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Characteristics of Love
SETTING
Place - Open Word Fellowship
Time - Sunday Morning
Date - December 2, 2018
Scripture -
Text - (NIV84) “Jesus knew that the time had come for him to leave this world and go to the Father.
Having loved his own who were in the world, he now showed them the full extent of his love.
Topic - Characteristics of Love
13 It was just before the Passover Feast.
Jesus knew that the time had come for him to leave this world and go to the Father.
Having loved his own who were in the world, he now showed them the full extent of his love.
Theme - Love is a powerful emotion and motive in all our lives but the love Jesus has for us is so strong and pervasive we often misunderstand it.
Therefore Jesus in this chapter illustrates His love through this example of foot washing.
Intro
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Characteristics of Love
Intro
If we had to sum up everything Jesus is and does in one word that word would be LOVE.
So, what is love?
Is it the sentimental expression of a valentine heart candy or the goofy look on a young lovers face when he or she discovers their one true love?
Is it shown in parental love to and for their children or any human display of affection that we can thinks of right at this minute.
In a movie called "Clear and Present Danger" Harrison Ford is asked is their anything in his life he can count on 100%.
Without hesitation he answers "my daughters love."
Beautiful words and for most young children probably true.
So when it comes to God what is LOVE.
Of course we think of the cross.
But, Jesus talks in terms of demonstrated service.
In these first 20 verse Jesus first washes His disciples feet then He tells them why.
What Jesus lays before them is the importance of service to each other.
Don't, Jesus says, be caught up in your title, position, status or knowledge but by action let others see they are just as important as you.
This first characteristic then is TRUST that leads to serving others in humble, gracious ways as we minister, forgive, teach and warn.
I. V. 1-20 The Practicality of Love
A. V.1-11 Humbly Forgiving and Ministering
To begin with I want to give you a definition of HUMILITY- Knowing who I really am and being able to truly serve others.
(NIV84)
13:1 Time - "It was just before the Passover Feast.
Act - Jesus knew
Specific - that the time had come for him
to leave this world and go to the Father.
Having loved his own
who were in the world,
he now showed them the full extent of his love.
This is an introduction to all of the teaching in this chapter through 17:26.
Jesus knew = an absolute knowledge and was inspired by the the LOVE He had for them and further because He knew He would soon be leaving them alone in this world.
This then becomes the lesson He wants to leave with them.
The time is now come.
All things are in the Fathers hand in His "time" each thing comes into being.
He LOVED His own to uttermost, to the end.
:2 Time - The evening meal was being served,
AND
the devil had already prompted Judas Iscariot,
son of Simon,
to betray Jesus.
Even at this point the betrayal of Jesus is set.
This is a new beginning for this particular chapter.
:3 Act - Jesus knew
Specific - that the Father had put all things
under his power,
AND
that he had come from God
AND
was returning to God;
This foreknowledge was a property of the divine nature and was grounds to put Jesus in the right place to accomplish this act of service.
That does not make our service less it means we must be more open to the Spirit to lead us in meaningful acts of service to others.
In full understanding of who He is both human and divine Jesus prepares to wash the disciples feet.
This is part of His final message of love and instruction.
We will see this foreknowledge again in verse 11.
:4 Act - so he got up from the meal,
took off his outer clothing,
AND
wrapped a towel around his waist.
Now starts the actual ministry of love toward the disciples.
We have a difficult time with what Jesus is about to do because it is not part of our normal life.
For them it was an everyday occurence.
When yo got to a house a servant washed the dust off your feet.
There is no suggestion in this story that any of hem offered to be the one to wash everyone else feet.
(NIV84) "Also a dispute arose among them as to which of them was considered to be greatest."
(NIV84) 6" Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, 7 but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness."
:5 Time - After that,
Act - he poured water into a basin
AND
began to wash his disciples’ feet,
drying them with the towel that was wrapped around
him.
Now comes the actual act of the foot washing, even the feet of Judas.
Notice the specific details of verses 4 and 5.
It is expressive of an eyewitness account.
It also shows the exact same steps a servant would take it preparation and in actual washing of the feet.
:6 Act - He came to Simon Peter,
Response -who said to him,
Question - “Lord, are you going to wash my feet?”
This is not a surprising question.
Foot washing was thought of as a demeaning job left for the lowliest slave, women or children.
The Master never washed a servant's feet or anyone subordinate to him.
yet here is Jesus asking to wash Peter's feet.
Would you let Jesus wash your feet?
Why didn't others protest.
This is beyond protocol or accepted behavior.
:7 Response - Jesus replied,
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