I'm not trying to earn a better standing with God. I have a perfect standing with God in Christ, right?

I'm not trying to gain absolute and ultimate perfection. That'll only happen in glory.

But I am trying to get better and better and better and become more like Christ, more like Christ, more like Christ in this life. Welcome to Grace to you with John MacArthur. I'm your host Phil Johnson.

Well, you may be enjoying a break from your regular activities on this Labor Day in the United States.

For our part, we are taking a break from our normal verse-by-verse teaching,

and instead you'll hear John answer Bible questions from his congregation in

Southern California and he may just cover something that you've wondered about.

Questions like, what does it mean for younger men to be subject to elders?

And is it ever acceptable for Christians to get a divorce?

I think you'll find this Q&A both interesting and practical.

So follow along as John MacArthur answers the first question.

Hi John, my name is Wayne and my question is from

John 13 verse 14 and 15.

And it says, if I then the Lord and the teacher

washed your feet and also ought to wash one another's feet,

for I gave you an example that you should also do as I did to you.

So my question, John, is do you see the ceremony of foot washing as an observance that should be enjoyed along with the Lord's Supper.

And also what does this verse actually mean?

Thank you, Wayne.

There are some good wonderful evangelical

for many years that the foot washing is an ordinance equal to the Lord's table and to baptism.

They see it as an equal ordinance that the church is

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