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To: vmatt
LOL...Jesus commanded these things vmatt, so I'm going to do them!
That's fine, all I ask is for proof Jesus commanded that you, today, do these things. Being as how you have engaged and extolled others regarding these rituals, you must already have proved to yourself they are truth. That proof is all I ask.

Joh 13:14 If then I, the Lord and the Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet.
Joh 13:15 For I have given you an example, that you should do as I have done to you.

Luke 22:19 And He took bread and gave thanks, and He broke it and gave it to them, saying, This is My body which is given for you, this do in remembrance of Me.

1Co 11:25 In the same way He took the cup also, after supping, saying, "This cup is the New Covenant in My blood; as often as you drink it, do this in remembrance of Me." Thanks.

76 posted on 03/27/2002 10:22:47 AM PST by DouglasKC
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To: DouglasKC
All the verses you present are to his disciples, not us today. Jesus took several of the customs of the day and used them to teach many lessons and we are to take the lessons, not the rituals themselves. These people really needed to have their feet washed, unlike today. It was considered a welcoming custom. These people already ate the passover and it was a meal to satisfy hunger, not us today. These people really did kiss each other but we don't. A "holy handshake" would be the modern equivalent custom and the true meaning would be consistent. You are taking these valuable lessons and turning them back into rituals. There were no "foot washings" in the early church.

Matthew 10:14 And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when ye depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet.

77 posted on 03/27/2002 10:43:25 AM PST by vmatt
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