John 13
JOHN 13
Joh 13:1
And before the feast of the Passover,
when Jesus knew that His hour had come
when He should depart out of this world
to the Father,
having loved His own who were in the world,
He loved them to the end.
You know, sometimes I just have to be in the right frame of mind to
(even begin to)
experience the New Testament.
I visited this chapter about a week ago
and wondered what I would write about it.
Now I pick it up again
and I can barely get past the first sentence.
I think the sentence above
is one of the most unique sentences I've ever read.
It suggests a whole story just on its own,
at a depth I didn't expect
until I thought about it for a second or two...
What is the end of a perfect life?
If I knew my hour had come,
and it was time for me to leave,
if I knew I was going to God,
What would I be doing?
What would I do next?
Would I be loving my own?
Would I love them until the end?
What would YOU do next?
Would your focus be on love?
Let's read another sentence...
Joh 13:3
Jesus, knowing that the Father
had given all things into his hands,
and that he had come
from God
and was returning
to God,
he...
Do you know what Jesus did next?
Joh 13:4
He rose up from supper and...
... and I'm not gonna tell you what he did.
Its pretty easy to look up for yourself.
Joh_13:5 tells you EXACTLY what he did next.
but before you look it up,
try to imagine that you had been given all things
(everything important, anyway)
and that you knew you
from God
and that you knew you were going back
to God,
what would your frame of mind be?
What would you do next?
I probably wouldn't have thought of
doing what he did.
Not that I wouldn't do it,
I just wouldn't have thought of it.
-=-=-=-
He washed their feet.
Jesus makes an interesting statement
and I'm not sure I understand it...
Joh 13:10
Jesus told him,
"The person who has bathed does not need to wash,
except for his feet,
but is entirely clean.
It seems deeper than merely making conversation
about physically washing feet.
I'm wondering if he was suggesting
that since I have been baptised
(twice!)
there is no need to keep getting baptised
whenever I realize how unclean I am.
Maybe he is saying that even a true christian
walking through the world
gets his feet dirty every now and then.
an impure thought in the presence of a beautiful woman?
a pang of envy upon seeing a neighbor's success?
a hateful thought in a moment of frustration?
I don't know about you,
but I am quite often disappointed in myself
even to the point of wondering if I ever truly made it
into the family,
the true church.
I'm lazy,
I entertain my own selfish pleasures.
I'm weak
Even when I ask for my desires to be removed
it can't be a true repentance
because in a sense I still enjoy my wicked ways.
am I truly washed?
Do I just need a severe foot washing?
a foot washing for every moment I spend entertaining my self?
When Jesus says,
Joh 13:14
So if I, your Lord and Teacher,
have washed your feet,
you must also wash one another's feet.
is he talking about more than soap and water?
Is he talking about helping each other
out of the trips and falls and temptations?
the dirt in the world?
maybe I am reading more into it than he meant
I wish I knew more about what he meant.
I wish I had a guarantee
that I could stay partly in the world
up to my ankles in dirty feet
and still know I was part of the "in crowd"
when the last bell tolls.
Is that sick?
yeah, that's sick...
I wouldn't listen to me if I were you.
I can't be trusted.
my feet are dirty.
.
Joh 13:1
And before the feast of the Passover,
when Jesus knew that His hour had come
when He should depart out of this world
to the Father,
having loved His own who were in the world,
He loved them to the end.
You know, sometimes I just have to be in the right frame of mind to
(even begin to)
experience the New Testament.
I visited this chapter about a week ago
and wondered what I would write about it.
Now I pick it up again
and I can barely get past the first sentence.
I think the sentence above
is one of the most unique sentences I've ever read.
It suggests a whole story just on its own,
at a depth I didn't expect
until I thought about it for a second or two...
What is the end of a perfect life?
If I knew my hour had come,
and it was time for me to leave,
if I knew I was going to God,
What would I be doing?
What would I do next?
Would I be loving my own?
Would I love them until the end?
What would YOU do next?
Would your focus be on love?
Let's read another sentence...
Joh 13:3
Jesus, knowing that the Father
had given all things into his hands,
and that he had come
from God
and was returning
to God,
he...
Do you know what Jesus did next?
Joh 13:4
He rose up from supper and...
... and I'm not gonna tell you what he did.
Its pretty easy to look up for yourself.
Joh_13:5 tells you EXACTLY what he did next.
but before you look it up,
try to imagine that you had been given all things
(everything important, anyway)
and that you knew you
from God
and that you knew you were going back
to God,
what would your frame of mind be?
What would you do next?
I probably wouldn't have thought of
doing what he did.
Not that I wouldn't do it,
I just wouldn't have thought of it.
-=-=-=-
He washed their feet.
Jesus makes an interesting statement
and I'm not sure I understand it...
Joh 13:10
Jesus told him,
"The person who has bathed does not need to wash,
except for his feet,
but is entirely clean.
It seems deeper than merely making conversation
about physically washing feet.
I'm wondering if he was suggesting
that since I have been baptised
(twice!)
there is no need to keep getting baptised
whenever I realize how unclean I am.
Maybe he is saying that even a true christian
walking through the world
gets his feet dirty every now and then.
an impure thought in the presence of a beautiful woman?
a pang of envy upon seeing a neighbor's success?
a hateful thought in a moment of frustration?
I don't know about you,
but I am quite often disappointed in myself
even to the point of wondering if I ever truly made it
into the family,
the true church.
I'm lazy,
I entertain my own selfish pleasures.
I'm weak
Even when I ask for my desires to be removed
it can't be a true repentance
because in a sense I still enjoy my wicked ways.
am I truly washed?
Do I just need a severe foot washing?
a foot washing for every moment I spend entertaining my self?
When Jesus says,
Joh 13:14
So if I, your Lord and Teacher,
have washed your feet,
you must also wash one another's feet.
is he talking about more than soap and water?
Is he talking about helping each other
out of the trips and falls and temptations?
the dirt in the world?
maybe I am reading more into it than he meant
I wish I knew more about what he meant.
I wish I had a guarantee
that I could stay partly in the world
up to my ankles in dirty feet
and still know I was part of the "in crowd"
when the last bell tolls.
Is that sick?
yeah, that's sick...
I wouldn't listen to me if I were you.
I can't be trusted.
my feet are dirty.
.