"I have set you an example that you should do as I have done for you ... Now that you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them." John 13"15-17 (NIV)
Jesus spoke these words to His disciples at the Passover Feast after He had washed the feet of His disciples. He had provided them with an example of how to live and behave, and He had taught them. Then Jesus said, "Now that you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them."
When we know better, we ought to do better. Knowing what is right and not doing it is not good enough. We are not blessed because of what we know. We are blessed by what we say and do. Faith without works is dead. (James 2:17) Knowledge alone, if it is not accompanied by action, is useless. We must apply what we know in order to be a blessing to others and to be blessed ourselves.
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