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Introduction
Good morning and welcome!
It is good to see everyone in the house of the Lord this morning.
This morning if you would, start turning in your Bibles to .
In just a moment we are going to be reading a portion of a passage from , specifically we are going to be reading verses 25-29.
And this morning we are going to be continuing on with our series regarding neighbors.
For the last couple of weeks we have looked at some of the qualities in us it takes in order to be good neighbors, but this morning we are going to be looking at who our neighbor is.
And we are going to be doing so in the context of Jesus’ parable about the Good Samaritan.
So, this morning, if you have found in your Bible, I’d invite you to stand with me as we read.
Again, I will be reading .
The Bible records . . .
Scripture Focus
Experts in the Law
So, this passage starts out like so many of Jesus’ parables to, him having to deal with one of the “experts in the law.”
Again, verse 25 tells us . . .
Which in itself is a very good question.
It is a question that I hope everyone here has receive the answer for already.
But, you may be here and you may have the same question, what do I need to do in order to inherit eternal life?
Well, the Bible gives us the answer to that question . . .
The Philippian Jailer asked that same question and the response he got was . . .
Paul also taught us on the subject of salvation in his letter to the Romans . . .
In a nutshell, salvation comes in our belief and faith in Jesus Christ, nothing more and nothing less . . .
So, if you are here this morning, I would strongly encourage you to consider where you stand with God right now.
And if it is anywhere other than in the center of God’s will, I would also strongly encourage you to do whatever the Holy Spirit is leading you to do, in order to correct that situation.
Maybe you need to come and ask forgiveness.
Maybe you need to come and ask direction.
I, personally do not know, but the Holy Spirit will tell you if you are willing to listen, which is not what our “expert in the law,” here had in mind.
He wanted to try and trip Jesus us and find a loophole in Jesus’ plan of salvation.
Being an expert in Jewish law, this man would have know what we call the Old Testament backwards and forwards and top to bottom.
He had dedicated his whole life to it, so he knew exactly what the Old Testament had to say about Eternal Life and he also knew that Jesus knew what it said as well.
So, he is trying to bait Jesus a bit here when he asks “Teacher,” -Notice he calls Jesus “teacher,” trying to butter him up a bit.
“Oh, wise teacher . .
.what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
So, Jesus knows what he is doing so he throws it back to the man . . .
Luke 10:
And the guy is starting to think he’s got Jesus where he wants him now.
Part of him was hoping Jesus would tell him something new that he could use against Jesus, claiming that Jesus was contradicting the Law with these “new and radical teachings.”
However, he was well prepared for this response as well, because immediately when Jesus threw it back into his court and asked him what the Law had to say about it he replies . . .
Sound familiar?
You see, this command to love God with all our heart, soul, strength, and mind was not new.
The command to love our neighbor as ourselves was not new.
It had always been.
The only thing that Jesus ever did was put it in the proper perspective.
This is what I mean by that:
The Jewish Law had 613 commandments.
613 commandments that the people were supposed to be following with some ranking higher than others, but a total of 613.
So, in essence to the 10 that God actually gave Moses, the Jews had added 603 to them.
And being a people who were more concerned about following rules than following God, they became consumed with which ones were the most important and which ones they could let slide.
And typically the ones that they liked the most or were the easiest to follow, they said okay and the ones that they didn’t like very much, they kind of pushed those down to the bottom of the list.
Which sounds an awful lot like many in the 21st century church as well.
We as a people love rules and regulations.
It makes life more orderly.
It tells us how to act.
This is true in society and in the church as well.
Every denomination has statements of beliefs and big books of rules that its members should follow.
And that’s all fine so long as they do not contradict God’s Word and the people agree to them.
But what tends to happen is follow the rules REPLACES following God.
The Manual becomes more important than the Bible.
Folks, rules are important but if we are truly following God we are going to naturally do what God requires.
Which is exactly why Jesus reduced following the commandments down to 2, love God with all your being and love others as yourself.
If we do those two things, then we will naturally follow the rest of GODS commands.
Key word here is “God’s commands,” because a lot of times we tend to add a lot of things to the rules that are nothing more than yokes placed around people’s necks.
We get in our head that every single Christian in the world should look and act just like us.
And if they don’t then something must be wrong with them.
Well, if we are going around judging people on their outward appearance, the problem is not with their heart, the problem is with ours.
So, the point is, don’t be like this guy trying to replace following God with following rules.
However, surprisingly enough he gives Jesus the correct response . . .
Again, verses 27-28 . . .
Did you see what Jesus did there on the end of verse 28?
He tells him he has answered correctly and then tells him, “do this and you will live.”
In other words, you know what it says not get out there and do it.
“Put your money where you mouth is.”
“Be a doer of the word and not a hearer only...”
And that’s where many more sometimes get hung up as well.
They know exactly what the Word says and know exactly what God expects, but they won’t do it.
They won’t
Instead of being obedient to God, they want to argue and debate every single little detail, regardless of how weak their argument actually is.
They are just like our expert in the law, who thinks, ‘I’ve got him now . .
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The key here is that he was not interested in learning something new, he was simply looking for a way to “justify himself,” to justify his inaction, to justify his disobedience to God.
After all, “how can I love my neighbor when I don’t even know who that is?”
Is my neighbor other Christians?
Is my neighbor the people in my church?
Is my neighbor the people in my community?
Who is it Jesus?
Now, this is just me, this isn’t in your Bible but I can just picture Jesus kind of shaking his head, sighing, and rolling his eyes a bit.
Thinking, “here we go again,” and begins telling this man a story, a parable . . .
The Good Samaritan
He starts out . . .
Luke 10:30-
So, we have a man who was traveling the road from Jerusalem to Jericho and the assumption is that this man was a Jew and he is robbed and beaten.
He was in pretty bad shape, they had took all his money, his clothes and the severely wounded him and left him for dead, which is bad enough.
However, as time passes this guy is laying there on the side of the road and a priest comes by.
Hallelujah!
He’s saved, surely this priest will help him.
After all, this is a man of God!
Not so much . .
.He’s more concerned about himself and passed by on the other side.
So, the guy is still laying there and now a Levite comes by.
Hey, this guy is a Godly man, he watches over the Temple.
Surely, he will help out.
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