Only a handful of men actually lived with and travelled with Jesus during His three years of public ministry. The apostles listened to Him daily, observed His sinless nature in action, and were eye-witnesses to His miracles. It would have been a very easy thing, a most natural thing for these men to be viewed by others, and to begin to view themselves, as quite exceptional. It would not have been at all surprising if, out of honor for Christ, others began exalting them above measure, and the apostles themselves began to think they should receive "special treatment." In view of such inclinations, something Jesus did on what would be His last evening with the apostles before His crucifixion must have come as a great shock to them. The event was so striking that they would no doubt have thought back upon it whenever they were inclined to think of themselves as something special, or whenever they were tempted to be petulant or irritable at some real or imagined slight. What Jesus did, of course, was assume the role of a servant, and wash His disciples' feet. This message considers, not just the great lesson of humility and servanthood, but the significance of the difference between washing and bathing that is brought out in the original Greek---the importance of the regular cleansing of the feet of believers as those feet are defiled walking through this sinful world.
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Born and raised in Baltimore MD, then moving to Florida in his youth, Russ came to faith in Christ as a third year college student through the testimony of his brother Doug. Russ transferred from the University of Florida to Shelton College which is affiliated with the Bible...
