The Servant King: Bend the Knee and Serve

What is God saying? What is Jesus saying to them right now? Like like, no. I I'm washing you because I'm showing you I have come to serve you. I have come to serve you. That's that's why I am here, to serve you. Imagine a human king coming into winning a battle, marching into the opposing city, to people he just conquered, who has now he has authority right over, and then bending his knee to the people of that town, a commoner in that town, a child in that town, and saying, I'm here to serve you. I've come to serve you. Imagine any human in a position of authority going to someone else, and and and bowing the knee to them and saying, I've come to serve you. I'm here to serve you. That's exactly what Jesus was doing. [00:19:35] (50 seconds)  #ServantKing

I love what Jesus says next. Let these words just soak in. When he had washed their feet and put on his outer garments, resumed his his place his place at the head of the table, he said to them, do you understand what I've done to you? You call me teacher and lord, and you are right, for so I am. If I then, your lord and teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet. For I have given you an example that you also should do as I have done to you. The way we honor a sacrificial, loving, giving king is by being sacrificial and loving and giving to one another. That's what he asked for. That's what he wants. [00:26:51] (50 seconds)  #ServeOneAnother

I love it that most kings' swords are in their hand. Jesus' sword is in his mouth. It is his words. It is truth. A sharp sword which would strike down the nations with truth. He will rule them with an iron scepter. He treads the winepress and the fury of the wrath of God Almighty. On the robe and on his thigh is written the name king of kings and lord of lords. John is showing us this vision of of of the future. We see to the past. We see that Jesus was with God at the beginning, creating this universe that we know for us. And he's gonna be there in the future ruling over a king of kings, lord of lords. Not just a king, they king. That leaves us with a question. [00:13:24] (49 seconds)  #TruthIsHisSword

And that's probably where a lot of people today land. You saw a lot of people on video. Yeah. He was a good teacher, a philosopher, or even something more, that guy. He's all the good stuff in the world. Right? But here's the problem with all that. If Jesus was just a dude, how did he do all the things that he was documented in doing, especially raised from the dead? Just dudes don't raise from the dead. No one has ever done that. We can't do that. Jesus did because he was fully God and fully man. [00:02:30] (35 seconds)  #ResurrectionProof

No one is more deserving of being served, and his whole mission, whole goal is to serve us. And by doing so, shows us how he deserves to be served. Does that make sense? Paul said this about him writing his letters to Philippians, Philippians chapter two. And being found in human form, Jesus humbled himself. That Greek word humbled means to make low, physically make low. He humbled himself and became obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. A good king serves his subjects sacrificially. [00:20:45] (43 seconds)  #HumbleServantKing

Okay. I to you, I would just say that's not true. But that's just that's just false. You do. Whether you realize it or not, whether it's money, maybe it's your job, maybe it's the praise of others, physical pleasure, maybe it's sports, maybe there's another person. There's something in your life. Maybe it's just yourself. There's something in your life that you have bent the knee to, meaning you've given it authority. Your time, your energy, your thoughts are for that thing. And so to you, I would ask yourself, what is that thing giving back? Can it change your life? Can it can it can it fill that place in your heart, that longing that you have? And can it save you when your body is done? There's only one king. There's only one authority that can both love you in this life and save you in the next, and that's Jesus. [00:29:03] (59 seconds)  #WhatAreYouServing

So the people of the people of of Jerusalem are like, please god, send us a savior. They're waiting. They've been waiting for generations and hundreds of years for this savior to come. And here comes this man who can do things no one else can do, speaks like no one else speaks. And, of course, it makes sense. They're thinking to themselves, this could be the guy. Maybe this is the guy. Let's welcome in this king. But here's the problem. That's not Jesus' mission. That's not why he came. That's not what he did. So was Jesus any less of a king? Because he didn't come, and he didn't come with a sword to to deliver the people from from from the Romans. [00:08:13] (49 seconds)  #MisunderstoodMessiah

And Pilate said to him, so you are a king. Jesus answered, you say that I'm a king. For this purpose, I was born, and for this purpose, I have come into the world to bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to my voice. So Jesus Jesus says, my kingdom is not of this world. I'm here, but I've come for other purpose. Right? And those who know me, those who are are getting it, that I am God, they're they can hear the truth and what I'm saying. Their hearts are burning when I talk. I've come for a different purpose. [00:09:52] (41 seconds)  #BornToBearWitness