John 13

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By Dean Fulks, July 28, 2024

Jn. 13:1-3 – 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. 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,



Jn. 13:4 – (Jesus)…rose from supper. He laid aside his outer garments, and taking a towel, tied it around his waist.



Jn. 13:5 – 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.

Jesus, God above all things, knelt below common men



Jn. 13:8-9 – Peter said to him, “You shall never wash my feet.” Jesus answered him, “If I do not wash you, you have no share with me.” Simon Peter said to him, “Lord, not my feet only but also my hands and my head!



God’s Kingdom is a culture of servants



Jn. 13:10-11 – Jesus said to him, “The one who has bathed does not need to wash, except for his feet, but is completely clean. And 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.”



Serving is a way you know you’re part of God’s Kingdom



Jn. 13:16-17 – 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.



Serving leads to blessing

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