Sermon Tone Analysis

1. God is in Control

Vss 13:1-3;11;18-19

2. We have to be cleansed by the blood of Jesus vs 8

3. We are clean we don’t have to continuously engage in ritualistic behavior for the sake of spiritual cleansing, we do how ever need to have the way that walk this life occasionally corrected through the washing of the word vs 10

4. Stop trying to control the way God wants to operates (Peter) vss 6-9

5. How we view ourselves and treat others communicates whether we are really true disciples of Christ vss 12-16

Regardless of the title, position, wealth, fame, size or stature, race, religion etc

We are never greater than others, and others are never less, than you

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If you have received Christ , you have received Christ

If you received the messenger so received the sender of the message

If you understand and believe the message of messenger then we are to do it!

vs17

Cultural Context of Washing Feet, there was nothing more menial than foot washing, remember John the Baptist makes the statement that he wasn’t even worthy to unloose the sandal straps of our Lord

We often want to serve those who are in power, and have prestige, but when it comes to those who are not we look on them as worth(less), and refused so serve with humility or do so with indignancy.

· Serving others is the call and the cost of leadership

· Serving others is not based on you liking them

· Serving others is not based on what people do or do not do (Good or Bad)

Judas’s behavior was somewhat unnatural, it signified a person in close relationship violating the intimacy of the relationship (eating a meal with a person at their table was very much relational in the orient)

But Yet, this doesn’t stop the Lord from washing Judas’s feet.

It doesn’t stop the Lord from completing his mission and Dying on the Cross

If you received the messenger so received the sender of the message

This act of Jesus washing the Disciples feet is a prelude to the sacrificial work that will be done on the cross

If we have been washed truly and are disciples of Jesus, then we must follow and do as he has done and demonstrated to us.

We don’t get to discriminate how and who we serve as benefactors of the ultimate gift of Grace,

Philippians 1:1-11

We don’t get to not fulfill our calling and mission to take up our cross because those who are close to us may have hurt us.

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:8No we simply get our feet washed and then without question wash the feet of others

No we simply get our feet washed and then without question wash the feet of others

No we simply get our feet washed and then without question wash the feet of others!