"Not all of you are clean!"
John 13:1-15
Jesus Washes the Disciples' Feet
1 Now before the Feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that His hour had come to depart out of this world to the Father, having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the end. 2 During supper, when the devil had already put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray Him,
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.
6 He came to Simon Peter, who said to Him, “Lord, do you wash my feet?”
7 Jesus answered him, “What I am doing you do not understand now, but afterward you will understand.” 8 Peter said to Him, “You shall never wash my feet.” Jesus answered him, “If I do not wash you, you have no share with me.” 9 Simon Peter said to Him, “Lord, not my feet only but also my hands and my head!” 10 Jesus said to him, “The one who has bathed does not need to wash, except for his feet, but is completely clean. And you are clean, but not every one of you.” 11 For He knew who was to betray Him; that was why He said, “NOT ALL OF YOU ARE CLEAN.”
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 GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE, THAT YOU ALSO SHOULD DO JUST AS I HAVE DONE TO YOU.”
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Greedy is the cause of all these sins of the world, I think. So, I love enjoyed "The Lord's Prayer", which Jesus taught us how to pray.
Thank you for sharing. :)
Another example of how if we are not cleansed with the cleansing of living The Lords ways only and with HIS examples He showed by His actions. We definitely are not clean. There's s many scriptures that show we must follow his living example and not the ways of any others.
I know I'm not perfect...but I can say this
In seeing Jesus wash His disciples feet, I am reminded of the verse where He says, "Whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant" (Mark 10:43). In His actions, Jesus was giving us an example, of our need for humility, in serving one another, in love.
Like water, God's Word can have a cleansing effect in us, when we wash one another spiritually, with His purifying Word.
Thanks for sharing this humbling message.
God bless!
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Yes, Jesus had, he is a historical figure "weird" in the world. I'm planning to do some blogs where they talk about the "weaknesses" of Jesus.
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