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Discipleship Focus: Obedience
- Obedience: Genuine and satisfying obedience comes out of our identity. Our true identity comes only from our Father.
Do you
know what makes this passage spectacular?
Look at what has just happened in Jesus’ life. He has performed an incredible miracle in
healing a blind man. Jesus was hated for
it and the man was excommunicated from his community. Jesus performed an incredible miracle in
raising Lazarus from the dead. Jesus was
hated for it and the plot to kill Him escalated even more. Judas has just accused Mary for wasting an
expensive oil as a perfume. Many of His
followers have abandoned Him as He draws nearer to the cross.
So how
does Jesus respond? Jesus washes some
feet. Jesus becomes a servant. Jesus gives us an example to imitate. The world seems to be collapsing around Him,
yet Jesus is still focused on God’s will.
Jesus is obedient.
In
contrast, let’s look at Judas. Judas
leaves to hand Jesus over to the Jewish leaders. At the very same time that
Jesus is humbling Himself to God’s will, Judas is looking to make His own
desires come true.
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