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Originally Posted by Abiding Now
and let's not forget foot washing.
John 13:12 So after he had washed their feet, and had taken his garments, and was set down again, he said unto them, Know ye what I have done to you?
John 13:13 Ye call me Master and Lord: and ye say well; for so I am.
John 13:14 If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another's feet.
John 13:15 For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you. |
I see Christ's act of foot washing as being an example of how we are to serve one another. I don't see an institutionalized ordinance or rite to be repeated. Let's look at the passage again...
John 13:12-15
So after he had washed their feet, and had taken his garments, and was set down again, he said unto them, Know ye what I have done to you?
Ye call me Master and Lord: and ye say well; for so I am.
If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another's feet.
For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you
It was an example in the moment. We do the same not by washing feet... but by serving one another with respect and reverence.