“Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.” Colossians 3:13
By washing the dirt from His disciples' feet, Jesus demonstrated His unconditional love and willingness to forgive their sin before they even committed sin. This takes love to the highest level of love. You say, “Well, Pastor, I am not the one in the wrong…. They are.” Jesus was not in the wrong either….They were. Of the men in that room, only One was worthy of having His feet washed. And He was the One who washed the feet. The genius of Jesus' example is that the burden of bridge-building falls on the strong one, not the weak one. And do you know what happens? More often than not, if the one in the right volunteers to wash the feet of the one in the wrong, both parties get on their knees.
