John 15:9-17, 6 Easter

“You are my friends if you do what I command you. I do not call you servants any longer; but I have called you friends.”In chapter 13 of John’s gospel, Jesus is speaking to his disciples who are all together in the upper room at the Last Supper. He has just washed the disciples’ feet, and he puts his robe back on, goes back to the table, and says, “So if I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet. For I have set you an example.”Jesus then begins a long discourse that takes up the rest of chapter 13 and all of chapters 14,15 and 16. The discourse covers a lot of ground: – foretelling Judas’ […]