{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"FA Church","title":"The Basin, The Towel, & The Blood - Jeremiah Niengor | First Assembly Church","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2267,"description":"This past Sunday, Pastor Jeremiah Niengor preached a message entitled “The Basin, the Towel & the Blood.” Drawing from John 13, Pastor Jeremiah spoke about the descent of majesty, where Jesus, knowing His hour had come, laid aside His outer garments, took up a towel, and washed His disciples’ feet—revealing a love that “went to the end.” He reminded us that we are already made clean, yet our feet still need washing—that baptism is a once-for-all cleansing, while foot-washing is the continual grace of God. The towel, Pastor Jeremiah explained, represents discipleship—humility walked out. He also shared about the battle for the basin, contrasting selfishness with servanthood and quoting, “If we do not serve one another, we have not yet understood the cross.” Finally, Pastor Jeremiah pointed us to the cleansing power of love, from the upper room to Golgotha—where Jesus poured water in a basin and later poured out His blood to cleanse sin—inviting us to let Him wash us, lay aside our garments, and find joy in going low.\n✍️ Notes\n⭑ THE DESCENT OF MAJESTY ​\n“1Now before the Feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart out of this world to the Father, having\nloved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.​ 2 During supper, when the devil had already put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, to betray him, 3 Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he had\ncome from God and was going back to God, 4 rose from supper.​ He laid aside his outer garments, and taking a towel, tied it around his waist. 5 Then he poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples’ feet and to wipe them with the towel that was wrapped around him.”​ John 13:1-5​\n⭑ THE WAY OF THE TOWEL​\n6He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, “Lord, are you going to wash my feet?” 7 Jesus replied, “You do not realize now what I am doing, but later you will understand.” ​8 “No,” said Peter, “You shall never wash my...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/2rS6CncygjSrU4_eAytDXGn13c_aC8wKWWeu0LjCRnQ/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS81OTgy/MDQxMzg5MTZiY2M3/MzMxYjY2OWU4N2U0/ZTA0Ni5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}