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 Good morning, I'm Melissa Arseniega and I'm part of the North Berkeley Tuesday Night Community

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 Group.

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 Tuesday's, today's, scripture reading is from the Gospel according to John, chapter 13,

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 verses 1 through 17, as printed in your liturgy.

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 It was just before the Passover festival.

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 Jesus knew that the hour had come for him to leave this world and go to the Father.

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 Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.

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 The evening meal was in progress, and the devil had already prompted Judas, the son of Simon

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 Iscariot, to betray Jesus.

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 Jesus knew that the Father had put all things under his power and that he had come from God

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 and was returning to God.

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 So he got up from the meal, took off his outer clothing, and wrapped a towel around his waist.

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 After that, he poured water into a basin and began to wash his disciples' feet, drying them

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 with the towel that was wrapped around him.

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 He came to Simon Peter, who said to him,

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 Lord, you are going to wash my feet?

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 Jesus replied,

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 You do not realize now what I am doing,

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 but later you will understand.

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 No, said Peter,

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 you shall never wash my feet.

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 Jesus answered,

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 Unless I wash you,

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 you have no part with me.

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 Then Lord,

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 Simon Peter replied,

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 not just my feet, but my hands and my head as well.

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 Well, Jesus answered,

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 Those who have had a bath need only to wash their feet.

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 Their whole body is clean.

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 And you are clean,

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 though not every one of you.

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 For he knew who was going to betray him,

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 and that was why he said,

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 not everyone was clean.

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 When he had finished washing their feet,

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 he put on his clothes and returned to his place.

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 Do you understand what I have done for you?

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 He asked them.

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 You call me teacher and Lord,

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 and rightly so,

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 for that is what I am.

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 Now that I,

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 your Lord and teacher,

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 have washed your feet,

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 you also should wash one another's feet.

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 I have set you an example

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 that you should do

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 as I have done for you.

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 Very truly I tell you,

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 no servant is greater than his master,

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 nor is a messenger

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 greater than the one who sent him.

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 Now that you know these things,

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 you will be blessed if you do them.

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 This is the gospel of the Lord.

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 Praise to you.

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 Thank you for that scripture reading, Melissa.

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 Good morning, Christ Church.

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 My name is Andrew.

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 I'm one of the pastors here.

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 It's good to be back.

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 I am thankful to the session of elders at our church

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 for allowing me to go on vacation last week.

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 But I miss you guys,

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 so it's good to be home,

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 even though we did enjoy our time in Seattle.

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 We got to visit Megan Wong.

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 Some of you remember her.

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 It was nice to see her,

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 stay with her and catch up.

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 But yeah, it's good to be here.

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 I'm looking forward to bringing God's word to us today

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 from this super famous passage

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 about the foot washing Jesus.

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 So will you join me in prayer

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 as we come before God?

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 Lord God, we want to hear from you.

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 We want to understand this picture

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 of the Lord Jesus Christ

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 wrapped in a towel, on his knees,

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 washing the feet of his disciples.

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 Would you so impress this upon us

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 as you clearly impressed it upon your servant, John,

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 as he conveyed this picture to us?

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 And would it make us different kinds of people?

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 People so affected

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 by your sacrificial, servant-hearted love for us.

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 Help us to see and savor

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 the good news of Jesus this morning,

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 we pray in his name.

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 Amen.

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 All right, we're continuing

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 through John's Gospel

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 this second Sunday of Lent.

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 We are on our way, right,

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 to the cross of Good Friday

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 and to the empty tomb of Easter.

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 And though for us,

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 Good Friday's still, you know,

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 more than a month away,

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 where we are in John's Gospel today,

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 where we're going to be

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 for the next couple of Sundays

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 is in this upper room

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 around a dining table with Jesus.

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 We're now at the Last Supper,

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 just hours before Jesus' betrayal

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 and his murder.

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 As it says in verse 1,

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 Jesus knew that the hour had come

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 for him to leave this world

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 and go to the Father.

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 Now as we enter into this upper room,

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 it's important that we understand,

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 that we feel the weight,

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 the gravity of this moment for Jesus.

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 So try to imagine

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 the emotions that you might feel,

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 the thoughts that you might have

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 if you knew you were about to die

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 in 24 hours.

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 How would you choose to spend

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 the last couple hours of your life

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 if you knew the very hour

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 that you would die

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 and how you would die

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 by crucifixion?

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 Imagine none of us here

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 has experienced that firsthand.

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 The closest thing that I could think of

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 was a sequence of scenes

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 from the movie Just Mercy.

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 Anyone seen Just Mercy?

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 Michael B. Jordan,

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 he's the man.

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 He plays the lawyer,

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 Bryan Stevenson,

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 and he's a lawyer

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 who defends people

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 unjustly put on death row.

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 And the scenes I'm thinking about

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 are the scenes leading up

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 to the execution

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 of one of his clients, Herb.

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 See, Herb is one of his clients

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 whose death sentence

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 he was not able to overturn.

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 And the movie takes us

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 through these moments,

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 through these minutes,

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 right before Herb's execution.

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 And they just do such a great job

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 of making us feel

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 how bizarre it is to be on death row.

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 How bizarre it is to know

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 that death is knocking at your door.

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 Herb says,

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 most people don't get to sit

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 and think all day

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 about it being their last day alive.

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 And everything is heavy,

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 and everything is sad,

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 and everything is even awkward.

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 There are no words

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 that seem to be right and fitting

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 between Herb and his lawyer

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 and his cellmates.

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 Even his guards don't know

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 what to say to Herb,

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 or they don't know

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 what to do with themselves.

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 They find themselves

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 treating him more nicely

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 than they've ever treated him before,

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 and yet they also can't

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 look this guy in the eye.

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 Herb says,

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 it's been a strange day.

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 More people asked

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 how they can help me today

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 than ever asked

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 in my whole life.

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 And it's because everyone,

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 even the people

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 about to execute Herb,

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 they feel the weight

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 of his life

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 just about to be extinguished.

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 And nothing can be normal.

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 Nothing can be right

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 in these last moments.

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 Now, toward the end

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 of these scenes,

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 Herb begins to walk

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 down the hall

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 from his waiting room

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 to the room

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 where the electric chair is.

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 And he begins slowly,

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 even compliantly,

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 walking with the guards.

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 And they're like,

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 you know,

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 politely ushering him there.

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 It's so bizarre.

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 But then as he gets closer,

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 his body just goes limp.

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 And you get why that is, right?

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 Because how can he just

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 willfully walk

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 toward an electric chair?

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 And then it's just excruciating

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 to watch.

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 You're pulled in

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 as a viewer,

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 to imagine yourself

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 in Herb's shoes.

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 There's this overwhelming

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 sense of empathy

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 that you feel for him

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 as you watch the scenes unfold.

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 The sense of like,

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 how could anyone

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 conduct themselves

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 normally or nobly

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 or intentionally

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 knowing that death

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 is just a few minutes away?

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 And all the awkwardness,

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 all the heaviness,

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 the way Herb just falls over

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 and goes limp.

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 It's all so uncomfortable

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 and yet at the same time,

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 it all makes complete sense

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 because death

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 is literally at his door.

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 And nothing about this

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 can be okay.

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 But now here we are

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 in John chapter 13

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 at the Last Supper of Jesus

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 in the final hours

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 leading up to his

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 gruesome death,

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 which he knows is coming

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 and which he knows

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 will be upon a cross.

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 And yet we find a man

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 who's composed

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 and who continues

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 to live a noble,

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 beautiful, measured,

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 and deliberate life.

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 He doesn't sulk

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 or hang his head.

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 His body doesn't go limp

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 and listless.

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 He doesn't surrender

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 to helplessness

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 and hopelessness,

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 nor does he make it

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 all about himself

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 and demand, you know,

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 the special treatment

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 and the sympathy

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 that are due to him

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 as a man who's about

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 to lose his life.

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 He knows exactly

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 what he wants to do

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 with the last hours

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 of his life.

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 And so characteristic

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 of Jesus,

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 what he wants to do,

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 even knowing that he was

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 about to depart

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 from the world,

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 he doesn't give up

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 on the world

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 or forsake the world.

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 What he wants to do

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 is love his people.

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 He wants to love his people.

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 As it says in verse 1,

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 knowing that the hour

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 had come for him

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 to leave the world,

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 having loved his own

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 who are in the world,

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 he loved them

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 to the end.

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 He loved them

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 to the end.

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 Don't you love that?

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 That Jesus is a God

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 who loves his own

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 to the very end.

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 Or in the Greek,

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 he loved them completely.

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 He loved them perfectly.

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 Like he didn't just love them

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 temporally to the end

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 of his life,

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 but he loved them

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 unto the end

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 for which they were created.

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 He loved them

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 with a perfect love

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 that made them whole

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 and complete

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 before God.

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 This is how Jesus chose

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 to spend his final hours.

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 He continues

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 his deliberate lifestyle

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 of love and service.

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 He chooses to be

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 a living picture,

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 an illustration

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 of God's perfect

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 and perfecting love.

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 Will you look with me

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 at verses 4 and 5?

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 At this famously vivid picture

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 of Jesus.

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 Verse 4 says,

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 Now,

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 to understand

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 what's going on here,

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 the depth of what Jesus

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 is doing here,

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 and how this is

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 such a powerful illustration

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 of his perfect

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 and perfecting love,

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 his humble,

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 serving love.

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 We have to talk about

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 feet for a second,

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 all right?

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 We're going to talk

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 about feet for a second

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 because, you know,

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 like, I don't know

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 how many of you

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 have participated

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 in foot washing things,

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 but I have,

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 and honestly,

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 it was more funny

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 than deep.

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 Maybe just because

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 I'm immature.

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 I just remember

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 maybe my feet

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 getting tickled,

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 or at one time,

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 one of my best friends,

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 he had to wash my feet

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 and I'd been playing

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 basketball all day

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 and he just got hit

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 in the face

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 with the pungent smell,

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 right?

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 But that's, like,

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 not what this is about.

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 Okay, so let's talk

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 about feet

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 in a Middle Eastern context.

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 Now, to us modern

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 Western people,

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 feet are just feet,

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 right?

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 Maybe not the most

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 attractive part

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 of the human body,

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 but still really

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 just feet.

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 But what we have

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 to understand

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 about the Middle Eastern

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 culture is that feet

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 are almost seen

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 as inherently impure

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 and unclean

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 and shameful

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 and unholy.

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 Like, being trampled on,

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 being stomped on,

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 or having someone's

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 heel or shoe,

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 like, come against

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 your head in particular,

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 that is the ultimate shame.

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 That is the ultimate

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 dishonor.

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 That's why in the beginning

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 of the Bible,

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 Genesis chapter 3,

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 after Adam and Eve

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 have fallen,

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 what does God foretell?

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 He foretells

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 of the offspring

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 of the woman

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 crushing the head

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 of the serpent

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 with what?

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 His heel.

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 His heel, right?

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 Or that's why

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 one time an angry

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 Iraqi journalist

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 threw a shoe

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 at President Bush.

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 Or when Saddam Hussein's

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 statue was toppled,

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 people, crowds

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 gathered around

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 and they beat

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 the statue

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 with their shoe.

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 The ultimate dishonor.

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 The ultimate dishonor.

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 Or like when Paul,

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 when Paul talks about

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 how, when he says,

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 how beautiful are the feet

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 of those who bring

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 the good news

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 about Jesus,

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 it's meant to be

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 a crazy statement.

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 That the gospel of Jesus

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 is so powerful,

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 so amazing,

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 so transformative,

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 it can even make

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 dirty, filthy,

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 shameful feet

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 beautiful.

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 Alright, so that's

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 what you have to understand

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 about feet

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 in this context.

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 And hopefully that can

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 help us understand

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 why washing people's feet

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 was just an utterly

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 dishonorable,

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 shameful activity,

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 maybe even a futile

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 activity in their eyes,

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 only reserved

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 for the lowest of low.

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 I mean,

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 Jewish rabbis,

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 Jewish masters

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 wouldn't even subject

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 their Jewish servants

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 to this foot washing

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 activity.

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 It was just too

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 dehumanizing,

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 too shameful.

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 But see,

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 the thing is,

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 someone had to do it.

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 Remember,

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 they're in a borrowed room.

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 Who knows if any

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 Gentile servant

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 is present?

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 The gospel accounts

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 seem to give the impression

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 that probably only Jesus

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 and his closest companions

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 were with him

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 in these last hours,

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 right?

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 So who's going to do it?

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 Who's going to step up?

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 Surely they wouldn't

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 go a whole night,

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 eat a whole meal

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 without washing

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 the dirtiest parts

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 of their bodies,

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 right?

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 So imagine the scene.

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 Here's the scene.

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 Imagine everyone reclining,

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 okay?

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 It's not like that famous

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 Leonardo da Vinci

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 Last Supper painting.

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 They're all leaning in

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 like on mats

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 toward the table

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 and their feet

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 are pointing outward

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 away from the table,

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 all right?

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 That's the scene

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 right here.

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 And of course,

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 no one sees themselves

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 as the one

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 who is supposed

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 to be washing

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 everyone else's feet.

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 In fact,

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 quite the opposite

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 in Luke's gospel account,

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 what does he tell us?

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 They're actually quarreling.

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 They're debating

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 who is the greatest

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 among them.

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 Who is going to sit

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 at Jesus' right hand?

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 Who's going to be

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 the secretary of state

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 to the Messiah,

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 the vice president?

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 They have no thoughts

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 of washing

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 one another's feet.

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 They're debating

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 who is the greatest,

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 who is the least suited

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 to wash

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 everyone else's feet.

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 And so of course,

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 no one is even thinking

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 about taking on this role

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 as the foot washer

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 until Jesus,

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 their rabbi,

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 their lord,

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 gets up from the table

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 and literally

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 takes on the form

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 of a servant.

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 He dresses down

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 to the outfit

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 of a servant,

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 taking off his outer garment,

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 pretty much like stripping down

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 to his undershirt

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 and his boxers,

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 and he wraps a towel

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 around himself.

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 And he pours water

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 into a basin.

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 He gets on his knees

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 and does what no

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 self-respecting Jewish man

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 would ever do.

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 And we gotta believe

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 that at this sight,

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 all of the jaws

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 in the room

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 just dropped

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 seeing what Jesus

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 was doing.

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 This eternal word

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 of God, right?

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 The I am who I am,

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 the Messiah King

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 on his knees,

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 taking the feet

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 of his disciples.

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 And remember,

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 these feet were

00:15:27.840 --> 00:15:28.540
 largely exposed.

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 They only wore sandals

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 back then.

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 Largely exposed.

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 People only wore sandals

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 on dusty roads

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 in these agrarian societies.

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 Maybe these feet had walked

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 closely to animal droppings.

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 They're probably all cracked

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 and crusty and calloused

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 like mine.

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 But he takes these

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 very filthy feet

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 into his hands.

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 These same hands

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 that he's about to eat with.

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 These very hands

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 that it says in verse 3

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 that God put all things into.

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 He uses these hands

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 to wash his bickering

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 disciples' feet.

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 And just picture this.

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 Jesus kneeling

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 before each of his disciples.

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 The towel around him

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 getting filthier

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 and filthier.

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 Picture the great

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 I am who I am

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 wrapped in a towel

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 covered in dirty smudges

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 like all around him.

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 To quote a Syrian bishop

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 from the 5th century,

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 he who wraps the heavens

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 in clouds

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 wrapped around himself

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 a towel.

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 He who pours water

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 into the rivers

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 and pools

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 tipped water

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 into a basin.

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 And he before whom

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 every knee bends

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 in heaven

00:16:36.200 --> 00:16:36.960
 and on earth

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 and under the earth

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 knelt

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 to wash the feet

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 of his disciples.

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 And this is supposed

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 to blow our minds.

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 Because what kind

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 of a Lord,

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 what kind of a Messiah,

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 what kind of a God

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 does something like this?

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 It certainly blew

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 Peter's mind.

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 Look at verse 6.

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 He came to Simon Peter

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 who said to him,

00:16:56.560 --> 00:16:56.820
 Lord,

00:16:57.300 --> 00:16:59.040
 are you going to wash

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 my feet?

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 Verse 8.

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 No, said Peter.

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 You shall never

00:17:03.439 --> 00:17:04.279
 wash my feet.

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 In the Greek,

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 never ever into

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 all eternity

00:17:06.960 --> 00:17:07.900
 shall you ever

00:17:07.900 --> 00:17:09.079
 wash my feet.

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 This is not the kind

00:17:10.539 --> 00:17:11.819
 of Lord Peter wanted.

00:17:12.000 --> 00:17:12.700
 This is not the kind

00:17:12.700 --> 00:17:13.639
 of God Peter

00:17:13.639 --> 00:17:14.799
 could even believe in.

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 Peter didn't want

00:17:15.359 --> 00:17:15.920
 a Lord who would

00:17:15.920 --> 00:17:16.579
 wash his feet.

00:17:17.119 --> 00:17:18.379
 And certainly not a God

00:17:18.379 --> 00:17:19.619
 who would stoop so low

00:17:19.619 --> 00:17:21.000
 to wash his feet.

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 In Peter's mind,

00:17:23.079 --> 00:17:23.980
 being both Lord

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 and foot washer

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 was completely

00:17:26.279 --> 00:17:27.660
 incompatible.

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 This is not what

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 the Lord does.

00:17:29.900 --> 00:17:30.680
 This is not what

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 Yahweh does.

00:17:31.799 --> 00:17:32.759
 This is not what

00:17:32.759 --> 00:17:33.440
 you do if you are

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 the most powerful,

00:17:34.500 --> 00:17:35.240
 most honorable,

00:17:35.580 --> 00:17:36.900
 most holy, holy, holy

00:17:36.900 --> 00:17:37.980
 God of the universe.

00:17:39.100 --> 00:17:39.900
 In Peter's mind,

00:17:40.100 --> 00:17:41.279
 you cannot be God

00:17:41.279 --> 00:17:42.440
 and a servant.

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 In Peter's mind,

00:17:44.279 --> 00:17:45.200
 you cannot be holy

00:17:45.200 --> 00:17:46.519
 and come into contact

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 with the filthy feet

00:17:47.920 --> 00:17:49.680
 of sinful men.

00:17:51.060 --> 00:17:51.519
 But see,

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 even as the whole

00:17:52.700 --> 00:17:54.039
 gospel account of John

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 has been filled

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 with very,

00:17:55.600 --> 00:17:56.060
 very powerful

00:17:56.060 --> 00:17:56.779
 demonstrations

00:17:56.779 --> 00:17:58.099
 of the divinity,

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 the deity,

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 the godness of Jesus.

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 And it's like,

00:18:01.460 --> 00:18:02.539
 boom, boom, boom, right?

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 The power and authority

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 of God revealed to us

00:18:04.980 --> 00:18:05.720
 in Christ everywhere.

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 Boom, water into wine.

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 Do you believe yet?

00:18:07.700 --> 00:18:09.279
 Boom, the man born

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 blind from birth.

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 Do you believe now?

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 Boom, Lazarus last week

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 raised from the dead.

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 Surely you must believe

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 that Jesus is God now

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 for who else but God

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 can do any of these things?

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 Even as John

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 has gone to such great lengths

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 to demonstrate

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 who the Almighty I am

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 is in Christ,

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 John wasn't done there

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 with the power

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 and the miracles.

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 Because see,

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 the beauty of the gospel

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 is that there is more

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 to who God is

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 than his mere power

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 and holiness

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 and transcendence.

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 Yes,

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 that is all

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 that he ever had to be.

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 The holy,

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 holy,

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 holy one.

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 The Lord God almighty.

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 I am who I am,

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 but let me say this again.

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 The beauty

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 of the gospel

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 is that there is more

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 to who God has chosen

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 to be for us

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 than simply a powerful,

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 holy,

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 and transcendent Lord.

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 Think about it.

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 Why is it?

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 Why is it that

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 John's gospel account

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 is the only one

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 that tells the story

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 of Jesus washing the feet

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 of his beloved disciples?

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 Well, it's because

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 John wants to make

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 very clear

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 that the word

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 who was with God

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 and who was God,

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 the light and life

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 of the world,

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 who was in the beginning

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 and who made all things,

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 he is also

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 a God

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 who became flesh

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 and came near

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 and in contact

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 with sinful humanity

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 and this broken

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 and cursed world

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 in order to wash

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 our feet

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 like a servant.

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 And not only

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 to wash our feet

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 and wear a dirty towel,

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 but to do the ultimate

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 act of humble service

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 that this foot washing

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 pointed to,

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 to cleanse us

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 of our sins.

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 How?

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 To die naked

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 on a cross,

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 wearing and bearing

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 nothing but the sin

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 and curse

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 and shame

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 of the world

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 in order to put

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 death to death,

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 in order to remove

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 our sins

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 and bring the reality

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 of new life

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 into this broken world.

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 That's what he means

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 when he says

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 in verse 7,

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 you do not realize

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 now what I am doing,

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 but later

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 you will understand.

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 When we read

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 of Jesus

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 taking off

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 his outer garment

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 and getting down

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 on his knees

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 to wash his disciples'

00:20:24.180 --> 00:20:24.900
 filthy feet,

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 we are to read it

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 with the echo

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 of Paul's words

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 to the Philippians.

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 Christ Jesus,

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 who being in very nature

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 God did not consider

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 equality with God

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 a thing to be grasped,

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 but emptied himself

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 by taking the form

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 of a servant.

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 And being found

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 in human form,

00:20:42.000 --> 00:20:43.059
 he humbled himself

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 by becoming obedient

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 to the point of death

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 even death

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 on a cross.

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 This is the gospel.

00:20:52.079 --> 00:20:52.959
 This is the gospel

00:20:52.959 --> 00:20:54.019
 that in Jesus Christ,

00:20:54.119 --> 00:20:54.719
 God has chosen

00:20:54.719 --> 00:20:55.819
 to reveal himself

00:20:55.819 --> 00:20:56.479
 to us

00:20:56.479 --> 00:20:57.319
 as both

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 God

00:20:58.299 --> 00:20:59.699
 and servant

00:20:59.699 --> 00:21:01.219
 without compromise,

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 without contradiction.

00:21:03.339 --> 00:21:04.000
 This is the gospel

00:21:04.000 --> 00:21:05.299
 that in Jesus Christ,

00:21:05.639 --> 00:21:06.559
 mighty power

00:21:06.559 --> 00:21:07.239
 and humble

00:21:07.239 --> 00:21:08.719
 sacrificial service

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 are not at odds,

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 but in perfect harmony.

00:21:11.899 --> 00:21:12.939
 Look at how Jesus

00:21:12.939 --> 00:21:14.079
 takes off his garment,

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 wraps himself in a towel

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 and washes his disciples' feet

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 and then in the very same scene,

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 he gets back up,

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 he puts back on his garment

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 and then he says

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 in verse 13,

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 you call me teacher

00:21:24.199 --> 00:21:25.539
 and Lord

00:21:25.539 --> 00:21:27.679
 and rightly so.

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 He is not confused here.

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 There is no tension for him.

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 He is both God

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 and servant

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 with no contradiction.

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 And it is of

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 the utmost importance

00:21:38.419 --> 00:21:39.639
 that we hold

00:21:39.639 --> 00:21:40.859
 both of these truths

00:21:40.859 --> 00:21:41.559
 tightly

00:21:41.559 --> 00:21:43.099
 or else we will never

00:21:43.099 --> 00:21:44.579
 grasp the greatness

00:21:44.579 --> 00:21:45.619
 and the uniqueness

00:21:45.619 --> 00:21:47.299
 of the one true God

00:21:47.299 --> 00:21:48.700
 of the Christian scriptures.

00:21:49.819 --> 00:21:50.059
 You see,

00:21:50.179 --> 00:21:51.259
 if we only ever believe

00:21:51.259 --> 00:21:52.139
 in an almighty,

00:21:52.359 --> 00:21:53.419
 all-powerful God

00:21:53.419 --> 00:21:54.319
 who has not chosen

00:21:54.319 --> 00:21:55.859
 to also be a servant,

00:21:56.659 --> 00:21:57.579
 we will always

00:21:57.579 --> 00:21:58.559
 only live

00:21:58.559 --> 00:21:59.619
 in fearful

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 and maybe even

00:22:00.480 --> 00:22:01.119
 in dreadful

00:22:01.119 --> 00:22:01.919
 and resentful

00:22:01.919 --> 00:22:03.440
 submission to him.

00:22:03.539 --> 00:22:04.799
 Unfamiliar with God's

00:22:04.799 --> 00:22:05.819
 tender compassion

00:22:05.819 --> 00:22:07.179
 and the costly

00:22:07.179 --> 00:22:08.480
 and sacrificial love

00:22:08.480 --> 00:22:09.960
 which he has generously

00:22:09.960 --> 00:22:11.240
 poured out upon us

00:22:11.240 --> 00:22:12.279
 and pursued us with.

00:22:13.400 --> 00:22:13.740
 But see,

00:22:13.779 --> 00:22:14.620
 if we only ever believe

00:22:14.620 --> 00:22:15.059
 in God

00:22:15.059 --> 00:22:16.400
 as a servant

00:22:16.400 --> 00:22:17.799
 and not the

00:22:17.799 --> 00:22:18.799
 holy, mighty,

00:22:19.099 --> 00:22:19.799
 I am,

00:22:20.120 --> 00:22:21.160
 creator of the universe,

00:22:21.799 --> 00:22:22.900
 then he is nothing more

00:22:22.900 --> 00:22:23.900
 than a means

00:22:23.900 --> 00:22:24.640
 to an end.

00:22:25.160 --> 00:22:26.200
 A magic genie

00:22:26.200 --> 00:22:27.180
 in submission

00:22:27.180 --> 00:22:28.160
 to us

00:22:28.160 --> 00:22:29.099
 and thus no

00:22:29.099 --> 00:22:30.120
 true God at all.

00:22:30.180 --> 00:22:30.539
 In fact,

00:22:30.620 --> 00:22:31.819
 if he is only

00:22:31.819 --> 00:22:32.460
 our servant,

00:22:33.039 --> 00:22:33.900
 that would make us

00:22:33.900 --> 00:22:34.519
 gods.

00:22:35.319 --> 00:22:35.859
 And do I need

00:22:35.859 --> 00:22:37.180
 to convince any of us

00:22:37.180 --> 00:22:38.359
 that we all make

00:22:38.359 --> 00:22:38.940
 for poor

00:22:38.940 --> 00:22:39.799
 and terrible

00:22:39.799 --> 00:22:40.600
 gods?

00:22:42.019 --> 00:22:42.279
 But see,

00:22:42.340 --> 00:22:43.279
 the beauty of the gospel

00:22:43.279 --> 00:22:44.940
 is that in Christ,

00:22:45.059 --> 00:22:45.720
 God is both

00:22:45.720 --> 00:22:47.400
 God and servant

00:22:47.400 --> 00:22:48.640
 without contradiction.

00:22:49.600 --> 00:22:50.580
 And though it might

00:22:50.580 --> 00:22:51.640
 be hard to believe

00:22:51.640 --> 00:22:52.220
 and accept,

00:22:52.400 --> 00:22:52.539
 sure,

00:22:52.740 --> 00:22:53.900
 it sure was for Peter,

00:22:54.779 --> 00:22:55.600
 though it might be

00:22:55.600 --> 00:22:56.320
 hard to accept

00:22:56.320 --> 00:22:57.519
 that the perfect

00:22:57.519 --> 00:22:58.620
 and perfecting love

00:22:58.620 --> 00:22:59.299
 of God

00:22:59.299 --> 00:23:00.080
 is the love of God

00:23:00.080 --> 00:23:00.420
 who is,

00:23:00.700 --> 00:23:01.200
 of a God

00:23:01.200 --> 00:23:02.180
 who is also humble

00:23:02.180 --> 00:23:04.400
 and a sacrificial servant,

00:23:05.340 --> 00:23:05.920
 though it might be

00:23:05.920 --> 00:23:06.480
 hard to accept

00:23:06.480 --> 00:23:07.819
 that this is the truth

00:23:07.819 --> 00:23:08.819
 that changes the world.

00:23:09.519 --> 00:23:10.180
 This is the truth

00:23:10.180 --> 00:23:10.799
 that transforms

00:23:10.799 --> 00:23:11.759
 everything.

00:23:13.460 --> 00:23:13.660
 Now,

00:23:13.779 --> 00:23:14.480
 how and why

00:23:14.480 --> 00:23:15.339
 this changes everything

00:23:15.339 --> 00:23:17.039
 requires some explanation.

00:23:17.660 --> 00:23:17.839
 Like,

00:23:17.900 --> 00:23:18.559
 why is it good,

00:23:18.660 --> 00:23:19.660
 why is it even necessary

00:23:19.660 --> 00:23:20.519
 to have a humble

00:23:20.519 --> 00:23:22.579
 and sacrificial servant

00:23:22.579 --> 00:23:23.799
 be our God?

00:23:24.660 --> 00:23:24.860
 Well,

00:23:24.880 --> 00:23:25.400
 look with me

00:23:25.400 --> 00:23:26.920
 at this exchange

00:23:26.920 --> 00:23:27.559
 between Jesus

00:23:27.559 --> 00:23:28.180
 and Peter.

00:23:28.680 --> 00:23:29.200
 Peter's like,

00:23:29.420 --> 00:23:29.620
 no,

00:23:29.860 --> 00:23:30.220
 never,

00:23:30.500 --> 00:23:30.819
 ever,

00:23:31.279 --> 00:23:32.660
 not in all eternity

00:23:32.660 --> 00:23:34.519
 will you wash my feet.

00:23:34.620 --> 00:23:35.759
 In Peter's mind,

00:23:35.759 --> 00:23:36.299
 the Lord

00:23:36.299 --> 00:23:37.559
 should not wash his feet.

00:23:38.480 --> 00:23:39.500
 Peter could wash

00:23:39.500 --> 00:23:40.140
 his own feet

00:23:40.140 --> 00:23:41.160
 or maybe someone

00:23:41.160 --> 00:23:41.940
 he believed to be

00:23:41.940 --> 00:23:42.680
 lower than him,

00:23:42.779 --> 00:23:43.720
 like a slave,

00:23:43.839 --> 00:23:44.740
 a Gentile slave,

00:23:45.059 --> 00:23:46.079
 someone with less power

00:23:46.079 --> 00:23:46.859
 and prestige,

00:23:47.079 --> 00:23:48.180
 they could wash his feet,

00:23:48.680 --> 00:23:50.200
 but not his Lord.

00:23:51.099 --> 00:23:51.460
 Never,

00:23:51.660 --> 00:23:51.799
 Lord.

00:23:52.599 --> 00:23:53.759
 Peter does not understand

00:23:53.759 --> 00:23:54.660
 what Jesus tells him

00:23:54.660 --> 00:23:56.240
 he will later understand.

00:23:57.099 --> 00:23:58.559
 So Jesus has to insist

00:23:58.559 --> 00:23:59.700
 and says in verse 8,

00:23:59.799 --> 00:24:00.859
 unless I wash you,

00:24:01.240 --> 00:24:03.319
 you have no part in me.

00:24:04.180 --> 00:24:04.859
 And what he's saying

00:24:04.859 --> 00:24:05.319
 is Peter,

00:24:06.279 --> 00:24:07.539
 not in all eternity.

00:24:08.399 --> 00:24:08.679
 Really,

00:24:08.779 --> 00:24:08.979
 Peter?

00:24:09.979 --> 00:24:11.699
 You really have no idea

00:24:11.699 --> 00:24:13.179
 how filthy you are,

00:24:13.379 --> 00:24:14.079
 do you?

00:24:15.059 --> 00:24:15.299
 Sure,

00:24:15.359 --> 00:24:15.899
 you got it right.

00:24:15.979 --> 00:24:16.639
 I am the,

00:24:16.740 --> 00:24:17.359
 I am.

00:24:17.599 --> 00:24:18.719
 I am the Holy One

00:24:18.719 --> 00:24:19.219
 of Israel,

00:24:19.319 --> 00:24:20.740
 the Lord God Almighty.

00:24:20.799 --> 00:24:21.979
 But let me ask you something.

00:24:22.719 --> 00:24:23.859
 If the Almighty

00:24:23.859 --> 00:24:25.240
 does not wash

00:24:25.240 --> 00:24:26.059
 your feet,

00:24:26.599 --> 00:24:27.159
 who will?

00:24:28.000 --> 00:24:29.259
 And who can?

00:24:29.259 --> 00:24:31.339
 Who can blot out

00:24:31.339 --> 00:24:32.779
 the deepest stains

00:24:32.779 --> 00:24:33.940
 of your sin?

00:24:34.039 --> 00:24:35.460
 Who can fully remove

00:24:35.460 --> 00:24:36.480
 your shame?

00:24:37.539 --> 00:24:38.220
 Do you think

00:24:38.220 --> 00:24:39.559
 you can wash it all away?

00:24:40.339 --> 00:24:40.640
 Do you think

00:24:40.640 --> 00:24:41.220
 you can wash

00:24:41.220 --> 00:24:41.960
 your own filth away?

00:24:42.019 --> 00:24:42.259
 Do you think

00:24:42.259 --> 00:24:43.379
 some powerless slave

00:24:43.379 --> 00:24:44.980
 will wash your filth away,

00:24:45.079 --> 00:24:46.220
 make you white as snow,

00:24:46.299 --> 00:24:46.859
 approachable

00:24:46.859 --> 00:24:47.740
 in the very presence

00:24:47.740 --> 00:24:48.440
 of God?

00:24:48.640 --> 00:24:49.599
 You think you can be

00:24:49.599 --> 00:24:50.400
 united with God

00:24:50.400 --> 00:24:51.339
 and have a part in me

00:24:51.339 --> 00:24:52.420
 with anything other

00:24:52.420 --> 00:24:54.000
 than a God-grade

00:24:54.000 --> 00:24:54.599
 cleaning?

00:24:56.000 --> 00:24:56.259
 Peter,

00:24:56.339 --> 00:24:56.859
 don't you see?

00:24:57.619 --> 00:24:58.399
 Don't you see?

00:24:58.519 --> 00:24:59.399
 You need a God

00:24:59.399 --> 00:25:00.740
 who is a servant

00:25:00.740 --> 00:25:02.379
 and you need a servant

00:25:02.379 --> 00:25:03.859
 who is a God.

00:25:04.759 --> 00:25:05.939
 This is what Jesus

00:25:05.939 --> 00:25:06.799
 is getting at

00:25:06.799 --> 00:25:07.959
 when Peter still

00:25:07.959 --> 00:25:08.899
 doesn't understand

00:25:08.899 --> 00:25:10.119
 and says in verse 9,

00:25:10.199 --> 00:25:10.459
 oh hey,

00:25:10.539 --> 00:25:11.079
 I need you to wash

00:25:11.079 --> 00:25:11.919
 my hands and my head

00:25:11.919 --> 00:25:12.579
 as well then.

00:25:13.259 --> 00:25:14.000
 Jesus is saying,

00:25:14.179 --> 00:25:14.459
 bro,

00:25:15.199 --> 00:25:17.079
 you already had a bath

00:25:17.079 --> 00:25:18.019
 before you got here.

00:25:18.399 --> 00:25:19.139
 This is not about

00:25:19.139 --> 00:25:20.539
 how many of your body parts

00:25:20.539 --> 00:25:21.859
 are physically clean.

00:25:21.959 --> 00:25:22.119
 Peter,

00:25:22.179 --> 00:25:22.939
 it's not about you.

00:25:23.039 --> 00:25:23.439
 It's not about

00:25:23.439 --> 00:25:24.379
 checking boxes.

00:25:24.479 --> 00:25:25.000
 It's not about

00:25:25.000 --> 00:25:26.359
 outdoing everyone else

00:25:26.359 --> 00:25:27.039
 and having the most

00:25:27.039 --> 00:25:28.399
 body parts washed.

00:25:29.419 --> 00:25:31.039
 Me washing your feet

00:25:31.039 --> 00:25:32.559
 is not about you.

00:25:33.299 --> 00:25:34.419
 It's about me.

00:25:35.000 --> 00:25:35.740
 It's about me

00:25:35.740 --> 00:25:36.679
 being a servant,

00:25:36.819 --> 00:25:37.719
 the servant God

00:25:37.719 --> 00:25:38.759
 that you need

00:25:38.759 --> 00:25:40.119
 to be cleansed

00:25:40.119 --> 00:25:41.919
 of your filthiest filth,

00:25:42.039 --> 00:25:43.679
 your shameful sin.

00:25:44.579 --> 00:25:45.979
 What Jesus is communicating

00:25:45.979 --> 00:25:47.059
 to his disciples

00:25:47.059 --> 00:25:48.119
 and what John

00:25:48.119 --> 00:25:48.919
 is trying to communicate

00:25:48.919 --> 00:25:49.559
 to us

00:25:49.559 --> 00:25:50.879
 in his detailed account

00:25:50.879 --> 00:25:52.500
 of Jesus' last hours

00:25:52.500 --> 00:25:53.759
 is that we all need

00:25:53.759 --> 00:25:54.619
 this God

00:25:54.619 --> 00:25:55.440
 and servant,

00:25:55.759 --> 00:25:56.599
 Jesus Christ,

00:25:56.940 --> 00:25:57.779
 to cleanse us

00:25:57.779 --> 00:25:58.539
 of our sins.

00:25:59.039 --> 00:25:59.859
 We all need

00:25:59.859 --> 00:26:00.460
 this God

00:26:00.460 --> 00:26:01.019
 and servant

00:26:01.019 --> 00:26:02.299
 to blot out

00:26:02.299 --> 00:26:02.859
 the dirt

00:26:02.859 --> 00:26:03.640
 and grime

00:26:03.640 --> 00:26:04.440
 that we've collected

00:26:04.440 --> 00:26:05.579
 upon ourselves

00:26:05.579 --> 00:26:06.559
 by participating

00:26:06.559 --> 00:26:07.779
 in the world's evil

00:26:07.779 --> 00:26:08.640
 and darkness.

00:26:08.779 --> 00:26:09.319
 And I know that

00:26:09.319 --> 00:26:10.299
 as soon as I start

00:26:10.299 --> 00:26:10.920
 talking about this,

00:26:10.980 --> 00:26:12.200
 our need to be cleansed

00:26:12.200 --> 00:26:12.740
 of sin,

00:26:12.799 --> 00:26:13.200
 many of us

00:26:13.200 --> 00:26:14.019
 might get uncomfortable,

00:26:14.519 --> 00:26:14.759
 right?

00:26:14.819 --> 00:26:15.039
 Because,

00:26:15.160 --> 00:26:15.299
 oh,

00:26:15.379 --> 00:26:16.400
 this sounds so spiritual,

00:26:16.579 --> 00:26:17.460
 so abstract,

00:26:17.700 --> 00:26:19.000
 so esoteric,

00:26:19.039 --> 00:26:19.240
 right?

00:26:19.980 --> 00:26:21.160
 Or maybe it frightens you

00:26:21.160 --> 00:26:21.360
 like,

00:26:21.460 --> 00:26:21.620
 oh,

00:26:22.120 --> 00:26:23.220
 typical religion.

00:26:23.660 --> 00:26:24.600
 Typical religion,

00:26:24.680 --> 00:26:25.519
 always trying to do away

00:26:25.519 --> 00:26:26.380
 with these evil things

00:26:26.380 --> 00:26:27.180
 that some random people

00:26:27.180 --> 00:26:28.680
 have arbitrarily deemed

00:26:28.680 --> 00:26:29.400
 as sins.

00:26:29.500 --> 00:26:30.259
 Probably just another

00:26:30.259 --> 00:26:31.980
 social power play.

00:26:33.200 --> 00:26:33.880
 And if you'd like

00:26:33.880 --> 00:26:34.779
 to talk about that

00:26:34.779 --> 00:26:35.980
 more in depth,

00:26:36.080 --> 00:26:36.880
 Jonathan is available,

00:26:37.060 --> 00:26:37.500
 I'm available,

00:26:37.620 --> 00:26:38.320
 our elders would love

00:26:38.320 --> 00:26:38.940
 to talk to you

00:26:38.940 --> 00:26:40.320
 more about this sin stuff.

00:26:40.380 --> 00:26:41.080
 But for the sake of time,

00:26:41.120 --> 00:26:41.759
 could I just suggest

00:26:41.759 --> 00:26:42.580
 one thing?

00:26:43.060 --> 00:26:43.720
 Just one thing.

00:26:44.880 --> 00:26:45.759
 Could I suggest

00:26:45.759 --> 00:26:47.820
 that if we don't accept

00:26:47.820 --> 00:26:49.600
 this notion of sin,

00:26:49.599 --> 00:26:51.399
 which is so central

00:26:51.399 --> 00:26:52.500
 to the Judeo-Christian

00:26:52.500 --> 00:26:54.399
 understanding of the world,

00:26:55.079 --> 00:26:55.919
 if we don't accept

00:26:55.919 --> 00:26:57.219
 this notion that we

00:26:57.219 --> 00:26:58.319
 and this world

00:26:58.319 --> 00:26:59.359
 have been infected

00:26:59.359 --> 00:27:01.339
 and afflicted

00:27:01.339 --> 00:27:02.379
 and also are complicit

00:27:02.379 --> 00:27:04.000
 with the world's wickedness,

00:27:04.919 --> 00:27:05.539
 if we don't accept

00:27:05.539 --> 00:27:06.859
 this understanding of sin,

00:27:07.159 --> 00:27:07.819
 then I'm not sure

00:27:07.819 --> 00:27:09.019
 if we could ever understand

00:27:09.019 --> 00:27:10.339
 or experience

00:27:10.339 --> 00:27:11.319
 the gracious

00:27:11.319 --> 00:27:13.619
 and transformative love

00:27:13.619 --> 00:27:15.679
 that we all want to believe in

00:27:15.679 --> 00:27:17.379
 in this world either.

00:27:17.380 --> 00:27:20.260
 because what is a love

00:27:20.260 --> 00:27:22.140
 that costs nothing?

00:27:23.560 --> 00:27:24.520
 What's that kind of love

00:27:24.520 --> 00:27:25.300
 actually worth?

00:27:26.400 --> 00:27:27.260
 Think about it.

00:27:28.000 --> 00:27:29.340
 So much of what is past

00:27:29.340 --> 00:27:30.240
 for love these days

00:27:30.240 --> 00:27:31.000
 is actually just

00:27:31.000 --> 00:27:33.240
 objectifying infatuation,

00:27:33.660 --> 00:27:35.040
 contractual relationships

00:27:35.040 --> 00:27:36.740
 fueled by self-interest.

00:27:36.840 --> 00:27:37.320
 I'll love you

00:27:37.320 --> 00:27:37.980
 and stay with you

00:27:37.980 --> 00:27:39.120
 as long as I'm getting

00:27:39.120 --> 00:27:39.880
 what I want

00:27:39.880 --> 00:27:40.860
 out of this relationship.

00:27:41.260 --> 00:27:42.060
 You can use me

00:27:42.060 --> 00:27:42.840
 and I'll use you

00:27:42.840 --> 00:27:43.800
 until we find each other

00:27:43.800 --> 00:27:44.820
 no longer useful

00:27:44.820 --> 00:27:45.980
 to each other anymore

00:27:45.980 --> 00:27:47.200
 or until one of us

00:27:47.200 --> 00:27:48.059
 breaks the relationship

00:27:48.059 --> 00:27:50.000
 by sinning against the other.

00:27:51.079 --> 00:27:52.599
 But what if the essence

00:27:52.599 --> 00:27:53.960
 of transforming

00:27:53.960 --> 00:27:55.259
 gracious love

00:27:55.259 --> 00:27:56.940
 is not that feeling

00:27:56.940 --> 00:27:57.620
 of attraction

00:27:57.620 --> 00:27:59.180
 but a commitment

00:27:59.180 --> 00:27:59.880
 to stay

00:27:59.880 --> 00:28:01.299
 and endure

00:28:01.299 --> 00:28:02.019
 and forgive

00:28:02.019 --> 00:28:03.599
 and pursue

00:28:03.599 --> 00:28:04.680
 even in spite

00:28:04.680 --> 00:28:05.539
 of sins

00:28:05.539 --> 00:28:06.079
 committed

00:28:06.079 --> 00:28:07.200
 against ourselves?

00:28:08.799 --> 00:28:09.779
 Does anyone remember

00:28:09.779 --> 00:28:10.319
 that song

00:28:10.319 --> 00:28:11.160
 from Hamilton?

00:28:11.980 --> 00:28:12.900
 I'm looking at you, Robbie.

00:28:12.940 --> 00:28:13.620
 I know you love that.

00:28:13.619 --> 00:28:16.879
 It's quiet uptown, right?

00:28:17.659 --> 00:28:18.579
 Alexander Hamilton

00:28:18.579 --> 00:28:20.199
 has grievously sinned

00:28:20.199 --> 00:28:21.839
 against his wife, Eliza.

00:28:21.939 --> 00:28:22.779
 He's cheated on her

00:28:22.779 --> 00:28:24.079
 for several years.

00:28:24.539 --> 00:28:26.019
 His family has been extorted

00:28:26.019 --> 00:28:27.379
 because of this affair.

00:28:27.519 --> 00:28:28.719
 He's prioritized

00:28:28.719 --> 00:28:29.679
 his political career

00:28:29.679 --> 00:28:31.059
 above the needs

00:28:31.059 --> 00:28:31.859
 of his family.

00:28:32.199 --> 00:28:32.799
 And you could also

00:28:32.799 --> 00:28:33.379
 make the case

00:28:33.379 --> 00:28:35.339
 that his political quarrels

00:28:35.339 --> 00:28:36.359
 were what led

00:28:36.359 --> 00:28:37.179
 to his firstborn,

00:28:37.319 --> 00:28:38.359
 Philip's death

00:28:38.359 --> 00:28:39.479
 in that duel, right?

00:28:40.259 --> 00:28:41.119
 And these sins

00:28:41.119 --> 00:28:42.239
 of Alexander Hamilton,

00:28:42.240 --> 00:28:43.779
 they leave both him,

00:28:43.880 --> 00:28:44.480
 they leave his wife,

00:28:44.559 --> 00:28:45.339
 they leave his whole family

00:28:45.339 --> 00:28:47.259
 broken in every way, right?

00:28:47.980 --> 00:28:48.680
 If you see him

00:28:48.680 --> 00:28:49.240
 in the street

00:28:49.240 --> 00:28:50.700
 walking by himself,

00:28:51.359 --> 00:28:52.380
 talking by himself,

00:28:52.720 --> 00:28:53.359
 talking to himself,

00:28:53.420 --> 00:28:53.859
 have pity.

00:28:54.720 --> 00:28:55.279
 He is working

00:28:55.279 --> 00:28:56.640
 through the unimaginable.

00:28:57.319 --> 00:28:58.420
 His hair has gone gray.

00:28:59.120 --> 00:29:00.099
 He passes every day.

00:29:00.500 --> 00:29:01.220
 They say he walks

00:29:01.220 --> 00:29:02.299
 the length of the city.

00:29:02.859 --> 00:29:03.720
 You knock me out,

00:29:04.000 --> 00:29:04.960
 I fall apart.

00:29:05.819 --> 00:29:06.839
 Can you imagine?

00:29:06.839 --> 00:29:06.900
 Can you imagine?

00:29:08.299 --> 00:29:09.140
 Then all of a sudden,

00:29:09.839 --> 00:29:10.519
 Hamilton's there

00:29:10.519 --> 00:29:12.000
 with Eliza

00:29:12.000 --> 00:29:13.259
 and he's,

00:29:13.319 --> 00:29:13.519
 what,

00:29:13.559 --> 00:29:14.559
 he's seeking reconciliation.

00:29:15.639 --> 00:29:16.799
 He knows that he doesn't

00:29:16.799 --> 00:29:18.059
 at all deserve it.

00:29:18.700 --> 00:29:19.740
 Look at where we are.

00:29:20.700 --> 00:29:21.759
 Look at where we started.

00:29:22.799 --> 00:29:24.259
 I know I don't deserve you,

00:29:24.639 --> 00:29:25.139
 Eliza,

00:29:25.700 --> 00:29:26.639
 but hear me out.

00:29:27.359 --> 00:29:28.259
 That would be enough.

00:29:29.619 --> 00:29:30.960
 If you see him in the street

00:29:30.960 --> 00:29:32.460
 walking by her side,

00:29:33.160 --> 00:29:34.400
 talking by her side,

00:29:34.460 --> 00:29:34.940
 have pity.

00:29:34.940 --> 00:29:37.299
 He is trying

00:29:37.299 --> 00:29:38.640
 to do the unimaginable,

00:29:39.180 --> 00:29:40.559
 to receive forgiveness.

00:29:41.720 --> 00:29:42.840
 He's trying to do away

00:29:42.840 --> 00:29:43.500
 with his sin,

00:29:44.019 --> 00:29:45.539
 but he's not in control

00:29:45.539 --> 00:29:45.960
 of that.

00:29:47.019 --> 00:29:48.240
 He's trying to receive

00:29:48.240 --> 00:29:49.200
 forgiveness for his sins,

00:29:49.299 --> 00:29:49.980
 but it all depends

00:29:49.980 --> 00:29:51.600
 on her response,

00:29:52.039 --> 00:29:52.940
 whether or not she can

00:29:52.940 --> 00:29:54.220
 muster that kind of love,

00:29:54.460 --> 00:29:55.539
 whether she will be willing

00:29:55.539 --> 00:29:56.640
 to bear the cost

00:29:56.640 --> 00:29:58.080
 of his sins.

00:29:59.039 --> 00:30:00.460
 And she contemplates

00:30:00.460 --> 00:30:01.759
 this as she sings,

00:30:01.759 --> 00:30:03.279
 there are moments

00:30:03.279 --> 00:30:04.039
 that the words

00:30:04.039 --> 00:30:05.619
 don't reach, right?

00:30:06.339 --> 00:30:06.920
 There's a what?

00:30:07.220 --> 00:30:08.279
 There's a grace

00:30:08.279 --> 00:30:10.259
 too powerful to name.

00:30:11.180 --> 00:30:11.920
 We push away

00:30:11.920 --> 00:30:13.059
 what we can never understand.

00:30:13.759 --> 00:30:14.680
 We push away

00:30:14.680 --> 00:30:15.940
 the unimaginable.

00:30:17.220 --> 00:30:18.299
 And then all of a sudden,

00:30:19.079 --> 00:30:20.259
 she's made her decision.

00:30:21.619 --> 00:30:22.279
 And they're standing

00:30:22.279 --> 00:30:23.000
 in the garden,

00:30:24.119 --> 00:30:24.680
 Alexander,

00:30:25.119 --> 00:30:26.259
 by Eliza's side.

00:30:27.140 --> 00:30:28.359
 She takes his hand,

00:30:29.220 --> 00:30:30.299
 this filthy hand,

00:30:30.299 --> 00:30:31.899
 that had caressed

00:30:31.899 --> 00:30:32.899
 another woman,

00:30:33.799 --> 00:30:35.359
 and that had spent

00:30:35.359 --> 00:30:36.579
 most of its time

00:30:36.579 --> 00:30:38.440
 writing more political treatises

00:30:38.440 --> 00:30:39.220
 than love letters

00:30:39.220 --> 00:30:40.480
 to her or her family.

00:30:41.480 --> 00:30:43.039
 She takes his hand,

00:30:44.000 --> 00:30:44.259
 right?

00:30:44.819 --> 00:30:45.980
 It's quiet uptown.

00:30:47.419 --> 00:30:47.879
 Forgiveness.

00:30:49.319 --> 00:30:50.500
 Can you imagine?

00:30:52.000 --> 00:30:52.599
 Forgiveness.

00:30:53.980 --> 00:30:55.039
 Can you imagine?

00:30:55.039 --> 00:30:59.759
 They're going through

00:30:59.759 --> 00:31:00.879
 the unimaginable.

00:31:02.980 --> 00:31:03.420
 Forgiveness

00:31:03.420 --> 00:31:04.920
 is not cheap.

00:31:06.139 --> 00:31:06.619
 Forgiveness

00:31:06.619 --> 00:31:08.960
 is unimaginable.

00:31:10.359 --> 00:31:11.420
 And that is the gospel.

00:31:17.420 --> 00:31:18.980
 Is this not beautiful?

00:31:20.420 --> 00:31:21.519
 Isn't this the

00:31:21.519 --> 00:31:23.240
 unimaginable grace?

00:31:23.240 --> 00:31:23.640
 forgiveness

00:31:23.640 --> 00:31:25.900
 and forgiveness

00:31:25.900 --> 00:31:26.599
 of sins?

00:31:26.740 --> 00:31:27.400
 Isn't this something

00:31:27.400 --> 00:31:28.700
 that you want to believe in

00:31:28.700 --> 00:31:29.519
 if you don't

00:31:29.519 --> 00:31:30.799
 presently believe in it?

00:31:32.539 --> 00:31:33.940
 Isn't it the thing

00:31:33.940 --> 00:31:35.519
 that you love to imagine?

00:31:37.400 --> 00:31:38.220
 Well, this is what

00:31:38.220 --> 00:31:40.039
 Jesus offers us.

00:31:41.039 --> 00:31:42.059
 By cleansing us

00:31:42.059 --> 00:31:42.640
 of our sins,

00:31:42.700 --> 00:31:43.299
 it's free.

00:31:44.640 --> 00:31:46.059
 He takes this job

00:31:46.059 --> 00:31:47.220
 on himself.

00:31:48.519 --> 00:31:49.120
 He doesn't just say,

00:31:49.200 --> 00:31:49.900
 you can be cleansed,

00:31:49.940 --> 00:31:50.660
 here's how to do it.

00:31:50.660 --> 00:31:50.980
 He says,

00:31:51.180 --> 00:31:52.140
 you can be cleansed

00:31:52.140 --> 00:31:53.500
 by my blood.

00:31:54.340 --> 00:31:55.200
 I'll do it.

00:31:56.000 --> 00:31:56.860
 I'll get up.

00:31:57.200 --> 00:31:58.519
 I'll take my clothes off.

00:31:59.180 --> 00:32:00.500
 I'll wrap the towel around.

00:32:01.160 --> 00:32:02.480
 I'll get my hands dirty.

00:32:03.240 --> 00:32:04.560
 I'll come near your shame

00:32:04.560 --> 00:32:05.740
 and your filth.

00:32:07.060 --> 00:32:07.820
 It's free.

00:32:08.779 --> 00:32:09.920
 We just have to admit

00:32:09.920 --> 00:32:11.000
 and acknowledge

00:32:11.000 --> 00:32:12.500
 that we are filthy.

00:32:13.300 --> 00:32:14.779
 That we need a God-sized,

00:32:14.900 --> 00:32:16.620
 God-standard cleaning.

00:32:16.619 --> 00:32:19.939
 We have to admit

00:32:19.939 --> 00:32:24.019
 that we have done

00:32:24.019 --> 00:32:25.739
 what was once unimaginable.

00:32:26.579 --> 00:32:28.000
 We rebelled against our Maker.

00:32:29.139 --> 00:32:31.199
 We've done shameful things

00:32:31.199 --> 00:32:32.379
 we ought not have done

00:32:32.379 --> 00:32:33.019
 against Him,

00:32:33.379 --> 00:32:33.979
 against others,

00:32:34.219 --> 00:32:34.879
 against ourselves,

00:32:34.979 --> 00:32:35.899
 and we have also shamefully

00:32:35.899 --> 00:32:36.639
 not done

00:32:36.639 --> 00:32:38.339
 what we ought to have done

00:32:38.339 --> 00:32:38.919
 for Him,

00:32:39.139 --> 00:32:39.699
 for others,

00:32:39.779 --> 00:32:40.719
 and for ourselves.

00:32:40.720 --> 00:32:43.740
 While the disciples

00:32:43.740 --> 00:32:44.860
 may have been embarrassed

00:32:44.860 --> 00:32:46.860
 for the Lord Jesus

00:32:46.860 --> 00:32:48.620
 to take His holy hands

00:32:48.620 --> 00:32:50.759
 to their nasty feet,

00:32:51.240 --> 00:32:52.360
 while the disciples

00:32:52.360 --> 00:32:53.299
 may have squirmed

00:32:53.299 --> 00:32:53.799
 at the thought

00:32:53.799 --> 00:32:54.880
 of the Lord Jesus

00:32:54.880 --> 00:32:56.740
 so closely examining

00:32:56.740 --> 00:32:58.079
 what they believed

00:32:58.079 --> 00:32:59.400
 to be the most filthy,

00:32:59.660 --> 00:32:59.920
 shameful,

00:33:00.100 --> 00:33:01.380
 and unclean parts

00:33:01.380 --> 00:33:02.240
 of themselves,

00:33:03.600 --> 00:33:05.019
 Jesus met them there

00:33:05.019 --> 00:33:07.900
 at their filthy feet

00:33:07.900 --> 00:33:09.640
 in love

00:33:09.640 --> 00:33:11.340
 and in tenderness,

00:33:11.420 --> 00:33:12.000
 and He wants to do

00:33:12.000 --> 00:33:13.640
 the same with us.

00:33:14.400 --> 00:33:15.580
 And this is the Gospel.

00:33:16.700 --> 00:33:17.640
 Jesus wants to do

00:33:17.640 --> 00:33:18.720
 the same with us.

00:33:18.759 --> 00:33:19.600
 He wants to meet us

00:33:19.600 --> 00:33:20.960
 precisely where

00:33:20.960 --> 00:33:22.640
 we feel most ashamed

00:33:22.640 --> 00:33:23.660
 and dirty

00:33:23.660 --> 00:33:24.600
 and impure

00:33:24.600 --> 00:33:25.640
 and unclean.

00:33:26.440 --> 00:33:27.980
 He wants to reach out

00:33:27.980 --> 00:33:28.440
 His hand

00:33:28.440 --> 00:33:29.960
 toward our selfish greed

00:33:29.960 --> 00:33:31.300
 and our addictions

00:33:31.300 --> 00:33:32.340
 to alcohol

00:33:32.340 --> 00:33:33.040
 and sex

00:33:33.040 --> 00:33:33.800
 and porn

00:33:33.800 --> 00:33:34.620
 and our jobs

00:33:34.620 --> 00:33:35.220
 and our phones

00:33:35.220 --> 00:33:35.960
 and Netflix.

00:33:35.960 --> 00:33:38.680
 But He doesn't reach out

00:33:38.680 --> 00:33:39.940
 with a heavy hand

00:33:39.940 --> 00:33:40.539
 to condemn.

00:33:41.120 --> 00:33:41.920
 He reaches out

00:33:41.920 --> 00:33:43.539
 with a tender hand

00:33:43.539 --> 00:33:44.319
 and the ability

00:33:44.319 --> 00:33:45.700
 and the desire

00:33:45.700 --> 00:33:47.480
 to wash us clean.

00:33:48.579 --> 00:33:49.519
 Wash us clean

00:33:49.519 --> 00:33:50.700
 precisely because

00:33:50.700 --> 00:33:51.779
 He is the suffering

00:33:51.779 --> 00:33:52.740
 servant God

00:33:52.740 --> 00:33:53.620
 that we need.

00:33:53.700 --> 00:33:54.980
 He is the older brother

00:33:54.980 --> 00:33:55.840
 who is willing

00:33:55.840 --> 00:33:56.920
 to go down

00:33:56.920 --> 00:33:57.579
 and wash

00:33:57.579 --> 00:33:58.660
 his younger brother's feet

00:33:58.660 --> 00:33:59.840
 and put shoes

00:33:59.840 --> 00:34:01.460
 on those stinky

00:34:01.460 --> 00:34:02.759
 pig feet.

00:34:04.000 --> 00:34:04.700
 Washing away

00:34:04.700 --> 00:34:05.620
 the deep stain

00:34:05.620 --> 00:34:06.700
 of sin in our lives

00:34:06.700 --> 00:34:07.420
 by His blood.

00:34:07.500 --> 00:34:08.280
 That's what He's about.

00:34:08.920 --> 00:34:10.260
 The payment for our sins

00:34:10.260 --> 00:34:11.159
 with His blood.

00:34:11.480 --> 00:34:11.659
 Friends,

00:34:11.760 --> 00:34:12.860
 this is the God

00:34:12.860 --> 00:34:13.519
 we need

00:34:13.519 --> 00:34:14.860
 and this is also

00:34:14.860 --> 00:34:15.300
 the God

00:34:15.300 --> 00:34:16.420
 we never deserved

00:34:16.420 --> 00:34:17.679
 but it's the God

00:34:17.679 --> 00:34:18.500
 who is graciously

00:34:18.500 --> 00:34:19.639
 offered to us

00:34:19.639 --> 00:34:20.579
 in Christ.

00:34:21.240 --> 00:34:22.679
 The only kind of God.

00:34:23.240 --> 00:34:24.440
 The only kind of love

00:34:24.440 --> 00:34:25.740
 that's going to make

00:34:25.740 --> 00:34:26.659
 a difference in this world.

00:34:26.760 --> 00:34:27.460
 That's going to save

00:34:27.460 --> 00:34:27.860
 this world.

00:34:27.920 --> 00:34:28.539
 That's going to usher

00:34:28.539 --> 00:34:29.240
 in new creation

00:34:29.240 --> 00:34:30.480
 and change our lives

00:34:30.480 --> 00:34:30.980
 and make us

00:34:30.980 --> 00:34:31.699
 the kinds of people

00:34:31.699 --> 00:34:32.340
 that we all

00:34:32.340 --> 00:34:33.260
 want to be.

00:34:33.260 --> 00:34:35.700
 So to close,

00:34:35.860 --> 00:34:36.460
 will you listen

00:34:36.460 --> 00:34:37.660
 and consider this question

00:34:37.660 --> 00:34:38.480
 Jesus asks

00:34:38.480 --> 00:34:39.500
 in verse 12.

00:34:40.200 --> 00:34:40.600
 He says,

00:34:41.640 --> 00:34:42.680
 Do you understand

00:34:42.680 --> 00:34:44.260
 what I have done

00:34:44.260 --> 00:34:45.440
 for you?

00:34:47.020 --> 00:34:48.160
 If our God

00:34:48.160 --> 00:34:48.880
 is a servant

00:34:48.880 --> 00:34:50.320
 and has served us

00:34:50.320 --> 00:34:51.120
 with the perfect

00:34:51.120 --> 00:34:52.500
 and perfecting love

00:34:52.500 --> 00:34:53.580
 of Christ,

00:34:54.560 --> 00:34:55.700
 how then shall we

00:34:55.700 --> 00:34:56.240
 who are made

00:34:56.240 --> 00:34:56.860
 in His image

00:34:56.860 --> 00:34:57.900
 live?

00:34:58.980 --> 00:35:00.200
 What might a community

00:35:00.200 --> 00:35:01.420
 so convinced,

00:35:01.560 --> 00:35:02.340
 so moved

00:35:02.340 --> 00:35:03.039
 by the perfect

00:35:03.039 --> 00:35:04.019
 and perfecting

00:35:04.019 --> 00:35:05.260
 love of the

00:35:05.260 --> 00:35:05.840
 suffering servant?

00:35:05.940 --> 00:35:06.460
 What might we

00:35:06.460 --> 00:35:07.400
 look like?

00:35:08.039 --> 00:35:08.559
 A people

00:35:08.559 --> 00:35:09.940
 freed by the gospel.

00:35:10.920 --> 00:35:11.380
 A people

00:35:11.380 --> 00:35:12.280
 who have

00:35:12.280 --> 00:35:13.280
 had a Savior

00:35:13.280 --> 00:35:14.019
 come to them

00:35:14.019 --> 00:35:14.519
 and meet them

00:35:14.519 --> 00:35:14.960
 in their most

00:35:14.960 --> 00:35:15.360
 shameful,

00:35:15.620 --> 00:35:16.420
 filthy place

00:35:16.420 --> 00:35:17.420
 and say,

00:35:17.500 --> 00:35:18.420
 I still love you.

00:35:19.140 --> 00:35:19.940
 I want you to be

00:35:19.940 --> 00:35:21.400
 a part of my family.

00:35:21.519 --> 00:35:22.200
 What kind of freedom,

00:35:22.340 --> 00:35:22.940
 what kind of safety,

00:35:23.100 --> 00:35:23.420
 security,

00:35:23.480 --> 00:35:24.079
 and confidence

00:35:24.079 --> 00:35:24.660
 do you think

00:35:24.660 --> 00:35:25.720
 a people like that

00:35:25.720 --> 00:35:26.480
 might have?

00:35:26.519 --> 00:35:27.360
 And what kind of fruit

00:35:27.360 --> 00:35:29.019
 might such a church

00:35:29.019 --> 00:35:29.960
 bear

00:35:29.960 --> 00:35:31.460
 in the city,

00:35:32.019 --> 00:35:33.240
 in the world?

00:35:35.200 --> 00:35:35.880
 Now at the risk

00:35:35.880 --> 00:35:36.360
 of getting too

00:35:36.360 --> 00:35:36.840
 practical,

00:35:37.019 --> 00:35:37.760
 maybe even sounding

00:35:37.760 --> 00:35:38.440
 self-serving,

00:35:38.820 --> 00:35:39.680
 I have some ideas

00:35:39.680 --> 00:35:40.260
 of what that might

00:35:40.260 --> 00:35:40.780
 look like.

00:35:41.740 --> 00:35:42.400
 If you're looking

00:35:42.400 --> 00:35:42.940
 to serve

00:35:42.940 --> 00:35:44.340
 particularly in this

00:35:44.340 --> 00:35:44.700
 church,

00:35:45.200 --> 00:35:46.000
 we would love that.

00:35:46.400 --> 00:35:47.019
 Jonathan is about

00:35:47.019 --> 00:35:47.660
 to go on his

00:35:47.660 --> 00:35:48.260
 sabbatical,

00:35:48.700 --> 00:35:49.480
 end of April

00:35:49.480 --> 00:35:50.400
 to end of August,

00:35:50.840 --> 00:35:51.220
 all right?

00:35:51.680 --> 00:35:52.599
 And we're looking

00:35:52.599 --> 00:35:53.160
 for all the help

00:35:53.160 --> 00:35:53.519
 we can get,

00:35:53.579 --> 00:35:54.280
 but not just to get

00:35:54.280 --> 00:35:54.539
 help,

00:35:54.579 --> 00:35:55.140
 but because this

00:35:55.139 --> 00:35:56.179
 is discipleship.

00:35:56.759 --> 00:35:57.879
 This is what it

00:35:57.879 --> 00:35:59.319
 means to walk

00:35:59.319 --> 00:36:00.299
 in the way

00:36:00.299 --> 00:36:00.940
 of Jesus.

00:36:01.960 --> 00:36:02.679
 Talk to me.

00:36:02.799 --> 00:36:03.219
 Talk to our

00:36:03.219 --> 00:36:03.879
 assistant director

00:36:03.879 --> 00:36:04.299
 of ministry,

00:36:04.440 --> 00:36:05.059
 Maria Francis.

00:36:05.179 --> 00:36:05.559
 Talk to our

00:36:05.559 --> 00:36:06.359
 director of operations,

00:36:06.779 --> 00:36:07.440
 Jesse Chewy.

00:36:08.199 --> 00:36:08.639
 There are plenty

00:36:08.639 --> 00:36:09.379
 of places to serve,

00:36:09.460 --> 00:36:10.059
 whether on our

00:36:10.059 --> 00:36:10.839
 care portal team

00:36:10.839 --> 00:36:11.659
 supporting foster

00:36:11.659 --> 00:36:12.219
 families,

00:36:12.819 --> 00:36:13.779
 tutoring Oakland

00:36:13.779 --> 00:36:14.739
 students at

00:36:14.739 --> 00:36:15.460
 Harbor House,

00:36:16.179 --> 00:36:17.119
 facilitating laughter

00:36:17.119 --> 00:36:17.879
 and connections

00:36:17.879 --> 00:36:19.059
 outside on our

00:36:19.059 --> 00:36:20.119
 hospitality team

00:36:20.119 --> 00:36:21.619
 during coffee time,

00:36:22.420 --> 00:36:23.299
 teaching or mentoring

00:36:23.299 --> 00:36:24.400
 our Christ Church

00:36:24.400 --> 00:36:24.779
 kids,

00:36:24.780 --> 00:36:25.660
 or youth,

00:36:26.220 --> 00:36:26.780
 preparing these

00:36:26.780 --> 00:36:27.260
 elements,

00:36:27.500 --> 00:36:28.180
 chopping this bread

00:36:28.180 --> 00:36:28.460
 up,

00:36:28.680 --> 00:36:29.580
 pouring out wine

00:36:29.580 --> 00:36:30.200
 on our communion

00:36:30.200 --> 00:36:30.560
 crew,

00:36:30.800 --> 00:36:31.500
 being up there,

00:36:32.519 --> 00:36:33.040
 clicking through the

00:36:33.040 --> 00:36:33.440
 slides,

00:36:33.880 --> 00:36:34.440
 helping with the

00:36:34.440 --> 00:36:34.840
 sound.

00:36:35.380 --> 00:36:35.700
 Maybe you're

00:36:35.700 --> 00:36:36.260
 interested in being

00:36:36.260 --> 00:36:36.780
 a deacon and

00:36:36.780 --> 00:36:37.340
 learning how to

00:36:37.340 --> 00:36:38.180
 care for others,

00:36:38.240 --> 00:36:38.820
 how to pray for

00:36:38.820 --> 00:36:38.960
 others,

00:36:39.019 --> 00:36:39.519
 how to counsel

00:36:39.519 --> 00:36:40.140
 others in this

00:36:40.140 --> 00:36:40.480
 congregation.

00:36:40.680 --> 00:36:41.580
 Please let us

00:36:41.580 --> 00:36:41.840
 know.

00:36:42.580 --> 00:36:43.280
 We would love to

00:36:43.280 --> 00:36:44.660
 empower and equip

00:36:44.660 --> 00:36:46.360
 you to serve in

00:36:46.360 --> 00:36:47.320
 the footsteps of

00:36:47.320 --> 00:36:48.140
 our foot-washing

00:36:48.140 --> 00:36:48.980
 Savior.

00:36:50.240 --> 00:36:50.780
 So I want to

00:36:50.780 --> 00:36:51.960
 close with these

00:36:51.960 --> 00:36:52.980
 last words from

00:36:52.980 --> 00:36:54.460
 Jesus in verse 15.

00:36:54.780 --> 00:36:56.980
 He said,

00:36:58.100 --> 00:36:58.780
 I have set you an

00:36:58.780 --> 00:37:00.320
 example that you

00:37:00.320 --> 00:37:01.680
 should do as I

00:37:01.680 --> 00:37:02.600
 have done for you.

00:37:03.660 --> 00:37:04.720
 Now that you know

00:37:04.720 --> 00:37:06.580
 these things, you

00:37:06.580 --> 00:37:08.340
 will be blessed if

00:37:08.340 --> 00:37:08.960
 you do them.

00:37:09.800 --> 00:37:10.460
 Christ Church, let

00:37:10.460 --> 00:37:11.160
 us be a blessed

00:37:11.160 --> 00:37:12.560
 people who know

00:37:12.560 --> 00:37:13.760
 the perfect and

00:37:13.760 --> 00:37:15.280
 perfecting love of

00:37:15.280 --> 00:37:16.040
 Jesus Christ.

00:37:16.460 --> 00:37:17.140
 You pray with me?

00:37:17.139 --> 00:37:24.759
 Lord, we all know

00:37:24.759 --> 00:37:26.920
 deep down that what

00:37:26.920 --> 00:37:27.719
 it's going to take

00:37:27.719 --> 00:37:29.719
 to change this

00:37:29.719 --> 00:37:30.519
 world, to make it

00:37:30.519 --> 00:37:32.400
 what you want, is

00:37:32.400 --> 00:37:32.879
 love.

00:37:33.679 --> 00:37:34.819
 The love of Jesus

00:37:34.819 --> 00:37:35.379
 Christ.

00:37:36.539 --> 00:37:37.759
 And we want to be a

00:37:37.759 --> 00:37:38.319
 people who bear

00:37:38.319 --> 00:37:39.259
 witness to that

00:37:39.259 --> 00:37:40.119
 perfect and

00:37:40.119 --> 00:37:41.480
 perfecting, humble,

00:37:41.900 --> 00:37:43.079
 sacrificial, servant

00:37:43.079 --> 00:37:43.579
 love.

00:37:45.279 --> 00:37:46.340
 But we have to be

00:37:46.340 --> 00:37:47.679
 moved by this love

00:37:47.679 --> 00:37:48.279
 toward ourselves

00:37:48.279 --> 00:37:48.819
 first.

00:37:49.779 --> 00:37:50.319
 So will you

00:37:50.319 --> 00:37:51.819
 convince us of the

00:37:51.819 --> 00:37:52.799
 filthiness of our

00:37:52.799 --> 00:37:53.159
 feet?

00:37:54.340 --> 00:37:54.819
 And would you

00:37:54.819 --> 00:37:56.819
 astound us that the

00:37:56.819 --> 00:37:57.579
 Savior has come

00:37:57.579 --> 00:38:00.319
 near to our filth and

00:38:00.319 --> 00:38:00.980
 our impurity?

00:38:01.759 --> 00:38:02.659
 And he has washed us

00:38:02.659 --> 00:38:04.059
 clean, white as snow.

00:38:05.059 --> 00:38:06.299
 Transform us with that

00:38:06.299 --> 00:38:06.699
 truth.

00:38:07.259 --> 00:38:08.099
 Make us the people you

00:38:08.099 --> 00:38:08.840
 want us to be.

00:38:08.840 --> 00:38:10.500
 and make a

00:38:10.500 --> 00:38:11.380
 difference through us

00:38:11.380 --> 00:38:12.320
 in this world to the

00:38:12.320 --> 00:38:13.320
 glory of your name and

00:38:13.320 --> 00:38:14.440
 for the good of our

00:38:14.440 --> 00:38:15.200
 neighbors we pray.

00:38:15.820 --> 00:38:16.100
 Amen.