WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.259 We hope that you enjoy this teaching from Christchurch. 00:00:05.259 --> 00:00:15.419 This material is copyrighted and no unauthorized duplication, redistribution, or any other use of any part is permitted without prior consent from Christchurch. 00:00:15.419 --> 00:00:22.640 Please consider donating to this work in the San Francisco Bay Area online at ChristChurchEastBay.org. 00:00:25.240 --> 00:00:27.219 Reading from the Gospel according to John. 00:00:28.719 --> 00:00:30.920 It was just before the Passover festival. 00:00:32.000 --> 00:00:36.299 Jesus knew that the hour had come for him to leave this world and go to the Father. 00:00:37.539 --> 00:00:41.020 Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end. 00:00:41.020 --> 00:00:47.460 The evening meal was in progress and the devil had already prompted Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, to betray Jesus. 00:00:48.340 --> 00:00:53.900 Jesus knew that the Father had put all things under his power and that he had come from God and was returning to God. 00:00:54.780 --> 00:00:59.400 So he got up from the meal, took off his outer clothing, and wrapped a towel around his waist. 00:01:00.380 --> 00:01:07.280 After that, he poured water into a basin and began to wash his disciples' feet, drying them with the towel that was wrapped around him. 00:01:07.280 --> 00:01:11.560 He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, Lord, are you going to wash my feet? 00:01:12.420 --> 00:01:17.740 Jesus replied, you do not realize now what I am doing, but later you will understand. 00:01:18.280 --> 00:01:20.480 No, said Peter, you shall never wash my feet. 00:01:21.340 --> 00:01:26.060 Jesus answered, unless I wash you, you have no part with me. 00:01:27.520 --> 00:01:31.159 Then Lord Simon Peter replied, not just my feet, but my hands and my head as well. 00:01:32.040 --> 00:01:35.640 Jesus answered, those who have had a bath need only to wash their feet. 00:01:35.640 --> 00:01:39.620 Their whole body is clean, and you are clean, though not every one of you. 00:01:40.120 --> 00:01:45.000 For he knew who was going to betray him, and that was why he said not everyone was clean. 00:01:46.019 --> 00:01:50.739 When he had finished washing their feet, he put on his clothes and returned to his place. 00:01:50.879 --> 00:01:52.819 Do you understand what I have done for you? 00:01:52.859 --> 00:01:53.420 He asked them. 00:01:54.019 --> 00:01:57.280 You call me teacher and Lord, and rightly so, for that is what I am. 00:01:57.960 --> 00:02:04.280 Now that I, your Lord and teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another's feet. 00:02:04.280 --> 00:02:09.219 I have set you an example that you should do as I have done for you. 00:02:10.039 --> 00:02:17.500 Very truly, I tell you, no servant is greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him. 00:02:18.400 --> 00:02:21.719 Now that you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them. 00:02:21.719 --> 00:02:29.080 A new command I give you, love one another as I have loved you, so you must love one another. 00:02:29.740 --> 00:02:35.199 By this, everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another. 00:02:35.360 --> 00:02:36.780 This is the gospel of the Lord. 00:02:37.479 --> 00:02:41.780 Good morning, Christ Church. 00:02:41.780 --> 00:02:50.280 If you see some people here today who look like they are part of the same gene pool as me and share my DNA, 00:02:50.479 --> 00:02:52.280 your eyes are not playing tricks on you. 00:02:52.719 --> 00:02:56.259 We are delighted to have my brother and his family here with us today. 00:02:56.979 --> 00:03:03.719 And they have offered, yes, they have offered to host a Q&A after this service 00:03:03.719 --> 00:03:07.300 so that you can ask all those questions you have been wanting to know. 00:03:07.300 --> 00:03:08.920 Like, what is up with Jonathan? 00:03:09.620 --> 00:03:11.280 You all seem so well adjusted. 00:03:12.320 --> 00:03:13.180 What happened? 00:03:13.939 --> 00:03:15.560 You can ask them later today. 00:03:15.780 --> 00:03:21.300 But we are going through the gospel of John, and we are in this kind of like moment 00:03:21.860 --> 00:03:25.000 where we are preparing for the 20th birthday of our church. 00:03:25.840 --> 00:03:30.600 And we are using some text in the gospel of John to help us renew our sense of our mission 00:03:30.600 --> 00:03:32.040 and our commitment to that mission. 00:03:32.760 --> 00:03:36.840 And we have said the past few weeks that it is just so important when you sit down 00:03:36.840 --> 00:03:42.219 to hammer out your mission, vision, and values of a new organization, a new institution, 00:03:43.099 --> 00:03:48.480 that you clearly and adequately capture your core identity and your core purpose. 00:03:48.620 --> 00:03:49.240 Who are we? 00:03:49.759 --> 00:03:50.759 Why are we here? 00:03:51.199 --> 00:03:52.520 What do we exist to do? 00:03:53.379 --> 00:03:57.280 And I remember when we were crafting the mission statement of Christ Church, 00:03:57.960 --> 00:04:03.199 we were not satisfied to simply say that we exist to lead people 00:04:03.199 --> 00:04:07.239 into a deeper relationship with Christ and His church and just kind of leave it there 00:04:07.239 --> 00:04:15.259 because we were concerned to add these words through community. 00:04:15.719 --> 00:04:20.480 We want to lead people into a deeper relationship with Christ and His church through community. 00:04:20.480 --> 00:04:29.800 We didn't want people to think that, you know, you can attend a worship service two or three times a month 00:04:29.800 --> 00:04:35.560 or serve once a month on a ministry team and give an occasional financial gift 00:04:35.560 --> 00:04:42.700 and that that would be the extent of your involvement in the mission. 00:04:42.699 --> 00:04:52.500 We wanted to emphasize the personal relationships, the relational fellowship that a living church 00:04:52.500 --> 00:04:57.039 and a dynamic church is meant to experience and express. 00:04:57.360 --> 00:04:58.719 And so we wanted to push people. 00:04:59.620 --> 00:05:08.579 We wanted you to be thinking about all the aspects of what it means to be part of a dynamic Christian community 00:05:08.579 --> 00:05:12.219 that we don't just limit ourselves to a Sunday morning gathering 00:05:12.219 --> 00:05:17.259 but rather our community extends Monday to Saturday 00:05:17.259 --> 00:05:23.500 that we are a people who break bread together, that we open the Bible together, we pray together, 00:05:24.219 --> 00:05:28.180 we bring meals when you get sick and when you have a baby, 00:05:28.979 --> 00:05:33.159 we go on a walk when you're discouraged, we drive you to the airport, 00:05:33.699 --> 00:05:38.319 we watch each other's kids, we tutor your struggling student, 00:05:38.579 --> 00:05:42.639 we visit you in the hospital, we help you move. 00:05:43.979 --> 00:05:47.459 And so today I want to kind of bore down on this question, 00:05:48.300 --> 00:05:52.599 not just what is a good community, a good human community, 00:05:53.219 --> 00:05:56.860 but what is an authentically Christian community? 00:05:58.279 --> 00:06:03.579 What does a Christ-centered and Christ-like community feel like 00:06:03.579 --> 00:06:06.219 and how do we cultivate such a community? 00:06:06.220 --> 00:06:12.340 And I think John 13 is very helpful because Jesus knew that this was the last time 00:06:12.340 --> 00:06:15.080 that he would have with his disciples before he went to the cross. 00:06:16.080 --> 00:06:22.040 And so he's giving them this intensive graduate level training course. 00:06:23.120 --> 00:06:29.200 And John 13 to 17 is the longest single body of Jesus' teaching that we have in the New Testament. 00:06:29.199 --> 00:06:38.219 And he addresses some aspects of Christian community that I think are critical for us to get a hold of here in John 13. 00:06:38.759 --> 00:06:40.500 And we're going to talk about three things. 00:06:40.620 --> 00:06:44.139 First of all, a community of downward mobility, 00:06:45.319 --> 00:06:47.360 a community of gracious sacrifice, 00:06:48.199 --> 00:06:50.800 and a community of one-anothering love. 00:06:51.539 --> 00:06:53.060 A community of downward mobility, 00:06:53.199 --> 00:06:54.480 a community of gracious sacrifice, 00:06:54.480 --> 00:06:57.360 and a community of one-anothering love. 00:06:58.379 --> 00:07:01.480 Let's start with a community of downward mobility. 00:07:01.660 --> 00:07:05.180 In verse 1 it says it was just before the Passover festival, 00:07:05.379 --> 00:07:10.259 and Jesus knew that the hour had come for him to leave this world and to go to the Father. 00:07:10.360 --> 00:07:12.220 And having loved his own who were in the world, 00:07:12.520 --> 00:07:14.680 he loved them to the end. 00:07:15.540 --> 00:07:17.000 In less than 24 hours, 00:07:17.580 --> 00:07:19.660 Jesus is going to die on the cross. 00:07:19.660 --> 00:07:21.460 And by this time, 00:07:22.020 --> 00:07:23.260 tomorrow on Good Friday, 00:07:23.540 --> 00:07:27.240 the lifeless body of Jesus will be carried to the garden tomb. 00:07:28.460 --> 00:07:31.720 And Jesus, well aware that this is his certain destiny, 00:07:32.560 --> 00:07:37.860 he wants to show his disciples what it means to love them to the end. 00:07:38.680 --> 00:07:40.160 And so it says in verse 3, 00:07:40.920 --> 00:07:44.360 Jesus knew that the Father had put all things under his power, 00:07:44.460 --> 00:07:46.879 and that he had come from God and was returning to God. 00:07:46.879 --> 00:07:48.879 And so he got up from the meal, 00:07:48.980 --> 00:07:50.180 took off his outer clothing, 00:07:50.639 --> 00:07:52.100 wrapped a towel around his waist. 00:07:53.040 --> 00:07:53.600 And after that, 00:07:53.639 --> 00:07:54.920 he poured water into a basin 00:07:54.920 --> 00:07:56.680 and began to wash his disciples' feet, 00:07:56.800 --> 00:08:00.300 drying them with the towel that was wrapped around him. 00:08:02.259 --> 00:08:02.699 Jesus, 00:08:03.180 --> 00:08:04.500 knowing what was at stake 00:08:04.500 --> 00:08:06.699 with his disciples, 00:08:07.420 --> 00:08:10.199 he wasn't talking with them about the weather, 00:08:10.980 --> 00:08:12.300 or sports, 00:08:13.199 --> 00:08:14.519 or the NCAA tournament, 00:08:14.519 --> 00:08:17.120 or politics, 00:08:17.399 --> 00:08:18.439 or international affairs, 00:08:18.740 --> 00:08:20.759 or the rising and falling of the stock market. 00:08:21.599 --> 00:08:26.699 He was talking with them about the things that were most crucial for their life with God. 00:08:27.620 --> 00:08:28.060 In fact, 00:08:28.839 --> 00:08:31.319 Jesus actually wasn't even really talking with them at all. 00:08:31.419 --> 00:08:33.259 He was showing them something. 00:08:34.319 --> 00:08:35.600 And what was he showing them? 00:08:35.679 --> 00:08:35.879 Well, 00:08:36.139 --> 00:08:37.679 we know that in the other Gospels, 00:08:37.939 --> 00:08:38.199 Matthew, 00:08:38.340 --> 00:08:38.500 Mark, 00:08:38.539 --> 00:08:38.919 and Luke, 00:08:38.919 --> 00:08:46.559 this is the moment where Jesus' disciples were arguing with each other about which of them was the greatest disciple. 00:08:48.079 --> 00:08:49.000 And Jesus, 00:08:49.159 --> 00:08:50.019 in the midst of that argument, 00:08:50.159 --> 00:08:50.899 he tells them, 00:08:51.019 --> 00:08:53.959 I am among you as the one who serves. 00:08:55.079 --> 00:09:01.079 And it was clear in that moment that none of the disciples were prepared to wash the feet of Jesus. 00:09:01.879 --> 00:09:04.000 None of them were prepared to wash each other's feet. 00:09:04.000 --> 00:09:05.659 And so, 00:09:06.259 --> 00:09:07.000 Jesus, 00:09:07.720 --> 00:09:09.940 in that moment, 00:09:10.860 --> 00:09:13.940 puts himself in the position that they should have been in. 00:09:14.039 --> 00:09:16.159 Jesus says he rose from the table, 00:09:16.259 --> 00:09:17.639 he took off his outer garments, 00:09:18.220 --> 00:09:20.159 and he tied the towel around his waist. 00:09:20.220 --> 00:09:23.620 Now, let's just pause there to make a cultural observation 00:09:23.620 --> 00:09:28.779 that what Jesus is doing here socially is not just jarring, 00:09:29.299 --> 00:09:30.240 but it's offensive. 00:09:32.259 --> 00:09:33.419 Because people, 00:09:33.740 --> 00:09:34.200 as you know, 00:09:34.299 --> 00:09:36.820 they didn't wear socks and shoes like we do. 00:09:37.019 --> 00:09:38.259 They wore sandals. 00:09:38.340 --> 00:09:38.799 It was hot. 00:09:38.879 --> 00:09:39.340 It was arid. 00:09:39.460 --> 00:09:41.960 They needed sandals on their feet. 00:09:43.259 --> 00:09:44.200 But also, 00:09:44.360 --> 00:09:46.080 very few first century homes 00:09:46.080 --> 00:09:49.680 had toilets and sewers like ours do. 00:09:50.560 --> 00:09:51.080 And so, 00:09:51.159 --> 00:09:53.320 they would take the refuse of chamber pots, 00:09:53.320 --> 00:09:56.260 and very often those would be dumped out into the streets. 00:09:57.760 --> 00:10:01.460 Add on to that the manure of animals going up and down on the streets 00:10:01.460 --> 00:10:03.620 and the accumulation of food waste. 00:10:04.340 --> 00:10:08.440 An ancient street could be a pretty nasty place. 00:10:09.800 --> 00:10:10.080 And so, 00:10:10.180 --> 00:10:11.379 when you would arrive at a meal, 00:10:11.960 --> 00:10:14.220 you would arrive with pretty stinky, 00:10:14.360 --> 00:10:15.740 pretty grimy feet. 00:10:15.740 --> 00:10:17.720 And the question is, 00:10:18.100 --> 00:10:20.919 who is it that is to wash those feet? 00:10:22.019 --> 00:10:23.720 And the answer was, 00:10:24.159 --> 00:10:24.820 a slave. 00:10:25.840 --> 00:10:27.639 That was the job of a slave. 00:10:27.799 --> 00:10:29.820 And not a high-ranking slave, 00:10:29.919 --> 00:10:30.340 mind you. 00:10:31.139 --> 00:10:33.320 But the lowest of the low. 00:10:33.720 --> 00:10:36.340 This was such an undignified and reviled task 00:10:36.340 --> 00:10:39.419 that later rabbis would not allow Jews 00:10:39.419 --> 00:10:41.259 to carry out this role. 00:10:42.579 --> 00:10:45.219 But I want to also not just make a cultural observation. 00:10:45.360 --> 00:10:47.539 I want to make a theological observation here 00:10:47.539 --> 00:10:50.399 that at this Passover feast, 00:10:50.559 --> 00:10:51.679 Jesus is the host. 00:10:52.319 --> 00:10:53.620 Jesus is the teacher. 00:10:54.599 --> 00:10:55.079 And therefore, 00:10:55.259 --> 00:10:57.079 he's a person of high status. 00:10:57.179 --> 00:10:57.819 He's a person 00:10:57.819 --> 00:11:00.059 with great social honor. 00:11:01.019 --> 00:11:02.179 But he's so much more 00:11:02.179 --> 00:11:03.500 than just a host and a teacher. 00:11:03.639 --> 00:11:04.899 It says again in verse 3, 00:11:04.899 --> 00:11:07.240 that Jesus knew the Father 00:11:07.240 --> 00:11:09.179 had put all things under his power 00:11:09.179 --> 00:11:10.480 and that he had come from God 00:11:10.480 --> 00:11:12.639 and was returning to God. 00:11:13.959 --> 00:11:17.199 Now, if you and I were to finish that sentence, 00:11:18.379 --> 00:11:21.179 that Jesus knew he had all things 00:11:21.179 --> 00:11:23.659 put under him, 00:11:23.919 --> 00:11:25.500 under his power by God, 00:11:25.559 --> 00:11:26.699 that he had come from God 00:11:26.699 --> 00:11:28.620 and that he was going to God, 00:11:29.079 --> 00:11:31.259 we probably would have finished that sentence 00:11:31.259 --> 00:11:32.319 and we would have written, 00:11:32.699 --> 00:11:34.500 Jesus then displayed the majesty 00:11:34.500 --> 00:11:35.200 of the one 00:11:35.200 --> 00:11:36.879 who possesses all authority 00:11:36.879 --> 00:11:37.899 in the universe. 00:11:40.059 --> 00:11:41.179 And Jesus, of course, 00:11:41.279 --> 00:11:43.879 does know that he's co-eternal 00:11:43.879 --> 00:11:45.320 with the Father 00:11:45.320 --> 00:11:47.039 in dignity and majesty 00:11:47.039 --> 00:11:48.639 and glory and power. 00:11:49.759 --> 00:11:51.740 He knows that from all eternity, 00:11:51.960 --> 00:11:53.139 he's been face to face 00:11:53.139 --> 00:11:54.139 with God himself, 00:11:54.860 --> 00:11:56.200 that he's been the one 00:11:56.200 --> 00:11:58.100 in closest relationship to the Father 00:11:58.100 --> 00:11:59.559 and that in just a little while, 00:11:59.639 --> 00:12:00.440 he's going back 00:12:00.440 --> 00:12:02.799 to sit on the very throne of God. 00:12:02.799 --> 00:12:05.419 Jesus knows himself 00:12:05.419 --> 00:12:07.099 to be the Lord of all 00:12:07.099 --> 00:12:09.379 and yet what does he do 00:12:09.379 --> 00:12:10.740 with that power? 00:12:12.079 --> 00:12:14.019 He humbles himself. 00:12:15.279 --> 00:12:16.719 He becomes the lowest 00:12:16.719 --> 00:12:18.479 of the lowest slave 00:12:18.479 --> 00:12:20.699 and he begins to wash 00:12:20.699 --> 00:12:21.459 the dirty feet 00:12:21.459 --> 00:12:22.519 of his disciple community 00:12:22.519 --> 00:12:25.279 that frankly was just too self-concerned 00:12:25.279 --> 00:12:27.500 about who was the greatest 00:12:27.500 --> 00:12:30.100 to wash Jesus' feet, 00:12:30.179 --> 00:12:31.879 to untie his sandals. 00:12:33.200 --> 00:12:35.000 And in this prophetic action, 00:12:35.120 --> 00:12:36.159 in this acted parable, 00:12:36.259 --> 00:12:37.399 the Son of the living God, 00:12:38.179 --> 00:12:39.179 the King of heaven, 00:12:39.240 --> 00:12:40.240 the Lord of glory, 00:12:40.980 --> 00:12:42.320 the Word made flesh, 00:12:43.460 --> 00:12:45.000 he's giving us a sketch 00:12:45.000 --> 00:12:45.879 in miniature 00:12:45.879 --> 00:12:48.700 of the larger portrait 00:12:48.700 --> 00:12:51.860 of his overall humiliation. 00:12:51.860 --> 00:12:54.620 If we can pull up a slide, 00:12:54.700 --> 00:12:55.600 I hope we have a slide 00:12:55.600 --> 00:12:56.259 that you can see. 00:12:56.360 --> 00:12:57.840 Many scholars like to point out 00:12:57.840 --> 00:12:58.800 the striking parallel 00:12:58.800 --> 00:13:00.899 between this text 00:13:00.899 --> 00:13:03.159 and Philippians chapter 2. 00:13:03.519 --> 00:13:04.759 I don't know if we have that or not. 00:13:05.399 --> 00:13:06.100 Maybe, maybe not. 00:13:07.100 --> 00:13:07.360 Okay. 00:13:07.860 --> 00:13:08.980 Don't worry about it. 00:13:10.560 --> 00:13:12.639 If you know Philippians chapter 2, 00:13:13.159 --> 00:13:14.060 the Apostle Paul 00:13:14.060 --> 00:13:15.320 is writing there 00:13:15.320 --> 00:13:16.180 that Jesus 00:13:16.180 --> 00:13:19.480 began in the highest glory of heaven 00:13:19.480 --> 00:13:22.180 and that he then came down 00:13:22.180 --> 00:13:23.300 into the deepest depths 00:13:23.300 --> 00:13:25.080 of the human condition 00:13:25.080 --> 00:13:26.120 into a world 00:13:26.120 --> 00:13:27.759 full of dirty feet 00:13:27.759 --> 00:13:29.139 and grimy souls. 00:13:30.080 --> 00:13:31.639 And he emptied himself. 00:13:31.779 --> 00:13:32.600 He humbled himself. 00:13:32.759 --> 00:13:35.060 He took the lowliest position 00:13:35.060 --> 00:13:36.039 of a slave 00:13:36.039 --> 00:13:37.840 in order to accomplish 00:13:37.840 --> 00:13:39.240 our cleansing from sin 00:13:39.240 --> 00:13:40.300 by his death on the cross. 00:13:40.399 --> 00:13:41.980 And then the Apostle Paul says 00:13:41.980 --> 00:13:43.320 then he was exalted 00:13:43.320 --> 00:13:45.100 to the highest place, 00:13:45.139 --> 00:13:46.379 to the highest place of honor 00:13:46.379 --> 00:13:48.000 at the right hand of the Father. 00:13:48.000 --> 00:13:49.820 And this, 00:13:49.940 --> 00:13:50.600 in the New Testament, 00:13:51.139 --> 00:13:53.000 is the V shape 00:13:53.000 --> 00:13:56.240 of God's rescue operation. 00:13:57.659 --> 00:13:59.159 There's the downward mobility 00:13:59.159 --> 00:14:00.620 of Jesus' humiliation 00:14:00.620 --> 00:14:02.179 and then there's the upward mobility 00:14:02.179 --> 00:14:03.480 of his exaltation. 00:14:04.340 --> 00:14:05.940 The downward mobility 00:14:05.940 --> 00:14:07.240 of Jesus' incarnation 00:14:07.240 --> 00:14:08.659 and his crucifixion 00:14:08.659 --> 00:14:09.679 and the upward mobility 00:14:09.679 --> 00:14:10.539 of his resurrection 00:14:10.539 --> 00:14:12.379 and his ascension. 00:14:12.480 --> 00:14:14.120 And what Jesus is showing us 00:14:14.120 --> 00:14:16.080 is that the way up 00:14:16.080 --> 00:14:18.440 is actually the way down. 00:14:19.879 --> 00:14:20.840 And this foot washing 00:14:20.840 --> 00:14:21.799 is not simply 00:14:21.799 --> 00:14:23.440 the humble service 00:14:23.440 --> 00:14:24.759 of a man to his equals, 00:14:25.659 --> 00:14:26.779 nor is it even 00:14:26.779 --> 00:14:28.700 the service of a good man 00:14:28.700 --> 00:14:29.940 to others less fortunate 00:14:29.940 --> 00:14:30.940 than himself. 00:14:31.960 --> 00:14:33.460 But rather this foot washing 00:14:33.460 --> 00:14:34.620 and the crucifixion 00:14:34.620 --> 00:14:35.600 to which it points 00:14:35.600 --> 00:14:38.299 is Jesus' way of showing us 00:14:38.299 --> 00:14:39.580 who God is 00:14:39.580 --> 00:14:41.759 and what God is like. 00:14:42.960 --> 00:14:44.500 This is the humble service 00:14:44.500 --> 00:14:45.460 of God 00:14:45.460 --> 00:14:46.480 to sinful humanity 00:14:46.480 --> 00:14:47.600 in need 00:14:47.600 --> 00:14:48.780 of cleansing. 00:14:50.100 --> 00:14:51.600 There's a downward mobility 00:14:51.600 --> 00:14:52.660 in the heart of God. 00:14:52.759 --> 00:14:53.840 There's a downward mobility 00:14:53.840 --> 00:14:55.200 in the mind 00:14:55.200 --> 00:14:56.139 of Christ. 00:14:56.240 --> 00:14:57.020 Let's just pause 00:14:57.020 --> 00:14:57.860 here 00:14:57.860 --> 00:14:59.139 for some application. 00:14:59.280 --> 00:14:59.860 What does this mean 00:14:59.860 --> 00:15:00.300 for us? 00:15:00.400 --> 00:15:00.560 Well, 00:15:01.320 --> 00:15:02.139 first of all, 00:15:02.820 --> 00:15:03.759 if you're here 00:15:03.759 --> 00:15:04.780 exploring Christianity, 00:15:05.580 --> 00:15:06.900 I want you to consider 00:15:06.900 --> 00:15:07.640 whether or not 00:15:07.639 --> 00:15:08.860 the other world religions 00:15:08.860 --> 00:15:10.319 have anything like 00:15:10.319 --> 00:15:11.259 what is going on 00:15:11.259 --> 00:15:12.620 here in this text. 00:15:14.319 --> 00:15:15.899 If you read Buddha 00:15:15.899 --> 00:15:17.039 and you read Muhammad, 00:15:18.000 --> 00:15:19.519 they are repeatedly 00:15:19.519 --> 00:15:21.480 and clearly denying 00:15:21.480 --> 00:15:22.340 that they are God. 00:15:22.840 --> 00:15:24.019 They're very often 00:15:24.019 --> 00:15:24.720 pointing away 00:15:24.720 --> 00:15:25.360 from themselves 00:15:25.360 --> 00:15:25.879 and saying, 00:15:26.480 --> 00:15:27.240 that is the light 00:15:27.240 --> 00:15:28.679 as far as I understand it, 00:15:29.000 --> 00:15:29.980 so follow that. 00:15:30.539 --> 00:15:31.220 Follow the light. 00:15:32.480 --> 00:15:33.000 And Jesus, 00:15:33.779 --> 00:15:34.419 on the other hand, 00:15:34.460 --> 00:15:35.319 is pointing to himself 00:15:35.319 --> 00:15:35.720 and he's saying, 00:15:35.860 --> 00:15:36.519 I am the light 00:15:36.519 --> 00:15:36.860 of the world, 00:15:36.980 --> 00:15:37.620 follow me. 00:15:37.740 --> 00:15:38.519 I'll be the one 00:15:38.519 --> 00:15:39.000 to lead you 00:15:39.000 --> 00:15:39.559 out of the darkness. 00:15:41.179 --> 00:15:42.059 Buddha and Muhammad 00:15:42.059 --> 00:15:43.039 are very often saying, 00:15:43.399 --> 00:15:44.120 that is the way. 00:15:44.579 --> 00:15:45.100 Walk in it. 00:15:45.559 --> 00:15:46.399 That is the truth. 00:15:46.519 --> 00:15:46.899 Trust it. 00:15:46.980 --> 00:15:48.379 That is the life. 00:15:48.500 --> 00:15:49.600 Go live that life. 00:15:49.699 --> 00:15:50.120 And Jesus, 00:15:50.679 --> 00:15:51.740 he's pointing to himself 00:15:51.740 --> 00:15:52.100 and saying, 00:15:52.179 --> 00:15:52.740 I am the way. 00:15:52.819 --> 00:15:53.460 I am the truth. 00:15:53.539 --> 00:15:54.199 I am the life. 00:15:55.019 --> 00:15:55.879 And no one comes 00:15:55.879 --> 00:15:56.480 to the Father 00:15:56.480 --> 00:15:57.799 except through me. 00:15:57.899 --> 00:15:59.000 Jesus is constantly 00:15:59.000 --> 00:16:00.199 making these astonishing 00:16:00.199 --> 00:16:01.699 claims that no other 00:16:01.699 --> 00:16:02.740 religious leader 00:16:02.740 --> 00:16:03.740 has made. 00:16:03.740 --> 00:16:06.379 and yet notice 00:16:06.379 --> 00:16:08.240 that his foot washing 00:16:08.240 --> 00:16:09.860 is the exact opposite 00:16:09.860 --> 00:16:11.180 of his claims. 00:16:12.960 --> 00:16:14.159 In Jesus Christ, 00:16:14.259 --> 00:16:15.200 you have this striking 00:16:15.200 --> 00:16:16.480 juxtaposition 00:16:16.480 --> 00:16:17.639 between the loftiness 00:16:17.639 --> 00:16:18.519 of his claims 00:16:18.519 --> 00:16:20.259 and the lowliness 00:16:20.259 --> 00:16:21.820 of his behavior. 00:16:21.820 --> 00:16:25.020 is there any other 00:16:25.020 --> 00:16:25.780 religion in which 00:16:25.780 --> 00:16:26.960 you see the master 00:16:26.960 --> 00:16:29.620 making such incredible 00:16:29.620 --> 00:16:30.500 claims about himself 00:16:30.500 --> 00:16:32.480 and yet humbling himself 00:16:32.480 --> 00:16:33.400 to wash the feet 00:16:33.400 --> 00:16:34.680 of his disciples? 00:16:35.840 --> 00:16:36.740 What the gospels 00:16:36.740 --> 00:16:37.320 are telling us 00:16:37.320 --> 00:16:37.980 is that here 00:16:37.980 --> 00:16:39.060 in the stooping figure 00:16:39.060 --> 00:16:39.879 of the slave 00:16:39.879 --> 00:16:41.640 is revealed for us 00:16:41.640 --> 00:16:42.260 the majesty 00:16:42.260 --> 00:16:44.060 of the one true God. 00:16:45.440 --> 00:16:46.260 The second application 00:16:46.260 --> 00:16:47.480 is if you're a Christian, 00:16:48.580 --> 00:16:49.600 the early church 00:16:49.600 --> 00:16:51.960 said that Jesus' 00:16:52.200 --> 00:16:53.100 downward mobility 00:16:53.100 --> 00:16:54.399 was to be 00:16:54.399 --> 00:16:55.779 a defining mark 00:16:55.779 --> 00:16:56.940 of the disciple community. 00:16:57.860 --> 00:16:58.320 And they said 00:16:58.320 --> 00:16:59.620 this right here 00:16:59.620 --> 00:17:00.420 is the measure 00:17:00.420 --> 00:17:01.480 of greatness 00:17:01.480 --> 00:17:02.300 among us. 00:17:03.500 --> 00:17:04.339 The one who most 00:17:04.339 --> 00:17:05.039 humbles himself, 00:17:05.180 --> 00:17:06.000 the one who goes 00:17:06.000 --> 00:17:06.860 the lowest, 00:17:07.000 --> 00:17:07.620 the one who gets 00:17:07.620 --> 00:17:08.339 the most dirty, 00:17:08.460 --> 00:17:09.180 the one who acts 00:17:09.180 --> 00:17:10.079 most like a slave, 00:17:10.160 --> 00:17:10.799 the one who does 00:17:10.799 --> 00:17:11.759 the most menial 00:17:11.759 --> 00:17:12.940 of tasks. 00:17:14.500 --> 00:17:15.660 The apostle Peter 00:17:15.660 --> 00:17:17.240 who we'll talk about 00:17:17.240 --> 00:17:17.700 in a moment, 00:17:17.839 --> 00:17:18.960 he has a front row seat 00:17:18.960 --> 00:17:19.460 to this, 00:17:19.640 --> 00:17:20.579 he experiences 00:17:20.579 --> 00:17:21.779 the foot washing himself. 00:17:22.620 --> 00:17:23.240 And he writes 00:17:23.240 --> 00:17:25.240 a letter later on 00:17:25.240 --> 00:17:26.319 to Christians 00:17:26.319 --> 00:17:27.100 who are scattered 00:17:27.100 --> 00:17:28.079 throughout the Roman Empire 00:17:28.079 --> 00:17:28.600 and he says 00:17:28.600 --> 00:17:29.680 in 1 Peter 5, 00:17:30.120 --> 00:17:30.700 Peter says, 00:17:31.200 --> 00:17:32.019 clothe yourselves 00:17:32.019 --> 00:17:32.720 with humility 00:17:32.720 --> 00:17:34.420 toward one another. 00:17:35.700 --> 00:17:36.539 And that verb 00:17:36.539 --> 00:17:37.860 clothe 00:17:37.860 --> 00:17:38.860 reflects 00:17:38.860 --> 00:17:39.980 the picture 00:17:39.980 --> 00:17:40.539 of a slave 00:17:40.539 --> 00:17:41.519 who's tying a towel 00:17:41.519 --> 00:17:42.759 around his waist. 00:17:42.880 --> 00:17:43.120 He says, 00:17:43.259 --> 00:17:44.279 clothe yourselves 00:17:44.279 --> 00:17:45.079 like Jesus 00:17:45.079 --> 00:17:45.980 clothed himself 00:17:45.980 --> 00:17:47.140 with humility 00:17:47.140 --> 00:17:48.519 toward one another. 00:17:49.960 --> 00:17:50.500 Or think about 00:17:50.500 --> 00:17:51.440 the apostle Paul. 00:17:52.220 --> 00:17:52.740 Anyone know 00:17:52.740 --> 00:17:53.759 the first words 00:17:53.759 --> 00:17:54.600 that Paul writes 00:17:54.600 --> 00:17:55.840 in his magisterial letter 00:17:55.840 --> 00:17:57.319 to the church 00:17:57.319 --> 00:17:57.720 in Rome? 00:17:58.880 --> 00:17:59.680 His first words 00:17:59.680 --> 00:18:00.420 are Paul, 00:18:01.120 --> 00:18:02.019 a slave 00:18:02.019 --> 00:18:03.240 of Christ Jesus. 00:18:04.500 --> 00:18:05.299 Can you imagine 00:18:05.299 --> 00:18:06.100 waking up tomorrow 00:18:06.100 --> 00:18:06.880 morning and saying, 00:18:07.500 --> 00:18:08.279 that is who I am, 00:18:08.380 --> 00:18:08.799 Jonathan, 00:18:09.360 --> 00:18:10.180 a slave 00:18:10.180 --> 00:18:11.539 of Christ Jesus. 00:18:13.019 --> 00:18:13.880 But Paul goes on 00:18:13.880 --> 00:18:14.400 and he writes 00:18:14.400 --> 00:18:15.279 to the Christian community 00:18:15.279 --> 00:18:15.720 in Corinth 00:18:15.720 --> 00:18:16.279 and he says, 00:18:16.579 --> 00:18:17.319 he says to them, 00:18:17.400 --> 00:18:18.420 we are slaves, 00:18:19.200 --> 00:18:20.480 we are your slaves 00:18:20.480 --> 00:18:21.600 for Jesus' sake. 00:18:23.440 --> 00:18:23.940 So to the, 00:18:23.940 --> 00:18:26.400 to a Christian community, 00:18:26.480 --> 00:18:27.860 the mark of Christian community 00:18:27.860 --> 00:18:29.819 is that we are a people 00:18:29.819 --> 00:18:31.140 who kneel down 00:18:31.140 --> 00:18:31.819 in our hearts 00:18:31.819 --> 00:18:33.140 before our fellow disciples 00:18:33.140 --> 00:18:35.440 and by our humble service 00:18:35.440 --> 00:18:36.019 we say, 00:18:36.700 --> 00:18:37.620 I am your servant 00:18:37.620 --> 00:18:38.660 for Jesus' sake. 00:18:39.660 --> 00:18:40.799 And that's the test. 00:18:40.799 --> 00:18:41.539 That's how you know 00:18:41.539 --> 00:18:42.759 that you've come in contact 00:18:42.759 --> 00:18:44.559 with an authentically 00:18:44.559 --> 00:18:46.399 Christian community. 00:18:47.799 --> 00:18:48.599 It's a community 00:18:48.599 --> 00:18:49.680 of downward mobility. 00:18:51.099 --> 00:18:51.599 It's a community 00:18:51.599 --> 00:18:52.139 that says, 00:18:52.599 --> 00:18:53.319 I'm a slave 00:18:53.319 --> 00:18:55.259 of yours 00:18:55.259 --> 00:18:56.200 for Jesus' sake. 00:18:57.539 --> 00:18:58.159 But secondly, 00:18:58.299 --> 00:18:59.319 not just a community 00:18:59.319 --> 00:19:00.480 of downward mobility 00:19:00.480 --> 00:19:01.379 but a community 00:19:01.379 --> 00:19:04.000 of gracious sacrifice. 00:19:05.299 --> 00:19:05.839 I want us to think 00:19:05.839 --> 00:19:06.419 about a community 00:19:06.419 --> 00:19:07.720 of gracious sacrifice. 00:19:07.940 --> 00:19:08.680 In verse five, 00:19:09.539 --> 00:19:10.119 again it says, 00:19:10.119 --> 00:19:11.399 after that he poured water 00:19:11.399 --> 00:19:12.139 into a basin 00:19:12.139 --> 00:19:13.739 and began to wash 00:19:13.739 --> 00:19:14.599 his disciples' feet, 00:19:14.719 --> 00:19:15.699 drying them with a towel 00:19:15.699 --> 00:19:17.539 that was wrapped around him. 00:19:18.719 --> 00:19:19.679 And I want us to notice 00:19:19.679 --> 00:19:20.919 that Jesus is graciously 00:19:20.919 --> 00:19:22.539 loving his disciple community 00:19:22.539 --> 00:19:24.419 in the face of forces 00:19:24.419 --> 00:19:25.719 that would stop most of us 00:19:25.719 --> 00:19:26.699 from loving other people 00:19:26.699 --> 00:19:27.359 in this moment. 00:19:28.439 --> 00:19:30.559 Because I think most of us 00:19:30.559 --> 00:19:30.839 would say, 00:19:30.939 --> 00:19:31.039 you know, 00:19:31.119 --> 00:19:32.939 when I'm under intense stress, 00:19:33.039 --> 00:19:33.979 when I'm under incredible 00:19:33.979 --> 00:19:35.199 pressure and strain, 00:19:35.599 --> 00:19:36.979 I tend to kind of focus 00:19:36.979 --> 00:19:38.219 more on myself, 00:19:38.639 --> 00:19:38.899 right? 00:19:38.900 --> 00:19:40.820 But Jesus knows 00:19:40.820 --> 00:19:42.200 that in the next 24 hours 00:19:42.200 --> 00:19:43.340 he's going to die. 00:19:44.540 --> 00:19:45.440 And yet in the face 00:19:45.440 --> 00:19:47.300 of his impending death, 00:19:47.900 --> 00:19:48.840 who's he thinking about? 00:19:49.820 --> 00:19:51.240 He's thinking about the needs 00:19:51.240 --> 00:19:53.120 of each one of his disciples. 00:19:54.440 --> 00:19:55.500 And notice that Jesus 00:19:55.500 --> 00:19:56.620 loves his disciples 00:19:56.620 --> 00:19:58.840 in spite of their unworthiness. 00:19:59.019 --> 00:19:59.780 Jesus in a moment 00:19:59.780 --> 00:20:00.600 is going to predict 00:20:00.600 --> 00:20:03.400 that Judas will betray him 00:20:03.400 --> 00:20:05.200 and that Peter will deny him 00:20:05.200 --> 00:20:05.900 and that the rest 00:20:05.900 --> 00:20:07.880 are going to abandon him. 00:20:07.880 --> 00:20:09.600 And we don't know 00:20:09.600 --> 00:20:10.700 which of those disciples 00:20:10.700 --> 00:20:12.140 Jesus started with 00:20:12.140 --> 00:20:12.980 in the foot washing. 00:20:13.180 --> 00:20:13.800 We don't know 00:20:13.800 --> 00:20:15.200 where he began. 00:20:15.520 --> 00:20:16.300 But we do know 00:20:16.300 --> 00:20:17.800 that Jesus eventually 00:20:17.800 --> 00:20:18.820 washed the guy 00:20:18.820 --> 00:20:19.880 who was about 00:20:19.880 --> 00:20:20.660 to have him killed. 00:20:22.240 --> 00:20:23.340 And then he washed 00:20:23.340 --> 00:20:24.320 the feet of each one 00:20:24.320 --> 00:20:25.700 who would forsake him 00:20:25.700 --> 00:20:26.820 and hurt him terribly 00:20:26.820 --> 00:20:28.520 within the next 24 hours. 00:20:30.180 --> 00:20:31.720 And Jesus is just 00:20:31.720 --> 00:20:32.720 graciously loving 00:20:32.720 --> 00:20:33.660 each disciple 00:20:33.660 --> 00:20:35.060 without exception. 00:20:35.059 --> 00:20:37.519 And he's not doing 00:20:37.519 --> 00:20:38.940 what I do 00:20:38.940 --> 00:20:40.599 and what you may do sometimes. 00:20:40.679 --> 00:20:41.220 He's not doing 00:20:41.220 --> 00:20:42.980 a cost-benefit analysis 00:20:42.980 --> 00:20:44.579 of his little 00:20:44.579 --> 00:20:45.839 disciple community there. 00:20:45.899 --> 00:20:46.779 He's not evaluating 00:20:46.779 --> 00:20:48.019 each disciple on what, 00:20:48.319 --> 00:20:48.720 let's see, 00:20:48.779 --> 00:20:49.359 what have they done 00:20:49.359 --> 00:20:50.059 for me lately? 00:20:51.539 --> 00:20:52.720 How much am I getting 00:20:52.720 --> 00:20:53.740 out of this relationship 00:20:53.740 --> 00:20:55.139 with this disciple? 00:20:56.159 --> 00:20:57.079 At no point 00:20:57.079 --> 00:20:58.059 is Jesus saying, 00:20:58.679 --> 00:20:58.799 you know, 00:20:58.859 --> 00:21:00.919 I'll be in this community 00:21:00.919 --> 00:21:01.639 as long as it's 00:21:01.639 --> 00:21:02.440 making me happy, 00:21:02.440 --> 00:21:03.180 as long as it's 00:21:03.180 --> 00:21:05.160 fulfilling my needs. 00:21:05.660 --> 00:21:07.000 But the moment it's not, 00:21:07.080 --> 00:21:07.740 I'm out of here. 00:21:08.299 --> 00:21:09.019 No, Jesus, 00:21:09.779 --> 00:21:10.900 it says he loves 00:21:10.900 --> 00:21:11.640 his disciples 00:21:11.640 --> 00:21:13.320 to the end. 00:21:14.759 --> 00:21:15.799 He's not loving them 00:21:15.799 --> 00:21:17.259 because they're great, 00:21:17.340 --> 00:21:17.920 he's loving them 00:21:17.920 --> 00:21:19.019 because he's great. 00:21:20.120 --> 00:21:21.120 He's loving them 00:21:21.120 --> 00:21:21.880 with the power 00:21:21.880 --> 00:21:23.480 of unconditional 00:21:23.480 --> 00:21:25.140 electing love. 00:21:25.299 --> 00:21:26.039 He's loving them 00:21:26.039 --> 00:21:27.820 with a gracious love 00:21:27.820 --> 00:21:29.480 that loves to the end. 00:21:29.600 --> 00:21:30.320 A love that will 00:21:30.320 --> 00:21:31.799 never forsake you, 00:21:31.799 --> 00:21:32.940 even when I'm getting 00:21:32.940 --> 00:21:34.200 nothing out of the relationship, 00:21:34.440 --> 00:21:35.740 even when this relationship 00:21:35.740 --> 00:21:37.839 is costing me terribly. 00:21:40.220 --> 00:21:41.379 And at some point, 00:21:41.659 --> 00:21:41.899 Jesus, 00:21:42.240 --> 00:21:43.159 coming around the circle 00:21:43.159 --> 00:21:44.039 of all the disciples, 00:21:45.159 --> 00:21:46.759 he gets to the leader. 00:21:47.819 --> 00:21:48.879 He gets to the leader 00:21:48.879 --> 00:21:49.419 of the twelve, 00:21:50.200 --> 00:21:51.460 and this is what it says 00:21:51.460 --> 00:21:52.000 in verse six. 00:21:52.079 --> 00:21:53.220 He came to Simon Peter 00:21:53.220 --> 00:21:55.399 who said to him, 00:21:55.519 --> 00:21:55.740 Lord, 00:21:55.879 --> 00:21:57.460 are you going to wash my feet? 00:21:57.559 --> 00:21:58.379 And Jesus replied, 00:21:59.419 --> 00:22:00.619 you do not realize now 00:22:00.619 --> 00:22:01.179 what I'm doing, 00:22:01.259 --> 00:22:02.559 but later you will understand. 00:22:03.819 --> 00:22:04.479 And Peter said, 00:22:04.559 --> 00:22:04.759 no, 00:22:04.839 --> 00:22:06.279 you shall never wash my feet. 00:22:06.399 --> 00:22:06.939 Jesus answered, 00:22:06.979 --> 00:22:08.000 unless I wash you, 00:22:08.239 --> 00:22:09.319 you have no part 00:22:09.319 --> 00:22:10.299 with me. 00:22:11.359 --> 00:22:11.919 And then, 00:22:12.199 --> 00:22:12.479 Lord, 00:22:13.059 --> 00:22:13.959 Simon Peter replied, 00:22:14.039 --> 00:22:14.839 not just my feet, 00:22:14.899 --> 00:22:15.619 but my hands 00:22:15.619 --> 00:22:16.759 and my head 00:22:16.759 --> 00:22:17.679 as well. 00:22:19.379 --> 00:22:19.779 See, 00:22:19.839 --> 00:22:20.699 when Jesus gazes 00:22:20.699 --> 00:22:21.719 into Peter's eyes 00:22:21.719 --> 00:22:22.559 as he's about 00:22:22.559 --> 00:22:23.139 to wash him, 00:22:23.259 --> 00:22:24.979 Peter protests. 00:22:24.980 --> 00:22:27.259 And it's like Peter 00:22:27.259 --> 00:22:27.579 saying, 00:22:27.660 --> 00:22:27.860 you know, 00:22:28.120 --> 00:22:30.860 you shouldn't be doing 00:22:30.860 --> 00:22:31.620 the work of a slave. 00:22:31.720 --> 00:22:32.519 Isn't there some other 00:22:32.519 --> 00:22:33.380 slave around here 00:22:33.380 --> 00:22:33.900 that we could get 00:22:33.900 --> 00:22:34.900 to do this job? 00:22:36.099 --> 00:22:36.980 But I think Peter 00:22:36.980 --> 00:22:37.920 is also kind of saying, 00:22:38.039 --> 00:22:38.200 hey, 00:22:38.779 --> 00:22:39.099 Jesus, 00:22:39.220 --> 00:22:40.200 I just took a bath. 00:22:40.299 --> 00:22:41.079 I'm not really 00:22:41.079 --> 00:22:42.079 that dirty. 00:22:42.759 --> 00:22:42.940 Like, 00:22:43.039 --> 00:22:44.160 do we have to do 00:22:44.160 --> 00:22:45.039 this foot washing? 00:22:46.559 --> 00:22:47.620 But Jesus here 00:22:47.620 --> 00:22:48.519 is speaking about 00:22:48.519 --> 00:22:50.079 a different kind 00:22:50.079 --> 00:22:50.480 of dirt. 00:22:51.579 --> 00:22:51.779 Right? 00:22:51.779 --> 00:22:52.579 When Jesus says, 00:22:52.920 --> 00:22:53.859 unless I wash you, 00:22:53.940 --> 00:22:54.879 you can have no part 00:22:54.879 --> 00:22:55.899 with me in the salvation 00:22:55.899 --> 00:22:56.519 that I bring, 00:22:57.339 --> 00:22:57.740 he's saying, 00:22:57.819 --> 00:22:58.019 Peter, 00:22:58.099 --> 00:22:58.920 I'm not talking about 00:22:58.920 --> 00:23:00.339 the dirt on your feet. 00:23:02.480 --> 00:23:02.920 Peter, 00:23:03.000 --> 00:23:04.139 I'm talking about 00:23:04.139 --> 00:23:05.559 the fact that you're 00:23:05.559 --> 00:23:06.519 spiritually dirty. 00:23:06.899 --> 00:23:07.639 I'm talking about 00:23:07.639 --> 00:23:09.019 the fact that you are 00:23:09.019 --> 00:23:11.480 morally grimy, 00:23:11.700 --> 00:23:13.639 that morally you stink. 00:23:15.559 --> 00:23:16.059 And Jesus, 00:23:16.240 --> 00:23:16.539 I'm sure, 00:23:16.660 --> 00:23:19.039 has that phrase 00:23:19.039 --> 00:23:20.099 in Psalm 51 00:23:20.099 --> 00:23:20.839 that he's memorized 00:23:20.839 --> 00:23:21.639 in his mind 00:23:21.640 --> 00:23:22.220 in this moment 00:23:22.220 --> 00:23:22.680 that says, 00:23:23.300 --> 00:23:23.759 wash away 00:23:23.759 --> 00:23:24.900 all my iniquity 00:23:24.900 --> 00:23:26.180 and cleanse me 00:23:26.180 --> 00:23:27.160 from my sin. 00:23:27.200 --> 00:23:27.520 And he's saying, 00:23:27.620 --> 00:23:27.940 Peter, 00:23:28.140 --> 00:23:28.880 that's the kind 00:23:28.880 --> 00:23:29.380 of washing, 00:23:29.600 --> 00:23:30.140 that's the kind 00:23:30.140 --> 00:23:30.640 of cleansing 00:23:30.640 --> 00:23:31.900 that you need me 00:23:31.900 --> 00:23:33.280 to do for you. 00:23:34.680 --> 00:23:34.920 And yet, 00:23:34.960 --> 00:23:35.720 Peter here is saying, 00:23:36.160 --> 00:23:36.940 I don't think 00:23:36.940 --> 00:23:37.480 I'm too dirty. 00:23:37.560 --> 00:23:37.960 I don't think 00:23:37.960 --> 00:23:38.980 it calls for such 00:23:38.980 --> 00:23:39.900 drastic measures, 00:23:40.060 --> 00:23:40.280 Jesus. 00:23:42.000 --> 00:23:42.980 And perhaps you feel 00:23:42.980 --> 00:23:43.500 the same way 00:23:43.500 --> 00:23:44.720 about yourself. 00:23:46.100 --> 00:23:46.520 That yes, 00:23:46.560 --> 00:23:47.440 I've made some mistakes, 00:23:47.540 --> 00:23:48.200 but on the whole, 00:23:48.520 --> 00:23:49.060 I'm a good 00:23:49.060 --> 00:23:49.940 and a decent person. 00:23:50.920 --> 00:23:52.039 I've said some things 00:23:52.039 --> 00:23:53.059 that I regret. 00:23:53.259 --> 00:23:53.980 I've done some things 00:23:53.980 --> 00:23:55.120 that I wish I could do 00:23:55.120 --> 00:23:55.840 over, 00:23:56.039 --> 00:23:57.180 but I'm not really sure 00:23:57.180 --> 00:23:58.759 if it's necessary 00:23:58.759 --> 00:23:59.880 for me to be washed 00:23:59.880 --> 00:24:00.580 by the eternal 00:24:00.580 --> 00:24:01.340 Son of God. 00:24:02.940 --> 00:24:03.960 And Jesus says 00:24:03.960 --> 00:24:04.420 to Peter, 00:24:04.519 --> 00:24:05.360 he says in verse 7, 00:24:05.779 --> 00:24:06.680 you do not realize 00:24:06.680 --> 00:24:07.480 now what I'm doing, 00:24:07.559 --> 00:24:08.059 but later 00:24:08.059 --> 00:24:09.360 you will understand. 00:24:11.220 --> 00:24:11.759 He's saying, 00:24:11.880 --> 00:24:12.160 Peter, 00:24:12.519 --> 00:24:14.100 what I'm doing now 00:24:14.100 --> 00:24:16.539 is pointing 00:24:16.539 --> 00:24:17.200 to what I'm going 00:24:17.200 --> 00:24:17.639 to do 00:24:17.639 --> 00:24:19.859 later on my cross. 00:24:21.399 --> 00:24:22.420 This foot washing 00:24:22.420 --> 00:24:23.539 is a signpost 00:24:23.539 --> 00:24:25.220 to my humiliating 00:24:25.220 --> 00:24:26.339 and cleansing death. 00:24:27.700 --> 00:24:28.079 And Peter, 00:24:28.180 --> 00:24:28.940 if you refuse 00:24:28.940 --> 00:24:29.579 the sign 00:24:29.579 --> 00:24:31.079 of what I've come 00:24:31.079 --> 00:24:31.359 to do, 00:24:31.420 --> 00:24:32.059 if you reject 00:24:32.059 --> 00:24:32.599 the reality 00:24:32.599 --> 00:24:33.579 to which the sign 00:24:33.579 --> 00:24:34.079 points, 00:24:34.220 --> 00:24:35.319 my dying on the cross 00:24:35.319 --> 00:24:36.200 to wash away 00:24:36.200 --> 00:24:36.879 your sins, 00:24:37.579 --> 00:24:38.460 then you can have 00:24:38.460 --> 00:24:39.879 absolutely no share 00:24:39.879 --> 00:24:41.339 in the salvation 00:24:41.339 --> 00:24:42.700 that I've come 00:24:42.700 --> 00:24:43.180 to bring. 00:24:43.180 --> 00:24:45.460 And Peter, 00:24:45.539 --> 00:24:46.380 you've got to love Peter 00:24:46.380 --> 00:24:47.279 because he's got 00:24:47.279 --> 00:24:48.060 that personality 00:24:48.060 --> 00:24:49.660 that just goes 00:24:49.660 --> 00:24:50.440 from one extreme 00:24:50.440 --> 00:24:50.940 to the other. 00:24:51.200 --> 00:24:51.940 And Peter says, 00:24:52.039 --> 00:24:52.600 well, Lord, 00:24:53.120 --> 00:24:54.180 not just my feet 00:24:54.180 --> 00:24:55.000 but my hands 00:24:55.000 --> 00:24:56.039 and my head 00:24:56.039 --> 00:24:56.680 as well. 00:24:56.759 --> 00:24:57.560 Give me a bath. 00:24:59.060 --> 00:25:00.440 Just make my whole body 00:25:00.440 --> 00:25:01.620 and my whole soul 00:25:01.620 --> 00:25:02.740 clean right here, 00:25:02.820 --> 00:25:03.100 right now. 00:25:03.160 --> 00:25:04.360 Why do we have to wait 00:25:04.360 --> 00:25:06.180 for your cleansing work 00:25:06.180 --> 00:25:07.039 on the cross tomorrow? 00:25:07.140 --> 00:25:07.880 Let's just do it 00:25:07.880 --> 00:25:08.580 here and now. 00:25:09.740 --> 00:25:10.799 And I wish we could, 00:25:11.380 --> 00:25:12.080 we had the time 00:25:12.080 --> 00:25:12.799 to go into what 00:25:12.799 --> 00:25:13.960 Jesus says to Peter 00:25:13.960 --> 00:25:15.039 but he basically says, 00:25:15.159 --> 00:25:15.259 hey, 00:25:15.619 --> 00:25:16.039 chill out, 00:25:16.240 --> 00:25:16.440 brother. 00:25:19.500 --> 00:25:20.680 But let's just pause 00:25:20.680 --> 00:25:22.159 for some application 00:25:22.159 --> 00:25:24.259 about what this means 00:25:24.259 --> 00:25:24.639 for us. 00:25:24.680 --> 00:25:24.940 Again, 00:25:25.019 --> 00:25:25.659 if you're here 00:25:25.659 --> 00:25:26.919 and you're exploring 00:25:26.919 --> 00:25:27.519 Christianity, 00:25:28.220 --> 00:25:29.720 you need to hear 00:25:29.720 --> 00:25:30.659 the word that Jesus 00:25:30.659 --> 00:25:31.460 says to Peter. 00:25:31.559 --> 00:25:31.819 He says, 00:25:31.940 --> 00:25:33.019 unless I wash you, 00:25:33.419 --> 00:25:34.460 you can have no part 00:25:34.460 --> 00:25:35.180 with me. 00:25:36.940 --> 00:25:38.279 You need to be 00:25:38.279 --> 00:25:39.039 washed 00:25:39.039 --> 00:25:41.500 of the filth 00:25:41.500 --> 00:25:42.880 of your self-centeredness. 00:25:44.259 --> 00:25:45.000 You need to be 00:25:45.000 --> 00:25:46.119 washed of the grime 00:25:46.119 --> 00:25:47.440 of your inordinate 00:25:47.440 --> 00:25:49.079 self-love. 00:25:50.359 --> 00:25:51.119 And if you spend 00:25:51.119 --> 00:25:51.839 enough time 00:25:51.839 --> 00:25:52.299 with Jesus, 00:25:52.420 --> 00:25:53.039 you'll realize 00:25:53.039 --> 00:25:53.880 that he doesn't just 00:25:53.880 --> 00:25:54.700 want to wash you 00:25:54.700 --> 00:25:55.720 from head to foot 00:25:55.720 --> 00:25:57.079 but he wants to wash 00:25:57.079 --> 00:25:57.859 you from the outside 00:25:57.859 --> 00:25:58.480 to the inside. 00:25:58.700 --> 00:25:59.579 He wants to wash 00:25:59.579 --> 00:26:01.420 you in places 00:26:01.420 --> 00:26:02.299 you didn't even know 00:26:02.299 --> 00:26:02.599 were there. 00:26:02.660 --> 00:26:03.380 He wants you to wash 00:26:03.380 --> 00:26:03.900 you in places 00:26:03.900 --> 00:26:04.619 you didn't even know 00:26:04.619 --> 00:26:05.140 were dirty. 00:26:05.140 --> 00:26:08.640 But don't make 00:26:08.640 --> 00:26:09.120 the mistake 00:26:09.120 --> 00:26:09.500 of saying, 00:26:09.640 --> 00:26:09.780 well, 00:26:10.920 --> 00:26:12.140 if I just follow 00:26:12.140 --> 00:26:12.960 Jesus' example, 00:26:13.100 --> 00:26:14.520 if I just serve 00:26:14.520 --> 00:26:15.200 people enough 00:26:15.200 --> 00:26:16.000 and I love people 00:26:16.000 --> 00:26:16.259 enough, 00:26:16.340 --> 00:26:16.960 then I can kind of 00:26:16.960 --> 00:26:18.520 cleanse myself. 00:26:20.100 --> 00:26:20.320 No, 00:26:21.360 --> 00:26:22.200 before you, 00:26:22.400 --> 00:26:23.100 the gospel says 00:26:23.100 --> 00:26:23.960 that before you 00:26:23.960 --> 00:26:25.220 imitate Jesus 00:26:25.220 --> 00:26:25.980 as your example, 00:26:26.120 --> 00:26:26.900 you need to trust 00:26:26.900 --> 00:26:28.520 Jesus as your Savior. 00:26:30.400 --> 00:26:31.420 That as your Savior, 00:26:31.600 --> 00:26:32.560 Jesus must come 00:26:32.560 --> 00:26:33.800 first perform 00:26:33.800 --> 00:26:34.940 a service on you. 00:26:35.880 --> 00:26:37.140 He has to cleanse you. 00:26:37.220 --> 00:26:38.680 He has to forgive you. 00:26:38.780 --> 00:26:40.500 He has to reconcile 00:26:40.500 --> 00:26:41.120 you to God. 00:26:41.180 --> 00:26:42.600 He has to justify you 00:26:42.600 --> 00:26:43.520 in a right relationship 00:26:43.520 --> 00:26:44.540 with your Heavenly Father. 00:26:44.660 --> 00:26:46.520 He must do that first. 00:26:47.960 --> 00:26:48.500 And then, 00:26:48.600 --> 00:26:50.040 having served you 00:26:50.040 --> 00:26:50.720 as your Savior, 00:26:51.080 --> 00:26:52.420 He can then be 00:26:52.420 --> 00:26:53.400 your example 00:26:53.400 --> 00:26:54.360 and He can show you 00:26:54.360 --> 00:26:55.120 how to live out 00:26:55.120 --> 00:26:56.200 His salvation 00:26:56.200 --> 00:26:58.620 in a transformed life 00:26:58.620 --> 00:26:59.920 of service to others. 00:26:59.980 --> 00:27:00.920 So the first question 00:27:00.920 --> 00:27:01.900 you have to ask yourself 00:27:01.900 --> 00:27:02.140 is, 00:27:03.140 --> 00:27:05.040 do I need to be washed? 00:27:05.140 --> 00:27:08.180 And who will wash me? 00:27:09.600 --> 00:27:10.880 Who has the power 00:27:10.880 --> 00:27:12.980 to really deeply 00:27:12.980 --> 00:27:14.220 wash me? 00:27:15.960 --> 00:27:17.560 And who's trustworthy enough? 00:27:17.720 --> 00:27:18.840 Who's died for me? 00:27:18.880 --> 00:27:19.960 Who's bled for me 00:27:19.960 --> 00:27:20.620 and shown 00:27:20.620 --> 00:27:21.820 that they love me 00:27:21.820 --> 00:27:22.380 that much? 00:27:24.100 --> 00:27:24.880 But the second point 00:27:24.880 --> 00:27:25.280 of application 00:27:25.280 --> 00:27:26.100 is that if you're 00:27:26.100 --> 00:27:26.560 a Christian, 00:27:27.340 --> 00:27:29.400 the way that we approach 00:27:29.400 --> 00:27:30.080 our relationships 00:27:30.080 --> 00:27:31.280 in the Christian community 00:27:31.279 --> 00:27:31.899 is not, 00:27:32.460 --> 00:27:34.619 how is this person 00:27:34.619 --> 00:27:35.319 treating me 00:27:35.319 --> 00:27:37.579 and then I will 00:27:37.579 --> 00:27:38.819 do the same for them? 00:27:39.980 --> 00:27:40.639 But rather, 00:27:40.720 --> 00:27:41.539 the question is, 00:27:41.859 --> 00:27:43.500 how has the Lord Jesus 00:27:43.500 --> 00:27:44.339 treated me? 00:27:45.519 --> 00:27:46.819 And that is the model 00:27:46.819 --> 00:27:48.200 for the way 00:27:48.200 --> 00:27:49.099 that I'll treat others. 00:27:49.220 --> 00:27:50.299 With Jesus' power, 00:27:50.399 --> 00:27:51.139 I will display 00:27:51.139 --> 00:27:52.259 the same 00:27:52.259 --> 00:27:53.759 gracious sacrifice 00:27:53.759 --> 00:27:54.680 that I've received 00:27:54.680 --> 00:27:55.559 from Him 00:27:55.559 --> 00:27:56.599 that He's shown to me. 00:27:56.599 --> 00:27:59.000 If the Lord of glory 00:27:59.000 --> 00:28:01.359 has graciously washed 00:28:01.359 --> 00:28:02.659 those dirtiest parts 00:28:02.659 --> 00:28:03.199 of my soul, 00:28:03.279 --> 00:28:04.480 those grimiest parts 00:28:04.480 --> 00:28:06.319 of my innermost being, 00:28:06.379 --> 00:28:07.559 then it's only appropriate 00:28:07.559 --> 00:28:09.119 that I would turn around 00:28:09.119 --> 00:28:10.879 and love 00:28:10.879 --> 00:28:11.819 the way that I've been 00:28:11.819 --> 00:28:13.119 loved by Jesus. 00:28:14.899 --> 00:28:15.299 Now, 00:28:15.359 --> 00:28:15.579 I don't know 00:28:15.579 --> 00:28:16.199 if you're like me, 00:28:16.319 --> 00:28:18.119 but I say, 00:28:18.259 --> 00:28:18.480 yes, 00:28:18.519 --> 00:28:19.319 I'm all about that, 00:28:19.379 --> 00:28:19.959 but I also have 00:28:19.959 --> 00:28:20.519 kind of a list 00:28:20.519 --> 00:28:21.099 of exceptions. 00:28:21.099 --> 00:28:25.279 that I will do 00:28:25.279 --> 00:28:26.299 what Jesus did for me, 00:28:26.379 --> 00:28:27.359 but not for Him. 00:28:29.559 --> 00:28:30.839 Surely not for her. 00:28:32.059 --> 00:28:32.639 I'm not pointing 00:28:32.639 --> 00:28:33.619 to any particular people 00:28:33.619 --> 00:28:33.959 right now, 00:28:33.980 --> 00:28:34.219 by the way. 00:28:37.319 --> 00:28:38.579 He's a difficult person 00:28:38.579 --> 00:28:39.219 to love. 00:28:40.759 --> 00:28:41.619 She can be 00:28:41.619 --> 00:28:42.759 a real pain in the neck. 00:28:45.240 --> 00:28:46.419 Why should I serve them? 00:28:46.480 --> 00:28:47.619 Why should I kneel down 00:28:47.619 --> 00:28:48.619 before them? 00:28:48.699 --> 00:28:49.980 They don't deserve it. 00:28:51.099 --> 00:28:52.019 But you see, 00:28:52.119 --> 00:28:53.299 if Jesus had said, 00:28:53.699 --> 00:28:54.779 I'm only going to invest 00:28:54.779 --> 00:28:56.219 my time and my energy 00:28:56.219 --> 00:28:58.199 to serve people 00:28:58.199 --> 00:28:59.539 who will never abandon me, 00:28:59.659 --> 00:29:01.240 never betray me, 00:29:01.319 --> 00:29:02.199 never deny me, 00:29:02.339 --> 00:29:03.339 none of us would be here 00:29:03.339 --> 00:29:03.679 today, 00:29:03.740 --> 00:29:04.119 would we? 00:29:05.879 --> 00:29:06.959 None of the disciples 00:29:06.959 --> 00:29:08.959 deserved what Jesus 00:29:08.959 --> 00:29:09.919 is giving them here, 00:29:10.019 --> 00:29:10.679 and none of us 00:29:10.679 --> 00:29:11.359 deserve it either, 00:29:11.459 --> 00:29:12.459 but we got it. 00:29:13.439 --> 00:29:14.699 He washed away 00:29:14.699 --> 00:29:15.299 the dirt 00:29:15.299 --> 00:29:16.839 of our self-centeredness. 00:29:16.919 --> 00:29:17.679 He bought us 00:29:17.679 --> 00:29:18.759 with His blood. 00:29:18.759 --> 00:29:19.799 We don't belong 00:29:19.799 --> 00:29:20.779 to ourselves anymore, 00:29:20.779 --> 00:29:21.619 and so we don't get 00:29:21.619 --> 00:29:22.559 to do it the way 00:29:22.559 --> 00:29:23.960 we would normally do it 00:29:23.960 --> 00:29:25.899 because we have 00:29:25.899 --> 00:29:26.579 a new master. 00:29:26.779 --> 00:29:27.720 We got to do things 00:29:27.720 --> 00:29:28.899 His way. 00:29:31.519 --> 00:29:32.660 So the Christian community 00:29:32.660 --> 00:29:33.200 is meant to be 00:29:33.200 --> 00:29:33.899 a community 00:29:33.899 --> 00:29:35.240 of downward mobility. 00:29:35.399 --> 00:29:35.799 It's meant to be 00:29:35.799 --> 00:29:36.220 a community 00:29:36.220 --> 00:29:37.319 of gracious sacrifice, 00:29:37.319 --> 00:29:38.220 but let me close 00:29:38.220 --> 00:29:38.960 by talking about 00:29:38.960 --> 00:29:40.440 the way we're to be 00:29:40.440 --> 00:29:40.899 a community 00:29:40.899 --> 00:29:42.420 of one-anothering love. 00:29:43.879 --> 00:29:44.599 We're called to be 00:29:44.599 --> 00:29:45.019 a community 00:29:45.019 --> 00:29:46.180 of one-anothering love. 00:29:47.779 --> 00:29:48.519 Isadora Duncan 00:29:48.519 --> 00:29:49.500 was the mother 00:29:49.500 --> 00:29:50.460 of modern dance? 00:29:51.279 --> 00:29:52.319 I think she lived 00:29:52.319 --> 00:29:53.139 here in San Francisco, 00:29:53.819 --> 00:29:55.200 and she would often 00:29:55.200 --> 00:29:56.119 quip, she would say, 00:29:56.359 --> 00:29:57.359 if I could say it, 00:29:57.859 --> 00:29:58.639 I wouldn't have 00:29:58.639 --> 00:29:59.279 to dance it. 00:30:00.440 --> 00:30:01.420 If I could say it, 00:30:01.460 --> 00:30:01.920 I wouldn't have 00:30:01.920 --> 00:30:02.400 to dance it, 00:30:02.420 --> 00:30:03.019 and in some ways 00:30:03.019 --> 00:30:03.660 that's what Jesus 00:30:03.660 --> 00:30:04.059 is doing. 00:30:04.180 --> 00:30:04.480 He's saying, 00:30:04.920 --> 00:30:05.500 let me show you 00:30:05.500 --> 00:30:06.019 the dance, 00:30:06.759 --> 00:30:08.500 and then let me 00:30:08.500 --> 00:30:09.700 explain the dance. 00:30:10.200 --> 00:30:10.660 I'll show you 00:30:10.660 --> 00:30:11.039 the dance, 00:30:11.139 --> 00:30:11.619 and then we'll talk 00:30:11.619 --> 00:30:12.139 about the why 00:30:12.139 --> 00:30:12.639 of the dance 00:30:12.639 --> 00:30:13.139 and the how 00:30:13.139 --> 00:30:14.200 of the dance. 00:30:15.400 --> 00:30:15.920 And so it says 00:30:15.920 --> 00:30:16.480 in verse 12, 00:30:16.480 --> 00:30:17.240 when Jesus had 00:30:17.240 --> 00:30:17.880 finished washing 00:30:17.880 --> 00:30:18.299 their feet, 00:30:18.380 --> 00:30:19.799 he put on his clothes 00:30:19.799 --> 00:30:20.319 and he returned 00:30:20.319 --> 00:30:20.779 to his place 00:30:20.779 --> 00:30:21.140 and he said, 00:30:21.400 --> 00:30:22.079 do you understand 00:30:22.079 --> 00:30:22.700 what I have done 00:30:22.700 --> 00:30:23.120 for you? 00:30:23.440 --> 00:30:24.039 You call me 00:30:24.039 --> 00:30:24.759 teacher and Lord, 00:30:24.839 --> 00:30:25.480 and rightly so, 00:30:25.539 --> 00:30:26.440 for that is what I am. 00:30:27.559 --> 00:30:28.180 Now that I, 00:30:28.259 --> 00:30:28.920 your Lord and teacher, 00:30:28.980 --> 00:30:29.759 have washed your feet, 00:30:30.019 --> 00:30:31.279 you also should wash 00:30:31.279 --> 00:30:32.380 one another's feet. 00:30:32.539 --> 00:30:33.579 I have set you 00:30:33.579 --> 00:30:34.440 an example that you 00:30:34.440 --> 00:30:35.019 should do 00:30:35.019 --> 00:30:36.120 as I have done 00:30:36.120 --> 00:30:36.640 for you. 00:30:37.599 --> 00:30:38.579 And down in verse 34, 00:30:38.700 --> 00:30:39.220 a new command, 00:30:39.339 --> 00:30:40.019 I give you love 00:30:40.019 --> 00:30:40.480 one another 00:30:40.480 --> 00:30:41.559 as I have loved you, 00:30:41.640 --> 00:30:42.660 so you must love 00:30:42.660 --> 00:30:43.740 one another. 00:30:43.740 --> 00:30:46.779 Quick Greek lesson. 00:30:48.279 --> 00:30:50.680 The Greek verb phileo 00:30:50.680 --> 00:30:53.359 is about the affectionate 00:30:53.359 --> 00:30:54.660 love between friends. 00:30:56.099 --> 00:30:58.220 And the Greek verb erao 00:30:58.220 --> 00:30:59.480 is about the passionate 00:30:59.480 --> 00:31:00.519 love between a husband 00:31:00.519 --> 00:31:01.059 and a wife. 00:31:02.460 --> 00:31:04.579 And the Greek verb stergo 00:31:04.579 --> 00:31:06.200 is about the familial love 00:31:06.200 --> 00:31:06.940 between a parent 00:31:06.940 --> 00:31:07.980 and a child. 00:31:09.359 --> 00:31:10.740 But Jesus right now, 00:31:10.819 --> 00:31:12.140 he's preparing his disciples 00:31:12.140 --> 00:31:15.440 for some tumultuous days ahead, 00:31:15.540 --> 00:31:16.600 for some really hard 00:31:16.600 --> 00:31:17.440 decades ahead. 00:31:17.540 --> 00:31:18.160 And so he says, 00:31:18.600 --> 00:31:19.200 you're going to need 00:31:19.200 --> 00:31:20.940 a love that's more potent 00:31:20.940 --> 00:31:22.680 than any of those loves. 00:31:22.780 --> 00:31:24.900 And so the word he uses here 00:31:24.900 --> 00:31:26.140 is agapao. 00:31:28.220 --> 00:31:29.600 This is the unconditional 00:31:29.600 --> 00:31:30.880 self-giving love 00:31:30.880 --> 00:31:32.320 that sacrificially seeks 00:31:32.320 --> 00:31:33.880 what is best for the other. 00:31:34.000 --> 00:31:35.220 It's the divine love 00:31:35.220 --> 00:31:37.020 at the heart of the Trinity. 00:31:37.180 --> 00:31:38.520 It's this unselfish love, 00:31:38.600 --> 00:31:39.840 this giving love 00:31:39.840 --> 00:31:40.620 that is to define 00:31:40.619 --> 00:31:41.439 the relationships 00:31:41.439 --> 00:31:43.519 in Jesus' disciple community. 00:31:43.699 --> 00:31:44.959 And what Jesus is saying here, 00:31:45.000 --> 00:31:45.379 he says, 00:31:45.879 --> 00:31:47.379 agapao each other 00:31:47.379 --> 00:31:50.159 as I have agapao'd you. 00:31:53.219 --> 00:31:54.099 Love each other 00:31:54.099 --> 00:31:55.000 out of the love 00:31:55.000 --> 00:31:57.500 that I'm showing you. 00:31:59.259 --> 00:31:59.859 And he says, 00:31:59.919 --> 00:32:01.039 I've set you an example. 00:32:01.139 --> 00:32:02.019 And that word example 00:32:02.019 --> 00:32:03.719 really pictures a child 00:32:03.719 --> 00:32:05.059 who doesn't know 00:32:05.059 --> 00:32:06.199 how to write, right? 00:32:06.239 --> 00:32:06.819 They're sitting down, 00:32:06.879 --> 00:32:07.799 they're learning their letters. 00:32:07.799 --> 00:32:09.579 And the teacher 00:32:09.579 --> 00:32:10.440 comes up to the board, 00:32:10.500 --> 00:32:11.399 the teacher writes a word, 00:32:11.480 --> 00:32:12.480 the teacher writes a sentence, 00:32:13.019 --> 00:32:13.940 and then the child 00:32:13.940 --> 00:32:16.079 copies the pattern 00:32:16.079 --> 00:32:16.579 of the sentence. 00:32:18.559 --> 00:32:19.440 And now I want you 00:32:19.440 --> 00:32:21.159 to learn my dance moves. 00:32:21.240 --> 00:32:21.819 I want you to follow 00:32:21.819 --> 00:32:22.839 my dance steps. 00:32:24.980 --> 00:32:25.799 Jesus is saying, 00:32:25.960 --> 00:32:27.079 I've taken 00:32:27.079 --> 00:32:29.240 that most shameful place 00:32:29.240 --> 00:32:32.240 as a servant of sinners. 00:32:32.240 --> 00:32:35.000 And that means 00:32:35.000 --> 00:32:36.200 that you owe me a debt 00:32:36.200 --> 00:32:37.900 having taken 00:32:37.900 --> 00:32:38.839 that place for you. 00:32:39.980 --> 00:32:40.799 But what he's saying 00:32:40.799 --> 00:32:41.799 is that now the debt 00:32:41.799 --> 00:32:42.599 you owe to me 00:32:42.599 --> 00:32:43.460 is to be discharged 00:32:43.460 --> 00:32:44.660 by your subjection 00:32:44.660 --> 00:32:45.779 to one another 00:32:45.779 --> 00:32:47.259 in loving service. 00:32:48.599 --> 00:32:49.539 That the people 00:32:49.539 --> 00:32:50.440 in these pews, 00:32:50.539 --> 00:32:51.200 the people in your 00:32:51.200 --> 00:32:51.799 community group, 00:32:51.880 --> 00:32:52.559 the people in your 00:32:52.559 --> 00:32:53.599 discipleship group, 00:32:54.160 --> 00:32:56.620 these are the appointed ones. 00:32:57.839 --> 00:32:58.620 These are the ones 00:32:58.620 --> 00:32:59.500 I've appointed 00:32:59.500 --> 00:33:01.779 to receive everything 00:33:01.779 --> 00:33:02.980 that you owe to me 00:33:02.980 --> 00:33:03.700 and your master. 00:33:03.819 --> 00:33:04.559 I want you to give 00:33:04.559 --> 00:33:05.119 to them. 00:33:05.259 --> 00:33:06.140 Agapao them. 00:33:08.519 --> 00:33:09.660 Become a copy 00:33:09.660 --> 00:33:10.799 of me 00:33:10.799 --> 00:33:12.000 to him. 00:33:12.180 --> 00:33:12.920 Become a copy 00:33:12.920 --> 00:33:13.579 of me 00:33:13.579 --> 00:33:14.700 to her. 00:33:15.799 --> 00:33:16.720 And this brings me 00:33:16.720 --> 00:33:18.019 to your little bookmark 00:33:18.019 --> 00:33:19.500 that you received today. 00:33:20.380 --> 00:33:21.339 It's a wonderful, 00:33:21.539 --> 00:33:22.299 wonderful book 00:33:22.299 --> 00:33:24.099 by Gerald Sitzer 00:33:24.099 --> 00:33:26.319 and it's wonderful 00:33:26.319 --> 00:33:26.759 to read 00:33:26.759 --> 00:33:27.720 with your community group 00:33:27.720 --> 00:33:28.519 or with your family 00:33:28.519 --> 00:33:30.220 because it explores 00:33:30.220 --> 00:33:31.379 this agapao, 00:33:31.480 --> 00:33:32.379 self-giving love 00:33:32.379 --> 00:33:32.859 in all of its 00:33:32.859 --> 00:33:34.099 multifaceted dimensions. 00:33:35.200 --> 00:33:36.000 But I'll just mention 00:33:36.000 --> 00:33:36.940 a few of these 00:33:36.940 --> 00:33:38.079 aspects of love. 00:33:38.259 --> 00:33:38.759 He says, 00:33:38.859 --> 00:33:39.079 you know, 00:33:39.639 --> 00:33:41.660 when we welcome 00:33:41.660 --> 00:33:43.079 one another, 00:33:43.599 --> 00:33:44.379 it's all about, 00:33:45.139 --> 00:33:46.180 in the church context, 00:33:46.279 --> 00:33:46.839 it's all about 00:33:46.839 --> 00:33:48.240 seeing that stranger 00:33:48.240 --> 00:33:48.779 that walks 00:33:48.779 --> 00:33:49.359 into the door 00:33:49.359 --> 00:33:51.359 and not saying, 00:33:51.759 --> 00:33:52.579 oh, there's a stranger, 00:33:53.500 --> 00:33:53.980 but saying, 00:33:54.160 --> 00:33:55.099 oh, there's a friend 00:33:55.099 --> 00:33:56.359 that I have not yet met. 00:33:56.359 --> 00:33:58.799 It means that 00:33:58.799 --> 00:33:59.979 you take the initiative 00:33:59.979 --> 00:34:01.279 and you go to them 00:34:01.279 --> 00:34:02.299 and you open your heart 00:34:02.299 --> 00:34:02.679 to them 00:34:02.679 --> 00:34:04.539 and you open your home 00:34:04.539 --> 00:34:04.919 to them 00:34:04.919 --> 00:34:06.379 and you ask their name 00:34:06.379 --> 00:34:07.500 and you remember their name 00:34:07.500 --> 00:34:09.099 and you welcome them 00:34:09.099 --> 00:34:09.980 and you say, 00:34:10.099 --> 00:34:10.799 you're not a stranger, 00:34:10.960 --> 00:34:11.460 you're a brother. 00:34:11.859 --> 00:34:12.519 You're not a stranger, 00:34:12.699 --> 00:34:13.739 you're a sister. 00:34:15.940 --> 00:34:17.139 And Sitzer says 00:34:17.139 --> 00:34:19.599 that prayer, 00:34:20.119 --> 00:34:21.799 prayer is perhaps 00:34:21.799 --> 00:34:22.739 the greatest service 00:34:22.739 --> 00:34:23.319 we can render 00:34:23.320 --> 00:34:25.100 to the disciple community 00:34:25.100 --> 00:34:27.200 because prayer is the thing 00:34:27.200 --> 00:34:29.200 that touches us 00:34:29.200 --> 00:34:30.240 at the deepest part 00:34:30.240 --> 00:34:30.980 of our lives 00:34:30.980 --> 00:34:33.200 in those places 00:34:33.200 --> 00:34:34.460 that we cannot touch. 00:34:35.580 --> 00:34:37.280 It's a way that we love 00:34:37.280 --> 00:34:38.140 and we serve each other 00:34:38.140 --> 00:34:39.260 by praying for each other. 00:34:39.320 --> 00:34:40.380 He says that another way 00:34:40.380 --> 00:34:41.860 that we serve people 00:34:41.860 --> 00:34:43.180 is that we give them our time. 00:34:44.420 --> 00:34:45.260 And here in the Bay Area, 00:34:45.400 --> 00:34:47.860 time is often much harder 00:34:47.860 --> 00:34:49.039 to give even than our money, 00:34:49.280 --> 00:34:49.500 right? 00:34:49.500 --> 00:34:50.719 We're so busy. 00:34:52.420 --> 00:34:53.199 And time, 00:34:53.340 --> 00:34:54.039 giving our time 00:34:54.039 --> 00:34:55.059 means that we've got to 00:34:55.059 --> 00:34:56.320 simplify our lives. 00:34:56.420 --> 00:34:56.920 We've got to 00:34:56.920 --> 00:34:58.400 sacrificially release 00:34:58.400 --> 00:34:59.199 more and more 00:34:59.199 --> 00:34:59.900 of our time 00:34:59.900 --> 00:35:02.000 to serve this person 00:35:02.000 --> 00:35:03.380 or to encourage this person. 00:35:03.460 --> 00:35:04.760 You can't serve someone, 00:35:04.880 --> 00:35:05.760 you can't encourage them 00:35:05.760 --> 00:35:06.480 without giving them 00:35:06.480 --> 00:35:07.719 your time. 00:35:10.179 --> 00:35:11.199 And Sitzer says that 00:35:11.199 --> 00:35:13.199 when you see these things 00:35:13.199 --> 00:35:14.500 working in a Christian community, 00:35:14.679 --> 00:35:15.800 welcoming and praying 00:35:15.800 --> 00:35:16.880 and serving 00:35:16.880 --> 00:35:17.480 and encouraging, 00:35:17.820 --> 00:35:18.159 he says, 00:35:18.159 --> 00:35:19.039 you will recognize 00:35:19.039 --> 00:35:20.559 the most Christ-like person 00:35:20.559 --> 00:35:21.259 in your midst 00:35:21.259 --> 00:35:23.739 by the ease 00:35:23.739 --> 00:35:25.079 and the spontaneity 00:35:25.079 --> 00:35:25.699 with which 00:35:25.699 --> 00:35:27.940 they do those little 00:35:27.940 --> 00:35:29.779 annoying and messy things 00:35:29.779 --> 00:35:30.599 that no one else 00:35:30.599 --> 00:35:31.219 wants to do. 00:35:32.539 --> 00:35:33.920 They do the kind of things 00:35:33.920 --> 00:35:35.599 that in the ancient world 00:35:35.599 --> 00:35:36.659 a slave would do. 00:35:37.859 --> 00:35:38.059 Right? 00:35:38.079 --> 00:35:39.139 They do the kind of things 00:35:39.139 --> 00:35:40.980 that we are secretly hoping 00:35:40.980 --> 00:35:42.119 somebody else will do 00:35:42.119 --> 00:35:43.359 because I just really don't 00:35:43.359 --> 00:35:44.759 want to waste my time. 00:35:44.760 --> 00:35:48.400 Jesus says, 00:35:49.520 --> 00:35:49.800 you know, 00:35:49.960 --> 00:35:51.800 I want you to do 00:35:51.800 --> 00:35:53.880 this for each other 00:35:53.880 --> 00:35:54.600 because I've already 00:35:54.600 --> 00:35:56.320 done that for you. 00:35:58.080 --> 00:35:59.400 And why should we do this? 00:35:59.480 --> 00:36:00.360 What's the motivation 00:36:00.360 --> 00:36:01.180 to do this? 00:36:01.280 --> 00:36:02.000 Jesus ends, 00:36:02.160 --> 00:36:03.600 he says in verse 35, 00:36:05.220 --> 00:36:06.420 by this everyone 00:36:06.420 --> 00:36:07.160 will know that you 00:36:07.160 --> 00:36:07.840 are my disciples 00:36:07.840 --> 00:36:09.960 if you love one another. 00:36:10.040 --> 00:36:10.900 It's just inevitable 00:36:10.900 --> 00:36:13.100 that people are going 00:36:13.099 --> 00:36:14.139 to form their view 00:36:14.139 --> 00:36:15.079 of the Lord Jesus 00:36:15.079 --> 00:36:17.619 from your life 00:36:17.619 --> 00:36:18.319 and my life. 00:36:18.719 --> 00:36:20.039 Whether we like it or not. 00:36:21.360 --> 00:36:22.400 And Jesus is telling us 00:36:22.400 --> 00:36:24.019 that the embodied expression 00:36:24.019 --> 00:36:27.119 of this agapao love 00:36:27.119 --> 00:36:28.719 that Jesus has for us, 00:36:29.960 --> 00:36:31.360 when that's operative 00:36:31.360 --> 00:36:32.639 in the life of our community, 00:36:33.299 --> 00:36:34.880 everyone will identify it 00:36:34.880 --> 00:36:36.819 as belonging to Jesus. 00:36:38.719 --> 00:36:39.759 And so the question is, 00:36:39.839 --> 00:36:41.759 have you committed yourself 00:36:41.760 --> 00:36:44.220 have you committed yourself 00:36:44.220 --> 00:36:45.920 yet to a community 00:36:45.920 --> 00:36:46.680 of people here 00:36:46.680 --> 00:36:47.540 with whom you can 00:36:47.540 --> 00:36:48.800 live out these 00:36:48.800 --> 00:36:49.800 one another commands? 00:36:51.060 --> 00:36:52.000 People with whom 00:36:52.000 --> 00:36:52.780 you can pray 00:36:52.780 --> 00:36:55.260 and serve 00:36:55.260 --> 00:36:56.880 and encourage 00:36:56.880 --> 00:36:58.300 and comfort 00:36:58.300 --> 00:36:59.680 and admonish 00:36:59.680 --> 00:37:00.900 in all the ways, 00:37:00.980 --> 00:37:02.260 all the multifaceted ways 00:37:02.260 --> 00:37:03.040 Jesus wants us 00:37:03.040 --> 00:37:03.760 to love one another 00:37:03.760 --> 00:37:04.580 because he says, 00:37:05.220 --> 00:37:07.400 not only will you be blessed 00:37:07.400 --> 00:37:08.320 if you do these things, 00:37:08.420 --> 00:37:09.020 but Jesus says, 00:37:09.200 --> 00:37:10.200 this is how everyone 00:37:10.199 --> 00:37:11.179 around us, 00:37:11.299 --> 00:37:12.480 everyone in our networks, 00:37:12.639 --> 00:37:13.599 everyone in our city 00:37:13.599 --> 00:37:14.739 is going to know 00:37:14.739 --> 00:37:15.899 what the love of Jesus 00:37:15.899 --> 00:37:17.079 is like when they see it 00:37:17.079 --> 00:37:19.139 embodied among us. 00:37:20.799 --> 00:37:21.239 And friends, 00:37:21.299 --> 00:37:22.299 we can kneel down 00:37:22.299 --> 00:37:23.939 before one another 00:37:23.939 --> 00:37:25.159 and we can say to each other, 00:37:25.659 --> 00:37:26.719 I am your servant 00:37:26.719 --> 00:37:27.719 for Jesus' sake 00:37:27.719 --> 00:37:29.899 precisely because 00:37:29.899 --> 00:37:31.039 the greatest power 00:37:31.039 --> 00:37:31.839 in the universe 00:37:31.839 --> 00:37:34.239 has already knelt down. 00:37:35.739 --> 00:37:37.179 And he's not just knelt down 00:37:37.179 --> 00:37:37.859 to wash our feet, 00:37:37.860 --> 00:37:39.420 he knelt all the way down 00:37:39.420 --> 00:37:40.180 to the cross 00:37:40.180 --> 00:37:42.400 to bleed for us, 00:37:42.940 --> 00:37:44.340 to die for us, 00:37:44.539 --> 00:37:46.039 to serve us, 00:37:46.420 --> 00:37:48.079 and to save us. 00:37:49.579 --> 00:37:50.160 And so he says, 00:37:50.240 --> 00:37:51.000 now that you know 00:37:51.000 --> 00:37:52.079 I've done that for you, 00:37:53.320 --> 00:37:53.920 please, 00:37:55.000 --> 00:37:55.800 agapao, 00:37:56.240 --> 00:37:57.120 one another. 00:37:58.140 --> 00:37:59.120 In the name of the Father, 00:37:59.240 --> 00:37:59.960 Son, and Holy Spirit, 00:38:00.860 --> 00:38:01.059 amen. 00:38:01.059 --> 00:38:01.200 Amen.