ARROGANCE AND HUMILITY

  

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 Most likely you are not a member of foot washing church, and so it will not be happening at your church this morning.  But for the sake of inward discussion, think about it... how would you feel if I asked you to wash my feet?  Or if I asked you to allow me to wash yours?

Oh, I know at least for some it would be embarrassing.  I can understand that – never have done it myself.  And for others, prickly pride would rise up and…well, it is hard to wash another's feet when you’re standing on a pedestal.                                                                        

And oh yes, please remember...Jesus washed ALL their feet...EVEN THE FEET of Judas.

       You have heard of the title Pharisee and it most likely makes you think of pride personified, and rightly so for when it came to sacrifice, they were kings of the temple. 

       They gave a tenth of everything they received...not just a tenth of everything they earned.  It was said of them, "they even tithe their herbs."

And there were more excesses.  The Torah called for fasting only on special festivals, but not the Pharisees, they went for spiritual overkill and fasted twice a week; every Monday and every Thursday.    

And then they basked in the reputation all this sacrifice gained for them… enjoyed every minute of it and went back for more.  So, that which was essentially good lost much of its goodness because it was swallowed up in a tsunami of spiritual swagger.

Praise and pride... they are so difficult to handle without contaminating us; letting us view our accomplishments through distorted magnifying glasses. 

       A prime example: During the Beatles heyday, John Lennon, stated that they were more popular than Jesus Christ.

       Then there was Voltaire, the atheist who almost destroyed France with his twisted philosophies.  He was going to rid that nation of every Bible and dethrone God. 

       He boasted that within 100 years there wouldn't be left one Bible left in France, except in some dusty old museums.

But before his death, he lost his mind.  When the doctor, nurse or friends would enter his room, he would shrink back into his bed and shriek "The Nazarene.  The Nazarene."  The nurse attending him declared that for all the money in France she would never again nurse another dying infidel.  And just before he did die, he cried out, "Thou hast conquered, thou Nazarene."

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