<p>Summary:</p><p>After washing His disciples’ feet, Jesus explains the significance of His actions. He reminds them that as their Lord and Teacher, He has set an example of humility and service for them to follow. He emphasizes that servants are not greater than their master, and those who know and practice these things will be blessed. Jesus then reveals that not all of them are clean—referring to His betrayer—so that Scripture might be fulfilled. He concludes by saying that anyone who receives those He sends receives Him, and ultimately, the One who sent Him (the Father).</p><p> </p><p>Teaching:</p><p>Washing feet is not merely an act of service. Washing the whole body refers to salvation and means receiving the forgiveness of sins.</p><p> </p><p>Washing the feet symbolizes that even those who have been saved and forgiven must daily repent of the traces of sin in their lives -  the sins that cling to their feet—so that they may be clean. That is why 1 John emphasizes daily repentance.</p><p> </p><p>If one claims to be without sin and does not repent daily, they make God out to be a liar. Therefore, the act of washing someone’s feet represents the act of forgiving that person’s sins.</p><p> </p><p>Jesus, now facing His death on the cross, is not simply performing a service—His death on the cross is about the forgiveness of sins. This foot-washing, which leads to the cross, is deeply connected to the act of forgiving sin.</p><p> </p><p>The core of church life is not in pointing out each other’s sins, but in bearing and carrying one another’s sins together.</p><p> </p><p><i>Excerpt from the sermon by Pastor Lee, Apr 15, 2025.</i></p><p><i>John 13:12-20</i></p><p><i>(D-134)</i></p>
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