1. Paragon of Servanthood
Jesus,
Paragon of Servanthood

2. The Basin
and The Towel

3. In an upstairs room, a parable is just about to come alive.
And while they bicker about who's best, with a painful glance, He'll silently rise.

4. through the will of the water and the tenderness of the towel.
Their Savior Servant
must show them how
through the will of the water
and the tenderness of the towel.

5. And the call is to community, The impoverished power
that sets the soul free.

6. In humility, to take the vow, that day after day we must take up
the basin and the towel.

7. the parable can live again
In any ordinary place,
on any ordinary day,
the parable can live again
when one will kneel and one will yield.

8. Our Saviour Servant must show us how through the will of the water
and the tenderness of the towel.

9. And the space between ourselves sometimes is more than the distance
between the stars.

10. By the fragile bridge
of the Servant's bow
we take up
the basin and the towel.

11. Jesus – Paragon of Servanthood
Epitome
Quintessence
Ideal
Shining example

12. Jesus – Paragon of Servanthood?
Raison d’etre
Purpose and intentionality
living to serve

14. Understanding Jesus as servant
Understanding John 13
The Matthew 20 episode
Applying our understanding

15. Understanding Jesus as servant

17. 4 Surely He has borne our griefs
Isaiah 53
4 Surely He has borne our griefs
And carried our sorrows;
Yet we esteemed Him stricken, Smitten by God, and afflicted.

18. He was bruised for our iniquities;
5 But He was wounded for our transgressions,
He was bruised for our iniquities;

19. The chastisement for our peace And by His stripes we are healed.
was upon Him,
And by His stripes we are healed.

20. We have turned, every one, to his own way;
6 All we like sheep have gone astray;
We have turned, every one, to his own way;
And the Lord has laid on Him
the iniquity of us all.

21. which was also in Christ Jesus, 6 who, being in the form of God,
Philippians 2
5 Let this mind be in you
which was also in Christ Jesus, 
6 who, being in the form of God,
did not consider it robbery
to be equal with God… 

22. 7 …but made Himself of no reputation,
taking the form of a bondservant,
and coming in the likeness of men.

23. 8 And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself
and became obedient to the point of death,
even the death of the cross.
8 And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross.

24. yet for your sakes He became poor, that you through His poverty
2 Corinthians 8
 9 For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich,
yet for your sakes He became poor,
that you through His poverty
might become rich.

25. Oh, what a Servant Saviour!
8 And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross.

26. Understanding Jesus as servant
Understanding John 13

28. 3 Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into His hands,
John 13 (NKJV)
3 Jesus, knowing that the Father
had given all things into His hands,
and that He had come from God
and was going to God,

29. and laid aside His garments, took a towel and girded Himself.
4 rose from supper
and laid aside His garments,
took a towel and girded Himself.

30. He said to them, “Do you know what I have done to you?
12 So when He had washed their feet, taken His garments, and sat down again,
He said to them, “Do you know what I have done to you?

31. 13 You call Me Teacher and Lord, and you say well, for so I am.
14 If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, 
you also ought to wash one another’s feet.

32. 15 For I have given you an example,
that you should do as I have done to you.

33. 16 Most assuredly, I say to you,
a servant is not greater than his master;
nor is He who is sent
greater than He who sent Him. 
17 If you know these things,
blessed are you if you do them.”

34. Understanding Jesus as servant
Understanding John 13
The Matthew 20 episode

36. 20 Then the mother of Zebedee’s sons came to Him with her sons,
Matthew 20
20 Then the mother of Zebedee’s sons came to Him with her sons,
kneeling down and asking something from Him.
21 And He said to her, 
“What do you wish?”

37. “Grant that these two sons of mine may sit, one on Your right hand
She said to Him,
“Grant that these two sons of mine 
may sit, one on Your right hand
and the other on the left,
in Your kingdom.”

38. 22 But Jesus answered and said, “You do not know what you ask.
Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?”
They said to Him, “We are able.”

39. “You will indeed drink My cup, and be baptized with the baptism
23 So He said to them, 
“You will indeed drink My cup, 
and be baptized with the baptism
that I am baptized with;

40. …but to sit on My right hand and on My left is not Mine to give,
but it is for those for whom
it is prepared by My Father.”

41. 26…whoever desires to become great among you, let him be your servant.
27 And whoever desires to be first among you, let him be your slave— 

42. did not come to be served, but to serve,
28 … just as the Son of Man
did not come to be served, but to serve,
and to give His life a ransom for many.”

43. Understanding Jesus as servant
Understanding John 13
The Matthew 20 episode
Applying our understanding

44. What Next? Foot washing is neither an ordinance nor a ritual
It is a living parable of servanthood
As such, it demonstrates a commitment to serve and to love

45. What Next? 23 And whatever you do, do it heartily,
Colossians 3
23 And whatever you do, do it heartily,
as to the Lord and not to men, 
24 knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance; 
for you serve the Lord Christ.

46. What Next?
Serve others and we serve Christ

47. What Next? 14 How then shall they call on Him
Romans 10
14 How then shall they call on Him
in whom they have not believed?
And how shall they believe in Him
of whom they have not heard?

48. What Next?
And how shall they hear 
without a preacher?

49. What Next? Serve others and we serve Christ
Serve others by sharing the Gospel through our lives

50. What Next?
J.V. McGee

51. What Next? Heaven is for the asking…
your position, your reward in heaven is determined by what you do down here.

52. What Next? Salvation is a free gift…
We need to be on the race course in order to receive a reward.

53. Lord, lay some soul upon my heart, And love that soul through me; And may I humbly do my part To win that soul for Thee.

55. Hebrews 13:20-21
Now may the God of peace
who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great shepherd of the sheep, by the blood of the eternal covenant,

56. …equip you with everything good to whom be glory forever and ever.
that you may do His will,
working in us that which is pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ,
to whom be glory forever and ever.
Amen.

57. Paragon of Servanthood
Jesus,
Paragon of Servanthood