The Samaritan Legacy

Jesus entered into this needy world with kindness and respect.

He addressed her need rather than her notions.

You can talk about spiritual things with the common man but you’re never sure what it is that you’re talking about.  There is great necessity for the Christian to be primarily aware of the truth of God more than acquaintance with anything else.

It was a time of moral complexity and confusion.

It was a time of spiritual dissatisfaction and hunger.

Worship and spiritual awareness was disconnected from life.

We take on the likeness of the things that we worship.

With spiritual ignorance comes a decadent tolerance.

Two crucial perspectives:

q      What you believe about people – created by God and ultimately accountable to Him alone; if I am to influence people then I must live toward them as Christ would. 

q      What you believe about God – intolerant of error

The degree of tolerance to sin or it’s proximity is directly related the intimacy of your relationship to God.