The Lord is awe-inspiring, fearsome, fascinating, intriguing, majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of him and what came to my heart and mind in John 13:8,
"Unless I [Jesus] wash you, you have no part with me."
Jesus said this when Peter objected to Jesus performing an act on him as a metaphor. Jesus took to the task of a servant and washed his disciples feet - a common chore of servants in a day when traveling by sandaled feet produced dirty feet whenever one arrived.
Jesus was teaching his disciples that he was about to serve them in an astonishing way (he was going to die for their sins, paying the penalty for them in God's court). Further, he wanted to teach them that we should, as his followers, serve one another. If our master serves us, how much more should we serve the master by serving one another!
When he came to Peter, he revolted at the thought that Jesus would perform such a menial task for him as a servant would. Jumping from the acted-out metaphor, Jesus told Peter that if he didn't serve him, "unless I wash you", then the real-life reality the metaphor pointed to would not accrue to Peter.
Peter's humorous, yet imploring response is what we might all expect, "Then, Lord... not just my feet but my hands and my head as well!" John 13:9.
Jesus' point to Peter, that Peter could have no part with Jesus unless Jesus "washed" him refers to the purification the death of Jesus on that cross provides to the lives of those who embrace him in faith. "These are they who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb." Revelation 7:14.
Paul talks about how those who have embraced Jesus Christ, and are now members of God's family have been "washed", "... you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God." 1 Corinthians 6:11. As Paul wrote to Titus, "He [Jesus] saved us through the washing of rebirth..." Titus 3:5.
Unless we allow Jesus Christ to "wash" our sins away, we will have no part with him for all eternity. We invite him into our lives as a servant to perform this, the most miraculous of all miracles, washing our sins away, by embracing him in faith.
Have you been washed in the blood of the Lamb?
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to hear from you!
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Trevor Fisk
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"Unless I [Jesus] wash you, you have no part with me."
Jesus said this when Peter objected to Jesus performing an act on him as a metaphor. Jesus took to the task of a servant and washed his disciples feet - a common chore of servants in a day when traveling by sandaled feet produced dirty feet whenever one arrived.
Jesus was teaching his disciples that he was about to serve them in an astonishing way (he was going to die for their sins, paying the penalty for them in God's court). Further, he wanted to teach them that we should, as his followers, serve one another. If our master serves us, how much more should we serve the master by serving one another!
When he came to Peter, he revolted at the thought that Jesus would perform such a menial task for him as a servant would. Jumping from the acted-out metaphor, Jesus told Peter that if he didn't serve him, "unless I wash you", then the real-life reality the metaphor pointed to would not accrue to Peter.
Peter's humorous, yet imploring response is what we might all expect, "Then, Lord... not just my feet but my hands and my head as well!" John 13:9.
Jesus' point to Peter, that Peter could have no part with Jesus unless Jesus "washed" him refers to the purification the death of Jesus on that cross provides to the lives of those who embrace him in faith. "These are they who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb." Revelation 7:14.
Paul talks about how those who have embraced Jesus Christ, and are now members of God's family have been "washed", "... you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God." 1 Corinthians 6:11. As Paul wrote to Titus, "He [Jesus] saved us through the washing of rebirth..." Titus 3:5.
Unless we allow Jesus Christ to "wash" our sins away, we will have no part with him for all eternity. We invite him into our lives as a servant to perform this, the most miraculous of all miracles, washing our sins away, by embracing him in faith.
Have you been washed in the blood of the Lamb?
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to hear from you!
If you have someone you would like to receive these ruminations, send me their email address. I'm happy to add them to the list. If you are receiving this and would like to be removed from the list, just respond and let me know.
Trevor Fisk
trevor.fisk@gmail.com
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