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COSMOS THE BODY OF GOD: ISA PURUSHA TATVA<br />
M.M.NINAN<br />
Jesus said to them, "The kings <strong>of</strong> the Gentiles lord it over them; and those who exercise authority over<br />
them call themselves Benefactors. But you are not to be like that. Instead, the greatest among you<br />
should be like the youngest, and the one who rules like the one who serves.<br />
Is it not the one who is at the table? But I am among you as one who serves.<br />
You are those who have stood by me in my trials. And I confer on you a kingdom, just as my Father<br />
conferred one on me, so that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom and sit on thrones,<br />
judging the twelve tribes <strong>of</strong> Israel. The greatest among you will be your servant. For whoever exalts<br />
himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted."<br />
Mat 23:11-12 He who is greatest among you shall be your servant; whoever exalts himself will be<br />
humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.<br />
The Apostle John tells the rest <strong>of</strong> the story.<br />
In response to the disciples' bickering Jesus takes <strong>of</strong>f his outer garment, takes a towel and a basin,<br />
kneels behind each <strong>of</strong> them, and begins to wash their feet. He not only talks about being a servant on<br />
this occasion, he acts it out before them as a living parable they will never forget (John 13:4-17).<br />
Joh 13:3-5 Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he had come<br />
from <strong>God</strong> and was going to <strong>God</strong>, rose from supper, laid aside his garments, and girded himself with a<br />
towel. Then he poured water into a basin, and began to wash the disciples' feet, and to wipe them with<br />
the towel with which he was girded.<br />
Joh 13:12-17 When he had washed their feet, and taken his garments, and resumed his place, he said to<br />
them, "Do you know what I have done to you? You call me Teacher and Lord; and you are right, for<br />
so I am. If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's<br />
feet. For I have given you an example, that you also should do as I have done to you. Truly, truly, I say<br />
to you, a servant is not greater than his master; nor is he who is sent greater than he who sent him. If<br />
you know these things, blessed are you if you do them<br />
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