Suited & Booted
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The part of the body associated with moving and with foundation, direction and Ex 3:5
Then he said, “Do not come near; take your sandals off your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground.”Lk 10:39
And she had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet and listened to his teaching.chosen path. Feet may symbolise the response to God’s direction. The feet of God and of Jesus Christ are mentioned symbolically to describe some divine characteristics. Also: Feet; Heel
The part of the body associated with moving and with foundation, direction and Ex 3:5
Then he said, “Do not come near; take your sandals off your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground.”Lk 10:39
And she had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet and listened to his teaching.chosen path. Feet may symbolise the response to God’s direction. The feet of God and of Jesus Christ are mentioned symbolically to describe some divine characteristics. Also: Feet; Heel
That spiritual cleansing was basic to Christ’s purpose is seen in Jn 13:10–11, where lack of cleansing is specified to Judas. All except Judas were said to have been bathed (leloumenos—complete bath), but they still needed to have their feet washed (nipsasthai—partial washing). The complete bath referred to salvation as symbolized in baptism. The washing of the feet depicted the need that even believers have for cleansing from defilement which comes from contact with a sinful world.
Homer A. Kent, “Foot Washing,” ed. Charles F. Pfeiffer, Howard F. Vos, and John Rea, The Wycliffe Bible Encyclopedia (Moody Press, 1975).That Jesus intended this act to be perpetuated by the church may be inferred from Jn 13:14–15. The practice of the Pedilavium may be seen in the early church from 1 Tim 5:10, and from such patristic notices as Tertullian (De Corona, Chap. 8), Athanasius (Canon 66), and Augustine (Letter to Januarius). The Synod of Toledo (a.d. 694) specified that the rite should be observed on Maundy Thursday. It is still practiced by some Protestant groups, including Brethren, Mennonites, Waldensians, Winebrennarians, and a few Baptists.
Homer A. Kent, “Foot Washing,” ed. Charles F. Pfeiffer, Howard F. Vos, and John Rea, The Wycliffe Bible Encyclopedia (Moody Press, 1975).
That Jesus intended this act to be perpetuated by the church may be inferred from Jn 13:14–15. The practice of the Pedilavium may be seen in the early church from 1 Tim 5:10, and from such patristic notices as Tertullian (De Corona, Chap. 8), Athanasius (Canon 66), and Augustine (Letter to Januarius). The Synod of Toledo (a.d. 694) specified that the rite should be observed on Maundy Thursday. It is still practiced by some Protestant groups, including Brethren, Mennonites, Waldensians, Winebrennarians, and a few Baptists.
Homer A. Kent, “Foot Washing,” ed. Charles F. Pfeiffer, Howard F. Vos, and John Rea, The Wycliffe Bible Encyclopedia (Moody Press, 1975).
John indicates that Jesus Himself performed this service for the disciples at the Last Supper (Jn. 13:1–17). None of the Synoptic accounts of the Supper includes the foot-washing incident; Luke, however, tells of a dispute that arose among the disciples at this time about which of them was the greatest. It may be that they were quarreling about which of them should perform this service for the others (22:26f.). As recorded in John’s Gospel, this act of Jesus has a twofold significance. First, it is a symbolic prophecy of Jesus’ atoning death, which would cleanse from sin and make it possible for His disciples to inherit eternal life with Him (13:8; cf. Lk. 22:28–30). Second, it is a lesson in humility
N. J. Opperwall, “Foot Washing,” ed. Geoffrey W. Bromiley, The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Revised (Wm. B. Eerdmans, 1979–1988), 333.
UNDER THE FEET
The literal trampling of enemies in warfare accounts for the use of “trampling under the feet” as an image for any victory over one’s enemies (e.g., Judg 20:43; Ps 18:38; Is 14:25; 41:2; Dan 8:7), including the victory of believers over Satan (Rom 16:20) and the eschatological victory of Christ (1 Cor 15:25). Yahweh even tramples Israel’s sins underfoot (Mic 7:19).
To place “under one’s feet” also implies dominion and rule. Yahweh’s primeval victory over the sea is depicted as a trampling (daµrak) of the “waves (baµmaï) of the Sea” (Job 9:8 NRSV; cf. Hab 3:15); his judgment in history is correlatively a treading (daµrak) on the “high places (baµmaï) of the earth” (Micah 1:3 NRSV; cf. Amos 4:13). Such actions portray Yahweh’s cosmic dominion, in which humans participate by having all things put “under their feet” (Ps 8:6 NRSV). But this cosmic dominion is especially realized in Christ as the perfect human (1 Cor 15:24–28; Heb 2:5–9), as head of the church (Eph 1:22) and as the victorious Messiah (Ps 110:1; cf. Mk 12:36; Lk 20:43; Acts 2:35; Heb 1:13; 10:13). Perhaps this sense of dominion also underlies references to earth (Is 66:1) and the temple (Ps 99:5; 132:7) as the footstool of Yahweh.
C. The Boots of Peace And then, he says, “Go on and take the”—“[have] your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace” (Ephesians 6:15)—that is, the boots of peace. You see, the devil wants to discourage you. And, the devil has put all kinds of briars in your way; the devil has put all kinds of pitfalls in your way—all sorts of rocks for you to stumble over. And, an army moves not only on its stomach but on its feet. And, these were foot soldiers, and these soldiers had hobnail boots that they would wear that would equip them to keep them from being … to keep them leaping rather than limping. Oh, do you have the peace of God? Are “your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace”? (Ephesians 6:15) Oh
Adrian Rogers, “The Weapons of Our Warfare,” in Adrian Rogers Sermon Archive (Signal Hill, CA: Rogers Family Trust, 2017), Eph 6:11–22.
D. He Is Sinister But, not only is he subtle, and spiritual, and strong; he is sinister—he is sinister. Look in verse 12: “we wrestle … against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.” (Ephesians 6:12)
Adrian Rogers, “The Weapons of Our Warfare,” in Adrian Rogers Sermon Archive (Signal Hill, CA: Rogers Family Trust, 2017), Eph 6:11–22.
D. He Is Sinister But, not only is he subtle, and spiritual, and strong; he is sinister—he is sinister. Look in verse 12: “we wrestle … against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.” (Ephesians 6:12)
C. The Boots of Peace And then, he says, “Go on and take the”—“[have] your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace” (Ephesians 6:15)—that is, the boots of peace. You see, the devil wants to discourage you. And, the devil has put all kinds of briars in your way; the devil has put all kinds of pitfalls in your way—all sorts of rocks for you to stumble over. And, an army moves not only on its stomach but on its feet. And, these were foot soldiers, and these soldiers had hobnail boots that they would wear that would equip them to keep them from being … to keep them leaping rather than limping. Oh, do you have the peace of God? Are “your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace”? (Ephesians 6:15) Oh, you can walk through any circumstance, through any thorny pathway, through any briars, if your feet have on the peace of God—not your peace, but “the peace of God, [that passes] all understanding” and all misunderstanding, too. (Philippians 4:7)