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 So, do turn to Luke 10.

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 Luke 10.

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 I'm in the middle of a three-week series,

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!

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 About what motivates human beings.

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 It's a really fascinating paper.

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 In that paper, he proposed that there were five fundamental human needs

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 that motivate human behaviour.

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 He described them as a hierarchy

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 in which each progressive need must be fulfilled

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 before a person can move on to fulfil the next need.

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 A bit like a pyramid.

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 And his description of the five key needs went like this.

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 Number one, physiological needs.

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 Things like food and water and warmth and rest.

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 That's number one.

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 Number two, safety needs.

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 Every human being needs security and safety.

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 Number three, belonging and love needs.

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 Intimacy, friends, family.

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 And number four, esteem needs.

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 Respect, feeling of accomplishment, recognition.

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 And number five, self-actualisation needs.

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 That is achieving one's full potential.

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 Physiological needs.

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 Safety.

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 Belonging and love needs.

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 Esteem needs.

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 And self-actualisation needs.

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 And of course, we could argue, couldn't we,

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 about the order in which Maslow's put them.

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 Whether there should be an order at all.

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 And lots of psychologists, I'm told,

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 have kind of argued non-stop since about that.

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 But there's a reason why Maslow's hierarchy is still discussed today.

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 Because actually, he's on to something.

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 Most human beings feel at those kind of motivations

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 in one form or another at some point.

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 And Maslow summarised a lot of human motivations very well.

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 And so today, in tonight's passage,

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 we come to number three on Maslow's scales.

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 Love and emotional needs.

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 But I'm most interested in how he describes it

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 as a basic human need.

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 Humans need love.

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 And as Maslow points out,

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 the desire to be loved

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 drives a lot of human behaviour.

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 Now, you know that's true.

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 And when it comes to love,

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 I think that is the dominant way

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 that people in the world think about it.

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 Love is something that we all need.

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 Some would argue all you need is love.

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 Love is something that we're trying to find

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 and trying to hang on to.

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 But I hope you realise

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 that when Christians talk about love,

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 we're starting at a quite different point,

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 aren't we?

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 Christians often talk about love

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 not so much as something to be found

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 and clung on to,

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 but something to give.

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 In our society,

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 love is so often framed

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 as the thing that I want.

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 There's a need for me to be loved.

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 But in the kingdom of God,

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 love is framed as something I share.

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 There is a need not so much

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 for me to be loved

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 as to love.

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 Now, I know that I've just really

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 overstated the case.

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 And I'm not suggesting for a moment

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 that no one in the world

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 is looking to give love

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 and only to receive it.

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 I know that's not true.

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 But I do think I'm describing

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 a real difference

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 in the fundamental way

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 people think in our world.

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 and the way people in the kingdom of God

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 think about love.

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 And I hope that difference

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 will be recognisable to you.

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 Last week, we spoke about

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 the kingdom of God and work.

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 This week, we're talking about

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 the kingdom of God

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 and the need for love.

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 Love, not as psychologists

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 might understand it,

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 but love according to God.

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 And so let's get to our passage.

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 Come on up, yes.

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 Come on up.

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 And I want us to look

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 just at verses 25 to 37.

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 And we're going to see the story

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 of the not-so-good lawyer.

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 The great thing is about

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 having an outline

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 and putting that on the

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 kind of PowerPoint

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 is that you can get away

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 with a bad outline.

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 And so the passage

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 that is in front of you,

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 I want to call the story

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 of the not-so-good lawyer.

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 My title is very different

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 from the ESV's title.

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 Can you see the ESV's title?

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 And they call this section,

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 like pretty much every Bible version

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 that puts titles in,

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 the parable of the Good Samaritan.

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 And there is a parable

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 within the passage.

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 But I want to argue

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 that primarily,

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 verses 25 to 37,

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 are a true story.

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 There's a Samaritan

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 in the parable,

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 in the story,

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 but the main character

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 of verses 25 to 37

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 is the lawyer.

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 And the Samaritan

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 in the parable,

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 in the story,

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 he might be good,

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 but the lawyer

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 in this true story,

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 which this story

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 is really about,

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 he thinks he's really good,

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 but in reality,

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 not so much.

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 So I want to argue

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 my title is better

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 than the ESV's.

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 It's a little bit

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 less catchy, isn't it?

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 But it is really

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 about the true story

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 of the not-so-good lawyer.

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 And basically,

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 what you find is

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 in these verses,

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 there's a discussion

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 between the lawyer

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 and Jesus.

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 It's a series

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 of questions

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 and answers.

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 It's a dialogue.

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 And that's how

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 I want us to look at it.

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 So in verse 25,

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 you've got a question

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 about the way to life.

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 Verse 25 begins

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 with a brief introduction

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 to the lawyer.

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 He's an expert

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 in the law.

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 And of course,

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 the law that he's

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 an expert in

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 is the religious laws

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 of the Jews.

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 The legal material

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 that you've got

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 in the Old Testament.

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 And perhaps

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 some extra bits as well.

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 If you're trying

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 to locate this guy,

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 you're better off

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 thinking about him

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 as having an office

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 in a theological college

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 rather than

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 the boardroom

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 in the city

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 or a city law firm.

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 And this expert

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 in the Jewish law

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 has a question

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 for Jesus.

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 But even that,

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 it's not a question

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 like a little

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 inquisitive child

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 asks a parent

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 because they're curious

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 to learn something.

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 It's more like

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 a mischievous teenager

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 asking the student teacher,

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 trying to catch them out,

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 trying to make them

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 look stupid.

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 And so Luke tells us

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 in verse 25

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 what the lawyer's motive is.

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 Can you see that?

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 Verse 25.

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 He wants to test Jesus.

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 He hasn't come to Jesus

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 looking to learn from him.

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 He was more interested

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 in showing Jesus up.

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 And so this is the question

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 he came up with.

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 He said,

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 Teacher,

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 what must I do

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 to inherit eternal life?

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 And I suspect

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 he already has an answer

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 to that question

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 in his own head.

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 It would be hard

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 to be an expert

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 in the Jewish law

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 and not to have thought

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 lots about this already.

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 But he wants to know

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 what Jesus says.

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 He's particularly interested

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 in whether Jesus

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 will show himself

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 to be out of step

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 with the Jewish teachers.

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 And so Jesus gives him

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 an answer about life

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 through love,

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 doesn't he?

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 Verses 26 to 28.

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 And of course,

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 Jesus is not going

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 to be trapped so easily.

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 In verse 26,

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 he responds to

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 the lawyer's question

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 with a question of his own.

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 Verse 26.

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 He said to him,

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 What is written in the law?

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 How do you read it?

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 What does the law say?

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 That's what Jesus asks him.

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 But I wonder

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 whether there's a bit

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 of attitude

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 in Jesus' tone.

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 I wonder whether

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 there's a little bit of,

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 Well, you're the expert.

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 You tell me.

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 And of course,

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 our lawyer man,

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 well, he's got

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 a tightly worded response

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 in his back pocket already.

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 He says,

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 You can inherit

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 eternal life

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 through two kinds of love.

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 Love for God

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 with all your heart,

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 soul, strength,

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 and mind,

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 and love for your neighbor.

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 What was Jesus saying next?

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 Well, we find out

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 in verse 28.

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 And Jesus said to him,

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 You've answered correctly.

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 Do this and you will live.

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 And interestingly,

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 the word correctly there

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 is the Greek word

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 from which we get

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 the word orthodox.

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 Jesus responds by saying,

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 It's an orthodox answer.

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 It's straight down the line.

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 None of his Jewish

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 lawyer buddies

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 would have faulted his answer.

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 You've proved your orthodoxy.

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 Of course,

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 Jesus summarizes the law

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 in a similar way

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 in other places,

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 doesn't he?

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 But I think we do wonder,

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 what does Jesus' words

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 here really mean?

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 He seems to agree

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 with the lawyer

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 that these two kinds of love,

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 they are the way

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 to eternal life.

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 Could that be right?

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 I think the first thing

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 we've got to say

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 is that Jesus can see

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 into this man's heart,

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 can't he?

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 And he knows

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 he's not here to listen

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 but to entrap him.

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 And Jesus is refusing

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 to be drawn

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 into the lawyer's game.

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 But it's also important

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 to recognize

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 that Jesus wouldn't say this

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 if he thought

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 it was false.

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 There is, of course,

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 a sense in which

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 this is true.

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 That if a person

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 were to love God

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 with all their heart

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 and with all their soul

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 and all their strength

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 and all their mind

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 and if they were to love

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 their neighbors

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 as themselves,

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 then they would be

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 the perfect embodiment

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 of God's law.

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 They would be without sin.

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 They would have

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 no need of forgiveness

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 and they could be confident

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 of inheriting eternal life

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 on that basis.

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 And so I think Jesus

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 is affirming that here.

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 I don't think for a second

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 that Jesus thought

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 this man was able to do it.

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 And nor any other man

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 for that matter

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 with one significant exception.

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 But nevertheless,

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 in the cut and thrust

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 of this conversation,

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 Jesus is happy

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 at this point

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 to sign off

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 on the orthodoxy

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 of the lawyer's answer.

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 And so the next question

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 comes in verse 29

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 and it's a question

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 about who to love.

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 Perhaps Jesus knew

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 that the lawyer,

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 he wouldn't be able

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 to leave it there.

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 You could see

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 into the man's heart.

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 He would have known

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 that he wasn't just

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 interested in testing Jesus,

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 he was also very keen

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 to justify himself.

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 So once again

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 in verse 29,

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 Luke reveals to us

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 the lawyer's motives.

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 And of course,

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 in this respect,

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 Jesus hasn't given

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 the lawyer

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 any satisfaction at all.

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 Perhaps what he was

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 really after from Jesus

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 was an affirmation

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 that he stood

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 to inherit eternal life.

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 You'll be okay.

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 And while Jesus

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 has conceded,

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 hasn't he,

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 the orthodoxy

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 of the guy,

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 Jesus hasn't even

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 gone close

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 to assuring him

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 that he has

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 eternal life.

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 So the lawyer

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 won't drop it.

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 Jesus isn't playing

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 his game,

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 so he's got another

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 question.

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 Verse 29,

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 but he desiring

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 to justify himself

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 said to Jesus,

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 well, who is my neighbor?

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 He wants to know,

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 if I've got to do

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 the neighbor love

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 to inherit eternal life,

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 who do you think

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 that that includes?

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 It's a question

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 about who to love.

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 It's a question

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 about where the limits are,

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 about how far

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 one has to go

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 in loving neighbors.

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 And so Jesus

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 gives him in verses

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 30 to 37

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 an answer

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 on how to love.

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 And if Jesus'

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 previous answer

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 was predictable,

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 I think we've got

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 to admit that

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 Jesus' next answer

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 is completely

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 unexpected.

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 in response

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 about the lawyer's

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 question about

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 who to love,

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 Jesus tells a story

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 as he often did.

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 It's a story

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 that's become

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 one of the most

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 well-known stories

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 in the history

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 of the world.

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 I don't think

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 that's an exaggeration.

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 And of course,

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 you know it well,

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 so I'm not going

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 to retell it to you.

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 But this is a story

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 about what love

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 looks like.

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 All three

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 passers-by

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 see the injured man.

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 That's clear

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 in the text.

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 The priest

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 and the Levite,

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 they are the one

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 in possession

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 of the law.

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 We just hear

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 the lawyer

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 discussing with Jesus

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 and we might

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 therefore have

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 expected them

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 to stop

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 and love their

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 neighbor.

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 But they didn't.

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 But of course,

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 Jesus shocks

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 his audience,

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 doesn't he,

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 by telling them

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 that the one

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 who saw

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 the injured man

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 and actually

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 had pity,

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 compassion on him

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 was a Samaritan.

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 And as you know,

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 the Jews

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 and the Samaritans

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 didn't get on.

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 So Jesus'

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 hearers

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 would not have

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 expected a Samaritan

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 passer-by

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 to help a needy Jew.

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 But in Jesus'

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 story,

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 he's the only one

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 that does.

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 And by telling

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 the story

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 in the way

00:13:35.740 --> 00:13:36.179
 that Jesus

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 does,

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 he is making

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 a comment

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 about the foolish

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 racial divide

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 that there is

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 between the Samaritans

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 and the Jews

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 of his day.

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 He points out

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 that failing

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 to help a dying

00:13:47.720 --> 00:13:48.439
 man because of

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 the country

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 he comes from

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 or because

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 of who his

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 grandparents were

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 is a failure

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 to love.

00:13:56.960 --> 00:13:57.720
 Jesus is

00:13:57.720 --> 00:13:58.879
 waving Samaritan

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 lives matter

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 in the face

00:14:01.580 --> 00:14:02.100
 of the Jews.

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 And we can't

00:14:05.000 --> 00:14:05.620
 avoid the fact

00:14:05.620 --> 00:14:06.440
 that this is a

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 story about

00:14:07.060 --> 00:14:07.539
 racism.

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 Perhaps it is

00:14:08.279 --> 00:14:08.940
 one of the

00:14:08.940 --> 00:14:09.399
 Bible's most

00:14:09.399 --> 00:14:10.360
 potent messages

00:14:10.360 --> 00:14:11.460
 on this theme.

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 But it is

00:14:13.980 --> 00:14:14.320
 much,

00:14:14.440 --> 00:14:14.820
 much more

00:14:14.820 --> 00:14:15.200
 than that.

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 It is much,

00:14:17.600 --> 00:14:18.000
 much more

00:14:18.000 --> 00:14:18.299
 than that

00:14:18.299 --> 00:14:18.639
 because it

00:14:18.639 --> 00:14:19.139
 is a story

00:14:19.139 --> 00:14:19.840
 about love.

00:14:21.919 --> 00:14:22.580
 The priest

00:14:22.580 --> 00:14:23.100
 and the Levite,

00:14:23.159 --> 00:14:23.659
 they failed

00:14:23.659 --> 00:14:24.340
 to love.

00:14:24.460 --> 00:14:25.159
 The Samaritan

00:14:25.159 --> 00:14:25.759
 loved.

00:14:25.960 --> 00:14:26.379
 He had

00:14:26.379 --> 00:14:26.940
 compassion.

00:14:27.419 --> 00:14:28.019
 He showed

00:14:28.019 --> 00:14:28.500
 mercy.

00:14:30.179 --> 00:14:30.580
 And with

00:14:30.580 --> 00:14:31.019
 this story,

00:14:31.120 --> 00:14:31.659
 Jesus shows

00:14:31.659 --> 00:14:32.179
 that the love

00:14:32.179 --> 00:14:32.740
 which pleases

00:14:32.740 --> 00:14:33.679
 God is a

00:14:33.679 --> 00:14:34.019
 love that

00:14:34.019 --> 00:14:34.740
 extends to

00:14:34.740 --> 00:14:35.480
 the unlikely

00:14:35.480 --> 00:14:35.940
 one.

00:14:38.179 --> 00:14:38.740
 And when

00:14:38.740 --> 00:14:39.059
 the lawyer

00:14:39.059 --> 00:14:40.039
 asks Jesus,

00:14:40.200 --> 00:14:40.720
 who is my

00:14:40.720 --> 00:14:41.000
 neighbor,

00:14:41.120 --> 00:14:41.460
 this is

00:14:41.460 --> 00:14:41.759
 Jesus'

00:14:41.980 --> 00:14:42.440
 answer.

00:14:43.159 --> 00:14:43.940
 It's anyone

00:14:43.940 --> 00:14:44.600
 who crosses

00:14:44.600 --> 00:14:45.700
 your path

00:14:45.700 --> 00:14:47.100
 and needs

00:14:47.100 --> 00:14:47.620
 your help.

00:14:50.540 --> 00:14:51.160
 It's anyone

00:14:51.160 --> 00:14:51.820
 who crosses

00:14:51.820 --> 00:14:53.080
 your path

00:14:53.080 --> 00:14:55.020
 and needs

00:14:55.020 --> 00:14:55.280
 your help.

00:14:55.340 --> 00:14:55.820
 Let me

00:14:55.820 --> 00:14:56.360
 pause there.

00:14:56.460 --> 00:14:57.620
 We live

00:14:57.620 --> 00:14:58.180
 in an age,

00:14:58.240 --> 00:14:58.500
 don't we,

00:14:58.580 --> 00:14:59.480
 where we are

00:14:59.480 --> 00:15:00.500
 bombarded by

00:15:00.500 --> 00:15:01.080
 needs,

00:15:01.280 --> 00:15:01.840
 where we know

00:15:01.840 --> 00:15:02.520
 more about the

00:15:02.520 --> 00:15:03.020
 needs on the

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 other side of

00:15:03.500 --> 00:15:03.980
 the world

00:15:03.980 --> 00:15:04.580
 than often we

00:15:04.580 --> 00:15:04.920
 do on the

00:15:04.920 --> 00:15:05.320
 other side of

00:15:05.320 --> 00:15:05.840
 the street.

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 And we

00:15:06.800 --> 00:15:07.780
 cannot meet

00:15:07.780 --> 00:15:08.540
 those needs,

00:15:08.879 --> 00:15:09.420
 all of them.

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 And I do

00:15:11.259 --> 00:15:11.920
 think it's a

00:15:11.920 --> 00:15:12.720
 really helpful

00:15:12.720 --> 00:15:13.340
 point that Jesus

00:15:13.340 --> 00:15:13.720
 gives you.

00:15:13.720 --> 00:15:14.279
 it's anyone

00:15:14.279 --> 00:15:14.980
 who crosses

00:15:14.980 --> 00:15:16.139
 your path

00:15:16.139 --> 00:15:17.860
 and needs

00:15:17.860 --> 00:15:18.420
 your help,

00:15:18.639 --> 00:15:19.160
 regardless of

00:15:19.160 --> 00:15:19.600
 their race,

00:15:20.879 --> 00:15:21.480
 regardless of

00:15:21.480 --> 00:15:21.940
 your religious

00:15:21.940 --> 00:15:22.500
 convictions,

00:15:22.700 --> 00:15:23.139
 regardless of

00:15:23.139 --> 00:15:23.440
 how you might

00:15:23.440 --> 00:15:23.920
 feel about

00:15:23.920 --> 00:15:24.080
 them.

00:15:24.399 --> 00:15:25.460
 Jesus does

00:15:25.460 --> 00:15:26.060
 answer the

00:15:26.060 --> 00:15:26.399
 lawyer's

00:15:26.399 --> 00:15:26.779
 question,

00:15:27.080 --> 00:15:27.740
 but he also

00:15:27.740 --> 00:15:28.379
 suggests by

00:15:28.379 --> 00:15:28.820
 his answer

00:15:28.820 --> 00:15:29.139
 that there's

00:15:29.139 --> 00:15:29.540
 a better

00:15:29.540 --> 00:15:30.160
 question to

00:15:30.160 --> 00:15:30.560
 ask.

00:15:32.180 --> 00:15:32.879
 The lawyer

00:15:32.879 --> 00:15:33.279
 asks the

00:15:33.279 --> 00:15:33.779
 question about

00:15:33.779 --> 00:15:34.139
 who to

00:15:34.139 --> 00:15:34.540
 love,

00:15:34.720 --> 00:15:35.120
 and Jesus

00:15:35.120 --> 00:15:36.440
 answers with

00:15:36.440 --> 00:15:37.139
 a story about

00:15:37.139 --> 00:15:37.639
 how to

00:15:37.639 --> 00:15:37.920
 love.

00:15:39.960 --> 00:15:40.480
 And you

00:15:40.480 --> 00:15:41.139
 love by

00:15:41.139 --> 00:15:42.100
 showing compassion

00:15:42.100 --> 00:15:43.040
 to the

00:15:43.040 --> 00:15:43.759
 unlikely one.

00:15:45.440 --> 00:15:45.980
 And you

00:15:45.980 --> 00:15:46.700
 love by

00:15:46.700 --> 00:15:47.379
 going out

00:15:47.379 --> 00:15:47.600
 of your

00:15:47.600 --> 00:15:47.920
 way to

00:15:47.920 --> 00:15:48.480
 show mercy,

00:15:48.600 --> 00:15:48.800
 and that's

00:15:48.800 --> 00:15:49.019
 what the

00:15:49.019 --> 00:15:49.300
 Samaritan

00:15:49.300 --> 00:15:49.540
 did.

00:15:49.800 --> 00:15:50.100
 He went

00:15:50.100 --> 00:15:50.580
 above and

00:15:50.580 --> 00:15:51.159
 beyond what

00:15:51.159 --> 00:15:51.700
 anyone could

00:15:51.700 --> 00:15:52.120
 have expected

00:15:52.120 --> 00:15:52.620
 him to do.

00:15:54.980 --> 00:15:55.500
 He didn't

00:15:55.500 --> 00:15:56.080
 just stop and

00:15:56.080 --> 00:15:56.460
 help the guy

00:15:56.460 --> 00:15:57.060
 move on.

00:15:58.019 --> 00:15:58.399
 He didn't

00:15:58.399 --> 00:15:58.920
 just take the

00:15:58.920 --> 00:15:59.200
 man to

00:15:59.200 --> 00:16:00.860
 where you

00:16:00.860 --> 00:16:01.080
 could get

00:16:01.080 --> 00:16:01.639
 further help.

00:16:03.060 --> 00:16:03.700
 He paid for

00:16:03.700 --> 00:16:04.019
 the man to

00:16:04.019 --> 00:16:04.620
 be cared for,

00:16:04.720 --> 00:16:04.980
 and he

00:16:04.980 --> 00:16:05.320
 promised to

00:16:05.320 --> 00:16:05.659
 come back

00:16:05.659 --> 00:16:06.019
 again and

00:16:06.019 --> 00:16:06.460
 pay if more

00:16:06.460 --> 00:16:06.820
 was needed.

00:16:09.120 --> 00:16:09.300
 The

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 Samaritan's

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 love was not

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 just for an

00:16:11.720 --> 00:16:12.560
 unlikely person,

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 it was

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 staggeringly

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 generous.

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 And that's

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 Jesus' point

00:16:17.180 --> 00:16:17.360
 too,

00:16:17.419 --> 00:16:17.560
 isn't it?

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 The

00:16:17.680 --> 00:16:18.039
 Samaritan

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 does not

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 just do

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 the minimum.

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 He loves

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 his neighbor

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 generously,

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 with a

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 large heart.

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 And then

00:16:26.519 --> 00:16:27.000
 having finished

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 the story,

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 Jesus underlines

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 the fact that

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 this is a

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 story more

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 about how

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 to love

00:16:30.519 --> 00:16:30.899
 than who

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 to love.

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 So listen

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 to his

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 question in

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 verse 36.

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 Which of

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 these three

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 do you

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 think proved

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 to be a

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 neighbor to

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 the man

00:16:42.800 --> 00:16:43.680
 who fell

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 among the

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 robbers?

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 The lawyer

00:16:48.259 --> 00:16:48.759
 pompously

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 asked,

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 who is my

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 neighbor?

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 And Jesus

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 responds by

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 suggesting that

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 he should

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 think less

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 about who

00:16:55.000 --> 00:16:55.440
 his neighbor

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 is,

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 and more

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 about how

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 to be a

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 neighbor.

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 And Jesus

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 sends him on

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 his way with

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 the exhortation,

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 do as the

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 Samaritan did.

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 And once

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 again,

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 isn't it

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 wonderful,

00:17:11.019 --> 00:17:11.460
 Jesus is

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 masterful,

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 he turns

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 the tables

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 on someone

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 who came

00:17:14.220 --> 00:17:14.599
 to trap

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 him.

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 The

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 cocky

00:17:17.599 --> 00:17:17.900
 lawyer

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 goes home

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 with his

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 tail between

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 his legs

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 because the

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 one he

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 came to

00:17:21.180 --> 00:17:21.559
 test

00:17:21.559 --> 00:17:22.240
 ends up

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 testing

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 him.

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 And so

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 who am

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 I?

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 That's where

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 I kind of

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 want us to

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 get to

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 tonight and

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 spend the

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 rest of

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 our time

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 in

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 application.

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 Jesus'

00:17:36.180 --> 00:17:36.400
 words,

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 they do

00:17:36.779 --> 00:17:37.339
 test us,

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 don't they?

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 I find that

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 again and

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 again as I

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 come to

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 the Gospels,

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 even this

00:17:41.799 --> 00:17:42.099
 evening.

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 And as

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 Jesus speaks,

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 we find him

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 searching our

00:17:46.599 --> 00:17:47.140
 hearts,

00:17:47.380 --> 00:17:47.839
 and Jesus'

00:17:48.059 --> 00:17:48.519
 words search

00:17:48.519 --> 00:17:49.019
 us tonight.

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 And so I

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 want to return

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 to the question

00:17:52.120 --> 00:17:52.339
 that we

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 finished with

00:17:52.799 --> 00:17:53.400
 last week.

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 Do you

00:17:53.640 --> 00:17:53.839
 remember?

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 Who does

00:17:55.500 --> 00:17:56.099
 Jesus say

00:17:56.099 --> 00:17:56.880
 that I am?

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 And what

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 do the words

00:17:59.859 --> 00:18:00.279
 of Jesus

00:18:00.279 --> 00:18:00.880
 reveal about

00:18:00.880 --> 00:18:01.620
 my identity

00:18:01.619 --> 00:18:01.939
 as one

00:18:01.939 --> 00:18:02.159
 of his

00:18:02.159 --> 00:18:02.500
 followers?

00:18:04.439 --> 00:18:04.979
 In the

00:18:04.979 --> 00:18:05.359
 kingdom of

00:18:05.359 --> 00:18:05.579
 Jesus,

00:18:05.719 --> 00:18:06.219
 who am

00:18:06.219 --> 00:18:06.579
 I?

00:18:07.259 --> 00:18:07.619
 And once

00:18:07.619 --> 00:18:07.939
 again this

00:18:07.939 --> 00:18:08.139
 evening,

00:18:08.219 --> 00:18:08.479
 I think

00:18:08.479 --> 00:18:09.159
 this passage

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 gives us

00:18:09.659 --> 00:18:10.319
 two important

00:18:10.319 --> 00:18:10.899
 answers.

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 Who am

00:18:13.419 --> 00:18:13.659
 I?

00:18:13.739 --> 00:18:13.979
 I am

00:18:13.979 --> 00:18:14.559
 someone who

00:18:14.559 --> 00:18:15.379
 needs to

00:18:15.379 --> 00:18:15.759
 love.

00:18:19.359 --> 00:18:19.919
 As a

00:18:19.919 --> 00:18:20.439
 disciple of

00:18:20.439 --> 00:18:21.219
 Jesus Christ,

00:18:21.500 --> 00:18:21.739
 I am

00:18:21.739 --> 00:18:22.139
 someone who

00:18:22.139 --> 00:18:22.599
 needs to

00:18:22.599 --> 00:18:22.879
 love.

00:18:25.039 --> 00:18:25.599
 Now that's

00:18:25.599 --> 00:18:26.039
 the usual

00:18:26.039 --> 00:18:26.859
 application of

00:18:26.859 --> 00:18:27.459
 this passage.

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 Who am

00:18:29.399 --> 00:18:29.619
 I?

00:18:29.779 --> 00:18:30.079
 I'm a

00:18:30.079 --> 00:18:30.299
 neighbor.

00:18:31.619 --> 00:18:32.019
 I'm a

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 neighbor to

00:18:32.379 --> 00:18:32.819
 anyone who

00:18:32.819 --> 00:18:33.199
 God brings

00:18:33.199 --> 00:18:33.659
 across my

00:18:33.659 --> 00:18:34.000
 path.

00:18:35.359 --> 00:18:35.879
 And I'm

00:18:35.879 --> 00:18:36.079
 a neighbor

00:18:36.079 --> 00:18:36.399
 to them.

00:18:37.779 --> 00:18:38.119
 And I

00:18:38.119 --> 00:18:38.359
 need to

00:18:38.359 --> 00:18:38.679
 show them

00:18:38.679 --> 00:18:39.259
 compassion,

00:18:39.979 --> 00:18:40.279
 to have

00:18:40.279 --> 00:18:40.719
 mercy,

00:18:41.000 --> 00:18:41.500
 to love.

00:18:42.939 --> 00:18:43.579
 And most

00:18:43.579 --> 00:18:43.939
 importantly,

00:18:44.099 --> 00:18:44.519
 I love

00:18:44.519 --> 00:18:45.479
 others out

00:18:45.479 --> 00:18:45.879
 of my

00:18:45.879 --> 00:18:46.919
 overflow of

00:18:46.919 --> 00:18:47.279
 my love

00:18:47.279 --> 00:18:47.759
 for God.

00:18:47.759 --> 00:18:47.799
 God.

00:18:49.799 --> 00:18:50.359
 I'm a

00:18:50.359 --> 00:18:50.680
 loving

00:18:50.680 --> 00:18:51.440
 neighbor

00:18:51.440 --> 00:18:53.200
 because I

00:18:53.200 --> 00:18:54.019
 first loved

00:18:54.019 --> 00:18:54.579
 God with

00:18:54.579 --> 00:18:54.920
 all my

00:18:54.920 --> 00:18:55.819
 heart and

00:18:55.819 --> 00:18:56.299
 soul and

00:18:56.299 --> 00:18:56.740
 strength and

00:18:56.740 --> 00:18:56.960
 mind.

00:18:57.019 --> 00:18:57.279
 Who am

00:18:57.279 --> 00:18:57.519
 I?

00:18:59.099 --> 00:18:59.700
 I am

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 more than

00:19:00.220 --> 00:19:00.900
 just an

00:19:00.900 --> 00:19:01.519
 orthodox

00:19:01.519 --> 00:19:02.180
 question

00:19:02.180 --> 00:19:02.799
 answerer.

00:19:05.500 --> 00:19:06.059
 I'm not

00:19:06.059 --> 00:19:06.519
 just someone

00:19:06.519 --> 00:19:06.799
 who has

00:19:06.799 --> 00:19:07.559
 the right

00:19:07.559 --> 00:19:08.019
 answer,

00:19:08.180 --> 00:19:08.500
 who can

00:19:08.500 --> 00:19:09.160
 rattle off

00:19:09.160 --> 00:19:09.440
 what it

00:19:09.440 --> 00:19:09.859
 means to

00:19:09.859 --> 00:19:10.099
 be a

00:19:10.099 --> 00:19:10.379
 Christian.

00:19:13.859 --> 00:19:14.400
 Who am

00:19:14.400 --> 00:19:14.539
 I?

00:19:14.539 --> 00:19:14.839
 I am

00:19:14.839 --> 00:19:15.220
 someone who

00:19:15.220 --> 00:19:15.740
 is looking

00:19:15.740 --> 00:19:16.200
 for the

00:19:16.200 --> 00:19:16.720
 limits of

00:19:16.720 --> 00:19:16.899
 my

00:19:16.899 --> 00:19:17.500
 responsibility

00:19:17.500 --> 00:19:18.420
 to love.

00:19:22.399 --> 00:19:23.099
 Who am

00:19:23.099 --> 00:19:23.259
 I?

00:19:23.319 --> 00:19:23.720
 I'm someone

00:19:23.720 --> 00:19:24.319
 who loves

00:19:24.319 --> 00:19:25.119
 the unlikely

00:19:25.119 --> 00:19:25.480
 one.

00:19:27.000 --> 00:19:27.799
 I'm someone

00:19:27.799 --> 00:19:28.159
 who goes

00:19:28.159 --> 00:19:28.720
 out of my

00:19:28.720 --> 00:19:29.659
 way to

00:19:29.659 --> 00:19:29.960
 show that

00:19:29.960 --> 00:19:30.200
 love.

00:19:33.259 --> 00:19:34.099
 I love

00:19:34.099 --> 00:19:34.659
 without regard

00:19:34.659 --> 00:19:35.200
 to race,

00:19:35.859 --> 00:19:36.399
 or religious

00:19:36.399 --> 00:19:36.920
 conviction,

00:19:37.480 --> 00:19:38.019
 or gender,

00:19:38.460 --> 00:19:38.819
 or social

00:19:38.819 --> 00:19:39.180
 position.

00:19:41.259 --> 00:19:42.379
 I love

00:19:42.379 --> 00:19:42.759
 without

00:19:42.759 --> 00:19:43.700
 allowing how

00:19:43.700 --> 00:19:44.519
 I feel

00:19:44.519 --> 00:19:44.759
 about

00:19:44.759 --> 00:19:46.039
 someone to

00:19:46.039 --> 00:19:46.480
 determine

00:19:46.480 --> 00:19:46.980
 whether I

00:19:46.980 --> 00:19:47.359
 care for

00:19:47.359 --> 00:19:47.579
 them or

00:19:47.579 --> 00:19:47.799
 not.

00:19:49.279 --> 00:19:49.819
 And that's

00:19:49.819 --> 00:19:50.220
 not easy,

00:19:50.299 --> 00:19:50.500
 is it?

00:19:52.720 --> 00:19:53.200
 What does

00:19:53.200 --> 00:19:53.480
 that mean?

00:19:53.519 --> 00:19:53.900
 It means

00:19:53.900 --> 00:19:54.119
 this.

00:19:54.200 --> 00:19:54.639
 It means I

00:19:54.639 --> 00:19:55.119
 will love

00:19:55.119 --> 00:19:55.539
 the person

00:19:55.539 --> 00:19:56.039
 who doesn't

00:19:56.039 --> 00:19:56.619
 love me.

00:19:59.460 --> 00:20:00.079
 It means

00:20:00.079 --> 00:20:00.599
 the person

00:20:00.599 --> 00:20:01.059
 who makes

00:20:01.059 --> 00:20:02.099
 no secret

00:20:02.099 --> 00:20:02.599
 of the fact

00:20:02.599 --> 00:20:02.839
 that they

00:20:02.839 --> 00:20:03.220
 don't like

00:20:03.220 --> 00:20:03.579
 me very

00:20:03.579 --> 00:20:04.000
 much.

00:20:04.519 --> 00:20:05.240
 I love

00:20:05.240 --> 00:20:05.779
 that person

00:20:05.779 --> 00:20:06.359
 who's hard

00:20:06.359 --> 00:20:06.940
 to love.

00:20:10.420 --> 00:20:10.960
 I love

00:20:10.960 --> 00:20:11.299
 that person

00:20:11.299 --> 00:20:11.759
 who's socially

00:20:11.759 --> 00:20:12.139
 awkward.

00:20:14.519 --> 00:20:14.900
 I love

00:20:14.900 --> 00:20:15.240
 that person

00:20:15.240 --> 00:20:15.779
 who's hard

00:20:15.779 --> 00:20:16.519
 to finish

00:20:16.519 --> 00:20:17.200
 a conversation

00:20:17.200 --> 00:20:17.559
 with.

00:20:18.400 --> 00:20:18.740
 It was a

00:20:18.740 --> 00:20:19.359
 bad smell.

00:20:21.920 --> 00:20:22.660
 It means

00:20:22.660 --> 00:20:23.279
 I love

00:20:23.279 --> 00:20:23.940
 the parent

00:20:23.940 --> 00:20:24.519
 who's been

00:20:24.519 --> 00:20:25.019
 a great

00:20:25.019 --> 00:20:25.579
 disappointment

00:20:25.579 --> 00:20:26.079
 to me.

00:20:27.680 --> 00:20:28.519
 I love

00:20:28.519 --> 00:20:29.259
 the child

00:20:29.259 --> 00:20:30.259
 who doesn't

00:20:30.259 --> 00:20:30.700
 treat me

00:20:30.700 --> 00:20:31.019
 well.

00:20:32.900 --> 00:20:33.619
 I love

00:20:33.619 --> 00:20:34.200
 the friend

00:20:34.200 --> 00:20:34.740
 who keeps

00:20:34.740 --> 00:20:35.180
 letting me

00:20:35.180 --> 00:20:35.539
 down.

00:20:37.139 --> 00:20:37.740
 I love

00:20:37.740 --> 00:20:38.279
 the person

00:20:38.279 --> 00:20:39.119
 in authority

00:20:39.119 --> 00:20:39.759
 that I find

00:20:39.759 --> 00:20:40.519
 very difficult

00:20:40.519 --> 00:20:41.240
 to respect.

00:20:41.240 --> 00:20:44.279
 I love

00:20:44.279 --> 00:20:44.839
 the colleague

00:20:44.839 --> 00:20:45.140
 and the

00:20:45.140 --> 00:20:45.759
 acquaintance

00:20:45.759 --> 00:20:46.099
 who no

00:20:46.099 --> 00:20:46.460
 one else

00:20:46.460 --> 00:20:46.799
 loves.

00:20:49.460 --> 00:20:50.200
 I love

00:20:50.200 --> 00:20:50.640
 the person

00:20:50.640 --> 00:20:51.140
 with the

00:20:51.140 --> 00:20:52.059
 unenviable

00:20:52.059 --> 00:20:52.680
 job

00:20:52.680 --> 00:20:53.120
 who everyone

00:20:53.120 --> 00:20:53.579
 else seems

00:20:53.579 --> 00:20:54.140
 to ignore.

00:20:56.299 --> 00:20:57.079
 I love

00:20:57.079 --> 00:20:57.759
 the stranger

00:20:57.759 --> 00:20:58.400
 in need

00:20:58.400 --> 00:20:58.859
 on the side

00:20:58.859 --> 00:20:59.279
 of the road.

00:21:01.200 --> 00:21:02.000
 And I love

00:21:02.000 --> 00:21:02.519
 them all

00:21:02.519 --> 00:21:03.339
 because I love

00:21:03.339 --> 00:21:03.859
 the God

00:21:03.859 --> 00:21:04.400
 who made

00:21:04.400 --> 00:21:05.079
 me and

00:21:05.079 --> 00:21:05.740
 them in

00:21:05.740 --> 00:21:06.559
 his image.

00:21:08.779 --> 00:21:09.500
 I love

00:21:09.500 --> 00:21:09.920
 the unlikely

00:21:09.920 --> 00:21:10.240
 one.

00:21:11.240 --> 00:21:13.940
 But I'll

00:21:13.940 --> 00:21:14.380
 also go

00:21:14.380 --> 00:21:14.700
 out of my

00:21:14.700 --> 00:21:15.160
 way to

00:21:15.160 --> 00:21:15.299
 love.

00:21:15.359 --> 00:21:15.660
 I'll love

00:21:15.660 --> 00:21:16.160
 generously.

00:21:18.759 --> 00:21:19.220
 And so I'll

00:21:19.220 --> 00:21:19.779
 not just

00:21:19.779 --> 00:21:20.500
 flick the

00:21:20.500 --> 00:21:20.980
 bag of

00:21:20.980 --> 00:21:21.720
 change.

00:21:23.900 --> 00:21:24.599
 I'll buy

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 him breakfast

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 instead.

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 I might

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 run late

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 for a meeting

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 with someone

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 because I

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 came across

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 somebody who

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 was really

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 in need

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 of help.

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 I might

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 choose not

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 to spend

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 my evening

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 the way

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 that I was

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 really looking

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 forward to

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 because I've

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 got a

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 friend who

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 needs me.

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 I might

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 stay in a

00:21:47.160 --> 00:21:47.579
 conversation

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 way longer

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 than I'd

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 like to

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 because the

00:21:50.879 --> 00:21:51.379
 person I'm

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 with still

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 wants to

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 talk.

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 And my

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 giving to

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 the needy

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 and to the

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 work of the

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 gospel might

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 be more

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 than I feel

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 I can afford.

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 I might

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 invite someone

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 over for a

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 meal or

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 to come on

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 holiday with

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 me even

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 though I

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 don't find

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 them the

00:22:10.759 --> 00:22:11.539
 most relaxing

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 person to

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 be around.

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 I might

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 text someone

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 tonight or

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 call someone

00:22:20.019 --> 00:22:20.680
 tomorrow who's

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 going through a

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 tough time.

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 And not just

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 this week but

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 next week and

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 the week after

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 and the week

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 after that.

00:22:31.619 --> 00:22:32.359
 I might make a

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 list of people

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 that I used to

00:22:34.200 --> 00:22:34.819
 bump into at

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 church but I'm

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 not seeing so

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 much now.

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 And slowly get in

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 touch with each

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 one of them just

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 to check in how

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 they are.

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 And I might

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 pray for someone

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 who isn't a

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 believer not just

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 every now and

00:22:48.579 --> 00:22:49.379
 then but regularly

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 for years and

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 decades because I

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 long to see them

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 turn to Christ.

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 I love beyond

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 the minimum because

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 I love God

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 beyond the

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 minimum.

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 And because I

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 want to love him

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 with all my heart

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 and soul and

00:23:05.240 --> 00:23:06.020
 mind and strength.

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 I'll go out of my

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 way to love.

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 And that's what

00:23:10.460 --> 00:23:11.180
 Jesus says about

00:23:11.180 --> 00:23:11.680
 me here.

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 If I'm a

00:23:14.360 --> 00:23:14.940
 disciple of his

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 then I'm a

00:23:15.440 --> 00:23:15.600
 lover.

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 I'm a lover of

00:23:16.260 --> 00:23:17.340
 God and I'm a

00:23:17.340 --> 00:23:18.180
 lover of those he

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 brings across my

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 path.

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 I'm a neighbor.

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 So I love by

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 showing compassion

00:23:23.359 --> 00:23:24.059
 to the unlikely

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 one.

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 And I love by

00:23:26.420 --> 00:23:27.119
 going out of my

00:23:27.119 --> 00:23:27.779
 way to show

00:23:27.779 --> 00:23:28.480
 mercy.

00:23:31.059 --> 00:23:31.680
 I love with

00:23:31.680 --> 00:23:32.559
 wisdom and I

00:23:32.559 --> 00:23:33.180
 will love with

00:23:33.180 --> 00:23:33.579
 thoughtfulness.

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 I haven't got

00:23:34.259 --> 00:23:35.160
 limitless time and

00:23:35.160 --> 00:23:35.579
 I haven't got

00:23:35.579 --> 00:23:36.599
 limitless resources.

00:23:38.720 --> 00:23:39.099
 And so it means

00:23:39.099 --> 00:23:39.759
 each day I will

00:23:39.759 --> 00:23:41.039
 prayerfully work

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 out who to love

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 and how to love

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 them conscious of

00:23:43.579 --> 00:23:44.220
 what they need and

00:23:44.220 --> 00:23:45.019
 conscious of what

00:23:45.019 --> 00:23:45.599
 God has enabled

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 me to give.

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 But each day when

00:23:49.420 --> 00:23:50.180
 I get out of bed I

00:23:50.180 --> 00:23:50.879
 remember that I'm

00:23:50.879 --> 00:23:52.099
 someone who needs

00:23:52.099 --> 00:23:53.219
 to love.

00:23:55.679 --> 00:23:56.399
 Recently I was

00:23:56.399 --> 00:23:57.599
 talking with one

00:23:57.599 --> 00:23:58.279
 of the staff at

00:23:58.279 --> 00:24:00.319
 the rugby club and

00:24:00.319 --> 00:24:01.240
 they were reflecting

00:24:01.240 --> 00:24:01.879
 on something that

00:24:01.879 --> 00:24:02.379
 had happened in

00:24:02.379 --> 00:24:04.119
 their life and the

00:24:04.119 --> 00:24:04.779
 support they'd

00:24:04.779 --> 00:24:06.139
 received at a

00:24:06.139 --> 00:24:06.919
 previous rugby club

00:24:06.919 --> 00:24:08.039
 not yours.

00:24:10.319 --> 00:24:11.319
 And they spoke so

00:24:11.319 --> 00:24:13.480
 warmly of the

00:24:13.480 --> 00:24:14.279
 support that the

00:24:14.279 --> 00:24:15.379
 staff had showed.

00:24:18.000 --> 00:24:18.779
 They said to me

00:24:18.779 --> 00:24:19.019
 this.

00:24:19.059 --> 00:24:19.859
 They said this

00:24:19.859 --> 00:24:20.759
 would never happen

00:24:20.759 --> 00:24:21.640
 anywhere else.

00:24:24.579 --> 00:24:25.200
 And as I

00:24:25.200 --> 00:24:25.660
 heard that that

00:24:25.660 --> 00:24:26.059
 made me feel

00:24:26.059 --> 00:24:26.819
 really sad.

00:24:28.640 --> 00:24:29.299
 Do you catch

00:24:29.299 --> 00:24:29.700
 her line?

00:24:31.019 --> 00:24:32.019
 This would never

00:24:32.019 --> 00:24:32.799
 happen anywhere

00:24:32.799 --> 00:24:33.200
 else.

00:24:36.319 --> 00:24:37.099
 And I really

00:24:37.099 --> 00:24:37.660
 hope that was a

00:24:37.660 --> 00:24:38.279
 case of kind of

00:24:38.279 --> 00:24:38.819
 her emotions

00:24:38.819 --> 00:24:39.839
 leaving her to

00:24:39.839 --> 00:24:40.759
 overstate it.

00:24:40.759 --> 00:24:43.680
 I really hope it's

00:24:43.680 --> 00:24:44.220
 not the case that

00:24:44.220 --> 00:24:44.779
 she's never

00:24:44.779 --> 00:24:46.019
 received selfless

00:24:46.019 --> 00:24:46.680
 care like that

00:24:46.680 --> 00:24:47.619
 anywhere else in

00:24:47.619 --> 00:24:48.059
 her life.

00:24:49.819 --> 00:24:50.799
 I really hope that

00:24:50.799 --> 00:24:51.420
 she doesn't think

00:24:51.420 --> 00:24:52.059
 that the kind of

00:24:52.059 --> 00:24:52.839
 compassion, that

00:24:52.839 --> 00:24:53.680
 kind of humble

00:24:53.680 --> 00:24:54.559
 love can only be

00:24:54.559 --> 00:24:56.200
 found in a rugby

00:24:56.200 --> 00:24:56.900
 club, heaven

00:24:56.900 --> 00:24:57.200
 forbid.

00:25:00.400 --> 00:25:00.960
 Because what

00:25:00.960 --> 00:25:01.660
 Jesus is talking

00:25:01.660 --> 00:25:02.140
 about in Matthew

00:25:02.140 --> 00:25:03.640
 10 is everyday

00:25:03.640 --> 00:25:04.879
 life of all who

00:25:04.879 --> 00:25:05.480
 love God.

00:25:05.480 --> 00:25:05.599
 love God.

00:25:08.299 --> 00:25:09.099
 Because Jesus'

00:25:09.299 --> 00:25:11.259
 story in Matthew

00:25:11.259 --> 00:25:11.960
 10 is not a

00:25:11.960 --> 00:25:12.559
 story of something

00:25:12.559 --> 00:25:13.200
 exceptional.

00:25:15.200 --> 00:25:16.339
 It's the story of

00:25:16.339 --> 00:25:17.779
 an approach as a

00:25:17.779 --> 00:25:18.620
 disciple of Jesus

00:25:18.620 --> 00:25:20.500
 to everyday life,

00:25:21.279 --> 00:25:21.940
 to every relationship

00:25:21.940 --> 00:25:22.400
 they're in.

00:25:25.500 --> 00:25:26.460
 Where else would

00:25:26.460 --> 00:25:27.620
 you expect to see

00:25:27.620 --> 00:25:28.640
 selfless love like

00:25:28.640 --> 00:25:30.339
 that lady experienced

00:25:30.339 --> 00:25:31.779
 at the rugby club?

00:25:32.180 --> 00:25:32.860
 Try coming to church

00:25:32.860 --> 00:25:33.700
 sometime for a start.

00:25:33.700 --> 00:25:37.059
 Or perhaps just

00:25:37.059 --> 00:25:37.860
 follow any Christian

00:25:37.860 --> 00:25:38.759
 around for a day and

00:25:38.759 --> 00:25:39.299
 you'll see that kind

00:25:39.299 --> 00:25:39.600
 of love.

00:25:41.680 --> 00:25:42.500
 Hopefully you'd see it

00:25:42.500 --> 00:25:43.160
 at every turn, in

00:25:43.160 --> 00:25:44.039
 every interaction, in

00:25:44.039 --> 00:25:44.980
 every conversation, in

00:25:44.980 --> 00:25:45.580
 every relationship,

00:25:45.660 --> 00:25:46.740
 because this is at the

00:25:46.740 --> 00:25:47.480
 heart of what it means

00:25:47.480 --> 00:25:48.120
 to be a disciple.

00:25:49.740 --> 00:25:50.799
 To love others as we

00:25:50.799 --> 00:25:51.700
 love God, to be a

00:25:51.700 --> 00:25:52.799
 neighbour, loving even

00:25:52.799 --> 00:25:53.779
 the unlikely one, going

00:25:53.779 --> 00:25:54.680
 out of our way to

00:25:54.680 --> 00:25:54.920
 love.

00:25:55.080 --> 00:25:56.240
 That is the everyday

00:25:56.240 --> 00:25:57.180
 life in Jesus'

00:25:57.319 --> 00:25:57.519
 kingdom.

00:25:57.759 --> 00:25:58.559
 Sincere compassion,

00:25:59.120 --> 00:25:59.819
 tender care,

00:26:00.360 --> 00:26:01.019
 generous mercy.

00:26:01.420 --> 00:26:01.940
 Who am I?

00:26:02.019 --> 00:26:02.519
 I'm someone who

00:26:02.519 --> 00:26:03.120
 needs to love.

00:26:03.700 --> 00:26:06.240
 But lastly, I'm

00:26:06.240 --> 00:26:07.279
 someone in need of

00:26:07.279 --> 00:26:07.620
 love.

00:26:09.860 --> 00:26:11.420
 Because what I've

00:26:11.420 --> 00:26:12.140
 just talked about,

00:26:12.220 --> 00:26:12.880
 which I know can

00:26:12.880 --> 00:26:14.100
 feel guilt-inducing,

00:26:14.920 --> 00:26:16.059
 is not the only

00:26:16.059 --> 00:26:17.799
 thing Jesus tells us

00:26:17.799 --> 00:26:18.380
 in this passage

00:26:18.380 --> 00:26:19.259
 about who we are.

00:26:21.140 --> 00:26:22.059
 Because, remember,

00:26:22.180 --> 00:26:23.259
 this isn't primarily

00:26:23.259 --> 00:26:24.420
 the passage of the

00:26:24.420 --> 00:26:25.059
 parable of the Good

00:26:25.059 --> 00:26:25.539
 Samaritan.

00:26:27.160 --> 00:26:28.160
 It's the story of

00:26:28.160 --> 00:26:28.720
 the not-so-good

00:26:28.720 --> 00:26:29.039
 lawyer.

00:26:29.039 --> 00:26:32.039
 And so this passage

00:26:32.039 --> 00:26:33.420
 is not just about

00:26:33.420 --> 00:26:34.420
 being like the

00:26:34.420 --> 00:26:35.500
 Samaritan, it's

00:26:35.500 --> 00:26:36.899
 also about making

00:26:36.899 --> 00:26:37.960
 sure we're not

00:26:37.960 --> 00:26:39.619
 like the lawyer.

00:26:41.859 --> 00:26:42.899
 And the Samaritan

00:26:42.899 --> 00:26:43.700
 may be someone whose

00:26:43.700 --> 00:26:44.599
 conduct leads Jesus

00:26:44.599 --> 00:26:45.339
 to say, go and do

00:26:45.339 --> 00:26:45.740
 likewise.

00:26:46.159 --> 00:26:46.899
 But you get the

00:26:46.899 --> 00:26:47.879
 distinct impression

00:26:47.879 --> 00:26:48.899
 that Jesus doesn't

00:26:48.899 --> 00:26:50.119
 think this lawyer is

00:26:50.119 --> 00:26:50.819
 someone to emulate.

00:26:50.819 --> 00:26:54.460
 and yet lots of

00:26:54.460 --> 00:26:54.859
 people do.

00:26:57.019 --> 00:26:57.700
 I'm not saying

00:26:57.700 --> 00:26:58.139
 there's lots of

00:26:58.139 --> 00:26:58.559
 people trying to

00:26:58.559 --> 00:26:59.460
 undermine Jesus,

00:26:59.639 --> 00:27:00.539
 though there are

00:27:00.539 --> 00:27:00.859
 some.

00:27:01.960 --> 00:27:02.619
 I'm not saying

00:27:02.619 --> 00:27:03.259
 that people's

00:27:03.259 --> 00:27:03.859
 demeanor before

00:27:03.859 --> 00:27:05.720
 Jesus is kind of

00:27:05.720 --> 00:27:06.579
 arrogant like this

00:27:06.579 --> 00:27:07.279
 man's is,

00:27:07.439 --> 00:27:07.939
 although there are

00:27:07.939 --> 00:27:08.220
 some.

00:27:09.579 --> 00:27:10.480
 But what I'm saying

00:27:10.480 --> 00:27:11.319
 is there are lots

00:27:11.319 --> 00:27:12.039
 of people that I

00:27:12.039 --> 00:27:13.179
 meet, like this

00:27:13.179 --> 00:27:13.759
 lawyer, who are

00:27:13.759 --> 00:27:14.859
 looking to justify

00:27:14.859 --> 00:27:15.439
 themselves.

00:27:17.879 --> 00:27:18.659
 There are lots of

00:27:18.659 --> 00:27:19.439
 people in this world

00:27:19.439 --> 00:27:20.399
 who think they know

00:27:20.400 --> 00:27:21.460
 what God expects of

00:27:21.460 --> 00:27:22.120
 them, and they feel

00:27:22.120 --> 00:27:23.540
 pretty confident that

00:27:23.540 --> 00:27:24.080
 they're going to at

00:27:24.080 --> 00:27:24.840
 least get a pass

00:27:24.840 --> 00:27:25.160
 mark.

00:27:27.820 --> 00:27:28.580
 There are lots of

00:27:28.580 --> 00:27:29.740
 people these days who

00:27:29.740 --> 00:27:30.880
 reckon that they will

00:27:30.880 --> 00:27:32.180
 enter eternal life on

00:27:32.180 --> 00:27:32.840
 the basis of what

00:27:32.840 --> 00:27:33.340
 they've done.

00:27:35.080 --> 00:27:35.840
 They've tried hard to

00:27:35.840 --> 00:27:36.720
 be good people, never

00:27:36.720 --> 00:27:37.280
 hurt a fly.

00:27:38.759 --> 00:27:39.680
 They've taken note of

00:27:39.680 --> 00:27:40.220
 the Good Samaritan,

00:27:40.300 --> 00:27:40.700
 they've tried to

00:27:40.700 --> 00:27:41.220
 emulate him.

00:27:42.800 --> 00:27:43.660
 And all their little

00:27:43.660 --> 00:27:44.380
 sins and all their

00:27:44.380 --> 00:27:45.100
 little faults, well,

00:27:45.140 --> 00:27:45.519
 they're not very

00:27:45.519 --> 00:27:45.980
 newsworthy.

00:27:48.220 --> 00:27:48.980
 And I would just

00:27:48.980 --> 00:27:50.300
 suggest that what I'm

00:27:50.299 --> 00:27:51.039
 describing is pretty

00:27:51.039 --> 00:27:51.799
 much the majority

00:27:51.799 --> 00:27:52.720
 view in our country.

00:27:54.519 --> 00:27:55.419
 Perhaps it describes

00:27:55.419 --> 00:27:56.379
 some of you listening

00:27:56.379 --> 00:27:57.139
 tonight, but I need

00:27:57.139 --> 00:27:58.139
 to tell you that is a

00:27:58.139 --> 00:27:59.119
 tragic mistake.

00:27:59.240 --> 00:28:00.000
 It's a really big

00:28:00.000 --> 00:28:00.419
 mistake.

00:28:03.240 --> 00:28:04.019
 Because for one

00:28:04.019 --> 00:28:04.740
 thing, most people

00:28:04.740 --> 00:28:05.279
 who say that they

00:28:05.279 --> 00:28:06.139
 keep the commandments

00:28:06.139 --> 00:28:07.700
 and live well like

00:28:07.700 --> 00:28:09.039
 this lawyer, fail to

00:28:09.039 --> 00:28:09.740
 admit that they

00:28:09.740 --> 00:28:11.740
 really don't love

00:28:11.740 --> 00:28:12.139
 God.

00:28:13.720 --> 00:28:14.359
 Certainly not with

00:28:14.359 --> 00:28:15.039
 all their heart and

00:28:15.039 --> 00:28:15.759
 mind and soul and

00:28:15.759 --> 00:28:16.139
 strength.

00:28:17.700 --> 00:28:18.399
 And as it turns out,

00:28:18.400 --> 00:28:19.200
 that is the first

00:28:19.200 --> 00:28:19.820
 commandment.

00:28:20.160 --> 00:28:20.860
 And if he isn't

00:28:20.860 --> 00:28:22.040
 everything to you,

00:28:22.100 --> 00:28:22.780
 you've fallen at the

00:28:22.780 --> 00:28:23.380
 first hurdle.

00:28:25.680 --> 00:28:26.420
 But even if you

00:28:26.420 --> 00:28:26.800
 thought you were

00:28:26.800 --> 00:28:27.720
 having a really good

00:28:27.720 --> 00:28:28.519
 crack at both loving

00:28:28.519 --> 00:28:29.140
 your neighbor and

00:28:29.140 --> 00:28:29.800
 loving God, you'll

00:28:29.800 --> 00:28:30.300
 never do it

00:28:30.300 --> 00:28:30.660
 perfectly.

00:28:33.759 --> 00:28:34.680
 And if you can't,

00:28:34.700 --> 00:28:35.259
 then like this

00:28:35.259 --> 00:28:36.240
 lawyer, you'll never

00:28:36.240 --> 00:28:37.040
 be able to justify

00:28:37.040 --> 00:28:37.440
 yourself.

00:28:37.519 --> 00:28:37.800
 Do you remember

00:28:37.800 --> 00:28:38.480
 what Jesus said in

00:28:38.480 --> 00:28:39.500
 verse 21 of Luke

00:28:39.500 --> 00:28:39.800
 10?

00:28:39.880 --> 00:28:40.560
 Look at verse 21.

00:28:42.460 --> 00:28:43.160
 In that same hour,

00:28:43.540 --> 00:28:44.460
 Jesus rejoiced in the

00:28:44.460 --> 00:28:45.140
 Holy Spirit and said,

00:28:45.200 --> 00:28:45.680
 I thank you,

00:28:45.740 --> 00:28:46.280
 Father, Lord of

00:28:46.280 --> 00:28:46.700
 heaven and earth,

00:28:46.700 --> 00:28:47.220
 that you've hidden

00:28:47.220 --> 00:28:47.860
 these things from

00:28:47.860 --> 00:28:48.340
 the wise and

00:28:48.340 --> 00:28:49.140
 understanding and

00:28:49.140 --> 00:28:49.779
 revealed them to

00:28:49.779 --> 00:28:50.319
 little children.

00:28:50.759 --> 00:28:51.620
 Yes, Father, for

00:28:51.620 --> 00:28:52.180
 such was your

00:28:52.180 --> 00:28:52.819
 gracious will.

00:28:54.880 --> 00:28:55.319
 And so we're

00:28:55.319 --> 00:28:56.279
 meant to read this

00:28:56.279 --> 00:28:57.240
 next section in the

00:28:57.240 --> 00:28:58.039
 light of verse 21.

00:28:59.120 --> 00:28:59.779
 What was the

00:28:59.779 --> 00:29:00.380
 lawyer's problem?

00:29:02.059 --> 00:29:02.819
 He thought he was

00:29:02.819 --> 00:29:03.640
 wise and learned.

00:29:03.740 --> 00:29:04.200
 He thought his

00:29:04.200 --> 00:29:05.440
 wisdom and learning

00:29:05.440 --> 00:29:06.340
 could justify him

00:29:06.340 --> 00:29:06.880
 before God.

00:29:08.100 --> 00:29:08.799
 But it's not how

00:29:08.799 --> 00:29:09.180
 it works.

00:29:09.299 --> 00:29:10.140
 God hides his

00:29:10.140 --> 00:29:10.740
 truth from people

00:29:10.740 --> 00:29:11.120
 like that and

00:29:11.120 --> 00:29:12.000
 instead he reveals

00:29:12.000 --> 00:29:12.380
 them to little

00:29:12.380 --> 00:29:12.740
 children.

00:29:14.559 --> 00:29:15.299
 Eternal life

00:29:15.299 --> 00:29:17.419
 depends on God's

00:29:17.419 --> 00:29:17.899
 initiative and

00:29:17.899 --> 00:29:18.319
 not ours.

00:29:19.180 --> 00:29:19.919
 It depends not on

00:29:19.919 --> 00:29:20.839
 my brilliant living

00:29:20.839 --> 00:29:21.720
 but on the

00:29:21.720 --> 00:29:22.700
 brilliant grace of

00:29:22.700 --> 00:29:23.500
 God in my life.

00:29:25.039 --> 00:29:25.859
 And people don't

00:29:25.859 --> 00:29:26.519
 need to justify

00:29:26.519 --> 00:29:26.879
 themselves.

00:29:27.000 --> 00:29:27.339
 In fact, they

00:29:27.339 --> 00:29:27.740
 can't.

00:29:28.299 --> 00:29:29.079
 They need God to

00:29:29.079 --> 00:29:30.079
 reach down and

00:29:30.079 --> 00:29:30.619
 save them.

00:29:30.700 --> 00:29:31.099
 And the guy

00:29:31.099 --> 00:29:31.559
 thought he could

00:29:31.559 --> 00:29:32.039
 make his own

00:29:32.039 --> 00:29:32.639
 way to heaven.

00:29:34.099 --> 00:29:34.720
 But the central

00:29:34.720 --> 00:29:35.579
 message of the

00:29:35.579 --> 00:29:36.180
 Bible is that no

00:29:36.180 --> 00:29:36.779
 one does and no

00:29:36.779 --> 00:29:37.180
 one can.

00:29:39.319 --> 00:29:39.980
 You cannot

00:29:39.980 --> 00:29:40.839
 justify yourself

00:29:40.839 --> 00:29:41.319
 but there is

00:29:41.319 --> 00:29:41.799
 someone who can

00:29:41.799 --> 00:29:42.599
 justify you.

00:29:42.599 --> 00:29:44.459
 You can't

00:29:44.459 --> 00:29:45.219
 stitch up eternal

00:29:45.219 --> 00:29:46.059
 life for yourself.

00:29:47.240 --> 00:29:47.919
 But there is

00:29:47.919 --> 00:29:48.379
 somebody who can

00:29:48.379 --> 00:29:49.179
 give it to you.

00:29:50.639 --> 00:29:51.459
 And it turns out

00:29:51.459 --> 00:29:53.019
 that what the

00:29:53.019 --> 00:29:54.379
 lawyer needed

00:29:54.379 --> 00:29:55.019
 was the very

00:29:55.019 --> 00:29:55.519
 person he was

00:29:55.519 --> 00:29:56.000
 talking to.

00:29:57.179 --> 00:29:58.339
 And it turns out

00:29:58.339 --> 00:29:59.779
 that we need

00:29:59.779 --> 00:30:00.179
 him too.

00:30:01.500 --> 00:30:02.359
 We need his

00:30:02.359 --> 00:30:03.099
 truth to show

00:30:03.099 --> 00:30:03.699
 us how far

00:30:03.699 --> 00:30:04.579
 short we've

00:30:04.579 --> 00:30:05.219
 fallen short

00:30:05.219 --> 00:30:06.259
 of loving God

00:30:06.259 --> 00:30:08.059
 with all we

00:30:08.059 --> 00:30:08.519
 are and how

00:30:08.519 --> 00:30:09.519
 far short we've

00:30:09.519 --> 00:30:11.199
 fallen of loving

00:30:11.199 --> 00:30:11.699
 our neighbors.

00:30:13.039 --> 00:30:13.719
 Particularly the

00:30:13.719 --> 00:30:14.500
 unlikely ones.

00:30:15.719 --> 00:30:16.539
 And going out

00:30:16.539 --> 00:30:17.039
 of our way to

00:30:17.039 --> 00:30:17.279
 love.

00:30:19.719 --> 00:30:20.559
 And then after

00:30:20.559 --> 00:30:21.259
 we need Jesus

00:30:21.259 --> 00:30:21.879
 telling us the

00:30:21.879 --> 00:30:22.240
 truth about

00:30:22.240 --> 00:30:22.819
 ourselves we

00:30:22.819 --> 00:30:23.240
 need him to

00:30:23.240 --> 00:30:23.779
 do something

00:30:23.779 --> 00:30:24.240
 about our

00:30:24.240 --> 00:30:24.519
 failure.

00:30:26.000 --> 00:30:26.740
 We need him

00:30:26.740 --> 00:30:27.579
 to justify us

00:30:27.579 --> 00:30:28.000
 because we

00:30:28.000 --> 00:30:28.559
 can't justify

00:30:28.559 --> 00:30:29.199
 ourselves.

00:30:30.500 --> 00:30:31.259
 And we need

00:30:31.259 --> 00:30:32.659
 to do exactly

00:30:32.659 --> 00:30:33.719
 what he would

00:30:33.719 --> 00:30:36.559
 do not long

00:30:36.559 --> 00:30:36.919
 after.

00:30:38.219 --> 00:30:38.879
 He spoke

00:30:38.879 --> 00:30:39.439
 these words.

00:30:39.779 --> 00:30:40.279
 We need him

00:30:40.279 --> 00:30:40.919
 on that hill

00:30:40.919 --> 00:30:41.799
 outside Jerusalem

00:30:41.799 --> 00:30:42.680
 looking a lot

00:30:42.680 --> 00:30:43.019
 like the

00:30:43.019 --> 00:30:43.419
 traveler on

00:30:43.419 --> 00:30:43.720
 the side

00:30:43.720 --> 00:30:44.180
 of the road

00:30:44.180 --> 00:30:46.000
 in Jesus'

00:30:46.139 --> 00:30:46.240
 story.

00:30:46.319 --> 00:30:46.680
 We need him

00:30:46.680 --> 00:30:47.059
 stripped of

00:30:47.059 --> 00:30:47.539
 his clothes

00:30:47.539 --> 00:30:48.700
 beaten with

00:30:48.700 --> 00:30:50.759
 people scornfully

00:30:50.759 --> 00:30:51.359
 passing him

00:30:51.359 --> 00:30:51.659
 by.

00:30:52.919 --> 00:30:53.559
 We need him

00:30:53.559 --> 00:30:54.240
 not half dead

00:30:54.240 --> 00:30:54.759
 but fully

00:30:54.759 --> 00:30:55.099
 dead.

00:30:55.200 --> 00:30:55.480
 We need

00:30:55.480 --> 00:30:56.099
 his sacrifice

00:30:56.099 --> 00:30:57.000
 for failed

00:30:57.000 --> 00:30:57.419
 lovers.

00:30:57.519 --> 00:30:57.940
 His death

00:30:57.940 --> 00:30:58.259
 for us.

00:30:58.539 --> 00:30:59.059
 We need him

00:30:59.059 --> 00:30:59.720
 to love us.

00:30:59.720 --> 00:31:00.720
 love.

00:31:02.720 --> 00:31:03.299
 And of

00:31:03.299 --> 00:31:03.860
 course whilst I

00:31:03.860 --> 00:31:04.640
 said at the

00:31:04.640 --> 00:31:06.519
 start today

00:31:06.519 --> 00:31:06.900
 about the

00:31:06.900 --> 00:31:07.440
 difference between

00:31:07.440 --> 00:31:07.920
 the way the

00:31:07.920 --> 00:31:08.539
 world speaks

00:31:08.539 --> 00:31:09.180
 of the need

00:31:09.180 --> 00:31:09.900
 for love

00:31:09.900 --> 00:31:10.339
 and the way

00:31:10.339 --> 00:31:10.799
 we do

00:31:10.799 --> 00:31:11.319
 that's not

00:31:11.319 --> 00:31:11.640
 the whole

00:31:11.640 --> 00:31:12.220
 story is

00:31:12.220 --> 00:31:12.440
 it?

00:31:14.079 --> 00:31:14.960
 Because before

00:31:14.960 --> 00:31:15.480
 we stick on

00:31:15.480 --> 00:31:15.940
 our chest

00:31:15.940 --> 00:31:16.700
 and declare

00:31:16.700 --> 00:31:17.319
 that we

00:31:17.319 --> 00:31:17.740
 don't need

00:31:17.740 --> 00:31:18.140
 love in the

00:31:18.140 --> 00:31:18.660
 way that

00:31:18.660 --> 00:31:19.880
 Maslow's

00:31:19.880 --> 00:31:20.279
 hierarchy

00:31:20.279 --> 00:31:20.940
 describes it

00:31:20.940 --> 00:31:21.339
 before we

00:31:21.339 --> 00:31:21.779
 lift our

00:31:21.779 --> 00:31:22.279
 heads and

00:31:22.279 --> 00:31:22.759
 assure the

00:31:22.759 --> 00:31:23.900
 world we're

00:31:23.900 --> 00:31:24.200
 not the

00:31:24.200 --> 00:31:24.539
 people who

00:31:24.539 --> 00:31:25.259
 need love

00:31:25.259 --> 00:31:25.700
 but rather

00:31:25.700 --> 00:31:25.980
 we're the

00:31:25.980 --> 00:31:26.279
 people who

00:31:26.279 --> 00:31:26.839
 give love

00:31:26.839 --> 00:31:28.919
 before we

00:31:28.919 --> 00:31:29.240
 end up

00:31:29.240 --> 00:31:29.819
 sounding a

00:31:29.819 --> 00:31:30.259
 lot like

00:31:30.259 --> 00:31:30.879
 that lawyer

00:31:30.879 --> 00:31:31.599
 Jesus told

00:31:31.599 --> 00:31:31.959
 this story

00:31:31.959 --> 00:31:32.419
 to undermine

00:31:32.419 --> 00:31:32.819
 we better

00:31:32.819 --> 00:31:33.259
 acknowledge

00:31:33.259 --> 00:31:33.899
 that Maslow's

00:31:33.899 --> 00:31:34.259
 got something

00:31:34.259 --> 00:31:34.619
 right.

00:31:35.599 --> 00:31:36.679
 We do need

00:31:36.679 --> 00:31:37.220
 to be loved.

00:31:38.039 --> 00:31:38.759
 You need

00:31:38.759 --> 00:31:39.240
 to be loved.

00:31:40.799 --> 00:31:41.480
 And in fact

00:31:41.480 --> 00:31:41.980
 without being

00:31:41.980 --> 00:31:42.480
 loved we are

00:31:42.480 --> 00:31:42.799
 nothing.

00:31:44.139 --> 00:31:44.539
 And without

00:31:44.539 --> 00:31:45.319
 God loving

00:31:45.319 --> 00:31:46.139
 us we'd

00:31:46.139 --> 00:31:46.679
 never be able

00:31:46.679 --> 00:31:47.159
 to love him

00:31:47.159 --> 00:31:47.480
 or our

00:31:47.480 --> 00:31:47.779
 neighbours.

00:31:49.879 --> 00:31:50.279
 And John

00:31:50.279 --> 00:31:50.720
 would write

00:31:50.720 --> 00:31:51.539
 we love

00:31:51.539 --> 00:31:52.059
 because he

00:31:52.059 --> 00:31:52.619
 first loved

00:31:52.619 --> 00:31:52.980
 us.

00:31:52.980 --> 00:31:56.920
 I'm not

00:31:56.920 --> 00:31:57.079
 going to

00:31:57.079 --> 00:31:57.400
 stand up

00:31:57.400 --> 00:31:57.799
 here today

00:31:57.799 --> 00:31:58.059
 as I

00:31:58.059 --> 00:31:58.420
 finish this

00:31:58.420 --> 00:31:58.660
 sermon and

00:31:58.660 --> 00:31:58.880
 tell you

00:31:58.880 --> 00:31:59.220
 that Jesus

00:31:59.220 --> 00:31:59.640
 is a good

00:31:59.640 --> 00:32:00.019
 Samaritan.

00:32:00.079 --> 00:32:00.259
 I don't

00:32:00.259 --> 00:32:00.519
 think he

00:32:00.519 --> 00:32:00.779
 is.

00:32:02.620 --> 00:32:03.120
 I'm not

00:32:03.120 --> 00:32:03.559
 sold on

00:32:03.559 --> 00:32:03.680
 that

00:32:03.680 --> 00:32:04.220
 interpretation.

00:32:05.180 --> 00:32:05.480
 I think

00:32:05.480 --> 00:32:06.099
 it's primarily

00:32:06.099 --> 00:32:07.339
 a parable

00:32:07.339 --> 00:32:07.700
 on how

00:32:07.700 --> 00:32:07.980
 we're to

00:32:07.980 --> 00:32:08.259
 love.

00:32:11.019 --> 00:32:11.579
 Because it's

00:32:11.579 --> 00:32:12.000
 a parable

00:32:12.000 --> 00:32:12.299
 about how

00:32:12.299 --> 00:32:12.519
 to love

00:32:12.519 --> 00:32:12.779
 it's a

00:32:12.779 --> 00:32:13.000
 parable

00:32:13.000 --> 00:32:13.779
 that reflects

00:32:13.779 --> 00:32:14.500
 back to

00:32:14.500 --> 00:32:14.860
 us some

00:32:14.860 --> 00:32:15.539
 pretty important

00:32:15.539 --> 00:32:15.920
 things about

00:32:15.920 --> 00:32:16.460
 how God

00:32:16.460 --> 00:32:17.079
 loves and

00:32:17.079 --> 00:32:17.480
 how Jesus

00:32:17.480 --> 00:32:17.819
 loves.

00:32:19.740 --> 00:32:20.039
 So when

00:32:20.039 --> 00:32:20.660
 verse 33

00:32:20.660 --> 00:32:21.120
 says that

00:32:21.120 --> 00:32:21.500
 Samaritan

00:32:21.500 --> 00:32:22.019
 saw the man

00:32:22.019 --> 00:32:22.420
 on the side

00:32:22.420 --> 00:32:22.700
 of the road

00:32:22.700 --> 00:32:23.120
 and had pity

00:32:23.120 --> 00:32:23.400
 on him

00:32:23.400 --> 00:32:24.779
 Luke uses

00:32:24.779 --> 00:32:25.360
 a significant

00:32:25.360 --> 00:32:25.779
 word,

00:32:25.880 --> 00:32:26.120
 the word

00:32:26.120 --> 00:32:26.580
 compassion.

00:32:28.299 --> 00:32:28.759
 It's the

00:32:28.759 --> 00:32:29.039
 word in

00:32:29.039 --> 00:32:29.759
 Luke 15

00:32:29.759 --> 00:32:30.759
 to describe

00:32:30.759 --> 00:32:31.340
 the compassion

00:32:31.340 --> 00:32:31.980
 of the father

00:32:31.980 --> 00:32:32.559
 who welcomed

00:32:32.559 --> 00:32:32.900
 back the

00:32:32.900 --> 00:32:33.519
 prodigal son.

00:32:34.940 --> 00:32:35.279
 Back in

00:32:35.279 --> 00:32:35.720
 Luke 7

00:32:35.720 --> 00:32:36.059
 it's the

00:32:36.059 --> 00:32:36.319
 word

00:32:36.319 --> 00:32:37.200
 compassion

00:32:37.200 --> 00:32:37.600
 that Jesus

00:32:37.600 --> 00:32:38.019
 felt for

00:32:38.019 --> 00:32:38.420
 a widow

00:32:38.420 --> 00:32:38.819
 and her

00:32:38.819 --> 00:32:39.299
 dead son

00:32:39.299 --> 00:32:39.680
 before he

00:32:39.680 --> 00:32:40.019
 raised the

00:32:40.019 --> 00:32:40.319
 boy back

00:32:40.319 --> 00:32:40.740
 to life.

00:32:42.400 --> 00:32:42.620
 And right

00:32:42.620 --> 00:32:42.900
 back in

00:32:42.900 --> 00:32:43.299
 chapter 1

00:32:43.299 --> 00:32:43.559
 it's the

00:32:43.559 --> 00:32:44.000
 word Luke

00:32:44.000 --> 00:32:44.380
 used to

00:32:44.380 --> 00:32:44.860
 explain the

00:32:44.860 --> 00:32:45.279
 kind of

00:32:45.279 --> 00:32:45.620
 tender

00:32:45.620 --> 00:32:46.160
 mercy

00:32:46.160 --> 00:32:47.200
 God has

00:32:47.200 --> 00:32:47.480
 for the

00:32:47.480 --> 00:32:47.860
 world he

00:32:47.860 --> 00:32:48.340
 sent Jesus

00:32:48.340 --> 00:32:49.000
 to save.

00:32:51.259 --> 00:32:51.539
 And so

00:32:51.539 --> 00:32:51.960
 when we

00:32:51.960 --> 00:32:52.640
 see the

00:32:52.640 --> 00:32:53.019
 compassion

00:32:53.019 --> 00:32:53.340
 of the

00:32:53.340 --> 00:32:53.840
 Samaritan

00:32:53.840 --> 00:32:54.460
 we are

00:32:54.460 --> 00:32:54.900
 meant to be

00:32:54.900 --> 00:32:55.240
 given a

00:32:55.240 --> 00:32:55.660
 glimpse of

00:32:55.660 --> 00:32:56.059
 the world

00:32:56.059 --> 00:32:56.460
 saving,

00:32:56.460 --> 00:32:57.400
 life restoring,

00:32:58.400 --> 00:32:59.100
 sinner welcoming,

00:32:59.259 --> 00:33:00.000
 compassion of God.

00:33:01.500 --> 00:33:02.100
 And when we

00:33:02.100 --> 00:33:02.440
 see the

00:33:02.440 --> 00:33:02.980
 mercy of the

00:33:02.980 --> 00:33:03.559
 Samaritan

00:33:03.559 --> 00:33:05.440
 we're meant

00:33:05.440 --> 00:33:05.759
 to see a

00:33:05.759 --> 00:33:06.160
 picture of the

00:33:06.160 --> 00:33:06.519
 mercy of

00:33:06.519 --> 00:33:06.819
 Jesus.

00:33:09.680 --> 00:33:10.299
 And when we

00:33:10.299 --> 00:33:10.880
 see the

00:33:10.880 --> 00:33:11.240
 Samaritan

00:33:11.240 --> 00:33:11.920
 loving we're

00:33:11.920 --> 00:33:12.299
 offered a

00:33:12.299 --> 00:33:13.160
 reflection of

00:33:13.160 --> 00:33:13.500
 the love

00:33:13.500 --> 00:33:13.840
 that we

00:33:13.840 --> 00:33:14.240
 ourselves

00:33:14.240 --> 00:33:14.640
 need more

00:33:14.640 --> 00:33:14.980
 than anything

00:33:14.980 --> 00:33:15.319
 else in

00:33:15.319 --> 00:33:15.660
 the world.

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 And so

00:33:18.180 --> 00:33:18.519
 we land

00:33:18.519 --> 00:33:18.840
 again

00:33:18.840 --> 00:33:19.180
 tonight

00:33:19.180 --> 00:33:19.480
 where we

00:33:19.480 --> 00:33:19.700
 landed

00:33:19.700 --> 00:33:20.440
 last week

00:33:20.440 --> 00:33:21.580
 with

00:33:21.580 --> 00:33:21.960
 humility.

00:33:24.480 --> 00:33:25.060
 Because as

00:33:25.060 --> 00:33:25.420
 much as

00:33:25.420 --> 00:33:26.200
 anything else

00:33:26.200 --> 00:33:26.820
 this is what

00:33:26.820 --> 00:33:27.300
 it means to

00:33:27.300 --> 00:33:27.519
 be a

00:33:27.519 --> 00:33:27.960
 disciple of

00:33:27.960 --> 00:33:28.220
 Jesus.

00:33:29.720 --> 00:33:30.380
 It means

00:33:30.380 --> 00:33:30.800
 humility

00:33:30.800 --> 00:33:31.720
 before God

00:33:31.720 --> 00:33:32.140
 and before

00:33:32.140 --> 00:33:32.580
 his son

00:33:32.580 --> 00:33:33.080
 our saviour

00:33:33.080 --> 00:33:33.340
 the Lord

00:33:33.340 --> 00:33:33.580
 Jesus

00:33:33.580 --> 00:33:34.000
 Christ.

00:33:35.220 --> 00:33:35.800
 Who am

00:33:35.800 --> 00:33:36.019
 I?

00:33:37.080 --> 00:33:37.560
 Who does

00:33:37.560 --> 00:33:38.100
 Jesus say

00:33:38.100 --> 00:33:38.480
 I am?

00:33:38.940 --> 00:33:39.480
 He says

00:33:39.480 --> 00:33:39.840
 I'm to be

00:33:39.840 --> 00:33:40.140
 like the

00:33:40.140 --> 00:33:40.680
 Samaritan

00:33:40.680 --> 00:33:41.700
 a neighbour

00:33:41.700 --> 00:33:42.100
 yes.

00:33:42.099 --> 00:33:44.519
 I'm

00:33:44.519 --> 00:33:44.879
 someone who

00:33:44.879 --> 00:33:45.599
 needs to

00:33:45.599 --> 00:33:45.919
 love.

00:33:47.559 --> 00:33:48.099
 But he

00:33:48.099 --> 00:33:48.500
 also says

00:33:48.500 --> 00:33:48.859
 I must

00:33:48.859 --> 00:33:49.159
 not be

00:33:49.159 --> 00:33:49.480
 like the

00:33:49.480 --> 00:33:50.219
 self-justifying

00:33:50.219 --> 00:33:50.480
 lawyer.

00:33:50.679 --> 00:33:51.139
 Rather I

00:33:51.139 --> 00:33:51.679
 am and

00:33:51.679 --> 00:33:52.279
 always will

00:33:52.279 --> 00:33:52.779
 be someone

00:33:52.779 --> 00:33:53.299
 in need

00:33:53.299 --> 00:33:53.740
 of love.

00:33:53.980 --> 00:33:54.319
 Saving,

00:33:55.000 --> 00:33:55.559
 justifying,

00:33:56.859 --> 00:33:57.339
 compassionate,

00:33:57.539 --> 00:33:58.159
 merciful love.

00:34:00.059 --> 00:34:00.500
 Remember

00:34:00.500 --> 00:34:01.000
 chapter 10

00:34:01.000 --> 00:34:01.579
 and verse 21?

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 I thank

00:34:04.240 --> 00:34:04.599
 you Father

00:34:04.599 --> 00:34:04.959
 Lord of

00:34:04.959 --> 00:34:05.219
 heaven and

00:34:05.219 --> 00:34:05.539
 earth that

00:34:05.539 --> 00:34:05.759
 you have

00:34:05.759 --> 00:34:06.240
 hidden these

00:34:06.240 --> 00:34:06.619
 things from

00:34:06.619 --> 00:34:07.119
 the wise

00:34:07.119 --> 00:34:07.839
 and understanding

00:34:07.839 --> 00:34:09.839
 and revealed

00:34:09.839 --> 00:34:10.119
 them to

00:34:10.119 --> 00:34:10.659
 little children.

00:34:12.099 --> 00:34:12.799
 Yes Father

00:34:12.799 --> 00:34:13.299
 for such

00:34:13.299 --> 00:34:13.659
 was your

00:34:13.659 --> 00:34:13.960
 gracious

00:34:13.960 --> 00:34:14.259
 will.