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DEVOTIONAL: A TRUE CHRISTIAN FAMILY JOHN:13:1-17

EVIDENCE OF A TRUE CHRISTIAN FAMILY JOHN:13:1-17

ANCHOR VERSE John 13:12-14

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. 

TO WASH ONE ANOTHER’S FEET AS JESUS CHRIST COMMANDED TO HIS DISCPLES IS NOT WHAT WE  LITERALLY THINK  BUT IT'S ALL ABOUT A SPIRITUAL CLEANSING . WHOEVER BELIEVES IN HIM ARE ALREADY CONSIDERED AS CLEAN AND ARE ALSO ENTRUSTED TO CLEAN THOSE UNCLEAN BY SHARING THE GOSPEL IN HIS NAME.

ACROSTIC GUIDE: WASH

W-WORD OF GOD 

-The word of God has a divine cleansing power to purify us from uncleanliness through faith in Christ.

-16 All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, 17 so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work. 2Timothy 3:16-17

A- ACCEPTANCE AND ACKNOWLEDGING THAT JESUS CHRIST IS THE LORD GOD ALMIGHTY.

Romans 10:9
If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

- In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was with God in the beginning. 3 Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made..John 1:1-4

John 1:14 The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth. 

-12 Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God— 13 children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God. John 1:12-13 

 I and the Father are one said Jesus Christ.” John 10:30

S- SUBMISSIVE TO THE LORD

- JOHN:13:14 Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another’s feet. 

-This verse refers to a spiritual cleansing. Jesus Christ washed away our sins by his blood that was shed at the cross. And as Jesus Christ commanded his disciples to wash each others feet, we also as his followers needs to do it but not in a literal way, but by watching each others back as one family in Christ to prevent anyone from falling back again to uncleanliness. Repentance is a must. 

H- HAVING A HUMBLE HEART IN SERVING WITH ONE ANOTHER

MARK 10:41-45“Even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

 -1 John 2:5-6 But if anyone obeys his word, love for God is truly made complete in them. This is how we know we are in him: Whoever claims to live in him must live as Jesus did.

CLOSING: 

Note that even his personal disciples failed to do all these things but still Jesus Christ is able to fulfilled his plan to save the world. And he still forgave them and gave a second chance to continue the mission by spreading the gospel throughout the nation.So we are here receiving the good news through them. And that really  proves that nothing can stop his plan for us, and that is to bring us all back to his Father's kingdom. We only need to accept and believe in him. 

Jesus Christ already cleansed us with his blood at the cross. This is the great victory we have received from him.Though we are now clean, so we also have the confident in his second coming. Well-informed to serve the Mighty Lord by serving with one another in humility as Jesus Christ believers/disciples til the end.

CHALLENGE:

Serving with one another with humility and not just being saved,seated, waiting and to be served.

Walk like Jesus did…obedience is the key to activate our faith for God's glory.

MEMORY VERSE: JOHN 13:16-17

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.

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