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What the world needs now
(below for handout, not to be said)
What do you think the world needs now?
What was Jesus example of washing the feet of the apostles an example of?
What the world needs now, is love sweet love, it’s the only thing that there’s just too little of.”
- Burt Bacharach.
Jesus taught about love (Mt22:36-39; Mt5:43-44)
Love is the greatest commandment; sometimes love is not easy, but still Jesus commanded us to do it.
Love is the greatest commandment
So I want us to look at Jesus example of love in Jn13:5-11
Love is the greatest commandment
What do you see?
What do you notice?
What sticks out to you?
What had Jesus done?
When did Jesus do it?
Serving will not always be convenient (during supper?)
Serving will not always be pleasant either (washing stinky feet)
Serving oftentimes will be humbling, but when we look at Jesus example what do we see?
Today I want to focus on this example of love set by Jesus in a topical way, we have previously looked at this exegetically
I think it is a fair assumption to say that love is a key factor in Christianity.
And in this world people are craving for love, to be touched by love, to feel love and many to give love.
In the commandment that Jesus gives to His disciples it is not to be more zealous, or to be more dedicated, or even more committed.
He commands them to love for by love people will know you are His disciples (Jn13:35)
Not only does Jesus give a teaching, He gives an example in this passage and there are some great things we can grab from this passage
(below is one slide, leave it that way)
The Freedom to love
The Cost of love
A Model of love
The Difficulties with love
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The Freedom to Love
On the heels of the apostles arguing, comes this teaching and example (ref: Lk22:24) - in spite of arguing, love wins out
Even in the midst of one who is going to betray Him, love wins out (Mt26:14-15)
In a time when the cross is only hours away, the time of Jesus departure is at hand, love wins (Jn13:1)
Jesus had the liberty to love, why?
Because He knew where He came from and where He was going (Jn13:3)
So something to think about, I know I do, I struggle at times with the things, the choices, the mistakes of my past.
Not just from years ago, but from days ago, or even months ago.
When I struggle then I cannot love like Jesus did.
I need to know where I came from and where I am going.
If I am strangled or struggled by my past I miss out on the present and cannot love like Christ.
See love holds us together.
Satan wants to keep you in the past, he is the accuser and wants to keep you from loving the way we are commanded.
we know he is liar for if you are in Christ you have been set free from the past.
You have the liberty to love, the freedom to love.
To the believer we have the truth that our sins are forgiven and if we sin we have an advocate with the Father (1Jn2:1-2)
Not only are our sins forgiven they are forgotten (Heb8:12)
Now I have spoken of the past, and referred to my past, the reality is today I’m OK with my past, not because of my perfection but because of my position.
My position in Christ Jesus.
Knowing what He did for me when He want to the cross, not just for me but for you too who believe.
Consider this
“If my past is taken care of by the blood of Calvary and my future is in heaven, I am free to love in the present.”
- Jon Courson
The greatest of these things is love, but all are needed (1Cor13:13)
Faith in the past that your sins have been forgiven
Hope in the future that you are secure in Christ Jesus and your future home in heaven with the Father
Love in the present makes life worth living now when we display it so others may see it and come to know the hope and the faith that you have.
May we be free to love like Jesus was free to love
II.
The cost of love
Love is not always going to be convenient, any of us that are parents or grandparents know that to be true.
You can count on it, just like telemarketers calling at supper time.
(Jn13:4)
In the passage we see that Jesus got up during dinner to do something that normally would happen upon entering
To be one who loves is to be one who will be OK with interruptions.
Not only interruptions but involvement too.
Jn13:
Jesus was not like a mom saying “go wash your hands before supper” - no He saw, or smelt a need and got up to wash some stinky dirty feet.
No long explanation about hygiene on why, no long lecture on doing it, He simply got up, girded himself, humbled Himself and did something about it.
Christianity is not about being neat, it is about being clean and sometimes to help people to get clean you have to be willing to get dirty.
Don’t talk about dirty, stinky feet, that would be judging, do something and that is called love.
Jesus didn’t talk in this case, He showed us a model for love.
III.
A Model for Love
Jesus did not get up and talk about what He was going to do, for love does not brag (1Cor13:4-5)
Look at who He served
No saying, hey watch Me, take some good notes and file them away that you may use them one day.
This was not something that was done in public, it was done in private between He and His disciples.
No press, no video’s being made, just the Savior of the world in the flesh serving.
Serving a zealot named Simon
Serving a skeptic named Nathaniel
Serving someone who would deny him; that’s Peter
And serving the one who would stab him in the back - Judas
So here is this crew of what the world would say is unlovable and Jesus humbled Himself, girded Himself and touched each of them with His example of love.
We may not be very lovable at times either, if we are honest we can be zealot on things that are not consequential to salvation.
We can be skeptical, and in thought and even sometimes in words we have, or could betray someone, in other words stab them in the back.
Christ could do that for them, and Christ can do that for us, we too can follow Christ’s model of love and do it for others.
Now when we are honest, we know there is a cost to love and there is the model of love we just looked at but there is also difficulties in love too, isn’t there?
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The Difficulties With Love
Look at (Jn13:6-9) can you see a difficulty?
The problem, the difficulty was pride, then on the back side it was overdependent.
The problem, the difficulty was pride, then on the back side it was
Pride in Simon saying cannot wash my feet.
He did not want to humble himself enough to allow the Lord to do that.
pride here is independence
Overdependent - basically saying if you are going to help me in one area, you must help me in all areas.
Do we know people that are overdependent and want the church to do everything for them and if not they may accuse us of not being good Christians.
No wonder Jesus told him he did not understand now, but would later.
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