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On
Sunday, May 13th, we heard about the Christian practice of serving. On that day,
18 people from Solomon's Porch returned from a trip to Guatemala where they build
homes for poor coffee farmers - needless to say, many people had input about serving
and the practice of it! Here are the verses that were used in the talk.
John 13:1-27
It was just before the Passover Feast. Jesus knew that the time had come for him
to leave this world and go to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the
world, he now showed them the full extent of his love. The evening meal was being
served, and the devil had already prompted Judas Iscariot, son of Simon, to betray
Jesus. Jesus knew that the Father had put all things under his power, and that
he had come from God and was returning to God; so he got up from the meal, took
off his outer clothing, and wrapped a towel around his waist. After that, he poured
water into a basin and began to wash his disciples' feet, drying them with the
towel that was wrapped around him. He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, "Lord,
are you going to wash my feet?" Jesus replied, "You do not realize now
what I am doing, but later you will understand." "No," said Peter,
"you shall never wash my feet." Jesus answered, "Unless I wash
you, you have no part with me." "Then, Lord," Simon Peter replied,
"not just my feet but my hands and my head as well!" Jesus answered,
"A person who has had a bath needs only to wash his feet; his whole body
is clean. And you are clean, though not every one of you." For he knew who
was going to betray him, and that was why he said not every one was clean. When
he had finished washing their feet, he put on his clothes and returned to his
place. "Do you understand what I have done for you?" he asked them.
"You call me `Teacher' and `Lord,' and rightly so, for that is what I am.
Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash
one another's feet. I have set you an example that you should do as I have done
for you. I tell you the truth, no servant is greater than his master, nor is a
messenger greater than the one who sent him. Now that you know these things, you
will be blessed if you do them.
Philippians 2:1-21
If you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from
his love, if any fellowship with the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion,
then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one
in spirit and purpose. Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but
in humility consider others better than yourselves. Each of you should look not
only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others. Your attitude
should be the same as that of Christ Jesus: Who, being in very nature God, did
not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but made himself nothing,
taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found
in appearance as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient to death-- even
death on a cross! Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him
the name that is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should
bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that
Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
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