He that is washed needeth not save to wash his feet, but is clean every whit.”—John 13:10
THIS washing of the disciples’ feet was one of the last of our Lord’s acts on
earth, as the servant of His disciples, the servant of sinners. How fully did
that towel, and that basin, shew that He had “taken upon him the form of a
servant” (Phi 2:7), and that He had come not to be ministered unto, but to minis-
ter! This last act of lowly love is the filling up of His matchless condescension; it
is so simple, so kindly, so expressive; and all the more so, because not referring to
positive want, such as hunger, or thirst, or pain, but merely to bodily comfort. Oh,
if He is so interested in our commonest comforts, such as the washing of our feet,
what must He be in our spiritual joys and blessings! How desirous that we should
have peace of soul, and how willing to impart it!
This scene of condescending love is no mere show. It is a reality. And it is a reali-
ty for us to copy. Love to the saints; love shewing itself in simple acts of quiet, lowly
service; service pertaining to common comforts—this is the lesson for us, which the
divine example gives. If He did this, what should we do? “If I your Lord and Master
have washed your feet, ye also ought to wash one another’s feet.”

Christ The Cleanser By- Horatius Bonar

BUT an inquirer asks, What is the special meaning of the blood, of which we
read so much? How does it speak of peace? How does it “purge the con-
science from dead works” (Heb 9:14)? What can blood have to do with the
peace, the grace, and the righteousness of which we have been speaking? God has
given the reason for the stress which He lays upon the blood; and, in understand-
ing this, we get to the very bottom of the grounds of a sinner’s peace.

The Blood of Sprinkling By- Horatius Bonar

Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost.
And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from
the top to the bottom.”—Matthew 27:50-51
“Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood
of Jesus, by a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us,
through the veil, that is to say, his flesh.”—Hebrews 10:19-20
FIRST, think of what has been done. In actual historical fact the glorious veil
of the temple has been rent in twain from the top to the bottom: as a matter
of spiritual fact, which is far more important to us, the separating legal ordi-
nance is abolished.
This rending of the veil signified also the removal of the separating sin. Sin is, after
all, the great divider between God and man.
Next, be it remembered that the separating sinfulness is also taken away through our
Lord Jesus. It is not only what we have done, but what we are that keeps us apart
from God.

The Rent Veil By- Charles H. Spurgeon

Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.—John 15:14 
HE words are a part of Christ’s discourse after the supper He 
had instituted. The chapter begins with a parable, wherein 
Christ likens Himself to a vine and the disciples (and conse-
quently all believers) to branches. The use of this parable was occa-
sioned, as some think, by Christ’s passing by some vineyards, whence 
He raises a discourse1 to spiritualize their meditations upon the view 
of creation. Whether this were so or not, yet the discourse is excellent, 
both to show the near union and relation of Christ and believers and 
the way and means of a spiritual growth in sanctification and holi-
ness. Christ was sent into the world to publish a new religion—not a 
lazy, but a fruitful one. God the Father is the husbandman, Who both 
dresseth the vine and purgeth the branches to render them fruitful. 
Several arguments He useth to engage them to abide in Him and con-
sequently to be fruitful:

Christ's Friends Obey Him By- Stephen Charnock

Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have 
right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the 
gates into the city.—Revelation 22:14 
THE salvation that the gospel [proclaims] to man is entirely 
free. A fundamental principle [of it is this]: it is not of works, 
lest any man should boast (Eph 2:8-9). God hath saved us, not 
by works of righteousness that we have done, but according to His 
mercy (Ti 3:5). Yet the assurance is uttered with equal solemnity and 
precision: without holiness, no man shall see the Lord (Heb 12:14). It 
becomes, therefore, a most important topic for us to consider: What is 
the worth of man’s obedience?...Salvation from sin—offering everlast-
ing life and happiness in that life—

God's Law and Obedience By- Stephen Tyng

All professing Christians are agreed, in theory at least, that it 
is the bounden duty of those who bear His name to honor and 
glorify Christ in this world. But as to how this is to be done, as 
to what He requires from us to this end, there is wide difference of 
opinion. Many suppose that honoring Christ simply means to join 
some “church,” take part in and support its various activities. Others 
think that honoring Christ means to speak of Him to others and be 
diligently engaged in “personal work.” Others seem to imagine that 
honoring Christ signifies little more than making liberal financial 
contributions to His cause. Few indeed realize that Christ is honored 
only as we live holily unto Him, and that, by walking in subjection to 
His revealed will. Few indeed really believe that word, “Behold, to 
obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams” (1Sa 
15:22).

God's Word and Obedience By- Arthur W Pink

Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, 
but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with 
fear and trembling. For it is God which worketh in you both to 
will and to do of his good pleasure.—Philippians 2:12-13

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