Day 16 ~ John 10-14

John 13:1-17 has got to be not only one of the most inspiring passages that come out of this book, but one of the most humbling examples as well. We see Jesus and his disciples, right before the crucifixion, and Jesus gets down on his hands and feet and starts washing the feet of his disciples!! Now there are a few things that I want to point out by observing Jesus do this.
1. First, I want you to see how the disciples reacted to all this. Now, we only see Peter respond to what Jesus is doing, but you have to imagine what the other disciples are thinking “ Ok, this ain’t a parable because he isn’t talking, he’s not praying…… doesn’t sound like he is about to start a sermon…..ya I got nothing.” But then look at what Peter says. First he says “Lord you are NOT washing my feet, I should be washing yours!” (verse 8), which is something that I think most of us would probably say. And Jesus responds by saying, that if Peter does not allow Jesus to wash him, then he has no part in him (verse 8). I think this could be looked at like a standard salvation message. Unless we surrender to Christ and let him wash us for the things that we have done, then we have no part in Christ or in the body.
2. The second thing is also a reaction from Peter. Look at how Peter then responds to what Jesus has just told him. “Well Lord if that’s the case, then don’t just wash my feet, wash me completely!” (verse 9). Peter didn’t just want part of him cleansed, he wanted to be completely cleaned. But look at how Jesus responds, “when you have already been bathed, there is no need to have another bath, only to wash your feet” (verse 10). I believe what Jesus is telling us here has a lot to do with how people can view there salvation. We generally think, after we get saved we now have to live a perfect life, and all the things that we struggle with are gone. But then we mess up again, so we need to be “bathed” again, or in other words, I have to give my life to Christ all over again. When the truth is, once you are saved, that’s it. There is no getting saved again or repeating it. What I believe Christ is telling us in this passage is that you don’t have to bathed, or saved again, but we do need to work on areas to get them right. When we give our lives to Christ, there isn’t a special dust that makes all the wrong in our lives go away, and sometimes we do need to go back and do what we need to so that we can “clean” that area in our life.
3. The last point is probably the most obvious. Here we have the King of Kings, the Prince of Peace, the son of Living God, on his knees washing his disciples feet! In verse 15 he states, do as I have done, wash each other’s feet. Don’t think of yourself so high and mighty as to think that you can’t do something to serve and bless others. Whether it be blessing someone financially, serving through community service work, or maybe some sort of mission trip. Jesus set the bar and showed the example. Let us continue to serve Christ by serving others

Tanner Butkay