Foot Washing – Part Two

He tricked me!!

Yelp. I was tricked.
Yesterday was the “dreaded” foot washing sermon – only instead of talking about 1 John like I thought – the pastor brought out Ephesians 5:25-27:

Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless.

I guess this is a good place to repent and say that the pastor never officially said he was referring to 1 John when he mentioned the water… my head picked that passage…

‘cause, as you see, Eph 5 fits the whole foot washing deal better then 1 John….

In a nut shell – folks walking barefoot or with sandals through the streets will get dirt on their feet. In the same way, we Christians get “dirt” on us as we walk through this world. [@more@]

Jesus’ blood justifies us before the Lord; the “water” cleanses us on a daily bases – or sanctification.

I wish I could post the mp3 online so you could all listen…but I can’t.. sigh. Frown

Oh – be the way, I didn’t have to have my feet washed in public yesterday. The pastor asked for volunteers and had a guy step up to the plate – something neither of us thought would happen!  

God is good. Laughing