elnwood
Puritan Board Junior
I had a discussion with a Mennonite friend of mine about foot washing. His church incorporates foot washing with the communion service.
Is it permissible to have foot washing in a worship service, or does it violate the Regulative Principle of Worship?
Jesus does issue a command (John 13) to wash each other's feet, and it makes sense for believers to do this when they gather corporately, so I don't think I would classify this under "He may not be worshipped according to the imaginations and devices of men, or the suggestions of Satan, under any visible representation, or any other way not prescribed in the holy Scripture" (WCF 21.1/LBC 22.1).
Is it permissible to have foot washing in a worship service, or does it violate the Regulative Principle of Worship?
Jesus does issue a command (John 13) to wash each other's feet, and it makes sense for believers to do this when they gather corporately, so I don't think I would classify this under "He may not be worshipped according to the imaginations and devices of men, or the suggestions of Satan, under any visible representation, or any other way not prescribed in the holy Scripture" (WCF 21.1/LBC 22.1).