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Empowered by an Uttermost Love, John 13.1-15
On the night that Jesus was betrayed, he took time to wash his disciples’ feet and through that to teach them that they are to love one another. He also later took bread and broke it and a cup of wine and gave it to them. This act is the first Eucharist. On Maundy Thursday we remember these actions by Jesus and what they mean for us today.
Let Us Love One Another, John 13.1-15
Jesus washed his disciples’ feet in order to demonstrate to them their need to serve one another. But it is also a demonstration of the service that he was about to perform. Out his very divine nature, Jesus serves and loves his disciples and calls us to participate in that very same love to draw others into the salvation that he is bringing to us through his sacrifice.
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A Meal that Transforms, 1 Corinthians 11.23-34
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To the Uttermost, John 13.1-15
In John 13, Jesus reveals what the humble servant really looks like and shows us that only he is that true humble servant. Can we embrace the washing that we need to undergo continually through Jesus Christ? Or will we have no part in him? Listen to find out more about John 13.
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