親愛眾聖徒（二）- 彼此洗腳 07/26/09

讀經：約 13:1-17, 腓 2:1-2

背誦經文：「我是你們的主，你們的夫子，尚且洗你們的腳，你們也當彼此洗腳。我給你們作了榜樣，叫你們照著我向你們所做的去做。」(約 13:14-15)

(一) 洗腳的動力：永不止息的愛

－"祂既然愛世間屬自己的人，就愛他們到底"

(二) 洗腳的意義

(1) 為潔淨：洗去門徒一切屬地沾染

－"凡洗過澡的人，只要把腳一洗，全身就乾淨了"

(2) 為交通：使門徒有份於主的得勝，屬天生命

－"耶穌知道父已將萬有交在他手裡，且知道自己是從神出來的,又要歸到神那裡去"

－"我若不洗你，你就與我無份了"

(3) 為榜樣：為門徒立了彼此相愛，彼此服事的榜樣

－"我是你們的主，你們的夫子，尚且洗你們的腳，你們也當彼此洗腳。我給你們作了榜樣，叫你們照著我向你們所作的去作"

(三) 彼此洗腳的福份

－"你們既知道這事，若是去行就有福了"

v 「所以，在基督裏若有甚麼勸勉，愛心有甚麼安慰，聖靈有甚麼交通，心中有甚麼慈悲憐憫，你們就要意念相同，愛心相同，有一樣的心思，有一樣的意念，使我的喜樂可以滿足。」(腓 2:1-2)

Love unto all saints (II) — Wash one another’s feet

07/26/09

Scriptures: John 13:1-17, Philippians 2:1-2

Memory verse:

“You call Me Teacher and Lord, and you say well, for so I am. If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet.” (John 13:14-15)

I. The impetus behind washing feet: A never ending love

-“ …having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the end.”

II. The meaning of washing feet

(1) For cleansing: wash off all the worldly contaminations from the disciples

-“ He who is bathed needs only to wash his feet, but is completely clean”

(2) For fellowship: So that the disciples can partake in Lord’s victory and His heavenly life

-“Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into His hands, and that He had come from God and was going to God”

- “If I do not wash you, you have no part with Me.”

(3) As an example: to establish a model for the disciples to love and serve one another

- “If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet. For I have given you an example, that you should do as I have done to you.”

III. The blessing of washing one another’s feet

-“If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them”

v “Therefore if there is any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any affection and mercy, fulfill my joy by being like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.” (Philippians 2:1-2)