天天与主相交，天天得着洁净
约翰福音十三章1至15节
1逾越节以前，耶稣知道自己离世归父的时候到了。他既然爱世间属自己的人，就爱他们到底。
2吃晚饭的时候，魔鬼已将卖耶稣的意思放在西门的儿子加略人犹大心里。
3耶稣知道父已将万有交在他手里，且知道自己是从神出来的，又要归到神那里去，
4就离席站起来，脱了衣服，拿一条手巾束腰，
5随后把水倒在盆里，就洗门徒的脚，并用自己所束的手巾擦干。
6挨到西门彼得，彼得对他说：主阿，你洗我的脚么？
7耶稣回答说：我所做的，你如今不知道，后来必明白。
8彼得说：你永不可洗我的脚！耶稣说：我若不洗你，你就与我无分了。
9西门彼得说：主阿，不但我的脚，连手和头也要洗。
10耶稣说：凡洗过澡的人，只要把脚一洗，全身就干净了。你们是干净的，然而不都是干净的。
11耶稣原知道要卖他的是谁，所以说：你们不都是干净的。
12耶稣洗完了他们的脚，就穿上衣服，又坐下，对他们说：我向你们所做的，你们明白么？
13你们称呼我夫子，称呼我主，你们说的不错，我本来是。
14我是你们的主，你们的夫子，尚且洗你们的脚，你们也当彼此洗脚。
15我给你们做了榜样，叫你们照着我向你们所做的去做。
信息分享
故事中的门徒，刚从橄榄山走路回来；他们走的都是泥路，所以他们的脚都沾满了尘土和泥泞；然而，他们当中只有一人愿意做仆人的工作，替他们洗脚。那人就是耶稣。祂甘心乐意地替门徒洗脚，而且，祂的行动不单给我们留下一个服侍别人的榜样，更留下一个关乎洁净的教训。
请读第6至10节。耶稣的话是甚么意思？祂究竟要教导门徒甚么？耶稣所描述的，是一个洗过澡的人，如今弄污了双脚，他还要再去洗澡吗？不，他不用再去洗澡，只要洗干净双脚便够了。
现在，让我们思想这教训的属灵含意。人若被基督洗净，他已得着完全的洁净；可是，他每天的生活，仍可能被罪所污染。这刻，他要怎样做呢？还要完全洁净一次吗？不，他不用再求主从头洁净他，他只要求主洁净他所犯的罪就够了。
信徒时刻需要这种洁净。犯了罪的信徒，只要来到耶稣基督面前认罪，主的宝血就会再次洗净他，他就再次得洁净了。这个信息，岂不是给信徒的最大安慰？让我们重温约翰壹书一章9节的教导：「我们若认自己的罪，神是信实的，是公义的，必要赦免我们的罪，洗净我们一切的不义。」
只有每天与基督相交，才能每天得着祂的洁净；这是每位信徒永远都要依从的秘诀。
反思：
每天在神面前清楚交账，切忌拖延挂账。
DAILY CLEANSING MEANS DAILY FELLOWSHIP
John 13: 1 – 15
1 Now before the Feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that His hour had come that He should depart from this world to the Father, having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the end.
2 And supper being ended, the devil having already put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, to betray Him,
3 Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into His hands, and that He had come from God and was going to God,
4 rose from supper and laid aside His garments, took a towel and girded Himself.
5 After that, He poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples’ feet, and to wipe them with the towel with which He was girded.
6 Then He came to Simon Peter. And Peter said to Him, “Lord, are You washing my feet?”
7 Jesus answered and said to him, “What I am doing you do not understand now, but you will know after this.”
8 Peter said to Him, “You shall never wash my feet!”
Jesus answered him, “If I do not wash you, you have no part with Me.”
9 Simon Peter said to Him, “Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head!”
10 Jesus said to him, “He who is bathed needs only to wash his feet, but is completely clean; and you are clean, but not all of you.”
11 For He knew who would betray Him; therefore He said, “You are not all clean.”
12 So when He had washed their feet, taken His garments, and sat down again, He said to them, “Do you know what I have done to you?
13 You call Me Teacher and Lord, and you say well, for so I am.
14 If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet.
15 For I have given you an example, that you should do as I have done to you.
Message
What did Jesus do? The disciples had walked in from the Mount of Olives along dusty, dirty roads. Their feet needed washing and only one person was willing to take the servant’s place and wash those stained feet. That person was Jesus himself. He did it willingly and at the same time left us not only an example but a wonderful lesson on cleansing.
Look at verses 6 to 10. What was Jesus saying? What was he trying to teach them? The picture he gives is of someone who has had a full bath but now has dirtied his feet. How much does he need to wash again? Only his feet of course. He doesn’t need a full bath again.
Now think of the spiritual application. When a person has been cleansed by Christ, he has been fully cleansed but he can be soiled or stained by sin every day. What does he need then? Another full cleansing? No, he doesn’t need to start all over again. Only that part which has been stained needs to be cleansed.
This kind of cleansing happens all the time. When a believer sins and confesses that sin, the blood of Jesus Christ cleanses him again and he is made whole once more. Isn’t that encouraging? Remember the words of 1 John 1: 9. ‘If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.’
Daily cleansing means daily fellowship with Christ and that is what we all need always.
THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
‘Keep short accounts with God.’