WEBVTT 00:00:00.160 --> 00:00:01.300 Well, good morning, everyone. 00:00:02.260 --> 00:00:05.740 It's a privilege to be here and to be able to open up God's Word this morning. 00:00:05.919 --> 00:00:08.040 Thank you, Tofell, for reading that passage. 00:00:08.779 --> 00:00:10.660 And what an amazing passage we have this morning. 00:00:11.000 --> 00:00:14.099 It's been a real privilege to be able to read it these last couple of weeks 00:00:14.099 --> 00:00:17.580 and to really get into it and to see what it means. 00:00:18.640 --> 00:00:23.359 You know, we've been in John, John's Gospel, written by John. 00:00:23.780 --> 00:00:28.219 And just a reminder, at the end it says that chapter 20, verse 31, 00:00:28.219 --> 00:00:31.140 John wrote this Gospel, this account of Jesus' life, 00:00:31.820 --> 00:00:36.000 so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, 00:00:36.679 --> 00:00:40.100 and that by believing you might have life in his name. 00:00:40.799 --> 00:00:43.439 That was why John wrote this. 00:00:44.640 --> 00:00:46.259 Now we're in chapter 13. 00:00:46.840 --> 00:00:47.620 A bit of context. 00:00:47.939 --> 00:00:50.799 We had a break last week when we had the church weekend. 00:00:51.420 --> 00:00:54.299 So it's been a whole two weeks and our minds are weak 00:00:54.299 --> 00:00:56.980 and sometimes we need reminders, don't we, of where we've been. 00:00:58.219 --> 00:01:01.899 So in chapters 11 and 12, we had the raising of Lazarus. 00:01:02.460 --> 00:01:05.659 This was really the pinnacle of Jesus' public ministry. 00:01:06.280 --> 00:01:09.579 He raised Lazarus back from the dead, his friend. 00:01:10.739 --> 00:01:12.579 And you know, this really sealed his fate. 00:01:13.219 --> 00:01:15.340 This was the last straw and the Jews said, 00:01:15.420 --> 00:01:17.019 that's it, we will kill him. 00:01:17.019 --> 00:01:20.700 And yet despite this, Jesus travels to Jerusalem, 00:01:21.340 --> 00:01:24.579 the home of the Jews, and he has his triumphal entry. 00:01:25.840 --> 00:01:28.000 And two weeks ago, it was Wayne from Corrobbers, 00:01:28.060 --> 00:01:30.019 he was speaking to us, and he was saying 00:01:30.019 --> 00:01:32.699 that Jesus' last public words 00:01:32.699 --> 00:01:36.140 cause people to believe or to not believe. 00:01:36.140 --> 00:01:37.900 That is the two choices. 00:01:39.320 --> 00:01:42.079 And in chapter 12, verse 44, you might see it there. 00:01:42.540 --> 00:01:43.780 Jesus cries out. 00:01:44.299 --> 00:01:46.400 His last public words, he cries out. 00:01:46.540 --> 00:01:49.700 And essentially what he is saying is believe. 00:01:51.299 --> 00:01:53.480 So this marks the start of a new section 00:01:53.480 --> 00:01:57.040 that will run pretty much until the end of John. 00:01:57.040 --> 00:02:00.720 So chapter 13, and really here, 00:02:00.820 --> 00:02:03.800 this is the heart of God revealed to us. 00:02:05.740 --> 00:02:06.560 Where are we? 00:02:06.680 --> 00:02:08.400 Well, we are in the upper room. 00:02:09.120 --> 00:02:10.340 That is where this takes place. 00:02:10.460 --> 00:02:12.480 Jesus is with his disciples, the 12. 00:02:13.480 --> 00:02:14.920 So the 13 of them are there. 00:02:15.680 --> 00:02:18.620 And it is only, well, less than 24 hours 00:02:18.620 --> 00:02:20.700 before Jesus will be hanging on the cross 00:02:20.700 --> 00:02:23.240 as we have sung about already this morning. 00:02:24.280 --> 00:02:25.960 So this is the start of a section 00:02:25.960 --> 00:02:27.840 where we have his farewell teaching. 00:02:28.500 --> 00:02:29.920 He is telling his disciples 00:02:29.920 --> 00:02:32.960 how to live in the world after he goes. 00:02:33.820 --> 00:02:34.840 They don't realize that, 00:02:35.000 --> 00:02:36.719 but that is what he is teaching them about. 00:02:38.560 --> 00:02:41.640 And this particular passage that we have read 00:02:41.640 --> 00:02:43.000 is only in John's gospel. 00:02:43.640 --> 00:02:45.219 So it is unique to that. 00:02:47.300 --> 00:02:48.760 So our outline for today, 00:02:48.879 --> 00:02:50.300 I left my clicker down there, 00:02:50.420 --> 00:02:51.800 so could you put one on? 00:02:52.520 --> 00:02:53.000 There we go. 00:02:53.819 --> 00:02:55.180 So John 13, 1 to 20. 00:02:55.180 --> 00:02:57.000 And we're looking at it in humbleness, 00:02:57.480 --> 00:02:59.439 and we're going to see holiness, 00:02:59.980 --> 00:03:02.480 and we're going to see happiness. 00:03:03.640 --> 00:03:06.040 So let's start with humbleness. 00:03:07.960 --> 00:03:10.500 So what is the best thing 00:03:10.500 --> 00:03:12.760 that someone has ever done for you? 00:03:14.000 --> 00:03:16.080 I imagine there'd probably be varying responses. 00:03:16.620 --> 00:03:18.200 There might be, you know, 00:03:18.240 --> 00:03:19.460 some quite amazing stories 00:03:19.460 --> 00:03:22.180 of what people have done for you in your life. 00:03:22.180 --> 00:03:25.640 Well, this is quite an amazing thing 00:03:25.640 --> 00:03:26.700 that Jesus does here, 00:03:26.780 --> 00:03:28.120 and it's pretty unique. 00:03:29.500 --> 00:03:30.680 So let's go through it. 00:03:31.240 --> 00:03:33.939 We see that it was just before the Passover festival, 00:03:33.939 --> 00:03:35.620 and we have this phrase 00:03:35.620 --> 00:03:38.180 that Jesus knew that the hour had come 00:03:38.180 --> 00:03:40.159 for him to leave this world 00:03:40.159 --> 00:03:41.480 and go to the Father. 00:03:42.780 --> 00:03:44.360 Now this hour that it speaks of, 00:03:44.400 --> 00:03:45.700 it's a bit of a theme in John, 00:03:45.760 --> 00:03:47.860 and it tracks the way through the gospel. 00:03:47.860 --> 00:03:50.380 Now most of the time it says, 00:03:50.560 --> 00:03:51.740 his hour has not yet come. 00:03:52.140 --> 00:03:53.580 His hour has not yet come. 00:03:54.200 --> 00:03:55.480 His hour has not yet come. 00:03:55.540 --> 00:03:58.420 And yet here, his hour had come. 00:03:59.020 --> 00:04:00.460 It was his appointed time. 00:04:01.920 --> 00:04:02.960 It's an interesting study 00:04:02.960 --> 00:04:03.820 if you want to go away 00:04:03.820 --> 00:04:06.340 and look at these hours in John's gospel. 00:04:08.420 --> 00:04:09.880 So his hour had come, 00:04:10.860 --> 00:04:13.260 and it says that having loved his own 00:04:13.260 --> 00:04:14.220 who were in the world, 00:04:14.560 --> 00:04:16.680 he loved them to the end. 00:04:16.680 --> 00:04:18.379 Now really what that's saying 00:04:18.379 --> 00:04:19.819 is he loved them to the full. 00:04:20.459 --> 00:04:21.819 He loved his disciples. 00:04:22.379 --> 00:04:24.420 That is who he is speaking to here. 00:04:26.019 --> 00:04:27.400 So we're in the upper room. 00:04:27.480 --> 00:04:28.040 In verse 2, 00:04:28.139 --> 00:04:29.540 the evening meal was in progress. 00:04:29.759 --> 00:04:30.780 It was the end of the day. 00:04:31.199 --> 00:04:33.040 And we see that Judas 00:04:33.040 --> 00:04:35.519 has already been prompted by the devil, 00:04:36.160 --> 00:04:37.879 and he's going to betray Jesus. 00:04:39.399 --> 00:04:40.639 Judas knew at this point 00:04:40.639 --> 00:04:41.780 what he was going to do. 00:04:42.800 --> 00:04:44.280 And Jesus knew at this point 00:04:44.280 --> 00:04:45.540 what Judas was going to do. 00:04:46.680 --> 00:04:48.400 And finally, verse 3, 00:04:48.660 --> 00:04:50.340 to sort of set the scene here, 00:04:50.900 --> 00:04:53.040 we have this amazing verse 00:04:53.040 --> 00:04:54.879 that Jesus knew that the Father 00:04:54.879 --> 00:04:57.199 had put all things under his power, 00:04:57.600 --> 00:04:59.600 and that he had come from God 00:04:59.600 --> 00:05:01.860 and was returning to God. 00:05:04.340 --> 00:05:05.920 You know, just last week at the weekend, 00:05:06.000 --> 00:05:07.420 we were looking at being made 00:05:07.420 --> 00:05:08.660 in the image of God, 00:05:09.079 --> 00:05:10.340 the identity crisis 00:05:10.340 --> 00:05:12.840 that faces so many in the world. 00:05:12.839 --> 00:05:13.899 And yet Jesus, 00:05:14.039 --> 00:05:15.699 he had no doubts about his identity. 00:05:17.899 --> 00:05:19.539 He knew that all authority 00:05:19.539 --> 00:05:20.539 was given to him. 00:05:20.919 --> 00:05:22.319 Everything was under his power. 00:05:22.419 --> 00:05:22.919 We know that. 00:05:23.000 --> 00:05:23.819 We've seen this. 00:05:24.179 --> 00:05:25.419 The storm was calmed. 00:05:25.959 --> 00:05:27.060 He rebuked the fever. 00:05:27.239 --> 00:05:28.379 He raised Lazarus. 00:05:28.620 --> 00:05:30.419 All things were under his control. 00:05:32.279 --> 00:05:34.719 And we also see the relationship 00:05:34.719 --> 00:05:36.799 that he has with God the Father. 00:05:37.579 --> 00:05:38.639 He had come from him, 00:05:38.679 --> 00:05:39.939 and he was returning to him. 00:05:39.939 --> 00:05:41.759 What a high position he came from. 00:05:42.180 --> 00:05:43.579 And he knew where he was going. 00:05:44.300 --> 00:05:45.439 There was no doubt. 00:05:47.439 --> 00:05:49.079 And so that sets our scene 00:05:49.079 --> 00:05:50.439 for what Jesus does next. 00:05:50.560 --> 00:05:51.000 Verse 4, 00:05:51.100 --> 00:05:52.439 So he got up from the meal, 00:05:53.519 --> 00:05:54.779 took off his outer clothing, 00:05:55.300 --> 00:05:57.459 and wrapped a towel around his waist. 00:05:58.899 --> 00:06:01.000 After that, he poured water into a basin 00:06:01.000 --> 00:06:03.159 and began to wash his disciples' feet, 00:06:03.819 --> 00:06:05.159 drying them with the towel 00:06:05.159 --> 00:06:06.819 that was wrapped around him. 00:06:08.659 --> 00:06:09.139 What? 00:06:10.939 --> 00:06:12.160 We shouldn't read that 00:06:12.160 --> 00:06:13.639 and just nod along 00:06:13.639 --> 00:06:15.300 as if that's a normal thing to do. 00:06:16.019 --> 00:06:17.319 The Son of God, 00:06:18.180 --> 00:06:20.439 the one who had all things under his power, 00:06:20.560 --> 00:06:21.660 he had that authority, 00:06:21.819 --> 00:06:23.240 that relationship with the Father 00:06:23.240 --> 00:06:24.379 that was so unique, 00:06:24.779 --> 00:06:26.000 was on his knees, 00:06:26.720 --> 00:06:27.480 semi-naked, 00:06:27.740 --> 00:06:29.040 washing the disciples' feet. 00:06:30.680 --> 00:06:31.579 Even Judas. 00:06:33.019 --> 00:06:34.540 Imagine the silence in the room. 00:06:35.860 --> 00:06:36.779 What's going on? 00:06:36.779 --> 00:06:38.859 What is he doing? 00:06:40.439 --> 00:06:40.919 You know, 00:06:40.959 --> 00:06:42.959 this is the heart of God revealed to us. 00:06:43.039 --> 00:06:44.459 This is the servant king. 00:06:47.179 --> 00:06:48.659 Humbleness and service. 00:06:50.279 --> 00:06:52.719 How would you spend your last few hours on earth 00:06:52.719 --> 00:06:54.759 if you knew what they were? 00:06:56.239 --> 00:06:57.699 We have quite the phenomenon, don't we? 00:06:57.739 --> 00:06:58.619 The bucket list. 00:06:59.159 --> 00:07:00.699 What are we going to do before we kick the bucket? 00:07:00.699 --> 00:07:02.539 I want to skydive. 00:07:02.719 --> 00:07:04.819 I want to see K2. 00:07:05.079 --> 00:07:06.800 I want to do this, do that. 00:07:08.519 --> 00:07:09.839 You know, it's a kind of nice thing, 00:07:09.899 --> 00:07:11.279 some things we might want to tick off, 00:07:11.519 --> 00:07:12.860 the things we want to do in our lives. 00:07:13.899 --> 00:07:14.219 But you know, 00:07:14.259 --> 00:07:16.699 I bet not many people have this on their bucket list. 00:07:16.980 --> 00:07:18.699 I want to wash my friend's feet. 00:07:21.240 --> 00:07:23.300 Now, there is cultural context to this, 00:07:23.300 --> 00:07:25.360 so it does seem more strange to us 00:07:25.360 --> 00:07:27.199 than it would to the disciples. 00:07:29.220 --> 00:07:30.759 You know, in that day and age, 00:07:30.840 --> 00:07:32.759 they would wear the open sandals. 00:07:32.960 --> 00:07:33.420 In my head, 00:07:33.460 --> 00:07:34.639 I go back to when we used to learn 00:07:34.639 --> 00:07:35.879 about the Romans at school, 00:07:36.020 --> 00:07:38.480 and you kind of see those open leather things. 00:07:39.060 --> 00:07:40.480 You know, they would get dirty feet. 00:07:41.199 --> 00:07:41.939 It was dusty. 00:07:42.060 --> 00:07:42.780 It was dry. 00:07:42.879 --> 00:07:44.000 It was a muddy land. 00:07:44.480 --> 00:07:45.519 They would, during the day, 00:07:45.600 --> 00:07:47.220 they would get dirty feet. 00:07:47.259 --> 00:07:48.040 And this was the evening. 00:07:48.240 --> 00:07:49.699 We've read that already. 00:07:49.699 --> 00:07:51.719 And we saw just, 00:07:51.899 --> 00:07:52.959 it was just a few days ago, 00:07:53.039 --> 00:07:53.939 a couple of chapters ago, 00:07:54.399 --> 00:07:54.939 that Mary, 00:07:55.099 --> 00:07:57.199 she washed Jesus' feet 00:07:57.199 --> 00:07:58.680 with that expensive ointment. 00:07:58.860 --> 00:08:00.279 This was a common practice. 00:08:01.579 --> 00:08:02.079 But you know, 00:08:02.259 --> 00:08:04.000 it was the lowest of the low 00:08:04.000 --> 00:08:05.899 of the servants that did it. 00:08:06.439 --> 00:08:07.759 If you went to someone's house, 00:08:08.800 --> 00:08:10.980 the most junior of servant, 00:08:11.339 --> 00:08:12.259 that would be their job. 00:08:12.319 --> 00:08:13.379 They would wash your feet 00:08:13.379 --> 00:08:14.839 so that you could go to the table 00:08:14.839 --> 00:08:16.680 and you would have your feet cleaned 00:08:16.680 --> 00:08:17.659 for the evening meal. 00:08:19.699 --> 00:08:21.199 And we don't know, 00:08:21.399 --> 00:08:22.879 it doesn't say whether someone 00:08:22.879 --> 00:08:24.259 had already washed the feet 00:08:24.259 --> 00:08:25.579 of everyone that was there. 00:08:26.539 --> 00:08:27.560 I think not. 00:08:29.019 --> 00:08:30.920 I think it was just 13 of them 00:08:30.920 --> 00:08:31.439 in this room. 00:08:32.340 --> 00:08:32.600 But you know, 00:08:32.679 --> 00:08:33.700 what I think for sure 00:08:33.700 --> 00:08:34.580 is that the disciples, 00:08:34.819 --> 00:08:36.019 they hadn't thought to do it. 00:08:37.039 --> 00:08:38.220 They hadn't crossed their minds. 00:08:38.340 --> 00:08:39.919 Maybe I should wash Jesus' feet. 00:08:40.799 --> 00:08:41.899 What a day he's had. 00:08:42.580 --> 00:08:43.960 That would be a good thing to do. 00:08:45.039 --> 00:08:45.539 Do you want to know 00:08:45.539 --> 00:08:47.779 where the disciples' heads were at? 00:08:47.779 --> 00:08:51.319 Well, we see it in Luke 22, verse 24. 00:08:52.039 --> 00:08:52.480 It says, 00:08:52.679 --> 00:08:54.659 a dispute also arose among them 00:08:54.659 --> 00:08:56.459 as to which of them 00:08:56.459 --> 00:08:58.220 was going to be regarded 00:08:58.220 --> 00:08:59.279 as the greatest. 00:09:00.539 --> 00:09:01.759 That was the discussion 00:09:01.759 --> 00:09:03.179 they were having in the upper room 00:09:03.179 --> 00:09:04.339 before the meal started. 00:09:06.319 --> 00:09:07.379 What a contrast 00:09:07.379 --> 00:09:09.839 to where Jesus' heart was at. 00:09:10.959 --> 00:09:11.699 Jesus here, 00:09:11.759 --> 00:09:13.079 he's setting them an example 00:09:13.079 --> 00:09:15.319 as we will see in the next section 00:09:15.320 --> 00:09:16.800 and at the end, 00:09:17.200 --> 00:09:18.780 while he was also speaking to them 00:09:18.780 --> 00:09:21.080 about their position before God 00:09:21.080 --> 00:09:23.200 and what that means. 00:09:25.120 --> 00:09:25.560 Jesus, 00:09:25.740 --> 00:09:26.580 before he goes on 00:09:26.580 --> 00:09:27.920 at the end of chapter 13 00:09:27.920 --> 00:09:30.040 and then through chapters 14 to 17 00:09:30.040 --> 00:09:31.840 to teach them wonderfully 00:09:31.840 --> 00:09:35.220 about how to be without him. 00:09:36.280 --> 00:09:36.980 First of all, 00:09:37.040 --> 00:09:38.860 he sets them a physical example 00:09:38.860 --> 00:09:40.020 of how to conduct themselves, 00:09:40.760 --> 00:09:41.840 how they should be. 00:09:41.840 --> 00:09:43.940 humbleness. 00:09:45.980 --> 00:09:47.180 So that brings us nicely 00:09:47.180 --> 00:09:49.340 to our second section of holiness. 00:09:51.460 --> 00:09:52.899 Now I wonder if you have a friend 00:09:52.899 --> 00:09:54.960 that maybe speaks before they think. 00:09:55.980 --> 00:09:56.960 It just comes out. 00:09:57.960 --> 00:09:58.879 A few wry smiles, 00:09:58.980 --> 00:10:00.060 you've maybe thought of someone. 00:10:00.360 --> 00:10:01.080 And you know there is. 00:10:01.259 --> 00:10:02.480 We all do it at times. 00:10:02.860 --> 00:10:03.840 We just say something 00:10:03.840 --> 00:10:04.259 and then, 00:10:04.379 --> 00:10:04.540 oh, 00:10:04.639 --> 00:10:05.519 can't get that back, 00:10:05.580 --> 00:10:05.879 can we? 00:10:05.879 --> 00:10:08.320 You know, 00:10:08.360 --> 00:10:09.259 that's a bit like Peter. 00:10:10.220 --> 00:10:11.220 At first we have this, 00:10:11.360 --> 00:10:11.620 you know, 00:10:11.679 --> 00:10:12.500 first glance, 00:10:12.580 --> 00:10:14.000 we have this slightly odd section 00:10:14.000 --> 00:10:15.139 between Peter and Jesus. 00:10:16.720 --> 00:10:17.100 And it, 00:10:17.200 --> 00:10:17.439 you know, 00:10:17.480 --> 00:10:18.399 it is at first glance, 00:10:18.460 --> 00:10:19.759 it is a bit strange, 00:10:19.899 --> 00:10:20.840 but as we get into it, 00:10:20.860 --> 00:10:22.159 it is really wonderful. 00:10:24.500 --> 00:10:26.100 So Simon Peter, 00:10:26.279 --> 00:10:27.080 he's going around 00:10:27.080 --> 00:10:28.659 washing the disciples' feet, 00:10:28.799 --> 00:10:29.299 Jesus is. 00:10:29.919 --> 00:10:31.340 And Simon Peter goes to him, 00:10:31.440 --> 00:10:31.679 Lord, 00:10:31.740 --> 00:10:32.700 are you going to wash my feet? 00:10:34.200 --> 00:10:35.299 He's incredulous. 00:10:36.340 --> 00:10:37.639 You can't be doing that. 00:10:37.899 --> 00:10:38.460 You're Jesus. 00:10:39.320 --> 00:10:40.320 You're the Lord. 00:10:42.200 --> 00:10:42.539 You know, 00:10:42.580 --> 00:10:43.279 I think there's a wee bit 00:10:43.279 --> 00:10:44.639 of human embarrassment here, 00:10:44.700 --> 00:10:45.039 isn't there? 00:10:45.179 --> 00:10:46.379 We sometimes don't like people 00:10:46.379 --> 00:10:47.700 doing things for us. 00:10:48.580 --> 00:10:49.860 We're sort of a, 00:10:49.980 --> 00:10:51.299 it's a false humility, 00:10:52.019 --> 00:10:52.460 isn't it? 00:10:53.840 --> 00:10:54.840 And he disobeys. 00:10:55.139 --> 00:10:55.679 Jesus says, 00:10:55.759 --> 00:10:56.559 you don't realize now 00:10:56.559 --> 00:10:57.139 what I'm doing, 00:10:57.240 --> 00:10:58.580 but later you will understand. 00:10:58.700 --> 00:10:59.220 And Peter says, 00:10:59.299 --> 00:10:59.500 no, 00:11:00.340 --> 00:11:01.720 you shall never wash my feet. 00:11:02.360 --> 00:11:03.799 He says no to the Lord, 00:11:03.799 --> 00:11:05.860 the ruler of all things. 00:11:05.879 --> 00:11:08.379 And you know, 00:11:08.419 --> 00:11:09.360 just as a wee aside, 00:11:09.919 --> 00:11:11.700 and it is just a side note, 00:11:12.200 --> 00:11:12.740 verse seven, 00:11:12.779 --> 00:11:13.679 I think it's wonderful 00:11:13.679 --> 00:11:15.299 that it's so true. 00:11:16.019 --> 00:11:16.639 Jesus says, 00:11:16.840 --> 00:11:17.399 so graciously, 00:11:17.600 --> 00:11:18.659 you do not realize now 00:11:18.659 --> 00:11:19.399 what I am doing, 00:11:19.939 --> 00:11:21.740 but later you will understand. 00:11:23.200 --> 00:11:23.460 And you know, 00:11:23.519 --> 00:11:24.379 maybe there's people here 00:11:24.379 --> 00:11:25.439 and they're going through things 00:11:25.439 --> 00:11:26.000 and you don't know, 00:11:26.059 --> 00:11:26.879 you just don't get it. 00:11:27.139 --> 00:11:27.939 What is going on, 00:11:28.000 --> 00:11:28.220 God? 00:11:29.040 --> 00:11:30.080 What is going on? 00:11:31.759 --> 00:11:32.360 And you know, 00:11:32.540 --> 00:11:35.080 God knows what he's doing 00:11:35.080 --> 00:11:37.160 and later we will understand. 00:11:37.519 --> 00:11:38.800 And I think as we go through life, 00:11:38.860 --> 00:11:39.440 we look back 00:11:39.440 --> 00:11:40.399 and we go, 00:11:40.540 --> 00:11:41.019 of course, 00:11:41.840 --> 00:11:42.519 of course. 00:11:43.300 --> 00:11:44.100 It's a little bit like 00:11:44.100 --> 00:11:44.920 Santa at the moment. 00:11:45.200 --> 00:11:45.980 You've probably seen her, 00:11:46.060 --> 00:11:46.320 blonde, 00:11:46.420 --> 00:11:46.980 running around, 00:11:47.240 --> 00:11:48.420 winding up all the other children. 00:11:49.200 --> 00:11:49.500 But you know, 00:11:49.519 --> 00:11:50.340 she's at that stage, 00:11:50.399 --> 00:11:51.660 she wants to try things. 00:11:52.300 --> 00:11:52.980 The other day, 00:11:53.040 --> 00:11:54.139 she stood on her little, 00:11:54.500 --> 00:11:55.740 it's a little mouse 00:11:55.740 --> 00:11:56.819 that she can ride around on. 00:11:56.879 --> 00:11:57.480 It's got wheels. 00:11:57.600 --> 00:11:58.360 So she stood on it 00:11:58.360 --> 00:11:59.740 and she went to jump off it. 00:12:00.559 --> 00:12:01.080 I said to her, 00:12:01.100 --> 00:12:01.199 no, 00:12:01.259 --> 00:12:02.000 you can't do that 00:12:02.000 --> 00:12:03.080 because it might slip. 00:12:03.419 --> 00:12:04.019 You will fall 00:12:04.019 --> 00:12:04.860 and you will hurt yourself. 00:12:05.980 --> 00:12:06.720 And she looks at me 00:12:06.720 --> 00:12:07.240 and she goes, 00:12:07.899 --> 00:12:08.960 that's not going to happen. 00:12:09.039 --> 00:12:09.340 Come on. 00:12:10.379 --> 00:12:11.039 And I say to her, 00:12:11.080 --> 00:12:11.220 no, 00:12:11.319 --> 00:12:12.100 you don't get it, 00:12:12.220 --> 00:12:13.199 but one day you'll see 00:12:13.199 --> 00:12:14.759 that that's not the right thing to do. 00:12:15.100 --> 00:12:16.100 It's a wee bit like that. 00:12:17.919 --> 00:12:18.539 So anyway, 00:12:18.980 --> 00:12:20.120 that was just an aside. 00:12:21.080 --> 00:12:21.860 But in verse nine, 00:12:22.620 --> 00:12:22.799 well, 00:12:22.799 --> 00:12:23.460 at the end of verse eight, 00:12:23.460 --> 00:12:24.139 Jesus answered, 00:12:24.240 --> 00:12:25.160 unless I wash you, 00:12:25.259 --> 00:12:26.660 you have no part with me. 00:12:26.740 --> 00:12:28.280 You have no sharing 00:12:28.280 --> 00:12:30.400 of what I have to offer. 00:12:31.420 --> 00:12:32.160 And so Peter, 00:12:32.400 --> 00:12:33.600 he's overzealous. 00:12:33.960 --> 00:12:35.460 He just doesn't quite get it. 00:12:35.519 --> 00:12:35.860 And he goes, 00:12:35.940 --> 00:12:36.700 well then Lord, 00:12:36.820 --> 00:12:38.240 wash not just my feet, 00:12:38.300 --> 00:12:39.980 but my hands and my head as well. 00:12:40.740 --> 00:12:41.220 Cover me. 00:12:43.320 --> 00:12:44.300 So once again, 00:12:44.480 --> 00:12:44.720 Jesus, 00:12:44.879 --> 00:12:46.019 he's just so patient with him. 00:12:47.620 --> 00:12:48.800 He says in verse 10, 00:12:48.879 --> 00:12:50.040 those who have had a bath 00:12:50.040 --> 00:12:51.840 need only to wash their feet, 00:12:51.840 --> 00:12:54.019 their whole body is clean 00:12:54.019 --> 00:12:56.080 and you are clean, 00:12:56.660 --> 00:12:57.800 though not every one of you. 00:12:58.980 --> 00:13:00.960 For he knew who was going to betray him. 00:13:01.040 --> 00:13:02.220 And that was why he said, 00:13:02.360 --> 00:13:04.420 not everyone was clean. 00:13:05.540 --> 00:13:05.899 Now, 00:13:05.940 --> 00:13:06.780 what is this saying? 00:13:07.540 --> 00:13:07.759 Now, 00:13:07.800 --> 00:13:08.759 it is physically true, 00:13:08.820 --> 00:13:09.080 isn't it? 00:13:09.080 --> 00:13:10.020 If we'd have a bath 00:13:10.020 --> 00:13:10.820 and we're walking around 00:13:10.820 --> 00:13:11.460 with bare feet, 00:13:11.580 --> 00:13:11.720 yeah, 00:13:11.780 --> 00:13:13.520 we just need to wash our feet. 00:13:15.000 --> 00:13:15.340 But you know, 00:13:15.379 --> 00:13:16.920 it's speaking of our salvation. 00:13:18.940 --> 00:13:19.860 Stick with me here. 00:13:20.000 --> 00:13:21.020 It's quite heavy going, 00:13:21.240 --> 00:13:21.420 but, 00:13:22.580 --> 00:13:22.840 you know, 00:13:22.860 --> 00:13:23.400 it's really good 00:13:23.400 --> 00:13:24.400 to look at these things. 00:13:24.620 --> 00:13:25.620 And we have to remember 00:13:25.620 --> 00:13:26.420 that he is speaking 00:13:26.420 --> 00:13:27.720 specifically to the disciples 00:13:27.720 --> 00:13:28.840 in this moment of time, 00:13:29.580 --> 00:13:31.220 that we can certainly apply it 00:13:31.220 --> 00:13:32.660 to our own lives. 00:13:32.659 --> 00:13:34.919 So what he is saying 00:13:34.919 --> 00:13:36.279 is that those who are saved, 00:13:36.399 --> 00:13:37.539 those who have had a bath, 00:13:39.019 --> 00:13:40.279 those who are saved 00:13:40.279 --> 00:13:41.620 by the redemptive work 00:13:41.620 --> 00:13:42.899 of Jesus on the cross 00:13:42.899 --> 00:13:44.240 have had their sins forgiven. 00:13:44.879 --> 00:13:46.319 They have been made clean. 00:13:47.740 --> 00:13:48.019 Jesus, 00:13:48.219 --> 00:13:49.059 just the next day, 00:13:49.139 --> 00:13:50.100 he goes to the cross. 00:13:50.879 --> 00:13:52.299 He takes the punishment 00:13:52.299 --> 00:13:54.399 for us on the cross. 00:13:55.399 --> 00:13:56.480 He dies. 00:13:57.699 --> 00:13:58.799 He rises again 00:13:58.799 --> 00:13:59.779 and he goes back, 00:13:59.899 --> 00:14:01.299 ascends to the Father on high. 00:14:01.299 --> 00:14:02.620 He did that work, 00:14:02.740 --> 00:14:03.799 that redemptive work. 00:14:05.459 --> 00:14:06.699 And so if we trust in that, 00:14:06.799 --> 00:14:07.659 and I implore you, 00:14:07.740 --> 00:14:08.259 if you don't, 00:14:08.319 --> 00:14:09.799 then please look into these things. 00:14:09.879 --> 00:14:11.240 It is the most important thing. 00:14:12.219 --> 00:14:13.279 But once we have done that, 00:14:13.359 --> 00:14:14.679 once we accept Jesus 00:14:14.679 --> 00:14:15.839 for what he has done, 00:14:16.120 --> 00:14:16.959 then our position 00:14:16.959 --> 00:14:18.339 is secure in Christ. 00:14:19.299 --> 00:14:20.479 There's no changing that. 00:14:20.559 --> 00:14:21.879 We are secure in him. 00:14:23.379 --> 00:14:24.679 We have been cleaned. 00:14:25.679 --> 00:14:26.679 Makes me think of the hymn, 00:14:26.779 --> 00:14:27.759 Have you been to Jesus 00:14:27.759 --> 00:14:29.159 for the cleansing power? 00:14:29.159 --> 00:14:31.559 Are you washed in the blood 00:14:31.559 --> 00:14:32.620 of the Lamb? 00:14:34.740 --> 00:14:35.079 But you know, 00:14:35.120 --> 00:14:35.939 despite this, 00:14:36.259 --> 00:14:37.659 we live in a world 00:14:37.659 --> 00:14:39.079 that is still not right. 00:14:39.879 --> 00:14:41.000 We heard Graham's prayer. 00:14:41.559 --> 00:14:41.699 You know, 00:14:41.740 --> 00:14:42.699 we look at the news. 00:14:43.219 --> 00:14:44.139 The news is sometimes 00:14:44.139 --> 00:14:45.539 a terrible thing to turn on, 00:14:45.600 --> 00:14:45.919 isn't it? 00:14:48.600 --> 00:14:49.799 As we live in the world, 00:14:49.879 --> 00:14:51.539 we are defiled by sin. 00:14:51.799 --> 00:14:53.139 Our feet get dirty, 00:14:53.319 --> 00:14:53.659 don't they? 00:14:54.899 --> 00:14:55.240 You know, 00:14:55.419 --> 00:14:57.240 I didn't actually mean this at all, 00:14:57.240 --> 00:14:58.879 but this morning I looked at my shoes 00:14:58.879 --> 00:15:00.060 and they were covered. 00:15:00.919 --> 00:15:02.320 So I got out a baby wipe 00:15:02.320 --> 00:15:03.039 and I cleaned them 00:15:03.039 --> 00:15:04.080 to try and look a little bit 00:15:04.080 --> 00:15:05.980 more presentable this morning. 00:15:06.320 --> 00:15:07.220 But that's it, isn't it? 00:15:07.340 --> 00:15:08.580 As we walk through life 00:15:08.580 --> 00:15:11.279 and we are defiled by sin, 00:15:11.340 --> 00:15:12.120 we mess up. 00:15:12.799 --> 00:15:13.659 I mess up. 00:15:14.259 --> 00:15:15.320 I don't need to tell you 00:15:15.320 --> 00:15:16.220 that you mess up. 00:15:17.080 --> 00:15:18.039 We are not perfect. 00:15:18.139 --> 00:15:19.419 We live in this fallen world. 00:15:20.419 --> 00:15:21.480 Now that doesn't change 00:15:21.480 --> 00:15:22.620 our position. 00:15:22.620 --> 00:15:24.060 We are positionally saved, 00:15:24.159 --> 00:15:25.120 but conditionally 00:15:25.120 --> 00:15:28.080 we still have sin. 00:15:29.340 --> 00:15:30.620 So what do we do about this? 00:15:30.980 --> 00:15:31.720 Do we go home? 00:15:31.820 --> 00:15:32.679 Right, I'm skipping lunch. 00:15:32.899 --> 00:15:33.500 I need to go back 00:15:33.500 --> 00:15:34.299 and wash my feet 00:15:34.299 --> 00:15:35.279 as soon as possible. 00:15:37.019 --> 00:15:37.639 But what that means 00:15:37.639 --> 00:15:38.659 is we need to be washed 00:15:38.659 --> 00:15:39.700 with the word of God. 00:15:41.580 --> 00:15:42.720 It cleanses us. 00:15:42.820 --> 00:15:44.100 It sets us right again 00:15:44.100 --> 00:15:45.139 so that we can have that 00:15:45.139 --> 00:15:46.659 right and proper relationship. 00:15:48.639 --> 00:15:49.500 Let me stress, 00:15:49.600 --> 00:15:50.740 our position is secure, 00:15:50.740 --> 00:15:52.500 but we need to maintain 00:15:52.500 --> 00:15:53.279 that relationship 00:15:53.279 --> 00:15:54.120 that we have. 00:15:55.139 --> 00:15:56.200 We need to be cleansed 00:15:56.200 --> 00:15:57.200 of daily sin 00:15:57.200 --> 00:15:58.799 which hinders our relationship. 00:16:02.060 --> 00:16:02.299 You know, 00:16:02.320 --> 00:16:03.220 there's a great example 00:16:03.220 --> 00:16:03.840 of this found 00:16:03.840 --> 00:16:04.680 in the Old Testament. 00:16:05.620 --> 00:16:06.120 The priests, 00:16:06.240 --> 00:16:07.680 they would be fully washed 00:16:07.680 --> 00:16:09.200 before they became a priest. 00:16:10.320 --> 00:16:11.360 And there was this bowl, 00:16:11.560 --> 00:16:12.360 I suppose a bit like 00:16:12.360 --> 00:16:13.139 what Jesus took, 00:16:13.220 --> 00:16:13.840 called a laver. 00:16:14.519 --> 00:16:15.720 And before they went 00:16:15.720 --> 00:16:16.759 into the tabernacle, 00:16:16.879 --> 00:16:17.480 they would have to 00:16:17.480 --> 00:16:18.419 wash their hands 00:16:18.419 --> 00:16:19.759 and wash their feet 00:16:19.759 --> 00:16:21.019 before they could go in 00:16:21.019 --> 00:16:22.439 and do service for God. 00:16:24.740 --> 00:16:26.620 To serve God well first, 00:16:26.700 --> 00:16:28.679 we must be right ourselves. 00:16:32.700 --> 00:16:34.500 So to finish this section in 11, 00:16:35.299 --> 00:16:36.639 we see that Judas 00:16:36.639 --> 00:16:37.679 will betray him. 00:16:38.259 --> 00:16:38.720 He says, 00:16:38.799 --> 00:16:39.980 you are clean, Peter, 00:16:40.100 --> 00:16:41.120 but not every one of you. 00:16:42.399 --> 00:16:43.240 Because Judas, 00:16:43.360 --> 00:16:44.539 he was going to betray him. 00:16:45.500 --> 00:16:46.879 Not everyone was clean. 00:16:46.879 --> 00:16:48.559 You know, 00:16:48.639 --> 00:16:48.919 Judas, 00:16:49.039 --> 00:16:50.019 he hadn't had a bath. 00:16:50.860 --> 00:16:51.919 He didn't believe. 00:16:52.039 --> 00:16:52.740 He didn't trust 00:16:52.740 --> 00:16:53.500 in the Lord Jesus. 00:16:54.580 --> 00:16:56.059 His feet were washed here, 00:16:56.759 --> 00:16:58.139 but it was useless 00:16:58.139 --> 00:16:58.980 because he wasn't 00:16:58.980 --> 00:16:59.820 in the right position 00:16:59.820 --> 00:17:00.580 to start with. 00:17:02.639 --> 00:17:03.159 You know, 00:17:03.220 --> 00:17:03.939 reading the Bible, 00:17:04.759 --> 00:17:05.599 attending church 00:17:05.599 --> 00:17:06.180 this morning, 00:17:06.940 --> 00:17:07.799 speaking about 00:17:07.799 --> 00:17:08.640 Christian things, 00:17:08.740 --> 00:17:10.019 having Christian friends, 00:17:10.220 --> 00:17:10.619 family, 00:17:11.119 --> 00:17:13.180 these things are all 00:17:13.180 --> 00:17:14.000 good in themselves, 00:17:14.000 --> 00:17:15.539 but it's no replacement 00:17:15.539 --> 00:17:16.720 for accepting Jesus 00:17:16.720 --> 00:17:18.940 as your own personal Savior. 00:17:20.980 --> 00:17:22.799 So that's been holiness. 00:17:24.039 --> 00:17:24.700 And so finally, 00:17:24.859 --> 00:17:25.380 happiness. 00:17:27.900 --> 00:17:29.359 C.S. Lewis says this, 00:17:29.819 --> 00:17:30.119 he says, 00:17:30.240 --> 00:17:31.200 God cannot give us 00:17:31.200 --> 00:17:32.660 a happiness and peace 00:17:32.660 --> 00:17:33.880 apart from himself 00:17:33.880 --> 00:17:35.980 because it is not there. 00:17:36.759 --> 00:17:38.240 There is no such thing. 00:17:40.740 --> 00:17:41.220 Jesus, 00:17:41.339 --> 00:17:42.539 he finishes washing their feet, 00:17:42.539 --> 00:17:43.639 he puts his clothes on 00:17:43.639 --> 00:17:44.279 and he goes back 00:17:44.279 --> 00:17:45.039 to his place 00:17:45.039 --> 00:17:45.720 at the meal 00:17:45.720 --> 00:17:47.240 and he asks them 00:17:47.240 --> 00:17:48.059 what is certainly 00:17:48.059 --> 00:17:49.960 a rhetorical question, 00:17:50.460 --> 00:17:51.940 do you understand 00:17:51.940 --> 00:17:53.039 what I have done for you? 00:17:54.240 --> 00:17:54.539 Now, 00:17:54.579 --> 00:17:56.180 I think the stunned silence 00:17:56.180 --> 00:17:58.059 probably answers 00:17:58.059 --> 00:17:58.720 that question. 00:17:58.839 --> 00:17:59.000 No, 00:17:59.079 --> 00:17:59.639 they do not. 00:18:00.899 --> 00:18:02.099 So he explains, 00:18:03.099 --> 00:18:04.200 you call me teacher 00:18:04.200 --> 00:18:05.039 and Lord 00:18:05.039 --> 00:18:05.940 and rightly so, 00:18:06.379 --> 00:18:07.839 for that is what I am. 00:18:07.839 --> 00:18:10.899 Jesus, 00:18:11.119 --> 00:18:12.059 he is the instructor, 00:18:12.399 --> 00:18:12.859 the teacher, 00:18:12.959 --> 00:18:13.679 he has been teaching 00:18:13.679 --> 00:18:14.359 them all along 00:18:14.359 --> 00:18:15.899 and he is also 00:18:15.899 --> 00:18:16.659 Lord over them, 00:18:16.720 --> 00:18:17.459 he is in charge, 00:18:17.579 --> 00:18:18.619 he is the master. 00:18:22.339 --> 00:18:23.099 Jesus says, 00:18:23.199 --> 00:18:24.199 if that is who I am, 00:18:24.240 --> 00:18:25.199 I rightly hold 00:18:25.199 --> 00:18:25.959 these positions, 00:18:26.519 --> 00:18:27.759 can do this for you, 00:18:28.879 --> 00:18:29.720 then you disciples, 00:18:29.939 --> 00:18:30.879 you can also act 00:18:30.879 --> 00:18:31.519 in this way. 00:18:31.519 --> 00:18:35.879 Now that I, 00:18:36.000 --> 00:18:36.879 your Lord and teacher, 00:18:36.940 --> 00:18:37.900 have washed your feet, 00:18:38.539 --> 00:18:39.839 you also should wash 00:18:39.839 --> 00:18:40.960 one another's feet. 00:18:42.900 --> 00:18:43.879 In verse 15, 00:18:43.960 --> 00:18:44.440 he says, 00:18:44.639 --> 00:18:45.000 further, 00:18:45.160 --> 00:18:45.379 he says, 00:18:45.440 --> 00:18:46.519 I have set you an example 00:18:46.519 --> 00:18:47.759 that you should do 00:18:47.759 --> 00:18:49.559 as I have done for you. 00:18:50.700 --> 00:18:51.240 Once again, 00:18:51.279 --> 00:18:52.240 he is speaking specifically 00:18:52.240 --> 00:18:53.000 to the disciples 00:18:53.000 --> 00:18:54.079 but we can apply this 00:18:54.079 --> 00:18:55.500 to Edinburgh in 2023. 00:18:56.500 --> 00:18:56.900 Now, 00:18:56.920 --> 00:18:58.379 we have this two-fold message. 00:18:59.019 --> 00:18:59.680 First of all, 00:18:59.720 --> 00:19:00.160 as we have already 00:19:00.160 --> 00:19:00.720 thought about, 00:19:00.720 --> 00:19:01.940 we are to wash 00:19:01.940 --> 00:19:03.500 one another in the word. 00:19:04.240 --> 00:19:05.660 We are to confess sins, 00:19:05.779 --> 00:19:07.000 we are to share the gospel, 00:19:08.200 --> 00:19:09.539 we are to speak Jesus 00:19:09.539 --> 00:19:10.880 into each other's lives. 00:19:12.160 --> 00:19:13.720 This can take many forms, 00:19:13.839 --> 00:19:15.019 it could be our growth groups. 00:19:15.420 --> 00:19:16.079 They are set up 00:19:16.079 --> 00:19:17.059 to have open, 00:19:17.299 --> 00:19:18.559 frank discussions 00:19:18.559 --> 00:19:19.960 with one another. 00:19:21.860 --> 00:19:23.059 Alistair last weekend, 00:19:23.180 --> 00:19:23.960 he challenged us 00:19:23.960 --> 00:19:25.360 in the time of tea and coffee, 00:19:25.460 --> 00:19:26.420 what are we talking about? 00:19:27.279 --> 00:19:28.240 Are we chatting about 00:19:28.240 --> 00:19:29.180 the latest news 00:19:29.180 --> 00:19:30.259 or sport or whatever? 00:19:31.500 --> 00:19:32.339 Or are we asking, 00:19:32.600 --> 00:19:32.740 you know, 00:19:32.779 --> 00:19:33.600 how's your prayer life? 00:19:34.839 --> 00:19:35.920 How's your daily devotion? 00:19:36.380 --> 00:19:37.019 How's your walk 00:19:37.019 --> 00:19:37.559 with the Lord? 00:19:38.980 --> 00:19:39.799 Are we praying 00:19:39.799 --> 00:19:40.440 with one another? 00:19:42.420 --> 00:19:42.799 And you know, 00:19:42.839 --> 00:19:43.319 the gospel, 00:19:43.500 --> 00:19:44.039 it's wonderful 00:19:44.039 --> 00:19:45.220 because it allows us 00:19:45.220 --> 00:19:46.420 to be open and frank 00:19:46.420 --> 00:19:47.039 with one another 00:19:47.039 --> 00:19:48.740 in a totally unique way. 00:19:49.740 --> 00:19:50.460 It allows us 00:19:50.460 --> 00:19:51.539 to have these chats 00:19:51.539 --> 00:19:51.920 with people 00:19:51.920 --> 00:19:52.700 that we've just met 00:19:52.700 --> 00:19:53.620 as well as those 00:19:53.620 --> 00:19:54.140 that we've known 00:19:54.140 --> 00:19:55.220 for a long time. 00:19:55.220 --> 00:19:58.180 I remember sometimes 00:19:58.180 --> 00:19:58.880 going on holidays 00:19:58.880 --> 00:19:59.400 as a family 00:19:59.400 --> 00:20:00.019 when I was younger 00:20:00.019 --> 00:20:00.700 and we'd go to 00:20:00.700 --> 00:20:01.759 the local church, 00:20:01.980 --> 00:20:02.620 we'd walked in. 00:20:03.740 --> 00:20:04.100 But you know, 00:20:04.160 --> 00:20:04.759 you still have 00:20:04.759 --> 00:20:05.740 that instant bond 00:20:05.740 --> 00:20:06.220 with people 00:20:06.220 --> 00:20:07.240 because you share 00:20:07.240 --> 00:20:07.900 the Savior. 00:20:07.900 --> 00:20:10.800 So that's one side 00:20:10.800 --> 00:20:11.140 of it. 00:20:11.880 --> 00:20:12.200 You know, 00:20:12.240 --> 00:20:12.700 we are also 00:20:12.700 --> 00:20:13.340 to physically 00:20:13.340 --> 00:20:14.320 serve one another. 00:20:17.460 --> 00:20:18.259 That may take 00:20:18.259 --> 00:20:19.000 many forms 00:20:19.000 --> 00:20:19.860 and it'll be different 00:20:19.860 --> 00:20:20.660 for each one of us, 00:20:20.720 --> 00:20:21.600 but that is the attitude 00:20:21.600 --> 00:20:22.580 that we are to have, 00:20:22.579 --> 00:20:24.759 to serve one another. 00:20:26.619 --> 00:20:27.579 Verse 16, 00:20:28.119 --> 00:20:29.339 it emphasizes here 00:20:29.339 --> 00:20:30.179 that the disciples 00:20:30.179 --> 00:20:31.059 were sent 00:20:31.059 --> 00:20:32.720 by the Master, 00:20:32.919 --> 00:20:33.799 by the Lord. 00:20:35.339 --> 00:20:35.639 You know, 00:20:35.720 --> 00:20:36.619 it says at the start, 00:20:36.699 --> 00:20:37.240 yours might say 00:20:37.240 --> 00:20:37.960 very truly, 00:20:38.240 --> 00:20:39.599 depending what you're reading 00:20:39.599 --> 00:20:40.699 or the old would say 00:20:40.699 --> 00:20:41.619 verily, verily. 00:20:42.339 --> 00:20:42.839 And you know, 00:20:42.879 --> 00:20:43.699 that's an old phrase 00:20:43.699 --> 00:20:44.699 when Microsoft Word 00:20:44.699 --> 00:20:45.759 says to delete 00:20:45.759 --> 00:20:46.960 the second letter, 00:20:47.220 --> 00:20:48.019 the second word 00:20:48.019 --> 00:20:48.919 because it's repeated. 00:20:49.879 --> 00:20:50.419 But it meant 00:20:50.419 --> 00:20:51.299 verily, verily. 00:20:51.439 --> 00:20:51.679 It said, 00:20:51.680 --> 00:20:53.200 when Jesus said this, 00:20:53.240 --> 00:20:53.539 it meant, 00:20:53.720 --> 00:20:54.259 pay attention. 00:20:54.920 --> 00:20:56.120 If you've switched off, 00:20:56.200 --> 00:20:56.840 this is the time 00:20:56.840 --> 00:20:57.580 to switch on. 00:20:57.660 --> 00:20:58.500 That's what this meant. 00:21:00.519 --> 00:21:00.799 You know, 00:21:00.820 --> 00:21:01.400 what it's saying 00:21:01.400 --> 00:21:02.000 is that they have 00:21:02.000 --> 00:21:03.240 to do as he did. 00:21:04.779 --> 00:21:06.420 They are not too good. 00:21:06.680 --> 00:21:07.259 The disciples 00:21:07.259 --> 00:21:08.519 are not too good 00:21:08.519 --> 00:21:10.299 to do as Jesus did, 00:21:10.440 --> 00:21:12.060 to wash feet. 00:21:13.740 --> 00:21:13.980 You know, 00:21:14.019 --> 00:21:14.660 they were discussing 00:21:14.660 --> 00:21:15.519 who is the greatest 00:21:15.519 --> 00:21:16.340 and Jesus here, 00:21:16.400 --> 00:21:17.000 he just puts them 00:21:17.000 --> 00:21:17.620 in their place. 00:21:18.960 --> 00:21:20.360 I loved Mark last week 00:21:20.360 --> 00:21:20.700 when, 00:21:20.700 --> 00:21:22.160 wasn't exactly 00:21:22.160 --> 00:21:22.720 what he said, 00:21:22.819 --> 00:21:23.100 but something 00:21:23.100 --> 00:21:24.000 along the lines of, 00:21:24.660 --> 00:21:25.160 Christians, 00:21:25.460 --> 00:21:25.539 well, 00:21:25.580 --> 00:21:26.700 they're Jesus people 00:21:26.700 --> 00:21:28.680 doing Jesus stuff. 00:21:29.400 --> 00:21:30.440 I thought that was great. 00:21:31.660 --> 00:21:32.279 And you know what? 00:21:32.340 --> 00:21:33.460 What is Jesus stuff? 00:21:34.340 --> 00:21:35.980 Is it walking around, 00:21:36.740 --> 00:21:37.460 head up, 00:21:37.600 --> 00:21:38.340 taking the praise? 00:21:38.440 --> 00:21:38.600 No, 00:21:38.740 --> 00:21:39.819 this is Jesus stuff. 00:21:41.819 --> 00:21:42.680 Servant leadership 00:21:42.680 --> 00:21:44.860 shown ultimately 00:21:44.860 --> 00:21:46.059 by the servant king. 00:21:46.059 --> 00:21:48.240 this is a massive challenge 00:21:48.240 --> 00:21:48.819 for leaders, 00:21:48.940 --> 00:21:51.119 myself as an elder included. 00:21:52.019 --> 00:21:52.759 Servant leadership. 00:21:55.460 --> 00:21:56.480 And so verse 17, 00:21:57.599 --> 00:21:58.740 now that you know these things, 00:21:58.799 --> 00:21:59.599 you will be blessed 00:21:59.599 --> 00:22:00.299 if you do them. 00:22:00.839 --> 00:22:01.839 That is where we get this 00:22:01.839 --> 00:22:03.940 theme of happiness from. 00:22:04.159 --> 00:22:05.539 That's what this blessed means. 00:22:05.659 --> 00:22:06.500 It's not prosperity, 00:22:06.799 --> 00:22:07.599 it's not wealth, 00:22:07.759 --> 00:22:08.639 it's not fame, 00:22:08.799 --> 00:22:09.279 popularity, 00:22:09.799 --> 00:22:10.839 it's joy. 00:22:11.720 --> 00:22:12.399 It's joy. 00:22:12.400 --> 00:22:15.040 You know, 00:22:15.100 --> 00:22:16.360 this position of service 00:22:16.360 --> 00:22:17.580 that the Lord Jesus shows, 00:22:17.700 --> 00:22:19.259 it comes from a place of love. 00:22:20.140 --> 00:22:21.360 We saw that in verse 1, 00:22:21.440 --> 00:22:22.980 having loved his own to the full. 00:22:25.100 --> 00:22:25.660 You know, 00:22:25.700 --> 00:22:27.100 that makes it easy for Jesus 00:22:27.100 --> 00:22:27.980 because of the love 00:22:27.980 --> 00:22:29.100 he had for his disciples. 00:22:30.340 --> 00:22:31.340 We are to have love 00:22:31.340 --> 00:22:32.500 for our brothers and sisters 00:22:32.500 --> 00:22:33.200 in Christ. 00:22:34.140 --> 00:22:35.880 And if we do truly have that, 00:22:36.620 --> 00:22:37.900 then to serve one another 00:22:37.900 --> 00:22:39.100 will just come naturally. 00:22:39.420 --> 00:22:40.660 It will not be a grind, 00:22:40.780 --> 00:22:41.860 it will not be something 00:22:41.859 --> 00:22:43.539 that we don't actually 00:22:43.539 --> 00:22:44.179 want to do. 00:22:45.299 --> 00:22:45.919 Once again, 00:22:46.000 --> 00:22:46.479 last week, 00:22:46.539 --> 00:22:47.459 Mark was speaking on 00:22:47.459 --> 00:22:49.099 deny yourself, 00:22:49.479 --> 00:22:50.359 deny self, 00:22:51.659 --> 00:22:52.619 take up your cross 00:22:52.619 --> 00:22:53.439 and follow me. 00:22:55.919 --> 00:22:57.059 Last week in embassy, 00:22:57.219 --> 00:22:57.839 we were discussing 00:22:57.839 --> 00:22:59.099 after the sermon a wee bit, 00:23:00.539 --> 00:23:00.839 you know, 00:23:00.879 --> 00:23:01.779 about those who have 00:23:01.779 --> 00:23:02.979 everything in this world. 00:23:04.199 --> 00:23:05.500 They tend to be, 00:23:05.500 --> 00:23:07.599 you know, 00:23:07.799 --> 00:23:08.259 older, 00:23:08.740 --> 00:23:10.319 rich men 00:23:10.319 --> 00:23:11.759 living in big mansions, 00:23:12.200 --> 00:23:13.519 anything they could ever want, 00:23:14.059 --> 00:23:15.000 but they're on their own 00:23:15.000 --> 00:23:16.799 and they've got broken relationships 00:23:16.799 --> 00:23:18.179 and they aren't happy. 00:23:19.559 --> 00:23:20.179 And once again, 00:23:20.279 --> 00:23:20.879 C.S. Lewis, 00:23:21.000 --> 00:23:21.519 he says this, 00:23:21.599 --> 00:23:22.539 don't let your happiness 00:23:22.539 --> 00:23:23.599 depend on something 00:23:23.599 --> 00:23:24.599 that you may lose. 00:23:24.599 --> 00:23:28.559 the Bible picture of happiness 00:23:28.559 --> 00:23:29.939 is so radically different 00:23:29.939 --> 00:23:31.139 to what the world would say. 00:23:34.459 --> 00:23:35.339 So to finish, 00:23:35.459 --> 00:23:37.059 we have Judas excluded. 00:23:38.059 --> 00:23:38.959 I am not, 00:23:39.059 --> 00:23:39.879 this is verse 18, 00:23:39.980 --> 00:23:41.599 I am not referring to all of you, 00:23:42.019 --> 00:23:43.480 I know those I have chosen, 00:23:44.139 --> 00:23:45.119 but this is to fulfill 00:23:45.119 --> 00:23:46.279 this passage of scripture, 00:23:46.939 --> 00:23:48.219 he who shared my bread 00:23:48.219 --> 00:23:49.379 has turned against me. 00:23:49.980 --> 00:23:51.159 This is only for those 00:23:51.159 --> 00:23:51.919 who follow him. 00:23:52.440 --> 00:23:53.259 That is the position 00:23:53.259 --> 00:23:54.039 we must start 00:23:54.039 --> 00:23:55.600 by following him. 00:23:58.259 --> 00:24:00.039 It's speaking of Judas' betrayal 00:24:00.039 --> 00:24:01.660 which we will go into next week. 00:24:02.480 --> 00:24:03.720 And this bit that is quoted, 00:24:03.860 --> 00:24:05.120 it might be in quotation marks, 00:24:05.259 --> 00:24:06.920 is Psalm 41 verse 9 00:24:06.920 --> 00:24:08.300 where David is speaking 00:24:08.300 --> 00:24:09.000 about betrayal 00:24:09.000 --> 00:24:10.019 by his own family. 00:24:11.660 --> 00:24:12.720 And it's a fulfillment 00:24:12.720 --> 00:24:13.980 of that prophecy. 00:24:15.960 --> 00:24:17.220 Jesus likewise says, 00:24:17.279 --> 00:24:18.120 I'm telling you now 00:24:18.120 --> 00:24:19.180 before it happens 00:24:19.180 --> 00:24:20.980 so that when it does happen, 00:24:20.980 --> 00:24:22.440 you'll believe that I am 00:24:22.440 --> 00:24:23.860 who I am. 00:24:25.059 --> 00:24:26.000 Now this I am, 00:24:26.440 --> 00:24:27.299 if you like homework, 00:24:27.400 --> 00:24:28.500 this is another great study. 00:24:29.339 --> 00:24:31.460 The I am's of John's gospel. 00:24:32.799 --> 00:24:33.059 You know, 00:24:33.099 --> 00:24:34.299 that's speaking of his deity. 00:24:34.539 --> 00:24:35.299 This is Jehovah 00:24:35.299 --> 00:24:36.559 of the Old Testament. 00:24:37.460 --> 00:24:38.900 It's speaking of the Trinity 00:24:38.900 --> 00:24:39.900 and that relationship 00:24:39.900 --> 00:24:40.860 that they have. 00:24:42.740 --> 00:24:42.980 You know, 00:24:43.019 --> 00:24:43.640 I must think, 00:24:43.680 --> 00:24:44.539 I've been thinking about this 00:24:44.539 --> 00:24:46.539 this week, 00:24:47.019 --> 00:24:47.799 that the disciples, 00:24:47.920 --> 00:24:49.099 they must have looked back. 00:24:49.099 --> 00:24:51.459 You must have looked back 00:24:51.459 --> 00:24:52.519 once Jesus was gone 00:24:52.519 --> 00:24:53.000 and thought, 00:24:53.199 --> 00:24:53.500 ah, 00:24:53.939 --> 00:24:54.579 obviously. 00:24:55.439 --> 00:24:56.519 Why didn't we get it? 00:24:56.779 --> 00:24:57.480 Why didn't we get 00:24:57.480 --> 00:24:58.240 what he was saying? 00:24:58.980 --> 00:24:59.879 What was going on? 00:25:02.099 --> 00:25:03.159 And verse 20, 00:25:03.240 --> 00:25:04.019 another verily, 00:25:04.139 --> 00:25:04.559 verily, 00:25:05.339 --> 00:25:06.639 whoever accepts anyone 00:25:06.639 --> 00:25:07.500 I send 00:25:07.500 --> 00:25:09.119 accepts me 00:25:09.119 --> 00:25:11.299 and whoever accepts me 00:25:11.299 --> 00:25:12.159 accepts the one 00:25:12.159 --> 00:25:12.899 who sent me. 00:25:13.679 --> 00:25:14.579 That's the relationship 00:25:14.579 --> 00:25:15.480 between the Father, 00:25:15.639 --> 00:25:16.119 the Son, 00:25:16.259 --> 00:25:17.480 and the disciples here. 00:25:17.480 --> 00:25:19.380 Jesus is saying, 00:25:19.500 --> 00:25:20.000 I am going. 00:25:21.120 --> 00:25:21.880 I am away. 00:25:22.960 --> 00:25:24.160 But the work will continue 00:25:24.160 --> 00:25:24.940 through you, 00:25:25.039 --> 00:25:25.559 the disciples. 00:25:27.279 --> 00:25:27.799 And likewise, 00:25:27.980 --> 00:25:29.059 it's still ongoing now 00:25:29.059 --> 00:25:29.779 through us 00:25:29.779 --> 00:25:30.900 if we are followers 00:25:30.900 --> 00:25:31.860 of the Lord. 00:25:35.220 --> 00:25:35.700 So, 00:25:36.059 --> 00:25:37.460 that's us this morning. 00:25:38.299 --> 00:25:39.180 Let me just sum up 00:25:39.180 --> 00:25:39.700 where we've been. 00:25:40.759 --> 00:25:41.200 So, 00:25:41.460 --> 00:25:42.380 we've seen humbleness, 00:25:42.960 --> 00:25:44.059 we've seen holiness, 00:25:44.279 --> 00:25:45.460 and we've seen happiness. 00:25:45.460 --> 00:25:47.880 We must serve, 00:25:48.140 --> 00:25:49.340 but we must also 00:25:49.340 --> 00:25:50.019 allow others 00:25:50.019 --> 00:25:51.000 to serve us. 00:25:51.340 --> 00:25:52.340 That is part of it. 00:25:53.779 --> 00:25:54.120 Peter, 00:25:54.220 --> 00:25:55.220 he was too proud. 00:25:55.900 --> 00:25:56.940 You can't serve me. 00:25:58.640 --> 00:25:58.920 You know, 00:25:59.019 --> 00:25:59.279 Jesus, 00:25:59.480 --> 00:26:00.319 as we talked about, 00:26:00.380 --> 00:26:01.759 he was anointed by Mary. 00:26:01.840 --> 00:26:02.819 His feet were washed, 00:26:03.460 --> 00:26:04.579 but he also washed 00:26:04.579 --> 00:26:05.539 the disciples' feet. 00:26:08.140 --> 00:26:09.200 We are to wash 00:26:09.200 --> 00:26:09.700 one another 00:26:09.700 --> 00:26:10.519 with the word. 00:26:12.440 --> 00:26:13.299 Get involved 00:26:13.299 --> 00:26:14.460 with your growth groups. 00:26:14.460 --> 00:26:16.180 the general chat 00:26:16.180 --> 00:26:16.860 that will go on 00:26:16.860 --> 00:26:17.519 just in a minute. 00:26:18.440 --> 00:26:19.579 Pizza and prayer tonight, 00:26:19.680 --> 00:26:20.660 what a great opportunity 00:26:20.660 --> 00:26:22.420 to speak to one another, 00:26:22.600 --> 00:26:23.680 pray with one another, 00:26:24.059 --> 00:26:24.980 be concerned 00:26:24.980 --> 00:26:26.100 for one another. 00:26:27.779 --> 00:26:28.759 And we need to be 00:26:28.759 --> 00:26:29.460 cleansed daily 00:26:29.460 --> 00:26:30.100 to maintain 00:26:30.100 --> 00:26:31.200 that right relationship 00:26:31.200 --> 00:26:32.700 so that we can serve. 00:26:34.100 --> 00:26:34.340 So, 00:26:34.400 --> 00:26:35.259 action stations, 00:26:36.740 --> 00:26:37.980 covet humble work, 00:26:38.940 --> 00:26:39.960 thankless tasks 00:26:39.960 --> 00:26:41.079 behind the scenes, 00:26:41.079 --> 00:26:44.799 and a special challenge 00:26:44.799 --> 00:26:45.399 for leadership 00:26:45.399 --> 00:26:46.659 to be examples. 00:26:48.399 --> 00:26:48.559 You know, 00:26:48.619 --> 00:26:50.119 Jesus' life purpose, 00:26:51.000 --> 00:26:51.899 it was to reveal 00:26:51.899 --> 00:26:52.819 God's nature 00:26:52.819 --> 00:26:53.599 as a being 00:26:53.599 --> 00:26:55.079 of self-giving love. 00:26:56.259 --> 00:26:57.480 We saw that last week. 00:26:57.599 --> 00:26:58.740 God didn't need us. 00:26:59.480 --> 00:27:00.500 He's self-sufficient. 00:27:01.359 --> 00:27:01.839 And yet, 00:27:01.919 --> 00:27:02.639 look how Jesus 00:27:02.639 --> 00:27:03.619 served us. 00:27:03.619 --> 00:27:06.059 He died, 00:27:06.219 --> 00:27:07.059 allowing our sins 00:27:07.059 --> 00:27:07.799 to be forgiven. 00:27:10.139 --> 00:27:10.659 Therefore, 00:27:10.839 --> 00:27:11.899 as disciples of him, 00:27:12.079 --> 00:27:13.619 acts of loving generosity 00:27:13.619 --> 00:27:15.719 are to be the hallmark 00:27:15.719 --> 00:27:16.799 of Jesus' followers. 00:27:18.039 --> 00:27:19.500 Acts of loving generosity. 00:27:19.500 --> 00:27:22.420 Let me just pray 00:27:22.420 --> 00:27:23.779 before Graham comes up 00:27:23.779 --> 00:27:25.059 and takes us 00:27:25.059 --> 00:27:25.680 through communion. 00:27:28.519 --> 00:27:29.180 God and Father, 00:27:29.259 --> 00:27:30.039 just thank you so much 00:27:30.039 --> 00:27:30.660 for your word. 00:27:31.700 --> 00:27:32.940 We thank you for 00:27:32.940 --> 00:27:34.519 the truth 00:27:34.519 --> 00:27:35.380 that we can see in it, 00:27:35.440 --> 00:27:36.599 that it cleanses us 00:27:36.599 --> 00:27:39.259 and that it sorts us out 00:27:39.259 --> 00:27:40.359 when we have messed up. 00:27:41.079 --> 00:27:42.299 We pray that as we 00:27:42.299 --> 00:27:44.440 move into a time 00:27:44.440 --> 00:27:44.960 of communion, 00:27:45.119 --> 00:27:45.980 remembering what the Lord 00:27:45.980 --> 00:27:47.359 Jesus did on the cross, 00:27:47.660 --> 00:27:48.299 that these things 00:27:48.299 --> 00:27:49.740 will just really 00:27:49.740 --> 00:27:50.700 hit home with us 00:27:50.700 --> 00:27:51.839 and that it will change 00:27:51.839 --> 00:27:53.119 how we live 00:27:53.119 --> 00:27:54.500 and our attitude 00:27:54.500 --> 00:27:55.619 in everything. 00:27:56.599 --> 00:27:57.339 So we just thank you 00:27:57.339 --> 00:27:59.000 so much for the Lord Jesus 00:27:59.000 --> 00:27:59.960 and for the cross. 00:28:00.680 --> 00:28:02.079 In Jesus' name we pray. 00:28:02.500 --> 00:28:02.799 Amen.