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Jesus had just washed His disciples feet and also identified His betrayer...
Focus verse:
We are to love one another as Christ has loved us.
As I have loved you
Back then, they didn’t have shoes like we do today.
They wore sandals.
Also, the roads would have been quite like they are today.
As such, as they walked on the streets, their feet would have got very dirty.
To wash someone’s feet was therefore a menial task.
It was actually the job of a slave to wash the guest’s feet.
In fact, that’s why Peter resisted Jesus washing his feet.
However, Jesus’ actions were a symbol of His cleansing us from sin, which is why He said to Peter, “If I do not wash you, you have no part with Me”.
The lesson is clear: we are called to see ourselves as each other’s slaves, and to serve one another in practical ways.
Ultimately, Christ loved us by laying down His life for us.
We may not ever have to actually physically die for each other.
But we do need to die to ourselves in order to love one another.
This is because love is selfless.
We have seen that this involves practically serving one another.
But what else does this love look like?
Paul describes it in 1 Corinthians 13...
“love suffers long”
"Longsuffering is that quality of selfrestraint in the face of provocation which does not hastily retaliate or promptly punish; it is the opposite of anger, and is associated with mercy...”
From Notes on Thessalonians, by Hogg and Vine, pp.
183, 184.
“love is kind”
Showing goodness to others in a manner and disposition that is warmhearted, compassionate, considerate, gracious, sympathetic and gentle.
Kindness is not just what you do, but the way you do it!
“love does not envy”
Because love wants to see others succeed
“love does not parade itself”
It doesn’t boast.
It doesn’t make others feel inferior.
It is sensitive to the insecurities of others
Also...
“love is not puffed up”
You can only think yourself superior, if you think others are inferior.
Because love focuses on the goodness of others, there is no room for being overly impressed with yourself!
“love does not behave rudely”
Love always considers how its mannerisms might affect the mood and self-esteem of others.
“love does not seek its own”
Love is not totally absorbed in its own world, without consideration and concern for the well-being of others.
It is not selfish!
“love is not provoked”
Love doesn’t have a short fuse!
You don’t have to walk on egg shells around someone filled with love.
People should feel safe and secure around us.
“love thinks no evil”
Love doesn’t keep a record of people’s wrongs.
Love is willing to forgive and leave the past in the past.
“love does not rejoice in iniquity but rejoices in the truth”
Love knows that sin in people’s lives, will send them to hell.
Therefore, love does not rejoice when people break God’s laws, because love doesn’t want anyone to perish.
However, when people live according to God’s truth, love rejoices.
“love bears all things”
Love is willing to be inconvenienced for the well-being of others.
We must be careful not to take this to an extreme.
For example, a victim of domestic violence should not be told to just grin and bear it because love bears all things!
Common sense applies.
“love believes all things”
Love is ready to believe the best about people.
This does not mean that we are to be gullible.
It does mean that we don’t think the worst of people, but are ready to see the good.
“love hopes all things”
Love hopes the best for people.
“love endures all things”
Love continues to love those who mistreat them!
We could perhaps summarise all this by saying:
Love is compassionate and selfless devotion to the well-being of others.
So, we can paraphrase Jesus’ instruction to us as follows:
“As I have shown compassionate and selfless devotion to your well-being, you show compassionate and selfless devotion to each other’s well being.
And when you do that, all will know that you are My disciples”
Amen.
Summary
We are called to see ourselves as each other’s slaves, and to serve one another in practical ways.
We need to die to ourselves in order to love one another.
Love is compassionate and selfless devotion to the well-being of others.
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