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June 2
Sunday


SHOW
AND TELL

READ:
John 13:5-17
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I have given you an
example, that you
should do as I have
done to you.
__John 13:15
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If you take a course on writing or attend a writer's conference, you'll likely hear the phrase, "Show, don't tell." In other words, "show" your readers what is happening, don't just tell them. Don't tell readers what you did; describe doing it.

One of the reasons we tend to tell rather than show is that its easier and faster. Showing how to do something requires time and effort. In teaching, it's easier to tell students what's wrong with what they did than to show them how to do it right. The latter, however, is more effective.

For thousands of years, the Jewish people had only the law telling them what to do and what not to do. But then came Jesus Christ, who showed them how to live the life God had been telling them about all along. Jesus didn't just say, "Be humble"; He "humbled Himself" (Phil. 2:3). He didn't just say, "Forgive others"; He forgave us (Col. 3:13). He didn't just say, "Love God and your neighbors"; He demonstrated love by His actions (John 15:12).

Christ's perfect example of love shows how great God's love is for us and how we are to show His love to others.
__Julie Ackerman Link

```````````````Bless the Lord for love victorious,`````````````````
```````````````Love that conquered on the tree;`````````````````
``````````````For His grace so great and glorious`````````````````
`````````````Flowing and from Calvary. __Peterson``````````````
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Love is God's will in action

*****************Today's Bible Reading __ John 13:5-17*******************

5 After that, He poured
water into a basin and
began to wash the disciples'
feet...

6 Then He came to Simon
Peter. And Peter said to Him,
"Lord, are You washing my
feet?"

7 Jesus answered and said
to him, "What I am doing
you do not understand now,
but you will know after this."

8 Peter said to Him, "You
shall never wash my feet!"
Jesus answered him, "If I
do not wash you, you have
no part with Me."

9 Simon Peter said to Him,
"Lord, not my feet only,
but also my hands and my
head!"

10 Jesus said to him, "He
who is bathed needs only
to wash his feet, but is
completely clean; and you
are clean but not all of you."

11 For He knew who would
betray Him; therefore He
said, "You are not all clean."

12 So when He had
washed their feet, taken
His graments, and sat down
again, He said to them,
"Do you know what I have
done to you? 13 You call Me
Teacher and Lord, and you
say well, for so I am. 14 If I
then, your Lord and Teacher,
have washed your feet, you
also ought to wash one
another's feet. 15 For I have
given you an example, that
you should do as I have done
to you. 16 Most assuredly, I
say to you, a servant is not
greater than his master; nor
is he who is sent greater than
he who sent him. 17 If you
know these things, blessed
are you if you do them."

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>INSIGHT<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

Today's passage shows the extremes of Peter's impulsiveness. He first
refuses to allow Jesus to wash his feet (v.8). But when challenged by
Christ, Peter pleads for total washing (v.9). Bold statements often
characterize his story.