Maunthy Thursday
Mrs Lily Ch'ng
John 13:3-7: Jesus knew that the Father had given him complete power; he knew that he had come from God and was going to God. So he rose from the table, took off his outer garment, and tied a towel round his waist. Then he poured some water into a basin and began to wash the disciples' feet and dry them with the towel round his waist. He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, "Are you going to wash my feet, Lord?"
Jesus answered him, "You do not understand now what I am doing, but you will understand later."
*Maunthy's maundatum - Italian
*Leonardo made a mistake in the piture of the last supper. He painted the disciples looking up and smiling but actually they were fighting on who would be the greatest
*Jesus must have been exasperated. Not about power and position
Matthew 20:26-28: This, however, is not the way it shall be among you. If one of you wants to be great, he must be the servant of the rest; and if one of you wants to be first, he must be your slave -like the Son of Man, who did not come to be served, but to serve and to give his life to redeem many people."
*He walked all the way from Bethany with dusty feet
*He took out his outer cloth, wrapped a towel around him, poured water and washed the disciples feet
*Can you imagine the surprise, the shock and the quietness?
*John Sung brought a coffin in chuch saying that everyone will die but where would our spirits go?
He urge them to believe in Jesus -it was a lesson that people won't forget
1. Jesus, the ruler of the universe became a servant
*We should have security and confidence to be children of God
*There is witness that we are children to the King of Kings
*Wash their feet and serve by humility (training in servanthood)
2. Only those who are washed by Jesus Christ can be part of the Kingdom of God.
*Washing of the feel symbolizes cleansing of our sin
*Peter was saying 'I am a sinner' 'You are a great teacher (v8-11)
*Disciples considered clean because of the word that was spoken to them
*Allowed Jesus Christ to wash parts of us that are dirty
-Eyes for watching pornography, mouth for gossipping, heart for unforgiveness
1 John 1:9: But if we confess our sins to God, he will keep his promise and do what is right: he will forgive us our sins and purify us from all our wrongdoing.
- he will always forgive us from all unrighteousness
3. Our mission for Jesus, to be humble ike Jesus
*Jesus instructs to follow him washing feet of one another. -he says it three times (v14-17)
What is Jesus trying to say?
1. To learn servanthood, act of kindness to the world
2. The unwillingness to forgive will eat you up
-Jesus always emphasize on unforgiveness
-Do not forgive seven times, but seventy times seven times
-We too need forgiveness from God
3. We must set up foot washing groups -encourage, nurture one another
-It is ony when we come in small groups - where we can trust, be encouraged and vulnerable to one another
John 13:17: Now that you know this truth, how happy you will be if you put it into practice!
-He concludes his comments on foot washing
-Not just intellectual capacity/ knowledge but practical work as well
-Come to the table, repent, resolve to be obedient, be willing to forgive each other and let your dirty feet be washed.
**Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path**
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