Peter Barnes | John 13:12-17
SERMON NOTES
HUMBLE SERVANTS
2 Samuel 9; John 13:12-17
– a lesson in humility
1. Jesus is the Lord and the teacher
– 13:12-13; literally ‘the Lord and the teacher’
– 1:1-3, 10, 14, 18; 20:28
2. Jesus as our example of humility.
– 13:14-15
– He is our substitute first (e.g. 1:29; 3:14-15), then our example (e.g. 1 Pet.2:21-23; Phil.2:5)
– not a church rite like baptism and the Lord’s Supper but a spirit of humble service.
3. Blessing in knowing and doing.
– 13:16-17; see 15:20 for the same principle in persecution
– only two ‘blesseds’ in John’s Gospel – in 13:17 and 20:28-29
If God is humble, how can we be proud?