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. 
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. 
That is so cool. Makes me think about when Jesus was visiting at one house where they hadn’t offered water to wash the feet in, and the woman came and anointed His feet. It was something they neglected to do and we should do in hospitality for each other. Not really washing literal feet, but when we confess to one another and pray and love and carry each other and stay open with each other, we are washing away that dirt we pick up in the world.