Chapter Thirteen
Verses 1-15 continued
When Jesus came to wash Peter's feet, Peter complained that he needed to be thoroughly cleansed by Jesus. Peter provided an example of the need for salvation by grace and daily repentance. Jesus answered Peter by telling him, and all of His disciples, that He had already cleansed them of all their sins and evil except for their feet which symbolized their fleshly natures which could still sin. Jesus would need to daily cleanse their fleshly sins with the water He would shed on the cross as they daily repented of them. Jesus washed their feet to symbolize this fact. Jesus did not ordain a foot washing ceremony for His Church. Jesus symbolically taught His disciples that they should forgive each other for their sins against each other as they daily asked for forgiveness, just as He will daily forgive His believers as they daily repent. I John 1:8-9.
Jesus also taught that "the Father had given all things into His hands..." John 13:3. Since God created all things and Christ has promised to "make all things new," then Jesus could only have meant by saying that that He will recover and recreate His entire creation, including all living humans. Being Almighty, God knows exactly how to cause all living humans eventually to repent and believe in the Lamb of God of their own free will so that He can save some by His grace and all others in a great worship service in the end of the world. John 5:24; Revelation 5:11-14. After His salvation of the entire human race, Christ will recreate Heaven and earth to be righteous. Revelation 21:1-5; Romans 8:18-23; I Corinthians 15:20-28; Colossians 1:15-23; II Peter 3:9-13; Ecclesiastes 3:14. In Colossians 1:21, all living humans saved by grace are now reconciled to God, but in Colossians 1:20, all things that God has ever created will be reconciled to Him.
Thursday, February 2, 2023
Commentary on the Gospel of John
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