1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:02,480 The Holy. Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ 2 00:00:02,480 --> 00:00:07,080 according to John. Now, before the feast of the 3 00:00:07,080 --> 00:00:12,320 Passover, when Jesus knew that His hour had come to depart out 4 00:00:12,320 --> 00:00:17,760 of this world to the Father, having loved His own, where in 5 00:00:17,760 --> 00:00:23,200 the world he loved them to the end, during supper, when the 6 00:00:23,200 --> 00:00:28,280 devil had already put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, 7 00:00:29,160 --> 00:00:34,520 Simon's son, to betray him, Jesus, knowing that the Father 8 00:00:34,640 --> 00:00:39,720 had given all things into his hand and that He had come from 9 00:00:39,720 --> 00:00:44,320 God and was going back to God, rose from supper. 10 00:00:44,800 --> 00:00:49,920 He laid aside his outer garments and taking the tower, tied it 11 00:00:49,920 --> 00:00:53,680 around his waist. Then he poured water into a 12 00:00:53,680 --> 00:00:59,160 basin and began to wash the disciples feet and to wipe them 13 00:00:59,400 --> 00:01:02,720 with a towel that was wrapped around him. 14 00:01:03,920 --> 00:01:09,800 He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, Lord, do you wash my 15 00:01:09,800 --> 00:01:13,440 feet? Jesus answered him, What I am 16 00:01:13,440 --> 00:01:18,160 doing you do not understand now, but afterward you will 17 00:01:18,160 --> 00:01:21,920 understand. Peter said to him, You shall 18 00:01:21,920 --> 00:01:27,040 never wash my feet. Jesus answered him, If I do not 19 00:01:27,040 --> 00:01:30,200 wash you, you have no share with me. 20 00:01:31,080 --> 00:01:36,800 Simon Peter said to him, Lord, not my feet only, but also my 21 00:01:36,800 --> 00:01:42,920 hands and my head. Jesus said to him, The one who 22 00:01:42,920 --> 00:01:48,840 has bathed does not need to wash except for his feet, but is 23 00:01:48,840 --> 00:01:52,640 completely clean. But you are clean, but not 24 00:01:52,640 --> 00:01:57,520 everyone of you, for he knew who was to betray him. 25 00:01:58,040 --> 00:02:02,160 That was why he said, not all of you are clean. 26 00:02:03,200 --> 00:02:07,240 When he had washed their feet and put on his outer garments 27 00:02:07,520 --> 00:02:13,520 and resumed his place, he said to them, Do you understand why I 28 00:02:13,520 --> 00:02:17,880 have done to you? You call me teacher and Lord, 29 00:02:18,240 --> 00:02:24,280 and you are right, for I am. If I then your Lord and Teacher 30 00:02:24,600 --> 00:02:29,040 have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's 31 00:02:29,040 --> 00:02:33,480 feet. I For I have given you an 32 00:02:33,480 --> 00:02:41,280 example that you also should do, just as I have done to you the 33 00:02:41,280 --> 00:02:47,520 gospel of the Lord. Good evening Emmanuel. 34 00:02:47,520 --> 00:02:52,400 Anglican shirt Actually, I have a hearing problem, so I couldn't 35 00:02:52,400 --> 00:02:55,360 hear from the backside. Good evening, Emmanuel Anglican 36 00:02:55,360 --> 00:02:58,280 Church. That's wonderful. 37 00:02:59,880 --> 00:03:01,280 You know, in Pakistan we use that. 38 00:03:01,280 --> 00:03:06,120 So when I want to wake up the people and we ask them again and 39 00:03:06,120 --> 00:03:07,760 again, I can't. I couldn't hear you. 40 00:03:11,680 --> 00:03:15,880 I bring you warm greeting in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ 41 00:03:15,880 --> 00:03:19,200 for my family and my church in Pakistan. 42 00:03:20,880 --> 00:03:26,120 I stand before you today with a grateful heart thanking our 43 00:03:26,120 --> 00:03:31,480 Almighty God who has called me into His service, the one who 44 00:03:31,480 --> 00:03:37,040 leads us in every place and spread the fragrance of His 45 00:03:37,040 --> 00:03:43,160 knowledge through US, whether he's in Pakistan or in the 46 00:03:43,160 --> 00:03:47,000 United States. It is truly love doing that. 47 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:52,880 So we are gathered here today. I want to sincerely thankful 48 00:03:53,760 --> 00:03:58,080 first Father Aaron who give me an opportunity to preach here 49 00:03:58,680 --> 00:04:02,760 with the beautiful people. You know, Father Aaron is a very 50 00:04:02,760 --> 00:04:07,240 faithful and humble servant of God who continually encouraged 51 00:04:07,240 --> 00:04:11,880 and supports me. I also pray that the vision God 52 00:04:11,880 --> 00:04:17,079 has placed in his heart for Emmanuel Church, it will 53 00:04:17,079 --> 00:04:22,960 flourish and grow and bear much fruit for His glory. 54 00:04:26,040 --> 00:04:29,560 I had a testimony, you know, from very first day when I came 55 00:04:29,560 --> 00:04:40,080 here, I visited many churches, but my spirit did not take 56 00:04:40,080 --> 00:04:45,480 peace. So when I came here, I feel like 57 00:04:45,480 --> 00:04:52,640 at home and especially thanks to Father Brian and my brother, 58 00:04:52,640 --> 00:04:57,520 Father Kamran, who connected me to this beautiful family of 59 00:04:57,520 --> 00:05:01,160 faith. I have been truly blessed by 60 00:05:01,160 --> 00:05:06,960 your worship, especially for the choir, musicians, the 61 00:05:06,960 --> 00:05:13,160 administrations and the ushers. So, you know, I learn a lot of 62 00:05:13,160 --> 00:05:15,360 things from the ushers or from the administration. 63 00:05:15,360 --> 00:05:22,120 So I will do a practice in my church and you know that. 64 00:05:22,120 --> 00:05:24,720 So your service is not your work. 65 00:05:24,960 --> 00:05:28,120 I'm talking to ushers. It is a worship. 66 00:05:29,240 --> 00:05:31,520 It is not your service. It is not your work. 67 00:05:32,160 --> 00:05:35,560 It is a worship. And you did it wonderfully. 68 00:05:36,440 --> 00:05:41,800 And I also thank you. Father Samuel is my brother, so 69 00:05:42,320 --> 00:05:47,160 every time when he meets me, he has a smile and he gave me honor 70 00:05:47,160 --> 00:05:51,200 and he gave me encouragement. So thank you for the Samuel, for 71 00:05:51,200 --> 00:05:53,400 your love and your encouragement. 72 00:05:54,720 --> 00:06:00,600 And now we turn to God's Word. I pray that the same Lord who 73 00:06:00,600 --> 00:06:04,880 brought us together will speak to our hearts and transform our 74 00:06:04,880 --> 00:06:11,880 lives. Let's join in prayer, gracious 75 00:06:13,200 --> 00:06:18,560 and loving God, on this sunny night as we remember the 76 00:06:18,560 --> 00:06:23,280 humility and love of your Son, our Lord Jesus Christ. 77 00:06:24,840 --> 00:06:31,000 Open our hearts to receive. Your Word cleans us, oh Lord, 78 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:37,320 not only outwardly but inwardly. Teach us what it means to love 79 00:06:37,560 --> 00:06:45,200 as Christ loved, to serve as he served, and to humble ourselves 80 00:06:45,280 --> 00:06:52,680 as he humbled Himself. May the word of my mouth and the 81 00:06:52,680 --> 00:07:00,840 meditation of our hearts be placing in your sight, O Lord 82 00:07:02,320 --> 00:07:07,360 our Rock, our Redeemer. Amen. 83 00:07:09,960 --> 00:07:17,400 Tonight, on Monday, Thursday, we enter into one of the most 84 00:07:17,560 --> 00:07:22,600 intimate and powerful moment in the life of Jesus Christ. 85 00:07:24,840 --> 00:07:32,920 This is the night before the cross, the night of Last Supper, 86 00:07:33,800 --> 00:07:42,120 the night of betrayal, and this is the night of denial, and this 87 00:07:42,120 --> 00:07:53,280 is the night of deep love. The word Monday comes from Latin 88 00:07:53,280 --> 00:07:59,720 word mandatum. Mandatum means commandment. 89 00:08:02,320 --> 00:08:06,400 It refers to new commandment. Jesus gives a letter in this 90 00:08:06,400 --> 00:08:15,560 chapter, and the commandment is love one another as I loved you. 91 00:08:19,120 --> 00:08:24,680 But before Jesus speaks that commandment, he shows it. 92 00:08:27,040 --> 00:08:30,960 He gets down his knees. He takes a towel. 93 00:08:31,920 --> 00:08:37,440 He washes feet. And this is where we must pass. 94 00:08:38,840 --> 00:08:43,400 Because for many of us of here in the United States, this act 95 00:08:43,400 --> 00:08:47,800 can be unfamiliar, even uncomfortable. 96 00:08:48,440 --> 00:08:52,800 Or we don't live in a culture where washing someone's feet is 97 00:08:52,800 --> 00:08:58,600 normal. It may seem symbolic, distant or 98 00:08:58,600 --> 00:09:03,880 even strange, but in Jesus time it was nothing but symbolic. 99 00:09:05,800 --> 00:09:10,280 In 1st century in Judea, people walk everywhere. 100 00:09:11,840 --> 00:09:19,400 Roads are dusty, unpaved streets unsanitary. 101 00:09:20,400 --> 00:09:22,760 Sandals were the common footwear. 102 00:09:24,000 --> 00:09:28,320 By the time someone arrived in the home, their feet would be 103 00:09:28,320 --> 00:09:31,760 covered with the dust, mud and sometime worse. 104 00:09:33,560 --> 00:09:41,680 So foot washing was a necessary act of hospitality, but it was 105 00:09:42,440 --> 00:09:45,920 always the work of lowest servant. 106 00:09:48,480 --> 00:09:55,040 In fact, in Jewish tradition, a Jewish slave could not be 107 00:09:55,040 --> 00:09:59,600 required to wash feet. It was considered too degrading. 108 00:10:00,480 --> 00:10:07,440 Only Gentile slaves servant they perform this act. 109 00:10:13,150 --> 00:10:18,550 I just want to ask you, just imagine yourself, we all are in 110 00:10:18,550 --> 00:10:26,950 the upper room where Jesus celebrate Last Supper with his 111 00:10:26,950 --> 00:10:28,590 disciples. Just imagine that. 112 00:10:34,520 --> 00:10:41,280 Disciples called Jesus teacher. Jesus called disciples Rabbi 113 00:10:43,880 --> 00:10:51,200 Disciples called Jesus Master. Could you imagine that Rabbi 114 00:10:52,160 --> 00:10:58,680 Master who is creator of heaven and earth, who is the only 115 00:10:58,680 --> 00:11:04,040 begotten Son of God, who is the divine Son of God? 116 00:11:05,480 --> 00:11:12,280 He kneels down and creator of the heaven on earth washes the 117 00:11:12,280 --> 00:11:25,480 feet of His creation. Divinity kneels to humanity card 118 00:11:25,480 --> 00:11:30,720 kneels down and wash the feet of a human being. 119 00:11:32,400 --> 00:11:39,840 I must say that what an act of love you never see in your life. 120 00:11:44,280 --> 00:11:47,680 The passages began with the profound theological depth Jesus 121 00:11:48,440 --> 00:11:53,600 when we read Gospel John chapter 13 verse one to three, Jesus 122 00:11:53,600 --> 00:11:58,760 know that is our had come having loved his own, He loved them to 123 00:11:58,760 --> 00:12:02,160 the end. And again, Jesus knowing that 124 00:12:02,160 --> 00:12:05,640 the Father had given all things into his hands. 125 00:12:06,800 --> 00:12:10,960 This is crucial. Jesus is not acting out of 126 00:12:10,960 --> 00:12:14,000 security. He is not trying to prove 127 00:12:14,000 --> 00:12:17,720 himself. He is not confused about his 128 00:12:17,720 --> 00:12:21,920 identity. He knows exactly who he is. 129 00:12:23,160 --> 00:12:29,080 He knows he came from God. He knows he is coming to God. 130 00:12:30,240 --> 00:12:34,920 He knows all authority in his hands. 131 00:12:36,480 --> 00:12:42,520 In our world where we live, people often do this kind of 132 00:12:42,520 --> 00:12:46,760 things to get authority, to get status. 133 00:12:47,960 --> 00:12:51,720 But Jesus never do that because he already has authority. 134 00:12:53,000 --> 00:12:58,040 He already has a status. He didn't do this to gain us 135 00:12:58,520 --> 00:13:02,880 status or gain of fame. He already has a status. 136 00:13:03,320 --> 00:13:09,760 He already knows that who he is or when we read was four to 137 00:13:09,760 --> 00:13:13,440 five. It is written that he rose from 138 00:13:13,440 --> 00:13:17,520 support take of his government, took a towel, poured water into 139 00:13:17,520 --> 00:13:20,600 a basin and began to wash the disciples feet. 140 00:13:22,520 --> 00:13:24,200 Every moment here is intentional. 141 00:13:25,520 --> 00:13:30,680 It is written that he rise just as he will rise again. 142 00:13:32,200 --> 00:13:38,880 He lays aside his auto garment to laying aside His auto garment 143 00:13:38,880 --> 00:13:42,360 is a picture of laying aside his glory. 144 00:13:44,880 --> 00:13:50,480 He poured a water into basin, a sign of cleansing. 145 00:13:51,800 --> 00:13:56,760 He wrap himself with a towel taking the form of a servant. 146 00:13:59,880 --> 00:14:02,040 Jesus take off his outer garments. 147 00:14:03,320 --> 00:14:08,680 As I mentioned that taking off his garments is mean to laying 148 00:14:08,680 --> 00:14:14,040 aside his glory. Or when we read through the 149 00:14:14,040 --> 00:14:21,240 Bible in Jesus like there is 2 times Jesus garments took off. 150 00:14:22,360 --> 00:14:26,480 First time he take off his garment by himself. 151 00:14:29,240 --> 00:14:33,400 On this night in the upper room before foot washing his 152 00:14:33,400 --> 00:14:36,760 disciples, he take off his garments himself. 153 00:14:37,760 --> 00:14:44,040 And second time before going to cross Roman soldiers take off 154 00:14:44,040 --> 00:14:49,680 his garments. First time when he take off his 155 00:14:49,680 --> 00:14:57,040 garment by himself, He cleans the foot of his disciples, and 156 00:14:57,040 --> 00:15:00,600 second time when the Roman soldiers take off his garment, 157 00:15:01,800 --> 00:15:06,800 he cleans. He wash our sins, He wash our 158 00:15:06,800 --> 00:15:15,840 lives and he wash our sins. This is not just an act of 159 00:15:15,840 --> 00:15:20,520 service, it is a living parable of gospel. 160 00:15:22,640 --> 00:15:28,160 Just as he Stoops to wash their feet, he will soon stop to the 161 00:15:28,160 --> 00:15:35,600 cross to cleanse their souls. And when Jesus came through 162 00:15:35,960 --> 00:15:42,880 Simon Peter, Peter is shocked. Lord, do you wash my feet? 163 00:15:45,120 --> 00:15:50,520 Peter understands the problem. This is upside on This is not 164 00:15:51,040 --> 00:15:56,880 how things are supposed to work. And then he refuses. 165 00:15:58,080 --> 00:16:04,960 He said you shall never wash my feet, But Jesus responds, if I 166 00:16:04,960 --> 00:16:09,280 do not wash you, you have no share with me. 167 00:16:11,720 --> 00:16:16,760 Here the meaning stiffens. This is no longer just about 168 00:16:16,760 --> 00:16:21,160 physical washing. This is about spiritual crazy. 169 00:16:22,560 --> 00:16:26,880 Peter must learn what we must all learn. 170 00:16:28,320 --> 00:16:31,800 We cannot come to Jesus our own terms. 171 00:16:34,560 --> 00:16:41,800 We must allow Jesus to serve us. We must allow him to cleanse us. 172 00:16:42,920 --> 00:16:46,280 Salvation is not something to achieve. 173 00:16:47,880 --> 00:16:54,880 It is something to receive. On salvation we cannot received 174 00:16:54,880 --> 00:17:03,320 by our own terms. Peter swings to other extreme. 175 00:17:05,000 --> 00:17:10,400 He said Lord not my feet only, but also my hands and my head. 176 00:17:11,800 --> 00:17:18,280 But Jesus clarifies the one who has bath does not need to wash 177 00:17:19,119 --> 00:17:24,400 except for his feet. This speak of two realities. 178 00:17:25,760 --> 00:17:33,040 Listen carefully. 1 is the full cleansing and second one is the 179 00:17:33,120 --> 00:17:38,840 ongoing cleansing. Full cleansing means salvation. 180 00:17:40,360 --> 00:17:42,960 Ongoing cleansing means daily forgiveness. 181 00:17:44,120 --> 00:17:50,520 In theological terms for a believers, we use a term there 182 00:17:50,520 --> 00:17:54,960 is a three steps in a believer's life. 1st is justification, 183 00:17:55,800 --> 00:18:00,280 second is sanctification and third one is glorification. 184 00:18:02,400 --> 00:18:07,600 When you accept Jesus as your Savior, as your Lord, you are 185 00:18:08,320 --> 00:18:16,120 justified, you get the salvation or when you are justified, you 186 00:18:16,120 --> 00:18:21,680 go through sanctification, ongoing cleansing and after that 187 00:18:22,280 --> 00:18:32,280 you will go in the glorification here Jesus talk to Peter, you 188 00:18:32,280 --> 00:18:34,920 got a salvation, you are sanctified. 189 00:18:35,520 --> 00:18:38,600 You are no need of salvation. You are just need daily 190 00:18:38,600 --> 00:18:42,560 cleansing. You are just need ongoing 191 00:18:42,560 --> 00:18:46,160 cleansing. You just need a sanctification. 192 00:18:49,840 --> 00:18:58,000 Those who belong to Christ are already clean, but we still need 193 00:18:58,000 --> 00:19:02,640 daily cleansing because we walk through in the broken world. 194 00:19:04,240 --> 00:19:10,040 We need daily forgiveness. We need daily cleansing in our 195 00:19:10,040 --> 00:19:15,000 lives. After washing their feet, Jesus 196 00:19:15,000 --> 00:19:18,120 asked. Do you understand what I have 197 00:19:18,120 --> 00:19:22,800 done to you? Then he says you call me teacher 198 00:19:22,800 --> 00:19:28,400 and Lord, and you are right. If I, your Lord and Teacher, 199 00:19:28,400 --> 00:19:32,360 have wash your feet, you also ought to wash one another's 200 00:19:32,360 --> 00:19:36,200 feet. This is the heart of one day 201 00:19:36,200 --> 00:19:40,160 Thursday. This is the mandatum or this is 202 00:19:40,160 --> 00:19:45,920 the commandment. I have given you an example that 203 00:19:45,920 --> 00:19:49,920 you also should do just I have done to you. 204 00:19:52,280 --> 00:19:57,040 So tonight, what is meaning for us washing feet? 205 00:20:00,200 --> 00:20:05,200 So what does this mean for us? Especially in a culture where 206 00:20:05,200 --> 00:20:13,160 foot washing is uncommon, we must have the literal act to the 207 00:20:13,160 --> 00:20:17,200 theological truth foot washing means. 208 00:20:17,800 --> 00:20:20,960 Lowering ourselves for the sake of others. 209 00:20:22,800 --> 00:20:28,240 In a culture that values status, recognition and power, Jesus 210 00:20:28,360 --> 00:20:31,640 calls us to something radically different. 211 00:20:33,120 --> 00:20:41,800 To serve without being seen, to love without being placed, to 212 00:20:41,800 --> 00:20:49,560 give without expecting return. And the second thing is self 213 00:20:49,680 --> 00:20:53,480 giving love. This act is preview of the 214 00:20:53,480 --> 00:20:57,160 cross. Jesus does not just teach love, 215 00:20:57,880 --> 00:21:03,320 He embodies it. Foot washing is love that moves 216 00:21:03,480 --> 00:21:07,480 towards other even when it costs something. 217 00:21:08,600 --> 00:21:11,080 It is love that serves the undeserving. 218 00:21:12,320 --> 00:21:19,640 If you remember that Jesus, wash the feet of Judah who will 219 00:21:19,640 --> 00:21:24,760 betray Jesus wash the feet of Peter who will deny. 220 00:21:26,640 --> 00:21:35,160 This is self giving love even to those who are not able to show 221 00:21:35,360 --> 00:21:39,800 you love with them. And the third thing, third thing 222 00:21:39,800 --> 00:21:45,000 is that it is are receiving before giving. 223 00:21:47,400 --> 00:21:52,280 Before we can wash other's feet, we must allow Christ to wash 224 00:21:52,320 --> 00:21:55,720 ours. This is often the hardest part. 225 00:21:55,720 --> 00:22:02,120 We prefer to be strong, independent and self-sufficient. 226 00:22:03,520 --> 00:22:07,120 But the gospel begins with surrender. 227 00:22:08,440 --> 00:22:13,200 We must admit that I need to be cleansed. 228 00:22:14,280 --> 00:22:21,040 I cannot save myself and the four and most important thing. 229 00:22:21,040 --> 00:22:27,560 What is mean of foot washing? Jesus gave us a new definition 230 00:22:27,560 --> 00:22:32,960 of greatness. Please listen this sentence very 231 00:22:32,960 --> 00:22:40,120 carefully and it is my hardest desire you all to practice this 232 00:22:40,120 --> 00:22:45,200 sentence in your life. What a greatness in the Kingdom 233 00:22:45,200 --> 00:22:51,560 of God. Greatness is not measured by how 234 00:22:51,560 --> 00:22:59,720 many serve you. Greatness is not measured by how 235 00:22:59,720 --> 00:23:06,800 many serve you, but by how many you serve. 236 00:23:12,920 --> 00:23:18,240 Jesus redefined leadership. The greatest is the servant. 237 00:23:19,920 --> 00:23:25,400 The Lord becomes the slave. Even they were may not literally 238 00:23:25,400 --> 00:23:30,400 wash feet regularly. The principle is deeply 239 00:23:30,400 --> 00:23:34,680 relevant. Foot washing today may look like 240 00:23:35,240 --> 00:23:43,440 serving someone who cannot repay you for giving, someone who has 241 00:23:43,440 --> 00:23:48,840 wronged you, caring for the overlooked and forgotten, 242 00:23:50,320 --> 00:23:56,280 choosing humility over pride in relationships or doing unseen, 243 00:23:57,240 --> 00:24:02,840 unnoticed act of love. Tonight I want to encourage you. 244 00:24:04,320 --> 00:24:09,040 When you start to love one another, when you start to care 245 00:24:09,040 --> 00:24:14,200 others, you might face resistance. 246 00:24:15,880 --> 00:24:24,000 Devil stops you. If you read this passage 247 00:24:24,600 --> 00:24:34,840 carefully, actually in the upper room there is a silent war, and 248 00:24:34,840 --> 00:24:37,800 the silent war is against the Jesus and Devil. 249 00:24:39,200 --> 00:24:44,000 It is written that devil has already put in the heart of 250 00:24:44,080 --> 00:24:53,920 Judah to betray him and Jesus knows that Judah will betray me. 251 00:24:54,800 --> 00:25:00,400 Devil is already put in his heart and you know that devil is 252 00:25:00,400 --> 00:25:03,920 doing his work and Jesus is doing his work. 253 00:25:07,640 --> 00:25:12,840 The betrayal of you that did not stop Jesus to clean or to wash 254 00:25:12,840 --> 00:25:15,960 his feet. I give you a challenge. 255 00:25:17,120 --> 00:25:23,400 When you doing a good work, when you doing the love to others, 256 00:25:25,160 --> 00:25:35,000 might be you face denial, might be you face resistance, might be 257 00:25:35,520 --> 00:25:43,760 you face oppose. Devil's schemes and devil's plan 258 00:25:43,760 --> 00:25:49,080 will never stop Jesus. And when you have believed like 259 00:25:49,080 --> 00:25:53,360 this, so devil's schemes and plans will never stop you. 260 00:25:57,280 --> 00:26:01,760 There are lot of people in the world. 261 00:26:03,440 --> 00:26:05,920 I am from Pakistan, so I talk about my country. 262 00:26:05,920 --> 00:26:11,000 I'm I talk about my diocese. So if I could say that my 263 00:26:11,000 --> 00:26:14,560 diocese is a persecuted ISIS, it is not wrong. 264 00:26:16,040 --> 00:26:22,960 You can find it on the Internet. In the last couple of years 265 00:26:25,000 --> 00:26:27,920 there are many persecution incidents happen. 266 00:26:27,920 --> 00:26:34,920 In my diocese, there are many churches were burned by the 267 00:26:34,920 --> 00:26:40,800 Muslim extremists. A lot of houses burnt to fire, 268 00:26:42,880 --> 00:26:55,400 people lose their belongings. Likewise in Africa there are lot 269 00:26:55,400 --> 00:27:01,720 of churches, lot of communities who really deserve to wash their 270 00:27:01,720 --> 00:27:05,360 feeds. How we can wash their feeds? 271 00:27:06,360 --> 00:27:15,320 We can pray for them, we can care for them and we can love to 272 00:27:15,320 --> 00:27:22,760 them. Here in this message, the 273 00:27:22,760 --> 00:27:26,640 question is not will you wash feet? 274 00:27:28,120 --> 00:27:35,360 The question is, will you live a life shaped by the tower? 275 00:27:37,440 --> 00:27:44,600 On the Soly night we stand in that upper room, we see the 276 00:27:44,600 --> 00:27:52,440 bastard, we saw the towel, and we see the Lord of Glory 277 00:27:52,440 --> 00:27:59,920 kneeling before His disciples. As we hear Him say, as I have 278 00:27:59,920 --> 00:28:04,040 done for you, so you must do for one another. 279 00:28:05,200 --> 00:28:10,960 This is not just an example to admire, it is a life to embody, 280 00:28:11,920 --> 00:28:17,560 because the one who washed feet is the same one who went to the 281 00:28:17,560 --> 00:28:23,360 cross and the same one who calls us to follow Him. 282 00:28:24,920 --> 00:28:28,960 In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 283 00:28:29,600 --> 00:28:32,600 Amen. Let's pray together. 284 00:28:36,600 --> 00:28:43,040 Lord Jesus Christ, you who knelt to wash the feet of your 285 00:28:43,040 --> 00:28:48,800 disciples, wash us tonight with your grace. 286 00:28:51,200 --> 00:28:59,960 Cleans our heart from pride, our lives from selfishness, and our 287 00:28:59,960 --> 00:29:05,960 hands for service. Teach us to love as you have 288 00:29:05,960 --> 00:29:15,200 loved, to serve as you have served, and to work in humility 289 00:29:16,640 --> 00:29:22,120 all our days. In your holy name we pray. 290 00:29:23,080 --> 00:29:23,600 Amen.