Maundy Thursday, 13 April 2017

John 13:3  Jesus, knowing that the Father had giv…

An episode of the East Ridge Pres podcast, hosted by East Ridge Pres, titled "Maundy Thursday, 13 April 2017" was published on April 12, 2017 and runs 3 minutes.

April 12, 2017 ·3m · East Ridge Pres

Summary

John 13:3  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, 4 rose from supper. He laid aside his outer garments, and taking a towel, tied it around his waist. 5 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. 12 When he had washed their feet and put on his outer garments and resumed his place, he said to them, “Do you understand what I have done to you? 13 You call me Teacher and Lord, and you are right, for so I am. 14 If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet. 15 For I have given you an example, that you also should do just as I have done to you. Washing feet is an ancient practice in warm climates where people walk around barefoot or in sandals on the dusty roads. When someone entered your home to rest or eat, it was a courtesy and kindness to provide for the washing of their feet. Abraham provides water for the three strangers who enter his tent. Lot does the same in Sodom. Jesus loves them as guests in his home. Members of his church, his kingdom. Welcomed by their Lord. The actual duty of washing was often given to the lowest of the servants in a household. Jesus loves his disciples as the lowest servant of their company. He puts himself at the bottom. Jesus’s rank was above them and he deserved their worship and obedience, but he loved them and served them. Jesus’s love was much greater than washing feet. Jesus washed all of his people in his own blood by giving himself to die. Jesus is our model. We are to be like Christ in his humility, his service, and his love. What person do you not love, because to love that person is too humbling? That one is too low. What act of love do you refuse, because that act is too humbling? too degrading? too humiliating? That act is too low for me. What love do you find beneath your dignity? Follow Jesus’s WAY in the pain and humiliations of real love. Remember your Lord and Savior stripped and washed his disciple’s feet. It was so shocking and disturbing that Peter refused to have his feet washed by Jesus. BUT we must be served by Jesus first, before we can serve others. Go to Jesus and receive his service, his forgiveness and grace and love, and then… die to yourself and serve.

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