You Cannot Wash the Feet of others, unless your feet has been Washed by Jesus! John 13:1-5

You Cannot Wash the Feet of others, unless your feet has been Washed by Jesus! John 13:1-5
Thursday March 28, 2013 is Holy Thursday, the night before good Friday, where Jesus gets up from the meal to wash the feet of His Disciples. Jesus washing the feet of His Disciple is most significant for the believer to be made Holy; without it, you cannot be made holy! Jesus’ washing the feet of His Disciples reveals the way to be cleansed and made holy and purified in His Blood alone!

Go to the fountain of the cross where Jesus’ blood runs down from the crown of thorns around His head, down to his face, running down His body, down His feet; where the fountain of His blood flowed; go to the fountain of His shed blood and let His blood cleanse your soul. Let Jesus wash the feet of your soul that He may cleans you, for unless you are cleansed by His blood, you can never wash the feet of others. You must let Jesus Wash your feet in His Blood Shed on the Cross, alone!

When Jesus came to this world He emptied Himself of all but love and Left His Eternal Glory with the Glory He Had with God The Father before the Foundation of the World. The Apostle Paul Says, He emptied Himself taking on the form of a Servant:
"6 Who, being in very nature[a] God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage; 7 rather, he made himself nothing by taking the very nature[b] of a servant, being made in human likeness. 8 And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to death— even death on a cross! Philippians 2:6-8

John the apostle records the time setting before Jesus washes the feet of His Disciples—It was before the Passover Festival. This Festival signified Deliverance from the Angel of Death; by Sprinkling the Blood of the Lamb on the top of the door post and the sides of the Door posts. This painting of the blood of the lamb, was a type of the benefits of Jesus' death on the Cross; His blood shed painted on the wood of the cross would provide eternal deliverance from the Angel of Death! What a vivid picture of the Cross: the blood of the Lamb was painted on the door posts, before the Angel of Death past over and Israel Left Egypt. They did this on each of their doors, in order that the Angel of Death would Passover the house and not kill the first born from every family of Israel—Yet Jesus, the Lamb of God, His blood would be Shed on the Cross, and He is the Only Begotten Son of God, who drank fully the penalty and cup of God’s Wrath and drank the full cup of eternal anguish of God's Wrath on behalf of His Church, the bride, the elect.

John the Apostle also, reveals Jesus’ Intuitive Knowledge of what He was facing and Time perspective and Plans—“Jesus knew the hour had Come” What was the hour? The hour was the Cross where He would indeed Drink the cup of God’s Wrath—the ultimate example of the bond servants nature was seen in Him being served from the Cup to drink of the cup of God's wrath--the ultimate sentence of Death, not for the benefit of Himself, but for the Benefit of those whom the God Father Gave to Jesus before the foundation of the World that He may, on their behalf, suffer for them and drink Indeed, of the Cup.

The Shed blood of Christ is the purifying water that cleanses our soul, the Cross was the ultimate act of Jesus washing the feet of His Disciples, indeed, of all the Elect and Chosen Bride of Christ, the Church.

John the Apostle in John 13 also reveals Jesus joyful anticipation of Glory and looking beyond the cross with Great joy and excitement to leave the world and go back to the Father and enjoy the Glory He once shared with the Father before the foundation of the world, not for Himself, but to bring with Him, His elect Bride, the chosen, whom the Father gave to Him before the foundation of the world, that they too may share in the glory that He had with the Father before the foundation of the world. Thus, with this background in mind, Jesus got up and washed the feet of His disciples, having great joy of serving them, for He had great joy with the thought of serving them to bring the church, His bride, the elect chosen, the many son's into the intimate fellowship and glory of God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit

Isaiah 53:11-12 Out of the anguish of his soul he shall see and be satisfied; by his knowledge shall the righteous one, my servant, make many to be accounted righteous, and he shall bear their iniquities. 12 Therefore I will divide him a portion with the many, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong, because he poured out his soul to death and was numbered with the transgressors; yet he bore the sin of many, and makes intercession for the transgressors.

While the devil was at work in prompting Judas to betray Jesus, John reveals Jesus' intuitive Knowledge and Sovereignty over the Devils schemes and workings; The Apostle John revealed the Sovereignty of God the Father's Power and authority given to Jesus where all things, including the workings of the Devils prompting and evil running it's full course by having Jesus being delivered by the hands of wicked men to be crucified.

Even under such agonizing and oppressive circumstances, Jesus knew that all this activity was under His power and control. While it seemed according to man, that things were breaking down for Jesus and evil was out of control running its full course, only for it to be defeated at the cross, for Jesus would have His ultimate victory over Sin, Death and the Devil--in His Shed blood, Death and Resurrection. In such circumstances, John reveals That all authority and forces would meet it's demise and be under Jesus Power by way of the Cross.

John writes this by Inspiration of the Holy Spirit; In the revealing of the Ultimate victory that all things are under Jesus’ power by eluding to Jesus’ Resurrection and Ascension when John writes:” Jesus knew that Father had put all things under his power, and that he had come from God and was returning to God;”

All this said and understood by John the Apostles eyewitness account of Jesus washing the feet of His disciples. John reveals the intuitive Knowledge of Jesus and Jesus’ whole Sovereign perspective and mission coming to its final end and completion; with all this going on in Jesus' mind, John the Apostles bears eyewitness to the next shocking act Jesus did:

Jesus Gets up!...to wash the feet of His Disciples; to not only set an example for His disciples to follow, but to induct His disciples into being a part of Jesus’ death and resurrection--by Jesus washing their feet, He was making His disciples a part of His life and reminding them that on their behalf, He would ultimately reveal His selfless love, in having His Body broken and blood shed that they would eat of His body and drink of His Shed blood and be baptized into His Death and enjoy the benefit and blessing of His Resurrected life revealed to them.

Jesus Washes His Disciples’ Feet- John 13:1-17:
1 It was just before the Passover Festival. Jesus knew that the hour had come for him to leave this world and go to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.
2 The evening meal was in progress, and the devil had already prompted Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, to betray Jesus. 3 Jesus knew that the Father had put all things under his power, and that he had come from God and was returning to God; 4 so he got up from the meal, took off his outer clothing, and wrapped a towel around his waist. 5 After that, he poured water into a basin and began to wash his disciples’ feet, drying them with the towel that was wrapped around him. 6 He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, “Lord, are you going to wash my feet?” 7 Jesus replied, “You do not realize now what I am doing, but later you will understand.” 8 “No,” said Peter, “you shall never wash my feet.” Jesus answered, “Unless I wash you, you have no part with me.” 9 “Then, Lord,” Simon Peter replied, “not just my feet but my hands and my head as well!” 10 Jesus answered, “Those who have had a bath need only to wash their feet; their whole body is clean. And you are clean, though not every one of you.” 11 For he knew who was going to betray him, and that was why he said not every one was clean.
12 When he had finished washing their feet, he put on his clothes and returned to his place. “Do you understand what I have done for you?” he asked them. 13 “You call me ‘Teacher’ and ‘Lord,’ and rightly so, for that is what I am. 14 Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another’s feet. 15 I have set you an example that you should do as I have done for you. 16 Very truly I tell you, no servant is greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him. 17 Now that you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them.