Jesus Washes His Disciples Feet, and Then...
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Have you ever attended a church service known as The Lord's Supper? I have vivid memories of the communion services that were part of my religious upbringing. The men gathered in the Sunday School rooms and the ladies would gather in the fellowship hall.
I can remember the sacredness I felt as we took part in the communion service, but when it came time for the "feet washing" service, I got a little nervous. Okay, so I got a lot nervous...
I know that's bad grammar, but that's how I felt!
I am filled with gratitude as I look back over those years.
When we take part in the Lord's Supper, we are promised blessings and happiness because we are doing it to remind us of how Jesus suffered for our sins.
Our minds are transformed as the words of Jesus settle into our thinking; and we come to understand how much he loves us. Reading the Bible helps us to understand how that transformation takes place!
We are told that we are blessed when we keep the commandments of the Lord...another word for that is happy, and I can tell you from personal experience that it is the truth!
It's important to read the word of God for yourself; so let's do some studying about the night that Jesus commanded us to wash one another's feet. Jesus didn't just leave us with instructions for His unusual request... he got down on his knees and showed us what He had in mind. Now, that's the kind of leadership that I am happy to follow!
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I can remember the sacredness I felt as we took part in the communion service, but when it came time for the "feet washing" service, I got a little nervous. Okay, so I got a lot nervous...
I know that's bad grammar, but that's how I felt!
I am filled with gratitude as I look back over those years.
When we take part in the Lord's Supper, we are promised blessings and happiness because we are doing it to remind us of how Jesus suffered for our sins.
Our minds are transformed as the words of Jesus settle into our thinking; and we come to understand how much he loves us. Reading the Bible helps us to understand how that transformation takes place!
We are told that we are blessed when we keep the commandments of the Lord...another word for that is happy, and I can tell you from personal experience that it is the truth!
It's important to read the word of God for yourself; so let's do some studying about the night that Jesus commanded us to wash one another's feet. Jesus didn't just leave us with instructions for His unusual request... he got down on his knees and showed us what He had in mind. Now, that's the kind of leadership that I am happy to follow!
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Table of Contents
- It's a Dirty Job... But Jesus Chose to Do It
- Jesus Washes His Disciples Feet
- Have You Ever Washed Someone Else's Feet in a Communion Service?
- Walk A Mile In My Shoes
- If You Know These Things, HAPPY Are You if You Do Them!
- Hmm, I Wonder Why Jesus Thought So Much About Feet?
- The Roman Law of Capital Punishment
- The Meal That Heals
- Learn About The Passover
- After the Passover Feast, Jesus Went to the Garden of Gethsemane
- Colorful Projects For The Classroom, Or Your Child's Room
- Animated Stories Of The Passover
- Why Did Jesus Have to Die?
- The Passion
- The Crucifixion Site
- Happy Are Ye When You Do What Jesus Did...
- This All Happened A Long Time Ago, So What Difference Does It Make For Me?
- Suffering With Christ Is The Pathway to Healing Power
- Why Should We Help The Homeless?
- Jesús se lava los pies de los discípulos, y entonces...
It's a Dirty Job... But Jesus Chose to Do It
Have you ever washed someone else's dirty feet? Most likely not; unless you are a health care provider...or your name is "Mom!"
...OR if you come from an old fashioned, old school religious upbringing, where washing feet was ALWAYS done in conjunction with taking the Communion!
Most people would never think of asking someone else to wash their feet...it just doesn't seem natural!
But, Jesus wasn't natural...he was supernatural! He had a point to make, and as usual; he used an object lesson so that we would have a visual reminder of the principle he was teaching.
He loved us so much, and his goal was to teach us to love each other as much as he loves us. What better way to show someone how much you care for them than to wash their feet.
It was symbolic, it was bold, it was different, it was unusual...sounds like something Jesus would do, doesn't it?
He tells us to go and do what he did. He's looking for willing hearts...he's looking for servants who will be obedient to his instructions and commands; even when they are out of the ordinary!
Have you ever washed someone else's feet? Have you ever thought about it? What would you do if Jesus told you to get a towel and a basin; and wash your brother's feet?
A good question, indeed! Think about it for a while...what would you do?
Jesus Washes His Disciples Feet
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The Story of the Last Supper, and Washing the Disciples Feet
St. John 13:1-38
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Walk A Mile In My Shoes
If I could be you, if you could be me
For just one hour, if we could find a way
To get inside each other's mind
If you could see you through my eyes
Instead your own ego I believe you'd be
I believe you'd be surprised to see
That you've been blind
Walk a mile in my shoes
just walk a mile in my shoes
Before you abuse, criticize and accuse
Then walk a mile in my shoes
Now if we spend the day
Throwin' stones at one another
'Cause I don't think, 'cause I don't think
Or wear my hair the same way you do
Well, I may be common people
But I'm your brother
And when you strike out
You're tryin' to hurt me
It's hurtin' you, Lord HAVE mercy
Walk a mile in my shoes
just walk a mile in my shoes
Before you abuse, criticize and accuse
Then walk a mile in my shoes
Now there are people on reservations
And out in the ghetto
And brother there, but, for the grace of God
Go you and I,
If I only had wings of a little angel
Don't you know, I'd fly
To the top of a mountain
And then I'd cry, cry, cry
Walk a mile in my shoes
just walk a mile in my shoes
Before you abuse, criticize and accuse
Then walk a mile in my shoes
Then walk a mile in my shoes
Then walk a mile in my shoes
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For just one hour, if we could find a way
To get inside each other's mind
If you could see you through my eyes
Instead your own ego I believe you'd be
I believe you'd be surprised to see
That you've been blind
Walk a mile in my shoes
just walk a mile in my shoes
Before you abuse, criticize and accuse
Then walk a mile in my shoes
Now if we spend the day
Throwin' stones at one another
'Cause I don't think, 'cause I don't think
Or wear my hair the same way you do
Well, I may be common people
But I'm your brother
And when you strike out
You're tryin' to hurt me
It's hurtin' you, Lord HAVE mercy
Walk a mile in my shoes
just walk a mile in my shoes
Before you abuse, criticize and accuse
Then walk a mile in my shoes
Now there are people on reservations
And out in the ghetto
And brother there, but, for the grace of God
Go you and I,
If I only had wings of a little angel
Don't you know, I'd fly
To the top of a mountain
And then I'd cry, cry, cry
Walk a mile in my shoes
just walk a mile in my shoes
Before you abuse, criticize and accuse
Then walk a mile in my shoes
Then walk a mile in my shoes
Then walk a mile in my shoes
Words & Music by Joe South
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I Believe This Is Exactly What Jesus Had In Mind When He Told Us To Wash One Another's Feet!
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Hmm, I Wonder Why Jesus Thought So Much About Feet?
Paul the Apostle spent three years in the desert, praying, listening, learning about Jesus. This verse is part of a letter he wrote to Christians who lived in Ephesus.
He has something to say about feet too...
Why do you think that is?
Again, I say; Hmm...
"Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;
And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace..."
Ephesians 6:15
He has something to say about feet too...
Why do you think that is?
Again, I say; Hmm...
"Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;
And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace..."
Ephesians 6:15
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The Israelites were instructed to sacrifice a lamb, and place the blood on the doorposts of their homes.
When the death angel passed over Egypt that night; the lamb's blood on the door would tell him
to "pass over" that house, leaving the firstborn child alive.
The night that Jesus washed the disciples feet was the fulfillment of the picture we see in the story of the Exodus from Egypt. After the supper, he got up and went to the Garden of Gethsemane to pray, and prepare himself for his soon coming cruficixion.
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No more sacrifices would be allowed after the crucifixion. An angel of the Lord made that clear when he ripped the curtain that covered the entrance to the Holy of Holies.
Angels were certainly busy in revealing the story of the death Jesus died for us!
On Resurrection morning, they showed up again... this time, at the tomb where Jesus had been placed after the crucifixion.
Their words to Mary were the glorious announcement that Jesus wasn't there. He had conquered death, and he wasn't in that tomb anymore!
He was risen from the dead... just like he said he would be. What an amazing story!
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Why Did Jesus Have to Die?
"But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed."
Isaiah 53:5
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Happy Are Ye When You Do What Jesus Did...
"A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones."
Proverbs 17:22
This All Happened A Long Time Ago, So What Difference Does It Make For Me?
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Suffering With Christ Is The Pathway to Healing Power
Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ,
And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:
That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;
If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead.
Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus.
Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,
I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you.
Philippians 3: 8 -15
And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:
That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;
If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead.
Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus.
Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,
I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you.
Philippians 3: 8 -15
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LizMac60 Apr 27, 2011 @ 10:46 am | delete
- I used to be a care assistant in a residential home for elderly people, so I did quite a bit of foot washing. Blessed by a squid angel.
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- Cool lens. My youth group did this many years ago. That's the only time. I've seen couples do it as part of their wedding ceremony. Such an act of service.
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- such a wonderfully humbling act. praise God.
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Glenn619
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- Good job. we wash the feet of the brothers every holy Thursday especially of a person who we have a grudge against or whom i do not like. "The Glorious Cross of the risen Lord is the tree of my Salvation. i Love your lens
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Nov 16, 2010 @ 10:11 am | delete
- Jesus taught that we should love one another. The act of feet washing helps us to remain humble and remember that Jesus loves us so much, He would even wash the crud from our feet. If that doesn't humble you, I don't know what else could! Great lens!
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- I've asked my old church before I moved if they ever did the feet washing service and they said they didn't and I don't remember why. I never thought about asking my new church if they ever do it. Great job on this lens!
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- A beautiful lens! When I was being confirmed into the church as an adult one of the Priests watched my feet, it was a very moving and humbling experience.
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- What a wonderful lens! Sometimes I myself get caught up in the household duties that never end and I start thinking to myself, "I am not a hired maid here", then I think of how Jesus washed thier feet and how I ask in prayer to let my life shine. Then I get ashamed of my attitude and repent of it. This is a beautiful piece of scripture and thank you for highlighting it so well in this lens! God Bless you and I hope you get huge traffic on this lens!
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