Section 18

After I have been to a department store, I have the feeling that I have been to Hades. When I come out of that store, I need to be washed im mediately. Every time I go shopping, my feet touch the earth and become very dirty. But the Holy Spirit, the Word of God, and the inner life are working and operating to wash me contin ually. Otherwise, I could not maintain my fel lowship with the Lord.

After one week's accumulation of the earthly touch, do you feel the need of the washing when you come to the Lord's table on the Lord's day? Indeed, you do feel the need for the washing of feet to cleanse you from the dirt that you have accumulated from the earthly touch during the week. We need the washing, not only the wash ing of the blood, which is for sins, but the washing by the work of the Holy Spirit, by the enlighten ment of the Word, and by the operation of the inner life to cleanse away the dirt that comes from the earthly touch.

Now we know the real meaning of foot- washing. It is a matter for maintaining fellow ship in life. It is not merely a physical matter; rather it has to be a spiritual practice. We must allegorize this sign and not merely understand it in a physical way. According to the spiritual

meaning of this sign, we need to allow the Spirit, the living Word, and the inner life to wash away all the dirt that we have accumulated while liv ing in the flesh and walking on this dusty earth.

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