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Eternal Christ

The Prime Timers was led by Ben Welmaker this week. The reading is below.

Ben concluded class with a prayer.

The Lesson for Sunday, July 20th is "Christ as Servant"

Key Verse:  John 13:15

Focus of the Lesson: No one is too good to serve others. How are we to know whom and when to serve? Jesus Christ demonstrated what it means to be a humble servant.

The reading is John 13:1-8, 12-20. This text is from the New International Version. (NIV)

Background Scripture:  John 13:1-20

   ¹It was just before the Passover Feast. Jesus knew that the time had come for him to leave this world and go to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he now showed them the full extent of his love.

   ²The evening meal was being served, and the devil had already prompted Judas Iscariot, son of Simon, to betray Jesus. ³Jesus knew that the Father had put all things under his power, and that he had come from God and was returning to God; ⁴so he got up from the meal, took off his outer clothing, and wrapped a towel around his waist. ⁵After that, he poured water into a basin and began to wash his disciples' feet, drying them with the towel that was wrapped around him.

   ⁶He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, "Lord, are you going to wash my feet?"

   ⁷Jesus replied, "You do not realize now what I am doing, but later you will understand."

   ⁸"No," said Peter, "you shall never wash my feet."
Jesus answered, "Unless I wash you, you have no part with me."

   ¹²When he had finished washing their feet, he put on his clothes and returned to his place. "Do you understand what I have done for you?" he asked them. ¹³"You call me 'Teacher' and 'Lord,' and rightly so, for that is what I am. ¹⁴Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another's feet. ¹⁵I have set you an example that you should do as I have done for you. ¹⁶I tell you the truth, no servant is greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him. ¹⁷Now that you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them.

   ¹⁸"I am not referring to all of you; I know those I have chosen. But this is to fulfill the scripture: 'He who shares my bread has lifted up his heel against me.'

   ¹⁹"I am telling you now before it happens, so that when it does happen you will believe that I am He. ²⁰I tell you the truth, whoever accepts anyone I send accepts me; and whoever accepts me accepts the one who sent me."

NIV