Jesus washed the feet of His disciples -- John 13:1-20: The time was just before Passover. Jesus knew that the time of His death was at hand. He would soon leave this world and return to the Father. Jesus had loved His disciples and He just kept on loving them and teaching them to the end. Sadly, the Devil had caused Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, to decide to betray Jesus. Jesus used this occasion to show the disciples how that service comes before sacrifice. He did a servants work by washing the disciple's feet. He washed their feet and dried them with the towel He was wearing. At first Peter refused to allow the Lord to wash his feet. He said, "You will never wash my feet!" Jesus said either I wash you or you do not belong to me. Peter then went to the other extreme and said, "Lord, don't wash just my feet. Wash my hands and my head." These men must have washed and prepared for the Passover. (Exodus 12:11) Jesus knew they had bathed and were clean except for their feet. He told them that one of the disciples was not clean spiritually. Jesus, their Master and Lord had washed their feet. Jesus wanted the disciples to learn to prefer others better than self. The true glory of a Christian consists in being humble like the Lord. True happiness consists in the knowing God and in obedience to His will. Jesus applied Psalms 41:9 to what was taking place with Judas, "Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me." Jesus gave the disciples many predictions of His death, burial and resurrection as proof that He is the all-knowing Messiah. We must willingly accept the message sent by the Messiah through the apostles.

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