When Jesus had washed their feet and put on His outer garments, He reclined with them again and asked, “Do you know what I have done for you?So when he had washed their feet, put his outer garment back on, and sat down again, he said to them, “Do you know what I have done to you?So after he had washed their feet, and had taken his garments, and was set down again, he said unto them, Know ye what I have done to you?So when he had washed their feet, and taken his garments, and sat down again, he said unto them, Know ye what I have done to you?
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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. …
Jesus in John 13 in the upper room with his disciples. John 13 verses 12 through 17 we read this. So when he had washed their feet. God incarnate. Think about this. God incarnate. stooping down to wash dirty feet. Speaks volumes. When he had washed their feet, taken his garments, and sat down again, he said to them, Do you know what I have done to you? You call me teacher and Lord, and you say, Well, for so I am. 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 should do as I have done to you. Most assuredly, I say to you, a servant is not greater than his master, nor is he who is sent greater than he who sent him. If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them. he has given us an example of service and we are to follow in his example we are not greater than our master and so we're to follow the example of our master and we don't get to opt out of it that's not an option but we're told in our text back to joshua 24 we're told to serve the Lord in sincerity and truth. …
… 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. We continue it through the next few days, but tonight is the last day. …
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. …