For He knew who would betray Him. That is why He said, “Not all of you are clean.”For he knew him who would betray him; therefore he said, “You are not all clean.”For he knew who should betray him; therefore said he, Ye are not all clean.For he knew him that should betray him; therefore said he, Ye are not all clean.
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… For example, Mark verse 2, during supper, verse 3, Jesus, verse 4, rose from supper, verse 12. when he had washed their feet and taken his garments, he reclined again. You got it? Jesus rose from supper, did something unrelated to the supper, and then came back to the meal and finished it. What made him leave the supper? why did he in the middle of the supper wash their feet it's like you're sitting down to a thanksgiving meal one or two o'clock in the afternoon thanksgiving day and you served yourself that well-baked turkey and the cranberry sauce and the dressing and too much of the gravy and it's all over your plate and you begin to eat it and suddenly you push yourself away and write letter why would you write a letter in the middle of a Thanksgiving meal there's no reason is there and then you come back and the meal is about over and yours is cold but you finish or make a phone call why would you do that it's the same kind of interruptive thought he's at the table eating the meal and suddenly he stops and he gets a basin of water and he with a towel he washes their feet and then he puts the towel up and covers his under tunic with his outer garment and sits down again to eat. …
… So you are clean, but not all. For he knew who would betray him. For this reason, he said, not all of you are clean. So when he had washed their feet and put his garments back on and reclined at table again, he said to them, Do you realize what I have done for you? You call me teacher and master, and rightly so, for indeed I am. If I, therefore, the master and teacher, have washed your feet, you ought to wash one another's feet. I have given you a model to follow, so that as I have done for you, you should also do. The Gospel of the Lord. Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ. I'd like you to have a seat. So I remember the very first time I ever met a man named Kirk Cameron. I said, Kirk, I want to tell you three things. and I'll get that back to that in a little bit tonight tonight is it's kind of the conclusion of Lent. …
… Jesus had seen who was going to betray him. That's why he said, not all of you are clean. Now when he had washed their feet and put on his outer clothing and sat down again at the table, he said to them, Do you know what I've done for you? You call me the Teacher and the Lord, and rightly so, because that is what I am. So if I, the Lord and the Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash each other's feet, because I have given you a pattern to follow, so that just as I have done, you all should do for each other. If you see these things, you will be blessed when you do them. from John 13. The pattern Jesus gives us, his followers, is his love. It's not love in a sentimental sense. It doesn't have to do with feelings in the first place, but with actions. It starts with what God has done. It starts with what God has done for us in Jesus. It continues with what God would have us do for others, to lower ourselves, to serve the people around us, like Jesus did for us. That's how we keep watch. It's a Christian leader who stoops down to sweep up a mess, even when he thinks no one is watching. It's a Christian volunteer who sits with a Muslim refugee to teach her how to sew. It's a Christian family who, during COVID, set another place at their dinner table every Tuesday for a single woman from their church so that she wouldn't …
Scripture reading comes from John chapter 13 verses 1 through 17. Hear these words. and now before the festival of Passover Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart from this world and to go to the father having loved his own who were in the world he loved them to the end now the devil had already put it into the heart of Judas son of Simon Iscariot, to betray him. And so during supper, 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, he got up from the table, took off his outer robe, and tied a towel around himself. and then he poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples feet and to wipe them with the towel that he had tied around himself then he came to Simon Peter who said to him Lord are you going to wash my feet and Jesus answered him you do not know now what I am doing but later later you will understand and Peter said to him you will never wash my feet and Jesus answered well unless I wash you you have no share with me Simon Peter said to him well Lord not only then my feet but also my hands and my head and Jesus said to him one who has bathed does not need to wash except for the feet, but is entirely clean. And you are clean, though not all of you. …