"So after he had washed their feet, and had taken his garments, and was set down again, he said unto them, Know ye what I have done to you? Ye call me Master and Lord: and ye say well; for so I am. If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another's feet. For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you. Verily, verily, I say unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord; neither he that is sent greater than he that sent him. If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them."
Today's lesson demonstrates that after Jesus had washed the feet of His apostles, he left instructions that they too should continue to wash each other's feet.
Although today, in a time of very little foot travel when we are blessed with comfortable shoes that are specifically made to safeguard our feet, the necessity to soothe the feet of a house guest as a courtesy, has long been removed. I believe the actual lesson in this quote to usward, is that as Christians, we should always humble ourselves toward one another, making the comfort and peace of our brothers and sisters our second priority to the worship of Jesus Christ.~
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