Daily Dose of the Word of God - John 13_1-15

Gregg DeMey, Lead Pastor

Transcript

Gregg DeMey  0:07  

Good morning and welcome to Elmhurst CRC's Daily Dose of the Word of God. It's Maundy Thursday, and this is Gregg DeMay. This Holy Week, the spotlight is on Jesus and the apostle John is guiding our way. We're going to read from John 13 verses 1 through 15.

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It was just before the Passover Festival. Jesus knew that the hour had come for him to leave this world and go to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end. The evening meal was in progress, and the devil had already prompted Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, to betray Jesus. Jesus knew that the Father had put all things under his power, and that he had come from God and was returning to God; so he got up from the meal, took off his outer clothing, and wrapped a towel around his waist. After that, he poured water into a basin and began to wash his disciples’ feet, drying them with the towel that was wrapped around him. He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, “Lord, are you going to wash my feet?” Jesus replied, “You do not realize now what I am doing, but later you will understand.”  “No,” said Peter, “you shall never wash my feet.” Jesus answered, “Unless I wash you, you have no part with me.”  “Then, Lord,” Simon Peter replied, “not just my feet but my hands and my head as well!” Jesus answered, “Those who have had a bath need only to wash their feet; their whole body is clean. And you are clean, though not every one of you.” For he knew who was going to betray him, and that was why he said not every one was clean.  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.

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Let's Pray. Lord Jesus, give us the courage and the vision to follow your example of love today, to wash the proverbial feet of someone who is hard to love. And later Today, whether in person or in our spiritual imagination, draw us to sit with you at the Passover meal (at your Last Supper) where you shared your heart so tenderly with your friends and faced your betrayal with such honesty. Help us walk with you through the rest of this week as we witness the pain of your humiliation and rejection so that we can more gracefully endure our own. Give us the patience to wait with you, even in the silence of death, until you call forth your resurrection and real life. Amen.