Commentary on John 13 (2)

Commentary on John 13 (2) The first part of John 13 is about those who buy Jesus Christ.The disciples receive Jesus Christ.Reception means that just because he believes on Jesus Christ does not mean he receive him.Since Jesus Christ has personal attributes, fully accepting him by faith is called reception.So reception means continuing to receive him.So the Christian faith is receiving, that is, acceptance.Other religions are achieving. You must achieve it yourself.But Judas Iscariot sold it.He thought of Jesus Christ as a commodity.Again, truth is bought, not sold.The truth must be embodied in us and share with others. It is not okay to use the truth to make profit. So the Bible tells us to get away from those who use godliness as a source of profit.John 13:1 says, “Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of  this world unto the Father, having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end.”Those who are in the world are those whom the Father gave to Jesus Christ in John 17.In Greek, the end is called ‘theros’. When we say alpha and omega, the beginning and the end, it is the end.When you say "to the end", most people only think of time, but in fact, loving not only time but also "unto him" is love to the end.It is love even to the place of completing.The end is not only about time, but also about the content.Therefore, it is correct not to say that you are entering heaven, but to say that you are being taken to heaven.Because the Lord Jesus Christ will love us to the end.But what we must remember is that if the Lord receives us, where is the Lord?Is he in the earth? Is he in heaven?And did the Lord receive us first or did we receive  the Lord first?We did not receive the Lord first, but the Lord received us by washing our feet first.When the Lord washes our feet, it means that the Lord receives us first.So, don’t we now know that the Lord belongs to heaven?The Lord is not in a local sky, but in a dimensional heaven. Right?So, if the Lord has received us, where are we?Think about it. Clearly, you have already been taken. (Ephesians 2:6, 4:8)If the Lord has received us, aren't we attached to him and now lifted up to heaven?If the Lord has received us, we already belong to heaven.That is  lift.So don't be fooled by the word rapture.Those are the words of those of the earth (Revelation 12:12).He is already in heaven and has received us and made us heavenly. Is there a need for another rapture?The only remaining procedure is to take off the shell and put on new clothes.Being received by the Lord means that the Lord loves you to the end.The Lord is saying that I will take responsibility.The word election means salvation even in death.That is why reformists, including Calvin, spoke of it as ultimate salvation or irresistible salvation.This is what it means to love to the end. “After that he poured water into a basin, and began to wash the disciples’ feet, and to wipe them with the towel with which he was girded.” (John 13:5)However, there are many people who have not been received by the Lord.If we look at the words of reception by the Lord, the Lord first gave us the words.When we hear the word of God and believe in him, we receive forgiveness of sins and are cleansed, and we are received by the Lord. We also receive the Lord, and in a state of becoming one with the Lord, we worsh and offer ourselves to the Lord.In this relationship, that is, fellowship with the Lord, we continuously supplied from the Lord, so we are constantly following the Lord and maximizing ourselves.By giving and receiving, our spiritual stature grows as much as the Lord."Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ." (Ephesians 4:13)This is the relationship that is established through reception.It means that the Lord receives me and I receive him, and there becomes a fellowship of personality to personality. However, if we only understand the Word as a teaching and rebuke, it will never come true.Just because you teach the Word morally does not mean it will become like that.So what happens?We have heard the Word.God is the substance.This means that through the living Word, God and we are connected, contacted, and communicate with each other through giving and receiving.In the meantime, his portion is handed over to us.The bible calls this a blessing.Washing feet means welcoming.In the region of Palestine, there was a custom in Palestine that even though you could bathe yourself, you had to have your feet washed by the owner of the house and welcomed by the owner of the house before you could enter the house.Jesus used that custom to show that by washing his disciple  feet, he receives them to himself, if he receive them, they will share the  inheritance  with the Lord.We understand the event of foot washing as reception. “So after he had washed their feet, and had taken his garments,  and was set down again, he said unto them, Know you what I have done to you?’” (John 13:12)Do you know what I have done to you?Even at this moment, Jesus is asking us these words.Even now, Jesus asks me and you.‘Do you know what I meant by washing your feet?’“You call me Master and Lord: and you say well; for so I am.” (John 13:13)“If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; you also ought to wash one another’s feet.” (John 13:14)With these words, some churches hold foot-washing ceremonies, but serving as a Lord and Master is not serving at the level of physically serving that person, but this service is for the sake of koinonia in the Lord.Service is for the sake of fellowship between the small and the big, not to show humility.This is what the Lord means when he says it is lawful to wash one another’s feet.This means, “Love one another.”This doesn't mean," washing other people's feet and I'm humble," but it means that I accept that person's personality itself.When I accept you, it means I wash your feet.What the Lord is saying is, go and receive others, just as I accepted you even though you are sinners and fools who do not understand.“For I have set you an example, that you should do as I have done to you” (John 13:15)“Verily, Verily, I say to you, The servant is not greater than his lord; neither he that is sent greater thanhe that sent him” (John 13:16)“If you know these things, happy are you if you do them.” (John 13:17) Therefore, we must wash other people's feet with a sincere heart.Accepting each other with your heart is the principle of foot washing.A couple shouldn't be like, 'You are you, I am me.'He tells you to know this and do it.He says that if you know the meaning of receiving one another and do receiving one another, you will be happy (blessed) from then on.If you know these things and do them, you will be blessed. This is what I want to repeat until you say Amen.The Lord receives us just as we are.However, we cannot receive people as they are.The Lord clearly said that you would be blessed if you did just that, but we are willing to accept people only after things turn out good in our own way.So we keep nagging and trying to teach others.That's me, not you.Do we make our children great and then accept them?No.We accept our children as they are.If the child poops, you get it as he pooped. If the child has no fingers, you get it as it is.why? Because there is love.But strangely enough, we don't receive other people like that.This means that we were born as beings who cannot accept others by nature.We receive the Word, the attributes of Christ are revealed to us, and we finally become the blessings promised by the Lord as we receive others with love just as Christ showed us as an example. Written by Ptr. Yohan Kim.Translated by  Nancy Chung COME AND SEE WORLD MISSION To God be the glory.