In this sermon, we looked at John 13:1-11 when Jesus displayed the love of God toward us by humbly washing the feet of a group of selfish, half-hearted disciples, one of whom had already decided to abandon Him. John tells us that, in Jesus’ certainty that it was time for His death, resurrection, and ascension, He showed this intentional act of love toward His disciples. While Peter was resistant at first, his conversation with Jesus transformed him from not wanting his feet to be washed at all to wanting Jesus to bathe his whole body. Through this dialogue, we see that Christians are every day becoming in practice what we already are in Christ: cleansed from all of our sins and unrighteousness. Jesus washed the disciples’ feet as a tangible and powerful demonstration of His love for us. When we turn to Him in faith, He is faithful and just to take even the worst sinners and wash us clean from all unrighteousness.
