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foot washing
- Thread starter ezra
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Jewish feast day ,aka peshac If I get that right
Jethro Bodine
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Where I'm from abib is what you wear when you're eating crawdaddys in your Sunday best.
....I don't know what the 14 means.
Obadiah
Member
Size, perhaps?
Obadiah
Member
Oh, hadn't heard that one, but then I'm an English speaking Christian, not a Hebrew speaking Jew so I'm rather ignorant on that.
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jocor
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Deu 16:1 Observe the month of Abib, and keep the passover unto Yahweh thy God: for in the month of Abib Yahweh thy God brought thee forth out of Egypt by night.
Abib is the name of the first month of the year of Yahweh's calendar. It is found in every English translation.
Exo 12:6 And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening (Hebrew - between the evenings).
This refers to the day the Passover lambs were killed. Yeshua was put to death on the same exact day, at the same exact time (3:00 PM).
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Jethro Bodine
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"you are in fact unleavened. For Christ our Passover also has been sacrificed." (1 Corinthians 5:7 NASB) :yes
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jocor
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The context reads;
1Co 5:6 Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?
1Co 5:7 Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:
1Co 5:7 Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:
Paul wrote this concerning a brother who was committing fornication. He was a believer who allowed leaven into his life. Yes, when we receive Yeshua as Savior we become unleavened. We are then called to maintain a leaven free life. If leaven is found in us, we are to repent of it and purge it out whether it be personal leaven or leaven within the Body of Messiah. It is an ongoing commitment to live as Yeshua lived, leaven free.
Most people don't, which is the whole point. Back in the day, foot washing was done by servants lowest in rank. It was an unpopular task for most, so it was assigned to the lowest of the low. It was a regular part of formal banquets when people walked in sandals on dusty roads. It would never have been done by a king at a banquet, which accounts for the apostles shock when Jesus did it. We are to humble ourselves like Jesus did, and serve one another.
One of the things women could do to qualify for being put on the widows list was foot washing, so it was literally done in NT times. Paul specifically calls humbling yourself to wash the saints feet a good deed.
No widow may be put on the list of widows unless she is over sixty, has been faithful to her husband, and is well known for her good deeds, such as bringing up children, showing hospitality, washing the feet of the Lord’s people, helping those in trouble and devoting herself to all kinds of good deeds. 1 Timothy 5:9-10 NIV
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jocor
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In our congregation, men wash men's feet and women wash women's feet to avoid impure thoughts. During a home ceremony it is not a problem for spouses to wash one another's feet. The ceremony is followed by partaking of the bread and cup.
ezra
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exactly only we do The Lord supper 1st .I HAVE NOT BEEN IN A FOOT WASHING SERVICE IN A WHILE.NO BODY SEEMS INTERESTED sorry caps
ezra
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its all in the spirit of how it is done. one your not using soap to clean. you can either take hands full of water place over the feet or use a picture of water. you then dry the feet and pass it on. {{{ Most people don't, which is the whole point. Back in the day, foot washing was done by servants lowest in rank. It was an unpopular task for most, so it was assigned to the lowest of the low. It was a regular part of formal banquets when people walked in sandals on dusty roads. It would never have been done by a king at a banquet, which accounts for the apostles shock when Jesus did it. We are to humble ourselves like Jesus did, and serve one another.
One of the things women could do to qualify for being put on the widows list was foot washing, so it was literally done in NT times. Paul specifically calls humbling yourself to wash the saints feet a good deed.}}} this is the true meaning of it. i only know of one church group that has it as a ordinance .that is the free will baptist.
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jocor
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If you are interested, I believe the correct order is found here with commentary.
Jethro Bodine
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Which brings me to the reason I don't endorse foot washing. It does not mean now what it did then. There are more practical, meaningful things we can do for one another that demonstrate loving, serving humility. If you wanted to wash my feet to do something nice for me I'd say, "no thanks, they don't need it. I did that last Saturday night. But thanks anyway."
An example of doing something useful and meaningful today would be the men of high standing int he church rolling up their sleeves and helping the women clean up after a church dinner.
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ezra
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your welcome to your belief { If you wanted to wash my feet to do something nice for me I'd say, "no thanks, they don't need it. I did that last Saturday night. But thanks anyway."} this was exactly what i wanted to avoid like many you missed the point . thats why i asked for no carnal replies .
Jethro Bodine
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I know this will be hard for you see, but actually it is you who are being carnal (unspiritual) by suggesting it is a legalistic command for the church to follow. You are saying we should do it simply because Christ commanded it at a time when foot washing actually meant something to an unpaved, poorly foot covered society.
To purposely bring back the now unnecessary act of foot washing before entering a home for the sake of fulfilling a command of Christ's is to be carnally minded. You're being legalistic. What you really need to do is come to my house and wash my socks when I'm too ill to do it for myself. THAT would be a good, spiritual example of what Christ was driving at. But for you to wash my feet? That aren't even dirty to begin with. That's simply not required and proves nothing about you being a servant of your brother.
Jethro Bodine
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Rituals don't prove anything.
The real world is what proves character.
I knew a pastor who said he took his son with him over to a sick man at home in bed and administered a much needed enema. Any volunteers for this humiliating exercise of lowly leader-servant obedience?
The real world is what proves character.
I knew a pastor who said he took his son with him over to a sick man at home in bed and administered a much needed enema. Any volunteers for this humiliating exercise of lowly leader-servant obedience?