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Wash Those Feet
John 13:1-17
JESUS WANTS US TO KNOW
ABOUT HIS SERVICE!
Jesus Wants us to Know!
• He told the disciples to do as he had
done (v 15).
Jesus Wants us to Know!
• He told the disciples to do as he had
done (v 15).
• The Holy Spirit guided John to
record this narrative.
WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT
SERVICE AMONG US.
Suffering Servant
• “By his knowledge shall the
righteous one, my servant, make
many to be accounted righteous,
and he shall bear their iniquities”
(Is 53:11, ESV).
Suffering Servant
• “By his knowledge shall the
righteous one, my servant, make
many to be accounted righteous,
and he shall bear their iniquities”
(Is 53:11, ESV).
• In Jn 13, we see Jesus‟ serving and
about to “make many to be
accounted righteous.”
JESUS’ ACTIONS CERTAINLY
STAND AS THE BACKDROP
OF THIS TEXT.
Wash Those Feet
• JESUS SERVED IN DEVOTION.
• JESUS SERVED IN DISTRESS.
• JESUS SERVED IN DEBASEMENT.
• JESUS SERVED IN DESIGN.
JESUS SERVED IN DEVOTION
• “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” (v 1, ESV).
TEXT SAYS JESUS LOVED
TWICE
Jesus Loved Twice
• The first verb shows Jesus‟
motivation.
Jesus Loved Twice
• The first verb shows Jesus‟
motivation.
• The second verb stresses the
footwashing as part of Jesus‟ love.
Jesus Loved Twice
• The first verb shows Jesus‟
motivation.
• The second verb stresses the
footwashing as part of Jesus‟ love.
• “Having loved” refers to Jesus‟
entire ministry.
Jesus Loved Twice
• The first verb shows Jesus‟
motivation.
• The second verb stresses the
footwashing as part of Jesus‟ love.
• “Having loved” refers to Jesus‟
entire ministry, and “he loved
them” refers to the specific act of
footwashing.
Jesus Loved “To the End”
• NIV: “He now showed them the
full extent of his love.”
Jesus Loved “To the End”
• NIV: “He now showed them the
full extent of his love.”
• KJV (ESV also): “he loved them
unto the end.”
Jesus Loved “To the End”
• NIV: “He now showed them the
full extent of his love.”
• KJV (ESV also): “he loved them
unto the end.”
• Both ideas are likely.
Jesus Loved “To the End”
• NIV: “He now showed them the
full extent of his love.”
• KJV (ESV also): “he loved them
unto the end.”
• Both ideas are likely:
– Jesus demonstrates love at the very
end of his earthly ministry.
Jesus Loved “To the End”
• NIV: “He now showed them the
full extent of his love.”
• KJV (ESV also): “he loved them
unto the end.”
• Both ideas are likely:
– Jesus demonstrates love at the very
end of his earthly ministry.
– Jesus demonstrates just how much he
loves the disciples.
LOVE DEMONSTRATES
ITSELF IN ACTION/SERVICE.
Love is Action/Service
• “Husbands, love your wives, as
Christ loved the church and gave
himself up for her” (Eph 5:25,
ESV).
Love is Action/Service
• “Love is patient and kind; love does
not envy or boast; it is not arrogant
or rude. It does not insist on its own
way; it is not irritable or resentful;
it does not rejoice at wrongdoing,
but rejoices with the truth. Love
bears all things, believes all things,
hopes all things, endures all things”
(1 Cor 13:4-7, ESV).
WHAT DOES THIS HAVE TO
DO WITH US AT ALUM
CREEK?
What about us?
• If I love you, I will serve you!
What about us?
• If I love you, I will serve you!
• Examples:
– Keep your kids.
What about us?
• If I love you, I will serve you!
• Examples:
– Keep your kids.
– Rake your leaves.
What about us?
• If I love you, I will serve you!
• Examples:
– Keep your kids.
– Rake your leaves.
– Teach for you.
What about us?
• If I love you, I will serve you!
• Examples:
– Keep your kids.
– Rake your leaves.
– Teach for you.
• I‟ll do whatever I can—whenever
you need it—because I love you.
IF I DO NOT SERVE YOU, I DO
NOT LOVE YOU!
THOSE ARE STRONG
WORDS!!!
Not Serving Means Not Loving
• Maybe you can‟t serve the way
we‟ve mentioned.
Not Serving Means Not Loving
• Maybe you can‟t serve the way
we‟ve mentioned.
• Scripture doesn‟t say how
specifically to serve.
Not Serving Means Not Loving
• Maybe you can‟t serve the way
we‟ve mentioned.
• Scripture doesn‟t say how
specifically to serve. But, look for
opportunities to do what we can
with what we have where we are.
Not Serving Means Not Loving
• “If anyone has the world‟s goods
and sees his brother in need, yet
closes his heart against him, how
does God‟s love abide in him?
Little children, let us not love in
word or talk but in deed and in
truth” (1 Jn 3:17-18, ESV).
Not Serving Means Not Loving
• “If anyone has the world‟s goods
and sees his brother in need, yet
closes his heart against him, how
does God‟s love abide in him?
Little children, let us not love in
word or talk but in deed and in
truth” (1 Jn 3:17-18, ESV).
• “They didn‟t ask!”
Not Serving Means Not Loving
• “If anyone has the world‟s goods
and sees his brother in need, yet
closes his heart against him, how
does God‟s love abide in him?
Little children, let us not love in
word or talk but in deed and in
truth” (1 Jn 3:17-18, ESV).
• “If anyone „sees his brother in
need.‟”
ARE WE REALLY LOVING
ONE ANOTHER?
Jesus Served in Distress
• “During supper, when the devil had already put
it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon‟s son,
to betray him, 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. He laid aside his outer
garments, and taking a towel, tied it around his
waist. . . . Jesus said to [Peter] . . . „You are
clean, but not every one of you.‟ For he knew
who was to betray him; that was why he said,
„Not all of you are clean” (vv 2-4, 10b-11,
ESV).
JESUS SERVED JUDAS AFTER
JUDAS DECIDED TO BETRAY
JESUS!
Serving our Enemies
• “Love your enemies, DO GOOD
TO THOSE WHO HATE YOU,
bless those who curse you, pray for
those who abuse you. To one who
strikes you on the cheek, offer the
other also, and from one who takes
away your cloak do not withhold
your tunic either” (Lk 6:27-29,
ESV).
Serving our Enemies
• “„If your enemy is hungry, feed
him; if he is thirsty, give him
something to drink; for by so doing
you will heap burning coals on his
head.‟ Do not be overcome by evil,
but overcome evil with good” (Rm
12:20-21, ESV).
DO WE SERVE OUR
ENEMIES?
Jesus Served in Great Turmoil
• “My soul is very sorrowful, even to
death” (Mt 26:38, ESV).
Jesus Served in Great Turmoil
• “My soul is very sorrowful, even to
death” (Mt 26:38, ESV).
• Can you imagine the turmoil of
having one of your closest friends
getting ready to betray you to
death?
WILL WE SERVE IN GREAT
TURMOIL?
Jesus Served in Debasement
• Jesus “laid aside his outer
garments, and taking a towel, tied it
around his waist. 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. He came to
Simon Peter, who said to him,
„Lord, do you wash my feet?‟” (vv
4b-6, ESV).
Washing Feet was the Work of
Slaves• Feet became very dirty.
Washing Feet was the Work of
Slaves• Feet became very dirty.
– Common to wash guest‟s feet.
Washing Feet was the Work of
Slaves• Feet became very dirty.
– Common to wash guest‟s feet: “I
entered your house; you gave me no
water for my feet, but she has wet my
feet with her tears and wiped them
with her hair” (Lk 7:44, ESV).
Washing Feet was the Work of
Slaves• Feet became very dirty.
– Common to wash guest‟s feet.
– But, slaves—NOT THE HOST—did
this!
Washing Feet was the Work of
Slaves• Feet became very dirty.
– Common to wash guest‟s feet.
– But, slaves—NOT THE HOST—did
this!
• Jewish slaves did not do this.
Washing Feet was the Work of
Slaves• Feet became very dirty.
– Common to wash guest‟s feet.
– But, slaves—NOT THE HOST—did
this!
• Jewish slaves did not do this.
• Jewish masters had Gentile slaves do this
work!
Wrapping a Towel
• In our culture, this act makes sense.
Wrapping a Towel
• In our culture, this act makes sense.
• In Jesus‟ culture, this was a sign of
slavery.
Wrapping a Towel
• In our culture, this act makes sense.
• In Jesus‟ culture, this was a sign of
slavery.
– Ancient Jewish commentary (Gn
21:14): Abraham tied a shawl around
Hagar‟s loins so “that people would
know she was a slave.”
Wrapping a Towel
• In our culture, this act makes sense.
• In Jesus‟ culture, this was a sign of
slavery.
– Ancient Jewish commentary (Gn
21:14): Abraham tied a shawl around
Hagar‟s loins so “that people would
know she was a slave.”
– Caligula (r AD 37-41) debased
Roman senators by making them
serve him with towels.
Societal Norms
• Jews stressed staying in your social
class.
Societal Norms
• Jews stressed staying in your social
class. Judah Ha-Nasi (AD 220)
would do anything but give up his
superior position.
Societal Norms
• Jews stressed staying in your social
class. Judah Ha-Nasi (AD 220)
would do anything but give up his
superior position.
• Peter is dumbfounded!
Societal Norms
• Jews stressed staying in your social
class. Judah Ha-Nasi (AD 220)
would do anything but give up his
superior position.
• Peter is dumbfounded!
– Peter stutters: “Lord, you—my—you
shall wash—the feet?”
Societal Norms
• Jews stressed staying in your social
class. Judah Ha-Nasi (AD 220)
would do anything but give up his
superior position.
• Peter is dumbfounded!
– Peter stutters: “Lord, you—my—you
shall wash—the feet?”
– Here is the Messiah doing a slave‟s
work!
True Service Involves Debasement
• “You yourselves know how I lived
among you the whole time from the
first day when I set foot in Asia,
serving the Lord with all humility
and with tears and with trials” (Acts
20:18-19, ESV).
True Service Involves Debasement
• “You yourselves know how I lived
among you the whole time from the
first day when I set foot in Asia,
serving the Lord with all humility
and with tears and with trials” (Acts
20:18-19, ESV).
• “If anyone would be first, he must
be last of all and servant of all”
(Mk 9:35, ESV).
IS THAT NOT WHY IT’S SO
HARD TO SERVE?
Humble Service
• “Do nothing from rivalry or
conceit, but in humility count
others more significant than
yourselves. Let each of you look
not only to his own interests, but
also to the interests of others” (Phil
2:3-4, ESV).
Humble Service
• Phil 2:3-4.
• “Clothe yourselves, all of you, with
humility toward one another, for
„God opposes the proud but gives
grace to the humble‟” (1 Pt 5:5,
ESV).
Humble Service• “Self-righteous service is impressed with the „big
deal.‟ True service finds it almost impossible to
distinguish the small from the large service. Self-
righteous service is highly concerned with results.
True service is free of the need to calculate results.
Self-righteous service picks and chooses whom to
serve. True service is indiscriminate in its ministry.
Self-righteous service is affected by moods and
whims. True service ministers simply and faithfully
because there is a need.”
HOW IS OUR SERVE?
HOW IS OUR SERVE?
HUMBLE OR SELF-
RIGHTEOUS?
Jesus Served in Design
• “If I then, your Lord, and Teacher, have
washed your feet, you also ought to
wash one another‟s feet. For I have
given you an example, that you also
should do just as I have done to you.
Truly, truly, I say to you, a servant is not
greater than his master, nor is a
messenger greater than the one who sent
him. If you know these things, blessed
are you if you do them” (vv 14-17,
ESV).
Jesus, Our Example
• “Take my yoke upon you, and
learn from me, for I am gentle and
lowly in heart” (Mt 11:29, ESV).
Jesus, Our Example
• “Take my yoke upon you, and
learn from me, for I am gentle and
lowly in heart” (Mt 11:29, ESV).
• “Be imitators of me, as I am of
Christ” (1 Cor 11:1, ESV).
ARE WE FOLLOWING JESUS’
EXAMPLE OF SERVICE?
Are we following Jesus’ example of service?
• Do we serve in devotion?
Are we following Jesus’ example of service?
• Do we serve in devotion?
• Do we serve in distress?
Are we following Jesus’ example of service?
• Do we serve in devotion?
• Do we serve in distress?
• Do we serve in debasement?
DO YOU NEED TO BEGIN A
LIFETIME OF SERVICE?