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with a lot as lowly as that of our Lord. How often we see professed servants of Jesus assuming a dignity that our Master
discarded. The practice of Christlike humility in service brings blessedness in the heart (v. 17).
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Did Peter need the Blood bath? Luke 5:8. (3 ) T he Service of Saints, vs. 12-15, Did Jesus resume His royal place? v. 12; Heb. 1:3, 4. Will He gird and serve again? Luke 12:37. May we give v. 7 wider application? 1 Cor. 13:12. Did the Twelve need this example? Luke 22:24. Did Diotrophes forget it? 3 John 9. How did Paul, Gaius and certain widows exemplify it? Acts 20:34; 3 John 5, 6; 1 Tim. 5:10. In what Spirit are we to serve? Gal. 5:13. Do we follow Christ’s example? Psa. 139:23, 24. PRACTICAL POINTS (1) Jesus came by water and blood, not by water only? 1 John 5:6. (2) We are saved to serve. (3) Contrast Mary at Jesus’ feet, and Jesus at the disciples’ feet. (4) , “Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus.” (5) Being conscious of His supremacy, He made manifest His humility. (6) His hour came; so will yours. (7) There is no end to the love of Jesus. (8) Christ’s Almightiness is manifest in His all-mercifulness. (9) The blood washes once fo,r a ll;'th e water is for daily bathing. (JO) God’s great ones are the humble ones.
C l) T he Sovereign of Sovereigns, v. 3. “Kn o w i n g Ho w did He know ? 3 :34; Isa. 11:2. How is this expressed elsewhere? Matt. 28:18. Had He indeed been with God? 1:1; 3:13. Was He worthy of absolute authority? Rev. 5:12. Was ever another worthy of that? Phil. 2 :. 10 . What, principally, proved His fitness? 17:4. How reconcile present conditions* v. 1? Heb. 2:8. Does “all things” exceed terrestrial things? Eph. 1:18-22. What must one be to be great? Mark 10:43. (2 ) The Servant of Servants, vs. 4-11. “The Son' of Man came not to be”— what ? Mark 10:45. What basin contains water for our feet? Psa. 119:9. Was Peter’s remonstrance well meant? v. 37. Did good motives excuse him? Matt. 16:22, 23. Wherein did he err? Rom. 9:20 (f.c.). Was it characteristic? 18:10; 21:21, 22. How did he meet the alternative? vs. 8 , 9 ; 6 : 68 . What is it to be “bathed” ? Rom. 5 :9. What to “wash the feet” ? 1 John 1:7, 9.. What to be “clean every whit” ? Rom. 5:1; 8:1.
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