This Sunday I preached from
1 Corinthians 11:17-34 on "Discerning the Body." The following is a brief excerpt from my sermon:
On the night when Jesus was betrayed--literally, on the night “he was being betrayed”--even in the midst of being betrayed, Jesus instituted the Lord's Supper. And it calls our attention to what the Gospels say about that night. What else did Jesus do on that night...in that room...with his disciples? He took a towel and put it around his waist and then he got down on his knees with a basin of water and he washed his disciples' feet, each and every one of them.
- He washed the feet of Thomas, who would doubt his resurrection.
- He washed the feet of Peter, who would three times would deny him.
- He even washed the feet of Judas, who would betray him.
That is the example of our Lord; that is the kind of love he showed us. And it is the kind of love we are required to show one another.
And after washing their feet he issued to them a command…“A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another." (John 13:34-35)
This should always be the case; we should always have love for one another, but especially when we come to the Lord's table, it is necessary that we have love for one another.
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