Life’S Washing To Maintain Fellowship
LIFE'S WASHING TO MAINTAIN FELLOWSHIP
John 13 is a turning point in this Gospel, showing the Lord's washing of the disciples' feet. The significance of this act is deeply meaning ful, signifying to us the Lord's washing of the be lievers by the Holy Spirit (Titus 3:5), the Word (Eph. 5:26; John 15:3), and the inner law of life (John 19:34). Here I want to share something about the foot washing by the believers among one another (vv. 12-17). We not only need the foot washing that is exercised directly by the Lord Himself, but also the mutual foot washing of one another. The Lord told us to wash one an other's feet. Sometimes we must keep the Lord's word literally, but to an even greater degree we must keep His word spiritually. We must wash one another's feet by ministering the work of the Holy Spirit, by ministering the enlightenment of the Word, and by ministering the operation of the inner life. In this way, I help you, you help me, and we help one another to be washed in the work of the Holy Spirit, in the light of the Word, or in the operation of the inner life. Whenever