THE GOOD NEWS�ACCORDING TO JOHN
I’m no longer a slave to fear …
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I’m no longer a slave to fear …
I am a child of God
I’m no longer a slave of sin
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Hint: Romans 6:18
I’m no longer a slave of sin
I am a slave to righteousness
Romans 6:18
JESUS WASHES THE DISCIPLES’ FEET
John 13:1-17
JOHN 13:1-17
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JOHANNES 13:1-17
OUTLINE
Humility
Service
Love
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Humility
Service
Love
Jesus and Peter
JESUS
Begins to wash
JESUS
“Later you will understand”
JESUS
“Then you have no share with me”
Peter
“Do you wash my feet?”
Peter
“You shall never wash my feet”
How would you respond?
“Unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.”
Matthew 18:3
OUTLINE
Humility
Service
Love
Humility is not low self-esteem
Jesus does not deny the authority given to him
Jesus knew that the Father had put all things under his power, and that he had come from God and was returning to God;
John 13:3
Humility is not low self-esteem
Jesus does not deny the authority given to him
Jesus knew that the Father had put all things under his power, and that he had come from God and was returning to God;
John 13:3
Jesus does not deny who he was
“You call me ‘Teacher’ and ‘Lord,’ and rightly so, for that is what I am.”
John 13:13
PHILIPPIANS 2:5-8
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FILIPPENZEN 2:5-8
GOD
Human
Servant
Dead
EXALTED
HUMBLED
Are you greater than JESUS?
Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another’s feet. I have set you an example that you should do as I have done for you. Very truly I tell you, no servant is greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him.
John 13:14-16
Are you greater than JESUS?
Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another’s feet. I have set you an example that you should do as I have done for you. Very truly I tell you, no servant is greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him.
John 13:14-16
For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.
Mark 10:45
What’s the purpose of your life?
To be served or to serve?
Paul’s purpose in life
Paul encourages us to follow Jesus’ humble example
Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.
Philippians 2:3-4
Paul’s purpose in life
Paul encourages us to follow Jesus’ humble example
Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.
Philippians 2:3-4
Paul’s purpose was fruitful labor
If I am to go on living in the body, this will mean fruitful labor for me.
Philippians 1:22a
Paul’s purpose in life
Paul encourages us to follow Jesus’ humble example
Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.
Philippians 2:3-4
Paul saw himself as a slave to all people
Though I am free and belong to no one, I have made myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible.
1 Corinthians 9:19
Paul’s purpose was fruitful labor
If I am to go on living in the body, this will mean fruitful labor for me.
Philippians 1:22a
I’m no longer a slave of sin
I am a slave to righteousness
Romans 6:18
LUKE 17:7-10
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LUCAS 17:7-10
OUTLINE
Humility
Service
Love
Only service out of love is pleasing to God
If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing.
1 Corinthians 13:3
Only service out of love is pleasing to God
If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing.
1 Corinthians 13:3
Having loved his own who were in the world, [Jesus] loved them to the end.
John 13:1b
RESPONSE TIME
Response
Let Jesus wash your dirt away
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.
1 John 1:9
Response
Let Jesus wash your dirt away
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.
1 John 1:9
Live out our new identity: slave of righteousness
Now that you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them.
John 13:17
Response
Let Jesus wash your dirt away
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.
1 John 1:9
Let Jesus fill you again as you rest
Then, because so many people were coming and going that they did not even have a chance to eat, he said to them, “Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest.”
Mark 6:31
Live out our new identity: slave of righteousness
Now that you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them.
John 13:17