06/16/2026
“CLEAN FEET”
John 13:1–10
In John 13, the Lord Jesus is just hours away from Calvary. The Passover lambs had pointed forward for centuries, but now the true Lamb of God was preparing to die. Dr. Harold Sightler said, “He is the Lamb. He is the last Lamb.” Christ would go all the way to the cross because, as John 13:1 says, “having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end.”
Then Jesus did something amazing. The Son of God laid aside His garment, took a towel, poured water into a basin, and began washing the disciples’ feet. Dr. Sightler called it “an act of humility… a demonstration of grace… a picture of love.”
But when Jesus came to Peter, Peter resisted. He could not imagine the Lord washing his feet. Jesus answered, “If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with me.” Peter then said, “Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head.”
Here is the great lesson: Peter’s feet were dirty, but Peter was not lost.
Jesus said, “He that is washed needeth not save to wash his feet, but is clean every whit.” Peter had already been washed. He did not need to be saved again. He needed daily cleansing in his walk.
Dr. Sightler said it plainly: “If you’ve been saved, you don’t need to get saved again.” He also said, “I don’t get saved but one time in all my life… but I confess to you, I do worry about my feet sometimes.”
That is the difference between justification and fellowship.
When a person is truly born again, they are washed in the blood of Christ. They are justified by faith. Their salvation is secure in Jesus Christ. But as we walk through this dirty world, our feet can get soiled. We can say the wrong thing, think the wrong thing, neglect prayer, grow cold, lose our joy, hurt our testimony, and get out of fellowship with God.
Dirty feet do not mean a lost soul.
Dirty feet mean we need cleansing.
Dr. Sightler said, “It’d be utterly impossible to walk in this life and live the span of a lifetime without getting your feet dirty.” But he also reminded us that the answer is not to get saved again. The answer is to come back to the Lord and let Him cleanse our walk.
1 John 1:9 says, “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”
A saved man may need his feet washed.
A saved woman may need her feet washed.
A saved young person may need their feet washed.
But praise God, the same Saviour who washed us from our sins is still willing to cleanse our daily walk.
So today, ask yourself:
Are my feet clean?
Is my fellowship right?
Is my testimony clear?
Is there anything I need to bring to the Lord?
If you are born again, you do not need to be saved again.
But you may very well just need to get your feet washed.
“He that is washed needeth not save to wash his feet.” — John 13:10
