House Church Talk - inclination toward ceremonial

[Brad Cork]

David Anderson wrote:

>     Greetings from the South
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>John 13:14 If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye 
>also ought to wash one another¹s feet. 
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>Was our Lord telling us to do menial tasks for one another or was this 
>the institution of the "ceremony of foot washing?" What in modern 
>society, with it's dirt and mud-free roadways, might be the equivalent of 
>foot-washing?
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>     David Anderson
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Another thought... Jesus is not as concerned with what we do as he is 
with what we are... We tend to try and create ceremonies and rules to 
show us how we ought to live but these take our focus further away from 
God... when in reality God wants us to walk in the Spirit.. to be 
focussed on him... if we do that we will then automatically fulfil all 
the requirements of the law... I think we have it back the front... 
let's follow Paul's example in Galatians 5:16 and keep in step with the 
spirit for then we will truly know God and by consequence will also 
fulfil the requirements of the law.

Have a great day,
Brad

"As many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are the sons of God" - 
Romans 8:14