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(Read: John 13:1-20)

Jesus said: “Ye call me Master and Lord: and ye say well; for so I am.” (John 13:13)

The Background: Knowing that he, the Son of God, had come from the heavenly father and was going back to the father, Jesus took a towel and a basin and began to wash his disciples’ feet (John 13:1-5). Notice that Jesus understood his identity and where he had come from. He, himself, is God, the creator of the universe (see John 1:1–3). Jesus is the king of kings and lord of lords, and yet he took a humble role to wash the dirty feet of those who should have been washing his. Jesus. came to serve (see Mark 10:45). The Lord also calls each one of us to this servanthood mindset.

Jesus made it clear that though they didn’t understand what he was doing, later they would (John 13:7). However, Peter would

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have none of it: You will never wash my feet. But unless Jesus washed him, he could have no fellowship with him (John 13:8).

“In that case,” Peter essentially said, “forget the foot wash. Give me a shower!” (John 13:9). With this statement, Peter revealed his heart. He was willing to do anything to show Jesus that he didn’t want to be disconnected from him.

The Bible Lesson: The Holy Spirit will never lead you contrary to the word of God. I hear people saying, “The lord led me to do this. … The lord told me thus and so …” I am always a little suspicious unless what the lord has said is in keeping with his word. God never directs us to do anything contrary to his word.

The prophet Samuel once said, “Obedience is better than sacrifice.”

After Jesus had washed their feet (John 13:12), he exhorted his disciples to do the same. He should serve as their example. If he, their lord and teacher, washed their feet, then they should wash one another’s (that is, serve one another; see 1 Timothy 5:10), because a servant is not greater than his master (John 13:14–16).

Our Lord Jesus is a model of servanthood, and one that we should follow. How does Jesus’s foot-washing command apply in our modern context? To put it simply, we are to serve people in the family of God — especially by helping them when things get dirty. Our service is most needed in the messiness of life where people are hurting and suffering.

The Bible teaches, “He that willeth to do his will shall know the doctrine.” When you find yourself up a blind alley, not knowing which way to turn, if you are willing to do God’s will, He will reveal himself. He conceals his will only from those who, before they consent to do his calling, seek to know what he is going to say. Be an obedient Christian. Remember that “where God guides, he provides. Where he leads, he supplies all the needs!”

Read Ron Purkey’s Bible study outlines free at rcpbibleoutlines. com. Purkey has been an ordained Baptist minister for 50 years.

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