John 13 Round Two: Jesus and Clean Feet

A quiet room after dinner. A teacher rises, lays aside his outer robe, and ties on a towel. What happens next upends every assumption about power, dignity, and what love looks like when it gets its hands wet. We journey through John 13 with Pastor Brandon, tracing how Jesus transforms a lowly task into a living picture of the kingdom—and how that picture still confronts our habits, our hierarchies, and our hearts.

We start with the shock of foot washing in its cultural setting, where dusty roads made clean feet a courtesy reserved for the lowest servant. Peter objects, and Jesus responds with a lesson that reaches beyond ritual: those who are washed still need their feet cleaned. That’s a map for daily discipleship, where grace gives you a new identity and regular confession keeps the grit from hardening your soul. Then the camera turns to Judas. Jesus washes the feet of the one who will betray him and shares bread with the one already choosing the night. It’s love offered with open eyes, not sentimentality—an unwavering posture that refuses to let another’s sin dictate our character.

When Judas departs, Jesus speaks of glory—not as applause, but as self-giving. From that place he gives a new commandment: love one another as I have loved you. That standard becomes the badge of a disciple and the church’s most persuasive witness. We talk about what that love looks like in ordinary life, far beyond a single ceremony: noticing the unseen, yielding status, and meeting real needs without keeping score. Finally, we sit with Peter’s bold promise and Jesus’ sober prediction of denial—held together by a basin already used in love. Failure will come, but grace arrives first. That sequence is the hope that keeps us moving.

If you’re ready to rethink greatness, trade titles for towels, and find practical ways to serve where the grime gathers in your world, this conversation will give you handles and heart. Listen, share with a friend who needs courage to love again, and if it helps you, subscribe and leave a quick review so more people can find the show. What’s one place you can pick up the towel this week?

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