{"id":3032,"date":"2012-03-10T16:47:51","date_gmt":"2012-03-10T22:47:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/?p=3032"},"modified":"2012-03-11T20:04:57","modified_gmt":"2012-03-12T02:04:57","slug":"session-3-recap-zaspel-serving-as-he-served-john-131-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/2012\/03\/session-3-recap-zaspel-serving-as-he-served-john-131-17\/","title":{"rendered":"Session 3 Recap: Zaspel, “Serving as He Served” \u00e2\u20ac\u201c John 13:1-17"},"content":{"rendered":"

Editor\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Note:<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0Tim Ragsdale is Pastor for Local Missions at Desert Springs Church<\/a> in Albuquerque, NM.\u00c2\u00a0This post is a summary of Fred G. Zaspel’s message from Saturday morning, March 10, “Serving as He Served<\/a>,” from John 13:1-17.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Dr. Fred Zaspel\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s message \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Serving as He Served\u00e2\u20ac\u009d was on John 13:1-17. In chapter 13, the focus of John’s gospel has changed as Jesus\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 hour approaches, and Jesus is addresses his disciples. Jesus\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 departure was near and his focus and concern was upon his disciples who would remain after his departure.<\/p>\n

Surrounded by disciples with a propensity to argue among themselves as to who is the greatest who jockey for privileged seats in glory, Jesus puts on a spectacular demonstration of his own glory \u00e2\u20ac\u201c no, he doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t. Instead he takes on the servant role of the lowest of the low in the culture. He lays aside his outer garments (note: \u00e2\u20ac\u0153lays aside\u00e2\u20ac\u009d is not the typical language for simply changing clothes, but more closely parallels Christ\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s humbling of himself in Philippians 2 where he lays aside his own glory taking on the form of a servant) and humbly washes his disciples\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 feet.<\/p>\n

Jesus is clearly demonstrating a lesson on servant leadership, but did they really understand all that his symbolic gestures represented? The disciples did not yet have the Cross to reflect upon, though later they would understand (v.7). As the disciples did not completely grasp all of the symbolism of Jesus\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 actions, they do see humble servant leadership in action. When we see Jesus\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 command for us to love one another as he has loved us, he has not left us without an example.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0Though we shouldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t read too much into it \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Jesus even washed the feet of Judas Iscariot.<\/p>\n

When we listen to our ugly pride and see ourselves above humble (and \u00e2\u20ac\u0153lowly\u00e2\u20ac\u009d) service, do we see what that means? Though we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d never say it, our attitudes and actions reveal that we think we are better than our Master. Now that we know these things, may we be blessed as faithful doers. Let us pray for appropriate humility \u00e2\u20ac\u201c after all, we have so much to be humble about.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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