Posted on 06/28/2020 4:56:42 AM PDT by Kaslin
So many commentators don't understand the biblical background to the act of kneeling and washing feet. (Biblical ignorance is such a bad influence in our society.) And of course the religious left takes Scripture out of context. As the old saying goes, a text without a context can become a pretext.
First, a little recent historical background.
Back in the 1970s, during the Jesus Movement — the right kind of cultural revolution, not the one today led by neo-Marxists and their destruction, a false and evil movement — we did some wonderful things. At home Bible studies, which sprang up everywhere, we occasionally did some foot-washing "ceremonies." We got a basin of water and a cloth and knelt down and washed each other's feet, or at least the feet of the person sitting next to us.
Where did we get the scriptural support for our childlike and sweet and well intentioned activity? From here:
Jesus knew that the Father had put all things under his power, and that he had come from God and was returning to God; so he got up from the meal, took off his outer clothing, and wrapped a towel around his waist. After that, he poured water into a basin and began to wash his disciples' feet, drying them with the towel that was wrapped around him. (John 13:3–4, NIV)
That passage was written regarding the Last Supper, which gets an extended treatment in John's Gospel. The whole scene is personal and expresses humility — the right kind. The leader (Jesus) voluntarily, to set an example, kneels and washes the feet of his disciples, even those of Judas, who left shortly afterward and betrayed him. The entire context shows that there was no coercion or guilt-tripping.
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Why? Christianity is anti racist.
Its Islam that is racist, the Arabic name for negro is literally translated as slave. Yes so many blacks fall for the doctrines of sin as holy. Perhaps they should just be called tools...
Only white liberals.
Hell no!
Sure, but not me. I want the coward who runs chik fil who gives a hey? To be the first one to do it. I want it as CNN special and I want him to wash Sharpton’s feet. Hey it would be great for CNN’s ratings and help the chicken man’s company slide down the crapper even faster. It’s a beautiful thing!
“WTF is this faggot shit?”
It is called “moving the goalposts so far that anything less extreme would seem moderate”. In this case, OK - don’t wash their feet; just pay all of their bills in perpetuity (as we already do in many cases).
I always felt that the reparations “threat” was to force conservatives to back off very valid legal challenges to race-based affirmative action - and it has worked.
Only useful idiots “bow” to other human beings.
JoMa
Uh, no!
Shut up, Dan, and get back to selling chicken sandwiches. I ate at Zaxby’s last night.
Is that why Jesus washed the feet of his followers?
Wash them till they are white?
Might need a wire brush.
White guild run deep in some folks they will do anything to prove it.
They can kiss my hairy white ass.
Hell, no.
I kneel for no man whether he or she be King or Queen. And most of the men these days are Queens.
I’m so sick of this crap
As a Bible-believing Christian, I do think feet washing is scriptural. I also believe this is the wrong context. I think a white Christian and a black Christian washing each other’s feet would be a strong message.
Should Black People randomly Assassinate White People on the Streets as Reparations?
Oops, look like they are already doing that.
I have never owned a slave. I have nothing to atone for. My family came to this country as sharecroppers. We were essentially working the same fields as the black folk. I owe nothing to anyone.
“. . .Atone for Racism?”
EVERY black person who lives in America should Praise God EVERy day that they live in America!
I am sick and tired of this LIEberal mantra that 150 years after the end of slavery in the USA, that America is a racist country!
AMERICA IS NOT A RACIST COUNTRY, AND WE DO NOT HAVE TO APOLOGIZE TO ANYONE FOR OUR HISTORY!
If LIEberals did not play the race card every two years, they would not have an issue! EVERY LIEberal-run city, county and state is a disaster!
What more evidence do we need?
Never elect Democrats! They are violently anti-American!
I know, employment was one of several hats I wore in a heavy industrial plant foe a time in the 70’s and 80’s and management never showed bias when requesting people. I did find some when promotions came up but they were well justified questions.
Hi.
I washed my wife’s feet on Holy Thursday. She’s African American. Does that count?
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