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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>Jim & Marie Watt</b></font></p>
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27 - JOHN 13:1-30 - JESUS: HIS SERVANT SPIRIT</b></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="LEFT"><b>1.
13:1 JESUS: HIS LOVE UNTO THE END. “Now before the feast of the
passover, :Jesus knowing that his :hour was come for him to depart
out of this :world unto the Father, having loved <i>his </i><span style="font-style: normal;">:own,
th</span><i>os</i><span style="font-style: normal;">e in the world, he
loved them unto </span><i>the</i><span style="font-style: normal;">
end” (NNT). </span></b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">We
marvel Father, at the love of Your Son for us, - that in the face of
impending death, yet He could prepare them too! O what love and
grace! Yes, we crown Jesus as our King! </span></span><b><i>Hallowed
be your :name.</i></b></p>
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<b>2. 13:4-5 (13:2-5) JESUS: WASHES HIS DISCIPLES' FEET. “He
rises from :supper, and sets aside <i>his</i> :garments; and he took
a towel, <i>and</i> girded himself. <font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1">3</font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">
Then he pours water into the basin, and began to wash the feet of the
disciples, and to wipe </font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i>them</i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">
with the towel with which he was girded.” </font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">What
an awesome example this must have been to the 12, who had refused to
do this for one another! O Father, we are humbled by the humility of
Jesus! </span></font><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i>Your
:kingdom come.</i></font></b></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>3. 13:6-7 (13:6-11) JESUS
AND PETER. “He comes therefore unto Simon Peter. He says to him,
Lord, do YOU wash MY feet? <font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1">7</font>
Jesus answered and said to him, What I do YOU know not now; but shall
understand afterwards.” </b><span style="">How
many things from You Father, we must first do in faith, and only
afterwards receive understanding! O teach us to trust and obey; then
we will learn that You are always the faithful One! </span><b><i>Your
:will be done, As in heaven, so on earth!</i></b></font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>4. 13:13-15 (13:12-17)
JESUS: AN EXAMPLE. “YOU call me the Teacher and the Lord: and you
say well; for I am. <font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1">14</font> If
I therefore, the Lord and the Teacher, have washed YOUR :feet, you
also ought to wash the feet of one another. <font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1">15</font>
For I have given you an example, that you also should do even as I
have done to you.” </b><span style="">What a
humiliating lesson from the hands of the Son of God! Father, we would
never forget what Jesus has taught us as disciples here. O forgive us
that we so often do forget, and dishonor You through our selfishness.
</span><b><i>Our :daily :bread Give us this day.</i></b></font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>5. 13:19-20 (13:18-20)
JESUS: FORETELLS HIS BETRAYAL. “From henceforth I tell you before
it come to pass, that, when it is come to pass, you may believe that
I am <i>he</i>. <font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1">29</font> Amen,
Amen, I say unto you, Who receives whoever I shall send receives me;
and who receives me receives him that sent me.” </b><span style="">Jesus'
foreknowledge of Judas ought to convince us thoroughly that He </span><u><span style="">was</span></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
fully indwelt by You, Father! He acknowledged that Your Name was in
Him. </span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">And
forgive us our :debts, As we also have forgiven our :debtors!</span></i></b></font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b><span style="text-decoration: none;">6.
13:21 (13:21-27) JESUS: INDICATES HIS BETAYER. “When Jesus had
said these </span><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">things</span></i><span style="text-decoration: none;">
he was troubled in the spirit, and witnessed, and said, Amen, Amen, I
say unto you, that one of you shall deliver me up.” </span></b><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">How
strongly You had Your Son make this betrayal understood, Father! It
is something we must never forget, for we too will be betrayed for
the Son of God's sake. But forewarned is to be forearmed. </span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">And
bring us not into temptation.</span></i></b></font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b><span style="text-decoration: none;">7.
13:30 (13:28-30) JESUS: PERMITS JUDAS TO GO OUT. “HE then having
received the sop went out straightway: and it was night.” </span></b><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">What
a terrible decision! Woe to the betrayers of the Son of man and his
followers! Give us boldness to winsomely confess Your Son Father, as
Lord of lords and King of kings! </span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">But
deliver us from the evil </span></i><span style="text-decoration: none;">one!</span></b></font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><u><b>NOTE</b></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>:
13:8 (13:6-11) JESUS: A SOBER WORD TO PETER. “Peter said to
him, You shall never wash my :feet. Jesus answered him, If I wash you
not, you have no part with me.” </b></span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">We
must humble ourselves to permit Your Son Father, to do those things
for us that we cannot do ourselves. Only HE can cleanse us and set us
free!</span></span></font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Washing
feet for guests - was a normal and necessary custom in the Middle
East in Jesus' day. It was something one of Jesus' disciples should
have volunteered to do because of such a custom. That they forced
Jesus to do what one of them should have done, was </span></span><u><span style="">most
embarrassing</span></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">.</span></span></font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Today
some make a necessary custom of that time and place, something we
must do today. This is probably something in line with having Gentile
believers follow all the OT Jewish customs - being Torah Observant.
It is true that in OT times Gentiles living with Jews in Israel were
required to live like Jews if they were to partake of such Feasts as
Passover. But Gentiles </span></span><u><span style="">not</span></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
living in Israel who were interested in Judaism, were </span></span><u><span style="">not</span></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
required to keep the full Torah. Then when Jesus as Son of man came,
men like Paul, the apostle to Gentiles, protected Gentile believers
from the necessity of becoming Torah Observant. </span></span><u><span style="">Only</span></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
the 4 requirements of the latter part of Acts 15 became obligatory.</span></span></font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">I
see foot-washing in this same category. For those still living in the
Middle East - yes- such a custom should not be overlooked. But to
require it as a religious necessity out of that environment - no -
such should not be obligatory. However - any who voluntarily choose
to adopt such a custom for special occasions - no sin.</span></span></font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">And
now - our Psalm for the day: </span></span><b><span style="text-decoration: none;">87:5-6
(87:1-7) GLORIOUS THINGS OF YOU ARE SPOKEN! And of Zion is shall be
said, “This one and that one were born in her”; for the Most High
himself will establish her. </span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">6</span></font><span style="text-decoration: none;">
The LORD records as he registers the peoples, “This one was born
there” (ESV). </span></b><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Jesus,
for the travail of His soul for us, shall be satisfied. Out of Zion
have we been spiritually conceived and birthed by Your will O Father,
by an incorruptible seed! You have prepared us as the bride of the
Lamb. </span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">Hallowed
be your :name!</span></i></b></font></p>
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