I pray that they will all be one

Can you picture Jesus standing up and drying his hands, having washed the dirty feet of his followers. 

It’s the night of the Passover, the same night Jesus would be betrayed and die a terrible death on the Cross.

So, this is his last conversation, his last opportunity, to impress on these fearful and uncertain disciples the most important things he wants them to understand. 

He washes their feet as a humble servant would, even Judas is included.

LOVE ONE ANOTHER

Later, he gathers them and says this:

“Dear children, I will be with you only a little longer. And as I told the Jewish leaders, you will search for me, but you can’t come where I am going. So now I am giving you a new commandment: Love each other. Just as I have loved you, you should love each other. Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are my disciples.” (John 13: 33-35)

Jesus knew these guys often argued! He knew that those who would follow them would often disagree about all sorts of things. He knew that there would be many areas of Christian living where his disciples and those who came after them would hold differing convictions and would shake their heads at others who thought differently.