Then we can partake of the communion with a consciousness of sins forgiven; for whosoever sits down at the communion service should sit down humble and clean in heart, and purified from all defilement.
This ordinance is preparation for sacramental service. While pride, and strife for supremacy are cherished, the heart cannot enter into fellowship with Christ.
We all need to understand that the craving for supremacy is placing men where they will never gain the supremacy in the future life, even if they gain it in this. The ordinance of feet-washing was a revealer of character, and always will be.
As I am washing another’s feet, my prayer is ascending to God that He will continually wash the dust from our feet that has been collected while walking on this earth and that His healing touch be applied where the dust has caused harm.
Every communion service is a reminder. We are participating in this as a remembrance of Him until he comes. So it is a memorial and a reminder of His second coming.
August 13 – 19, 2017-“At a feast it was customary for a servant to wash the feet of the guests, and on this occasion preparation had been made for the service. …”