5/15/22 Worship Service and Sermon: Washing Each Other's Feet - John 13:12-17, 34-25

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5/15/2022 Worship Service and Sermon from Brick Lane Community Church in Elverson, PA

Worship Leader: Andrew Hageman
Speaker: Pastor Steve Estes
Scripture: John 13:12-17, 34-25
Title: Washing Each Other's Feet

When he had finished washing their feet, he put on his clothes and returned to his place. "Do you understand what I have done for you?" he asked them. "You call me 'Teacher' and 'Lord,' and rightly so, for that is what I am. Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another's feet. I have set you an example that you should do as I have done for you. I tell you the truth, no servant is greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him. Now that you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them.

A new commandment I give to you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.

Notes:

1. Does Jesus want us to literally wash feet?

A. I can't prove He doesn't, but I suspect not
Reason #1: Jesus often uses figurative language.
Reason #2: The Bible is sensitive to people's culture.
Reason #3: The literal meaning is easier than the figurative meaning.

2. Christ teaches me to wash other's feet by becoming a slave.

A. John 13:34 = "Be a slave of other as I have been your slave."
i. "Slave" in this case is a Greco-Roman slave, who was treated almost like a member of the family, not like chattel, as in the Antebellum South.
B. I'm to be a slave even if I hold a high position.

3. Jesus calls this a "new command."

A. Not totally new (Leviticus 19:18), but a new importance was given to it.
B. A new reason was given for it.
C. A new degree of self-sacrifice is given in it.

4. As a slave, whose feet am I to wash?

A. I'm to wash the feet of Christians I'm familiar with.
B. I'm to wash the feet of Christians who are different from me.

5. 4 questions to ask myself:

A. Where do I sit in church?
B. Who do I talk with?
C. Where, and for whom, do I pray?
D. How do I use my home?

Caution: We don't serve in order to be washed. We are washed in order to serve.

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