esus Washes the Disciples’ Feet
13 Now before the Feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart out of this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end. 2 During supper, when the devil had already put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, to betray him, 3 Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he had come from God and was going back to God, 4 rose from supper. He laid aside his outer garments, and taking a towel, tied it around his waist. 5 Then he poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples’ feet and to wipe them with the towel that was wrapped around him. 6 He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, “Lord, do you wash my feet?” 7 Jesus answered him, “What I am doing you do not understand now, but afterward you will understand.” 8 Peter said to him, “You shall never wash my feet.” Jesus answered him, “If I do not wash you, you have no share with me.” 9 Simon Peter said to him, “Lord, not my feet only but also my hands and my head!” 10 Jesus said to him, “The one who has bathed does not need to wash, except for his feet,[a] but is completely clean. And you[b] are clean, but not every one of you.” 11 For he knew who was to betray him; that was why he said, “Not all of you are clean.”
12 When he had washed their feet and put on his outer garments and resumed his place, he said to them, “Do you understand what I have done to you? 13 You call me Teacher and Lord, and you are right, for so I am. 14 If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet. 15 For I have given you an example, that you also should do just as I have done to you. 16 Truly, truly, I say to you, a servant[c] is not greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him. 17 If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them. 18 I am not speaking of all of you; I know whom I have chosen. But the Scripture will be fulfilled,[d] ‘He who ate my bread has lifted his heel against me.’ 19 I am telling you this now, before it takes place, that when it does take place you may believe that I am he. 20 Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever receives the one I send receives me, and whoever receives me receives the one who sent me.”
John 13:1-20

The Last Supper
The attention of Jesus now shifts from the crowds and the Jewish leaders
to those who were his own sheep,
the small group of close disciples
who represent the broader body of disciples and believers.

Have you ever realized that we have a CIRCLE OF INFLUENCE?

Four Rings of Connection
1. Outer ring — who we meet interact with and likely will never interact again
2. Middle ring — those we know from work, gym, or even church
3. Inner ring — our general friends
4. intimate relationship — Spouse or those friends that are closest to our heart

SUPPER AND SERVING
John 13:1-2

What is Jesus demonstrating to us?

** What are we to learn today?**

Philippians 2:5–8 ESV
5 Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus,

6 who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped,

7 but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men.

8 And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.

Jesus came to SERVE

Washing of the Feet
John 13:3–11

What does this all mean?
This is interpreted not only as a symbol of Jesus serving the disciples
but as an example of how they are to serve one another in humility.

Jesus answers His closest most loved Friends
John 13:12–17

Jesus wants us to serve others

Always aware of the opportunity to serve
Follow the Will of God

We must be like Jesus OBEYING and DOING the WILL of the Father

to GLORIFY the Father,
to BELIEVE and KNOW the SON
and to ABIDE in the HOLY SPIRIT in an
ACTIVE and AUTHENTIC RELATIONSHIP

• We must be aware in our CIRCLES of INFLUENCE
• We must know our DUTY as CHRIST FOLLOWERS
• We must SERVE OTHERS
• We must “WASH FEET” with the WATER OF LIFE

2 Timothy 3:16 ESV
16 All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,

We must have an ACTIVE FAITH and OBEDIENCE to CHRIST

I want you to build this into your life
Know Christ and Make HIM Known

BE ACTIVE and ATTENTIVE to your FAITH

Betrayal
*Ephesians 6:12* ESV
12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.

John 13:2 ESV
2 During supper, when the devil had already put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, to betray him,

John 13:11 ESV
11 For he knew who was to betray him; that was why he said, “Not all of you are clean.”

John 13:18 ESV
18 I am not speaking of all of you; I know whom I have chosen. But the Scripture will be fulfilled, ‘He who ate my bread has lifted his heel against me.’

It is not about you
It is about

GOD THROUGH YOU

Glorify God by Growing Others in Christ