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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Oh??
Ecclesiastes 3:18-21 ESV
I said in my heart with regard to the children of man that God is testing them that they may see that they themselves are but beasts. For what happens to the children of man and what happens to the beasts is the same; as one dies, so dies the other.
They all have the same breath, and man has no advantage over the beasts, for all is vanity. All go to one place. All are from the dust, and to dust all return.
Who knows whether the spirit of man goes upward and the spirit of the beast goes down into the earth?
Nope. Neither I nor my family were in the south as slave holders.
Why don’t Blacks lead by example by first atoning for Black criminality? No need to wash anyone’s feet, just stop committing crimes for a while and see how much easier everyone’s life becomes.
Wouldn’t that bring them within six feet. That’s a big no no ain’t it?
No.
No, just the opposite. Blacks should wash white peoples feet and apologize for being racist.
Should folks in the black community wash my feet because MY family fought in the civil war to free them?
What do they owe me?
Can I have a 150 year long pity party for myself and my relatives... forever entitled?
The black community sucks - they’ve gone from victims to bullies in 3 generations.
No.
How many of those are a result of “affirmative action”....one always wonders.
“Should White Christians Wash Black People’s Feet to Atone for Racism?”
Oh heck no.
A quick shoeshine will suffice.
To put it bluntly: NO, HELL NO, AND F’ING HELL NO!!!!!!!
I will gladly wash BLM feet — with a wire brush.
I saw a picture of this going on last week.
not if that individual Christian has any self esteem and has not personally done anything that he should apologize for and atone for
Atoning for something somebody else did? Jesus in the only man who could do that.
This could be the official national non-prayer, when our rising secular “Religion of Woke” is made official and mandatory. Our rulers will deny it has anything to do with religion, thus, it’s perfectly fine to force everybody to say it. It sounds like I’m joking, but I promise you, the new High Priests of the Religion of Woke are not.
Hail Marx, father of socialism,
Immortal be thy name.
Communism come, the work be done,
On earth as there is no heaven.
Let us this day smash white privilege,
and crush our racist oppressors,
as we destroy imperialism.
Deliver us from capitalism,
And lead us to Communism,
Amen.
Nope.
I would if it actually would accomplish anything.
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