Turn to the Word.
Frederick is going to preach from Luke chapter 10.
That's on page 1041 in the Red Church Bible.
So we're going to read a little bit of context.
So we're going to read some of the verses in chapter 10.
Our main reading is from verse 25 and onwards.
But I'm going to read some of the verses from verse 1 onwards,
and I'll lead you through that.
So we'll start at Luke chapter 10 and verse 1.
After this, the Lord appointed 72 others
and sent them two by two ahead of him
to every town and place where he was about to go.
He told them,
The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few.
Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore,
to send out workers into his harvest field.
Verse 16.
Jesus says,
Whoever listens to you listens to me.
Whoever rejects you rejects me.
But whoever rejects me rejects him who sent me.
And verse 21.
At that time, Jesus, full of joy through the Holy Spirit, said,
I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth,
because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned
and have revealed them to little children.
Yes, Father, for this is what you are pleased to do.
And 23.
Then he turned to his disciples and said privately,
Blessed are the eyes that see what you see.
For I tell you that many prophets and kings
wanted to see what you see, but did not see it,
and to hear what you hear, but did not hear it.
On one occasion, an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus.
Teacher, he asked,
What must I do to inherit eternal life?
What is written in the law?
He replied,
How do you read it?
He answered,
Love the Lord your God with all your heart
and with all your soul
and with all your strength
and with all your mind
and love your neighbor as yourself.
You have answered correctly,
Jesus replied.
Do this and you will live.
But he wanted to justify himself.
So he asked Jesus,
And who is my neighbor?
In reply, Jesus said,
A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho
when he was attacked by robbers.
They stripped him of his clothes,
beat him,
and went away,
leaving him half dead.
A priest happened to be going down the same road,
and when he saw the man,
he passed by on the other side.
So too a Levite,
when he came to the place and saw him,
passed by on the other side.
But a Samaritan,
as he traveled,
came where the man was,
and when he saw him,
he took pity on him.
He went to him
and bandaged his wounds,
pouring on oil and wine.
Then he put the man on his own donkey,
brought him to an inn,
and took care of him.
The next day,
he took out two denarii
and gave them to the innkeeper.
Look after him, he said,
and when I return,
I will reimburse you
for any extra expense you may have.
Which of these three
do you think was a neighbor
to the man
who fell into the hands of robbers?
The expert in the law replied,
the one who had mercy on him.
Jesus told him,
go and do likewise.
Thank you.
Thank you, Sam.
Good morning, everyone.
It's wonderful, isn't it?
I'm actually happy
that it's cooler
because, yeah,
my name is Frederick Sandberg,
and I'm Swedish,
so I like it cooler,
not hotter.
I am married to Gemma.
She's an Irish girl,
and we have three kids,
and we live over in Balancholic,
and are members of Douglas Baptist.
It is a privilege
to be with you here today
to share God's word.
Today, we're going to jump
from your regular series,
John's Gospel,
here into Luke's,
but it's quite beautiful
because in God's sovereign timing,
last week,
you heard from Ralph
on loving one another,
and today,
the message has some correlations,
which is quite beautiful.
Today, we'll focus more closely
at looking at
helping people in need,
but more importantly,
that mercy has no favorites,
and we're doing this
from this very famous parable
of the Good Samaritan,
and Ross kindly,
sorry,
Sam kindly read those for us,
and I'm not going to go through
the entire parable again
because it's a very long parable,
but I'm going to go through
the chunks
because it teaches us
much more
than what you may have heard
in your regular school
or in other times.
It is a parable
that is so well known,
yet quite often
not taught correctly.
So first,
let's pray
and ask God
for his help
as we look at this together.
Father God,
we rejoice
that we can gather
here together.
Thank you for this place
that we can meet in.
Lord,
would you help me
speak clearly
with your spirit
to convict us all
to be good neighbors
to one another,
but to know
that we can do so
because of your mercy first.
we ask this
in your name,
Jesus.
Amen.
So I'm not sure
if you've heard
many Scandinavian jokes,
but as closely
neighboring countries,
Denmark,
Sweden,
Norway,
Finland,
we used to fight a lot
and more recently
we have replaced war
with war of words
and we make fun
of each other
all the time.
And for example,
one time
there was a Danish man,
a Swedish man,
and a Norwegian man,
stranded on a desert island.
And by the time
the Finnish man
came on his boat
to rescue them,
the Dane had built
a Lego theme park.
The Norwegian man
had built an oil rig
and the Swedish man,
this poor Swedish man,
was still trying
to figure out
his IKEA instructions
without any help
from his neighbors.
This is not exactly
a good picture
of being good neighbors,
right?
We see someone in need,
we should help them.
So today we have
this privilege
of looking at
a very well-known parable,
the parable of
the Good Samaritan,
and like the story
of Adam and Eve,
David and Goliath,
this is a biblical story
that the general masses
will know.
Charities are named
after it,
Samaritan's Purse,
a major charity
in the U.S.,
and closer to home,
Samaritans,
which provides
suicide prevention.
In fact,
quite recently,
myself and a friend
were walking
through Regional Park,
I do that a lot,
and right there
by the river
was a sign
stuck to the tree
saying,
Samaritans,
their phone number
and call
if you need help.
This is a story
and what it stands for
that has permeated
our society.
Being a Samaritan
is even a noun
in the dictionary.
Someone from Samaria
and someone who else
helps someone else
who is in distress
or need.
And as our title says,
mercy has no favorites,
today you are going
to think about
what mercy really means.
When you show mercy
to someone,
you show pity
and compassion
and love
to someone in need.
However,
you and me
have a great obstacle
to being good Samaritans.
Our first response,
just like my Danish
and Norwegian friends,
is first to care about me
and do what I'm interested in
or what I want.
And further,
when you have to help someone,
there's often a cost
and there sometimes
can be danger
to help someone else.
I have many times
in my work
driven long journeys,
driven by
in darkness of night
seeing a car
pulled over
at the side of the road,
probably a tire blown out,
and I've driven
straight past them
because I was either
not wanting to be inconvenienced
or I was afraid to stop.
Only to 30 minutes
down the road
sitting there thinking,
are they okay?
Was that a woman?
Was that a pregnant woman
on her own?
Was that a man
on his own?
Should I have stopped
to help?
So the question is,
do you ever
go past someone
in need
and not stop
and help them?
And finally,
it's very easy
when we do show
mercy
that we show it
to our favorite people.
Danes helping Danes,
Norwegians helping Norwegians.
you help your people
but not others.
And this is really like,
we all have our default setting.
It's like when you buy
a new TV
and you have the excitement
and then you see
your wonderful welcome screen
show up on the TV
only to know
that you're going to spend
the next hour
reprogramming the thing.
we have a default setting
of wanting to serve ourselves
that we have to reprogram.
And the parable
of the Good Samaritan
brings this face-to-face
for us
in a way
that is unmistakable.
So Jesus will challenge you
to consider
the pride of man.
Jesus will appeal to you
to consider
the pity of man.
Jesus will show you
that the true mercy
is in the pardon
of man.
Jesus will teach you
that love
and mercy
are two sides
of the same coin.
And that living
a life
of a good neighbor
is accepting
your own pride
growing in pity
and loving
your pardon.
Jesus will teach you
that mercy
has no favorites.
So let's look
at the first point
the pride of man
which is verses
24 to 28
25 to 28.
And it's important
that we think
about this
and I asked
Sam to read
the context
of these verses
because Luke chapter 10
is about people
being on mission
going to reach
people for Jesus.
He's sending people out.
So when we think
about that context
this is about
how we interact
with others
that we meet.
So the conversation
we're about to
kind of jump into
and see
is likely taking place
in a synagogue
or some other
place of meeting
including where
disciples of Jesus
was.
And this context
is very important
as you think about
and listen to the
conversation.
So please look
with me at verse
25.
On one occasion
an expert in the law
stood up
to test
Jesus.
Teacher
he asked
what must
I do
to inherit
eternal life?
This single
expert of the law
stood up
to test
Jesus
the prophet.
in other places
we see
groups of Pharisees
or Pharisees
and lawyers
stand up
to try and
trick Jesus.
And if you
remember
18 years earlier
when Jesus
was 12
sitting in the
temple
and all
who heard him
were amazed
at his understanding
and his answers.
We're now
18 years later
from that point.
Jesus had done
many miracles
he had huge
followings
he was very much
a local
celebrity.
So there's
little doubt
that this
expert
of the
Mosaic law
knew
that he was
standing up
and challenging
the prophet.
So think about
that and keep
that in context.
And to give you
a picture of that
it is like
you or me
we're in a
court of law
with a judge
jury
defending
barrister
and a
prosecuting
barrister
but the
prosecuting
barrister
i.e.
the expert
in the law
is a
primary school
child
and the
defending
barrister
is a
university
professor.
Yet
pride
arrogance
and self
righteousness
of this
man
makes him
stand up
to challenge
Jesus
and it
should make
us cringe
to think
about that
because we
probably do
the same
thing.
Yet
the response
of Jesus
should make
you be
in all.
So the
lawyer does
ask a great
question.
What must
I do
to inherit
eternal
life?
This is a
question that
the world
has wrestled
with from
the beginning
of time
because the
question really
is what
happens to
us when
we die?
But rather
than being
a joyful
disciple
sitting at
the feet
of Jesus
to learn
from his
teacher
we see
that this
lawyer is
self-righteous
and he
wants to
test Jesus
the prophet.
And in
some ways
there are
parables to
Luke chapter
4 when
Satan tries
to tempt
Jesus in
the wilderness.
Satan
tests or
tempts
Jesus,
the word
in Greek
is actually
the same,
and Satan
tests Jesus
with the
scriptures,
and in
the final
test of
Jesus,
Jesus responds
with the
scriptures,
it is said
you shall
not put
the Lord
your God
to the
test,
which is
quoting
Deuteronomy
6.16.
Jesus
answers the
lawyer like
he answered
Satan with
the scriptures.
Through this
interaction,
Jesus is
teaching his
disciples how
to answer
even the
most forcible
challenge with
the truth of
the word.
It is also
a powerful
lesson for
us.
As a good
defense lawyer,
Jesus answers
the question
with a
question.
What is
written in
the law?
He replied.
How do
you read
it?
Jesus puts
the weight
back on
the lawyer.
What is
written in
the Mosaic
Law,
and how do
you interpret
it?
This is like
you and
me.
We can
read the
scriptures,
but then we
actually need
to think about
what they
mean.
The lawyer,
in his
prideful and
self-righteous
way,
pulls out
the big
guns of
the Mosaic
Law,
only for
them to
greatly
backfire
right in
his face.
He answers
with Deuteronomy
6.5,
with an
addition from
Leviticus 19,
verse 18.
I'll read
them for us.
He answered,
Love the
Lord your
God with
all your
heart and
with all
your soul
and with
all your
strength and
with all
your mind,
Deuteronomy
6.5,
and love
your neighbor
as yourself,
which is
Leviticus 19.18.
The lawyer,
who is an
expert in
the Old
Testament
Law,
was probably
thinking,
let's see
how he
answers this.
I've given
a textbook
answer,
there's no
way he
can come
back on
this.
And it
is ironic
that the
lawyer chooses
this very
part of the
law of
Deuteronomy
6,
which is
why I
mentioned
the story
about Jesus
and Satan
in the
wilderness,
because only
a few
lines later
it says
you should
not test
the Lord
your God.
But then
Jesus answers
with an
unexpected
counter-argument.
You have
answered
correctly,
Jesus replied.
Do this
and you
will live.
And if
at this
point the
lawyer thought
he had
won the
case,
the conversation
would have
been done.
He would
have sat
back down,
the conversation
would have
been over,
but it
was not.
The
lawyer who
was an
expert in
the law,
someone who
knew the
Mosaic law
inside and
out,
was forced
to consider
the words
of Jesus,
but not
only the
words of
Jesus,
the law
itself,
and how
it applied
to him.
It is
like the
prosecuting
lawyer
brought a
motion of
appeal for
the judge
to give
an answer
on,
and only
as he is
presenting the
motion himself
he is
realizing
that the
motion itself
is about to
get his
case thrown
out of
court.
The motion
of appeal
was,
you must
surely be
able to
inherit eternal
life.
It only
says you
should love
the Lord
your God.
And then
he presents
the points
of the
appeal
with all
your heart,
like all
the time,
like really
all the time,
not one
moment of
fear,
anxiety,
jealousy,
or anger.
And the
judge says,
motion
denied.
With all
your soul,
with your
complete inner
being,
with not
one trace
of darkness,
motion
denied.
With all
your strength,
not any
strength used
for anything
else,
motion
denied.
with all
your mind,
not even
one wrong
thought,
not one
thought of
lust,
not one
thought of
anger,
not one
sinful
thought.
Motion
denied.
And
finally,
always
love your
neighbor as
yourself.
You have
to willingly
give your
neighbor everything
you have,
never ignoring
their needs,
always putting
your neighbor
first.
Motion
denied.
This is not
a good day
in court
for this
lawyer.
His case
is about
to be
thrown
out.
If
doing
things,
fulfilling
the law,
which in
today's
context is
doing religious
rituals like
baptism,
communion,
confirmation,
attending
church,
just to
check boxes
to get
into eternal
life,
to be
with God
in heaven,
then,
I'm sorry,
but your
motion for
appeal for
eternal life
is also
denied.
Jesus has
just shown
us that
there is
no way
we can
earn our
way to
heaven.
Yet your
hearts have
a default
setting that
you believe
that you are
righteous.
So will
you react
like the
lawyer,
even when
you know
you're
wrong,
to try
and change
the law
so that
you are
right.
Let's
look at
the next
part of
this
conversation
and how
we look
at the
pity of
man.
The
lawyer
realizes
his case
is about
to be
thrown
out of
court,
so he
tries to
justify
himself.
Look
with me
at
verse
29.
But
he,
the
lawyer,
wanted
to
justify
himself,
so he
asked
Jesus,
and who
is my
neighbor.
The
lawyer
realized
that he
could not
fulfill
the law,
so he
moves to
try and
defend
himself
and
change
the
law.
It's
like you
and I,
we have
our own
inner
eternal
barrister.
Our
hearts
instantly
try and
defend
ourselves
when
someone
challenges
us.
Or
when we
read
scripture
and we
read
perfectly
well
what we
can see,
but then
it's
challenging
us
and we
immediately
start to
defend
ourselves
or we
start
trying to
change
what that
really
means.
This
question
is actually
a second
test
that is
a lot
more
subtle.
Let me
read you
the full
verse
from
Leviticus
1918.
It
actually
says,
you shall
not take
a vengeance
or bear
a grudge
against the
sons of
your own
people,
but you
shall
love
your
neighbor
as
yourself.
I
am
the
Lord.
If the
words
the
expert
of the
law
was
quoting
back
to
Jesus
actually
specified
already
who
the
neighbor
is,
why
ask
this
question
of
Jesus?
Because
it was
another
test.
Even
when
Jesus
has
presented
overwhelming
evidence
that the
lawyer's
case was
going to
be
rejected,
he
still
tried
to
bend
and
weasel
himself
out
of where
he
was.
But
Jesus,
who knows
the
law
inside
out
and
knows
the
heart
and
mind
of
the
expert
of
the
law
just
like
he
knows
every
single
thought
of
yours,
instead
answers
with
this
famous
parable
that
Sam
read
for
us.
And
because
it's
very
long,
I'm
not
going
to
go
through
it
line
by
line
because
we
would
be
here
for
a
long
time.
But
I
want
to
bring
it
closer
to
them
would
have
been
absolutely
shocking.
It
is like
a movie
when the
barrister
gets up
and all
of a
sudden
he
brings
in
four
brand
new
key
witnesses.
To
help me
illustrate
this,
I want
to bring
the
location
and
the
main
characters
closer
to
home
here
in
character
line.
We
have
four
characters.
The
man
beaten
within
an
inch
of
his
life
lying
on
the
ground.
We
have
the
priest,
the
Levite,
the
Samaritan.
We
have
a
location,
the
road
from
Jerusalem
to
Jericho.
This
is a
notoriously
dangerous
road,
big
mountain
sides
going
way,
way
down
and
was
a
very
easy
place
for
robbers
to
attack
people.
What
would
be
a
place
closer
to
home
that
would
be
very
similar
to
this?
Let's
say
we're
walking
down
St.
Patrick
Street
in
Cork
City
and
we
have
to
go
down
one
of
those
very
dark
side
streets.
I'm
6'3
and
202
many
pounds.
I'm
scared
to
go
down
those
side
streets.
Let's
say
that
the
man
lying
on
the
floor
in
one
of
those
side
streets
off
St.
Patrick
Street
is
a
teacher
from
here
in
one
of
the
schools
in
Carragoline
who's
been
set
about
by
a
group
of
thugs.
So
who
would
the
priest
would
be
a
Catholic
priest
for
example
walking
home
from
a
day's
work.
The
Levite
who
were
servants
in
the
temples
could
be
a
deacon
from
a
Baptist
church
also
walking
on
his
way
home.
Both
men
saw
the
injured
man.
They
didn't
just
walk
by
and
not
see
him.
They
saw
him.
And
they
didn't
just
walk
by
him.
They
walked
to
the
other
side
of
the
road
and
kept
on
going.
Just
picture
this
in
your
mind
for
a
moment.
Now
let us
consider
who
would
the
Samaritan
be
today.
The
Samaritan
could
be
someone
like
an
immigrant
from
another
part
of
the
world
simply
traveling
through
Cork.
The
priest
and
deacon
saw
and
rejected
this
man
in
need.
The
immigrant
saw
and
had
pity
on
this
man
by
acting.
By
doing
something
about
it.
The
immigrant
took
care
of
him,
put
this
injured
teacher
in
his
own
car,
brought
him
down
to
the
Mater
private
hospital
and
gave
them
two
days
worth
of
wages.
One
denarii
is
a
day's
wage.
So
two
days
wages
!
is
a
lot
of
money.
But
he
doesn't
just
say
that.
He
says,
please
take
care
of
him.
Anything
else
it
costs,
I
will
pay
when
I
come
back.
This
parable
is
very
uncomfortable
when
you
look
at it
from
the
equivalent
perspective
that
Jesus
was
teaching
it.
I
always
wondered
if there
would
be
outrage
or
complete
silence
after
Jesus
spoke
to
us.
But
we
have
other
places
when
Jesus
did
get
chased
out
of
town.
On
this
occasion
the
conversation
went
on,
so I
think
you
could
have
heard
a
needle
drop
on
the
ground.
The
lawyer
tried
to
test
and
catch
Jesus
just
like
we
try
and
do
far
too
often.
Jesus
responded
by bringing
in
four
new
witnesses.
The
expert
of the
law
brought
law
and
self
righteousness
but
rather
than
bringing
down
a
sledge
hammer
Jesus
answers
with
pity
just
like
he
has
answered
you
and
me
with
pity.
Even
pity
when we
try
to
test
Jesus.
So
let's
look at
the
final
part
the
pardon
of
man
verses
36
to
37
Jesus
asked
the
lawyer
which
of
these
three
do
you
think
was
a
neighbor
to
the
man
who
fell
into
the
hands
of
the
robbers
the
expert
in
the
law
replied
the
one
who
had
mercy
on
him
Jesus
told
him
go
and
do
likewise
the
case
was
closed
Jesus
let
the
lawyer
and
those
listening
see
that
mercy
not
law
is
what
gives
you
access
to
eternal
life
that
the
pardon
of
man
the
pardon
of
us
all
being
put
into
the
prison
of
hell
comes
from
mercy
not
law
and
we
are
not
told
how
this
lawyer
responded
but
I
really
hope
that
his
eyes
were
opened
or
maybe
even
that
he
would
be
alive
when
the
crucifixion
and
resurrection
took
place
and
that
he
would
come
to
have
a
saving
faith
mercy
always
conquers
law
and
religious
practice
love
always
conquers
law
and
religious
practice
the
mercy
of
God
has
no
favorites
his
mercy
is
available
to
all
of
us
and
if
Father
God
had
favorites
your
motion
of
appeal
for
eternal
life
would
be
a
big
problem
we
can
never
earn
or
justify
our
way
to
eternal
life
yet
through
the
love
and
mercy
of
Father
God
in
Christ
Jesus
we're
given
a
path
to
be
pardoned
from
our
sin
a
pardon
from
mercy
not
law
and
it
always
blows
my
mind
when we
think
about
the
New
Testament
and
how
we
have
all
the
epistles
Paul's
letters
Peter's
letters
and we
have
the
gospels
and how
they're
all
over
linking
in terms
of
chronological
time
so let's
say
let's
hear from
the apostle
Peter
1 Peter
1
3
I'll
read it
for us
blessed
be the
God
and
Father
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ
according
to
his
great
mercy
he
has
caused
us
to be
born
again
to
a
living
hope
through
the
resurrection
of
Jesus
Christ
from
the
dead
the
apostle
Paul
in
Titus
explains
it
even
further
Titus
3
verses
4
and
5
but
when
the
kindness
and
love
of
God
our
Savior
appeared
he
saved
us
not
because
of
righteous
things
we
had
done
but
because
of
his
mercy
he
saved
us
through
the
washing
of
rebirth
and
renewal
by the
Holy
Spirit
God
truly
demonstrates
that
mercy
has
no
favorites
to
save
sinners
like
you
and
me
to
be
given
the
gift
of
eternal
life
and
not
only
that
the
gift
of
the
Holy
Spirit
in
us
God
when
you
confess
Jesus
as
Lord
and
accept
that
he
died
for
you
and
your
sins
are
nailed
to
that
cross
with
him
God
comes
to
live
in
you
will
you
accept
this
gift
of
mercy
and
if
you
are
a
believer
will
you
remind
yourself
of
this
mercy
because
you
will
know
that
when
we
live
and
when
we
apply
this
now
we
don't
do
it
in
our
own
strength
it's
the
Holy
Spirit
working
in
us
it's
God
working
in
us
that
is
why
this
matters
that
is
why
gathering
here
matters
a
heart
that
knows
God
shows
great
mercy
to
others
and
we
don't
want
a
heart
that
says
I
will
do
good
so
God
will
show
me
mercy
not
how
it
works
and
our
love
is
seen
by
other
people
1
John
4
11
to
12
dear
friends
since
God
so
loved
us
we
also
ought
to
love
one
another
no
one
has
ever
seen
God
but
if
we
love
one
another
God
lives
in
us
and
his
love
is
made
complete
in
us
and
as
we
kind
of
bring
full
circle
connecting
with
your
message
from
last
week
as
disciples
on
mission
here
at
Karageline
Baptist
Church
the
love
of
God
in
us
demonstrated
through
a
living
faith
an
active
faith
empowered
by the
Holy
Spirit
not
by
our
own
strength
this
is
faith
in
action
and
it's
beautiful
and
it's
real
and
this
is
a
faith
demonstrated
in
love
to
point
people
to
God
even
when
they
attack
you
ignore
you
or
they
try
and
test
you
it
is
very
striking
when
you
take
a
step
back
and
you
think
about
how
Jesus
the
son
of
man
answered
this
lawyer
did
Jesus
tell
him
to
sit
down
and
be
quiet
!
no
did
Jesus
tell
him
you
just
need
to
believe
no
did
Jesus
patiently
defend
his
case
with
a
lawyer
he
did
Jesus
answer
with
facts
and
witnesses
yes
he
did
the
disciples
that were
likely
present
would
have
gained
a
precious
lesson
from
Jesus
in
how
to
defend
their
own
faith
and
so
are
we
Jesus
says
that
we
are
to
show
mercy
to
everyone
Jesus
says
that
we
are
to
show
mercy
to
the
household
of
faith
Jesus
says
that
we
are
to
show
mercy
to
unbelievers
Jesus
says
we
are
to
show
mercy
to
all
showing
mercy
means
that
we
also
need
to
show
people
that
they
can
never
be
obedient
enough
themselves
and
that
it's
only
one
man
that
has
ever
shown
perfect
obedience
to
the
law
the
man
Christ
Jesus
it
is
his
perfect
obedience
that
we
gain
for
believing
in
him
so
I
just
want
to
take
three
ways
of
applying
this
text
to
our
lives
today
first
don't
be
the
prideful
lawyer
in
your
hearts
and
mine
when
challenged
either
by
someone
else
or
by
the
word
of
God
or
by
our
conscience
that
God
has
placed
there
our
first
response
is
to
defend
ourselves
would
you
consider
being
more
aware
of
your
own
inner
barrister
and
whoever
that
female
barrister
that
male
barrister
that
old
barrister
the
young
barrister
when
he
or she
shows up
in your
heart
will you
throw
him
out of
court
would you
pray that
you are
more
aware
when you
are
defending
rather
than
listening
defending
rather
than
accepting
facts
one
of the
dangers
of
age
is that
you
think
you
know
more
than
you
do
typically
the
younger
you
are
the
more
you
think
you
know
the
older
you
are
the
bruises
of
life
teaches
us
we
don't
know
very
much
with
one
exception
we
can
obviously
get
stubborn
and
set
in
our
old
ways
and
always
think
we're
right
but
in
general
as a
church
we can
learn a
lot
from
speaking
to
one
another
and
I
would
encourage
you
older
Christians
and
younger
Christians
older
members
and
younger
members
of the
church
in
sensible
ways
like
at
your
groups
meet
outs
talk
across
the
age
divides
because
we
can
gain
so
much
wisdom
of
how
to
show
love
from
one
another
and
I
would
also
say
that
for
those
of
you
here
who
my
daughter
Linnea
she's
beautiful
the best
thing
ever
having
a
daughter
instead
of
older
boys
is
amazing
she
says
that
I
have
sparkles
is my
gray hair
and my
beard
for
those
of
you
here
who
have
sparkles
in
your
hair
would
you
take
time
to
show
love
to
those
who
are
younger
than
you
are
because
the
Bible
says
older
men
teach
younger
men
older
women
teach
younger
women
would
you
take
the
time
to
do
that
none
of
us
has
the
wisdom
of
God
but
together
working
together
we
can
live
with
great
joy
and
doing
so
it's
much
easier
to
fight
that
inner
barrister
when
we
actually
do
it
together
with
others
second
do
be a
good
Samaritan
if
you
are
a
follower
of
Christ
and
his
mercy
has
been
shown
to
you
we
are
commanded
to
show
mercy
to
others
and
I
think
this
one
hit
me
personally
when
I
prepared
this
message
because
if
you're
someone
like
me
who
actually
observes
and
sees
the
need
I
watch
things
I
watch
people
I
see
things
but
then
do
you
think
about
it
do
you
talk
about
it
or
do
you
actually
do
something
about
it
this
is
something
where I
personally
had to
repent
and
confess
this
to
the
Lord
that
I
don't
act
enough
the
big
take
home
message
of
this
is
that
through
God's
mercy
we
can
act
to
show
mercy
it's
action
it's
a
living
faith
and
I
would
say
to be
very
practical
if
there
is
people
here
which
there
is
who
are
naturally
gifted
for
mercy
you
instantly
see
someone
and
you
run
to
them
and
help
them
that's
just
the
way
you're
wired
thank
the
Lord
for
you
come
and
rub
off
on
me
please
when
you
see
someone
in
need
would
you
grab
another
brother
or
sister
to
say
hey
would
you
come
with
me
let's
go
and
help
them
let's
go
and
do
this
together
because
we
really
can
work
and
help
each
other
when
we
have
strengths
to
help
others
growing
strength
alongside
us
and
after
a
time
or
two
that
person
who
naturally
wasn't
gifted
towards
mercy
who
you
kind
of
dragged
along
you
said
hey
let's
go
two
or
three
times
later
they
might
be
the
very
person
who
grabbed
someone
else
let's
say
let's
go
this
parable
also
makes
us
look
outside
the
church
community
there
are
many
pieces
of
scripture
that
says
first
look
to
the
household
of
God
and
scripture
never
contradicts
itself
so
we
always
first
look
at
the
body
of
Christ
but
this
is
also
very
directly
telling
us
don't
ignore
those
outside
so
we
want
to
show
mercy
to
the
people
of
Cork
and
one
area
that
is
a
special
case
and
if
you're
interested
in
this
whether
younger
or
older
talk
to
me
afterwards
because
I
can't
go
into
as
much
as
I
want
but
we
have
a
unique
place
of
being
a
good
neighbor
or
a
very
bad
neighbor
a
very
good
testament
for
Christ
and
a
very
bad
testament
for
Christ
and
that's
being
online
witness
for
Jesus
great
but
do
it
with
kindness
gentleness
and
respect
point
people
to
this
church
of
course
but
we
don't
want
to
allow
the
digital
space
to
become
our
new
neighborhood
and
in
some
countries
people
are
governments
which are
not
driven
by
Christ
they're
controlling
social
media
for
16
year
olds
and
below
and
there's
reasons
for it
because
of the
damage
to
their
courses
you
can
only
be
a
good
neighbor
to
a
very
limited
extent
online
the
way
that
God
has
ordained
fellowship
is
face
to
face
people
being
together
people
being
gathered
here
today
people
being
gathered
in
homes
over
a
coffee
finally
share
the
mercy
of
being
pardoned
with
knowledge
kindness
gentleness
and
respect
you
were
dead
in
your
sins
and
you
were
born
again
through
Christ
if
you
have
been
pardoned
if
you're
a
Christian
your
sin
atoned
for
the
perfect
life
of
Jesus
his
death
on
this
cross
and
his
resurrection
will
you
be
on
mission
for
him
what
is
more
important
to
share
with
the
world
than
a
path
to
being
pardoned
for
eternal
life
if
you
saw
someone
walking
up
towards
a
prison
and
you
knew
that
this
prison
was
a
prison
that
once
they
go
in
that
prison
they
will
never
return
and
you
had
the
opportunity
to
walk
up
to
them
and
say
no
I
have
a
different
place
to
show
you
would
you
not
want
to
do
that
I
want
to
finish
with
praying
back
the
words
of
Paul
in
Ephesians
chapter
2
because
they
are
so
beautifully
summarizing
from
God
and in
the
voice
of
God
to
us
please
would
you
bow
your
heads
with
me
and
let's
pray
this
together
Father
God
to
conclude
this
message
I
pray
back
to
you
the
words
of
the
apostle
Paul
in
Ephesians
chapter
2
verses
4
to
9
but
because
of
his
great
love
for
us
God
who
is
rich
in
mercy
made
us
alive
with
Christ
even
when
we
were
dead
in
transgressions
it
is
by
grace
you
have
been
saved
and
God
raised
us
up
with
Christ
and
seated
us
with
him
in
the
heavenly
realms
!
in order
that
in
coming
ages
he
might
show
the
incomparable
riches
of his
grace
expressed
in his
kindness
to us
in
Christ
Jesus
for
it is
by grace
you have
been saved
through
faith
and this
is not
from
yourselves
it is
the gift
of God
not by
works
so that
no one
can boast
for we
are God's
handiwork
created
in
Christ
Jesus
to
do
good
works
which
God
prepared
in
advance
for
us
to
do
Holy
Spirit
would
you
make
these
words
alive
in
us
today
Father
save
people
here
for
your
glory
Father
send
people
on
mission
we
ask
this
in
the
name
of
our
Lord
and
Savior
Jesus
Christ
Amen
so
we'll
stand
to
sing
the
song
and
I
would
just
ask
you
all
to
raise
your
voices
so
the
people
outside
would
hear
it