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HAPPY ARE YE IF YE DO (I)
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29
John 13:1-17

John 13:15

 

“I have given you an example,
that ye should do as I have

done to you.”

 

HAPPY ARE YE IF YE DO (I)
 
We thank God that through the past three months we have learned God’s Word about what He expects us to be and to do. And surely, reading His Word, we will know more about His will and what He expects us to be and to do. Briefly, God wants us to be like His only begotten Son, our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ and to do as He did, trusting in God and His Word with full dependence, submission, and even obedience unto death. How happy we will be if by God’s grace and strength we can put into practice all that we have learnt and known from God’s Word!
 
In Jesus’ days in Palestine, most people wore sandals and walked on dusty streets, and their feet became dirty after a long-distance walk. It was a custom for them to remove their sandals and wash their feet before entering their house. And when they had their meals, they did not sit up at the table as we do today but they reclined on mattresses to eat. The painting by Da Vinci in the late 15th century on the Lord’s Supper is not biblical at all!
 
Here, our Lord Jesus Christ and His disciples were nearly finishing their supper. Then our Lord rose from the supper, laid aside His garments, took a towel, girded Himself, poured water into a basin, and began to wash His disciples’ feet and wiped them with the towel. And then He said to them, “Know ye what I have done to you? Ye call me Master and Lord: and ye say well; for so I am. If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another’s feet, for I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you” (vv 12-15).
 
Our Lord Jesus is our God and Maker, but He humbled Himself and came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many (Matt 20:28). We are to follow His example if we want to be blessed!
 
THOUGHT: Do I desire to be like Christ and follow His steps?

PRAYER: Father, please help me to follow Thee and Thy example always.

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