Welcome to a year in the Bible with daily grace. The Bible tells one big story of

redemption and we want to spend five minutes every day journeying through the Bible from start to finish, and exploring how all of it

points to Jesus. Hi everyone welcome back to a year in the Bible with daily grace. My name is

Ali and I am one of the hosts of the podcast. Today we'll be looking at John Chapter 13 through 15.

In the last episode, we learned about Jesus

as the Good Shepherd who watches over his sheep and we read of Lazarus who Jesus raised from the dead

a foreshadowing of his own death to come in the approaching days. Like Lazarus, Jesus too would be brought from death to life,

offering us new life in him. Finally, we read of Jesus' entrance into Jerusalem where he tells the people that he will soon be lifted up to save them.

But they do not yet understand what this means, that Jesus, their Savior, will lay down his life to fulfill

the promise that God made to Abraham, that from Him would come many nations and they would be blessed. As we begin chapter 13 we see

Jesus serving his disciples as he washes their feet in this act of humility as the disciples eat the Passover meal, Jesus

explains using this as an illustration that the greatest among them is the one

who makes himself the least. This washing of feet was usually

reserved for those in the lowest positions, but here we see Jesus humbling himself to care for his disciples in this way.

Something else that he reveals as he washes their feet is that they cannot become a servant to all and love others unless he has cleansed them.

Christ wants the world to recognize his love through us as we serve and love those around us with

chapter 14 brings words of comfort from Jesus

as he speaks to the disciples.

And these words are the ones that his disciples his friends will cling to as they see him

die upon the cross.

He tells them that he is the way, the truth, and the life.

He promises that even though he is about to leave them, he will

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