Why did Jesus wrap a towel around his waist and wash his disciples’ feet? Why did he make “himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant” (Phil. 2:7)?
Here’s what he says in John 5: “Very truly I tell you, the Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does” (v. 19).
He didn’t spontaneously think of the foot-washing activity. He was imitating someone—his Father. In some way, he saw his Father stooping over to wash dirty feet. The God of Jesus is a servant God full of compassion and tenderness—an amazing Father.
After graduating from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, I served as a Bible and theology teacher in Asia and the U.S. My new book explores the amazing doctrine of the Trinity.
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