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Should we wash feet during communion service?
Here is a good text to start with. 1 Pet. 2:21 “For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that you should follow His steps:†We, therefore, have an excellent example to follow. What did Jesus teach about Holy Communion as it happened on a Thursday and was put in place of Passover? John 13: 14 “If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet.†To me, this is our obligation in wanting to be followers of the Master. Few denominations adhere to this. The SDA church is a modern church, a mere 150 years old, in which “Sola Scriptura†is believed. As part of the value system, it includes the ceremony of washing one of our brother’s feet.