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Humble Service Beyond All Tasks, Persons, & Limits

Humble Service Beyond All Tasks, Persons, & Limits. Jn 13:1-20. Context. v. 1-11, Jesus Washes His Disciples’ Feet v. 12-20, The Meaning of the Footwashing v . 21-30, Judas’ Betrayal Predicted v . 31-35, The New Commandment v . 36-38, Peter’s Denials Predicted. Wrestling.

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Humble Service Beyond All Tasks, Persons, & Limits

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  1. Humble Service Beyond All Tasks, Persons, & Limits Jn 13:1-20

  2. Context • v. 1-11, Jesus Washes His Disciples’ Feet • v. 12-20, The Meaning of the Footwashing • v. 21-30, Judas’ Betrayal Predicted • v. 31-35, The New Commandment • v. 36-38, Peter’s Denials Predicted

  3. Wrestling • What was it like to have to have your feet touched by other people? • What was it like to touch everyone else’s feet? • If you could pay somebody to do something you can’t stand doing, what job would you give her? • What job do you hope you never have to do on a missions trip or elsewhere?

  4. Reading (Jn 13:1-20) • What parts of the passage did you underline? Why? • Picture yourself walking down the roads the disciples had been traveling on. Given the culture in which Jesus did this, what would the disciples’ feet have looked like? Smelled like? Felt like? • Why do you think Jesus chose to wash the disciples’ feet? • Why was Peter so confused by what Jesus was doing? • What were some of the characteristics Jesus needed in order to perform this task?

  5. 1. There is No Task Beyond Our Call to Humbly Serve (Jn 13:1-11) • Footwashing • Ministerial vs. Secular Tasks

  6. 1. There is No Task Beyond Our Call to Humbly Serve (Jn 13:1-11) • What are some tasks we can think of that we would believe to be beneath us? • How can we actively try and pursue performing such tasks? • In the Home? • In School? • In Church?

  7. 2. There is No Person Beyond Our Call to Humbly Serve (Jn 13:12-20) • The Feet of Peter, who would deny Him. • The Feet of Thomas, who would doubt Him. • The Feet of Judas, who would betray him.

  8. 2. There is No Person Beyond Our Call to Humbly Serve (Jn 13:12-20) • Do we have a Peter, a Thomas, a Judas, a Joel, or a Tania in our lives that we can serve?

  9. 3. There is No Limit Beyond Our Call to Humbly Serve (Jn 13:34-35) • Personal • Local • Missional

  10. 3. There is No Limit Beyond Our Call to Humbly Serve (Jn 13:34-35)

  11. 3. There is No Limit Beyond Our Call to Humbly Serve (Jn 13:34-35) • Have you ever witnessed an act of service that disturbed or impressed you?

  12. Salt & Sin & Service & Savior & Spirit • Salt • Sin • Service • Savior • The Model • Spirit • The Modeler

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