The Text John 13 The washing of the feet
1. We have the mind of Christ
1 Cor 2:16
For "who has known the mind of the Lord that he may instruct Him?"
But we have the mind of Christ. (NKJ)
2. we must be washed for service
Exod 30:18
"You shall also make a laver of bronze, with its base also of bronze,
for washing. You shall put it between the tabernacle of meeting and the
altar. And you shall put water in it, (NKJ)
Exod 30:19-21
19 "for Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet
in water from it. 20 "When they go into the tabernacle of meeting,
or when they come near the altar to minister, to burn an offering made
by fire to the LORD, they shall wash with water, lest they die. 21 "So
they shall wash their hands and their feet, lest they die. And it shall
be a statute forever to them-- to him and his descendants throughout their
generations."
3. The laver was made out of mirrors
Exod 38:8
He made the laver of bronze and its base of bronze, from the bronze mirrors
of the serving women who assembled at the door of the tabernacle of meeting.
4.We are washed in the blood of Jesus
Ps 26:6
I will wash my hands in innocence; (THE BLOOD OF JESUS ) so I will go
about Your altar, O LORD, (NKJ)
5. A deceived generation not washed
Prov 30:12
There is a generation that is pure in its own eyes, yet is not washed
from its filthiness. (NKJ)
6. God creates a new heart
Ps 51:10
Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within
me. (NKJ)
7. Be not conformed but transformed
Rom 12:2
And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing
of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and
perfect will of God. (NKJ)
8. Renewed in the spirit of our mind
Eph 4:23
and be renewed in the spirit of your mind, (NKJ)
9. Renewed by the knowledge of God
Col 3:10
and have put on the new man who is renewed in knowledge according to the
image of Him who created him, (NKJ)
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