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Welcome to Day 2157 of Wisdom-Trek, and thank you for joining me.\nThis is Guthrie Chamberlain, Your Guide to Wisdom\nThe Gospel of John \u2013 25 \u2013 Humility Personified\xa0\u2013 Daily Wisdom\nThe Gospel of John \u2013 Part 4 Confirmation Of The Word \u2013 Humility Personified\nToday we continue our series, the Good News according to John the Apostle. Last, we saw Jesus end his public ministry to focus his final three days before the crucifixion with his disciples to prepare them for the pivotal event. Jesus\u2019s hour, His purpose for coming to earth, was nearly here. In 12:24, he declared, \u201cI tell you the truth, unless a kernel of wheat is planted in the soil and dies, it remains alone. But its death will produce many new kernels\u2014a plentiful harvest of new lives.\u201d\n\nWe begin the 4th segment of John\u2019s narrative today. That is Confirmation of the Word, which covers John 13:1 \u2013 17:26. Today, we join Jesus behind closed doors with His disciples and see him take on the role of the lowest servants as He washes His disciple\u2019s feet. Our scripture for today is John 13:1-17. Follow along as I read today\u2019s passage.\n\n\xa0It was just before the Passover Festival.\xa0Jesus knew that the hour had come\xa0for him to leave this world and go to the Father.\xa0Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.\n\nThe evening meal was in progress, and the devil had already prompted Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, to betray Jesus.\xa0Jesus knew that the Father had put all things under his power,\xa0and that he had come from God\xa0and was returning to God;\xa0so he got up from the meal, took off his outer clothing, and wrapped a towel around his waist.\xa0After that, he poured water into a basin and began to wash his disciples\u2019 feet,\xa0drying them with the towel that was wrapped around him.\n\nHe came to Simon Peter, who said to him, \u201cLord, are you going to wash my feet?\u201d\n\nJesus replied,\xa0\u201cYou do not realize now what I am doing, but later you will understand.\u201d\n\n\u201cNo,\u201d said Peter, \u201cyou shall never wash my feet.\u201d\n\nJesus answered,\xa0\u201cUnless I wash you, you have no part with me.\u201d\n\n\u201cThen, Lord,\u201d Simon Peter replied, \u201cnot just my feet but my hands and my head as well!\u201d\n\nJesus answered,\xa0\u201cThose who have had a bath need only to wash their feet; their whole body is clean. And you are clean,\xa0though not every one of you.\u201d\xa011\xa0For he knew who was going to betray him,\xa0and that was why he said not everyone was clean.\n\nWhen he had finished washing their feet, he put on his clothes and returned to his place.\xa0\u201cDo you understand what I have done for you?\u201d\xa0he asked them.\xa0\u201cYou call me \u2018Teacher\u2019\xa0and \u2018Lord,\u2019\xa0and rightly so, for that is what I am.\xa0Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another\u2019s feet.\xa0I have set you an example that you should do as I have done for you.\xa0Very truly I tell you, no servant is greater than his master,\xa0nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him.\xa0Now that you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them.\n\nAs he often does, John only shares select snapshots of the timeline. In...