He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, ”Lord, are you going to wash my feet?”
Jesus replied, ”You do not realize now what I am doing, but later you will understand.”
”No,” said Peter, ”you shall never wash my feet.”
Jesus answered, ”Unless I wash you, you have no part with me.”
Unless I wash you, you have no part with me…
That is a pretty amazing statement! The scene is the last supper. The last Passover meal that Jesus would have with his disciples. The disciples still do not understand what is going on. They do not know that Jesus must die to save us from sin.
Jesus then steps into the role of a servant and does two things. The first is he demonstrates how his followers must lead by serving others. Second, he is demonstrating how we must be washed of our sins.
This second point is very subtle, yet very profound. “Unless I wash you, you have no part with me…” If we want to go to heaven, if we want to avoid an eternity in the lake of fire, we need to allow Jesus to wash us of our sin.
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