1 00:00:08,890 --> 00:00:10,970 We are. Kicking off this week. 2 00:00:11,450 --> 00:00:15,090 A new series, an Easter Series, A three-week Easter series where 3 00:00:15,090 --> 00:00:18,890 we're going to be looking through taking things that Jesus 4 00:00:18,890 --> 00:00:23,170 said in the Gospel of John Key life changing things that Jesus. 5 00:00:23,170 --> 00:00:24,570 Said over the Easter. Period. 6 00:00:24,570 --> 00:00:27,290 I'm redoing this week where we're going to be looking at the 7 00:00:27,290 --> 00:00:29,330 Last Supper. Where Jesus? 8 00:00:29,330 --> 00:00:32,369 Says to his disciples. Do as I have. 9 00:00:32,369 --> 00:00:34,730 Done for you next. Week Julian's going to be 10 00:00:34,730 --> 00:00:39,560 looking at the cross and Jesus, saying it is finished and then 11 00:00:39,560 --> 00:00:42,600 culminating on Easter Sunday. Where we're going to be looking 12 00:00:42,600 --> 00:00:43,600 at. Jesus words to. 13 00:00:43,600 --> 00:00:47,200 Mary in the garden. As she, as he says to her, Who? 14 00:00:47,200 --> 00:00:48,760 Are you looking for and? I want to. 15 00:00:48,760 --> 00:00:55,360 Encourage you for Easter Sunday it it will just it will be a a 16 00:00:55,360 --> 00:01:00,200 unapologetic gospel message. So if you've got friends. 17 00:01:00,360 --> 00:01:03,000 If you know people. Who are interested in coming to 18 00:01:03,000 --> 00:01:05,200 church who aren't Christians or maybe they're they're on the 19 00:01:05,200 --> 00:01:07,400 edge or whatever. Invite. 20 00:01:07,400 --> 00:01:09,480 Them along invite them along we go we. 21 00:01:09,640 --> 00:01:11,880 I was hoping to have some leaflets here today, but 22 00:01:11,880 --> 00:01:15,080 unfortunately the printer. That we used was moving house 23 00:01:15,080 --> 00:01:16,720 this week so wasn't able to help but. 24 00:01:17,320 --> 00:01:20,840 For home groups on Wednesday. I'm going to I'll. 25 00:01:20,840 --> 00:01:24,440 Make sure that there are a. Stack of leaflets for you to 26 00:01:24,440 --> 00:01:29,960 give out during where you live or where you work, wherever so 27 00:01:29,960 --> 00:01:31,160 there's. Things you can invite. 28 00:01:31,160 --> 00:01:36,080 People and in a couple weeks time we will we will leaflet the 29 00:01:36,080 --> 00:01:40,360 local area just inviting people to our Easter, Easter service. 30 00:01:41,120 --> 00:01:44,200 Like I said, we were preaching the gospel, me and Elsie Grace 31 00:01:44,200 --> 00:01:45,800 yesterday. Packed up a load. 32 00:01:45,800 --> 00:01:48,440 Of mini eggs to give out to all the children. 33 00:01:48,920 --> 00:01:52,000 And it's going to be a. Great, great Sunday, but let's 34 00:01:52,000 --> 00:01:56,680 get into this week's message. So if. 35 00:01:57,120 --> 00:02:01,840 Was that about me? Hurrying up or was that Zabe? 36 00:02:01,880 --> 00:02:04,200 I wasn't sure whether that was great about Easter or great 37 00:02:04,200 --> 00:02:05,640 about Easter is actually. Getting on with it. 38 00:02:06,440 --> 00:02:08,840 Right. So we're going to be in John 13 39 00:02:08,840 --> 00:02:11,000 today, so. If you want to find that in your 40 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:14,080 Bibles, I'm going to read the first few lines and then we will 41 00:02:14,080 --> 00:02:15,840 get into it. It was just. 42 00:02:15,840 --> 00:02:19,960 Before the Passover festival, Jesus knew that the hour had 43 00:02:19,960 --> 00:02:24,080 come to him to leave this world and go to the Father. 44 00:02:24,280 --> 00:02:28,360 Having loved his own who were in the world, He loved them to the 45 00:02:28,360 --> 00:02:29,840 end. The evening. 46 00:02:29,840 --> 00:02:33,920 Meal was in process, and the devil had already prompted 47 00:02:33,920 --> 00:02:36,040 Judas. Son of Iscariot to. 48 00:02:36,040 --> 00:02:40,080 Betray Jesus. Jesus knew that the Father had 49 00:02:40,080 --> 00:02:43,560 put all things under his power. And that he. 50 00:02:43,760 --> 00:02:45,680 Had come from God. And was. 51 00:02:45,680 --> 00:02:49,520 Returning to God. So he got up from the meal, took 52 00:02:49,520 --> 00:02:54,960 off his outer clothing, wrapped and wrapping a towel around his 53 00:02:54,960 --> 00:02:58,080 waist. After that he poured water into 54 00:02:58,080 --> 00:03:02,120 a basin and began to wash his disciples feet, drying them with 55 00:03:02,120 --> 00:03:04,720 the towel that was wrapped around him. 56 00:03:04,800 --> 00:03:07,520 Let's pray. Lord Jesus, we thank you for 57 00:03:07,520 --> 00:03:11,680 being with us so powerfully already in our time of worship 58 00:03:12,160 --> 00:03:15,200 and I just want to invite you again to come and mould us and 59 00:03:15,200 --> 00:03:17,600 change us and speak to us. I pray that you would give us 60 00:03:17,600 --> 00:03:21,160 soft, not hard hearts. Soft hearts that can receive. 61 00:03:21,440 --> 00:03:24,680 Your word that can, that makes us more and more like Jesus. 62 00:03:24,960 --> 00:03:26,520 Amen. Amen. 63 00:03:26,520 --> 00:03:32,760 So the context here, it says John writes, Jesus knew exactly 64 00:03:32,760 --> 00:03:35,800 who he was. He knew that he was God. 65 00:03:36,320 --> 00:03:38,520 He knew that he was the king of kings. 66 00:03:38,560 --> 00:03:40,880 That he was the. Lord of Lords, he knew that's 67 00:03:40,880 --> 00:03:44,080 where he had come from and he knew that is where he was going 68 00:03:44,080 --> 00:03:47,480 very shortly. So therefore he decided to 69 00:03:47,480 --> 00:03:52,240 display his might and power. Don't know, It says so, 70 00:03:52,240 --> 00:03:55,160 therefore being King. Being the. 71 00:03:55,160 --> 00:03:59,000 King of Kings being the Lord of Lords, he decided to take off 72 00:03:59,040 --> 00:04:02,400 his outer garment, wrap a towel. Around his waist. 73 00:04:02,640 --> 00:04:05,960 And start. Washing his disciples feet. 74 00:04:07,120 --> 00:04:09,080 I mean, we've sung. About it already but. 75 00:04:09,760 --> 00:04:14,920 What do you think of when when we say imagine, imagine Jesus? 76 00:04:15,280 --> 00:04:17,680 What do you think? What goes through? 77 00:04:17,680 --> 00:04:20,160 Your mind's eye. I mean do. 78 00:04:20,160 --> 00:04:23,600 You do, you do. You see, baby Jesus, just this. 79 00:04:23,680 --> 00:04:27,240 Little baby in a Manger. Do you see this? 80 00:04:27,240 --> 00:04:32,640 Kind of Carpenter. Do you see this kind of 81 00:04:32,840 --> 00:04:38,440 Hollywood's blue eyed, beautiful hair, wonderful beard, perfect 82 00:04:38,440 --> 00:04:42,920 teeth. Jesus, maybe you see a broken. 83 00:04:42,920 --> 00:04:47,280 Man blooded and beaten. Hanging up on a cross. 84 00:04:50,240 --> 00:04:55,440 Well. About 60 years after Jesus went 85 00:04:55,440 --> 00:04:59,880 to the cross, after Jesus does this amazing, this amazing act 86 00:04:59,880 --> 00:05:01,680 of. Service for his disciples. 87 00:05:03,600 --> 00:05:08,120 We're told that John sees him in all his glory. 88 00:05:08,480 --> 00:05:12,920 He joins with Ezekiel and Isaiah and Daniel. 89 00:05:12,920 --> 00:05:15,240 At seeing Jesus and I've just asked. 90 00:05:15,240 --> 00:05:18,720 Two people to read. 2 chapters. Of our of our Bibles. 91 00:05:18,800 --> 00:05:22,720 That display, that describe Jesus in all. 92 00:05:22,720 --> 00:05:24,760 His glory. So, Pete, I've asked you to. 93 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:27,400 You can stay where you are. I'll just give you the mic if 94 00:05:27,400 --> 00:05:29,000 you want. Pete's going to read. 95 00:05:29,000 --> 00:05:35,720 Psalm 90. 7 for us. The Lord rings, let the earth be 96 00:05:35,760 --> 00:05:40,880 glad that the distant shores rejoice. 1000 thick gardens 97 00:05:40,880 --> 00:05:43,920 surrounded him. Righteousness and justice are 98 00:05:43,920 --> 00:05:47,800 the foundation of his brother. Fire goes for him. 99 00:05:48,120 --> 00:05:50,200 It's intruded both on every side. 100 00:05:51,080 --> 00:05:53,840 His lightning lights up the world, the earth seas, and 101 00:05:53,840 --> 00:05:58,200 humbles the mountain of melt like wax before the Lord, before 102 00:05:58,240 --> 00:06:01,240 the Lord of all the earth. The heavens proclaim His 103 00:06:01,240 --> 00:06:04,120 righteousness, and all the people see His glory. 104 00:06:05,240 --> 00:06:07,960 All who worship images are put to shame. 105 00:06:08,440 --> 00:06:10,880 Those who boast in idols worship Him. 106 00:06:11,000 --> 00:06:15,480 Were you Lords Zion hears and rejoicings, and the villages of 107 00:06:15,480 --> 00:06:18,320 Judah of the land, because of your judgments, Lord. 108 00:06:19,040 --> 00:06:21,440 For you, Lord, are most high over all the earth. 109 00:06:21,920 --> 00:06:25,760 You are exhausted far above all gods, that those who love the 110 00:06:25,760 --> 00:06:30,000 Lord make evil, for he guards the lives of the faithful ones 111 00:06:30,360 --> 00:06:32,680 and delivers them from the hands of the wicked. 112 00:06:33,640 --> 00:06:37,360 Light shines on the righteous, joy on the upright and heart. 113 00:06:38,120 --> 00:06:41,800 Rejoice in the Lord, you who are righteous, and pray before we 114 00:06:41,800 --> 00:06:44,840 go. Can you give her the mic she's 115 00:06:44,840 --> 00:06:50,600 going to read Revelation 4 to? Us After this I looked and there 116 00:06:50,600 --> 00:06:55,640 before me was a door standing open in heaven, and the voice I 117 00:06:55,640 --> 00:07:00,360 had Hearst first heard speaking to me like a trumpet said, Come 118 00:07:00,360 --> 00:07:04,200 up here and I will show you what must take place after this. 119 00:07:05,280 --> 00:07:09,040 At once I was in the spirit and there before me was a throne in 120 00:07:09,040 --> 00:07:13,360 heaven with someone sitting on it, and the one who sat there 121 00:07:13,360 --> 00:07:16,440 had the appearance of Jasper and Ruby. 122 00:07:17,120 --> 00:07:20,920 A rainbow that shone like an emerald encircled the throne. 123 00:07:21,200 --> 00:07:27,040 Surrounding the throne were 24 other Thrones and seated on them 124 00:07:27,040 --> 00:07:31,200 were 24 elders. They were dressed in white and 125 00:07:31,200 --> 00:07:33,320 had crowns of gold on their head. 126 00:07:34,120 --> 00:07:38,840 From the throne came flashes of lightning, rumblings and peals 127 00:07:38,840 --> 00:07:42,680 of Thunder. In front of the throne 7 lamps 128 00:07:42,680 --> 00:07:46,520 were blazing. These are the seven spirits of 129 00:07:46,520 --> 00:07:49,840 God. Also in front of the throne 130 00:07:49,960 --> 00:07:55,240 there was what looked like the sea of glass, clear as crystal. 131 00:07:56,240 --> 00:08:00,360 In the centre around the throne were four living creatures, and 132 00:08:00,360 --> 00:08:03,840 they were covered with eyes in front and in back. 133 00:08:04,440 --> 00:08:08,400 The first living creature was like a lion, the second was like 134 00:08:08,400 --> 00:08:11,760 an ox. The third had a face like a man, 135 00:08:12,240 --> 00:08:17,240 The 4th was like a flying eagle. Each of the four living 136 00:08:17,240 --> 00:08:21,720 creatures had 6 wings and was covered with eyes all around, 137 00:08:21,960 --> 00:08:26,520 even under its wings. Day and night they never stopped 138 00:08:26,520 --> 00:08:34,520 saying Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty who was and is 139 00:08:34,520 --> 00:08:39,720 and is to come whenever the living creatures give glory, 140 00:08:39,760 --> 00:08:43,480 honour and thanks to him who sits on the throne and who lives 141 00:08:43,480 --> 00:08:47,760 forever and ever. The 24 elders fall down before 142 00:08:47,760 --> 00:08:51,680 him who sits on the throne and worship him who lives forever 143 00:08:51,680 --> 00:08:54,800 and ever. They lay their crowns before the 144 00:08:54,800 --> 00:09:00,280 throne and say you are worthy our Lord and God to receive 145 00:09:00,280 --> 00:09:06,160 glory and honour and power. For you created all things, and 146 00:09:06,160 --> 00:09:10,080 by your will they were created and have their being. 147 00:09:11,000 --> 00:09:11,880 Amen. Thank you. 148 00:09:12,520 --> 00:09:14,240 Thank you. I just want to encourage you 149 00:09:14,240 --> 00:09:17,440 that was. Psalm 97 and Revelation 4 150 00:09:17,920 --> 00:09:24,000 meditate on chapters like these. Even this week rereads those 151 00:09:24,000 --> 00:09:26,640 chapters because they. They give us an image. 152 00:09:26,640 --> 00:09:29,160 They give us a picture of who? Our God. 153 00:09:29,160 --> 00:09:31,800 Really is. You see, it is. 154 00:09:31,800 --> 00:09:33,560 So. Good, and I encourage. 155 00:09:33,560 --> 00:09:38,400 You to meditate. On who God truly is, because we 156 00:09:38,400 --> 00:09:41,800 we know that in this moment, God has. 157 00:09:41,800 --> 00:09:46,080 Become a man. He is Jesus, he is Yahweh, but 158 00:09:46,120 --> 00:09:50,440 Yahweh become a man and we can we can overlook how amazing 159 00:09:50,440 --> 00:09:51,560 that. Statement is. 160 00:09:52,080 --> 00:09:55,440 We can overlook how how amazing that is because we fail to see 161 00:09:55,440 --> 00:09:57,880 how big a step it was for him to go. 162 00:09:57,880 --> 00:10:02,080 Down from heaven to earth. But when we meditate on 163 00:10:02,080 --> 00:10:05,840 scriptures like this, we see how how amazing he is in all his 164 00:10:05,840 --> 00:10:08,880 glory, all his splendour, that he is surrounded in 165 00:10:08,880 --> 00:10:11,680 unapproachable light that that we can't we. 166 00:10:11,680 --> 00:10:14,040 Can't in in our own. In our own selves, we can't look 167 00:10:14,040 --> 00:10:15,640 upon him. You know the Old Testament 168 00:10:15,640 --> 00:10:18,160 Saints. That God would say say they 169 00:10:18,160 --> 00:10:20,320 would say to him, God, let us see your. 170 00:10:20,320 --> 00:10:23,280 Glory and God would say no, I can't. 171 00:10:23,280 --> 00:10:25,840 Show you all my. Glory because you're just you'll 172 00:10:25,840 --> 00:10:28,200 just evaporate, you'll die instantly. 173 00:10:28,600 --> 00:10:33,080 But when we when we gaze upon him, when we when we meditate on 174 00:10:33,240 --> 00:10:37,080 heaven, on heaven's throne room, we start to see how. 175 00:10:37,080 --> 00:10:39,400 Big a step. Down it was. 176 00:10:39,960 --> 00:10:42,360 I mean, every single time, any one of us. 177 00:10:42,400 --> 00:10:44,520 Steps down we do. Something that we. 178 00:10:44,520 --> 00:10:49,440 Feel is beneath us or below us. It is nothing compared. 179 00:10:49,440 --> 00:10:51,920 To what Jesus did. By leaving. 180 00:10:51,920 --> 00:10:56,120 Heaven to come down to earth. He is in approach. 181 00:10:56,120 --> 00:10:59,200 He is in unapproachable light, surrounded. 182 00:10:59,200 --> 00:11:02,240 By thick darkness. He is he, he's, he's. 183 00:11:02,240 --> 00:11:04,760 Described John. He describes him. 184 00:11:04,960 --> 00:11:06,960 He he can't. Even look upon him, but so he 185 00:11:06,960 --> 00:11:11,320 describes him as as emeralds, as jewels, as Jasper, as as Ruby, 186 00:11:11,320 --> 00:11:13,920 as rubies. He is the most beautiful as 187 00:11:13,920 --> 00:11:15,040 we've. Been talking about in the past 188 00:11:15,040 --> 00:11:15,920 few. Weeks that he is the most 189 00:11:15,920 --> 00:11:19,320 amazing. Wonderful, brilliant, a treasure 190 00:11:19,480 --> 00:11:21,160 it describes. It describes. 191 00:11:21,160 --> 00:11:23,840 Rainbows this, everything that he. 192 00:11:23,840 --> 00:11:27,080 Does is beautiful? It says that he is. 193 00:11:27,080 --> 00:11:30,320 Surrounded in all. Power that everywhere. 194 00:11:30,320 --> 00:11:32,880 He is there is lightning. The psalmist writes this 195 00:11:32,880 --> 00:11:34,360 lightning and. Thick. 196 00:11:34,560 --> 00:11:36,800 Thick darkness around him. Showing that he has all. 197 00:11:36,800 --> 00:11:39,280 Power. This isn't just just atmospheric 198 00:11:39,280 --> 00:11:43,080 music that goes everywhere that. Jesus does like a spill film. 199 00:11:43,240 --> 00:11:45,120 You know you have. You have the accent of the 200 00:11:45,120 --> 00:11:47,800 character they walk on stage and you have the accent of that 201 00:11:47,800 --> 00:11:49,720 music behind him. You know, God walks on stage. 202 00:11:51,240 --> 00:11:52,680 No, that's that's not what this is about. 203 00:11:52,800 --> 00:11:55,200 This is this is this is just displaying his pure. 204 00:11:55,320 --> 00:11:57,520 Power. The the the. 205 00:11:57,960 --> 00:12:00,520 Around him it says that there are there are these these 206 00:12:00,520 --> 00:12:04,360 lights, these lamp stands and they're displaying his presence. 207 00:12:04,360 --> 00:12:07,000 And seven is the is the. Number of perfection. 208 00:12:07,240 --> 00:12:09,080 It's the number of. Wholeness and what's his? 209 00:12:09,080 --> 00:12:11,360 Saying is that he is omnipresent. 210 00:12:11,640 --> 00:12:14,280 He is the only. Being in the universe that is 211 00:12:14,280 --> 00:12:17,520 everywhere at once, he knows everything. 212 00:12:17,840 --> 00:12:20,120 He knows what's happening in Australia right now. 213 00:12:20,120 --> 00:12:22,320 He's. There, he's with people right 214 00:12:22,320 --> 00:12:23,680 now, with us. Here he is. 215 00:12:23,680 --> 00:12:27,800 Everywhere it says that he is. They're surrounding him is. 216 00:12:27,800 --> 00:12:30,760 Something that's like a. Sea of glass and now what? 217 00:12:31,360 --> 00:12:33,120 What that is? It's not just meant to be. 218 00:12:33,120 --> 00:12:37,240 Beautiful to to the eye, but actually the the the sea, the 219 00:12:37,240 --> 00:12:41,760 oceans to the ancient mindset was seen as a a place of chaos, 220 00:12:42,040 --> 00:12:44,000 a place of evil. And it's a. 221 00:12:44,000 --> 00:12:48,600 Picture of Jesus, he calms like Jesus on the boat. 222 00:12:48,600 --> 00:12:51,320 In the storm. The winds are raging. 223 00:12:51,520 --> 00:12:54,120 The storms are raging. The ancient mind would have seen 224 00:12:54,120 --> 00:12:57,120 that as as kind of the. The evil, the chaos. 225 00:12:57,120 --> 00:12:58,960 Trying to prevail against gods and. 226 00:12:59,200 --> 00:13:01,000 What does Jesus do? He doesn't wrestle. 227 00:13:01,000 --> 00:13:02,560 He doesn't. Fight, he just says. 228 00:13:02,560 --> 00:13:05,640 Shut up, it goes. It stops. 229 00:13:06,240 --> 00:13:08,280 It just stops. Think of him walking on the 230 00:13:08,280 --> 00:13:10,160 water. We think that's amazing. 231 00:13:10,200 --> 00:13:12,480 You know, I'd love to be able. To walk on water but but it 232 00:13:12,480 --> 00:13:13,520 goes. Up another level. 233 00:13:13,520 --> 00:13:16,320 Because the the imagery for the ancient mind is that the. 234 00:13:16,320 --> 00:13:19,720 Chaos the. Evil that is surrounding us. 235 00:13:20,360 --> 00:13:21,680 Jesus just walks. Upon it. 236 00:13:22,400 --> 00:13:24,200 He just crushes it under his feet. 237 00:13:24,640 --> 00:13:28,000 Doesn't matter how. Big the waves are, how loud it 238 00:13:28,000 --> 00:13:31,160 screams. He just walks upon it. 239 00:13:32,120 --> 00:13:33,160 Is he? He is the. 240 00:13:33,160 --> 00:13:36,840 One who all? Creation worships. 241 00:13:37,440 --> 00:13:40,800 We are told in. Jesus tells us himself in the 242 00:13:40,800 --> 00:13:44,120 Gospels. The if the if you stopped these 243 00:13:44,120 --> 00:13:45,280 these. I think it's talking about the 244 00:13:45,280 --> 00:13:46,440 children. At the time you stop them 245 00:13:46,440 --> 00:13:48,280 worshipping me. The rocks will. 246 00:13:48,280 --> 00:13:49,520 Cry out. Because. 247 00:13:49,560 --> 00:13:52,760 Everything has been created. To worship me and we see this 248 00:13:52,800 --> 00:13:55,960 image of him. Surrounded by these weird 249 00:13:55,960 --> 00:13:58,480 descriptive creatures with different. 250 00:13:58,480 --> 00:14:00,360 Heads. That, that, that cherubim, 251 00:14:00,360 --> 00:14:02,600 they're, they're thrown guardians. 252 00:14:02,800 --> 00:14:04,680 But what? We need to get is that they? 253 00:14:04,680 --> 00:14:07,720 Never, ever stop worshipping. Him. 254 00:14:08,480 --> 00:14:11,680 They. Never run out of things to say. 255 00:14:12,320 --> 00:14:14,480 You know one of those songs? That we sung earlier was that 256 00:14:14,480 --> 00:14:15,720 we? You know, we could never, I 257 00:14:15,720 --> 00:14:18,120 can't remember the words, but basically we could never, we can 258 00:14:18,120 --> 00:14:22,160 never fully describe, never give enough superbatives about how 259 00:14:22,160 --> 00:14:25,120 amazing our God is. But if you're in Christ, you've 260 00:14:25,120 --> 00:14:26,400 got. Eternity to try you. 261 00:14:26,800 --> 00:14:30,040 Know we will never stop and. They just surround the throne 262 00:14:30,040 --> 00:14:33,640 saying holy, holy, holy. That he is completely separate, 263 00:14:33,640 --> 00:14:36,600 set apart. He is above everything in all 264 00:14:36,600 --> 00:14:40,200 things that He is. He is the He is the eternal 265 00:14:40,200 --> 00:14:43,040 architect. He's the creator of all things. 266 00:14:44,040 --> 00:14:46,600 See it? Shows in Revelation that the 267 00:14:46,640 --> 00:14:50,160 elders they cast their crowns before him. 268 00:14:50,200 --> 00:14:53,680 The psalmist ends his Psalm saying that everyone. 269 00:14:54,000 --> 00:14:57,000 Praise the name of. The Lord ultimately they're. 270 00:14:57,000 --> 00:15:00,680 Saying is that. Everything we have is rubbish 271 00:15:00,920 --> 00:15:04,600 compared to you. Nothing compares to your 272 00:15:04,600 --> 00:15:07,840 greatness. For you created all things, and 273 00:15:07,840 --> 00:15:11,120 by your will they were created and have their being. 274 00:15:11,240 --> 00:15:15,560 See, God isn't just great. Because he is strong, God is 275 00:15:15,560 --> 00:15:16,920 great. He is. 276 00:15:16,920 --> 00:15:20,800 Master over all things. Nothing exists without him. 277 00:15:21,600 --> 00:15:24,760 He is over and in all. Things. 278 00:15:25,920 --> 00:15:31,760 And this is who Jesus is. And he laid. 279 00:15:31,760 --> 00:15:38,680 Aside that, it wasn't. Taken from him, he chose to lay 280 00:15:38,680 --> 00:15:41,080 it down to. Lay aside, His Majesty. 281 00:15:43,680 --> 00:15:47,680 To wash, to serve, to take. On the role. 282 00:15:47,680 --> 00:15:52,080 Of the lowliest servant. You see, as Jesus. 283 00:15:52,080 --> 00:15:55,600 Walked into this room, this this room where they'd be having this 284 00:15:55,600 --> 00:15:57,280 last of meal, this passive, a meal. 285 00:15:57,480 --> 00:16:02,000 There should have been hues of people around the whole of. 286 00:16:02,000 --> 00:16:06,240 Jerusalem, waiting, lining up to serve him to do everything. 287 00:16:06,760 --> 00:16:09,720 That he he needed doing because he is the King. 288 00:16:09,760 --> 00:16:16,520 He's the King of Kings instead as his his disciples. 289 00:16:16,520 --> 00:16:21,440 Sit down to eat. He gets down on his knees and 290 00:16:21,440 --> 00:16:27,680 starts washing their dirty, dusty, filthy feet. 291 00:16:28,880 --> 00:16:30,760 Now allow you to imagine this for a second. 292 00:16:31,560 --> 00:16:35,840 You're at a dinner table and the most important person in the 293 00:16:35,840 --> 00:16:40,440 room starts taking your shoes off and washing your feet. 294 00:16:42,280 --> 00:16:43,680 A bit uncomfortable. I think. 295 00:16:45,440 --> 00:16:48,960 Slightly awkward, I. Mean, if you've seen the the 296 00:16:48,960 --> 00:16:51,640 latest series of the chosen, I think they do it really well. 297 00:16:51,720 --> 00:16:54,000 How how they're all just kind of looking at each other. 298 00:16:54,320 --> 00:16:56,880 What, what is going on? What is he doing? 299 00:16:57,160 --> 00:16:58,800 What, what, what? What is Jesus doing? 300 00:16:58,800 --> 00:17:00,320 You know they're all getting. More and more. 301 00:17:00,320 --> 00:17:02,320 Uncomfortable with the idea? That Jesus is. 302 00:17:02,320 --> 00:17:04,640 Washing their feet because because they're uncomfortable. 303 00:17:04,640 --> 00:17:06,160 Not because they don't like their feet. 304 00:17:06,160 --> 00:17:08,960 Getting touched. You know that that that is an 305 00:17:08,960 --> 00:17:10,680 uncomfortable. Thing they're they're 306 00:17:10,680 --> 00:17:14,319 uncomfortable because Jesus. They know is their Messiah. 307 00:17:14,880 --> 00:17:16,960 He is the king of kings. He's the one. 308 00:17:17,079 --> 00:17:19,359 He's the true son who's going to sit upon. 309 00:17:19,359 --> 00:17:22,079 David's throne, who is going to wipe out, you know? 310 00:17:22,280 --> 00:17:23,720 Who's going to who they believe is going to? 311 00:17:24,079 --> 00:17:27,240 Remove the Romans, who's going to rule over the entire world? 312 00:17:27,319 --> 00:17:30,760 And this king is washing their feet. 313 00:17:30,760 --> 00:17:32,680 No, no, no, no, no, no, no. Jesus. 314 00:17:33,000 --> 00:17:36,440 Kings have servants to do that. Actually, kings have servants. 315 00:17:36,480 --> 00:17:37,960 Who have? Servants to do that. 316 00:17:38,560 --> 00:17:41,720 It and but Jesus with one. Action he turns their. 317 00:17:41,720 --> 00:17:45,040 Way of thinking completely. Upside down. 318 00:17:45,280 --> 00:17:47,640 See their way of. Thinking is important. 319 00:17:47,640 --> 00:17:50,920 People do important things and they do not. 320 00:17:50,920 --> 00:17:54,960 Do menial tasks. The more important you are, the 321 00:17:54,960 --> 00:17:57,240 less menial tasks you do, and the more. 322 00:17:57,240 --> 00:17:59,920 Important things you do, the more people who do stuff for 323 00:17:59,920 --> 00:18:03,040 you. And Jesus turns that completely. 324 00:18:03,080 --> 00:18:07,880 On its head and Peter can't. Stand it anymore? 325 00:18:08,920 --> 00:18:10,760 You know, we get round and and I love it. 326 00:18:10,760 --> 00:18:11,760 I love, I love it. It's. 327 00:18:11,760 --> 00:18:15,640 Peter says it says. It comes to Peter and next verse 328 00:18:16,800 --> 00:18:18,520 and it says. He came to Simon. 329 00:18:18,520 --> 00:18:22,120 Peter who said to him, Lord, are you? 330 00:18:22,120 --> 00:18:25,280 Going to wash my feet. Jesus replied. 331 00:18:25,840 --> 00:18:29,240 You do not. Realise now what I'm doing, but 332 00:18:29,240 --> 00:18:36,280 later you will understand, no? No, Jesus and Peter said you 333 00:18:36,280 --> 00:18:38,480 shall never wash my. Feet. 334 00:18:40,200 --> 00:18:45,600 What would your response be? Would you stay quiet? 335 00:18:46,320 --> 00:18:49,320 Would you be uncomfortable or would you like Pete to go? 336 00:18:49,400 --> 00:18:52,640 Jesus, this isn't happening. You, you should not be touching 337 00:18:52,640 --> 00:18:54,280 my feet. Do you know where they've? 338 00:18:54,280 --> 00:19:02,080 Been Jesus. Last week I challenged you. 339 00:19:03,400 --> 00:19:09,600 I challenged you to build a habit of spending time gazing 340 00:19:10,280 --> 00:19:14,760 upon Christ, upon gazing upon His beauty. 341 00:19:16,360 --> 00:19:22,000 And I hope that you did, because the reality is. 342 00:19:22,480 --> 00:19:27,400 When we don't do. That it's usually down to the 343 00:19:27,400 --> 00:19:29,680 fact. That we don't believe Jesus is 344 00:19:29,680 --> 00:19:31,680 important enough to spend time with? 345 00:19:33,040 --> 00:19:34,760 We don't really. See him as the. 346 00:19:34,760 --> 00:19:38,120 King that he truly is. This is why Peter was 347 00:19:38,120 --> 00:19:42,160 uncomfortable with it and. You would be saying no, no, no, 348 00:19:42,160 --> 00:19:43,320 no. It's because I didn't have 349 00:19:43,320 --> 00:19:46,400 enough time. Well, just to push. 350 00:19:46,400 --> 00:19:50,280 Back on that. I really don't have time. 351 00:19:50,280 --> 00:19:55,480 To take the car to have an MOT but I do it because it needs to 352 00:19:55,480 --> 00:19:59,000 be done. Not a fan of doing laundry? 353 00:19:59,720 --> 00:20:04,320 But I also like clean clothes. Don't like food shopping? 354 00:20:05,200 --> 00:20:07,120 But. I like to have food in the 355 00:20:07,120 --> 00:20:11,240 fridge. How much? 356 00:20:11,320 --> 00:20:14,960 More when we're talking. About spending time. 357 00:20:15,240 --> 00:20:22,120 With the king of the universe. See, if we're not making a habit 358 00:20:22,120 --> 00:20:25,440 of spending time with Him when He has, He has opened the doors 359 00:20:25,440 --> 00:20:30,120 for us to walk into His freedom. We're saying that God, you're 360 00:20:30,120 --> 00:20:31,840 not important enough to spend. Time with. 361 00:20:34,000 --> 00:20:37,360 Well, either that or we haven't. Truly. 362 00:20:37,360 --> 00:20:42,800 Believed that we're worthy. And let me say, you will never. 363 00:20:42,800 --> 00:20:47,360 Be worthy of his affection. None of us are worthy of His 364 00:20:47,360 --> 00:20:52,440 affection, but He has chosen to make Himself available to you. 365 00:20:52,560 --> 00:20:57,040 He has chosen to wash you in His blood so that you can come into 366 00:20:57,040 --> 00:21:00,000 His presence By faith and faith alone you can come into His 367 00:21:00,000 --> 00:21:00,920 presence. Just put up the next. 368 00:21:00,920 --> 00:21:04,600 Few verses it says. Romans 5 says But God 369 00:21:04,600 --> 00:21:09,680 demonstrated this that his own. Love for us in this while. 370 00:21:09,680 --> 00:21:13,920 We were still sinners. Not when you became perfect, 371 00:21:14,040 --> 00:21:15,520 Not. When you did enough good. 372 00:21:15,520 --> 00:21:16,440 Stuff. No, no, no. 373 00:21:16,520 --> 00:21:20,120 When you were an awful person. When you were at your worst. 374 00:21:20,320 --> 00:21:23,680 Christ died for us. Ephesians tells us. 375 00:21:23,920 --> 00:21:28,160 But because of his great love for us, God, who was rich in 376 00:21:28,160 --> 00:21:30,160 mercy, made us alive with Christ. 377 00:21:30,360 --> 00:21:33,560 Even when we were dead. So don't say he's saying that we 378 00:21:33,560 --> 00:21:35,080 were dead. We were so far. 379 00:21:35,080 --> 00:21:38,000 Away from Christ, that we were dead in our sins. 380 00:21:38,360 --> 00:21:41,320 In our In the things that were against gods. 381 00:21:42,440 --> 00:21:45,200 But it is by grace. You have been saved. 382 00:21:45,360 --> 00:21:47,720 Not by what you. Do good or bad? 383 00:21:48,720 --> 00:21:51,520 Psalm 103 says he does not treat. 384 00:21:51,520 --> 00:21:57,280 Us as our sins deserve, or repay us according to our iniquities. 385 00:21:59,320 --> 00:22:05,440 See, the problem is, is that too often our focus is upon 386 00:22:05,440 --> 00:22:08,520 ourselves. We're looking at ourselves. 387 00:22:08,520 --> 00:22:10,840 We're looking at how good. Or bad that we. 388 00:22:10,840 --> 00:22:14,240 Are I've been good? Surely Jesus should do this for 389 00:22:14,240 --> 00:22:15,160 me. I've been bad. 390 00:22:15,160 --> 00:22:18,200 There's no point even trying to come to him today if he knew. 391 00:22:18,200 --> 00:22:23,560 Who I was, he does. But he still wants to come into. 392 00:22:23,680 --> 00:22:25,560 He wants you to come into his presence. 393 00:22:25,560 --> 00:22:29,640 He desires, you see, And if we're not taking that up, that 394 00:22:29,640 --> 00:22:33,560 opportunity, we're saying to God, you're not important 395 00:22:33,560 --> 00:22:37,480 enough. Or we're saying I don't believe. 396 00:22:37,480 --> 00:22:40,200 That you're powerful enough that you would forgive. 397 00:22:40,200 --> 00:22:43,240 Me because my. Sin You can forgive everyone 398 00:22:43,240 --> 00:22:46,720 else's sins but my. Sin will be a barrier for your 399 00:22:46,720 --> 00:22:48,640 love. And every. 400 00:22:48,640 --> 00:22:52,560 Single one of those things is rubbish and so. 401 00:22:52,560 --> 00:22:55,480 Peter continues. It says. 402 00:22:56,120 --> 00:22:58,440 Jesus answered. Remember, Peter has just said 403 00:22:58,440 --> 00:23:01,320 no, you're not doing this. And Jesus answered, Unless I 404 00:23:01,320 --> 00:23:05,440 wash you, you. Have no part with me. 405 00:23:06,280 --> 00:23:10,440 Then Lords, Peter replied. Not just my feet. 406 00:23:10,720 --> 00:23:13,920 But my hands and my head as well, Jesus answered. 407 00:23:13,920 --> 00:23:16,240 Those who have a bath need only to. 408 00:23:16,240 --> 00:23:19,720 Wash their feet. There the whole body is clean 409 00:23:20,040 --> 00:23:22,840 and you. Are clean, though not everyone 410 00:23:22,840 --> 00:23:24,760 of you. For he knew who. 411 00:23:24,760 --> 00:23:27,600 Was going to betray. Him and he that. 412 00:23:27,640 --> 00:23:31,360 Was why he said. Not everyone of you is clean, 413 00:23:31,800 --> 00:23:34,160 you see. Jesus speaks to him and then all 414 00:23:34,160 --> 00:23:37,400 of a sudden Peter gets it. Well, he kind of gets. 415 00:23:37,400 --> 00:23:40,960 It he doesn't really get it. But what he really gets is I 416 00:23:40,960 --> 00:23:44,120 want you, Jesus. I want you, Jesus. 417 00:23:44,120 --> 00:23:46,360 And if if if by you washing my. Feet. 418 00:23:46,360 --> 00:23:48,040 Is going to get. A bit of you. 419 00:23:48,680 --> 00:23:51,440 Wash the whole of me, I'll take a shower, right? 420 00:23:51,440 --> 00:23:54,440 Now at this dinner table. In front of everyone, if that's 421 00:23:54,440 --> 00:23:57,440 going to get me closer to you see that, that's the kind of 422 00:23:57,520 --> 00:24:01,080 inhibition that he's got. So do you want to get close? 423 00:24:01,080 --> 00:24:03,760 To Jesus. Do you want him in your? 424 00:24:03,760 --> 00:24:06,840 Life. I want that inhibition that's 425 00:24:06,840 --> 00:24:09,800 Peter's got. That just says, OK, OK, you 426 00:24:09,800 --> 00:24:12,160 know, you're talking about feet, but I really want you, Jesus. 427 00:24:12,160 --> 00:24:13,680 I want you more than anyone else in this room. 428 00:24:13,680 --> 00:24:15,480 Just wash the whole of me right now. 429 00:24:16,280 --> 00:24:18,880 I want that. But Jesus says Jesus. 430 00:24:18,880 --> 00:24:21,880 And I imagine him saying this with a massive smile on his 431 00:24:21,880 --> 00:24:24,880 face. Yeah, Peter, you. 432 00:24:24,880 --> 00:24:28,000 Don't need a full. Wash I've given you a bath 433 00:24:28,000 --> 00:24:32,400 already and what he's saying is that the bath is is is that he 434 00:24:32,400 --> 00:24:37,800 has been purified from his sins purified because his faith in 435 00:24:37,880 --> 00:24:40,600 Jesus that he believes that Jesus as as. 436 00:24:40,600 --> 00:24:43,280 As he did. At the foot of Mount Hermon, as 437 00:24:43,280 --> 00:24:47,520 he declares You are the Christ, you are the saving 1. 438 00:24:48,000 --> 00:24:52,160 He says that declaration of faith, that was your bath. 439 00:24:52,680 --> 00:24:55,760 You have been washed clean and you don't. 440 00:24:55,760 --> 00:24:58,520 Need to be saved again. That that was it. 441 00:24:58,520 --> 00:24:59,720 You, you are saved. You are. 442 00:24:59,720 --> 00:25:00,360 You are. Living. 443 00:25:00,360 --> 00:25:02,520 You are mine. I I belong? 444 00:25:02,520 --> 00:25:06,800 To you, you belong to me, he said. 445 00:25:06,800 --> 00:25:09,800 This is why. Baptism is so important. 446 00:25:10,920 --> 00:25:13,120 You know, we we believe that you have you put your. 447 00:25:13,120 --> 00:25:16,280 Faith in Jesus. You repent, you turn. 448 00:25:16,280 --> 00:25:18,000 To him. And then you are. 449 00:25:18,000 --> 00:25:20,320 Baptised. Baptised baptism doesn't. 450 00:25:20,360 --> 00:25:22,680 Doesn't wash you. It doesn't clean you. 451 00:25:22,680 --> 00:25:27,000 Spiritually it's a symbol that we died to our own life, our old 452 00:25:27,000 --> 00:25:29,760 life, our old self, the old us is dead. 453 00:25:29,960 --> 00:25:32,120 And then we have been a made we're made alive. 454 00:25:32,280 --> 00:25:35,760 We're being washed by the blood of Jesus, symbolised by the 455 00:25:35,760 --> 00:25:38,960 water as we come out and we're a new creation. 456 00:25:39,840 --> 00:25:43,920 I just want to ask you, have you put your faith in Jesus? 457 00:25:44,840 --> 00:25:46,880 Jesus Very. Clearly in the statement says 458 00:25:46,880 --> 00:25:49,240 you are clean. But not everyone of you, and I 459 00:25:49,240 --> 00:25:50,720 don't want to. Assume just because you're in 460 00:25:50,720 --> 00:25:53,160 this. Hall this morning that you have 461 00:25:53,160 --> 00:25:55,160 been saved. That you've been. 462 00:25:55,160 --> 00:25:56,200 Washed in the. Blood of. 463 00:25:56,200 --> 00:25:59,240 Christ that you have put your faith in Jesus and said you are 464 00:25:59,240 --> 00:26:01,640 my Lord and Saviour. I am living. 465 00:26:01,640 --> 00:26:04,760 For you. If you haven't. 466 00:26:05,120 --> 00:26:08,160 You can do that. Today, you don't need to do 467 00:26:08,160 --> 00:26:10,280 anything special. Which is between you. 468 00:26:10,280 --> 00:26:13,080 And God say Jesus, I want to. Follow you. 469 00:26:13,440 --> 00:26:17,040 I'm sorry for the way I've. Lived my life ignoring you up to 470 00:26:17,040 --> 00:26:20,080 this point and I want you in my life. 471 00:26:20,800 --> 00:26:25,560 And then go and tell someone and if you've done that and you 472 00:26:25,560 --> 00:26:27,440 haven't been baptised. Maybe you you had? 473 00:26:27,440 --> 00:26:30,800 Sprinkling as a child that that, that's great, but that's not 474 00:26:30,800 --> 00:26:32,320 biblical. Biblical is. 475 00:26:32,440 --> 00:26:35,360 You repent and be. Baptised you. 476 00:26:35,520 --> 00:26:39,800 Fully go under the water as a believing child of God and if 477 00:26:39,800 --> 00:26:43,880 you haven't done that, speak to us, Jesus. 478 00:26:43,960 --> 00:26:47,040 Jesus commands us to do it. So if you haven't, we'd love to 479 00:26:47,040 --> 00:26:49,640 baptise you. We love baptism Sundays. 480 00:26:49,880 --> 00:26:53,200 It's a lot of work to fill up a paddling pole in here and get it 481 00:26:53,200 --> 00:26:56,600 warm, but we love it. Because it's a demonstration. 482 00:26:56,600 --> 00:26:59,040 What Christ has done in our lives. 483 00:27:00,360 --> 00:27:02,360 See if you if you. Have been saved. 484 00:27:03,480 --> 00:27:09,000 He says to Peter, you just need your feet washed, which again, 485 00:27:09,000 --> 00:27:12,720 it's a symbol, it's a symbol of just daily repentance. 486 00:27:13,400 --> 00:27:15,560 Because we are if you have trusted in. 487 00:27:15,680 --> 00:27:18,200 Jesus for your salvation. If you follow him as your Lord 488 00:27:18,200 --> 00:27:23,240 and Saviour, you are saved. But we live in a grimy, dirty 489 00:27:23,240 --> 00:27:26,600 world as we walk through this. Grimy. 490 00:27:26,600 --> 00:27:28,160 Dirty. World we will make. 491 00:27:28,160 --> 00:27:30,960 Mistakes. We will say things, think 492 00:27:30,960 --> 00:27:34,400 things, do things. That God didn't want us to do. 493 00:27:35,720 --> 00:27:38,600 We will not do things. God will ask us to do something. 494 00:27:38,600 --> 00:27:40,320 We'll ask us to say something and we'll. 495 00:27:40,480 --> 00:27:43,880 Not do it. And so he says, you don't need a 496 00:27:43,880 --> 00:27:47,000 bath, you're saved, but you just need to. 497 00:27:47,320 --> 00:27:51,920 Wash that grime off and come to me in repentance. 498 00:27:51,920 --> 00:27:53,800 Say I'm sorry. I'm going to live. 499 00:27:53,800 --> 00:27:58,360 Differently, and the reason why we do that is we wash that grime 500 00:27:58,360 --> 00:28:02,400 off, that sin off, so that our relationship with God isn't 501 00:28:02,400 --> 00:28:04,920 hindered. You're saved. 502 00:28:05,640 --> 00:28:06,520 But if we don't? If we let. 503 00:28:06,520 --> 00:28:09,880 Sin build up. We let that stench. 504 00:28:09,880 --> 00:28:13,360 Build up. We get stinky feet that our 505 00:28:13,360 --> 00:28:15,920 relationship. With God is hindered. 506 00:28:19,480 --> 00:28:22,720 He goes on. And he says in. 507 00:28:22,760 --> 00:28:27,280 Verse 12 When he had finished washing their feet, he put on 508 00:28:27,280 --> 00:28:30,960 his clothes, returned to his place and said, Do you 509 00:28:30,960 --> 00:28:32,480 understand what I have done for you? 510 00:28:33,640 --> 00:28:36,920 You call me teacher and Lord, and rightly so. 511 00:28:37,000 --> 00:28:40,120 For that is what I am now that I. 512 00:28:40,600 --> 00:28:45,840 Lord not I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet. 513 00:28:46,200 --> 00:28:48,600 You also should wash one another's feet. 514 00:28:48,600 --> 00:28:50,680 And here's our quote for the day. 515 00:28:51,760 --> 00:28:54,000 I have set. You as an. 516 00:28:54,000 --> 00:28:57,560 Example I have set. An example for you. 517 00:28:57,800 --> 00:29:01,640 You should do. As I have done for you. 518 00:29:02,280 --> 00:29:04,760 Very. Truly, I tell you, no servant is 519 00:29:04,760 --> 00:29:07,360 greater than his master. Nor a. 520 00:29:07,360 --> 00:29:09,600 Messenger greater than the one who sent him. 521 00:29:10,200 --> 00:29:13,040 Not now that you know these things. 522 00:29:13,280 --> 00:29:17,280 You will be blessed. If you do them, the king of 523 00:29:17,280 --> 00:29:18,920 glory. Stepped. 524 00:29:18,920 --> 00:29:26,440 Down from heaven, not to be served, but to serve you and I. 525 00:29:27,280 --> 00:29:29,720 And he says his Kingdom is an upside. 526 00:29:29,720 --> 00:29:33,520 Down Kingdom. And to be members of his Kingdom 527 00:29:34,520 --> 00:29:38,800 means that we adopt an attitude of the king, the king. 528 00:29:38,960 --> 00:29:43,640 Who is a server? Who loves to serve a king? 529 00:29:43,960 --> 00:29:45,720 Who rather than asking others to. 530 00:29:45,720 --> 00:29:49,760 Do what he what what he didn't. Want to do a king who got down 531 00:29:49,760 --> 00:29:50,800 on his knees? With a. 532 00:29:50,800 --> 00:29:52,720 Towel and a. And a bowl. 533 00:29:52,840 --> 00:29:58,960 And started washing people. 'S feet and he says do the same. 534 00:30:00,840 --> 00:30:02,080 So I've got a. Bucket over here. 535 00:30:03,480 --> 00:30:05,280 No, we're not going to wash any of those beats. 536 00:30:05,280 --> 00:30:06,920 We're not going to do that. We're not. 537 00:30:07,200 --> 00:30:09,320 We're really not we. Would I would feel awkward? 538 00:30:09,320 --> 00:30:11,320 You'd feel awkward. No one wants to take their shoes 539 00:30:11,320 --> 00:30:14,440 off. Yeah, and actually many you may 540 00:30:14,440 --> 00:30:16,280 have been in. Services where people have done 541 00:30:16,280 --> 00:30:19,960 this and you know. Well, let's be honest, we would 542 00:30:19,960 --> 00:30:23,000 all not like it. Guests who are here for the 543 00:30:23,000 --> 00:30:25,000 first. Time you think I'm never going 544 00:30:25,000 --> 00:30:26,960 back to that church. They're the weird foot washing 545 00:30:26,960 --> 00:30:28,480 church. So we're just not doing that. 546 00:30:28,480 --> 00:30:31,240 OK, but actually. Seriously, the reason why we're 547 00:30:31,240 --> 00:30:34,440 not doing that is. Because we can miss the point, 548 00:30:34,960 --> 00:30:37,440 we can miss the point of what Jesus saying. 549 00:30:37,640 --> 00:30:40,480 He says do. As I have done for you. 550 00:30:40,480 --> 00:30:42,560 And that's he's not talking about wash, he's not talking 551 00:30:42,560 --> 00:30:45,520 about washing feet. He's talking about serving one 552 00:30:45,520 --> 00:30:50,800 another so that we can spur each other on into faith and good 553 00:30:50,800 --> 00:30:53,560 works. He washed AFI, it was a. 554 00:30:53,560 --> 00:30:58,680 Symbol of enabling us to come in repentance and and push on in 555 00:30:58,680 --> 00:31:02,200 our relationship with God so we serve one another in that same 556 00:31:02,200 --> 00:31:05,800 way, he says in Philippians 2. I've just got it in your 557 00:31:05,800 --> 00:31:09,280 relationships with one another have the same mindset as Christ 558 00:31:09,280 --> 00:31:10,680 Jesus who? Being in the very nature. 559 00:31:10,680 --> 00:31:14,600 Of God did not consider equality with God something to be used to 560 00:31:14,600 --> 00:31:18,360 his own advantage. Rather, he made himself nothing. 561 00:31:18,520 --> 00:31:22,280 Taking the very nature of a. Servant being made in human 562 00:31:22,280 --> 00:31:24,720 likeness. And being found in. 563 00:31:24,720 --> 00:31:27,640 Appearance as a man. He humbled himself. 564 00:31:27,640 --> 00:31:31,720 And became obedient to death, even death on a cross. 565 00:31:33,200 --> 00:31:34,560 Jesus. Loved us. 566 00:31:34,640 --> 00:31:37,160 He loves you so much. He didn't just get down and. 567 00:31:37,160 --> 00:31:39,880 Wash our feet. But actually he was. 568 00:31:39,880 --> 00:31:41,960 He was let. He let himself be nailed naked 569 00:31:41,960 --> 00:31:51,080 to a cross in all humiliation. Church he laid aside, he lay, 570 00:31:51,080 --> 00:31:55,280 said he laid aside his godhood. He, he, he, he, he, he. 571 00:31:55,320 --> 00:31:58,720 He didn't consider. He was God, but he didn't 572 00:31:58,720 --> 00:32:00,080 consider. That something. 573 00:32:00,520 --> 00:32:03,880 To grasp at he. Laid aside His Majesty for you 574 00:32:03,880 --> 00:32:04,600 and. Me. 575 00:32:04,800 --> 00:32:09,920 Surely we. Can lay aside our selfishness, 576 00:32:10,080 --> 00:32:15,040 our self centeredness, our ambition, our pride to serve one 577 00:32:15,040 --> 00:32:20,720 another. See service serving one another. 578 00:32:21,560 --> 00:32:22,920 For the Christian, it's the litmus. 579 00:32:22,920 --> 00:32:26,360 Test of how? How well you're. 580 00:32:26,360 --> 00:32:28,720 Going in your. To walk with Christ. 581 00:32:30,680 --> 00:32:34,600 Because when we see. How great he is and how far he 582 00:32:34,600 --> 00:32:37,280 stepped down. How? 583 00:32:37,280 --> 00:32:39,600 Can we ever say? No, I I don't do that. 584 00:32:42,560 --> 00:32:44,720 And. Surely we go, I don't know how 585 00:32:44,720 --> 00:32:46,960 to do that, but I love Jesus and I'm going to learn. 586 00:32:48,400 --> 00:32:51,160 That's that's the. Heart of Christ. 587 00:32:52,800 --> 00:32:55,760 Is our our? Response should be as Christ I 588 00:32:55,760 --> 00:32:58,680 want to wash the feet of. Of Christ's bride. 589 00:32:59,560 --> 00:33:02,960 I want to wash her feet. I want to serve her. 590 00:33:03,120 --> 00:33:07,840 I want to create an environment that enables them to draw closer 591 00:33:07,840 --> 00:33:11,160 and closer to Jesus. And you may think that that's 592 00:33:11,160 --> 00:33:12,800 only. Done by these guys when they 593 00:33:12,800 --> 00:33:14,960 sing. Or by by by. 594 00:33:15,240 --> 00:33:17,000 People like me who? Preach, but no. 595 00:33:18,360 --> 00:33:20,440 You are enabling people to encounter. 596 00:33:20,520 --> 00:33:25,720 Jesus, when you boil hot water to make nice drinks with people. 597 00:33:27,040 --> 00:33:31,080 When you set out. Chairs when you. 598 00:33:31,080 --> 00:33:34,960 Stand at the front there and you welcome someone in when you give 599 00:33:34,960 --> 00:33:38,920 someone a lift who doesn't have a car when you say. 600 00:33:39,280 --> 00:33:41,760 When you when you say. Come back to mine. 601 00:33:42,480 --> 00:33:45,480 And let's eat and let's, let's, let's make, let's be friends. 602 00:33:46,880 --> 00:33:48,840 You are. Serving one another. 603 00:33:48,840 --> 00:33:51,920 You are. Washing the feet of the bride. 604 00:33:54,600 --> 00:34:00,920 And I think actually one of the best feet washers in here are 605 00:34:00,920 --> 00:34:02,160 those who. Serve our children. 606 00:34:04,000 --> 00:34:08,800 They are the best. Foot washers right now, those 607 00:34:08,800 --> 00:34:10,800 who are serving our Crest, there was a serving. 608 00:34:10,800 --> 00:34:14,800 Are our children so Jesus says, let the little children come to 609 00:34:14,800 --> 00:34:17,199 me and do not hinder. Them. 610 00:34:17,880 --> 00:34:20,120 See when we. Serve them, we show. 611 00:34:20,120 --> 00:34:23,639 That they are important. That Jesus believes they're 612 00:34:23,639 --> 00:34:26,320 important, we're just demonstrating to. 613 00:34:26,320 --> 00:34:28,480 Them. That we believe you're. 614 00:34:28,480 --> 00:34:30,800 Important. We're demonstrating to their 615 00:34:30,800 --> 00:34:33,800 families. That we believe if your children 616 00:34:33,800 --> 00:34:38,159 are. Important, but frustratingly. 617 00:34:39,040 --> 00:34:43,120 And we're not the only church. There's always, we're always 618 00:34:43,120 --> 00:34:46,280 lacking, we're always lacking. People to serve. 619 00:34:47,400 --> 00:34:49,520 So I'm just going to unashamedly. 620 00:34:49,520 --> 00:34:56,480 Just say, could you serve our kids OK now just to be. 621 00:34:56,480 --> 00:34:58,560 Clear for those of you who. Have health and safety. 622 00:34:58,560 --> 00:35:01,240 And and child protection. On your mind if. 623 00:35:01,240 --> 00:35:02,880 Someone puts their hand up and says we can serve. 624 00:35:02,880 --> 00:35:04,920 Kids, we don't just throw them in there, OK? 625 00:35:05,200 --> 00:35:06,960 We have to DBS check people we have. 626 00:35:06,960 --> 00:35:09,440 To we have to. Get references and all that kind 627 00:35:09,440 --> 00:35:12,120 of stuff and make sure that our children are safe. 628 00:35:12,600 --> 00:35:16,680 But. Could you serve our children? 629 00:35:17,480 --> 00:35:20,840 We do a a six week rota 2. Weeks on. 630 00:35:21,680 --> 00:35:24,560 Four weeks off. Could you commit? 631 00:35:24,560 --> 00:35:28,440 To being here to serve our children on two of those weeks. 632 00:35:29,720 --> 00:35:32,440 If you could please come and see me. 633 00:35:32,440 --> 00:35:33,320 Or Jen. Or Libby. 634 00:35:33,320 --> 00:35:35,000 Who are out there? Afterwards. 635 00:35:35,360 --> 00:35:38,560 Because we we want. To display how much Jesus loves 636 00:35:38,560 --> 00:35:40,240 our kids. To them we want to. 637 00:35:40,240 --> 00:35:44,320 Serve them and love. Them Could the band come back 638 00:35:44,320 --> 00:35:47,080 up? See. 639 00:35:48,800 --> 00:35:52,080 It doesn't have to be children as people of. 640 00:35:52,080 --> 00:35:56,240 God we are called. To serve one another, to wash 641 00:35:56,240 --> 00:35:59,840 each other's feet. And I'm going to ask the band 642 00:35:59,840 --> 00:36:01,320 just to, just to. Play you can sing. 643 00:36:01,320 --> 00:36:05,280 Along or you cannot. I've asked them to sing an old. 644 00:36:05,280 --> 00:36:10,880 Vineyard song to us, but. My my my question. 645 00:36:10,880 --> 00:36:13,000 For you. My my ask. 646 00:36:13,000 --> 00:36:16,760 For you is will. You wash feet. 647 00:36:17,360 --> 00:36:19,720 Will you serve the bride? Now what? 648 00:36:19,720 --> 00:36:21,280 I'm not asking. You to do is. 649 00:36:21,600 --> 00:36:23,080 Where do I feel? Called No. 650 00:36:23,480 --> 00:36:25,920 No, no, no, no. Jesus called you to wash 651 00:36:25,920 --> 00:36:28,240 fingers. So I'm asking you is where do 652 00:36:28,240 --> 00:36:34,760 you see a need go and serve? Where do you see? 653 00:36:34,960 --> 00:36:37,680 A need. And if you don't see a need, 654 00:36:38,240 --> 00:36:40,120 come and ask. And I've got a long. 655 00:36:40,120 --> 00:36:42,720 List. OK, there's plenty and it's. 656 00:36:42,720 --> 00:36:44,760 Not we're not just talking about Sundays here. 657 00:36:44,880 --> 00:36:46,680 There are lots of things that need to do Sundays, but 658 00:36:46,680 --> 00:36:48,680 actually. There are things that. 659 00:36:48,680 --> 00:36:52,160 People who need serving throughout the whole week. 660 00:36:52,360 --> 00:36:55,880 There are things we want to do more of as a church, but we need 661 00:36:55,880 --> 00:36:56,520 people. Who are? 662 00:36:56,520 --> 00:37:01,120 Willing to humble themselves and get down on their. 663 00:37:01,120 --> 00:37:04,960 Knees with a towel and a bucket and worship at God's feet. 664 00:37:04,960 --> 00:37:06,840 So I'm going to. Pray and I'm going to let the 665 00:37:06,840 --> 00:37:09,680 bands just. Lead us in worship. 666 00:37:11,080 --> 00:37:14,800 So Jesus, you are the great servant King. 667 00:37:15,880 --> 00:37:21,360 Lord God, You laid aside your entire your Majesty to serve us 668 00:37:21,480 --> 00:37:23,320 to wash feet. To go to the. 669 00:37:23,320 --> 00:37:28,440 Cross, Lord God, if you can do that from the heights of heaven, 670 00:37:29,160 --> 00:37:31,000 God, how? How can we not when we're? 671 00:37:31,000 --> 00:37:34,800 Empowered by you. To make the small step to serve 672 00:37:34,800 --> 00:37:37,440 others. Lord Jesus, I pray right now 673 00:37:37,440 --> 00:37:39,640 that you would challenge every single one of us. 674 00:37:40,920 --> 00:37:42,160 Lord God, I want to thank you for. 675 00:37:42,160 --> 00:37:46,880 Those in this room who tirelessly serve who every day. 676 00:37:48,120 --> 00:37:51,280 Are. Serving your your church are 677 00:37:51,280 --> 00:37:54,480 living for your Kingdom. Lord God and I pray for more I. 678 00:37:54,480 --> 00:37:57,000 Pray for more people. Like that, Lord Jesus? 679 00:37:57,640 --> 00:38:00,880 Lord God, I ask you, I ask you that you would make us. 680 00:38:00,960 --> 00:38:05,960 All into a people. Who get how great the cost that 681 00:38:05,960 --> 00:38:10,680 you paid and understand that. Anything we can do is a. 682 00:38:10,680 --> 00:38:13,760 Tiny, tiny thing. Compared to what you've done. 683 00:38:15,200 --> 00:38:17,360 So let's end by. Worshipping gods.