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Foot Washing Part Two - A Servant of Servants

Hello and welcome to the Women’s Weekly Bible Challenge.   I’m Lisa Ann Spencer. Today, we are wrapping up part 2 of our study on Foot Washing . Last week we attempted to discover if Foot Washing is meant to be taken literally or figuratively when it is used in Scripture.   While it does have a literal meaning of washing the feet as a courtesy and custom offered to travelers in many passages, it is also used as a figure of speech in others. We noticed that Foot washing was often associated with a meal. REVIEW: Abraham offered water so the three visitors could literally wash their feet. Abigail offered to wash David’s servant’s feet demonstrating her humility and submission to the word of God. King David urged Uriah, to go home and wash his feet which had a very intimate meaning. πŸ“”NOTE: It is important for us to let the context of the passage determine the meaning. New Testament uses of FOOT WASHING A WOMAN – A SINNER The first New Testament reference to foot was

FOOT WASHING - Abigail, The Woman Servant, Part 1

Hello and welcome to the Women’s Weekly Bible Challenge.   I’m Lisa Ann Spencer. Today’s topic of Bible study is Foot Washing .   Why Foot Washing? It is a Bible topic that deals with 2 particular women in the Scriptures, and another particular kind of woman mentioned by the Apostle Paul. Grab your Bible πŸ“– and a Notebook πŸ“”, and perhaps your favorite cuppa ⛾, and let’s dig into the word of God. Using a free, on-line concordance, I searched the phrase “wash feet” at  BlueLetterBible , finding 33 results in 14 verses. The BibleGateway online concordance listed 21 results that were relevant to our topic. WASHING THE FEET WITH WATER The first time 'washing the feet' is mentioned is in the first book of the Bible. Genesis 18:4 Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree: This section of scripture is titled, 'The Three Visitors'.   This refers to three heavenly visitors, including the LORD himself.  If we