
[00:44:30] the disciples
[00:44:31] what's going
[00:44:31] to happen,
[00:44:32] a quote
[00:44:33] unquote
[00:44:33] bad thing.
[00:44:34] But unless
[00:44:34] someone betrayed
[00:44:35] Christ,
[00:44:37] would he
[00:44:38] have been
[00:44:38] sacrificed,
[00:44:39] an innocent
[00:44:40] man for
[00:44:41] our sin?
[00:44:43] It had to
[00:44:44] happen.
[00:44:48] So here he's
[00:44:49] telling his
[00:44:49] disciples this
[00:44:50] is going to
[00:44:50] happen and
[00:44:51] he's letting
[00:44:51] them know
[00:44:53] if they receive
[00:44:54] you,
[00:44:54] they're going
[00:44:54] to receive
[00:44:55] me.
[00:44:55] And if
[00:44:55] they receive
[00:44:55] me,
[00:44:56] they receive
[00:44:56] the Father
[00:44:56] too.
[00:44:57] Remember
[00:44:57] we're told
[00:44:58] he that
[00:44:59] doesn't accept
[00:45:00] the Son has
[00:45:00] not even
[00:45:01] the Father.
[00:45:04] Jesus is
[00:45:04] telling his
[00:45:05] disciples,
[00:45:06] you're going
[00:45:06] to now,
[00:45:07] when I
[00:45:07] leave,
[00:45:08] give others
[00:45:09] the access
[00:45:10] to God.
[00:45:12] You preach
[00:45:13] my gospel,
[00:45:13] they'll
[00:45:14] believe you,
[00:45:15] they'll
[00:45:16] believe my
[00:45:16] gospel,
[00:45:17] which means
[00:45:17] they'll
[00:45:17] believe in
[00:45:17] me,
[00:45:19] and they
[00:45:19] have the
[00:45:20] Father as
[00:45:20] well.
[00:45:21] This is
[00:45:21] going now
[00:45:22] through you.
[00:45:22] This is
[00:45:22] his last
[00:45:22] week of
[00:45:23] his life
[00:45:23] and he's
[00:45:23] kind of
[00:45:24] shifting,
[00:45:24] passing the
[00:45:25] baton to
[00:45:25] the disciples
[00:45:26] now.
[00:45:27] So this
[00:45:28] is the
[00:45:28] message,
[00:45:29] the gospel
[00:45:29] message,
[00:45:30] the gospel
[00:45:31] of Christ.
[00:45:31] Which is
[00:45:32] the way
[00:45:32] to
[00:45:32] salvation.
[00:45:33] The only
[00:45:33] way to
[00:45:34] salvation,
[00:45:34] the only
[00:45:35] way anyone
[00:45:36] can really
[00:45:36] be washed
[00:45:37] or bathed
[00:45:37] completely.
[00:45:39] He just
[00:45:40] got done
[00:45:40] showing them
[00:45:41] this picture,
[00:45:42] an example
[00:45:43] of the
[00:45:43] gospel,
[00:45:44] and he's
[00:45:45] telling them
[00:45:45] now,
[00:45:46] you're going
[00:45:46] to be
[00:45:47] preaching
[00:45:47] this soon,
[00:45:49] and I
[00:45:50] won't be
[00:45:50] here.
[00:45:51] You're going
[00:45:51] to be doing
[00:45:52] it,
[00:45:52] and you
[00:45:53] can do
[00:45:53] it.
[00:45:56] And we've
[00:45:57] seen our
[00:45:57] Lord is
[00:45:58] known in
[00:45:59] scripture to
[00:46:00] exemplify these
[00:46:01] spiritual truths
[00:46:02] with physical
[00:46:04] instances,
[00:46:05] and he
[00:46:05] goes big
[00:46:06] on the
[00:46:06] object
[00:46:07] lessons.
[00:46:08] And this
[00:46:09] one,
[00:46:09] he's
[00:46:09] exemplified his
[00:46:10] great love
[00:46:10] for his
[00:46:11] believers,
[00:46:12] for his
[00:46:13] followers.
[00:46:15] He loves
[00:46:15] them to the
[00:46:16] bitter end.
[00:46:18] He shows
[00:46:19] us how to
[00:46:19] humbly serve
[00:46:20] and be
[00:46:20] willing to
[00:46:21] serve others
[00:46:21] even though
[00:46:22] it might
[00:46:22] be beneath
[00:46:27] us.
[00:46:28] It's not
[00:46:28] beneath us.
[00:46:31] He's showing
[00:46:31] us his
[00:46:32] supernatural
[00:46:32] knowledge of
[00:46:33] who he is,
[00:46:33] where he
[00:46:34] came from,
[00:46:34] where he's
[00:46:35] going,
[00:46:35] what he's
[00:46:35] doing before
[00:46:36] it happens.
[00:46:38] He's
[00:46:39] showing us
[00:46:40] that he's
[00:46:40] the one,
[00:46:41] the only
[00:46:41] one,
[00:46:41] who washes
[00:46:42] us clean,
[00:46:42] completely
[00:46:43] clean.
[00:46:44] And he
[00:46:45] showed us
[00:46:45] the gospel
[00:46:47] by washing
[00:46:48] his
[00:46:49] disciples'
[00:46:49] feet.
[00:46:53] It's not
[00:46:54] just a
[00:46:54] nice story.
[00:46:56] It's the
[00:46:57] gospel
[00:46:58] exemplified.
[00:47:01] It's the
[00:47:02] gospel
[00:47:02] expressed
[00:47:03] as an
[00:47:04] act of
[00:47:05] humble
[00:47:05] service to
[00:47:05] his
[00:47:05] friends.
[00:47:09] And it's
[00:47:10] simple.
[00:47:12] And it's
[00:47:12] beautiful.
[00:47:15] And we
[00:47:16] should do
[00:47:16] what Jesus
[00:47:17] did,
[00:47:18] by humbly
[00:47:19] serving one
[00:47:19] another with
[00:47:22] great love
[00:47:22] to the
[00:47:23] end,
[00:47:24] and understand
[00:47:25] we can be
[00:47:26] now the
[00:47:26] ones to
[00:47:26] preach that
[00:47:27] gospel.
[00:47:29] So they
[00:47:29] can accept
[00:47:30] the message
[00:47:31] of the
[00:47:31] gospel,
[00:47:32] and by
[00:47:32] that being
[00:47:33] accepting
[00:47:34] Christ and
[00:47:35] accepting
[00:47:36] the Father,
[00:47:37] they can gain
[00:47:38] access by
[00:47:38] what we see
[00:47:40] Jesus do,
[00:47:40] we're doing.
[00:47:41] It's not
[00:47:42] beneath us.
[00:47:44] Be humble
[00:47:45] so that others
[00:47:46] can come in
[00:47:46] too.
[00:47:48] Amen.
[00:47:49] Please stand
[00:47:50] with me as
[00:47:51] we close in
[00:47:52] prayer.
[00:47:57] Once again,
[00:47:58] Lord Jesus,
[00:47:59] we come.
[00:48:00] We're thankful
[00:48:01] for this
[00:48:02] morning.
[00:48:03] We're
[00:48:03] celebrating
[00:48:04] people who
[00:48:05] have been
[00:48:05] baptized.
[00:48:06] I pray that
[00:48:07] their testimony
[00:48:08] goes out
[00:48:08] before them
[00:48:09] and so others
[00:48:09] can hear about
[00:48:10] the great
[00:48:11] things that
[00:48:11] you've done
[00:48:11] in their
[00:48:11] lives and
[00:48:12] they may be
[00:48:13] drawn to
[00:48:13] your love
[00:48:14] through them.
[00:48:16] Help us to
[00:48:16] preach this
[00:48:17] gospel.
[00:48:18] We can see
[00:48:18] how it can
[00:48:19] be shown in
[00:48:19] an act of
[00:48:21] service,
[00:48:21] by washing
[00:48:22] someone's
[00:48:22] feet,
[00:48:23] there's
[00:48:24] always more
[00:48:24] to your
[00:48:24] words than
[00:48:25] we ever
[00:48:25] know.
[00:48:26] Help us
[00:48:26] to be
[00:48:27] comfortable
[00:48:28] also not
[00:48:29] understanding
[00:48:29] everything.
[00:48:30] Help us
[00:48:31] find joy
[00:48:32] in trusting
[00:48:33] you through
[00:48:33] those times
[00:48:34] where we
[00:48:34] want to
[00:48:34] know and
[00:48:35] we just
[00:48:35] don't.
[00:48:36] Help us
[00:48:36] understand it's
[00:48:37] okay not to
[00:48:38] know.
[00:48:38] and we
[00:48:39] find peace
[00:48:40] and comfort
[00:48:41] in trusting
[00:48:42] you.
[00:48:43] That's a
[00:48:44] lesson we
[00:48:44] all still
[00:48:44] need to
[00:48:45] learn I'm
[00:48:45] sure.
[00:48:46] Lord give
[00:48:47] us a great
[00:48:47] week.
[00:48:48] There are
[00:48:48] many prayer
[00:48:49] requests that
[00:48:49] we haven't
[00:48:50] spoken about
[00:48:50] but people
[00:48:51] hurting that
[00:48:52] we know in
[00:48:52] our families
[00:48:53] and in our
[00:48:53] friend groups
[00:48:55] hurting need
[00:48:55] healing.
[00:48:57] You know all
[00:48:57] those things
[00:48:57] Lord minister to
[00:48:58] each and every
[00:48:59] one of those
[00:49:00] people and their
[00:49:00] family members
[00:49:02] always all to
[00:49:03] your glory.
[00:49:03] We pray in
[00:49:04] Jesus name.
[00:49:04] Amen.