WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.440 So as you heard Al pray, Mark has been sick. 00:00:05.160 --> 00:00:06.160 And thank you, Mary. 00:00:06.280 --> 00:00:10.000 I came up here on Saturday and Mary was up here practicing. 00:00:10.300 --> 00:00:12.700 So thank you very much for filling in. 00:00:13.700 --> 00:00:19.820 As we've said before, it's always a good thing when your pastor takes vacation because that means your church is healthy. 00:00:20.500 --> 00:00:25.140 And it's also a good thing because we get to hear from other pastors in our area. 00:00:25.140 --> 00:00:30.700 And we get that privilege this morning with Mike Wensler, who is bringing the word to us. 00:00:31.120 --> 00:00:36.299 And Mike is an RUF pastor, and I'm going to let him kind of fill you in a little bit more on that. 00:00:36.399 --> 00:00:37.539 So please go forward, Mike. 00:00:39.060 --> 00:00:39.500 Thanks. 00:00:40.420 --> 00:00:41.439 Good morning, everyone. 00:00:42.799 --> 00:00:43.920 Sweet to be with you. 00:00:44.079 --> 00:00:45.159 Thank you for having me. 00:00:46.280 --> 00:00:54.200 I thought it was funny earlier when Jim made the comment that, you know, thank God that your pastor will be back next week. 00:00:54.200 --> 00:00:57.620 You know, and I feel that too. 00:00:57.859 --> 00:00:58.520 Amen and amen. 00:01:00.100 --> 00:01:06.840 It really is a privilege, though, to get to travel and to worship with other congregations in the state here. 00:01:07.240 --> 00:01:11.400 My wife and kids who are not here, unfortunately, my wife's out of town and my kids all have strep. 00:01:11.900 --> 00:01:17.560 But, yeah, I wish next time we'll bring them along and you can meet them. 00:01:17.560 --> 00:01:25.700 But we've been in Fort Collins now for 18 months doing RUF at Colorado State University at CSU. 00:01:25.900 --> 00:01:32.180 So RUF probably, I know some of you have some familiarity with it, but it's the college ministry of the PCA. 00:01:32.299 --> 00:01:40.500 Started the same year, roughly, the PCA started and spread out of the southeast and now has reached beautiful lands of Colorado. 00:01:40.500 --> 00:01:44.459 And so we have one at CSU and one at Air Force Academy. 00:01:45.400 --> 00:01:46.939 Maybe you've heard from Jeff Kreisel. 00:01:47.079 --> 00:01:48.299 Has he been here to preach before? 00:01:48.359 --> 00:01:49.560 I think I'm seeing some nods. 00:01:49.640 --> 00:01:49.739 Yeah. 00:01:50.180 --> 00:01:55.239 So please don't compare me to him because that will not bode well for me. 00:01:55.319 --> 00:01:56.000 But he's a great guy. 00:01:56.060 --> 00:01:56.659 He's a friend of mine. 00:01:56.700 --> 00:01:57.319 I love Jeff. 00:01:57.700 --> 00:01:59.159 And, yeah, so this is a sweet thing. 00:01:59.159 --> 00:02:05.879 So I'm not on staff in a church and I don't have to, I don't have responsibilities at our local church in Fort Collins. 00:02:05.979 --> 00:02:10.300 So I can travel and I'm not dearly missed necessarily. 00:02:10.560 --> 00:02:16.379 And so this morning we're jumping into a passage that is not in any series that you've been going through. 00:02:16.439 --> 00:02:19.460 But we're going to be looking at John chapter 13. 00:02:19.939 --> 00:02:23.439 Probably a well-known passage to many of you, the washing of the disciples' feet. 00:02:23.439 --> 00:02:30.020 And I will open up my Bible, read the passage for us, pray, and then we'll get started. 00:02:30.180 --> 00:02:31.620 I think it's also in your bulletins. 00:02:34.240 --> 00:02:35.699 This is John 13. 00:02:38.199 --> 00:02:45.259 Now before the feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart out of this world to the Father, 00:02:45.919 --> 00:02:49.479 having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end. 00:02:49.479 --> 00:02:56.840 During supper, when the devil had already put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him, 00:02:57.319 --> 00:03:01.019 Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, 00:03:01.399 --> 00:03:05.399 and that he had come from God and was going back to God, rose from supper. 00:03:06.079 --> 00:03:10.199 He laid aside his outer garments and, taking a towel, tied it around his waist. 00:03:10.759 --> 00:03:15.000 Then he poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples' feet 00:03:15.000 --> 00:03:18.159 and to wipe them with the towel that was wrapped around him. 00:03:18.159 --> 00:03:20.520 He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, 00:03:20.780 --> 00:03:22.079 Lord, do you wash my feet? 00:03:22.500 --> 00:03:23.419 Jesus answered him, 00:03:23.460 --> 00:03:27.379 What I am doing you do not understand now, but afterward you will understand. 00:03:27.819 --> 00:03:28.659 Peter said to him, 00:03:28.719 --> 00:03:30.099 You shall never wash my feet. 00:03:30.639 --> 00:03:31.359 Jesus answered him, 00:03:31.419 --> 00:03:34.020 If I do not wash you, you have no share with me. 00:03:34.780 --> 00:03:35.919 Simon Peter said to him, 00:03:36.000 --> 00:03:39.019 Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head. 00:03:39.659 --> 00:03:40.460 Jesus said to him, 00:03:40.500 --> 00:03:44.039 The one who has bathed does not need to wash except for his feet, 00:03:44.359 --> 00:03:45.879 but is completely clean. 00:03:45.879 --> 00:03:48.240 And you are clean, but not every one of you. 00:03:48.560 --> 00:03:51.019 For he knew who was to betray him. 00:03:51.539 --> 00:03:52.400 And that was why he said, 00:03:52.500 --> 00:03:53.359 Not all of you are clean. 00:03:54.019 --> 00:03:57.000 When he had washed their feet and put on his outer garments and resumed his place, 00:03:57.039 --> 00:03:57.719 he said to them, 00:03:57.939 --> 00:03:59.840 Do you understand what I have done to you? 00:04:00.039 --> 00:04:03.099 You call me teacher and Lord, and you are right, for so I am. 00:04:03.680 --> 00:04:06.340 If then I, your Lord and teacher, have washed your feet, 00:04:06.759 --> 00:04:09.280 you also ought to wash one another's feet. 00:04:09.919 --> 00:04:13.300 For I have given you an example that you also should do, 00:04:13.300 --> 00:04:14.860 just as I have done to you. 00:04:15.680 --> 00:04:16.920 Truly, truly, I say to you, 00:04:16.939 --> 00:04:18.680 a servant is not greater than his master, 00:04:18.780 --> 00:04:21.199 nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him. 00:04:21.500 --> 00:04:22.759 If you knew these things, 00:04:23.240 --> 00:04:24.800 blessed are you if you do them. 00:04:26.060 --> 00:04:27.180 Let me pray for us, 00:04:27.280 --> 00:04:28.259 and we'll get started. 00:04:28.819 --> 00:04:31.300 Father, I thank you for this Lord's Day, 00:04:31.379 --> 00:04:33.420 to gather freely to worship you. 00:04:33.519 --> 00:04:34.680 We thank you for the sun, 00:04:34.819 --> 00:04:35.620 for the fresh air, 00:04:35.699 --> 00:04:36.439 for the mountains, 00:04:36.439 --> 00:04:40.399 and for the freedom to sing to you, 00:04:40.519 --> 00:04:41.600 to hear from you, 00:04:41.800 --> 00:04:43.199 to pray to you. 00:04:43.740 --> 00:04:46.680 Lord, I pray that your word and your spirit 00:04:46.680 --> 00:04:48.899 would be at work in all of us here this morning. 00:04:50.540 --> 00:04:52.600 I pray that we would leave here changed, 00:04:52.980 --> 00:04:54.319 made to be more like Jesus, 00:04:54.800 --> 00:04:55.959 encouraged in our faith, 00:04:56.180 --> 00:04:58.060 comforted as we are afflicted. 00:04:59.019 --> 00:04:59.980 Please be at work in us. 00:05:00.079 --> 00:05:02.279 Please give us your Holy Spirit and understanding. 00:05:02.839 --> 00:05:03.920 In Jesus' name we pray. 00:05:04.180 --> 00:05:04.399 Amen. 00:05:04.399 --> 00:05:04.500 Amen. 00:05:04.500 --> 00:05:04.579 Amen. 00:05:06.420 --> 00:05:07.160 This past July, 00:05:07.339 --> 00:05:08.240 I was down in Dallas 00:05:08.240 --> 00:05:10.420 for some RUF staff training. 00:05:10.560 --> 00:05:12.860 We have two mandatory staff trainings a year. 00:05:12.980 --> 00:05:14.060 One's in December, 00:05:14.220 --> 00:05:14.959 one's in July. 00:05:15.540 --> 00:05:17.379 And the July one is in Dallas. 00:05:17.600 --> 00:05:19.300 We got off a few hours early, 00:05:19.379 --> 00:05:20.279 one afternoon, 00:05:20.560 --> 00:05:23.139 and a few of my other campus minister friends and I 00:05:23.139 --> 00:05:26.579 decided to go to Elm Fork Shooting Sports 00:05:26.579 --> 00:05:28.319 and shoot a skeet course. 00:05:28.980 --> 00:05:30.899 Any of you shot a skeet course before? 00:05:30.899 --> 00:05:34.539 Two of us in the room. 00:05:34.620 --> 00:05:35.000 That's great. 00:05:35.859 --> 00:05:37.199 I had never done it. 00:05:37.319 --> 00:05:38.779 I had never done it before this, 00:05:38.899 --> 00:05:41.039 but it was a pretty sweet experience. 00:05:41.599 --> 00:05:42.759 So everyone gets a shotgun. 00:05:43.019 --> 00:05:44.319 We bought 100 shells, 00:05:44.679 --> 00:05:45.939 and we got a golf cart, 00:05:45.979 --> 00:05:47.279 which holds the shotguns, 00:05:47.279 --> 00:05:48.199 which is just kind of cool. 00:05:48.199 --> 00:05:50.899 And we drove from station to station 00:05:50.899 --> 00:05:52.019 to shoot clay pigeons. 00:05:52.500 --> 00:05:52.599 You know, 00:05:52.659 --> 00:05:54.519 there's one man is shooting, 00:05:54.719 --> 00:05:57.899 and the other person is operating the little buttons, 00:05:57.979 --> 00:05:58.879 and there's two different buttons, 00:05:58.979 --> 00:06:00.959 and you can decide to shoot them at the same time, 00:06:01.019 --> 00:06:01.819 or, you know, 00:06:01.879 --> 00:06:02.699 one after another, 00:06:02.800 --> 00:06:03.819 or totally two different times. 00:06:04.019 --> 00:06:04.919 And then you try to shoot them, 00:06:04.980 --> 00:06:05.579 and they're hidden, 00:06:05.659 --> 00:06:07.459 and they come flying into course of view, 00:06:07.500 --> 00:06:09.099 and you're supposed to shoot them. 00:06:09.919 --> 00:06:10.240 Now, 00:06:10.319 --> 00:06:11.039 in years past, 00:06:11.039 --> 00:06:11.839 when I was younger, 00:06:11.839 --> 00:06:12.959 I grew up in Wisconsin. 00:06:13.919 --> 00:06:15.839 It's where we were living 00:06:15.839 --> 00:06:18.120 before my family and I moved to Colorado. 00:06:19.099 --> 00:06:20.939 And on vacation, 00:06:21.079 --> 00:06:23.579 we often went up to Door County, Wisconsin, 00:06:23.799 --> 00:06:24.579 Washington Island. 00:06:24.719 --> 00:06:26.240 If you think of Wisconsin, 00:06:26.500 --> 00:06:27.719 like your hand, 00:06:27.799 --> 00:06:29.519 there's an island at the tip of the peninsula. 00:06:29.759 --> 00:06:30.599 It's Washington Island. 00:06:31.299 --> 00:06:32.539 And we would often go up there. 00:06:32.620 --> 00:06:34.319 My grandparents owned some land, 00:06:34.599 --> 00:06:37.379 and we would stand out on the shore, 00:06:37.379 --> 00:06:38.719 and we had a hand launcher, 00:06:38.959 --> 00:06:39.879 and we would, you know, 00:06:40.000 --> 00:06:41.120 throw clay pigeons 00:06:41.120 --> 00:06:42.579 and shoot them with shotguns. 00:06:42.959 --> 00:06:45.159 And I thought I was pretty good at this. 00:06:45.899 --> 00:06:46.060 You know, 00:06:46.099 --> 00:06:47.779 I hit maybe most of them, 00:06:47.839 --> 00:06:49.859 above 50% probably. 00:06:50.659 --> 00:06:51.439 And, you know, 00:06:51.459 --> 00:06:53.060 so we came into this time 00:06:53.060 --> 00:06:53.739 with my friends 00:06:53.739 --> 00:06:54.659 doing this skeet course, 00:06:54.699 --> 00:06:56.039 and I haven't shot a shotgun in years. 00:06:56.579 --> 00:06:57.359 Don't own one. 00:06:57.759 --> 00:06:58.979 And I thought I was gonna, 00:06:59.240 --> 00:06:59.579 you know, 00:06:59.959 --> 00:07:00.620 take the cake 00:07:00.620 --> 00:07:02.060 and show my friends 00:07:02.060 --> 00:07:03.799 who knows how to shoot some clay pigeons. 00:07:04.399 --> 00:07:05.299 Well, it turns out, 00:07:05.959 --> 00:07:07.219 a couple of my friends 00:07:07.219 --> 00:07:08.679 grew up hunting their whole lives 00:07:08.679 --> 00:07:11.199 and know their way around a shotgun quite well. 00:07:11.659 --> 00:07:13.839 And they outshot me pretty horribly. 00:07:14.099 --> 00:07:14.659 I think I hit, 00:07:14.979 --> 00:07:15.800 if I'm remembering correctly, 00:07:15.959 --> 00:07:18.319 16 out of 100 was my number. 00:07:18.860 --> 00:07:20.680 And the winner was over 50%. 00:07:20.680 --> 00:07:21.979 I was second to last. 00:07:21.979 --> 00:07:23.879 So it turns out I'm not so good 00:07:23.879 --> 00:07:25.300 at shooting skeet. 00:07:26.060 --> 00:07:27.060 My pride, though, 00:07:27.180 --> 00:07:28.099 had me convinced 00:07:28.099 --> 00:07:30.019 that I was better than I actually was. 00:07:30.639 --> 00:07:32.379 My pride had blinded me 00:07:32.379 --> 00:07:32.919 to the reality 00:07:32.919 --> 00:07:35.360 of how poor a shot I actually am. 00:07:35.719 --> 00:07:37.120 I thought my little achievements 00:07:37.120 --> 00:07:38.939 in the past had made me good. 00:07:39.600 --> 00:07:41.120 Now, pride over shooting guns 00:07:41.120 --> 00:07:42.439 is one thing, of course, 00:07:42.680 --> 00:07:43.980 but pride before God 00:07:43.980 --> 00:07:45.139 is a holy other. 00:07:45.579 --> 00:07:46.480 And they're very different, 00:07:46.560 --> 00:07:47.839 but they have similar characteristics. 00:07:49.040 --> 00:07:50.560 When we compare ourselves 00:07:50.560 --> 00:07:51.699 to our friends, 00:07:52.480 --> 00:07:53.759 our brothers and sisters in Christ, 00:07:54.139 --> 00:07:55.439 we might think we're pretty good. 00:07:56.680 --> 00:07:59.019 But if we line ourselves up to Jesus, 00:07:59.600 --> 00:08:01.860 we would quickly see that we're not 00:08:01.860 --> 00:08:03.980 because our pride has us convinced 00:08:03.980 --> 00:08:06.040 that we are better than we actually are. 00:08:06.459 --> 00:08:07.459 This is what pride does. 00:08:07.459 --> 00:08:08.799 It blinds us to the reality 00:08:08.799 --> 00:08:11.339 that we actually fail to measure up, 00:08:11.519 --> 00:08:13.199 that we're sometimes stuck up 00:08:13.199 --> 00:08:14.779 and quite often puffed up. 00:08:15.399 --> 00:08:16.899 We even think our little achievements 00:08:16.899 --> 00:08:19.359 in the past make us good 00:08:19.359 --> 00:08:20.740 and acceptable before God, 00:08:20.799 --> 00:08:21.819 maybe if we're being honest. 00:08:22.399 --> 00:08:24.439 But Jesus turns pride on its head. 00:08:24.879 --> 00:08:26.240 In our passage this morning, 00:08:26.779 --> 00:08:27.679 we see this, 00:08:27.719 --> 00:08:28.719 and this is really, I think, 00:08:28.759 --> 00:08:30.000 the big idea from the text. 00:08:30.639 --> 00:08:32.779 Jesus crucifies our pride 00:08:32.779 --> 00:08:33.679 through the gospel 00:08:33.679 --> 00:08:36.399 and calls us to serve others. 00:08:36.399 --> 00:08:39.720 Jesus crucifies our pride 00:08:39.720 --> 00:08:40.379 through the gospel 00:08:40.379 --> 00:08:42.220 and calls us to serve others. 00:08:42.419 --> 00:08:43.879 My outline is pretty generic. 00:08:44.419 --> 00:08:46.899 It's just context, content, and consequence. 00:08:47.860 --> 00:08:49.399 So that's what we're gonna go through. 00:08:49.639 --> 00:08:50.279 Three Cs. 00:08:50.399 --> 00:08:51.139 I ripped that off 00:08:51.139 --> 00:08:52.840 from a seminary professor from years ago. 00:08:53.299 --> 00:08:54.360 You can use it in any passage. 00:08:54.459 --> 00:08:54.840 It's great. 00:08:55.240 --> 00:08:56.600 Context, content, consequence. 00:08:56.919 --> 00:08:58.659 Okay, so look at the context first. 00:08:58.720 --> 00:08:59.799 Let's look at verse one again 00:08:59.799 --> 00:09:00.840 in your bulletins. 00:09:00.879 --> 00:09:01.539 It says this. 00:09:01.539 --> 00:09:04.039 Now, before the feast of Passover, 00:09:04.519 --> 00:09:05.860 when Jesus knew that his hour 00:09:05.860 --> 00:09:06.799 had come to depart 00:09:06.799 --> 00:09:08.419 out of this world to the Father, 00:09:08.980 --> 00:09:09.959 having loved his own 00:09:09.959 --> 00:09:10.860 who were in the world, 00:09:10.939 --> 00:09:12.019 he loved them to the end. 00:09:12.839 --> 00:09:14.659 Now, this story takes place 00:09:14.659 --> 00:09:16.339 approximately one week 00:09:16.339 --> 00:09:17.740 before Jesus was crucified. 00:09:18.439 --> 00:09:19.360 Now, as we heard earlier 00:09:19.360 --> 00:09:19.899 in the service, 00:09:20.059 --> 00:09:22.059 Passover was something Israel, 00:09:22.120 --> 00:09:22.439 the Israelites, 00:09:22.679 --> 00:09:24.019 celebrated every year 00:09:24.019 --> 00:09:25.079 to remember what? 00:09:25.159 --> 00:09:25.980 To remember how God 00:09:25.980 --> 00:09:27.679 rescued them from Egypt. 00:09:28.219 --> 00:09:30.039 In the 10th and final plague, 00:09:30.039 --> 00:09:31.459 God spoke through Moses 00:09:31.459 --> 00:09:32.199 who told the people 00:09:32.199 --> 00:09:34.459 to kill the spotless lamb, 00:09:34.819 --> 00:09:35.500 take its blood, 00:09:35.699 --> 00:09:36.719 literally put the blood 00:09:36.719 --> 00:09:38.179 over the doorposts 00:09:38.179 --> 00:09:39.639 of every Israelite home in Egypt. 00:09:39.959 --> 00:09:41.699 And when God looked upon, 00:09:41.779 --> 00:09:42.279 or the angel, 00:09:42.439 --> 00:09:43.639 looked upon this blood, 00:09:44.019 --> 00:09:46.319 he would pass over that home 00:09:46.319 --> 00:09:48.480 knowing that the lamb died 00:09:48.480 --> 00:09:49.459 instead of the people 00:09:49.459 --> 00:09:51.019 or the firstborn inside of it. 00:09:51.599 --> 00:09:53.439 Now, this is the theological connection 00:09:53.439 --> 00:09:54.819 that we're making this morning. 00:09:55.219 --> 00:09:56.219 All of the Bible, 00:09:56.719 --> 00:09:57.419 according to Jesus 00:09:57.419 --> 00:09:59.759 in John 5 and Luke 24, 00:10:00.039 --> 00:10:01.539 is about himself 00:10:01.539 --> 00:10:02.699 and his work 00:10:02.699 --> 00:10:03.860 in saving his people. 00:10:04.779 --> 00:10:05.379 The New Testament 00:10:05.379 --> 00:10:07.120 calls Jesus explicitly 00:10:07.120 --> 00:10:08.399 the Lamb of God. 00:10:09.279 --> 00:10:09.860 So Jesus, 00:10:10.079 --> 00:10:10.939 in this passage, 00:10:11.319 --> 00:10:12.219 as they're celebrating 00:10:12.219 --> 00:10:13.120 the Passover meal, 00:10:13.480 --> 00:10:14.399 is about to become 00:10:14.399 --> 00:10:16.199 the ultimate Passover lamb 00:10:16.199 --> 00:10:18.159 who would die on the cross 00:10:18.159 --> 00:10:18.980 in the place 00:10:18.980 --> 00:10:19.759 of God's people. 00:10:20.719 --> 00:10:22.219 Jesus died instead of us. 00:10:22.539 --> 00:10:23.620 And this is what makes, 00:10:23.659 --> 00:10:24.419 this is the essence 00:10:24.419 --> 00:10:25.519 of what makes the gospel 00:10:25.519 --> 00:10:26.899 actually good news. 00:10:27.599 --> 00:10:28.480 Someone else died 00:10:28.480 --> 00:10:29.179 instead of me. 00:10:30.819 --> 00:10:31.759 So the Passover's here. 00:10:31.899 --> 00:10:33.019 Jesus knew that his hour 00:10:33.019 --> 00:10:33.620 had come 00:10:33.620 --> 00:10:35.219 to do his work on the cross, 00:10:35.339 --> 00:10:36.579 that is to suffer and die 00:10:36.579 --> 00:10:37.399 and rise from the dead 00:10:37.399 --> 00:10:38.819 and eventually go back to you 00:10:38.819 --> 00:10:40.360 and ascend to his Father in heaven. 00:10:42.059 --> 00:10:43.240 Focusing just for a moment 00:10:43.240 --> 00:10:44.099 on the love 00:10:44.099 --> 00:10:45.419 that John writes about 00:10:45.419 --> 00:10:46.199 in verse 1. 00:10:46.899 --> 00:10:47.860 This whole passage, 00:10:48.000 --> 00:10:48.759 if you really step back 00:10:48.759 --> 00:10:49.639 and kind of zoom out, 00:10:49.699 --> 00:10:50.599 you can see this, 00:10:50.600 --> 00:10:52.279 is really a contrast 00:10:52.279 --> 00:10:55.000 between Jesus' humility 00:10:55.000 --> 00:10:56.480 and his love 00:10:56.480 --> 00:10:59.360 versus the disciples' pride 00:10:59.360 --> 00:11:00.940 and self-conceitedness. 00:11:01.460 --> 00:11:02.620 There's a huge contrast 00:11:02.620 --> 00:11:03.460 in this passage. 00:11:04.560 --> 00:11:05.580 In the face of their, 00:11:05.659 --> 00:11:06.720 what you might call, 00:11:06.879 --> 00:11:08.100 depending on how you're looking at it, 00:11:08.220 --> 00:11:09.560 annoying pride, 00:11:09.899 --> 00:11:10.680 in the face of that, 00:11:10.779 --> 00:11:12.340 Jesus loved his disciples 00:11:12.340 --> 00:11:14.420 and he loved them to the end. 00:11:15.399 --> 00:11:16.620 I think this really needs 00:11:16.620 --> 00:11:17.939 to encourage us this morning. 00:11:18.579 --> 00:11:20.259 If you are a follower of Jesus, 00:11:20.419 --> 00:11:21.939 the same is true for you. 00:11:22.759 --> 00:11:23.699 Jesus doesn't think 00:11:23.699 --> 00:11:24.559 that you are annoying. 00:11:26.620 --> 00:11:28.539 Jesus isn't frustrated with you. 00:11:29.599 --> 00:11:30.360 He isn't hurt 00:11:30.360 --> 00:11:32.159 by your doubt and fear 00:11:32.159 --> 00:11:33.679 and selfishness 00:11:33.679 --> 00:11:35.299 and bitterness and pride. 00:11:35.719 --> 00:11:36.719 Jesus loves you. 00:11:37.440 --> 00:11:38.100 And we need to let this 00:11:38.100 --> 00:11:39.680 sink down deep into our hearts. 00:11:41.279 --> 00:11:42.500 Look at verses 2 through 3, 00:11:42.840 --> 00:11:43.940 continuing in the context. 00:11:44.440 --> 00:11:45.100 During supper, 00:11:45.220 --> 00:11:46.220 when the devil had already 00:11:46.220 --> 00:11:47.139 put it into the heart 00:11:47.139 --> 00:11:48.040 of Judas Iscariot, 00:11:48.139 --> 00:11:48.620 Simon's son, 00:11:48.660 --> 00:11:49.500 to betray him, 00:11:50.060 --> 00:11:51.500 Jesus, knowing that the Father 00:11:51.500 --> 00:11:52.300 had given all things 00:11:52.300 --> 00:11:53.240 into his hands 00:11:53.240 --> 00:11:54.960 and that he had come from God 00:11:54.960 --> 00:11:56.740 and was going back to God, 00:11:57.620 --> 00:11:58.800 pausing there for a moment, 00:11:58.920 --> 00:11:59.779 here's John giving us 00:11:59.779 --> 00:12:00.700 some more context. 00:12:01.120 --> 00:12:02.240 So the devil had already 00:12:02.240 --> 00:12:03.300 wooed Judas 00:12:03.300 --> 00:12:04.300 toward betraying him 00:12:04.300 --> 00:12:05.519 and Jesus actually 00:12:05.519 --> 00:12:07.000 wasn't surprised by this. 00:12:07.039 --> 00:12:08.379 He knew this the whole time. 00:12:08.980 --> 00:12:09.899 Also, we see that 00:12:09.899 --> 00:12:10.799 the Father had given 00:12:10.799 --> 00:12:13.039 all things into Jesus' hands. 00:12:13.919 --> 00:12:15.100 That knowledge is significant. 00:12:15.759 --> 00:12:16.819 Jesus knew all that 00:12:16.819 --> 00:12:18.159 was about to take place. 00:12:18.799 --> 00:12:19.819 It shows us, teaches us, 00:12:19.860 --> 00:12:20.960 the only reason that 00:12:20.960 --> 00:12:22.100 Jesus served his people 00:12:22.100 --> 00:12:23.059 the way he did 00:12:23.059 --> 00:12:25.079 is simply because he loved them. 00:12:25.939 --> 00:12:27.659 That is why he did what he did. 00:12:28.240 --> 00:12:29.899 With all the authority and power, 00:12:30.019 --> 00:12:30.840 Jesus could have done 00:12:30.840 --> 00:12:32.279 whatever he wanted to do. 00:12:32.559 --> 00:12:33.759 But what kept him there, 00:12:33.759 --> 00:12:34.919 what actually took him 00:12:34.919 --> 00:12:35.720 to his knees 00:12:35.720 --> 00:12:37.740 to wash his disciples' dirty feet, 00:12:37.960 --> 00:12:39.500 what took him to the cross 00:12:39.500 --> 00:12:41.539 to wash away people's sins 00:12:41.539 --> 00:12:42.259 was love. 00:12:44.120 --> 00:12:45.240 Jesus was confident 00:12:45.240 --> 00:12:46.159 in who he was 00:12:46.159 --> 00:12:47.720 and what he was supposed to do. 00:12:48.080 --> 00:12:48.879 And from that place 00:12:48.879 --> 00:12:50.259 of confidence and love, 00:12:50.419 --> 00:12:52.519 we see the craziest thing happen 00:12:52.519 --> 00:12:53.639 in verse four. 00:12:54.539 --> 00:12:55.200 And that brings us 00:12:55.200 --> 00:12:55.879 to our content. 00:12:56.000 --> 00:12:57.500 Look at verses four through five. 00:12:57.500 --> 00:13:00.879 So Jesus rose from supper. 00:13:01.080 --> 00:13:03.080 He laid aside his outer garments 00:13:03.080 --> 00:13:04.539 and taking a towel, 00:13:04.940 --> 00:13:06.279 tied it around his waist. 00:13:06.779 --> 00:13:07.659 Then he poured water 00:13:07.659 --> 00:13:08.379 into a basin 00:13:08.379 --> 00:13:09.379 and began to wash 00:13:09.379 --> 00:13:10.360 the disciples' feet 00:13:10.360 --> 00:13:11.700 and to wipe them 00:13:11.700 --> 00:13:12.440 with the towel 00:13:12.440 --> 00:13:13.960 that was wrapped around him. 00:13:14.679 --> 00:13:15.639 I just said this was 00:13:15.639 --> 00:13:16.919 the craziest thing happened, right? 00:13:16.960 --> 00:13:18.360 This really truly was 00:13:18.360 --> 00:13:19.000 in some sense 00:13:19.000 --> 00:13:20.440 unbelievable and crazy. 00:13:20.960 --> 00:13:21.779 Washing feet 00:13:21.779 --> 00:13:22.500 was pretty standard 00:13:23.139 --> 00:13:24.200 in their day 00:13:24.200 --> 00:13:25.539 because people wore sandals 00:13:25.539 --> 00:13:27.279 and animals used the streets 00:13:27.279 --> 00:13:28.839 as their private bathrooms. 00:13:29.219 --> 00:13:30.120 And you can imagine 00:13:30.120 --> 00:13:32.219 how dirty, smelly, 00:13:32.339 --> 00:13:33.459 disgusting people's feet 00:13:33.459 --> 00:13:34.120 would become. 00:13:34.659 --> 00:13:35.379 Now normally, 00:13:35.579 --> 00:13:36.719 the way this works historically 00:13:36.719 --> 00:13:37.480 is a host 00:13:37.480 --> 00:13:38.399 would line up 00:13:38.399 --> 00:13:39.579 a lowly servant, 00:13:40.159 --> 00:13:41.240 a lowly servant 00:13:41.240 --> 00:13:42.620 to wash the feet 00:13:42.620 --> 00:13:43.500 of their guests. 00:13:44.539 --> 00:13:45.759 But there was no host 00:13:45.759 --> 00:13:46.779 and there was no servant 00:13:46.779 --> 00:13:47.539 in the room 00:13:47.539 --> 00:13:48.419 with Jesus 00:13:48.419 --> 00:13:49.240 and his disciples. 00:13:51.199 --> 00:13:52.459 The obvious choice 00:13:52.459 --> 00:13:53.480 to wash everyone's feet 00:13:53.480 --> 00:13:54.019 would be 00:13:54.019 --> 00:13:55.519 one of the disciples. 00:13:55.539 --> 00:13:57.659 but no one moved. 00:13:59.199 --> 00:14:00.620 The basin was there, 00:14:00.699 --> 00:14:01.599 the towel was there, 00:14:01.899 --> 00:14:02.839 no one moved 00:14:02.839 --> 00:14:04.219 to wash each other's feet. 00:14:05.339 --> 00:14:06.059 No disciple 00:14:06.059 --> 00:14:06.579 was willing 00:14:06.579 --> 00:14:07.599 to stoop down 00:14:07.599 --> 00:14:09.559 to do the work 00:14:09.559 --> 00:14:10.279 of a servant 00:14:10.279 --> 00:14:11.559 and to wash 00:14:11.559 --> 00:14:11.980 the feet 00:14:11.980 --> 00:14:12.599 of Jesus 00:14:12.599 --> 00:14:13.559 and his friends. 00:14:13.899 --> 00:14:15.699 The men were too proud. 00:14:17.179 --> 00:14:18.120 So what happens? 00:14:18.240 --> 00:14:18.959 The text tells us 00:14:18.959 --> 00:14:19.299 Jesus, 00:14:19.659 --> 00:14:20.360 the master 00:14:20.360 --> 00:14:21.500 and the teacher 00:14:21.500 --> 00:14:22.899 became a servant. 00:14:23.379 --> 00:14:24.439 He took off his robes, 00:14:24.440 --> 00:14:25.180 he wrapped himself 00:14:25.180 --> 00:14:25.920 in a towel 00:14:25.920 --> 00:14:27.320 and he washed 00:14:27.320 --> 00:14:28.660 those nasty feet 00:14:28.660 --> 00:14:29.920 of his friends. 00:14:30.400 --> 00:14:31.100 Herein lies 00:14:31.100 --> 00:14:31.620 the beauty 00:14:31.620 --> 00:14:32.260 of the gospel. 00:14:33.800 --> 00:14:34.600 Our hearts 00:14:34.600 --> 00:14:35.500 are like 00:14:35.500 --> 00:14:36.520 those disciples' feet. 00:14:38.220 --> 00:14:39.000 And the only way 00:14:39.000 --> 00:14:39.980 for them to get clean 00:14:39.980 --> 00:14:40.740 is for Jesus 00:14:40.740 --> 00:14:42.260 to wash our hearts 00:14:42.260 --> 00:14:43.120 with his blood. 00:14:44.280 --> 00:14:45.760 Only Jesus did this. 00:14:45.980 --> 00:14:47.180 Only Jesus, 00:14:47.900 --> 00:14:48.880 contra every other 00:14:48.880 --> 00:14:49.560 world religion, 00:14:49.740 --> 00:14:50.520 makes you perfectly 00:14:50.520 --> 00:14:51.760 clean before God. 00:14:51.759 --> 00:14:53.319 Only Jesus stooped 00:14:53.319 --> 00:14:54.080 so low 00:14:54.080 --> 00:14:55.240 in order to bring 00:14:55.240 --> 00:14:56.539 you who are truly 00:14:56.539 --> 00:14:57.740 low up to God. 00:15:00.500 --> 00:15:00.939 Recently, 00:15:01.299 --> 00:15:01.919 Lauren and I 00:15:01.919 --> 00:15:03.319 hired a babysitter 00:15:03.319 --> 00:15:04.980 and we were planning 00:15:04.980 --> 00:15:05.559 to go on a little 00:15:05.559 --> 00:15:06.100 date night 00:15:06.100 --> 00:15:07.279 and something we don't 00:15:07.279 --> 00:15:08.039 do nearly enough 00:15:08.039 --> 00:15:09.139 and we decided 00:15:09.139 --> 00:15:10.159 to pick up 00:15:10.159 --> 00:15:10.759 some cheese 00:15:10.759 --> 00:15:11.500 and charcuterie 00:15:11.500 --> 00:15:13.980 from Trader Joe's, 00:15:14.139 --> 00:15:14.600 great place 00:15:14.600 --> 00:15:15.419 to buy these things, 00:15:15.639 --> 00:15:16.319 and head up 00:15:16.319 --> 00:15:17.100 to the Horsetooth 00:15:17.100 --> 00:15:17.779 Reservoir 00:15:17.779 --> 00:15:19.080 just outside 00:15:19.080 --> 00:15:19.779 of Fort Collins. 00:15:19.779 --> 00:15:20.139 I don't know if any 00:15:20.139 --> 00:15:20.360 of you have been 00:15:20.360 --> 00:15:20.679 up there 00:15:20.679 --> 00:15:21.519 and maybe been 00:15:21.519 --> 00:15:22.139 to that area. 00:15:23.179 --> 00:15:23.699 And so we stop 00:15:23.699 --> 00:15:24.240 at Trader Joe's 00:15:24.240 --> 00:15:25.559 to grab a couple 00:15:25.559 --> 00:15:26.000 of items 00:15:26.000 --> 00:15:26.579 and as we were 00:15:26.579 --> 00:15:27.639 walking toward 00:15:27.639 --> 00:15:28.639 the entrance 00:15:28.639 --> 00:15:29.980 of Trader Joe's, 00:15:30.220 --> 00:15:30.799 we noticed 00:15:30.799 --> 00:15:32.220 this trail of liquid. 00:15:33.100 --> 00:15:33.620 Couldn't really tell 00:15:33.620 --> 00:15:34.100 what it was. 00:15:34.159 --> 00:15:34.659 That was heading 00:15:34.659 --> 00:15:35.699 toward the door 00:15:35.699 --> 00:15:36.579 and a couple 00:15:36.579 --> 00:15:37.480 of Trader Joe's 00:15:37.480 --> 00:15:38.839 employees standing 00:15:38.839 --> 00:15:39.819 outside sweeping 00:15:39.819 --> 00:15:40.819 something into 00:15:40.819 --> 00:15:41.319 the liquid. 00:15:41.980 --> 00:15:42.959 What is going on? 00:15:43.079 --> 00:15:43.220 You know, 00:15:43.240 --> 00:15:44.579 so we stopped 00:15:44.579 --> 00:15:45.139 and asked them 00:15:45.139 --> 00:15:45.860 for the story 00:15:45.860 --> 00:15:46.600 and they tell us 00:15:46.600 --> 00:15:47.159 apparently 00:15:47.159 --> 00:15:48.759 someone bought 00:15:48.759 --> 00:15:50.480 like a 70 gallon, 00:15:50.579 --> 00:15:50.799 I don't know 00:15:50.799 --> 00:15:51.360 how big this thing 00:15:51.360 --> 00:15:51.899 had to have been, 00:15:52.240 --> 00:15:53.519 jug of olive oil 00:15:53.519 --> 00:15:54.679 and was taking it 00:15:54.679 --> 00:15:55.679 from the store 00:15:55.679 --> 00:15:56.839 and loading it 00:15:56.839 --> 00:15:57.480 into their trunk, 00:15:57.860 --> 00:15:58.679 dropped the thing 00:15:58.679 --> 00:15:59.319 of olive oil, 00:15:59.399 --> 00:15:59.939 it broke, 00:16:00.039 --> 00:16:00.579 and then they decided 00:16:00.579 --> 00:16:01.219 to bring it 00:16:01.219 --> 00:16:01.980 all the way back 00:16:01.980 --> 00:16:03.259 to the Trader Joe's 00:16:03.259 --> 00:16:04.399 and it left this, 00:16:04.419 --> 00:16:04.699 you know, 00:16:05.240 --> 00:16:05.899 bloody trail 00:16:05.899 --> 00:16:06.719 of olive oil 00:16:06.719 --> 00:16:07.620 all the way 00:16:07.620 --> 00:16:08.379 from their car 00:16:08.379 --> 00:16:09.120 all the way 00:16:09.120 --> 00:16:09.959 into the store. 00:16:10.399 --> 00:16:11.579 And so the Trader Joe's 00:16:11.579 --> 00:16:12.559 employees were taking, 00:16:12.620 --> 00:16:13.699 I think they got flour 00:16:13.700 --> 00:16:15.040 and they were sweeping 00:16:15.040 --> 00:16:15.780 the flour 00:16:15.780 --> 00:16:16.940 in to absorb, 00:16:17.080 --> 00:16:17.320 you know, 00:16:17.360 --> 00:16:17.780 the oil 00:16:17.780 --> 00:16:19.240 and then sort of 00:16:19.240 --> 00:16:20.840 clean up the mess. 00:16:21.820 --> 00:16:22.040 You know, 00:16:22.080 --> 00:16:22.740 you can imagine 00:16:22.740 --> 00:16:24.100 how nasty that, 00:16:24.240 --> 00:16:25.480 it didn't look like flour 00:16:25.480 --> 00:16:26.340 when we saw it, 00:16:26.379 --> 00:16:26.520 right? 00:16:26.560 --> 00:16:27.920 It looked like black, 00:16:28.560 --> 00:16:29.440 dirt, 00:16:29.660 --> 00:16:29.860 muddy, 00:16:30.040 --> 00:16:30.200 I mean, 00:16:30.200 --> 00:16:30.600 because the ground 00:16:30.600 --> 00:16:31.140 is filthy. 00:16:32.120 --> 00:16:32.820 Here's the thing, 00:16:33.860 --> 00:16:35.080 for something dirty 00:16:35.080 --> 00:16:36.040 to get clean, 00:16:36.200 --> 00:16:36.879 something clean 00:16:36.879 --> 00:16:37.740 has to get dirty. 00:16:40.259 --> 00:16:41.800 Jesus had to get dirty 00:16:41.800 --> 00:16:43.360 to make us clean. 00:16:44.320 --> 00:16:45.620 And this foot washing 00:16:45.620 --> 00:16:46.560 is symbolic 00:16:46.560 --> 00:16:48.000 of his greater work 00:16:48.000 --> 00:16:48.680 of redemption 00:16:48.680 --> 00:16:50.160 through the cross. 00:16:52.120 --> 00:16:52.560 Now, 00:16:52.640 --> 00:16:54.020 Peter was the only disciple 00:16:54.020 --> 00:16:54.740 bold enough 00:16:54.740 --> 00:16:55.620 to question 00:16:55.620 --> 00:16:57.120 what Jesus was doing, 00:16:57.180 --> 00:16:58.080 which that in itself 00:16:58.080 --> 00:16:59.620 is hard to believe. 00:16:59.680 --> 00:17:00.280 How is Peter 00:17:00.280 --> 00:17:01.120 the only one 00:17:01.120 --> 00:17:01.759 who spoke up 00:17:01.759 --> 00:17:02.320 against this, 00:17:02.360 --> 00:17:02.580 right? 00:17:03.000 --> 00:17:04.400 Look in verses 6-11. 00:17:05.240 --> 00:17:06.440 He came to Simon Peter 00:17:06.440 --> 00:17:07.059 who said to him, 00:17:07.120 --> 00:17:07.279 Lord, 00:17:07.340 --> 00:17:08.380 do you wash my feet? 00:17:08.920 --> 00:17:09.840 Jesus answered him, 00:17:09.960 --> 00:17:10.680 what I am doing 00:17:10.680 --> 00:17:11.860 you do not now understand, 00:17:12.120 --> 00:17:12.620 but afterward 00:17:12.620 --> 00:17:13.680 you will understand. 00:17:14.360 --> 00:17:15.080 Peter said to him, 00:17:15.120 --> 00:17:15.640 you shall never 00:17:15.640 --> 00:17:16.460 wash my feet. 00:17:17.059 --> 00:17:17.880 Jesus answered him, 00:17:17.960 --> 00:17:19.259 if I do not wash you, 00:17:19.660 --> 00:17:20.660 you have no share 00:17:20.660 --> 00:17:21.100 with me. 00:17:21.880 --> 00:17:22.620 Simon says to him, 00:17:22.620 --> 00:17:22.819 Lord, 00:17:22.880 --> 00:17:23.640 not my feet only, 00:17:23.720 --> 00:17:24.340 but also my hands 00:17:24.340 --> 00:17:24.779 and my head. 00:17:25.539 --> 00:17:26.340 Jesus says to him, 00:17:26.400 --> 00:17:27.080 the one who's bathed 00:17:27.080 --> 00:17:27.980 does not need to wash 00:17:27.980 --> 00:17:28.840 except for his feet, 00:17:29.039 --> 00:17:30.160 but is completely clean. 00:17:30.700 --> 00:17:31.460 And you are clean, 00:17:31.519 --> 00:17:32.400 but not every one of you, 00:17:32.480 --> 00:17:33.080 for he knew 00:17:33.080 --> 00:17:34.180 who was to betray him. 00:17:34.240 --> 00:17:34.880 That's why he said, 00:17:34.920 --> 00:17:35.960 not all of you are clean. 00:17:35.960 --> 00:17:37.960 So something in Peter 00:17:37.960 --> 00:17:40.220 knew that what was taking place 00:17:40.220 --> 00:17:40.920 was backwards. 00:17:41.759 --> 00:17:43.000 Jesus was his master. 00:17:43.680 --> 00:17:45.100 How is it that the master 00:17:45.100 --> 00:17:46.720 is washing his dirty feet? 00:17:47.420 --> 00:17:47.720 However, 00:17:47.840 --> 00:17:48.860 Peter really did miss 00:17:48.860 --> 00:17:50.079 what was going on here. 00:17:50.460 --> 00:17:51.279 In his pride 00:17:51.279 --> 00:17:52.000 and his ignorance, 00:17:52.440 --> 00:17:53.340 he was blinded 00:17:53.340 --> 00:17:53.840 to what Jesus 00:17:53.840 --> 00:17:55.160 was actually doing. 00:17:55.640 --> 00:17:56.840 Jesus was symbolically, 00:17:56.960 --> 00:17:57.240 of course, 00:17:57.559 --> 00:17:58.579 showing his disciples 00:17:58.579 --> 00:17:59.759 that though he was 00:17:59.759 --> 00:18:00.680 their Lord 00:18:00.680 --> 00:18:01.500 and master, 00:18:01.700 --> 00:18:01.960 truly, 00:18:01.960 --> 00:18:03.720 he had in fact 00:18:03.720 --> 00:18:04.960 also become their servant. 00:18:06.640 --> 00:18:07.779 He said in verse 7, 00:18:08.640 --> 00:18:09.500 after I suffer 00:18:09.500 --> 00:18:10.380 and die and rise again, 00:18:10.600 --> 00:18:12.340 then you will understand. 00:18:13.799 --> 00:18:14.740 And Jesus' response 00:18:14.740 --> 00:18:15.840 to Peter in verse 8 00:18:15.840 --> 00:18:16.680 I think is important. 00:18:16.840 --> 00:18:17.200 He says, 00:18:17.340 --> 00:18:17.660 hey Peter, 00:18:17.740 --> 00:18:18.900 if I do not wash you, 00:18:18.980 --> 00:18:20.240 you have no share with me. 00:18:20.559 --> 00:18:21.660 This was true for Peter 00:18:21.660 --> 00:18:22.240 and you know what? 00:18:22.279 --> 00:18:23.079 This is also true 00:18:23.079 --> 00:18:23.660 for all of us 00:18:23.660 --> 00:18:24.299 here in this room. 00:18:25.220 --> 00:18:26.420 If we are not washed 00:18:26.420 --> 00:18:27.480 clean by Jesus, 00:18:28.039 --> 00:18:28.860 if our sins 00:18:28.860 --> 00:18:30.460 are not taken from us 00:18:30.460 --> 00:18:32.019 and put on him, 00:18:32.500 --> 00:18:33.640 if our faith 00:18:33.640 --> 00:18:34.680 and his completed 00:18:34.680 --> 00:18:36.299 and perfect work 00:18:36.299 --> 00:18:37.340 is not there, 00:18:37.420 --> 00:18:38.519 then we have no part of him, 00:18:39.120 --> 00:18:40.120 that we are still dirty 00:18:40.120 --> 00:18:40.860 and our pride 00:18:40.860 --> 00:18:41.860 is still keeping us 00:18:41.860 --> 00:18:42.340 from God. 00:18:44.700 --> 00:18:45.840 One commentator, 00:18:46.360 --> 00:18:48.900 now past Anglican theologian 00:18:48.900 --> 00:18:49.340 and pastor, 00:18:49.500 --> 00:18:50.019 wrote this. 00:18:50.100 --> 00:18:50.380 He said, 00:18:50.380 --> 00:18:52.799 perhaps there is no sight 00:18:52.799 --> 00:18:54.440 so displeasing 00:18:54.440 --> 00:18:55.380 in God's eyes 00:18:55.380 --> 00:18:57.579 as a self-conceited, 00:18:58.059 --> 00:18:59.460 self-satisfied, 00:19:00.019 --> 00:19:01.140 self-contented, 00:19:01.940 --> 00:19:02.579 stuck-up 00:19:02.579 --> 00:19:04.440 professor of religion. 00:19:07.120 --> 00:19:08.299 How about consequence? 00:19:08.579 --> 00:19:09.500 Let's consider how this 00:19:09.500 --> 00:19:10.240 comes to bear 00:19:10.240 --> 00:19:11.420 on our own lives. 00:19:11.860 --> 00:19:12.559 Let's continue on. 00:19:12.600 --> 00:19:14.019 Look at verses 12 through 17. 00:19:15.180 --> 00:19:17.039 When Jesus had washed their feet, 00:19:17.140 --> 00:19:18.140 put on his outer garments 00:19:18.140 --> 00:19:19.400 and resumed his place, 00:19:19.460 --> 00:19:20.140 he said to them, 00:19:20.140 --> 00:19:21.039 do you understand 00:19:21.039 --> 00:19:22.019 what I have done to you? 00:19:22.100 --> 00:19:23.360 You call me teacher and Lord 00:19:23.360 --> 00:19:23.960 and you are right 00:19:23.960 --> 00:19:24.799 for so I am. 00:19:25.360 --> 00:19:25.940 If I then, 00:19:26.019 --> 00:19:26.680 your Lord and teacher, 00:19:26.779 --> 00:19:27.539 have washed your feet, 00:19:27.759 --> 00:19:29.140 you also ought to wash 00:19:29.140 --> 00:19:30.020 one another's feet. 00:19:30.460 --> 00:19:31.040 For I have given you 00:19:31.040 --> 00:19:32.360 an example that you also 00:19:32.360 --> 00:19:33.620 should do just as I have 00:19:33.620 --> 00:19:34.259 done to you. 00:19:34.900 --> 00:19:35.420 Truly, truly, 00:19:35.520 --> 00:19:36.160 I say to you, 00:19:36.180 --> 00:19:37.000 a servant is not greater 00:19:37.000 --> 00:19:37.759 than his master 00:19:37.759 --> 00:19:38.840 nor is a messenger 00:19:38.840 --> 00:19:39.480 greater than the one 00:19:39.480 --> 00:19:40.140 who sent him. 00:19:40.480 --> 00:19:41.980 If you know these things, 00:19:42.120 --> 00:19:42.620 blessed are you 00:19:42.620 --> 00:19:43.480 if you do them. 00:19:45.120 --> 00:19:45.780 Here's what this means 00:19:45.780 --> 00:19:46.240 for us. 00:19:46.560 --> 00:19:47.940 We are Jesus' servants. 00:19:49.060 --> 00:19:50.060 He is our master. 00:19:50.620 --> 00:19:51.680 We need to be okay 00:19:51.680 --> 00:19:52.940 with being called servants. 00:19:54.160 --> 00:19:56.040 We are Jesus' messengers. 00:19:56.039 --> 00:19:57.960 He is the one 00:19:57.960 --> 00:19:58.759 who sent us. 00:19:59.139 --> 00:19:59.339 Now, 00:20:00.099 --> 00:20:00.759 here's an argument 00:20:00.759 --> 00:20:02.079 from the greater 00:20:02.079 --> 00:20:02.980 to the lesser. 00:20:03.960 --> 00:20:05.659 If Jesus has served us 00:20:05.659 --> 00:20:07.139 through the greatest act 00:20:07.139 --> 00:20:08.000 of service, 00:20:08.059 --> 00:20:08.700 you could say, 00:20:08.740 --> 00:20:10.139 in the history of the world, 00:20:10.960 --> 00:20:11.960 how much more 00:20:11.960 --> 00:20:13.220 ought we to serve 00:20:13.220 --> 00:20:13.599 one another? 00:20:15.779 --> 00:20:16.759 If Jesus, 00:20:16.960 --> 00:20:18.139 the greatest person ever, 00:20:18.259 --> 00:20:19.319 through the greatest act 00:20:19.319 --> 00:20:20.180 of service ever, 00:20:20.720 --> 00:20:21.279 served us, 00:20:21.559 --> 00:20:22.399 how much more 00:20:22.399 --> 00:20:22.859 should we, 00:20:22.920 --> 00:20:23.779 his lowly servants, 00:20:24.819 --> 00:20:25.460 serve one another? 00:20:26.599 --> 00:20:27.259 So first, 00:20:27.680 --> 00:20:28.539 I think here's how 00:20:28.539 --> 00:20:29.379 we respond to this. 00:20:29.720 --> 00:20:30.399 Number one, 00:20:30.899 --> 00:20:31.460 if you're here 00:20:31.460 --> 00:20:32.720 and you're a Christian, 00:20:33.099 --> 00:20:34.000 you need to rejoice. 00:20:34.879 --> 00:20:36.220 We need to rejoice in this. 00:20:37.339 --> 00:20:38.000 That Jesus, 00:20:38.180 --> 00:20:39.220 the greatest servant ever, 00:20:39.539 --> 00:20:40.740 who literally has control 00:20:40.740 --> 00:20:41.819 and power and authority 00:20:41.819 --> 00:20:42.940 of all things, 00:20:43.299 --> 00:20:44.259 has served you 00:20:44.259 --> 00:20:45.359 by giving up his life 00:20:45.359 --> 00:20:46.480 and elevated you 00:20:46.480 --> 00:20:47.619 who are truly lowly 00:20:47.619 --> 00:20:48.339 up to God, 00:20:48.519 --> 00:20:49.440 we need to rejoice. 00:20:50.039 --> 00:20:50.579 We need to spend 00:20:50.579 --> 00:20:51.500 some time today 00:20:51.500 --> 00:20:52.220 and this week 00:20:52.220 --> 00:20:53.619 rejoicing in the Lord. 00:20:54.619 --> 00:20:55.099 Read some, 00:20:55.679 --> 00:20:56.579 to help you do this, 00:20:56.659 --> 00:20:58.439 read some celebratory psalms 00:20:58.439 --> 00:20:59.199 where the psalmists 00:20:59.199 --> 00:21:01.019 rejoice in the Lord. 00:21:01.459 --> 00:21:02.119 It's a great way 00:21:02.119 --> 00:21:03.439 to help us rejoice. 00:21:04.000 --> 00:21:05.079 I think of Psalm 84 00:21:05.079 --> 00:21:06.219 where the psalmist says, 00:21:06.599 --> 00:21:07.519 one day in his courts 00:21:07.519 --> 00:21:08.000 is better than 00:21:08.000 --> 00:21:09.119 a thousand elsewhere. 00:21:10.500 --> 00:21:11.639 Let's read these psalms 00:21:11.639 --> 00:21:12.779 and put words to this 00:21:12.779 --> 00:21:14.199 and rejoice in the Lord. 00:21:14.480 --> 00:21:14.839 Second, 00:21:14.939 --> 00:21:15.859 if you're here this morning 00:21:15.859 --> 00:21:16.919 and you do not consider yourself 00:21:16.919 --> 00:21:18.139 a follower of Jesus, 00:21:18.699 --> 00:21:19.779 please know that this 00:21:19.779 --> 00:21:20.859 is truly good news 00:21:20.859 --> 00:21:22.019 and it is for you. 00:21:22.019 --> 00:21:23.400 I would encourage you 00:21:23.400 --> 00:21:24.440 to grab hold of this 00:21:24.440 --> 00:21:25.160 by faith, 00:21:25.220 --> 00:21:25.980 which is in a sense, 00:21:26.579 --> 00:21:27.200 simply put, 00:21:27.259 --> 00:21:28.200 what faith is 00:21:28.200 --> 00:21:30.180 and let Jesus serve you 00:21:30.180 --> 00:21:31.039 and cleanse you 00:21:31.039 --> 00:21:32.000 and bring you to God. 00:21:33.299 --> 00:21:33.900 And a third way 00:21:33.900 --> 00:21:34.779 this applies to us 00:21:34.779 --> 00:21:35.619 is we need to serve 00:21:35.619 --> 00:21:36.079 one another. 00:21:37.660 --> 00:21:38.579 We need to serve 00:21:38.579 --> 00:21:39.039 one another 00:21:39.039 --> 00:21:39.920 and primarily 00:21:39.920 --> 00:21:40.980 this serving 00:21:40.980 --> 00:21:41.599 is oriented 00:21:41.599 --> 00:21:42.859 to brothers and sisters 00:21:42.859 --> 00:21:44.119 in church. 00:21:45.059 --> 00:21:45.319 Yes, 00:21:45.359 --> 00:21:46.019 we are to be servants 00:21:46.019 --> 00:21:46.660 to the world, 00:21:47.059 --> 00:21:47.720 but primarily 00:21:47.720 --> 00:21:48.379 the way the New Testament 00:21:48.379 --> 00:21:49.720 authors speak of service 00:21:49.720 --> 00:21:50.660 is aimed at brothers 00:21:50.660 --> 00:21:51.319 and sisters. 00:21:52.220 --> 00:21:53.240 The Apostle Paul wrote 00:21:53.240 --> 00:21:54.079 in Romans 12, 00:21:54.579 --> 00:21:55.839 do not think of yourself 00:21:55.839 --> 00:21:58.140 more highly than you ought. 00:22:00.620 --> 00:22:01.720 So you graduated 00:22:01.720 --> 00:22:03.319 from an impressive university. 00:22:04.539 --> 00:22:05.700 You work harder 00:22:05.700 --> 00:22:07.039 than anyone you know. 00:22:08.120 --> 00:22:09.140 You make more money 00:22:09.140 --> 00:22:10.339 than most of your friends. 00:22:11.400 --> 00:22:12.160 Your children 00:22:12.160 --> 00:22:13.660 are intellectually gifted 00:22:13.660 --> 00:22:15.299 and amazing at sports. 00:22:16.160 --> 00:22:17.339 You're more adventurous 00:22:17.339 --> 00:22:18.139 and fun 00:22:18.139 --> 00:22:19.000 and brave 00:22:19.000 --> 00:22:19.779 than others. 00:22:20.099 --> 00:22:21.839 You've hiked more 14ers 00:22:21.839 --> 00:22:23.059 than the rest of us. 00:22:23.539 --> 00:22:24.419 You're more attractive 00:22:24.419 --> 00:22:25.599 and in better shape. 00:22:26.199 --> 00:22:27.119 You're more committed, 00:22:27.639 --> 00:22:28.359 more holy, 00:22:28.759 --> 00:22:29.579 more knowledgeable 00:22:29.579 --> 00:22:30.740 in your faith. 00:22:31.299 --> 00:22:32.159 Though these things 00:22:32.159 --> 00:22:32.740 be true, 00:22:33.039 --> 00:22:33.659 do not let them 00:22:33.659 --> 00:22:34.179 puff you up 00:22:34.179 --> 00:22:34.720 and keep you 00:22:34.720 --> 00:22:35.699 from serving others. 00:22:36.519 --> 00:22:37.159 Do not let them 00:22:37.159 --> 00:22:37.959 hinder your love 00:22:37.959 --> 00:22:38.480 for others 00:22:38.480 --> 00:22:39.659 and do not think 00:22:39.659 --> 00:22:40.179 of yourself 00:22:40.179 --> 00:22:40.939 more highly 00:22:40.939 --> 00:22:41.619 than you ought. 00:22:43.119 --> 00:22:44.240 We need to be willing 00:22:44.240 --> 00:22:45.599 to wash our neighbor's feet. 00:22:45.599 --> 00:22:47.259 be quick 00:22:47.259 --> 00:22:47.799 to admit 00:22:47.799 --> 00:22:48.839 our own sins 00:22:48.839 --> 00:22:50.059 and repent. 00:22:51.099 --> 00:22:51.539 Be ready 00:22:51.539 --> 00:22:52.379 to take a break 00:22:52.379 --> 00:22:53.619 from your old plans. 00:22:53.719 --> 00:22:54.579 This is your own 00:22:54.579 --> 00:22:55.359 personal plans, 00:22:55.480 --> 00:22:56.719 particularly hard for me. 00:22:57.059 --> 00:22:57.599 I'm a three 00:22:57.599 --> 00:22:58.279 on the Enneagram. 00:22:58.419 --> 00:22:58.839 I don't know if that means 00:22:58.839 --> 00:22:59.459 anything to you. 00:22:59.959 --> 00:23:00.980 I'm an achiever. 00:23:01.079 --> 00:23:02.279 I love to like check boxes 00:23:02.279 --> 00:23:03.639 and be very disciplined 00:23:03.639 --> 00:23:04.279 by nature. 00:23:04.579 --> 00:23:05.379 It's hard for me 00:23:05.379 --> 00:23:06.599 to change my schedule 00:23:06.599 --> 00:23:07.939 from what I want 00:23:07.939 --> 00:23:08.659 to have happen, 00:23:08.879 --> 00:23:10.139 but I really do think 00:23:10.139 --> 00:23:11.359 that serving one another 00:23:11.359 --> 00:23:12.579 involves changing, 00:23:12.759 --> 00:23:13.219 being willing 00:23:13.219 --> 00:23:14.480 to change your schedule 00:23:14.480 --> 00:23:15.819 to give up 00:23:15.819 --> 00:23:17.079 some of your own time. 00:23:17.960 --> 00:23:19.059 Keep your ears open 00:23:19.059 --> 00:23:19.620 for your brothers 00:23:19.620 --> 00:23:20.079 and sisters, 00:23:20.279 --> 00:23:21.579 particularly in your midst 00:23:21.579 --> 00:23:22.900 here in this congregation 00:23:22.900 --> 00:23:23.980 who are going 00:23:23.980 --> 00:23:24.980 through a hard time 00:23:24.980 --> 00:23:26.160 and could use a friend 00:23:26.160 --> 00:23:27.240 to encourage them 00:23:27.240 --> 00:23:28.059 and help them. 00:23:29.319 --> 00:23:30.220 Recently read 00:23:30.220 --> 00:23:31.319 C.S. Lewis, 00:23:31.579 --> 00:23:32.000 his book, 00:23:32.180 --> 00:23:32.860 Four Loves. 00:23:33.180 --> 00:23:33.599 I think I'm still 00:23:33.599 --> 00:23:34.400 kind of working through it. 00:23:34.440 --> 00:23:35.180 He talks about friendship 00:23:35.180 --> 00:23:35.559 in there. 00:23:35.620 --> 00:23:36.099 It's some great 00:23:36.099 --> 00:23:37.220 quotable things. 00:23:37.319 --> 00:23:37.539 He said, 00:23:37.680 --> 00:23:38.640 a friend is close enough 00:23:38.640 --> 00:23:40.140 where you can put your arm 00:23:40.140 --> 00:23:41.220 on your friend, 00:23:41.700 --> 00:23:42.960 but not too close 00:23:42.960 --> 00:23:43.900 where you suffocate them. 00:23:44.300 --> 00:23:45.400 So I think this is just 00:23:45.400 --> 00:23:46.840 sort of what being 00:23:46.840 --> 00:23:48.400 a true godly friend is, 00:23:48.440 --> 00:23:49.200 being in community, 00:23:49.360 --> 00:23:49.940 serving one another. 00:23:50.000 --> 00:23:50.620 You just kind of get 00:23:50.620 --> 00:23:51.560 close to each other. 00:23:52.019 --> 00:23:52.540 You don't have to say 00:23:52.540 --> 00:23:53.160 the right thing, 00:23:53.660 --> 00:23:54.480 but just be there 00:23:54.480 --> 00:23:55.040 for one another 00:23:55.040 --> 00:23:55.960 and serve one another 00:23:55.960 --> 00:23:56.519 when you're going 00:23:56.519 --> 00:23:57.400 through a time in need. 00:23:59.480 --> 00:24:00.340 I got to spend 00:24:00.340 --> 00:24:01.180 a couple hours 00:24:01.180 --> 00:24:03.300 on a Monday morning 00:24:03.300 --> 00:24:03.980 when I was writing 00:24:03.980 --> 00:24:04.840 this sermon 00:24:04.840 --> 00:24:05.900 with my youngest 00:24:05.900 --> 00:24:06.820 two-year-old daughter, 00:24:06.980 --> 00:24:07.519 Eloise. 00:24:08.040 --> 00:24:08.820 And at one point, 00:24:08.960 --> 00:24:09.680 you know, 00:24:09.720 --> 00:24:11.160 I think I was trying 00:24:11.160 --> 00:24:12.279 to multitask 00:24:12.279 --> 00:24:13.120 and watch her 00:24:13.120 --> 00:24:13.680 as I'm trying 00:24:13.680 --> 00:24:14.320 to write a sermon. 00:24:14.820 --> 00:24:15.300 She basically 00:24:15.300 --> 00:24:16.480 just is watching her. 00:24:17.160 --> 00:24:18.500 And Lauren was gone 00:24:18.500 --> 00:24:18.940 when the kids were, 00:24:19.000 --> 00:24:19.840 the boys were in school. 00:24:20.740 --> 00:24:21.300 And I could tell 00:24:21.300 --> 00:24:21.660 she wanted, 00:24:21.759 --> 00:24:22.220 she needed to like 00:24:22.220 --> 00:24:22.640 get out of that, 00:24:22.840 --> 00:24:23.500 take a little break 00:24:23.500 --> 00:24:24.180 from the inside. 00:24:24.259 --> 00:24:24.600 So I said, 00:24:24.640 --> 00:24:25.160 do you want to go outside? 00:24:25.220 --> 00:24:26.019 I'll push you on the swings. 00:24:26.540 --> 00:24:26.980 And she said, 00:24:27.060 --> 00:24:27.900 yes, you know. 00:24:28.259 --> 00:24:29.060 And so immediately 00:24:29.060 --> 00:24:29.779 she goes 00:24:29.779 --> 00:24:30.640 and she gathers up 00:24:30.640 --> 00:24:31.580 her stuffed animals 00:24:31.580 --> 00:24:32.300 and her lovies 00:24:32.300 --> 00:24:32.779 and her, 00:24:32.880 --> 00:24:33.840 what we call her nookie, 00:24:34.160 --> 00:24:34.980 which is just a brand 00:24:34.980 --> 00:24:35.779 of a pacifier. 00:24:36.379 --> 00:24:37.279 And she kind of gets 00:24:37.279 --> 00:24:38.279 all of this stuff 00:24:38.279 --> 00:24:39.119 in her arms 00:24:39.119 --> 00:24:40.079 and she like walks over 00:24:40.079 --> 00:24:41.039 to me as if she's ready 00:24:41.039 --> 00:24:42.299 to go, you know. 00:24:42.399 --> 00:24:42.980 And I said, 00:24:43.059 --> 00:24:43.899 okay, honey, 00:24:44.119 --> 00:24:45.039 we're going to go outside 00:24:45.039 --> 00:24:45.740 but you need to put 00:24:45.740 --> 00:24:46.819 all that stuff on the stairs 00:24:46.819 --> 00:24:47.240 because we don't want 00:24:47.240 --> 00:24:47.819 to take it outside 00:24:47.819 --> 00:24:48.480 to get dirty. 00:24:49.500 --> 00:24:51.740 And she like pauses 00:24:51.740 --> 00:24:52.460 and looks at me 00:24:52.460 --> 00:24:54.039 and shakes her head no. 00:24:55.059 --> 00:24:55.740 She did not want 00:24:55.740 --> 00:24:56.680 to leave her friends, 00:24:56.859 --> 00:24:58.019 her dear bedtime friends, 00:24:58.139 --> 00:24:58.359 you know. 00:24:58.399 --> 00:24:58.619 I said, 00:24:58.899 --> 00:24:59.539 come on Eloise, 00:24:59.599 --> 00:25:00.220 you can do it. 00:25:00.220 --> 00:25:01.220 Your lovies will get dirty. 00:25:01.279 --> 00:25:01.899 You have to put them 00:25:01.899 --> 00:25:02.259 over here. 00:25:02.519 --> 00:25:03.720 So slowly she puts 00:25:03.720 --> 00:25:04.379 her little baby 00:25:04.379 --> 00:25:05.359 stuffed animals down 00:25:05.359 --> 00:25:06.919 and then she paused 00:25:06.919 --> 00:25:07.759 and she looked at them, 00:25:08.000 --> 00:25:08.279 looked at her, 00:25:08.339 --> 00:25:09.299 she got two little 00:25:09.299 --> 00:25:10.399 lovey things in her hand. 00:25:10.759 --> 00:25:12.119 She put her least 00:25:12.119 --> 00:25:13.699 favorite one down first 00:25:13.699 --> 00:25:15.199 and then she looked 00:25:15.199 --> 00:25:15.799 at her favorite 00:25:15.799 --> 00:25:16.319 little lovey, 00:25:16.339 --> 00:25:16.759 it's like a little 00:25:16.759 --> 00:25:18.139 cloth animal thing 00:25:18.139 --> 00:25:18.819 she sleeps with. 00:25:19.979 --> 00:25:20.719 I swear she like 00:25:20.719 --> 00:25:21.500 kissed it or something 00:25:21.500 --> 00:25:22.199 but she eventually 00:25:22.199 --> 00:25:23.479 put that one down too 00:25:23.479 --> 00:25:24.519 and then turned 00:25:24.519 --> 00:25:25.219 and came to me 00:25:25.219 --> 00:25:25.799 and said, 00:25:25.899 --> 00:25:26.000 okay, 00:25:26.059 --> 00:25:26.859 you're almost there, 00:25:26.919 --> 00:25:27.279 you just got to put 00:25:27.279 --> 00:25:28.339 your pacifier now 00:25:28.339 --> 00:25:28.959 on the step 00:25:28.959 --> 00:25:29.740 and then she said, 00:25:29.819 --> 00:25:29.939 no, 00:25:30.000 --> 00:25:30.679 she didn't want to do it. 00:25:30.699 --> 00:25:31.500 So I had to help her, 00:25:31.799 --> 00:25:32.279 I had to take it 00:25:32.279 --> 00:25:33.000 out of her mouth 00:25:33.000 --> 00:25:34.479 and put it on the step 00:25:34.480 --> 00:25:35.759 and then we could 00:25:35.759 --> 00:25:36.460 get her coat on 00:25:36.460 --> 00:25:36.920 and shoes on 00:25:36.920 --> 00:25:37.539 and go outside. 00:25:38.900 --> 00:25:39.400 Now immediately 00:25:39.400 --> 00:25:40.579 when I finished 00:25:40.579 --> 00:25:41.339 this little dance 00:25:41.339 --> 00:25:41.779 with her, 00:25:41.920 --> 00:25:42.279 I thought, 00:25:42.400 --> 00:25:42.839 it just kind of 00:25:42.839 --> 00:25:43.400 dawned on me 00:25:43.400 --> 00:25:43.860 because I was literally 00:25:43.860 --> 00:25:44.279 in the middle 00:25:44.279 --> 00:25:45.099 of writing this. 00:25:45.880 --> 00:25:46.640 This is sort of 00:25:46.640 --> 00:25:47.339 how we are 00:25:47.339 --> 00:25:47.940 with Jesus. 00:25:49.319 --> 00:25:50.120 In the gospel, 00:25:50.299 --> 00:25:51.079 Jesus calls us 00:25:51.079 --> 00:25:51.860 to leave 00:25:51.860 --> 00:25:52.980 our pride behind 00:25:52.980 --> 00:25:55.120 and follow him 00:25:55.120 --> 00:25:56.960 and serve one another. 00:25:57.920 --> 00:25:59.160 But we don't want to, 00:25:59.240 --> 00:25:59.819 this is often 00:25:59.819 --> 00:26:00.559 very hard. 00:26:00.559 --> 00:26:02.139 We love the glory 00:26:02.139 --> 00:26:03.240 that comes from 00:26:03.240 --> 00:26:04.039 our accomplishments. 00:26:04.839 --> 00:26:05.859 We cling to, 00:26:06.059 --> 00:26:07.099 we trust in, 00:26:07.319 --> 00:26:08.440 we boast in 00:26:08.440 --> 00:26:09.299 our talents 00:26:09.299 --> 00:26:10.119 and our skills. 00:26:10.980 --> 00:26:11.579 And we actually 00:26:11.579 --> 00:26:12.159 really enjoy, 00:26:12.259 --> 00:26:12.619 I think if we're 00:26:12.619 --> 00:26:13.200 being honest, 00:26:13.700 --> 00:26:14.659 feeling above 00:26:14.659 --> 00:26:15.879 the people around us. 00:26:17.240 --> 00:26:19.019 But Jesus crucifies 00:26:19.019 --> 00:26:19.679 our pride 00:26:19.679 --> 00:26:20.579 through the gospel 00:26:20.579 --> 00:26:22.119 and calls us 00:26:22.119 --> 00:26:23.000 to serve one another. 00:26:23.940 --> 00:26:24.799 Let's do this 00:26:24.799 --> 00:26:25.599 together in faith. 00:26:26.319 --> 00:26:27.079 Let me pray for us. 00:26:27.079 --> 00:26:27.759 Father, 00:26:29.159 --> 00:26:30.000 we give you thanks, 00:26:30.319 --> 00:26:31.419 we give you thanks 00:26:31.419 --> 00:26:31.879 for Jesus. 00:26:32.379 --> 00:26:33.599 We rejoice in him 00:26:33.599 --> 00:26:35.259 who truly cleans us. 00:26:36.220 --> 00:26:37.319 We know we are 00:26:37.319 --> 00:26:38.299 not perfectly clean. 00:26:38.419 --> 00:26:39.019 We know we are 00:26:39.019 --> 00:26:39.599 prideful. 00:26:40.519 --> 00:26:41.759 We struggle 00:26:41.759 --> 00:26:43.439 with doubt, 00:26:43.960 --> 00:26:44.799 with insecurity, 00:26:45.059 --> 00:26:46.119 with selfishness, 00:26:46.439 --> 00:26:47.159 with pride, 00:26:47.480 --> 00:26:50.039 with cold hearts 00:26:50.039 --> 00:26:51.299 that are very focused 00:26:51.299 --> 00:26:52.139 on loving ourselves 00:26:52.139 --> 00:26:54.379 and often not focused 00:26:54.379 --> 00:26:55.480 on loving others. 00:26:55.480 --> 00:26:56.720 we thank you 00:26:56.720 --> 00:26:57.180 for Jesus 00:26:57.180 --> 00:26:58.880 who truly washed us 00:26:58.880 --> 00:27:00.500 clean by his own blood. 00:27:00.980 --> 00:27:01.700 And now we pray, 00:27:01.839 --> 00:27:03.000 he did give us an example, 00:27:03.140 --> 00:27:04.019 we pray that you would 00:27:04.019 --> 00:27:05.500 help us by the power 00:27:05.500 --> 00:27:06.440 of your spirit 00:27:06.440 --> 00:27:08.519 to follow Jesus 00:27:08.519 --> 00:27:09.660 and serve others. 00:27:10.200 --> 00:27:10.640 Help us to, 00:27:11.019 --> 00:27:11.779 may this church 00:27:11.779 --> 00:27:12.860 be known as a church 00:27:12.860 --> 00:27:14.000 that really serves 00:27:14.000 --> 00:27:14.559 one another, 00:27:15.500 --> 00:27:16.700 that loves their neighbor 00:27:16.700 --> 00:27:17.579 as themself. 00:27:18.700 --> 00:27:19.779 Help us to do this. 00:27:19.860 --> 00:27:20.559 Give us the power 00:27:20.559 --> 00:27:21.240 by your spirit, 00:27:21.339 --> 00:27:22.599 we pray in Jesus' name. 00:27:22.900 --> 00:27:23.079 Amen. 00:27:23.079 --> 00:27:23.140 Amen.