WEBVTT 00:00:00.760 --> 00:00:05.500 What's one of the most well-known, or let's put it this way, one of your favorite parables 00:00:05.500 --> 00:00:07.700 or stories that Jesus told? 00:00:14.820 --> 00:00:20.900 What's one of your most favorite stories or parables that Jesus told? 00:00:21.600 --> 00:00:22.719 Good Samaritan. 00:00:23.400 --> 00:00:24.600 That's the answer this morning. 00:00:24.839 --> 00:00:25.760 That's the answer. 00:00:26.960 --> 00:00:28.960 I know it's not everybody's favorite. 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:35.439 But it's always at the top of the list for people who are paying attention and will respond. 00:00:35.899 --> 00:00:37.380 It's always at the top of the list. 00:00:38.700 --> 00:00:39.579 Good Samaritan. 00:00:41.659 --> 00:00:45.259 You know, the word or phrase there, the Good Samaritan, 00:00:45.259 --> 00:00:57.420 it has become synonymous with organizations or individuals who offer compassionate help to people in need. 00:00:57.420 --> 00:01:05.219 There's a lot of hospitals in this country that are called the Good Samaritan Hospital, or at least that's a part of their name, 00:01:05.359 --> 00:01:07.799 St. Mark or something, Good Samaritan Hospital. 00:01:07.799 --> 00:01:15.299 Here in Pickens County, we have the Samaritan's Health Clinic, which is a part of the Good Samaritan Alliance. 00:01:15.979 --> 00:01:18.299 That also includes United Christian Ministries. 00:01:19.120 --> 00:01:24.019 They're seeking to offer compassionate help to people in need. 00:01:24.019 --> 00:01:28.859 Well, I want us to look at this story as it's found in Luke chapter 10 this morning. 00:01:29.859 --> 00:01:40.579 And let it be sort of a conclusion of our series of studies of how God calls us as His people to relate to all kinds of people. 00:01:40.579 --> 00:01:47.879 We've been looking at it mainly from Romans chapter 12, a little bit from the end of Matthew chapter 5, 00:01:48.719 --> 00:02:02.159 how we as Christians are called to relate to, put up with, show love to all kinds of people, 00:02:02.159 --> 00:02:08.759 from the ones that are easy to love, like family members, church family members, 00:02:09.300 --> 00:02:16.979 to those who are very difficult to love, people who don't like us, people who oppose us, even our enemies. 00:02:17.979 --> 00:02:24.560 What the Good Samaritan is going to help us discover this morning is how to be a neighbor 00:02:24.560 --> 00:02:34.599 and do what we're going to look at as show neighborly love to people around about us 00:02:34.599 --> 00:02:39.920 as we're going to see God would consider or would want us to consider are our neighbors. 00:02:40.860 --> 00:02:43.539 The story begins in Luke chapter 10, verse 25. 00:02:44.939 --> 00:02:48.759 Before we read, I want you to understand the context. 00:02:48.759 --> 00:02:56.859 Jesus is being questioned by a Jewish lawyer who is an expert on the law. 00:02:57.699 --> 00:03:02.379 He's a Jewish religious lawyer, we might think of. 00:03:02.539 --> 00:03:09.340 Not a civil type lawyer who would be concerned with secular laws, the laws of Rome in that day. 00:03:10.159 --> 00:03:11.799 No, he's an expert in the law. 00:03:12.799 --> 00:03:18.739 He associates with religious leaders, Jewish leaders, especially the Pharisees. 00:03:18.759 --> 00:03:25.979 And in this setting, he's not there to try to learn from Jesus. 00:03:27.419 --> 00:03:30.539 He's going to ask some questions, but they're not sincere questions. 00:03:31.500 --> 00:03:41.500 As we begin in verse 25, this lawyer, this expert in Jewish law, he's trying to test Jesus. 00:03:41.500 --> 00:03:49.860 He is trying to make him look bad in front of his disciples and others who are sincere inquirers. 00:03:51.060 --> 00:03:53.240 This man does not have good motives. 00:03:54.080 --> 00:04:00.400 And so we need to understand that from the outset as the questions and the banter takes place. 00:04:01.159 --> 00:04:02.280 Luke 10, 25. 00:04:02.280 --> 00:04:09.439 And behold, a lawyer stood up to put him to the test, saying, 00:04:09.659 --> 00:04:13.680 Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? 00:04:14.139 --> 00:04:16.019 And he, Jesus, said to him, 00:04:16.240 --> 00:04:18.220 What is written in the law? 00:04:19.060 --> 00:04:20.379 How do you read it? 00:04:21.160 --> 00:04:22.139 And he answered, 00:04:22.139 --> 00:04:27.939 You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind, 00:04:28.620 --> 00:04:30.219 and your neighbor as yourself. 00:04:31.199 --> 00:04:32.639 And he, Jesus, said to him, 00:04:33.279 --> 00:04:34.680 You have answered correctly. 00:04:35.459 --> 00:04:38.240 Do this, and you will live. 00:04:39.099 --> 00:04:40.099 Let's pause there. 00:04:42.000 --> 00:04:46.120 Luke wants us to understand, as he tells what happened, 00:04:46.120 --> 00:04:49.560 This lawyer is testing Jesus. 00:04:50.319 --> 00:04:54.459 He's not making a sincere or honest inquiry. 00:04:55.620 --> 00:04:57.500 He's not a seeker of truth. 00:04:58.300 --> 00:05:00.360 He's trying to find fault with Jesus. 00:05:01.100 --> 00:05:02.699 Trying to make him look bad. 00:05:02.980 --> 00:05:07.740 Trying to show him up, this lawyer, this expert in the law. 00:05:09.180 --> 00:05:12.439 Well, the question he asks, 00:05:13.480 --> 00:05:15.000 he already knows the answer. 00:05:16.120 --> 00:05:23.040 All well-versed Jews should have known the answer. 00:05:23.459 --> 00:05:25.220 And Jesus knows that. 00:05:26.220 --> 00:05:27.899 And so when he asks this question, 00:05:28.680 --> 00:05:29.819 Look at it in verse 25. 00:05:31.060 --> 00:05:34.240 Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? 00:05:35.160 --> 00:05:36.519 Jesus doesn't answer. 00:05:37.579 --> 00:05:41.759 But Jesus responds to his question with another question. 00:05:42.399 --> 00:05:43.819 What is written in the law? 00:05:43.819 --> 00:05:46.279 You're the expert. 00:05:46.639 --> 00:05:48.319 Jesus is aware of. 00:05:48.779 --> 00:05:49.939 You're the expert. 00:05:50.740 --> 00:05:51.740 How do you read it? 00:05:52.939 --> 00:05:54.240 Well, the lawyer didn't hesitate. 00:05:54.920 --> 00:05:56.540 He knew what he wanted to say. 00:05:56.639 --> 00:05:58.639 He knew what he expected Jesus to say. 00:05:58.759 --> 00:06:00.300 So he's ready to let him know. 00:06:00.539 --> 00:06:02.819 He's quoting from Deuteronomy chapter 6, 00:06:03.379 --> 00:06:06.259 what every faithful Jew would recite every day. 00:06:06.259 --> 00:06:08.959 And from Leviticus chapter 19. 00:06:09.379 --> 00:06:10.180 Look at what he said. 00:06:11.039 --> 00:06:12.300 And he answered, that's the lawyer. 00:06:13.219 --> 00:06:15.279 You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart 00:06:15.279 --> 00:06:17.300 and with all your soul and with all your strength 00:06:17.300 --> 00:06:18.480 and with all your mind 00:06:18.480 --> 00:06:20.740 and your neighbor as yourself. 00:06:21.740 --> 00:06:23.740 New Testament scholar Darrell Bach 00:06:23.740 --> 00:06:27.060 says that this combination of love for God 00:06:27.060 --> 00:06:28.360 and love for neighbor 00:06:28.360 --> 00:06:31.540 was known to Jews of that day 00:06:31.540 --> 00:06:34.319 as the great commandment. 00:06:35.139 --> 00:06:38.540 This is also what Jesus knew. 00:06:39.819 --> 00:06:42.000 And this is also what Jesus said 00:06:42.000 --> 00:06:44.639 when he was asked in Matthew chapter 22 00:06:44.639 --> 00:06:46.080 and Mark chapter 12 00:06:46.080 --> 00:06:48.360 a similar question. 00:06:49.319 --> 00:06:52.740 Jesus gave these two quotes 00:06:52.740 --> 00:06:56.060 in talking about what the greatest commandment was. 00:06:57.000 --> 00:06:58.199 But Jesus made a distinction. 00:07:00.160 --> 00:07:03.360 Jesus distinguished between loving God 00:07:03.360 --> 00:07:05.220 and loving people. 00:07:06.180 --> 00:07:08.579 He said that loving God in Matthew 22 00:07:08.579 --> 00:07:11.280 is the first and greatest commandment. 00:07:11.900 --> 00:07:13.920 And in Matthew or in Mark 12 00:07:13.920 --> 00:07:17.400 he said it was the most important one. 00:07:18.400 --> 00:07:20.800 So when Jesus is asked about the law, 00:07:21.139 --> 00:07:21.960 about the greatest, 00:07:21.959 --> 00:07:24.199 about these kinds of things. 00:07:24.779 --> 00:07:26.719 He says the same thing the lawyer says, 00:07:27.019 --> 00:07:27.719 but he says this, 00:07:27.979 --> 00:07:29.399 it's more important to love God 00:07:29.399 --> 00:07:30.659 with all your heart, soul, mind and strength. 00:07:30.819 --> 00:07:33.199 That is the first and greatest commandment. 00:07:33.459 --> 00:07:34.699 But in the same breath, 00:07:34.799 --> 00:07:35.279 Jesus says, 00:07:35.379 --> 00:07:36.639 and the second is like it. 00:07:37.659 --> 00:07:39.419 You must love your neighbor as yourself. 00:07:39.799 --> 00:07:41.120 That's what he said in Matthew 22 00:07:41.120 --> 00:07:43.359 and in Mark chapter 12. 00:07:44.159 --> 00:07:46.779 Jesus emphasized the priority 00:07:46.779 --> 00:07:49.060 of loving God. 00:07:49.060 --> 00:07:51.179 But he also made it clear 00:07:51.180 --> 00:07:55.939 loving others is vital. 00:07:55.939 --> 00:08:00.120 Loving others is something you've got to do 00:08:00.120 --> 00:08:01.180 if you love God. 00:08:02.040 --> 00:08:04.040 In 1 John chapter 4, 00:08:04.819 --> 00:08:08.139 these two commandments are shown to be interrelated. 00:08:08.139 --> 00:08:11.120 Look at verses 7 and 8. 00:08:11.959 --> 00:08:14.000 John, the disciple of Jesus, 00:08:14.680 --> 00:08:16.479 he fully got it 00:08:16.479 --> 00:08:19.680 when Jesus taught about loving God and loving others. 00:08:20.000 --> 00:08:21.319 He put it together like this. 00:08:21.539 --> 00:08:22.079 Beloved, 00:08:22.680 --> 00:08:24.019 let us love one another. 00:08:24.759 --> 00:08:26.360 For love is from God 00:08:26.360 --> 00:08:29.560 and whoever loves has been born of God 00:08:29.560 --> 00:08:31.379 and knows God. 00:08:32.080 --> 00:08:33.879 Anyone who does not love 00:08:33.879 --> 00:08:35.639 does not know God 00:08:35.639 --> 00:08:37.840 because God is love. 00:08:38.240 --> 00:08:39.759 If we really love God, 00:08:39.840 --> 00:08:40.500 we'll love other people. 00:08:40.559 --> 00:08:41.059 That's what he's saying. 00:08:41.939 --> 00:08:43.319 That's why Jesus says it 00:08:43.319 --> 00:08:44.199 the way he does 00:08:44.199 --> 00:08:45.860 about the two great commandments. 00:08:48.039 --> 00:08:50.960 If we as professing Christians 00:08:50.960 --> 00:08:53.939 don't love people, 00:08:54.000 --> 00:08:55.980 we just can't find it in our hearts, 00:08:55.980 --> 00:08:58.300 it must be 00:08:58.300 --> 00:09:00.519 that we've never experienced 00:09:00.519 --> 00:09:01.899 the grace of God ourselves 00:09:01.899 --> 00:09:04.180 and the love of God 00:09:04.180 --> 00:09:06.240 that comes with being a child of God, 00:09:06.460 --> 00:09:07.700 what God gives us. 00:09:08.840 --> 00:09:10.100 I want you to look at how Jesus 00:09:10.100 --> 00:09:12.019 commended this lawyer's answer 00:09:12.019 --> 00:09:13.300 in verse 28. 00:09:14.200 --> 00:09:14.960 And he said to him, 00:09:15.060 --> 00:09:16.000 Jesus said to this lawyer, 00:09:17.000 --> 00:09:18.180 you have answered correctly. 00:09:18.820 --> 00:09:19.680 Do this 00:09:19.680 --> 00:09:21.420 and you will live. 00:09:21.419 --> 00:09:22.740 Now, 00:09:23.879 --> 00:09:26.579 does that bother you? 00:09:28.799 --> 00:09:30.399 Is there any kind of red flag 00:09:30.399 --> 00:09:31.399 that sort of went up? 00:09:32.399 --> 00:09:33.539 The lawyer asked Jesus, 00:09:33.779 --> 00:09:34.860 what must I do 00:09:34.860 --> 00:09:36.159 to inherit eternal life? 00:09:36.319 --> 00:09:37.000 What must I do 00:09:37.000 --> 00:09:37.620 to become a part 00:09:37.620 --> 00:09:38.719 of the kingdom of heaven? 00:09:38.819 --> 00:09:39.439 What must I do 00:09:39.439 --> 00:09:40.479 in order to go to heaven 00:09:40.479 --> 00:09:41.059 when I die? 00:09:41.159 --> 00:09:42.539 We might would say. 00:09:44.099 --> 00:09:45.219 Well, Jesus answered 00:09:45.219 --> 00:09:46.659 by saying, 00:09:47.299 --> 00:09:48.519 love God and love others. 00:09:48.519 --> 00:09:55.039 Jesus said, 00:09:55.139 --> 00:09:56.220 you have answered correctly. 00:09:57.480 --> 00:09:58.679 Do this 00:09:58.679 --> 00:10:00.539 and you will live. 00:10:01.840 --> 00:10:02.799 Now, what was Jesus 00:10:02.799 --> 00:10:03.460 talking about? 00:10:05.139 --> 00:10:06.699 Was Jesus saying 00:10:06.699 --> 00:10:07.980 that you can be saved 00:10:07.980 --> 00:10:09.960 by doing certain things, 00:10:10.000 --> 00:10:11.000 even good things 00:10:11.000 --> 00:10:11.980 like loving God? 00:10:13.579 --> 00:10:14.960 If we have studied 00:10:14.960 --> 00:10:16.600 the New Testament, 00:10:16.679 --> 00:10:17.639 if we've studied the Bible, 00:10:18.519 --> 00:10:19.639 if we have any understanding 00:10:19.639 --> 00:10:20.579 of what Scripture says 00:10:20.579 --> 00:10:21.299 about salvation, 00:10:21.460 --> 00:10:23.139 we know Jesus 00:10:23.139 --> 00:10:24.299 was not saying to this man, 00:10:24.659 --> 00:10:25.299 do this 00:10:25.299 --> 00:10:26.600 and you will be saved. 00:10:27.460 --> 00:10:28.879 Do these things 00:10:28.879 --> 00:10:31.279 and God will reward 00:10:31.279 --> 00:10:32.279 your good works. 00:10:32.439 --> 00:10:33.179 God will reward 00:10:33.179 --> 00:10:34.259 your good efforts 00:10:34.259 --> 00:10:35.379 by giving you 00:10:35.379 --> 00:10:36.000 a home in heaven. 00:10:36.659 --> 00:10:37.659 That's not what Jesus 00:10:37.659 --> 00:10:38.519 ever taught. 00:10:39.639 --> 00:10:40.419 A good example 00:10:40.419 --> 00:10:41.939 is in John chapter 3 00:10:41.939 --> 00:10:43.559 as Jesus spoke 00:10:43.559 --> 00:10:44.860 with the religious leader, 00:10:45.279 --> 00:10:45.939 the Pharisee, 00:10:46.059 --> 00:10:46.799 Nicodemus. 00:10:46.799 --> 00:10:48.799 He talked to him 00:10:48.799 --> 00:10:50.299 about the importance 00:10:50.299 --> 00:10:52.279 of being born from above, 00:10:52.479 --> 00:10:53.279 born again. 00:10:53.979 --> 00:10:54.399 He talked about 00:10:54.399 --> 00:10:55.279 how flesh and blood 00:10:55.279 --> 00:10:56.059 cannot inherit 00:10:56.059 --> 00:10:57.019 the kingdom of God. 00:10:57.399 --> 00:10:58.359 We've got to be born again 00:10:58.359 --> 00:10:59.419 of the Spirit of God. 00:11:00.439 --> 00:11:00.839 Paul, 00:11:02.019 --> 00:11:03.059 in writing all 00:11:03.059 --> 00:11:04.099 that he wrote about 00:11:04.099 --> 00:11:05.699 having a right relationship 00:11:05.699 --> 00:11:06.279 with God, 00:11:06.699 --> 00:11:07.319 he talked about 00:11:07.319 --> 00:11:09.000 it's all by God's grace. 00:11:09.199 --> 00:11:09.519 It's not something 00:11:09.519 --> 00:11:10.579 we deserve or earn. 00:11:11.539 --> 00:11:12.799 It's by God's grace 00:11:12.799 --> 00:11:14.679 through faith 00:11:14.679 --> 00:11:16.439 in Jesus Christ. 00:11:17.639 --> 00:11:18.519 Our salvation 00:11:18.519 --> 00:11:19.259 is by the grace of God 00:11:19.259 --> 00:11:19.679 through faith 00:11:19.679 --> 00:11:20.939 in what Jesus has done. 00:11:21.239 --> 00:11:22.139 His death on the cross 00:11:22.139 --> 00:11:22.879 for our sins. 00:11:23.879 --> 00:11:25.079 His perfect life, 00:11:26.139 --> 00:11:27.879 not ours. 00:11:28.919 --> 00:11:29.299 So, 00:11:29.679 --> 00:11:32.120 what's Jesus talking about here? 00:11:33.500 --> 00:11:34.959 Two possibilities. 00:11:34.960 --> 00:11:36.460 First, 00:11:37.720 --> 00:11:38.980 Jesus could have said this 00:11:38.980 --> 00:11:39.639 to the lawyer 00:11:39.639 --> 00:11:41.600 knowing 00:11:41.600 --> 00:11:46.160 that everyone knows 00:11:46.160 --> 00:11:48.320 they don't love God 00:11:48.320 --> 00:11:49.440 with all their heart, 00:11:49.560 --> 00:11:49.759 soul, 00:11:49.900 --> 00:11:50.180 mind, 00:11:50.240 --> 00:11:50.800 and strength. 00:11:52.379 --> 00:11:53.780 Jesus may have been trying 00:11:53.780 --> 00:11:54.740 to help this guy 00:11:54.740 --> 00:11:54.960 understand 00:11:55.560 --> 00:11:56.740 by pointing him 00:11:56.740 --> 00:11:57.200 to the law, 00:11:57.300 --> 00:11:58.360 this expert in the law, 00:11:58.860 --> 00:11:59.980 pointing him to the law 00:11:59.980 --> 00:12:01.759 and saying, 00:12:01.879 --> 00:12:02.420 it says, 00:12:02.960 --> 00:12:03.420 love God 00:12:03.420 --> 00:12:03.860 with all your heart, 00:12:03.960 --> 00:12:04.060 soul, 00:12:04.059 --> 00:12:04.299 mind, 00:12:04.319 --> 00:12:04.659 and strength. 00:12:04.839 --> 00:12:05.439 Love your neighbor 00:12:05.439 --> 00:12:06.019 as yourself. 00:12:06.259 --> 00:12:07.259 Do this and you'll live. 00:12:07.459 --> 00:12:07.959 And the idea 00:12:07.959 --> 00:12:08.299 should have been 00:12:08.299 --> 00:12:09.759 in that man's mind 00:12:09.759 --> 00:12:09.979 is, 00:12:10.519 --> 00:12:11.459 I don't do that. 00:12:13.239 --> 00:12:13.599 I mean, 00:12:13.879 --> 00:12:15.459 most of us in this room 00:12:15.459 --> 00:12:16.099 were Christians, 00:12:17.099 --> 00:12:19.119 have been for a long time, 00:12:19.679 --> 00:12:21.159 and we do love God, 00:12:21.239 --> 00:12:22.379 but can you honestly say, 00:12:22.459 --> 00:12:23.059 could you sign 00:12:23.059 --> 00:12:23.859 on the dotted line, 00:12:24.239 --> 00:12:25.239 I love God 00:12:25.239 --> 00:12:26.479 with every ounce 00:12:26.479 --> 00:12:27.239 of my being. 00:12:27.699 --> 00:12:29.099 With all my heart, 00:12:29.319 --> 00:12:29.699 soul, 00:12:30.039 --> 00:12:30.359 mind, 00:12:30.399 --> 00:12:30.919 and strength, 00:12:31.199 --> 00:12:32.539 I do love God 00:12:32.539 --> 00:12:33.079 that way. 00:12:33.080 --> 00:12:35.460 nothing lacking. 00:12:37.000 --> 00:12:38.100 Could you say, 00:12:38.280 --> 00:12:39.180 I truly do 00:12:39.180 --> 00:12:41.160 love my neighbors 00:12:41.160 --> 00:12:41.639 myself. 00:12:42.320 --> 00:12:43.060 I do 00:12:43.060 --> 00:12:44.520 look around this room, 00:12:44.660 --> 00:12:45.580 love everybody 00:12:45.580 --> 00:12:46.780 in this room 00:12:46.780 --> 00:12:49.840 just as much, 00:12:50.000 --> 00:12:51.480 just as sacrificially, 00:12:51.820 --> 00:12:53.360 just as self-givingly 00:12:53.360 --> 00:12:55.500 as I do myself. 00:12:55.500 --> 00:12:57.639 or we don't. 00:12:59.639 --> 00:13:01.000 No one does. 00:13:02.779 --> 00:13:04.000 That's the point. 00:13:06.000 --> 00:13:07.899 If that lawyer 00:13:07.899 --> 00:13:09.240 had been wise, 00:13:09.820 --> 00:13:11.960 had been honest, 00:13:12.960 --> 00:13:13.860 he would have thought 00:13:13.860 --> 00:13:14.480 to himself, 00:13:14.480 --> 00:13:17.320 I come up short. 00:13:17.320 --> 00:13:20.660 the purpose of the law 00:13:20.660 --> 00:13:21.480 of God 00:13:21.480 --> 00:13:23.160 is to show us 00:13:23.160 --> 00:13:25.060 we're not perfect, 00:13:25.680 --> 00:13:27.300 that we are sinners, 00:13:27.840 --> 00:13:29.640 that we need a Savior, 00:13:30.640 --> 00:13:31.660 but this guy, 00:13:32.660 --> 00:13:34.660 he just didn't get it. 00:13:34.860 --> 00:13:36.120 That's most likely 00:13:36.120 --> 00:13:38.100 the point Jesus was making, 00:13:38.379 --> 00:13:39.760 but it could have been 00:13:39.759 --> 00:13:41.960 Jesus was making 00:13:41.960 --> 00:13:42.779 the point here 00:13:42.779 --> 00:13:43.139 that 00:13:43.139 --> 00:13:45.539 people 00:13:45.539 --> 00:13:47.000 who are 00:13:47.000 --> 00:13:48.039 Christians, 00:13:48.519 --> 00:13:49.200 people who are 00:13:49.200 --> 00:13:50.240 true believers, 00:13:51.379 --> 00:13:52.399 people who, 00:13:52.819 --> 00:13:53.700 in whom the Spirit 00:13:53.700 --> 00:13:54.899 of God dwells, 00:13:55.419 --> 00:13:56.740 they do seek 00:13:56.740 --> 00:13:58.379 to love God 00:13:58.379 --> 00:13:59.100 with all their heart, 00:13:59.259 --> 00:13:59.860 soul, mind, 00:13:59.899 --> 00:14:00.279 and strength, 00:14:00.319 --> 00:14:00.779 and their neighbor 00:14:00.779 --> 00:14:01.240 as their self. 00:14:01.240 --> 00:14:01.879 Not that they've 00:14:01.879 --> 00:14:02.720 achieved that, 00:14:03.139 --> 00:14:03.620 but that's really 00:14:03.620 --> 00:14:04.700 the desire of their heart. 00:14:05.320 --> 00:14:06.759 That's a possibility. 00:14:08.100 --> 00:14:09.100 But most likely 00:14:09.100 --> 00:14:09.659 the first 00:14:09.659 --> 00:14:10.580 is what Jesus 00:14:10.580 --> 00:14:11.279 was talking about. 00:14:12.039 --> 00:14:12.580 Either way, 00:14:12.860 --> 00:14:14.440 the lawyer 00:14:14.440 --> 00:14:14.980 didn't understand 00:14:14.980 --> 00:14:15.899 what Jesus meant. 00:14:17.480 --> 00:14:18.580 He may have thought 00:14:18.580 --> 00:14:19.180 in his 00:14:19.180 --> 00:14:21.220 erroneous way 00:14:21.220 --> 00:14:21.700 of thinking 00:14:21.700 --> 00:14:23.460 that he did 00:14:23.460 --> 00:14:24.159 love God, 00:14:25.159 --> 00:14:26.200 but he knew 00:14:26.200 --> 00:14:27.220 that he had some problems 00:14:27.220 --> 00:14:27.899 when it came to 00:14:27.899 --> 00:14:29.039 loving his neighbor 00:14:29.039 --> 00:14:31.060 as himself, 00:14:31.240 --> 00:14:32.240 because he had 00:14:32.240 --> 00:14:32.820 some questions 00:14:32.820 --> 00:14:34.159 about who 00:14:34.159 --> 00:14:35.180 his neighbor was. 00:14:36.440 --> 00:14:36.840 You see, 00:14:37.120 --> 00:14:37.940 we've seen 00:14:37.940 --> 00:14:38.759 in another study 00:14:38.759 --> 00:14:39.879 last week even, 00:14:41.440 --> 00:14:42.240 most Jews 00:14:42.240 --> 00:14:42.879 in that day 00:14:42.879 --> 00:14:43.419 when they heard 00:14:43.419 --> 00:14:43.980 love your neighbor 00:14:43.980 --> 00:14:44.379 as yourself, 00:14:44.500 --> 00:14:44.980 they automatically 00:14:44.980 --> 00:14:45.879 thought another Jew. 00:14:47.399 --> 00:14:48.360 Love your neighbor 00:14:48.360 --> 00:14:48.919 and my neighbor 00:14:48.919 --> 00:14:49.379 is someone 00:14:49.379 --> 00:14:50.340 who is like me, 00:14:50.460 --> 00:14:51.120 who thinks 00:14:51.120 --> 00:14:51.500 and lives 00:14:51.500 --> 00:14:52.340 and acts like me. 00:14:53.539 --> 00:14:54.659 It's not everybody. 00:14:55.680 --> 00:14:56.840 It's not certainly 00:14:56.840 --> 00:14:57.539 my enemy. 00:14:57.940 --> 00:14:58.600 It's not certainly 00:14:58.600 --> 00:14:59.840 people I do not like. 00:14:59.840 --> 00:15:01.360 It's not certainly 00:15:01.360 --> 00:15:03.320 Gentiles, 00:15:03.440 --> 00:15:04.360 non-believers. 00:15:06.800 --> 00:15:07.340 And so, 00:15:08.180 --> 00:15:09.360 it says in verse 29, 00:15:10.360 --> 00:15:11.720 he's wanting to make 00:15:11.720 --> 00:15:12.500 sure he's right. 00:15:13.980 --> 00:15:14.500 And so, 00:15:15.500 --> 00:15:16.820 in order to justify 00:15:16.820 --> 00:15:17.460 himself, 00:15:18.019 --> 00:15:18.860 look at verse 29. 00:15:19.519 --> 00:15:19.800 But he, 00:15:19.879 --> 00:15:20.340 this lawyer, 00:15:21.000 --> 00:15:22.139 desiring to justify 00:15:22.139 --> 00:15:22.740 himself, 00:15:23.320 --> 00:15:24.100 said to Jesus, 00:15:24.100 --> 00:15:24.240 Jesus, 00:15:24.659 --> 00:15:26.139 and who is 00:15:26.139 --> 00:15:26.720 my neighbor? 00:15:29.560 --> 00:15:29.860 Well, 00:15:29.879 --> 00:15:30.800 Jesus knows 00:15:30.800 --> 00:15:32.740 he just doesn't 00:15:32.740 --> 00:15:33.220 get it. 00:15:34.399 --> 00:15:34.720 And so, 00:15:34.800 --> 00:15:35.519 rather than trying 00:15:35.519 --> 00:15:36.200 to give some kind 00:15:36.200 --> 00:15:37.000 of theological 00:15:37.000 --> 00:15:37.820 explanation, 00:15:39.000 --> 00:15:40.180 Jesus gives 00:15:40.180 --> 00:15:40.779 an answer, 00:15:41.500 --> 00:15:42.639 but he gives 00:15:42.639 --> 00:15:43.580 it in the form 00:15:43.580 --> 00:15:44.500 of a story. 00:15:44.500 --> 00:15:46.500 A story that's 00:15:46.500 --> 00:15:47.060 going to be easy 00:15:47.060 --> 00:15:47.820 to understand. 00:15:48.720 --> 00:15:49.340 A parable. 00:15:50.700 --> 00:15:51.560 The parable of 00:15:51.560 --> 00:15:52.360 the Good Samaritan. 00:15:52.360 --> 00:15:53.220 Let's look at it 00:15:53.220 --> 00:15:54.139 now in verse 30. 00:15:55.340 --> 00:15:56.279 Jesus replied, 00:15:57.960 --> 00:15:58.820 A man was going 00:15:58.820 --> 00:15:59.860 down from Jerusalem 00:15:59.860 --> 00:16:00.960 to Jericho, 00:16:01.620 --> 00:16:02.259 and he fell 00:16:02.259 --> 00:16:03.200 among robbers 00:16:03.200 --> 00:16:04.480 who stripped him 00:16:04.480 --> 00:16:05.879 and beat him 00:16:05.879 --> 00:16:06.980 and departed, 00:16:07.820 --> 00:16:08.560 leaving him 00:16:08.560 --> 00:16:09.419 half dead. 00:16:10.940 --> 00:16:11.180 Now, 00:16:11.259 --> 00:16:11.940 by chance, 00:16:11.980 --> 00:16:12.800 a priest was 00:16:12.800 --> 00:16:13.300 going down 00:16:13.300 --> 00:16:13.919 that road, 00:16:14.500 --> 00:16:15.560 and when he saw 00:16:15.560 --> 00:16:15.980 him, 00:16:16.779 --> 00:16:17.620 he passed by 00:16:17.620 --> 00:16:18.560 on the other side. 00:16:18.559 --> 00:16:20.099 So likewise, 00:16:20.279 --> 00:16:21.059 a Levite, 00:16:21.579 --> 00:16:22.579 when he came 00:16:22.579 --> 00:16:23.159 to the place 00:16:23.159 --> 00:16:23.859 and saw him, 00:16:24.299 --> 00:16:25.059 passed by 00:16:25.059 --> 00:16:26.319 on the other side. 00:16:27.639 --> 00:16:29.199 But a Samaritan, 00:16:30.199 --> 00:16:31.799 as he journeyed, 00:16:32.419 --> 00:16:33.279 came to where 00:16:33.279 --> 00:16:33.919 he was, 00:16:34.399 --> 00:16:35.139 and when he saw 00:16:35.139 --> 00:16:35.539 him, 00:16:36.339 --> 00:16:37.379 he had compassion. 00:16:37.379 --> 00:16:39.639 He went to him 00:16:39.639 --> 00:16:40.339 and bound up 00:16:40.339 --> 00:16:41.179 his wounds, 00:16:41.859 --> 00:16:42.459 pouring on 00:16:42.459 --> 00:16:44.019 oil and wine. 00:16:45.119 --> 00:16:46.099 Then he set him 00:16:46.099 --> 00:16:47.059 on his own animal 00:16:47.059 --> 00:16:48.519 and brought him 00:16:48.519 --> 00:16:49.359 to an inn 00:16:49.359 --> 00:16:50.879 and took care 00:16:50.879 --> 00:16:51.239 of him. 00:16:52.299 --> 00:16:53.399 And the next day, 00:16:53.479 --> 00:16:54.019 he took out 00:16:54.019 --> 00:16:54.939 two denarii 00:16:54.939 --> 00:16:55.959 and gave them 00:16:55.959 --> 00:16:56.739 to the innkeeper, 00:16:56.899 --> 00:16:57.259 saying, 00:16:57.919 --> 00:16:58.739 Take care of him. 00:16:59.519 --> 00:17:00.119 And whatever 00:17:00.119 --> 00:17:01.279 more you spend, 00:17:01.819 --> 00:17:03.599 I will repay you 00:17:03.599 --> 00:17:05.259 when I come back. 00:17:07.099 --> 00:17:08.159 End of story. 00:17:08.480 --> 00:17:09.419 Now Jesus asks 00:17:09.419 --> 00:17:09.899 the lawyer, 00:17:10.359 --> 00:17:11.419 Which of these three 00:17:11.419 --> 00:17:12.700 do you think 00:17:12.700 --> 00:17:14.240 proved to be 00:17:14.240 --> 00:17:14.700 a neighbor 00:17:14.700 --> 00:17:15.379 to the man 00:17:15.379 --> 00:17:15.980 who fell among 00:17:15.980 --> 00:17:16.720 the robbers? 00:17:17.059 --> 00:17:18.059 He said, 00:17:18.779 --> 00:17:19.220 The one who 00:17:19.220 --> 00:17:20.399 showed him 00:17:20.399 --> 00:17:20.839 mercy. 00:17:21.539 --> 00:17:22.099 And Jesus said 00:17:22.099 --> 00:17:22.559 to him, 00:17:23.700 --> 00:17:24.299 You go 00:17:24.299 --> 00:17:26.259 and do likewise. 00:17:27.639 --> 00:17:28.419 Let's look 00:17:28.419 --> 00:17:29.039 at the story. 00:17:29.940 --> 00:17:30.299 Let's look 00:17:30.299 --> 00:17:30.859 at the parable. 00:17:31.799 --> 00:17:32.779 The first character 00:17:32.779 --> 00:17:33.339 in the story 00:17:33.339 --> 00:17:34.119 is the victim. 00:17:34.819 --> 00:17:35.240 We don't know 00:17:35.240 --> 00:17:36.179 anything about him 00:17:36.179 --> 00:17:38.720 other than 00:17:38.720 --> 00:17:41.399 he was robbed, 00:17:41.700 --> 00:17:42.519 he was beaten, 00:17:42.519 --> 00:17:44.619 he was left 00:17:44.619 --> 00:17:45.759 half dead 00:17:45.759 --> 00:17:46.819 on the side 00:17:46.819 --> 00:17:47.420 of the road. 00:17:49.920 --> 00:17:50.960 Envision that. 00:17:52.059 --> 00:17:53.599 Second character 00:17:53.599 --> 00:17:54.400 is actually 00:17:54.400 --> 00:17:55.559 two characters, 00:17:56.480 --> 00:17:57.039 a priest 00:17:57.039 --> 00:17:58.740 and a Levite. 00:17:59.240 --> 00:18:00.460 They're religious leaders. 00:18:02.039 --> 00:18:02.879 It says they're coming 00:18:02.879 --> 00:18:04.079 down from Jerusalem 00:18:04.079 --> 00:18:04.960 to Jericho. 00:18:05.740 --> 00:18:06.440 The implication 00:18:06.440 --> 00:18:06.799 would be 00:18:06.799 --> 00:18:07.759 they've already done 00:18:07.759 --> 00:18:08.400 their duties 00:18:08.400 --> 00:18:09.079 in the temple 00:18:09.079 --> 00:18:10.559 and they're 00:18:10.559 --> 00:18:10.960 on their way 00:18:10.960 --> 00:18:11.319 home. 00:18:14.319 --> 00:18:15.339 The priest, 00:18:16.339 --> 00:18:17.659 the Levite, 00:18:18.079 --> 00:18:19.099 they do the same 00:18:19.099 --> 00:18:19.460 thing. 00:18:20.159 --> 00:18:20.879 They're walking 00:18:20.879 --> 00:18:21.500 down the road, 00:18:21.599 --> 00:18:22.519 they see a man, 00:18:24.419 --> 00:18:26.079 evidently he's 00:18:26.079 --> 00:18:27.240 bruised, 00:18:27.799 --> 00:18:28.359 bleeding, 00:18:28.579 --> 00:18:29.159 he's been beaten 00:18:29.159 --> 00:18:29.579 up, 00:18:29.939 --> 00:18:30.839 left half dead, 00:18:30.939 --> 00:18:31.839 probably unconscious, 00:18:32.539 --> 00:18:33.039 stripped, 00:18:33.359 --> 00:18:33.720 naked. 00:18:34.720 --> 00:18:35.279 They've taken 00:18:35.279 --> 00:18:35.639 everything. 00:18:35.640 --> 00:18:37.580 They see this 00:18:37.580 --> 00:18:38.860 heap of a man, 00:18:39.520 --> 00:18:40.200 probably in a 00:18:40.200 --> 00:18:41.080 fetal position. 00:18:42.720 --> 00:18:43.460 They don't even 00:18:43.460 --> 00:18:44.080 get close enough 00:18:44.080 --> 00:18:44.720 to look at him 00:18:44.720 --> 00:18:45.520 to see if he's 00:18:45.520 --> 00:18:46.520 dead or alive. 00:18:47.300 --> 00:18:47.900 Jesus said they 00:18:47.900 --> 00:18:48.620 just passed on 00:18:48.620 --> 00:18:49.080 the other side 00:18:49.080 --> 00:18:49.540 of the road 00:18:49.540 --> 00:18:51.420 and pretend 00:18:51.420 --> 00:18:52.060 they never 00:18:52.060 --> 00:18:53.080 saw him. 00:18:54.560 --> 00:18:54.860 Now, 00:18:55.860 --> 00:18:56.900 why would they 00:18:56.900 --> 00:18:57.220 do something 00:18:57.220 --> 00:18:57.620 like that? 00:18:59.340 --> 00:18:59.780 Well, 00:18:59.900 --> 00:19:00.300 a lot of 00:19:00.300 --> 00:19:01.380 commentators say 00:19:01.380 --> 00:19:03.580 that they did 00:19:03.580 --> 00:19:04.180 that because 00:19:04.180 --> 00:19:05.600 the man was 00:19:05.599 --> 00:19:06.079 half dead, 00:19:06.159 --> 00:19:06.419 they couldn't 00:19:06.419 --> 00:19:06.819 tell if he was 00:19:06.819 --> 00:19:07.439 dead or alive. 00:19:07.959 --> 00:19:08.399 For them to 00:19:08.399 --> 00:19:09.339 touch a dead 00:19:09.339 --> 00:19:10.059 body made them 00:19:10.059 --> 00:19:12.139 ceremonially unclean, 00:19:12.500 --> 00:19:13.219 that could be 00:19:13.219 --> 00:19:13.439 true, 00:19:13.519 --> 00:19:14.119 but Jesus doesn't 00:19:14.119 --> 00:19:14.519 say, 00:19:15.240 --> 00:19:15.599 could have just 00:19:15.599 --> 00:19:15.859 been, 00:19:16.159 --> 00:19:16.639 they were in a 00:19:16.639 --> 00:19:16.879 hurry. 00:19:18.019 --> 00:19:18.480 Could have just 00:19:18.480 --> 00:19:18.659 been, 00:19:18.759 --> 00:19:19.319 they're tired. 00:19:19.959 --> 00:19:20.480 They've been in 00:19:20.480 --> 00:19:20.699 the temple, 00:19:20.759 --> 00:19:21.179 they've been doing 00:19:21.179 --> 00:19:21.759 their work, 00:19:22.039 --> 00:19:22.519 they're ready to 00:19:22.519 --> 00:19:22.899 go home. 00:19:23.119 --> 00:19:23.719 Maybe supper's 00:19:23.719 --> 00:19:24.199 on the table. 00:19:26.159 --> 00:19:26.939 Maybe they just 00:19:26.939 --> 00:19:27.759 don't give a rip. 00:19:30.399 --> 00:19:31.159 Maybe they see 00:19:31.159 --> 00:19:32.099 this guy just 00:19:32.099 --> 00:19:32.619 shrug their 00:19:32.619 --> 00:19:33.919 shoulders and say, 00:19:34.119 --> 00:19:34.719 poor guy, 00:19:34.720 --> 00:19:36.180 they just don't 00:19:36.180 --> 00:19:36.539 care. 00:19:37.579 --> 00:19:38.259 Whatever the 00:19:38.259 --> 00:19:38.740 reason, 00:19:39.740 --> 00:19:42.400 there's no 00:19:42.400 --> 00:19:43.059 excuse. 00:19:44.380 --> 00:19:45.059 See, that's 00:19:45.059 --> 00:19:45.759 what Jesus is 00:19:45.759 --> 00:19:46.360 trying to point 00:19:46.360 --> 00:19:46.620 out. 00:19:47.279 --> 00:19:47.860 Neither of 00:19:47.860 --> 00:19:48.819 these religious 00:19:48.819 --> 00:19:52.339 leaders who 00:19:52.339 --> 00:19:53.420 saw the man 00:19:53.420 --> 00:19:54.140 in need, 00:19:55.740 --> 00:19:56.279 neither one of 00:19:56.279 --> 00:19:56.740 them did 00:19:56.740 --> 00:19:57.720 anything. 00:19:57.720 --> 00:19:57.900 them. 00:19:57.900 --> 00:20:00.240 And the idea 00:20:00.240 --> 00:20:01.500 is, it's 00:20:01.500 --> 00:20:02.339 inexcusable. 00:20:03.839 --> 00:20:04.440 Now, the third 00:20:04.440 --> 00:20:05.279 character is where 00:20:05.279 --> 00:20:06.799 the original, for 00:20:06.799 --> 00:20:07.319 the original 00:20:07.319 --> 00:20:08.019 audience, it 00:20:08.019 --> 00:20:08.539 really got 00:20:08.539 --> 00:20:09.180 interesting. 00:20:12.180 --> 00:20:13.519 Many commentators 00:20:13.519 --> 00:20:14.339 will talk about, 00:20:16.100 --> 00:20:16.900 as Jesus told 00:20:16.900 --> 00:20:17.640 stories, and that 00:20:17.640 --> 00:20:18.759 was a well-known 00:20:18.759 --> 00:20:20.120 way of communication 00:20:20.120 --> 00:20:21.019 in his day. 00:20:21.380 --> 00:20:22.279 It's always been, 00:20:22.319 --> 00:20:22.980 every day. 00:20:22.980 --> 00:20:24.860 But the idea 00:20:24.860 --> 00:20:25.500 would have been, 00:20:25.819 --> 00:20:26.700 as Jesus taught, 00:20:26.799 --> 00:20:27.259 other people would 00:20:27.259 --> 00:20:27.660 have taught in 00:20:27.660 --> 00:20:28.079 that day, 00:20:29.420 --> 00:20:29.960 people would have 00:20:29.960 --> 00:20:30.480 expected, 00:20:31.240 --> 00:20:32.620 these two religious 00:20:32.620 --> 00:20:33.360 leaders, one of 00:20:33.360 --> 00:20:34.079 them, the priest, 00:20:34.740 --> 00:20:35.400 he was a more, 00:20:35.940 --> 00:20:36.519 he had more 00:20:36.519 --> 00:20:37.860 responsibility, the 00:20:37.860 --> 00:20:38.539 Levite was more 00:20:38.539 --> 00:20:39.519 like his assistant, 00:20:40.519 --> 00:20:41.400 and they would have 00:20:41.400 --> 00:20:42.339 expected the next 00:20:42.339 --> 00:20:43.180 person to be a 00:20:43.180 --> 00:20:43.759 regular church 00:20:43.759 --> 00:20:45.440 member, what we'll 00:20:45.440 --> 00:20:45.880 call a regular 00:20:45.880 --> 00:20:46.339 church member, a 00:20:46.339 --> 00:20:46.819 regular Jew. 00:20:47.599 --> 00:20:48.360 And so the idea 00:20:48.360 --> 00:20:49.079 would have been, as 00:20:49.079 --> 00:20:49.839 Jesus was telling the 00:20:49.839 --> 00:20:51.940 story, people would, 00:20:51.940 --> 00:20:52.900 you know, you sort 00:20:52.900 --> 00:20:53.600 of figure out the 00:20:53.600 --> 00:20:54.640 pattern, as people 00:20:54.640 --> 00:20:55.100 would have thought, 00:20:55.220 --> 00:20:56.340 all right, here's for 00:20:56.340 --> 00:20:57.400 us, here's the pastor 00:20:57.400 --> 00:20:58.480 comes by, he doesn't 00:20:58.480 --> 00:20:59.759 care, here's the deacon 00:20:59.759 --> 00:21:00.799 comes by, he doesn't 00:21:00.799 --> 00:21:02.140 care, but the guy 00:21:02.140 --> 00:21:03.180 that's coming next, he's 00:21:03.180 --> 00:21:03.840 going to be the hero, 00:21:04.140 --> 00:21:04.680 he's going to be the 00:21:04.680 --> 00:21:05.600 guy who's just the 00:21:05.600 --> 00:21:06.519 regular church member. 00:21:06.820 --> 00:21:07.799 He's not any kind of 00:21:07.799 --> 00:21:09.259 officer, he just loves 00:21:09.259 --> 00:21:09.940 the Lord, and so he's 00:21:09.940 --> 00:21:10.940 going to come along and 00:21:10.940 --> 00:21:11.720 take care of this guy. 00:21:13.160 --> 00:21:15.039 But that's not what 00:21:15.039 --> 00:21:15.720 Jesus said. 00:21:16.720 --> 00:21:17.860 The third character, 00:21:19.860 --> 00:21:21.299 verse 33, 00:21:21.940 --> 00:21:22.920 when Jesus said, 00:21:23.559 --> 00:21:24.920 but a Samaritan, 00:21:25.759 --> 00:21:27.000 the crowd would have 00:21:27.000 --> 00:21:28.080 just gasped. 00:21:29.900 --> 00:21:30.620 There would have been 00:21:30.620 --> 00:21:32.480 just, it's just 00:21:32.480 --> 00:21:35.180 unbelievable for Jesus 00:21:35.180 --> 00:21:37.980 to say, a Samaritan 00:21:37.980 --> 00:21:40.299 came next, because Jews 00:21:40.299 --> 00:21:42.160 absolutely hated 00:21:42.160 --> 00:21:43.900 Samaritans, they were 00:21:43.900 --> 00:21:45.059 scum, they were 00:21:45.059 --> 00:21:47.640 nothing, they were 00:21:47.640 --> 00:21:50.380 half-blooded Jews. 00:21:50.380 --> 00:21:54.040 Samaritan's, there was 00:21:54.040 --> 00:21:57.740 racial prejudice here, and 00:21:57.740 --> 00:21:59.340 there was religious 00:21:59.340 --> 00:22:00.520 prejudice because the 00:22:00.520 --> 00:22:02.380 Samaritans, they didn't 00:22:02.380 --> 00:22:04.200 acknowledge that true 00:22:04.200 --> 00:22:05.160 worship of God was to 00:22:05.160 --> 00:22:06.200 take place in the temple, 00:22:06.800 --> 00:22:07.820 they didn't acknowledge 00:22:07.820 --> 00:22:09.060 Jerusalem as the place 00:22:09.060 --> 00:22:09.620 where it should take 00:22:09.620 --> 00:22:10.700 place, they had their own 00:22:10.700 --> 00:22:11.720 capital, Samaria. 00:22:12.860 --> 00:22:14.240 And so for the Jew, 00:22:15.080 --> 00:22:17.060 historically, looking back 00:22:17.059 --> 00:22:18.079 at what all had happened 00:22:18.079 --> 00:22:20.000 in days gone by, when 00:22:20.000 --> 00:22:20.940 Jews had been held, 00:22:21.319 --> 00:22:22.700 been captured by other 00:22:22.700 --> 00:22:23.879 countries, taken into 00:22:23.879 --> 00:22:26.279 captivity, other people 00:22:26.279 --> 00:22:27.240 came into the area, 00:22:27.419 --> 00:22:28.299 intermarried with some of 00:22:28.299 --> 00:22:28.899 these Jews. 00:22:29.359 --> 00:22:30.619 Now these Samaritans, 00:22:31.339 --> 00:22:32.539 they were not pure-blooded 00:22:32.539 --> 00:22:34.799 Jews, half-breeds, 00:22:35.159 --> 00:22:35.859 they didn't worship 00:22:35.859 --> 00:22:37.000 correctly, they didn't know 00:22:37.000 --> 00:22:37.980 what they were doing, 00:22:38.639 --> 00:22:39.819 they didn't know God, 00:22:39.819 --> 00:22:42.139 and so there was just 00:22:42.139 --> 00:22:47.359 intense racial, religious 00:22:47.359 --> 00:22:51.859 bigotry, prejudice that 00:22:51.859 --> 00:22:53.079 took place between Jews 00:22:53.079 --> 00:22:54.639 and Gentiles. 00:22:56.399 --> 00:22:57.480 Samaritan was just the 00:22:57.480 --> 00:22:59.000 very last person that the 00:22:59.000 --> 00:23:00.099 crowd would have expected 00:23:00.099 --> 00:23:03.619 to be the good guy of any 00:23:03.619 --> 00:23:04.119 story. 00:23:04.119 --> 00:23:07.219 But I want you to look at 00:23:07.219 --> 00:23:08.619 how Jesus, excuse me, 00:23:09.399 --> 00:23:12.239 details what the Samaritan 00:23:12.239 --> 00:23:12.739 did. 00:23:12.899 --> 00:23:14.039 This is an important part 00:23:14.039 --> 00:23:14.439 of the story. 00:23:15.119 --> 00:23:16.239 It's not that the Samaritan 00:23:16.239 --> 00:23:17.679 just came by and 00:23:17.679 --> 00:23:18.759 acknowledged the guy and 00:23:18.759 --> 00:23:19.739 rendered him a little bit 00:23:19.739 --> 00:23:20.119 of aid. 00:23:20.439 --> 00:23:23.599 Look at the great trouble 00:23:23.599 --> 00:23:26.299 the Samaritan went to 00:23:26.299 --> 00:23:27.179 to help this guy. 00:23:27.239 --> 00:23:28.279 Look at it in verse 33. 00:23:29.019 --> 00:23:30.299 But a Samaritan, as he 00:23:30.299 --> 00:23:31.959 journeyed, came to where he 00:23:31.960 --> 00:23:34.240 was, and when he saw him, 00:23:34.660 --> 00:23:35.759 this is the wounded guy, 00:23:36.480 --> 00:23:37.319 he had compassion. 00:23:37.860 --> 00:23:39.840 He went to him and bound 00:23:39.840 --> 00:23:42.059 up his wounds, pouring on 00:23:42.059 --> 00:23:43.620 oil and wine, trying to, 00:23:44.000 --> 00:23:45.279 this is their medicine, 00:23:45.420 --> 00:23:46.279 this is trying to help, 00:23:46.579 --> 00:23:48.440 heal, take away the pain. 00:23:49.200 --> 00:23:50.680 Then he set him on his own 00:23:50.680 --> 00:23:52.559 animal and brought him to 00:23:52.559 --> 00:23:54.279 an inn and took care of 00:23:54.279 --> 00:23:54.500 him. 00:23:54.740 --> 00:23:56.079 And the next day he took 00:23:56.079 --> 00:23:57.259 out two denarii and gave 00:23:57.259 --> 00:23:58.420 them to the innkeeper, 00:23:58.539 --> 00:23:59.880 saying, take care of him, 00:24:00.059 --> 00:24:01.340 and whatever more you spend, 00:24:01.339 --> 00:24:03.319 I will repay you when I 00:24:03.319 --> 00:24:03.720 come. 00:24:05.299 --> 00:24:06.619 That Samaritan, just think 00:24:06.619 --> 00:24:06.959 about it. 00:24:07.959 --> 00:24:09.459 He interrupted his trip. 00:24:09.819 --> 00:24:12.000 He used his own first aid 00:24:12.000 --> 00:24:12.439 kit. 00:24:14.199 --> 00:24:15.500 He took the man back to the 00:24:15.500 --> 00:24:15.779 inn. 00:24:16.740 --> 00:24:18.379 He provided for him best he 00:24:18.379 --> 00:24:19.199 could right then, 00:24:19.359 --> 00:24:21.079 personally, then gave money 00:24:21.079 --> 00:24:22.439 for him to be taken care of 00:24:22.439 --> 00:24:23.740 until he could come back. 00:24:25.519 --> 00:24:26.759 Let's look at how Jesus 00:24:26.759 --> 00:24:28.279 applied this parable. 00:24:28.279 --> 00:24:31.779 After he tells the story, 00:24:31.920 --> 00:24:33.119 all this happened, Jesus 00:24:33.119 --> 00:24:34.119 asked the lawyer in verse 00:24:34.119 --> 00:24:38.240 36, which of these three do 00:24:38.240 --> 00:24:39.759 you think proved to be a 00:24:39.759 --> 00:24:41.859 neighbor to the man who fell 00:24:41.859 --> 00:24:43.339 among the robbers? 00:24:44.019 --> 00:24:47.720 The lawyer responded, the one 00:24:47.720 --> 00:24:49.259 who showed him mercy. 00:24:50.680 --> 00:24:54.200 Now, do you notice the way the 00:24:54.200 --> 00:24:55.339 lawyer responds? 00:24:55.339 --> 00:24:57.720 He won't use the name 00:24:57.720 --> 00:24:58.359 Samaritan. 00:25:00.059 --> 00:25:01.119 You see, Jesus told the story 00:25:01.119 --> 00:25:02.859 about the priest, the Levite, 00:25:02.959 --> 00:25:03.720 and the Samaritan. 00:25:04.779 --> 00:25:06.599 And Jesus asked him, which of the 00:25:06.599 --> 00:25:08.399 three was the neighbor? 00:25:09.399 --> 00:25:11.439 And the man says, not the 00:25:11.439 --> 00:25:13.119 Samaritan, as Jesus had used the 00:25:13.119 --> 00:25:13.459 word. 00:25:14.459 --> 00:25:16.379 He just couldn't bring himself 00:25:16.380 --> 00:25:20.260 to describe somebody like a 00:25:20.260 --> 00:25:21.040 Samaritan. 00:25:22.160 --> 00:25:22.600 Trash. 00:25:24.100 --> 00:25:25.480 Garbage of a person. 00:25:26.320 --> 00:25:28.080 He just couldn't use his name. 00:25:28.180 --> 00:25:29.400 That name meant that way. 00:25:30.040 --> 00:25:31.200 There's another occasion in the 00:25:31.200 --> 00:25:32.360 life of Jesus, his interaction 00:25:32.360 --> 00:25:33.580 with Pharisees, those who 00:25:33.580 --> 00:25:34.160 opposed him. 00:25:34.560 --> 00:25:36.060 They cursed him by calling him 00:25:36.060 --> 00:25:36.720 a Samaritan. 00:25:38.920 --> 00:25:40.200 They were trying to just, 00:25:40.320 --> 00:25:42.260 they were just in Jesus' face. 00:25:42.620 --> 00:25:43.640 They said, you got a demon, 00:25:43.800 --> 00:25:44.780 you're demon-possessed, 00:25:44.779 --> 00:25:46.940 and you're a Samaritan. 00:25:47.220 --> 00:25:48.579 That's how bad it was to be a 00:25:48.579 --> 00:25:48.980 Samaritan. 00:25:49.220 --> 00:25:51.019 This man would not even bring 00:25:51.019 --> 00:25:52.859 himself to refer to a person 00:25:52.859 --> 00:25:55.160 of this race in a positive way. 00:25:55.339 --> 00:25:56.079 He just couldn't do it. 00:25:57.700 --> 00:25:58.819 Jesus ignored that part. 00:25:58.980 --> 00:26:00.660 Verse 37, Jesus concluded by 00:26:00.660 --> 00:26:03.859 saying, you go and do likewise. 00:26:05.059 --> 00:26:07.960 Now, did you note the change that 00:26:07.960 --> 00:26:09.480 took place from the beginning of 00:26:09.480 --> 00:26:12.119 the story to the end? 00:26:12.119 --> 00:26:15.879 When it begins, the lawyer wants 00:26:15.879 --> 00:26:17.379 Jesus to define who his neighbor 00:26:17.379 --> 00:26:19.239 is, and the lawyer asks the 00:26:19.239 --> 00:26:20.659 question in verse 29, and who is 00:26:20.659 --> 00:26:21.119 my neighbor? 00:26:22.779 --> 00:26:24.379 The lawyer wanted Jesus to help 00:26:24.379 --> 00:26:27.399 him define who he had to treat 00:26:27.399 --> 00:26:30.959 right, who he had to be 00:26:30.959 --> 00:26:34.659 neighborly toward, because he 00:26:34.659 --> 00:26:35.379 didn't want to do it just to 00:26:35.379 --> 00:26:35.719 anybody. 00:26:36.619 --> 00:26:39.599 But the story ends, Jesus asks a 00:26:39.599 --> 00:26:41.079 different question, not the same 00:26:41.079 --> 00:26:41.379 one. 00:26:42.379 --> 00:26:43.960 Which of these three do you think 00:26:43.960 --> 00:26:46.439 proved to be a neighbor to the 00:26:46.439 --> 00:26:48.119 man who fell among the robbers? 00:26:50.099 --> 00:26:51.639 And then Jesus concludes by saying, 00:26:51.759 --> 00:26:53.419 you go and do likewise. 00:26:54.579 --> 00:26:56.460 Jesus ends the parable not telling 00:26:56.460 --> 00:26:57.859 us who our neighbor is. 00:26:59.319 --> 00:27:03.460 Instead, he says, you be a 00:27:03.460 --> 00:27:06.240 neighbor to whoever you come 00:27:06.240 --> 00:27:10.759 across in life who has a need that 00:27:10.759 --> 00:27:12.500 you can meet. 00:27:14.000 --> 00:27:15.620 If you will. 00:27:17.500 --> 00:27:18.620 Let's just stop and think about 00:27:18.620 --> 00:27:19.039 this now. 00:27:22.039 --> 00:27:25.200 All of us, as we just do our 00:27:25.200 --> 00:27:28.799 thing, live in life, we come 00:27:28.799 --> 00:27:33.599 across people that we see that we, 00:27:33.599 --> 00:27:35.359 it's obvious they have a need that we 00:27:35.359 --> 00:27:35.759 could meet. 00:27:35.859 --> 00:27:37.299 It may be physical, it may be 00:27:37.299 --> 00:27:39.399 material, financial, it may be 00:27:39.399 --> 00:27:41.299 something relational, it may be 00:27:41.299 --> 00:27:42.899 something spiritual we need to say 00:27:42.899 --> 00:27:43.199 or do. 00:27:44.000 --> 00:27:45.699 We come across people in our lives, 00:27:46.899 --> 00:27:48.939 they're like this guy on the side of 00:27:48.939 --> 00:27:49.259 the road. 00:27:49.980 --> 00:27:51.519 There's an obvious need. 00:27:53.240 --> 00:27:56.779 We could do something, but we just 00:27:56.779 --> 00:27:57.459 don't. 00:27:58.079 --> 00:27:59.859 And we don't for a lot of different 00:27:59.859 --> 00:28:00.339 reasons. 00:28:01.419 --> 00:28:03.219 I can't remember the time, I can't 00:28:03.219 --> 00:28:04.779 remember times, period. 00:28:06.259 --> 00:28:09.259 But two or three years ago, I was 00:28:09.259 --> 00:28:11.039 driving down the road on my way home 00:28:11.039 --> 00:28:14.979 for lunch, and I passed by a man 00:28:14.979 --> 00:28:20.939 down in a ditch trying to push a 00:28:20.939 --> 00:28:22.779 lawnmower up out of the ditch and 00:28:22.779 --> 00:28:23.919 back onto the side of the road. 00:28:24.919 --> 00:28:27.439 The ditch was at least six feet deep, 00:28:27.440 --> 00:28:28.519 it was head high. 00:28:30.640 --> 00:28:33.160 As I passed by that man, looked over 00:28:33.160 --> 00:28:34.240 there, it was obvious what was going 00:28:34.240 --> 00:28:35.620 on, and the first thing I thought up 00:28:35.620 --> 00:28:37.200 to myself was, he needs help. 00:28:38.100 --> 00:28:40.120 Second thing I thought was, I've got 00:28:40.120 --> 00:28:41.160 all my good clothes. 00:28:43.200 --> 00:28:44.360 This was Wednesday, we were having 00:28:44.360 --> 00:28:45.680 service that night, I had on dress 00:28:45.680 --> 00:28:47.259 pants just like this, had on these 00:28:47.259 --> 00:28:48.900 shoes, had on a golf shirt. 00:28:48.940 --> 00:28:49.559 It was summer. 00:28:50.059 --> 00:28:51.660 I thought to myself, if I stop and help 00:28:51.660 --> 00:28:53.340 him, I'm going to tear up these 00:28:53.340 --> 00:28:54.120 clothes. 00:28:54.119 --> 00:28:56.879 I'm going to get all sweaty, I have 00:28:56.879 --> 00:28:57.959 to go back and take another doggone 00:28:57.959 --> 00:28:59.539 shower before church tonight. 00:29:00.919 --> 00:29:02.799 But before I could get a fourth of the 00:29:02.799 --> 00:29:05.699 way down the road, I thought about 00:29:05.699 --> 00:29:07.319 this story, because I was going to use 00:29:07.319 --> 00:29:09.000 it as an illustration that very night. 00:29:11.159 --> 00:29:14.779 And I thought to myself, I can't leave 00:29:14.779 --> 00:29:16.119 that man beside the road with that 00:29:16.119 --> 00:29:16.579 lawnmower. 00:29:18.339 --> 00:29:20.859 So I turned around, went back, got out. 00:29:21.899 --> 00:29:22.739 Let me help you. 00:29:22.740 --> 00:29:23.839 Okay, thank you. 00:29:24.120 --> 00:29:25.539 Got down in a ditch with him, pushed 00:29:25.539 --> 00:29:27.259 it up, no problem at all, got it on 00:29:27.259 --> 00:29:27.880 the side of the road. 00:29:28.160 --> 00:29:29.799 He thanked me, I said you're welcome, 00:29:30.019 --> 00:29:31.299 went back and all. 00:29:31.759 --> 00:29:32.259 Went back home. 00:29:34.240 --> 00:29:36.599 Now you think with me, I'm not as, I'm 00:29:36.599 --> 00:29:37.900 not the only bad guy in this room. 00:29:41.660 --> 00:29:43.120 We get busy in life. 00:29:44.859 --> 00:29:46.019 We've got things to do. 00:29:46.940 --> 00:29:48.259 We've got places to go. 00:29:50.000 --> 00:29:51.039 Sometimes we just don't want to get 00:29:51.039 --> 00:29:51.359 dirty. 00:29:53.559 --> 00:29:57.059 And sometimes we pass people just as 00:29:57.059 --> 00:29:59.039 obvious as that man in the ditch 00:29:59.039 --> 00:30:00.079 needing help with a lawnmower. 00:30:00.720 --> 00:30:02.420 Just as obvious as that man who had 00:30:02.420 --> 00:30:04.180 been beaten nearly to death on the side 00:30:04.180 --> 00:30:04.619 of the road. 00:30:07.000 --> 00:30:08.299 Sometimes we're no better than the 00:30:08.299 --> 00:30:09.359 priest and the Levite. 00:30:10.819 --> 00:30:12.519 And our excuse doesn't matter. 00:30:12.879 --> 00:30:13.619 That's the thing. 00:30:14.879 --> 00:30:16.339 It doesn't matter what our excuse is. 00:30:16.379 --> 00:30:17.180 It doesn't matter why we don't get 00:30:17.180 --> 00:30:17.740 involved. 00:30:19.620 --> 00:30:21.060 If we don't get involved, 00:30:21.799 --> 00:30:22.740 we're wrong. 00:30:24.140 --> 00:30:26.340 We're failing to be the neighbor that 00:30:26.340 --> 00:30:28.279 Jesus is teaching this story to say 00:30:28.279 --> 00:30:30.840 that we as Christians are called to be 00:30:30.840 --> 00:30:33.700 to whoever it may be that's in our 00:30:33.700 --> 00:30:34.019 path. 00:30:34.240 --> 00:30:35.860 We don't think about this Samaritan 00:30:35.860 --> 00:30:36.380 stuff. 00:30:36.480 --> 00:30:37.720 It doesn't ring any kind of bell. 00:30:38.360 --> 00:30:40.019 But there's things that ring a bell 00:30:40.019 --> 00:30:40.639 with you. 00:30:46.139 --> 00:30:48.099 God's called you to be a neighbor 00:30:48.099 --> 00:30:52.720 to the people in your life as well as 00:30:52.720 --> 00:30:56.200 others that you just don't think much 00:30:56.200 --> 00:30:56.660 of. 00:30:57.420 --> 00:30:59.160 And you know who that kind of person is. 00:31:01.480 --> 00:31:03.500 God's called you to be a neighbor to 00:31:03.500 --> 00:31:05.759 people in this community who are 00:31:05.759 --> 00:31:12.599 Muslims who are working in this 00:31:12.599 --> 00:31:14.460 community, going to school in this 00:31:14.460 --> 00:31:14.960 community. 00:31:15.720 --> 00:31:18.119 But because of the atmosphere that we 00:31:18.119 --> 00:31:20.099 live under today and there are true 00:31:20.099 --> 00:31:23.539 Muslim terrorists trying to destroy us 00:31:23.539 --> 00:31:25.039 and our country and the free world, 00:31:25.119 --> 00:31:25.619 that's true. 00:31:25.759 --> 00:31:27.640 But every Muslim is not a terrorist. 00:31:27.640 --> 00:31:32.420 And there are Muslims who live close to 00:31:32.420 --> 00:31:34.700 you, who work maybe with you. 00:31:35.759 --> 00:31:40.619 And if you are a Christian, you have no 00:31:40.619 --> 00:31:44.200 choice in order to be faithful to God, 00:31:44.460 --> 00:31:47.180 but to be a neighbor to that Muslim. 00:31:48.839 --> 00:31:50.879 Or to that black person, if that's your 00:31:50.879 --> 00:31:51.700 problem person. 00:31:52.500 --> 00:31:57.099 Or to that real rich person, if that's 00:31:57.099 --> 00:31:58.839 the one you resent the most because they 00:31:58.839 --> 00:31:59.599 have more than you. 00:32:00.240 --> 00:32:03.059 Or to that real poor person that you 00:32:03.059 --> 00:32:03.940 resent the most. 00:32:03.940 --> 00:32:06.620 Because you don't think they put forth 00:32:06.620 --> 00:32:07.580 the effort they ought to. 00:32:10.279 --> 00:32:12.039 See the hard thing about this story, 00:32:12.080 --> 00:32:13.660 this is a nice story, but it's not 00:32:13.660 --> 00:32:14.420 intended to be. 00:32:15.559 --> 00:32:18.059 It's not really a feel good story about 00:32:18.059 --> 00:32:20.259 doing kind things to people in need. 00:32:21.559 --> 00:32:23.080 The story of the Good Semestrian is really 00:32:23.080 --> 00:32:25.380 a story about Jesus telling us, 00:32:25.380 --> 00:32:32.200 you are to be a neighbor who demonstrates God's 00:32:32.200 --> 00:32:36.280 grace and God's love, compassion, and 00:32:36.280 --> 00:32:42.680 practical help in the person who has the 00:32:42.680 --> 00:32:44.320 needs, time of need. 00:32:46.620 --> 00:32:47.980 We're called to be neighbors. 00:32:47.980 --> 00:32:52.319 And we don't get to choose who our neighbors are. 00:32:56.120 --> 00:33:01.940 I want to ask you, who has God put into your 00:33:01.940 --> 00:33:05.799 life right now that you need to be a neighbor 00:33:05.799 --> 00:33:06.599 to? 00:33:07.880 --> 00:33:09.500 Just like this Good Samaritan. 00:33:09.500 --> 00:33:14.039 It may be something very tangible, physical, 00:33:15.200 --> 00:33:17.299 practical that you know you need to do. 00:33:17.359 --> 00:33:18.339 You need to help them with. 00:33:18.380 --> 00:33:19.220 You need to give them. 00:33:19.299 --> 00:33:20.759 You need to serve them in some way. 00:33:22.000 --> 00:33:23.599 But it could be it's not anything like that. 00:33:23.640 --> 00:33:26.380 It could be more psychological, emotional, 00:33:26.559 --> 00:33:26.940 relational. 00:33:27.180 --> 00:33:29.480 It may be that they need you to be a friend, 00:33:30.220 --> 00:33:32.680 to notice them, to smile at them, 00:33:32.680 --> 00:33:36.680 to shake hands with them, 00:33:37.480 --> 00:33:41.799 to notice and be nice toward their children 00:33:41.799 --> 00:33:45.600 that you see have to interact with in your 00:33:45.600 --> 00:33:45.980 neighborhood. 00:33:48.120 --> 00:33:49.680 It may be a spiritual need. 00:33:51.400 --> 00:33:54.539 It may be that you're the person that's in your life 00:33:54.539 --> 00:33:55.340 you need to be a neighbor to. 00:33:56.920 --> 00:34:00.320 It may be that what you need to do next is to share the 00:34:00.320 --> 00:34:01.039 gospel with them. 00:34:01.460 --> 00:34:02.519 Because they're not a Christian, 00:34:02.519 --> 00:34:03.319 they don't know the Lord. 00:34:03.619 --> 00:34:05.559 And the only way they're going to know Him is if 00:34:05.559 --> 00:34:07.019 someone like you, a neighbor, 00:34:07.379 --> 00:34:08.480 Christian neighbor like you, 00:34:09.239 --> 00:34:10.440 shares the gospel with them. 00:34:11.440 --> 00:34:11.840 But you know, 00:34:12.320 --> 00:34:14.139 if they're not a Christian, 00:34:15.360 --> 00:34:18.059 in order for them to really listen to you 00:34:18.059 --> 00:34:19.579 or me, 00:34:20.320 --> 00:34:22.380 they've got to see Christ in us. 00:34:24.380 --> 00:34:26.219 They've got to see that we 00:34:26.219 --> 00:34:29.800 don't just say we believe this stuff, 00:34:29.800 --> 00:34:32.840 but we live it. 00:34:32.840 --> 00:34:35.600 And when they see that we live it, 00:34:36.240 --> 00:34:38.980 when they see that we are serious about loving 00:34:38.980 --> 00:34:41.660 and being a neighbor like Jesus taught, 00:34:43.240 --> 00:34:45.559 they'll be more willing to listen 00:34:45.559 --> 00:34:48.260 when we share the gospel with them. 00:34:48.260 --> 00:34:55.000 Who has God put in your life that you need to be a neighbor to this week? 00:34:57.380 --> 00:34:58.340 Whoever that is, 00:34:58.400 --> 00:34:59.920 whatever face comes to mind, 00:35:00.460 --> 00:35:01.720 listen to what Jesus says. 00:35:03.060 --> 00:35:03.500 Go, 00:35:04.640 --> 00:35:06.020 do like this Samaritan did. 00:35:07.360 --> 00:35:08.520 Be a real neighbor. 00:35:09.640 --> 00:35:11.220 Meet their needs 00:35:11.219 --> 00:35:13.099 with love, 00:35:13.619 --> 00:35:14.419 with compassion, 00:35:15.159 --> 00:35:18.219 and whatever practical means you need to use 00:35:18.219 --> 00:35:19.959 to be that kind of neighbor. 00:35:20.480 --> 00:35:21.139 Let's pray together. 00:35:22.719 --> 00:35:23.179 Dear God, 00:35:24.179 --> 00:35:25.779 all of us in this room, 00:35:25.899 --> 00:35:26.699 we struggle 00:35:26.699 --> 00:35:28.559 at times 00:35:28.559 --> 00:35:31.139 to love certain people 00:35:31.139 --> 00:35:32.399 or certain kinds of people. 00:35:35.279 --> 00:35:37.439 We find it difficult at times 00:35:37.440 --> 00:35:39.760 to be a neighbor 00:35:39.760 --> 00:35:42.800 because we're busy, 00:35:43.440 --> 00:35:46.619 because there's so many things 00:35:46.619 --> 00:35:48.099 that demand our attention, 00:35:49.099 --> 00:35:52.119 or 00:35:52.119 --> 00:35:54.820 we really just don't care about people 00:35:54.820 --> 00:35:57.280 or certain kinds of people. 00:35:58.740 --> 00:35:59.059 But Lord, 00:35:59.099 --> 00:36:00.220 help us to know that 00:36:00.220 --> 00:36:02.760 we don't have an excuse 00:36:02.760 --> 00:36:04.460 that is acceptable to you 00:36:04.460 --> 00:36:07.220 to not live 00:36:07.220 --> 00:36:09.400 in this community 00:36:09.400 --> 00:36:12.480 and be a neighbor 00:36:12.480 --> 00:36:15.039 to people that you bring across our path 00:36:15.039 --> 00:36:19.099 that have needs 00:36:19.099 --> 00:36:20.840 that we are able to meet. 00:36:22.420 --> 00:36:24.220 So show us how we should respond 00:36:24.220 --> 00:36:25.400 to this message. 00:36:27.300 --> 00:36:27.880 Show us the, 00:36:28.980 --> 00:36:30.360 put in our minds right now 00:36:30.360 --> 00:36:31.599 a picture of the people. 00:36:33.159 --> 00:36:33.960 Or dear God, 00:36:33.960 --> 00:36:35.360 just help us to be ready 00:36:35.360 --> 00:36:37.980 when the need arises 00:36:37.980 --> 00:36:39.220 this week. 00:36:41.720 --> 00:36:42.820 Help us to be 00:36:42.820 --> 00:36:45.539 faithful Christian neighbors 00:36:45.539 --> 00:36:48.679 as Jesus is teaching us 00:36:48.679 --> 00:36:49.720 in this parable today. 00:36:52.340 --> 00:36:54.220 Show us how we should respond now. 00:36:55.380 --> 00:36:56.420 And in an attitude of prayer, 00:36:56.559 --> 00:36:56.800 you just, 00:36:56.920 --> 00:36:57.940 you respond to the Lord. 00:37:00.619 --> 00:37:02.300 If you would like to pray 00:37:02.300 --> 00:37:03.440 about your particular issue, 00:37:03.440 --> 00:37:04.579 you come down to the front 00:37:04.579 --> 00:37:04.980 and I'd be happy 00:37:04.980 --> 00:37:05.960 to pray with you right now. 00:37:06.679 --> 00:37:07.679 But the main thing, 00:37:07.760 --> 00:37:08.320 the important thing 00:37:08.320 --> 00:37:09.320 is you listen to God 00:37:09.320 --> 00:37:09.940 and obey Him. 00:37:09.940 --> 00:37:39.920 Thank you.