The Jesus Language #1, Acts of Service

“A new command I give you: Love one another.” John 13:34 The Jesus Language

The Jesus Language I. The Act of Service John 13:1-5

John 13:1-5 “It was just before the Passover Feast. Jesus knew that the time had come for him to leave this world and go to the Father.

John 13:1-5 Having loved his own who were in the world, he now showed them the full extent of his love. The evening meal was being served, and the devil had already prompted…

John 13:1-5 …Judas Iscariot, son of Simon, to betray Jesus. Jesus knew that the Father had put all things under his power, and that he had come from God and was returning to God;

John 13:1-5 so he got up from the meal, took off his outer clothing, and wrapped a towel around his waist. After that, he poured water into a basin…

John 13:1-5 …and began to wash his disciples' feet, drying them with the towel that was wrapped around him.”

Came FROM God Was Going TO God Was the Son OF God

Philippians 2:5-11 “Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus:  Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but made…

Philippians 2:5-11 …himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient to death…

Philippians 2:5-11 …even death on a cross! Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should

Philippians 2:5-11 …bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.”

“He took up the nature of a servant because that was His essential nature as God.”

John 13:1 “He loved the to the end…” The Jesus Language

“He loved them by SERVING them!

Your Philosophy of Life? “I am here to be served by everyone and become someone great.” “I am here to serve and give my life for others?”

The Jesus Language I. The Act of Service John 13:1-5

The Jesus Language II. The Response to Service John 13:6-11

John 13:6-11 “He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, "Lord, are you going to wash my feet?" Jesus replied, "You do not realize now what I am doing, but later you will…

John 13:6-11 …understand." "No," said Peter, "you shall never wash my feet." Jesus answered, "Unless I wash you, you have no part with me." “Then, Lord," Simon Peter replied,

John 13:6-11 "not just my feet but my hands and my head as well!"  Jesus answered, "A person who has had a bath needs only to wash his feet; his whole body is clean.

John 13:6-11 And you are clean, though not every one of you." For he knew who was going to betray him, and that was why he said not every one was clean.”

"No," said Peter, "you shall never wash my feet." John 13:8 "No," said Peter, "you shall never wash my feet."

Do You Have a Hard Time Allowing Jesus to… Wash Away Your Guilt? “as far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.” Psalm 103:12

“God is a very present help in times of trouble” Psalm 46:1 Do You Have a Hard Time Allowing Jesus to… Wipe Away Your Tears? “God is a very present help in times of trouble” Psalm 46:1

Do You Have a Hard Time Allowing Jesus to… Carry Your Burdens? Matthew 11:28-30

Matthew 11:28-30 “Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me;

Matthew 11:28-30 for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”

Do You Have a Hard Time Allowing Jesus to… Carry Your Burdens? Matthew 11:28-30

Matthew 6:25-33 Do You Have a Hard Time Allowing Jesus to… Help You with Daily Problems? Matthew 6:25-33

Matthew 6:25-33 “That is why I tell you not to worry about everyday life—whether you have enough food and drink, or enough clothes to wear. Isn’t life more than food, and your body more than clothing?

Matthew 6:25-33 Look at the birds. They don’t plant or harvest or store food in barns, for your heavenly Father feeds them. And aren’t you far more valuable to him than they are?

Matthew 6:25-33 Can all your worries add a single moment to your life? “And why worry about your clothing? Look at the lilies of the field and how they grow.

Matthew 6:25-33 They don’t work or make their clothing, yet Solomon in all his glory was not dressed as beautifully as they are. And if God cares so wonderfully for wildflowers that are here…

Matthew 6:25-33 and thrown into the fire tomorrow, he will certainly care for you. Why do you have so little faith? “So don’t worry about these things, saying, ‘What will we eat?

Matthew 6:25-33 What will we drink? What will we wear?’ These things dominate the thoughts of unbelievers, but your heavenly Father already knows all your needs.

Matthew 6:25-33 Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need.”

Matthew 6:25-33 Do You Have a Hard Time Allowing Jesus to… Help You with Daily Problems? Matthew 6:25-33

“You must be born again…” John 3:5 Do You Have a Hard Time Allowing Jesus to… Love You Despite Your Failures? “You must be born again…” John 3:5

“Man’s humility does not begin with the giving of William Temple wrote… “Man’s humility does not begin with the giving of service; it begins with the readiness to receive it…”

The Jesus Language III. The Motivation to Service John 13:12-15, 17

understand what I was doing? John 13:12-15,17 “After washing their feet, he put on his robe again and sat down and asked, “Do you understand what I was doing?

John 13:12-15,17 You call me ‘Teacher’ and ‘Lord,’ and you are right, because that’s what I am. And since I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you ought to wash each other’s feet.

John 13:12-15,17 I have given you an example to follow. Do as I have done to you. Now that you know these things, God will bless you for doing them.”

The Jesus Language III. The Motivation to Service John 13:12-15, 17

“If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them.” John 13:17 “If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them.”

“If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them.” John 13:17 “If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them.”

John 13:17 “If you know these things (and you do), blessed are you if you do them (and you might or might not).”

Matthew 25:40 “…whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.”

John 21:17 “…Do you love me? Feed my sheep.”

The Jesus Language #1, Acts of Service