WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.960 Turn in your Bibles this morning to John 13. 00:00:09.960 --> 00:00:19.400 We are stepping into a new phase of the gospel of John 13. 00:00:19.400 --> 00:00:28.760 ! Chapter 1-12 in some sense would give you a kind of an opening picture and then would expand it more. 00:00:28.760 --> 00:00:37.400 Giving you a little statement or a little event that took place in Christ's ministry 00:00:37.400 --> 00:00:43.120 and then kind of opening it up to help you understand more about the heart and character of Christ. 00:00:44.700 --> 00:00:53.740 What's going to happen from 13 to 19 is that that order of starting small and getting bigger 00:00:53.740 --> 00:01:03.420 is going to be reversed in that from 13 to 19 the focus of the gospel is going to keep on coming back 00:01:03.420 --> 00:01:07.680 towards Christ and the cross. 00:01:09.280 --> 00:01:13.579 I think sometimes we miss how central the cross is. 00:01:13.579 --> 00:01:25.000 How important it is for us to get our head around the reality of Christ dying for us and in our place. 00:01:26.519 --> 00:01:28.359 John doesn't want us to miss that. 00:01:30.379 --> 00:01:34.659 And so if you would begin with me in John chapter 13, 00:01:35.140 --> 00:01:40.259 let me begin reading at least to kind of frame your thinking there in verse 1. 00:01:40.260 --> 00:01:44.100 Now before the feast of the Passover, 00:01:45.760 --> 00:01:50.580 when Jesus knew that His hour had come to depart out of this world to the Father, 00:01:50.700 --> 00:01:54.359 having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the end. 00:01:56.040 --> 00:01:56.980 During the supper, 00:01:57.980 --> 00:02:03.100 when the devil had already put into the heart of Judas Iscariot Simon's son to betray Him, 00:02:03.099 --> 00:02:07.659 Jesus knowing that the Father had given all things into His hands 00:02:07.659 --> 00:02:12.400 and that He had come from God and was going to God, rose from supper. 00:02:13.500 --> 00:02:18.079 He laid aside His outer garments and taking a towel, tied it around His waist. 00:02:19.519 --> 00:02:23.159 Then He poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples' feet 00:02:23.159 --> 00:02:28.180 and to wipe them with the towel that was wrapped around Him. 00:02:28.180 --> 00:02:35.120 Let me point out to you this morning 00:02:35.120 --> 00:02:42.120 that one of the key pieces of information that we need to hold on to 00:02:42.120 --> 00:02:45.620 in our lives on a regular basis 00:02:45.620 --> 00:02:47.939 is the love of Christ. 00:02:49.640 --> 00:02:53.640 I think about the passage just for a moment back in Ephesians chapter 3 00:02:53.639 --> 00:02:56.119 and if you were to ask me 00:02:56.119 --> 00:02:58.939 what would be one of the more important passages 00:02:58.939 --> 00:03:00.799 that I can hold on to 00:03:00.799 --> 00:03:03.719 and rely on to be a comfort, 00:03:04.179 --> 00:03:04.919 an encouragement, 00:03:05.399 --> 00:03:06.339 an instruction, 00:03:07.019 --> 00:03:08.799 a guide to me, 00:03:09.659 --> 00:03:12.060 I would say it's this passage in Ephesians chapter 3 00:03:12.060 --> 00:03:13.479 where the apostle says, 00:03:13.579 --> 00:03:14.979 listen, here's my prayer. 00:03:15.159 --> 00:03:16.579 Here's the thing that I'm interested in 00:03:16.579 --> 00:03:19.579 that you might be able to comprehend with all the saints 00:03:19.580 --> 00:03:25.260 what is the breadth and height and width and depth of the love of Christ 00:03:25.260 --> 00:03:31.160 so that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. 00:03:33.980 --> 00:03:36.960 Well, I have to tell you that understanding the love of Christ 00:03:36.960 --> 00:03:41.480 is not something that you can do without information. 00:03:42.280 --> 00:03:42.939 Does that make sense? 00:03:42.939 --> 00:03:47.120 You can't love Him if you don't know Him 00:03:47.120 --> 00:03:48.719 and you can't love Him 00:03:48.719 --> 00:03:52.199 if you don't understand the heart that He has. 00:03:55.539 --> 00:03:57.439 And so as you look at this passage, 00:03:57.579 --> 00:04:00.039 I want you to realize that 00:04:00.039 --> 00:04:02.800 it drives home the point 00:04:02.800 --> 00:04:04.199 that we find there 00:04:04.199 --> 00:04:07.280 in verse 1. 00:04:07.280 --> 00:04:18.040 Now, do you like the fact that John kind of tells us up ahead 00:04:18.040 --> 00:04:19.180 what's going to happen? 00:04:20.480 --> 00:04:22.639 How many of you remember going to class 00:04:22.639 --> 00:04:25.600 and the first thing that happened in the class 00:04:25.600 --> 00:04:28.100 after the professor or the teacher 00:04:28.100 --> 00:04:30.860 introduced himself and wrote his name on the chalkboard? 00:04:30.920 --> 00:04:32.319 Well, those are the good old days, right? 00:04:32.439 --> 00:04:33.660 They don't do it that way anymore. 00:04:33.660 --> 00:04:34.899 But the teacher said, 00:04:34.899 --> 00:04:37.060 I am Bubba and I am here 00:04:37.060 --> 00:04:38.839 to see that you get smarter 00:04:38.839 --> 00:04:41.060 and I'm going to tell you up front 00:04:41.060 --> 00:04:43.179 how this class is going to go. 00:04:43.779 --> 00:04:45.299 Here are the homework assignments. 00:04:45.679 --> 00:04:47.739 Here are the days that the test is going to happen. 00:04:48.079 --> 00:04:48.959 And when it's all done, 00:04:49.019 --> 00:04:51.579 you've got this information packed in, right? 00:04:53.279 --> 00:04:54.799 Here's the apostle that says, 00:04:55.019 --> 00:04:56.299 here's what I want you to understand. 00:04:57.579 --> 00:04:59.019 Here's what I want you to understand. 00:05:00.899 --> 00:05:03.319 Jesus, having loved His own who were in the world, 00:05:03.319 --> 00:05:06.899 He loved them to the end. 00:05:08.060 --> 00:05:10.659 And so as we open up this passage 00:05:10.659 --> 00:05:14.579 and begin to appreciate it in our own hearts and lives, 00:05:14.680 --> 00:05:17.019 here's the thing I want you to comprehend 00:05:17.019 --> 00:05:19.319 and plead with the Holy Spirit 00:05:19.319 --> 00:05:22.019 that you will not be distracted 00:05:22.019 --> 00:05:24.819 from the discipline of thinking carefully 00:05:24.819 --> 00:05:29.899 and deeply about the love of Christ for you. 00:05:29.899 --> 00:05:33.579 Well, let's get into the text and understand, 00:05:33.739 --> 00:05:35.060 first of all, what we see is that 00:05:35.060 --> 00:05:38.159 this is a love that is faithful and tender. 00:05:40.879 --> 00:05:42.759 John sets the stage in our lesson 00:05:42.759 --> 00:05:46.139 by explaining that here we are dealing 00:05:46.139 --> 00:05:48.299 with the setting of the Last Supper. 00:05:49.639 --> 00:05:52.379 Without overplaying the details of this, 00:05:52.439 --> 00:05:53.739 I want you to understand that 00:05:53.739 --> 00:05:56.519 we are actually talking about the Last Supper 00:05:56.519 --> 00:05:58.120 prior to His crucifixion. 00:05:58.120 --> 00:05:59.399 It's not a Last Supper. 00:05:59.660 --> 00:06:00.920 It is the Last Supper. 00:06:01.959 --> 00:06:03.319 And it is the Last Supper 00:06:03.319 --> 00:06:05.819 that He is going to partake with His disciples. 00:06:06.040 --> 00:06:07.199 And in that context, 00:06:07.500 --> 00:06:09.220 we're going to find not only that 00:06:09.220 --> 00:06:12.079 it was a supper that really celebrated 00:06:12.079 --> 00:06:15.340 the fact of His coming sacrifice for us, 00:06:15.340 --> 00:06:17.019 but it was also a supper 00:06:17.019 --> 00:06:19.379 that was profoundly instructive. 00:06:19.379 --> 00:06:24.300 I want you to imagine that here is Jesus 00:06:24.300 --> 00:06:29.159 that is caught up in teaching His disciples 00:06:29.159 --> 00:06:31.060 critically important things. 00:06:31.600 --> 00:06:34.500 And in this context of talking about His death 00:06:34.500 --> 00:06:36.480 and reminding them of the fact 00:06:36.480 --> 00:06:38.879 that He was going to be sacrificed for them, 00:06:38.939 --> 00:06:40.000 that there was a new covenant 00:06:40.000 --> 00:06:41.000 that was in the frame, 00:06:41.300 --> 00:06:44.000 He also does something that is very, 00:06:44.000 --> 00:06:47.180 very surprising in that He washes the feet 00:06:47.180 --> 00:06:48.899 of His disciples. 00:06:51.040 --> 00:06:54.319 I think these facts come together 00:06:54.319 --> 00:06:57.699 and are well understood under the frame 00:06:57.699 --> 00:06:59.759 of the fact that He loved His own 00:06:59.759 --> 00:07:02.360 and He loved them to the end. 00:07:02.360 --> 00:07:06.400 It's against this backdrop of the cross 00:07:06.400 --> 00:07:10.400 that we really see this picture of love 00:07:10.400 --> 00:07:13.080 that we may be tempted to kind of skip over 00:07:13.080 --> 00:07:15.240 and get caught on the big details 00:07:15.240 --> 00:07:18.340 and not really see the overarching truth. 00:07:20.520 --> 00:07:22.720 As we take up the theme of the love of Christ, 00:07:22.819 --> 00:07:24.699 one of the things that I want you to understand here 00:07:24.699 --> 00:07:28.699 is that Christ's love lasts forever. 00:07:28.699 --> 00:07:32.599 Look at what it says there again in verse 1. 00:07:32.740 --> 00:07:32.920 It says, 00:07:33.180 --> 00:07:34.939 Having loved His own who were in the world, 00:07:35.019 --> 00:07:36.680 He loved them to the end. 00:07:39.599 --> 00:07:41.279 You know, truth of the matter is, 00:07:41.500 --> 00:07:43.800 we're okay at loving people who love us. 00:07:43.819 --> 00:07:44.360 Isn't that right? 00:07:44.899 --> 00:07:45.360 Really? 00:07:47.599 --> 00:07:51.599 I remember talking with one young man 00:07:51.599 --> 00:07:56.519 that was quite interested in finding a future wife. 00:07:56.519 --> 00:08:00.019 And there's nothing better than coming to a pastor, 00:08:00.139 --> 00:08:01.879 you know, a marriage broker that I am. 00:08:02.919 --> 00:08:03.259 Ha! 00:08:04.339 --> 00:08:06.639 He wanted my advice on this process. 00:08:06.819 --> 00:08:07.259 And I actually, 00:08:07.680 --> 00:08:12.659 I had the lack of wisdom 00:08:12.659 --> 00:08:14.479 to suggest an individual to him. 00:08:14.539 --> 00:08:16.459 It was one of my only mistakes 00:08:16.459 --> 00:08:18.639 that I've made in the last ha. 00:08:19.159 --> 00:08:21.120 But I remember suggesting 00:08:21.120 --> 00:08:23.299 that he contact such and such an individual. 00:08:23.299 --> 00:08:24.259 And I thought this person 00:08:24.259 --> 00:08:26.420 was an entirely credible candidate. 00:08:27.839 --> 00:08:29.659 I knew the person's character 00:08:29.659 --> 00:08:31.539 and I was without hesitation 00:08:31.539 --> 00:08:33.159 ready to recommend this individual. 00:08:33.600 --> 00:08:35.419 Went out with the individual one time 00:08:35.419 --> 00:08:36.759 and after that I said, 00:08:36.819 --> 00:08:37.399 So how'd it go? 00:08:37.840 --> 00:08:38.879 And he said this, 00:08:38.919 --> 00:08:39.919 on to the next interview. 00:08:40.000 --> 00:08:40.419 And I thought, 00:08:40.580 --> 00:08:40.879 What? 00:08:42.919 --> 00:08:44.080 We're not bad 00:08:44.080 --> 00:08:47.659 at kind of loving those who love us 00:08:47.659 --> 00:08:50.779 and loving those who kind of meet our criteria 00:08:50.779 --> 00:08:52.139 and our frame. 00:08:55.579 --> 00:08:56.899 I want you to understand 00:08:56.899 --> 00:08:59.419 that the depth of Christ's love 00:08:59.419 --> 00:09:02.500 is seen not only in this matter 00:09:02.500 --> 00:09:04.240 of a lasting love, 00:09:04.379 --> 00:09:06.860 but also a love that really cared about 00:09:06.860 --> 00:09:09.039 the details and the depth of the needs 00:09:09.039 --> 00:09:09.839 of his disciples. 00:09:09.840 --> 00:09:14.780 Here we are at the Lord's Supper. 00:09:16.200 --> 00:09:17.340 And I want you to understand 00:09:17.340 --> 00:09:18.240 that in that frame, 00:09:18.740 --> 00:09:21.160 he takes the time to explain 00:09:21.160 --> 00:09:24.360 several very, very important truths 00:09:24.360 --> 00:09:25.940 for us to hold on to. 00:09:27.660 --> 00:09:31.120 You see, here is Jesus making it clear 00:09:31.120 --> 00:09:33.420 that his love never changes. 00:09:34.500 --> 00:09:35.700 It never changes. 00:09:36.700 --> 00:09:37.820 It never changes. 00:09:37.820 --> 00:09:41.420 Knowing what he did about Judas 00:09:41.420 --> 00:09:42.480 and what was coming, 00:09:42.920 --> 00:09:44.780 I want you to recognize the fact 00:09:44.780 --> 00:09:46.860 that it was not the kind of environment 00:09:46.860 --> 00:09:49.200 or circumstance in which you would follow through 00:09:49.200 --> 00:09:51.680 and really, truly love that kind of person. 00:09:53.000 --> 00:09:55.580 You may be a little vindictive towards him, 00:09:55.700 --> 00:09:56.980 or at the very least, 00:09:57.040 --> 00:09:58.540 you just kind of cut him off and say, 00:09:58.820 --> 00:10:00.240 On to the next interview, right? 00:10:00.300 --> 00:10:01.060 We've got another one. 00:10:01.160 --> 00:10:01.940 It's all done. 00:10:02.140 --> 00:10:03.240 Judas is gone. 00:10:04.240 --> 00:10:07.200 And here is Jesus tenderly loving 00:10:07.200 --> 00:10:08.740 the chief of sinners. 00:10:11.040 --> 00:10:12.820 I want you to think with me just for a moment 00:10:12.820 --> 00:10:15.200 of what all Jesus knew about Judas' heart. 00:10:16.560 --> 00:10:19.680 If you were to work your way back into John, 00:10:19.759 --> 00:10:20.780 you'll remember one of the things 00:10:20.780 --> 00:10:22.180 that says about Jesus is that 00:10:22.180 --> 00:10:24.320 he knew what was in men's hearts. 00:10:24.320 --> 00:10:28.260 On occasion, 00:10:28.740 --> 00:10:33.879 he knew what people were arguing among themselves about 00:10:33.879 --> 00:10:35.980 even when he was removed from their presence. 00:10:36.360 --> 00:10:38.379 He knew what the Pharisees were thinking. 00:10:38.879 --> 00:10:41.000 And so it is safe to assume, 00:10:41.240 --> 00:10:42.300 accurately, I believe, 00:10:42.440 --> 00:10:46.240 that he knew exactly what Judas was involved in 00:10:46.240 --> 00:10:47.280 and what his heart was like. 00:10:47.279 --> 00:10:50.519 And so here is that dishonest, 00:10:51.879 --> 00:10:53.379 wicked heart of Judas 00:10:53.379 --> 00:10:55.059 that could claim no ignorance 00:10:55.059 --> 00:10:58.199 in his determination to deny 00:10:58.199 --> 00:11:00.339 and to betray Christ. 00:11:00.839 --> 00:11:03.039 And here in the middle of the flow 00:11:03.039 --> 00:11:06.379 of the last hours that Jesus has, 00:11:07.220 --> 00:11:09.439 we find him doing something 00:11:09.439 --> 00:11:11.639 that strikes us as unusual. 00:11:11.639 --> 00:11:15.899 You see, here is Jesus 00:11:15.899 --> 00:11:18.720 who is faithful in his love for Judas 00:11:18.720 --> 00:11:22.220 and he can be trusted to love you as well. 00:11:22.299 --> 00:11:23.059 Does that make sense? 00:11:24.259 --> 00:11:26.399 If Jesus would love Judas 00:11:26.399 --> 00:11:28.860 as vile and as wicked 00:11:28.860 --> 00:11:31.240 as what he was going to be engaged in 00:11:31.240 --> 00:11:33.740 and knowing all about Judas' heart, 00:11:34.039 --> 00:11:35.819 if Jesus was willing to love him, 00:11:36.019 --> 00:11:36.840 he's going to love me 00:11:36.840 --> 00:11:37.840 and he's going to love you. 00:11:40.139 --> 00:11:40.620 Tender. 00:11:41.639 --> 00:11:42.360 Faithful. 00:11:43.340 --> 00:11:44.179 There's something else 00:11:44.179 --> 00:11:45.299 that I want you to mark here 00:11:45.299 --> 00:11:47.659 in John chapter 13, verse 3 and 4. 00:11:48.059 --> 00:11:49.860 We find that Jesus' ministry 00:11:49.860 --> 00:11:52.319 was one that was saving and sanctifying. 00:11:52.460 --> 00:11:53.240 Look, let me read it. 00:11:53.559 --> 00:11:55.000 Jesus, knowing that the Father 00:11:55.000 --> 00:11:56.539 had given all things into his hand 00:11:56.539 --> 00:11:58.059 and that he'd come from God 00:11:58.059 --> 00:11:58.980 and was going to God, 00:11:59.080 --> 00:11:59.879 rose from supper. 00:12:00.720 --> 00:12:02.460 He laid aside his outer garments 00:12:02.460 --> 00:12:03.720 and taking a towel, 00:12:03.980 --> 00:12:05.559 he tied it around his waist. 00:12:05.559 --> 00:12:12.519 Now, the meals in ancient Palestine 00:12:12.519 --> 00:12:14.000 were, particularly when you're talking 00:12:14.000 --> 00:12:15.039 about a formal meal, 00:12:16.500 --> 00:12:20.239 they were arranged around a low-lying table 00:12:20.239 --> 00:12:23.139 and they had couches that people laid on 00:12:23.139 --> 00:12:25.879 and were rather reclined and comfortable. 00:12:26.039 --> 00:12:27.699 By the way, how many of you know 00:12:27.699 --> 00:12:29.459 that the average meal today in America 00:12:29.459 --> 00:12:31.539 takes about 18 minutes on the high side? 00:12:31.539 --> 00:12:33.219 Now, you know, 00:12:33.959 --> 00:12:35.299 how many of you have been anxious 00:12:35.299 --> 00:12:36.599 about what's going to happen 00:12:36.599 --> 00:12:37.360 after the supper 00:12:37.360 --> 00:12:39.059 and you find out that it's done bang? 00:12:39.459 --> 00:12:41.360 Now, dishes is a different story. 00:12:41.360 --> 00:12:45.779 In the ancient world, 00:12:45.919 --> 00:12:47.700 meals were social events 00:12:47.700 --> 00:12:49.779 and they talked 00:12:49.779 --> 00:12:51.820 and they went about it slowly 00:12:51.820 --> 00:12:55.080 and there was one course after another 00:12:55.080 --> 00:12:58.259 and just a very slow pedestrian approach 00:12:58.259 --> 00:13:01.820 and here is the meal going on 00:13:01.820 --> 00:13:03.060 and Jesus gets up. 00:13:03.800 --> 00:13:05.899 By the way, when Jesus got up, 00:13:05.960 --> 00:13:07.100 guess what every eye did? 00:13:09.240 --> 00:13:09.960 What's up? 00:13:09.960 --> 00:13:12.540 And then he takes a towel 00:13:12.540 --> 00:13:15.240 and ties it around his waist. 00:13:15.340 --> 00:13:17.139 Now, that was curious. 00:13:17.720 --> 00:13:19.580 I mean, I bet you some of the disciples 00:13:19.580 --> 00:13:21.580 were beginning to feel just a little nervous 00:13:21.580 --> 00:13:23.740 because towels and saviors, 00:13:23.860 --> 00:13:24.420 I mean, you know, 00:13:24.500 --> 00:13:25.740 hard to fit together. 00:13:27.420 --> 00:13:28.360 But then look what happens. 00:13:28.360 --> 00:13:31.360 Then he poured water into a basin 00:13:31.360 --> 00:13:33.440 and began to wash the disciples' feet 00:13:33.440 --> 00:13:35.440 and wiped them with the towel 00:13:35.440 --> 00:13:37.240 that was wrapped around him. 00:13:39.960 --> 00:13:44.080 By washing feet, 00:13:45.220 --> 00:13:46.700 Jesus taught several lessons. 00:13:48.320 --> 00:13:50.200 In order to understand these lessons, 00:13:50.300 --> 00:13:50.920 there are several things 00:13:50.920 --> 00:13:52.000 I want you to pick up on. 00:13:52.080 --> 00:13:53.160 For one, washing feet 00:13:53.160 --> 00:13:55.920 was an expected part of a dinner like this. 00:13:58.040 --> 00:13:59.860 Guests didn't arrive in a limo 00:13:59.860 --> 00:14:02.220 or get red carpet treatment. 00:14:02.220 --> 00:14:04.879 The vast majority of people 00:14:04.879 --> 00:14:05.840 in the ancient world 00:14:05.840 --> 00:14:07.560 traveled by foot. 00:14:08.800 --> 00:14:11.720 And they didn't wear high boots 00:14:11.720 --> 00:14:12.920 coming up their calf. 00:14:13.259 --> 00:14:14.820 They kind of stomped, 00:14:15.080 --> 00:14:15.860 in many cases, 00:14:16.040 --> 00:14:17.399 barefooted through the streets 00:14:17.399 --> 00:14:19.800 or maybe they had some leather sandals 00:14:20.420 --> 00:14:20.740 that, 00:14:21.040 --> 00:14:21.480 and by the way, 00:14:21.540 --> 00:14:22.139 how many of you know 00:14:22.139 --> 00:14:24.279 that sandals are really not good 00:14:24.279 --> 00:14:27.639 for keeping all the crud of life out? 00:14:27.639 --> 00:14:32.659 And so when people would come 00:14:32.659 --> 00:14:34.159 to a dinner 00:14:34.159 --> 00:14:36.960 or people would come 00:14:36.960 --> 00:14:38.960 to be a guest in your home, 00:14:39.419 --> 00:14:41.179 the standard thing was 00:14:41.179 --> 00:14:42.980 for you to assign 00:14:42.980 --> 00:14:45.720 someone to wash the feet. 00:14:48.899 --> 00:14:49.879 By the way, 00:14:50.840 --> 00:14:52.200 the streets in the ancient world 00:14:52.200 --> 00:14:52.980 were shared 00:14:52.980 --> 00:14:56.220 by all. 00:14:57.159 --> 00:14:59.399 And not only shared with all, 00:14:59.500 --> 00:15:00.560 but also shared 00:15:00.560 --> 00:15:01.860 with all the animals 00:15:01.860 --> 00:15:03.460 that were part of the ancient world. 00:15:03.840 --> 00:15:04.620 You had donkeys, 00:15:04.800 --> 00:15:05.539 you had cows, 00:15:05.680 --> 00:15:06.460 you had horses, 00:15:07.019 --> 00:15:08.300 you had sheep, 00:15:08.360 --> 00:15:09.240 and you had goats. 00:15:09.539 --> 00:15:10.680 And they contributed 00:15:10.680 --> 00:15:11.580 to the biomass 00:15:11.580 --> 00:15:12.800 in the path. 00:15:14.139 --> 00:15:15.039 I'll never forget 00:15:15.039 --> 00:15:16.180 a Christmas program 00:15:16.180 --> 00:15:17.560 that Judith and I attended 00:15:17.560 --> 00:15:19.000 a number of years ago 00:15:19.000 --> 00:15:19.560 in a church 00:15:19.560 --> 00:15:20.700 that large church 00:15:20.700 --> 00:15:22.460 put on just a slam bang 00:15:22.980 --> 00:15:24.340 Christmas program. 00:15:24.720 --> 00:15:27.080 And on top of the normal music, 00:15:27.440 --> 00:15:29.580 they actually had sheep 00:15:29.580 --> 00:15:30.180 that were, you know, 00:15:30.399 --> 00:15:31.560 shepherds herded the sheep in. 00:15:34.080 --> 00:15:35.080 Somehow or another, 00:15:36.740 --> 00:15:38.600 the sheep got nervous. 00:15:40.600 --> 00:15:41.379 And they came down, 00:15:41.519 --> 00:15:42.240 I don't know, 00:15:43.259 --> 00:15:44.580 I would imagine 00:15:44.580 --> 00:15:45.159 there should have been 00:15:45.159 --> 00:15:45.759 better planning, 00:15:45.899 --> 00:15:47.019 but the sheep came down 00:15:47.019 --> 00:15:47.740 the center aisle 00:15:47.740 --> 00:15:49.180 and they were spitting 00:15:49.180 --> 00:15:50.259 all these little pellets 00:15:50.259 --> 00:15:50.920 out the back end 00:15:50.920 --> 00:15:51.800 of every one of the sheep. 00:15:52.740 --> 00:15:52.899 Okay? 00:15:52.980 --> 00:15:55.279 And the shepherds 00:15:55.279 --> 00:15:56.340 were walking, 00:15:56.420 --> 00:15:57.139 they're barefooted, 00:15:57.220 --> 00:15:57.399 I mean, 00:15:57.460 --> 00:15:58.420 the shepherds are barefooted. 00:16:03.639 --> 00:16:04.259 And I, 00:16:04.360 --> 00:16:04.560 I mean, 00:16:04.580 --> 00:16:05.659 this was a sober moment, 00:16:05.740 --> 00:16:05.920 I mean, 00:16:05.940 --> 00:16:06.100 you know, 00:16:06.100 --> 00:16:07.039 it's a Christmas program 00:16:07.039 --> 00:16:08.159 and I am up there 00:16:08.159 --> 00:16:08.460 just, 00:16:08.740 --> 00:16:14.180 I'll go to my grave 00:16:14.180 --> 00:16:15.259 remembering that program. 00:16:16.399 --> 00:16:17.139 I don't know 00:16:17.139 --> 00:16:17.740 what the gospel 00:16:17.740 --> 00:16:18.620 was like that night, 00:16:18.720 --> 00:16:19.659 but I'll never forget 00:16:19.659 --> 00:16:20.159 the sheep 00:16:20.159 --> 00:16:20.980 who left behind 00:16:20.980 --> 00:16:21.779 these little tiny 00:16:21.779 --> 00:16:22.740 little landmines 00:16:22.740 --> 00:16:23.700 and everybody 00:16:23.700 --> 00:16:24.899 was really nervous 00:16:24.899 --> 00:16:26.019 about what it felt like. 00:16:26.320 --> 00:16:26.820 How many of you ever, 00:16:26.940 --> 00:16:27.159 no, 00:16:27.220 --> 00:16:27.779 I won't go there. 00:16:29.120 --> 00:16:29.519 Okay. 00:16:32.360 --> 00:16:33.480 No garbage trucks 00:16:33.480 --> 00:16:34.440 in the ancient world. 00:16:34.440 --> 00:16:37.020 And so, 00:16:37.020 --> 00:16:38.280 the pathway 00:16:38.280 --> 00:16:40.420 was a cruddy place 00:16:40.420 --> 00:16:41.180 to walk. 00:16:42.740 --> 00:16:44.380 And washing sheep, 00:16:44.820 --> 00:16:46.140 washing feet, 00:16:46.740 --> 00:16:46.740 00:16:46.740 --> 00:16:53.259 was expected. 00:16:55.000 --> 00:16:56.259 I want you to understand 00:16:56.259 --> 00:16:57.539 that whoever had organized 00:16:57.539 --> 00:16:58.220 that dinner 00:16:58.220 --> 00:16:59.879 had a bowl 00:16:59.879 --> 00:17:01.039 and pitcher 00:17:01.039 --> 00:17:02.060 on site. 00:17:03.580 --> 00:17:04.960 Jesus didn't leave the room, 00:17:05.019 --> 00:17:05.460 it was there. 00:17:06.500 --> 00:17:07.079 And so, 00:17:07.160 --> 00:17:07.960 I want you to understand 00:17:07.960 --> 00:17:08.940 that as the disciples 00:17:08.940 --> 00:17:09.620 came in, 00:17:10.000 --> 00:17:11.039 every one of them 00:17:11.039 --> 00:17:12.240 saw the pitcher 00:17:12.240 --> 00:17:13.460 and the bowl there 00:17:13.460 --> 00:17:14.559 and they knew 00:17:14.559 --> 00:17:16.180 what normally happened 00:17:16.180 --> 00:17:17.240 at a meal. 00:17:25.100 --> 00:17:26.319 Jesus had already 00:17:26.319 --> 00:17:27.380 repeatedly made 00:17:27.380 --> 00:17:28.299 the point to them 00:17:28.299 --> 00:17:29.860 that the one 00:17:29.860 --> 00:17:30.900 who would be first 00:17:30.900 --> 00:17:32.779 would be servant. 00:17:34.360 --> 00:17:36.059 The one who would be 00:17:36.059 --> 00:17:37.360 servant 00:17:37.360 --> 00:17:39.140 was the one 00:17:39.140 --> 00:17:39.900 that was important. 00:17:41.519 --> 00:17:41.840 And so, 00:17:42.019 --> 00:17:43.059 here were the disciples. 00:17:43.059 --> 00:17:44.279 I can only imagine, 00:17:44.440 --> 00:17:45.299 I don't have any 00:17:45.299 --> 00:17:46.480 textual basis 00:17:46.480 --> 00:17:47.720 to premise my argument, 00:17:47.940 --> 00:17:49.619 but you can kind of imagine 00:17:49.619 --> 00:17:50.940 knowing the disciples 00:17:50.940 --> 00:17:51.839 were always about 00:17:51.839 --> 00:17:52.559 who was first, 00:17:52.879 --> 00:17:54.179 they were probably thinking, 00:17:54.339 --> 00:17:54.419 well, 00:17:54.500 --> 00:17:55.720 somebody ought to wash feet. 00:17:57.419 --> 00:17:57.919 I mean, 00:17:58.799 --> 00:18:00.079 and it's not me 00:18:00.079 --> 00:18:02.039 because the truth of the matter 00:18:02.039 --> 00:18:03.500 is I'm going to be number one. 00:18:06.339 --> 00:18:07.139 Hey, Peter, 00:18:07.379 --> 00:18:07.899 what do you think? 00:18:08.940 --> 00:18:09.200 No. 00:18:09.980 --> 00:18:11.299 I'm hoping somebody else 00:18:11.299 --> 00:18:11.839 will do that. 00:18:11.839 --> 00:18:12.220 And so, 00:18:12.299 --> 00:18:13.019 here's the bowl 00:18:13.019 --> 00:18:13.959 and here's the pitcher. 00:18:16.839 --> 00:18:18.019 Peter ought to be doing this, 00:18:18.079 --> 00:18:18.299 really. 00:18:19.699 --> 00:18:20.619 Do you know how many times 00:18:20.619 --> 00:18:21.679 he's put his foot in his mouth? 00:18:22.679 --> 00:18:24.139 He at least ought to do something 00:18:24.139 --> 00:18:25.279 for other people's feet. 00:18:27.059 --> 00:18:27.819 And the bowl 00:18:27.819 --> 00:18:28.399 and the pitcher 00:18:28.399 --> 00:18:29.819 just sat there 00:18:29.819 --> 00:18:31.799 and nobody moved. 00:18:31.799 --> 00:18:36.579 It's interesting, 00:18:36.720 --> 00:18:36.980 actually, 00:18:37.059 --> 00:18:37.779 to recognize 00:18:37.779 --> 00:18:39.839 that in the synoptic gospels, 00:18:40.799 --> 00:18:42.180 they had been arguing 00:18:42.180 --> 00:18:43.299 over and over again 00:18:43.299 --> 00:18:44.039 about this issue 00:18:44.039 --> 00:18:45.000 of who was number one. 00:18:45.079 --> 00:18:45.339 In fact, 00:18:45.680 --> 00:18:46.819 keep your finger there 00:18:46.819 --> 00:18:47.220 in John. 00:18:47.279 --> 00:18:47.879 We're going to come back, 00:18:47.940 --> 00:18:48.779 but I just want you to turn 00:18:48.779 --> 00:18:49.619 just for a second 00:18:49.619 --> 00:18:51.919 to Luke chapter 22, 00:18:52.579 --> 00:18:54.259 verse 24 through 27. 00:18:54.259 --> 00:19:04.359 Hey, have you ever found yourself 00:19:04.359 --> 00:19:05.379 just a little discouraged 00:19:05.379 --> 00:19:06.960 with your spiritual progress 00:19:06.960 --> 00:19:07.740 and development 00:19:07.740 --> 00:19:08.440 over the years? 00:19:08.720 --> 00:19:09.259 Raise your hand 00:19:09.259 --> 00:19:09.839 and wave at me 00:19:09.839 --> 00:19:10.460 just so I know 00:19:10.460 --> 00:19:11.420 you're with me here, okay? 00:19:12.279 --> 00:19:13.220 Don't despair 00:19:13.220 --> 00:19:15.460 because if Jesus loved 00:19:15.460 --> 00:19:16.379 and kept on working 00:19:16.379 --> 00:19:17.200 on the disciples, 00:19:17.599 --> 00:19:18.859 he's all over you too. 00:19:19.839 --> 00:19:20.539 And here they are. 00:19:21.000 --> 00:19:22.159 They're at the Last Supper 00:19:22.159 --> 00:19:24.319 and they end up 00:19:24.319 --> 00:19:25.139 having a dispute, 00:19:25.319 --> 00:19:25.980 verse 24, 00:19:26.480 --> 00:19:27.319 among them 00:19:27.319 --> 00:19:28.599 as to which of them 00:19:28.599 --> 00:19:30.000 was going to be regarded 00:19:30.000 --> 00:19:30.619 the greatest. 00:19:31.139 --> 00:19:32.759 Bowl and pitcher 00:19:32.759 --> 00:19:34.579 right there in front of them. 00:19:36.399 --> 00:19:37.759 They're arguing about it. 00:19:39.119 --> 00:19:39.980 Beyond that, 00:19:40.139 --> 00:19:41.440 going back now to John, 00:19:43.619 --> 00:19:45.159 we find here is Jesus 00:19:45.159 --> 00:19:46.599 who didn't give up on the 12 00:19:46.599 --> 00:19:48.700 and he will not give up on us 00:19:48.700 --> 00:19:50.240 as he makes the point to us 00:19:50.240 --> 00:19:54.079 You look there in the passage 00:19:54.079 --> 00:19:55.559 going back to John 12, 00:19:55.940 --> 00:19:56.960 verse 13. 00:19:57.900 --> 00:19:58.920 He starts to wash 00:19:58.920 --> 00:19:59.920 the disciples' feet 00:19:59.920 --> 00:20:01.299 and as he is washing them, 00:20:01.960 --> 00:20:04.220 he comes now to Peter. 00:20:05.539 --> 00:20:06.180 And by the way, 00:20:06.220 --> 00:20:06.640 if there's anything 00:20:06.640 --> 00:20:07.519 you know about Peter, 00:20:07.640 --> 00:20:10.599 it's that he was one 00:20:10.599 --> 00:20:12.220 who didn't have any hesitation 00:20:12.220 --> 00:20:14.180 to say what he was thinking. 00:20:14.339 --> 00:20:15.620 Sometimes that really 00:20:15.620 --> 00:20:16.339 got him in trouble. 00:20:16.420 --> 00:20:16.839 Isn't that right? 00:20:17.740 --> 00:20:19.259 Classic illustration today. 00:20:20.920 --> 00:20:22.140 Jesus had already washed 00:20:22.140 --> 00:20:23.700 several of the disciples' feet 00:20:23.700 --> 00:20:26.859 and here we come to Peter 00:20:26.859 --> 00:20:27.440 in verse 6. 00:20:27.519 --> 00:20:28.460 He came to Simon Peter 00:20:28.460 --> 00:20:29.079 who said to him, 00:20:29.160 --> 00:20:30.960 Lord, do you wash my feet? 00:20:33.240 --> 00:20:34.319 Now, I don't want you 00:20:34.319 --> 00:20:34.900 to understand. 00:20:35.019 --> 00:20:35.460 It was like, 00:20:35.779 --> 00:20:36.880 hey, are you really 00:20:36.880 --> 00:20:37.980 going to do mine too? 00:20:38.079 --> 00:20:38.559 It was like, 00:20:38.559 --> 00:20:39.759 you doing mine? 00:20:40.299 --> 00:20:40.480 No. 00:20:40.480 --> 00:20:42.700 The underlying implication is 00:20:42.700 --> 00:20:44.759 Peter was not interested 00:20:44.759 --> 00:20:47.240 in having Christ wash his feet. 00:20:47.360 --> 00:20:47.740 Why? 00:20:50.360 --> 00:20:51.480 Peter understood 00:20:51.480 --> 00:20:54.640 that the responsibility 00:20:54.640 --> 00:20:55.839 of washing feet 00:20:55.839 --> 00:20:57.299 belonged to the lowest 00:20:57.299 --> 00:20:58.240 of the low. 00:20:58.240 --> 00:21:05.720 I have a wonderful bride 00:21:05.720 --> 00:21:08.319 and I remember 00:21:08.319 --> 00:21:08.980 at one point 00:21:08.980 --> 00:21:10.500 I had worked pretty hard 00:21:10.500 --> 00:21:11.960 and my feet were really hurting. 00:21:12.099 --> 00:21:12.420 How many of you 00:21:12.420 --> 00:21:13.019 have ever had feet 00:21:13.019 --> 00:21:13.779 that hurt bad? 00:21:14.859 --> 00:21:15.940 And I asked her 00:21:15.940 --> 00:21:17.279 if she would rub my feet. 00:21:17.779 --> 00:21:18.680 Okay, she's in the nursery 00:21:18.680 --> 00:21:19.900 so she's free 00:21:19.900 --> 00:21:20.799 of this conversation. 00:21:21.519 --> 00:21:22.420 Don't need to share it 00:21:22.420 --> 00:21:22.660 with her. 00:21:22.660 --> 00:21:25.400 She said, 00:21:25.500 --> 00:21:26.140 there are a lot of things 00:21:26.140 --> 00:21:27.040 I'll do for you, honey, 00:21:27.160 --> 00:21:28.120 but rubbing feet 00:21:28.120 --> 00:21:29.140 is not one of them. 00:21:32.340 --> 00:21:33.220 That was earlier 00:21:33.220 --> 00:21:33.920 in our marriage. 00:21:34.740 --> 00:21:35.100 Now, 00:21:35.700 --> 00:21:37.220 I rub her feet 00:21:37.220 --> 00:21:38.140 and she rubs my feet 00:21:38.140 --> 00:21:38.820 but you know what? 00:21:39.000 --> 00:21:40.120 I see it on your faces. 00:21:40.259 --> 00:21:40.360 You know, 00:21:40.400 --> 00:21:41.240 rubbing feet is kind of 00:21:41.240 --> 00:21:41.900 like over the edge, 00:21:41.960 --> 00:21:42.259 isn't it? 00:21:42.980 --> 00:21:43.880 Try washing them. 00:21:45.100 --> 00:21:45.980 When the guy's been 00:21:45.980 --> 00:21:48.540 stepping in donkey poop 00:21:48.540 --> 00:21:49.460 and, you know, 00:21:49.540 --> 00:21:50.340 sheep stuff, 00:21:50.440 --> 00:21:50.620 you know, 00:21:50.640 --> 00:21:50.940 it's like, 00:21:51.060 --> 00:21:52.620 you're kidding. 00:21:52.660 --> 00:21:52.920 me. 00:21:54.720 --> 00:21:55.920 And here is Jesus 00:21:55.920 --> 00:21:58.080 washing feet. 00:21:59.600 --> 00:22:00.040 Well, Peter, 00:22:00.120 --> 00:22:01.120 when he pushes back, 00:22:02.300 --> 00:22:03.360 has Jesus respond 00:22:03.360 --> 00:22:04.500 this way in verse 7. 00:22:04.940 --> 00:22:05.519 What I'm doing 00:22:05.519 --> 00:22:06.740 you do not understand now 00:22:06.740 --> 00:22:07.300 but afterward 00:22:07.300 --> 00:22:08.160 you will understand. 00:22:08.620 --> 00:22:09.580 For most of us 00:22:09.580 --> 00:22:10.660 that should have been like, 00:22:10.800 --> 00:22:11.620 okay, I get it. 00:22:12.380 --> 00:22:12.880 I may not. 00:22:13.019 --> 00:22:13.759 How many times 00:22:13.759 --> 00:22:14.500 did the disciples 00:22:14.500 --> 00:22:15.500 not understand? 00:22:16.080 --> 00:22:16.900 Do you follow that? 00:22:17.500 --> 00:22:18.680 I think about Jesus 00:22:18.680 --> 00:22:19.640 telling one parable 00:22:19.640 --> 00:22:20.300 after another 00:22:20.300 --> 00:22:21.480 and they'd all sit there 00:22:21.480 --> 00:22:21.880 and nod, 00:22:21.880 --> 00:22:22.200 you know, 00:22:22.200 --> 00:22:22.840 as he was talking, 00:22:22.940 --> 00:22:23.319 oh yeah. 00:22:23.580 --> 00:22:24.620 But when they got private, 00:22:24.680 --> 00:22:25.279 what would they do? 00:22:27.860 --> 00:22:28.299 You know, 00:22:28.340 --> 00:22:28.819 there's a point 00:22:28.819 --> 00:22:29.740 that John didn't get. 00:22:29.799 --> 00:22:30.259 Would you go ahead 00:22:30.259 --> 00:22:32.680 and help him with this? 00:22:34.480 --> 00:22:35.900 And Jesus would explain. 00:22:36.039 --> 00:22:37.539 So here is Jesus saying, 00:22:37.980 --> 00:22:38.500 Peter, 00:22:38.759 --> 00:22:39.220 relax. 00:22:40.019 --> 00:22:41.100 You'll understand later. 00:22:41.500 --> 00:22:41.680 Oh, 00:22:41.740 --> 00:22:42.259 not good enough 00:22:42.259 --> 00:22:42.740 for Peter. 00:22:43.500 --> 00:22:43.819 Right? 00:22:43.819 --> 00:22:47.559 Peter said to him, 00:22:47.559 --> 00:22:49.220 you shall never wash my feet. 00:22:49.419 --> 00:22:50.319 Jesus answered him, 00:22:50.399 --> 00:22:52.039 if I do not wash you, 00:22:52.299 --> 00:22:54.980 you have no share with me. 00:22:55.619 --> 00:22:56.939 To put it another way, 00:22:58.379 --> 00:22:59.919 the washing work of Jesus 00:22:59.919 --> 00:23:02.639 is part of relationship with Jesus. 00:23:02.640 --> 00:23:05.120 I've got to tell you something. 00:23:05.120 --> 00:23:05.880 There are some of you 00:23:05.880 --> 00:23:06.600 sitting here today 00:23:06.600 --> 00:23:09.200 that I have reason to believe 00:23:09.200 --> 00:23:10.240 you've never come to faith. 00:23:10.400 --> 00:23:11.300 You don't know Christ 00:23:11.300 --> 00:23:12.380 as your personal Savior. 00:23:12.740 --> 00:23:14.140 You know some of the vocabulary. 00:23:16.500 --> 00:23:18.200 You've enjoyed being under 00:23:18.200 --> 00:23:19.759 the umbrella in a sense. 00:23:19.759 --> 00:23:24.920 But you've never come to the place 00:23:24.920 --> 00:23:26.299 where by faith 00:23:26.299 --> 00:23:29.160 you have come with broken humility 00:23:29.160 --> 00:23:29.799 and said, 00:23:30.160 --> 00:23:31.759 my life is a mess 00:23:31.759 --> 00:23:33.400 and I'm a wreck 00:23:33.400 --> 00:23:34.920 and I need Christ 00:23:34.920 --> 00:23:35.839 to be my Savior. 00:23:37.779 --> 00:23:39.519 And here was Peter pushing back 00:23:39.519 --> 00:23:40.579 and Jesus made the point. 00:23:40.640 --> 00:23:41.519 Let me tell you something. 00:23:44.299 --> 00:23:46.279 Apart from being washed 00:23:46.279 --> 00:23:47.420 in the blood of Christ, 00:23:48.319 --> 00:23:49.500 you have no hope. 00:23:49.759 --> 00:23:54.019 Well, there's another distinction 00:23:54.019 --> 00:23:55.579 that Jesus makes here 00:23:55.579 --> 00:23:56.220 and they're actually 00:23:56.220 --> 00:23:58.000 two different washings. 00:23:59.319 --> 00:24:00.579 Look at verse 10. 00:24:00.680 --> 00:24:00.900 It says, 00:24:01.019 --> 00:24:02.440 the one who has bathed 00:24:02.440 --> 00:24:04.140 and that's an accurate translation 00:24:04.140 --> 00:24:06.700 of the two different Greek words 00:24:06.700 --> 00:24:08.879 that John uses 00:24:08.879 --> 00:24:10.420 to describe what's taking place. 00:24:11.599 --> 00:24:12.900 The one who has bathed 00:24:12.900 --> 00:24:14.559 does not need to wash 00:24:14.559 --> 00:24:15.920 except his feet, 00:24:16.579 --> 00:24:17.960 but is completely clean 00:24:17.960 --> 00:24:19.119 and you are clean 00:24:19.119 --> 00:24:20.500 but not every one of you. 00:24:20.759 --> 00:24:22.719 Now, the point Jesus is making here 00:24:22.719 --> 00:24:24.019 because remember what happened 00:24:24.019 --> 00:24:25.000 when Jesus said, 00:24:25.099 --> 00:24:25.379 hey, listen, 00:24:25.479 --> 00:24:26.419 if I don't give you a, 00:24:26.619 --> 00:24:27.519 if I don't wash you, 00:24:27.779 --> 00:24:28.879 you're not part of me. 00:24:29.119 --> 00:24:29.639 Peter says, 00:24:29.799 --> 00:24:30.979 well, do me all. 00:24:32.259 --> 00:24:32.839 Jesus said, no. 00:24:33.899 --> 00:24:35.119 The one who's been bathed, 00:24:36.459 --> 00:24:37.579 the one who's been 00:24:37.579 --> 00:24:40.019 covered by the blood of Christ 00:24:40.019 --> 00:24:41.339 has been saved 00:24:41.339 --> 00:24:42.819 and has a relationship, 00:24:42.819 --> 00:24:44.519 but here's what happens 00:24:44.519 --> 00:24:46.159 in the daily flow of life. 00:24:47.720 --> 00:24:48.559 Mess follows. 00:24:49.799 --> 00:24:50.619 So let me kind of push 00:24:50.619 --> 00:24:51.519 these two different 00:24:51.519 --> 00:24:53.539 washings together 00:24:53.539 --> 00:24:54.299 so you can see 00:24:54.299 --> 00:24:56.579 salvation is the once for all 00:24:56.579 --> 00:24:58.339 bathing in the blood of Christ. 00:24:59.599 --> 00:25:00.559 And there are some of you 00:25:00.559 --> 00:25:01.039 here today 00:25:01.039 --> 00:25:02.439 that can remember 00:25:02.439 --> 00:25:03.480 what was it like 00:25:03.480 --> 00:25:04.779 before you came 00:25:04.779 --> 00:25:05.679 to the Lord Jesus, 00:25:05.899 --> 00:25:07.240 your heart was dark 00:25:07.240 --> 00:25:07.980 and your condition 00:25:07.980 --> 00:25:09.379 was absolutely miserable 00:25:09.380 --> 00:25:11.020 and you were under 00:25:11.020 --> 00:25:13.000 the curse of the law 00:25:13.000 --> 00:25:13.800 and you knew 00:25:13.800 --> 00:25:15.020 the judgment of God 00:25:15.020 --> 00:25:16.680 and yet there came the day 00:25:16.680 --> 00:25:17.480 when by faith 00:25:17.480 --> 00:25:18.500 you came to Christ 00:25:18.500 --> 00:25:20.000 and he washed away 00:25:20.000 --> 00:25:20.700 your sins. 00:25:22.120 --> 00:25:23.540 What can wash away 00:25:23.540 --> 00:25:24.240 my sins? 00:25:24.480 --> 00:25:24.780 Nothing. 00:25:25.200 --> 00:25:25.480 What? 00:25:26.120 --> 00:25:27.160 But the blood of Jesus. 00:25:29.880 --> 00:25:31.180 At the same time, 00:25:31.300 --> 00:25:31.980 there is a time, 00:25:32.180 --> 00:25:33.240 there is a regular time 00:25:33.240 --> 00:25:33.900 where we need 00:25:33.900 --> 00:25:34.860 the daily washing 00:25:34.860 --> 00:25:36.100 of his grace 00:25:36.100 --> 00:25:37.020 to deal with our sin 00:25:37.020 --> 00:25:37.820 from day to day. 00:25:39.380 --> 00:25:42.480 And so if you are here 00:25:42.480 --> 00:25:43.300 and have been bathed 00:25:43.300 --> 00:25:44.420 in the grace of Christ 00:25:44.420 --> 00:25:45.380 and he has drawn you 00:25:45.380 --> 00:25:45.820 to faith, 00:25:46.080 --> 00:25:46.820 there's no need 00:25:46.820 --> 00:25:48.000 to be plunged in again. 00:25:48.660 --> 00:25:49.380 I got to tell you, 00:25:49.760 --> 00:25:50.780 salvation is a once 00:25:50.780 --> 00:25:51.540 for all event. 00:25:53.900 --> 00:25:55.320 It's something that happens 00:25:55.320 --> 00:25:56.540 by the grace of God 00:25:56.540 --> 00:25:58.460 and you are turned 00:25:58.460 --> 00:25:59.960 from darkness to light. 00:26:00.320 --> 00:26:01.560 You who are not a son 00:26:01.560 --> 00:26:02.660 are now a son. 00:26:04.860 --> 00:26:05.860 But you still need 00:26:05.860 --> 00:26:06.380 to be bathed 00:26:06.380 --> 00:26:07.480 on a regular basis 00:26:07.480 --> 00:26:10.120 to have the daily issues 00:26:10.120 --> 00:26:10.620 of sin 00:26:10.620 --> 00:26:11.559 in your life 00:26:11.559 --> 00:26:12.220 cared for. 00:26:15.640 --> 00:26:16.880 And so here we 00:26:16.880 --> 00:26:19.339 understand that Jesus 00:26:19.339 --> 00:26:20.420 is teaching us 00:26:20.420 --> 00:26:21.380 both the matter 00:26:21.380 --> 00:26:22.240 of salvation 00:26:22.240 --> 00:26:23.120 that we need 00:26:23.120 --> 00:26:23.799 to be saved 00:26:23.799 --> 00:26:25.360 by being immersed 00:26:25.360 --> 00:26:27.220 in the blood of Christ 00:26:27.220 --> 00:26:28.380 and we need 00:26:28.380 --> 00:26:29.279 daily cleansing 00:26:29.279 --> 00:26:30.700 from the ongoing 00:26:30.700 --> 00:26:31.660 battle of our sin. 00:26:33.099 --> 00:26:33.980 Let me come to 00:26:33.980 --> 00:26:34.680 one other piece 00:26:34.680 --> 00:26:35.259 this morning. 00:26:35.259 --> 00:26:37.500 Look there at verse 15. 00:26:39.000 --> 00:26:39.819 Actually back up 00:26:39.819 --> 00:26:40.259 if you will 00:26:40.259 --> 00:26:41.000 just for a moment. 00:26:42.299 --> 00:26:42.980 Verse 12, 00:26:43.099 --> 00:26:43.279 he says, 00:26:43.339 --> 00:26:43.940 When he had washed 00:26:43.940 --> 00:26:44.319 their feet 00:26:44.319 --> 00:26:44.799 and put on 00:26:44.799 --> 00:26:45.559 his outer garments 00:26:45.559 --> 00:26:46.500 and resumed his place 00:26:46.500 --> 00:26:47.220 he said to them, 00:26:47.619 --> 00:26:48.220 Do you understand 00:26:48.220 --> 00:26:49.259 what I have done to you? 00:26:52.700 --> 00:26:53.759 Nobody said a word. 00:26:55.200 --> 00:26:56.299 You call me teacher 00:26:56.299 --> 00:26:56.740 and Lord 00:26:56.740 --> 00:26:57.339 and you're right 00:26:57.339 --> 00:26:58.180 for so I am. 00:26:59.460 --> 00:27:00.240 If then I, 00:27:00.319 --> 00:27:01.079 your Lord and teacher 00:27:01.079 --> 00:27:02.099 have washed your feet 00:27:02.099 --> 00:27:03.099 you also ought to 00:27:03.099 --> 00:27:04.500 wash one another's feet. 00:27:05.259 --> 00:27:07.140 For I have given you 00:27:07.140 --> 00:27:07.700 an example 00:27:07.700 --> 00:27:08.480 that you should do 00:27:08.480 --> 00:27:09.960 just as I have done 00:27:09.960 --> 00:27:10.859 to you. 00:27:13.059 --> 00:27:14.680 I find in this passage 00:27:14.680 --> 00:27:16.440 not only a love 00:27:16.440 --> 00:27:17.279 that is tender, 00:27:18.200 --> 00:27:19.259 not only a love 00:27:19.259 --> 00:27:19.980 that is saving 00:27:19.980 --> 00:27:20.700 and sanctifying 00:27:20.700 --> 00:27:21.519 but also a love 00:27:21.519 --> 00:27:22.660 that is instructing 00:27:22.660 --> 00:27:23.879 and blessing. 00:27:26.680 --> 00:27:27.640 When Jesus 00:27:27.640 --> 00:27:30.359 washed his disciples' feet 00:27:30.359 --> 00:27:33.919 he was giving us 00:27:33.919 --> 00:27:35.219 an example to follow 00:27:35.219 --> 00:27:36.399 and I got to make this point 00:27:36.399 --> 00:27:37.199 make it gently. 00:27:37.799 --> 00:27:38.539 I don't believe 00:27:38.539 --> 00:27:39.839 that what it is teaching here 00:27:39.839 --> 00:27:40.579 is foot washing 00:27:40.579 --> 00:27:42.119 and that every month 00:27:42.119 --> 00:27:43.039 or every three months 00:27:43.039 --> 00:27:43.959 that we ought to have 00:27:43.959 --> 00:27:45.259 a foot washing service. 00:27:45.740 --> 00:27:46.719 I think what is being 00:27:46.719 --> 00:27:47.500 given to us 00:27:47.500 --> 00:27:48.740 is the overarching 00:27:48.740 --> 00:27:50.259 illustration of the fact 00:27:50.259 --> 00:27:51.419 that the common 00:27:51.419 --> 00:27:52.240 characteristic 00:27:52.240 --> 00:27:53.359 of believers 00:27:53.359 --> 00:27:55.019 is to be humility 00:27:55.019 --> 00:27:55.839 and servanthood. 00:27:55.839 --> 00:27:59.279 And here Jesus 00:27:59.279 --> 00:27:59.799 is saying 00:27:59.799 --> 00:28:01.099 if I'm willing 00:28:01.099 --> 00:28:02.139 to be this kind 00:28:02.139 --> 00:28:02.619 of servant 00:28:02.619 --> 00:28:04.159 you have to be willing 00:28:04.159 --> 00:28:05.419 to do the same thing. 00:28:06.419 --> 00:28:07.439 What Jesus did 00:28:07.439 --> 00:28:08.599 in washing dirty feet 00:28:08.599 --> 00:28:09.939 calls us to follow him 00:28:09.939 --> 00:28:10.839 and to serve 00:28:10.839 --> 00:28:11.839 in lowliness 00:28:11.839 --> 00:28:12.699 and humility. 00:28:14.179 --> 00:28:15.039 The common 00:28:15.039 --> 00:28:15.779 characteristic 00:28:15.779 --> 00:28:17.899 of believers 00:28:17.899 --> 00:28:19.159 that are walking 00:28:19.159 --> 00:28:19.879 with Christ 00:28:19.879 --> 00:28:21.299 is to be 00:28:21.299 --> 00:28:22.179 a regular 00:28:22.179 --> 00:28:22.799 willingness 00:28:22.799 --> 00:28:23.819 to be used 00:28:23.819 --> 00:28:24.440 for the glory 00:28:24.440 --> 00:28:25.079 of the kingdom. 00:28:26.279 --> 00:28:27.240 Serving one another. 00:28:28.700 --> 00:28:29.519 I appreciate 00:28:29.519 --> 00:28:30.279 actually being 00:28:30.279 --> 00:28:30.799 in a fellowship 00:28:30.799 --> 00:28:32.559 that we enjoy here 00:28:32.559 --> 00:28:33.960 where when we ask 00:28:33.960 --> 00:28:34.579 for help 00:28:34.579 --> 00:28:35.759 we end up 00:28:35.759 --> 00:28:36.339 with an abundance 00:28:36.339 --> 00:28:37.159 of individuals 00:28:37.159 --> 00:28:38.299 engaged in doing it 00:28:38.299 --> 00:28:39.240 and we're continuing 00:28:39.240 --> 00:28:40.539 to grow at that. 00:28:43.940 --> 00:28:45.279 All last week 00:28:45.279 --> 00:28:46.159 and for the remaining 00:28:46.159 --> 00:28:46.940 four weeks 00:28:46.940 --> 00:28:48.059 we will be 00:28:48.059 --> 00:28:48.899 serving 00:28:48.899 --> 00:28:49.879 Franklin County 00:28:49.879 --> 00:28:51.599 Board of Elections 00:28:51.599 --> 00:28:53.419 Training Ministry. 00:28:57.240 --> 00:28:58.379 Every person 00:28:58.379 --> 00:28:59.439 who has interacted 00:28:59.439 --> 00:29:00.559 with their staff 00:29:00.559 --> 00:29:02.000 from our fellowship 00:29:02.000 --> 00:29:02.699 will tell you 00:29:02.699 --> 00:29:03.359 the same thing. 00:29:05.659 --> 00:29:07.099 They like 00:29:07.099 --> 00:29:08.500 being here. 00:29:08.859 --> 00:29:09.559 Do you know why? 00:29:12.059 --> 00:29:12.619 Because 00:29:12.619 --> 00:29:14.539 when they are here 00:29:14.539 --> 00:29:16.379 they are served 00:29:16.379 --> 00:29:17.679 without hesitation 00:29:17.679 --> 00:29:19.000 and with kindness 00:29:19.000 --> 00:29:20.199 and joy. 00:29:21.599 --> 00:29:25.199 by the way 00:29:25.199 --> 00:29:27.740 servanthood 00:29:27.740 --> 00:29:28.619 opens the door 00:29:28.619 --> 00:29:29.779 for gospel ministry 00:29:29.779 --> 00:29:30.819 do you understand that? 00:29:33.639 --> 00:29:34.559 And God 00:29:34.559 --> 00:29:35.439 is giving us 00:29:35.439 --> 00:29:36.759 one opportunity 00:29:36.759 --> 00:29:37.559 after another 00:29:37.559 --> 00:29:38.219 to do that. 00:29:39.559 --> 00:29:40.779 Here is Jesus 00:29:40.779 --> 00:29:43.779 washing dirty feet 00:29:43.779 --> 00:29:46.319 and calling you 00:29:46.319 --> 00:29:47.179 to be a servant 00:29:47.179 --> 00:29:48.579 like He is. 00:29:48.579 --> 00:29:50.379 Let me look 00:29:50.379 --> 00:29:50.960 at another part 00:29:50.960 --> 00:29:51.199 here 00:29:51.199 --> 00:29:52.039 just for a moment. 00:29:52.139 --> 00:29:52.619 Look down there 00:29:52.619 --> 00:29:53.439 at verse 17. 00:29:54.139 --> 00:29:54.779 By the way 00:29:54.779 --> 00:29:55.899 this is a little verse 00:29:55.899 --> 00:29:56.559 that is worth 00:29:56.559 --> 00:29:57.199 remembering 00:29:57.199 --> 00:29:58.279 memorizing 00:29:58.279 --> 00:30:00.480 and etching 00:30:00.480 --> 00:30:01.539 on to 00:30:01.539 --> 00:30:02.639 your life. 00:30:02.819 --> 00:30:03.500 Let me read it 00:30:03.500 --> 00:30:03.980 slowly. 00:30:04.939 --> 00:30:05.639 If you know 00:30:05.639 --> 00:30:06.679 these things 00:30:06.679 --> 00:30:08.539 blessed are you 00:30:08.539 --> 00:30:09.500 if you do them. 00:30:12.079 --> 00:30:12.599 Now 00:30:12.599 --> 00:30:14.619 important to understand 00:30:14.619 --> 00:30:15.059 this 00:30:15.059 --> 00:30:15.720 there are two 00:30:15.720 --> 00:30:16.240 different kinds 00:30:16.240 --> 00:30:16.720 of blessings. 00:30:16.720 --> 00:30:16.839 blessings. 00:30:17.299 --> 00:30:17.440 Okay? 00:30:19.640 --> 00:30:20.319 Bless you 00:30:20.319 --> 00:30:20.920 my child. 00:30:22.259 --> 00:30:22.960 I gave you 00:30:22.960 --> 00:30:24.120 $100,000. 00:30:24.779 --> 00:30:25.600 That's a blessing. 00:30:27.920 --> 00:30:28.779 Bless you. 00:30:29.319 --> 00:30:29.839 I'm going to 00:30:29.839 --> 00:30:30.579 give you something. 00:30:30.700 --> 00:30:30.980 I'm going to 00:30:30.980 --> 00:30:31.640 do something 00:30:31.640 --> 00:30:32.240 for you. 00:30:32.660 --> 00:30:33.600 I'm going to 00:30:33.600 --> 00:30:34.579 load you up 00:30:34.579 --> 00:30:35.299 with something 00:30:35.299 --> 00:30:36.220 that's good. 00:30:36.860 --> 00:30:37.380 Blessing. 00:30:38.500 --> 00:30:39.360 There's a different 00:30:39.360 --> 00:30:40.059 kind of blessing. 00:30:41.880 --> 00:30:43.500 This word here 00:30:43.500 --> 00:30:44.100 that's used 00:30:44.100 --> 00:30:44.660 is the word 00:30:44.660 --> 00:30:45.259 makarios. 00:30:45.259 --> 00:30:45.579 else. 00:30:49.379 --> 00:30:50.180 In the English 00:30:50.180 --> 00:30:50.640 language 00:30:50.640 --> 00:30:51.680 it's actually 00:30:51.680 --> 00:30:52.099 the word 00:30:52.099 --> 00:30:52.619 happy. 00:30:54.119 --> 00:30:54.379 Hey 00:30:54.379 --> 00:30:56.319 who here 00:30:56.319 --> 00:30:56.839 would like 00:30:56.839 --> 00:30:57.539 to be unhappy 00:30:57.539 --> 00:30:58.180 in a permanent 00:30:58.180 --> 00:30:58.940 funk? 00:31:01.180 --> 00:31:01.539 Just 00:31:01.539 --> 00:31:02.599 try it 00:31:02.599 --> 00:31:02.940 so you can 00:31:02.940 --> 00:31:03.299 get a feel 00:31:03.299 --> 00:31:03.680 for it. 00:31:03.759 --> 00:31:04.079 Here's what 00:31:04.079 --> 00:31:04.379 I want you 00:31:04.379 --> 00:31:04.559 to do. 00:31:04.960 --> 00:31:05.319 Frown. 00:31:05.519 --> 00:31:06.140 Just frown 00:31:06.140 --> 00:31:06.599 for a second. 00:31:08.420 --> 00:31:09.079 You're doing it. 00:31:09.259 --> 00:31:09.599 Some of you 00:31:09.599 --> 00:31:10.460 are pretty 00:31:10.460 --> 00:31:10.839 practiced. 00:31:10.960 --> 00:31:11.359 I got it. 00:31:11.359 --> 00:31:15.059 Here's what 00:31:15.059 --> 00:31:15.839 Jesus says. 00:31:15.979 --> 00:31:16.279 You want 00:31:16.279 --> 00:31:16.839 to be happy? 00:31:18.619 --> 00:31:18.979 Yeah. 00:31:20.519 --> 00:31:22.559 I had a 00:31:22.559 --> 00:31:22.959 chance 00:31:22.959 --> 00:31:23.979 last week 00:31:23.979 --> 00:31:24.459 to talk to 00:31:24.459 --> 00:31:24.699 a guy 00:31:24.699 --> 00:31:25.059 about the 00:31:25.059 --> 00:31:25.279 Lord. 00:31:26.279 --> 00:31:26.839 So what 00:31:26.839 --> 00:31:26.959 do you 00:31:26.959 --> 00:31:27.259 want out 00:31:27.259 --> 00:31:27.599 of life? 00:31:27.819 --> 00:31:28.299 Here's what 00:31:28.299 --> 00:31:28.619 he said. 00:31:29.059 --> 00:31:29.479 I want 00:31:29.479 --> 00:31:29.679 to be 00:31:29.679 --> 00:31:30.019 happy. 00:31:30.479 --> 00:31:30.699 Well 00:31:30.699 --> 00:31:30.959 who 00:31:30.959 --> 00:31:31.519 doesn't? 00:31:33.099 --> 00:31:33.219 You 00:31:33.219 --> 00:31:34.839 want to 00:31:34.839 --> 00:31:35.259 be happy? 00:31:36.000 --> 00:31:36.539 Here's what 00:31:36.539 --> 00:31:37.039 Jesus said. 00:31:37.099 --> 00:31:37.479 Look at it. 00:31:38.119 --> 00:31:38.659 Verse 17. 00:31:38.660 --> 00:31:39.300 If you 00:31:39.300 --> 00:31:39.720 know these 00:31:39.720 --> 00:31:39.920 things. 00:31:40.000 --> 00:31:40.240 By the 00:31:40.240 --> 00:31:40.480 way, 00:31:40.880 --> 00:31:41.400 what things 00:31:41.400 --> 00:31:41.600 is he 00:31:41.600 --> 00:31:42.100 talking about 00:31:42.100 --> 00:31:42.360 in this 00:31:42.360 --> 00:31:42.720 case? 00:31:45.200 --> 00:31:45.640 He's 00:31:45.640 --> 00:31:45.980 talking about 00:31:45.980 --> 00:31:46.560 serving people, 00:31:46.680 --> 00:31:47.320 washing feet, 00:31:48.240 --> 00:31:48.820 wiping doo-doo 00:31:48.820 --> 00:31:49.279 out from 00:31:49.279 --> 00:31:49.759 between the 00:31:49.759 --> 00:31:50.040 toes. 00:31:50.180 --> 00:31:50.300 I mean, 00:31:50.340 --> 00:31:50.580 he's talking 00:31:50.580 --> 00:31:50.980 about really 00:31:50.980 --> 00:31:51.500 getting into 00:31:51.500 --> 00:31:51.700 it. 00:31:52.220 --> 00:31:52.440 Do you 00:31:52.440 --> 00:31:52.980 follow that? 00:31:54.100 --> 00:31:54.820 Come on. 00:31:56.540 --> 00:31:56.940 I'm not 00:31:56.940 --> 00:31:57.340 trying to be 00:31:57.340 --> 00:31:57.620 crude. 00:31:57.720 --> 00:31:57.980 Just to 00:31:57.980 --> 00:31:58.200 help you 00:31:58.200 --> 00:31:58.600 understand. 00:31:58.779 --> 00:31:59.400 It was 00:31:59.400 --> 00:32:00.160 pretty low 00:32:00.160 --> 00:32:01.480 life work. 00:32:05.380 --> 00:32:05.820 Happiness 00:32:05.820 --> 00:32:08.160 comes from 00:32:08.160 --> 00:32:08.420 knowing 00:32:08.420 --> 00:32:08.900 Jesus 00:32:08.900 --> 00:32:10.800 and 00:32:10.800 --> 00:32:11.140 obeying 00:32:11.140 --> 00:32:11.400 him. 00:32:14.200 --> 00:32:14.759 There's 00:32:14.759 --> 00:32:15.080 some of 00:32:15.080 --> 00:32:15.480 you here 00:32:15.480 --> 00:32:16.320 today that 00:32:16.320 --> 00:32:17.440 actually spend 00:32:17.440 --> 00:32:18.040 a fair 00:32:18.040 --> 00:32:18.500 amount of 00:32:18.500 --> 00:32:19.160 your time 00:32:19.160 --> 00:32:20.500 being pretty 00:32:20.500 --> 00:32:20.900 unhappy. 00:32:24.220 --> 00:32:24.980 That is 00:32:24.980 --> 00:32:26.880 normal for 00:32:26.880 --> 00:32:27.440 a person who 00:32:27.440 --> 00:32:27.880 doesn't know 00:32:27.880 --> 00:32:28.320 Christ. 00:32:29.519 --> 00:32:30.080 Do you 00:32:30.080 --> 00:32:30.519 follow that? 00:32:32.060 --> 00:32:32.840 How many of 00:32:32.840 --> 00:32:33.220 you remember 00:32:33.220 --> 00:32:33.660 just how 00:32:33.660 --> 00:32:34.200 unhappy it 00:32:34.200 --> 00:32:34.640 was being 00:32:34.640 --> 00:32:35.460 an unrepentant, 00:32:35.840 --> 00:32:36.620 unregenerate, 00:32:36.619 --> 00:32:37.819 hell-bound 00:32:37.819 --> 00:32:38.159 sinner? 00:32:38.259 --> 00:32:38.500 Does anybody 00:32:38.500 --> 00:32:39.039 remember what 00:32:39.039 --> 00:32:39.539 it was like? 00:32:39.719 --> 00:32:40.119 Yeah, 00:32:40.259 --> 00:32:40.979 it's miserable. 00:32:42.699 --> 00:32:43.139 And if you 00:32:43.139 --> 00:32:43.419 are here 00:32:43.419 --> 00:32:43.919 today and 00:32:43.919 --> 00:32:44.179 you do 00:32:44.179 --> 00:32:44.579 not know 00:32:44.579 --> 00:32:44.899 Christ, 00:32:45.059 --> 00:32:45.379 happiness 00:32:45.379 --> 00:32:46.439 is a 00:32:46.439 --> 00:32:47.739 fantasy and 00:32:47.739 --> 00:32:48.039 it will 00:32:48.039 --> 00:32:48.839 never have 00:32:48.839 --> 00:32:49.439 a permanent 00:32:49.439 --> 00:32:50.739 impression or 00:32:50.739 --> 00:32:51.659 place in 00:32:51.659 --> 00:32:52.679 your life. 00:32:55.079 --> 00:32:55.559 Why? 00:32:55.919 --> 00:32:56.539 Because one 00:32:56.539 --> 00:32:56.939 of the things 00:32:56.939 --> 00:32:57.299 it says 00:32:57.299 --> 00:32:58.059 repeatedly in 00:32:58.059 --> 00:32:58.319 the book 00:32:58.319 --> 00:32:58.899 of Isaiah 00:32:58.899 --> 00:32:59.619 is there 00:32:59.619 --> 00:33:00.279 is no 00:33:00.279 --> 00:33:01.559 rest for 00:33:01.559 --> 00:33:02.179 the wicked. 00:33:05.700 --> 00:33:06.259 There are 00:33:06.259 --> 00:33:06.639 some of you 00:33:06.639 --> 00:33:07.000 here who 00:33:07.000 --> 00:33:07.440 have known 00:33:07.440 --> 00:33:08.059 the happiness 00:33:08.059 --> 00:33:08.859 and the 00:33:08.859 --> 00:33:09.359 freedom that 00:33:09.359 --> 00:33:10.299 comes with 00:33:10.299 --> 00:33:11.039 forgiveness and 00:33:11.039 --> 00:33:11.579 having had 00:33:11.579 --> 00:33:12.299 your sins 00:33:12.299 --> 00:33:13.379 washed away 00:33:13.379 --> 00:33:13.720 by the 00:33:13.720 --> 00:33:14.079 blood of 00:33:14.079 --> 00:33:14.460 Christ, 00:33:14.819 --> 00:33:15.759 but you 00:33:15.759 --> 00:33:16.779 have fallen 00:33:16.779 --> 00:33:19.139 prey to 00:33:19.139 --> 00:33:19.559 the enemy 00:33:19.559 --> 00:33:20.000 of your 00:33:20.000 --> 00:33:21.599 soul who 00:33:21.599 --> 00:33:22.700 has misled 00:33:22.700 --> 00:33:23.259 you to 00:33:23.259 --> 00:33:24.500 think that 00:33:24.500 --> 00:33:27.240 service and 00:33:27.240 --> 00:33:27.980 being like 00:33:27.980 --> 00:33:28.839 Christ are 00:33:28.839 --> 00:33:31.079 not important. 00:33:31.559 --> 00:33:37.500 unhappiness 00:33:37.500 --> 00:33:40.299 flows down 00:33:40.299 --> 00:33:40.859 the channel 00:33:40.859 --> 00:33:41.579 of being a 00:33:41.579 --> 00:33:42.259 self-focused 00:33:42.259 --> 00:33:42.679 person. 00:33:42.759 --> 00:33:43.119 Can I say 00:33:43.119 --> 00:33:43.779 that slowly 00:33:43.779 --> 00:33:44.139 so you 00:33:44.139 --> 00:33:44.579 don't miss 00:33:44.579 --> 00:33:44.740 it? 00:33:45.859 --> 00:33:46.539 Unhappiness 00:33:46.539 --> 00:33:47.299 flows down 00:33:47.299 --> 00:33:47.839 the channel 00:33:47.839 --> 00:33:48.679 of being a 00:33:48.679 --> 00:33:49.899 self-focused 00:33:49.899 --> 00:33:50.619 person. 00:33:51.379 --> 00:33:51.940 Again, 00:33:52.079 --> 00:33:52.440 just so you 00:33:52.440 --> 00:33:52.759 don't miss 00:33:52.759 --> 00:33:52.919 it. 00:33:54.079 --> 00:33:54.759 Unhappiness 00:33:54.759 --> 00:33:55.559 flows down 00:33:55.559 --> 00:33:56.119 the channel 00:33:56.119 --> 00:33:57.000 of being a 00:33:57.000 --> 00:33:58.500 self-focused 00:33:58.500 --> 00:33:59.259 person. 00:34:01.559 --> 00:34:02.200 Let me read 00:34:02.200 --> 00:34:02.460 the verse 00:34:02.460 --> 00:34:02.759 again. 00:34:04.500 --> 00:34:05.299 If you 00:34:05.299 --> 00:34:06.000 know these 00:34:06.000 --> 00:34:06.619 things, 00:34:09.619 --> 00:34:12.139 blessed are 00:34:12.139 --> 00:34:13.920 you if you 00:34:13.920 --> 00:34:14.320 do them. 00:34:14.320 --> 00:34:19.460 in summary, 00:34:20.260 --> 00:34:22.059 with the 00:34:22.059 --> 00:34:22.740 cross right 00:34:22.740 --> 00:34:23.120 in front 00:34:23.120 --> 00:34:23.500 of him, 00:34:25.280 --> 00:34:27.080 in the 00:34:27.080 --> 00:34:27.539 flow of 00:34:27.539 --> 00:34:28.039 the last 00:34:28.039 --> 00:34:28.580 supper, 00:34:31.380 --> 00:34:31.840 Jesus 00:34:31.840 --> 00:34:32.480 uses 00:34:32.480 --> 00:34:33.059 washing 00:34:33.059 --> 00:34:33.780 feet 00:34:33.780 --> 00:34:36.039 to show 00:34:36.039 --> 00:34:36.720 incredible 00:34:36.720 --> 00:34:38.059 love for 00:34:38.059 --> 00:34:38.900 the greatest 00:34:38.900 --> 00:34:40.440 and vilest 00:34:40.440 --> 00:34:40.980 of sinner 00:34:40.980 --> 00:34:44.420 to confirm 00:34:44.420 --> 00:34:45.160 to anyone 00:34:45.160 --> 00:34:45.720 who is 00:34:45.720 --> 00:34:46.019 here, 00:34:46.420 --> 00:34:47.059 if Jesus 00:34:47.059 --> 00:34:47.760 could love 00:34:47.760 --> 00:34:48.300 Judas, 00:34:48.539 --> 00:34:48.920 he can 00:34:48.920 --> 00:34:49.480 love you. 00:34:53.680 --> 00:34:54.519 And he 00:34:54.519 --> 00:34:54.760 used 00:34:54.760 --> 00:34:55.200 washing 00:34:55.200 --> 00:34:55.800 feet 00:34:55.800 --> 00:34:58.599 to teach 00:34:58.599 --> 00:34:59.139 us that 00:34:59.139 --> 00:34:59.619 happiness 00:34:59.619 --> 00:35:00.380 comes 00:35:00.380 --> 00:35:02.119 from being 00:35:02.119 --> 00:35:02.519 humble 00:35:02.519 --> 00:35:05.139 and being 00:35:05.139 --> 00:35:05.720 willing to 00:35:05.720 --> 00:35:06.139 serve. 00:35:07.099 --> 00:35:07.480 Why? 00:35:07.480 --> 00:35:10.280 because I 00:35:10.280 --> 00:35:11.219 get to be 00:35:11.219 --> 00:35:11.840 a little 00:35:11.840 --> 00:35:12.820 bit like 00:35:12.820 --> 00:35:13.360 Jesus. 00:35:18.240 --> 00:35:18.860 Let's 00:35:18.860 --> 00:35:19.119 pray. 00:35:22.119 --> 00:35:22.800 Father, 00:35:24.800 --> 00:35:29.760 you who 00:35:29.760 --> 00:35:30.240 abide in 00:35:30.240 --> 00:35:30.559 heaven, 00:35:31.559 --> 00:35:33.199 who know 00:35:33.199 --> 00:35:33.760 the frailty 00:35:33.760 --> 00:35:34.159 of our 00:35:34.159 --> 00:35:34.740 hearts, 00:35:34.739 --> 00:35:37.659 and know 00:35:37.659 --> 00:35:38.039 the need 00:35:38.039 --> 00:35:38.359 of our 00:35:38.359 --> 00:35:38.939 soul, 00:35:40.079 --> 00:35:41.139 have 00:35:41.139 --> 00:35:41.519 blessed 00:35:41.519 --> 00:35:42.139 us beyond 00:35:42.139 --> 00:35:42.639 measure 00:35:42.639 --> 00:35:45.199 in sending 00:35:45.199 --> 00:35:45.619 the Lord 00:35:45.619 --> 00:35:46.239 Jesus to 00:35:46.239 --> 00:35:46.579 be our 00:35:46.579 --> 00:35:46.979 Savior, 00:35:48.339 --> 00:35:50.299 to be our 00:35:50.299 --> 00:35:50.779 teacher, 00:35:52.000 --> 00:35:53.039 to be our 00:35:53.039 --> 00:35:53.379 Lord. 00:35:54.739 --> 00:35:55.159 And there's 00:35:55.159 --> 00:35:55.500 some here 00:35:55.500 --> 00:35:56.000 today that 00:35:56.000 --> 00:35:56.579 need Jesus 00:35:56.579 --> 00:35:57.099 as their 00:35:57.099 --> 00:35:57.419 Savior, 00:35:57.599 --> 00:35:57.799 and I 00:35:57.799 --> 00:35:58.239 would plead 00:35:58.239 --> 00:35:58.679 with you 00:35:58.679 --> 00:36:00.099 that you 00:36:00.099 --> 00:36:00.779 would convict 00:36:00.779 --> 00:36:01.579 their heart 00:36:01.579 --> 00:36:03.239 and challenge 00:36:03.239 --> 00:36:03.739 them to 00:36:03.739 --> 00:36:04.420 lay aside 00:36:04.420 --> 00:36:05.259 their pride 00:36:05.259 --> 00:36:07.920 and confess 00:36:07.920 --> 00:36:08.420 their sins 00:36:08.420 --> 00:36:08.840 and believe 00:36:08.840 --> 00:36:09.319 in Jesus. 00:36:11.059 --> 00:36:11.719 There's some 00:36:11.719 --> 00:36:12.159 here today 00:36:12.159 --> 00:36:12.659 that know 00:36:12.659 --> 00:36:13.239 Christ as 00:36:13.239 --> 00:36:13.739 their Savior, 00:36:13.940 --> 00:36:14.819 but have 00:36:14.819 --> 00:36:15.400 allowed 00:36:15.400 --> 00:36:19.219 sin to 00:36:19.219 --> 00:36:19.860 creep in 00:36:19.860 --> 00:36:21.679 and need 00:36:21.679 --> 00:36:22.239 the washing 00:36:22.239 --> 00:36:23.500 ministry of 00:36:23.500 --> 00:36:23.960 your word 00:36:23.960 --> 00:36:24.519 and spirit 00:36:24.519 --> 00:36:26.159 to be 00:36:26.159 --> 00:36:26.779 revived, 00:36:27.380 --> 00:36:28.139 to be 00:36:28.139 --> 00:36:28.679 restored, 00:36:28.679 --> 00:36:30.259 to find 00:36:30.259 --> 00:36:30.960 pleasure in 00:36:30.960 --> 00:36:31.460 being a 00:36:31.460 --> 00:36:31.899 servant of 00:36:31.899 --> 00:36:32.239 the living 00:36:32.239 --> 00:36:32.679 God. 00:36:34.119 --> 00:36:34.759 And our 00:36:34.759 --> 00:36:35.339 plea is that 00:36:35.339 --> 00:36:35.779 you would be 00:36:35.779 --> 00:36:37.399 honored among 00:36:37.399 --> 00:36:37.879 your people 00:36:37.879 --> 00:36:38.480 this morning. 00:36:39.399 --> 00:36:40.279 We ask in 00:36:40.279 --> 00:36:41.019 Jesus' name. 00:36:41.079 --> 00:36:41.259 Amen. 00:36:41.779 --> 00:36:42.239 Let's stand.