My short answer is: No.
Hey dear little ones! Have you seen any posts or pictures on the internet showing Jesus washing the feet of random people like the Pope, Trump, a nun, someone holding a rainbow flag, a person with tattoo and ripped jeans, or some random controversial figures to share the idea that God’s love is for everyone? I’ve seen them many times, and every time it gave me pause that so many people said “amen” to those posts, testified that it was what the Holy Bible teaches, while some did not seem to care enough about the accuracy. While I believe Jesus loves everyone and He died for all people (though salvation is only for those who receive His sacrifice), I do not think Jesus washed the feet of just random people as depicted in that art. Even if those people in the pictures were alive during Jesus’ time on earth, the chances are Jesus would not wash all their feet.
The evening meal was in progress, and the devil had already prompted Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, to betray Jesus. 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 13:2-5 (NIV)
Why do you think I have such answer?
I was just sharing about the same passage a few weeks ago highlighting what Jesus taught the disciples through that act of washing their feet. But in this post, we’d be looking at different topic: whose feet did Jesus wash? If Jesus were alive as a man today, whose feet would He wash?
We know from John 13 that Jesus was having a supper with the disciples, the last supper to be precise. The women followers of Jesus were probably there too, just not mentioned in the passage and nor the recipients of His example. All twelve–Simon, Andrew, James, John, Levi, Philip, Nathanael, Thomas, James, Thaddaeus, Simon the Zealot, and Judas Iscariot–had left everything to follow Jesus.
Three gospels mentioned how Jesus told the crowd, including His disciples, that if anyone wants to be the disciples of Jesus they must deny themselves, take up their cross, and follow Him. This was surely what the twelve had done. And that was just the beginning of the journey following the Lord, for the twelve had also walked in faith preaching the Kingdom of God (Matt 10:9-14). Their tasks were not only to walk and talk, but to heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, drive out demons, all without bringing anything but the clothes on their backs. The disciples weren’t promised of their physical safety either. They were promised that the Holy Spirit would guide them as they speak the truth and that God would save them as they flee from those who persecute them. Even though these words were a foretelling of what Jesus’ followers would face, the twelve disciples had passed these tests.
You might complain, “But there was also Judas Iscariot there! Jesus washed his feet!”
Very true, and Judas Iscariot had also passed the tests we read about earlier. There’s no mention that “All the disciples had left everything, went to ministry, except for Judas Iscariot.” He was once a faithful disciple that served Jesus wholeheartedly. This gives us the understanding of how the Bible repeatedly tells us to endure (2Tim 2:12; Heb 10:36), to work our salvation (Phil 2:12), and to not giving up of doing good (Gal 6:9; 2Thess 3:13; 1Cor 15:58). Judas failed to obey until the end, and his betrayal is a topic for another time. But that doesn’t change the fact about the people whose feet were washed by Jesus. They were the ones that have left everything to follow Jesus, received and followed His teaching, preached the Kingdom of God, and served Jesus. Do you still think that Jesus would wash everyone’s feet?
That’s a tiny little thing for today. I hope you are blessed and share this blessings to others. Let’s walk our little steps together and worship the Lord with all our beings. God bless you!
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