12 After washing their feet, he put on his robe again and sat down and asked, “Do you understand what I was doing? 13 You call me ‘Teacher’ and ‘Lord,’ and you are right, because that’s what I am. 14 And since I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you ought to wash each other’s feet. 15 I have given you an example to follow. Do as I have done to you. 16 I tell you the truth, slaves are not greater than their master. Nor is the messenger more important than the one who sends the message. 17 Now that you know these things, God will bless you for doing them.
18 “I am not saying these things to all of you; I know the ones I have chosen. But this fulfills the Scripture that says, ‘The one who eats my food has turned against me.’ 19 I tell you this beforehand, so that when it happens you will believe that I am the Messiah. 20 I tell you the truth, anyone who welcomes my messenger is welcoming me, and anyone who welcomes me is welcoming the Father who sent me.”
Tori's Comments:
Tori is out of the country at the moment. She will comment when she gets a moment :-)
Terrie's Comments:
I feel like sometimes in church we behave like we are having a big birthday bash but completely forgot to invite the guest of honour. We continue to have this party and don't even notice that the guest of honour is missing. Jesus said that we are not greater than he is and what we say about Jesus is not more important that Jesus himself.
We need to keep perspective. Jesus came to reconcile us to the Father. He came so we could choose freely to have a relationship with God. Do I sometimes do things for God or in the name of Jesus but forget that He is actually the one who wants to work through me? Do I act like he isn't there? How awkward that must be for Him to be that third wheel standing there as we are celebrating him but not talking to him... just around him. How do we get to the place of intimacy where it is all about our relationship with Jesus again? How do we welcome Jesus into our lives moment by moment?
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