Daily Devotions

My Song In The Night (Gospel of John)
我夜间的歌曲 (约翰福音)

My Song In The Night (Gospel of John)
我夜间的歌曲 (约翰福音)
 
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Day 252

Gentle Teaching

Text: John 13: 10-11

GENTLE TEACHING

Jesus continued to teach His Disciples gently and graciously. He sought to teach them a profound truth from this act of washing the feet of His disciples.

“Jesus said to him, ‘He who is bathed needs only to wash his feet, but is completely clean; and you are clean, but not all of you.’ For He knew who would betray Him; therefore He said, ‘You are not all clean.’”

John 13:10-11

1. “Jesus said to him”

a. Jesus did not reject Peter.
b. He continued to teach him.

2. “He who is bathed… is completely clean”

a. This was the answer to Peter when he asked for his hands and head to be washed.
b. The disciples had already been bathed.
c. They had been made clean.
d. They had been baptised as an expression of their faith in Jesus.

3. “Needs only to wash his feet”

a. The feet walk in the world.
b. And being in the world we pick up sin.
c. Sin is like the dust that clings to the feet.
d. Thus, the feet must be washed again and again.

4. “You are clean, but not all of you”

a. The Disciples were declared “clean”.
i. They were justified by faith.
ii. They had received salvation.
b. “But not all of you”
i. Judas followed Jesus too.
ii. But his heart was not clean for he had allowed Satan to fill his heart.

5. “For He knew who would betray Him”

Of course, Jesus knew that Judas would betray Him. Out of grace and mercy, He did not expose his treacherous heart.

经文:约翰福音 13:10-11

温柔的教训

耶稣继续温柔和富有恩典地教训祂的门徒。祂想通过洗门徒的脚来教他们一个深奥的真理。

“耶稣说:‘凡洗过澡的人,只要把脚一洗,全身就干净了。你们是干净的,然而不都是干净的。’耶稣原知道要卖他的是谁,所以说‘你们不都是干净的’。”

《约翰福音 13:10-11》

1. “耶稣说”

a. 耶稣没有拒绝彼得
b. 祂继续教训他

2. “凡洗过澡的人…… 全身就干净了”

a. 这是给予彼得的答复。因为他要耶稣连自己的手和头也洗
b. 门徒们已经洗过澡了
c. 他们已是干净了
d. 他们已经通过受洗表达他们对耶稣的信

3. “只要把脚一洗”

a. 我们用脚在世间行走
b. 因在世间,所以我们会粘到罪孽
c. 罪就像尘埃一般粘在脚上
d. 所以脚必须洗过了再洗

4. “你们是干净的,然而不都是干净的”

a. 门徒们被宣告为“干净”
i. 他们已因信得义
ii. 他们已经得到救赎
b. “然而不都是干净的”
i. 犹大也跟随耶稣
ii. 但他的心却不干净,因为他让撒旦充满他的心

5. “耶稣原知道要卖他的是谁”

耶稣当然已经知道犹大将出卖祂。但出于恩典和怜悯之心,耶稣没有拆穿他恶毒的心。