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Originally Posted by Praxeas
Foot washing was not a ritualized practice in the bible where everyone is speaking in tongues and praising God while giving someone a foot massage.
It was an act of humility. In those days people wore sandels. They walked around on dusty roads and when they entered into a house, if the host was honerable, he would offer them a bowl of water to wash their feet.
Jesus was giving an eastern example of mutual servitude and humility. Unless you run around in sandles all day long on camel infested dirt roads, this meaning might be lost on you. You aren't really washing someone's feet unless they are dirty. You are just getting them wet and drying them off while giving them a foot massage
The intent was we are to serve one another and be humble. The modern foot washing only symbolizes that. It's not a salvific ritual any more than repeating hail Mary's and Our Fathers is.
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Okay I understand the servant hood for the one washing the feet but it's different for the ones that are getting their feet washed... I'm sorry to hear that it's just a ritual to people but to me after being baptized/cleansed from sin and walking in this dirty world, then I need foot washing services
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