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Cultural Value #2

“Jesus rose from supper, and laid aside His garments; and taking a towel, He girded Himself about.” “Then He poured water into the basin, and began to wash the disciples’ feet, and to wipe them with the towel with which He was girded.” John 13:4-5

“And so He came to Simon Peter. He said to Him, ‘Lord, do You wash my feet?’” “Jesus answered and said to him, ‘What I do you do not realize now, but you shall understand hereafter.’” “Peter said to Him, ‘Never shall you wash my feet!’ Jesus answered him, ‘If I do not wash you, you have no part in me.” “Simon Peter said to Him, ‘Lord not my feet only, but also my hands and head.’” John 13:6-9

“Jesus said to him, ‘He who has bathed needs only to wash his feet, but is completely clean; and you are clean, …’” John 13:10

“And so when He had washed their feet, and taken His garments, and reclined at the table again, He said to them, ‘Do you know what I have done to you?’” “You call Me Teacher and Lord; and you are right, for so I am.” “If I then, the Lord and the Teacher, washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet.” John 13:12-14

“For I gave you an example that you also should do as I did to you.”

“For I gave you an example that you also should do as I did to you.” “Truly, truly, I say to you, a servant (bond-servant) is not greater that his master; neither is one who is sent greater than the one who sent him.” “If you know these things, you are blessed if you do them.” John 13:15-17

“… but whoever wishes to become great among you shall be your servant, and whoever wishes to be first among you shall be your slave (bond-servant);…” “… just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many. ” Matthew 20:26-29

“But the greatest among you shall be your servant.” Matt 23:11 “And there arose also a dispute among them as to which one of them was regarded to be greatest.” “… but let him who is the greatest among you become as the youngest, and the leader the servant.” “For who is greater, the one who reclines, or the one who serves? Is it not the one who reclines? But I am the among you as the one who serves.” Luke 22:24-27

“Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus, …” “… who although He existed in the form of God, did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied Himself, taking the form of a bond-servant, being made in the likeness of men.” Matthew 20:26-29

“Paul, a bond-servant of God, …” (Titus 1:1) “Paul, a bond-servant of Christ Jesus, …” (Rom 1:1) “Paul and Timothy, bond-servants of Christ Jesus, …” (Phil 1:1) “Paul, a bond-servant of God, …” (Titus 1:1) “James, a bond-servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, …” (James 1:1) “Simon Peter, a bond-servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, …” (II Peter 1:1) “Jude, a bond-servant of Jesus Christ, …” (Jude 1) “The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His bond-servants, ... and He sent and communicated it ... to His bond- servant John, …” (Rev 1:1) “For we do not preach ourselves but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your bond-servants for Jesus sake.” (II Cor 4:5)

“If anyone serves Me, let him follow Me; and where I am, there shall My servant also be; if anyone serves Me, the Father will honor him.” (John 12:26) “As each one has received a gift, employ it in serving one another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. … whoever serves, let him do so by the strength which God supplies; …” (I Peter 4:10) “… through love serve one another.” (Gal 5:13)

Cultural Value #2 Everyone Serves

Mission 10:2 “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore beseech the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest.” Luke 10:2 Mission 10:2