WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:06.000 It's great to see so many familiar faces and a number of new faces as well. 00:00:06.459 --> 00:00:10.740 We do want to thank you for your partnership in the gospel across the Tasman. 00:00:11.759 --> 00:00:14.040 Kiwis need your prayer. Sad Australians. 00:00:15.359 --> 00:00:18.920 But we do very much value keeping updated. 00:00:19.080 --> 00:00:21.420 We get the newsletters sent over every month or two. 00:00:21.960 --> 00:00:24.160 And we do hear of news that's going on in Chatswood. 00:00:24.640 --> 00:00:27.800 And occasionally people write letters and keep us in touch as well. 00:00:27.800 --> 00:00:31.140 So it's lovely to keep in touch and hear all those things. 00:00:31.699 --> 00:00:35.539 We do want to thank you for your prayers and partnership in the work of the gospel in Christ Church as well. 00:00:36.140 --> 00:00:39.039 The work there is growing and developing. 00:00:39.659 --> 00:00:45.260 And next year someone who's been working with us is coming over to Sydney to study at Moore College. 00:00:46.000 --> 00:00:54.900 So the work really is progressing and we're starting to see ministry-minded people growing and being trained. 00:00:54.899 --> 00:00:58.579 And God willing to return and further the work in New Zealand. 00:00:58.820 --> 00:01:00.659 So thank you for your prayers. 00:01:01.359 --> 00:01:05.439 Let's spend a moment praying as we look at God's word together now. 00:01:07.900 --> 00:01:11.400 Heavenly Father we do thank you for your word to us. 00:01:11.739 --> 00:01:14.159 We thank you that you are committed to us. 00:01:14.819 --> 00:01:17.920 That you're committed to continue to speak to us through your word. 00:01:17.920 --> 00:01:22.659 Lord that you've given us your spirit so that we may understand your word rightly. 00:01:23.219 --> 00:01:25.439 We pray that you'd open our hearts and our minds. 00:01:25.900 --> 00:01:27.740 That you would challenge and convict us. 00:01:28.180 --> 00:01:30.379 Particularly what it means for us to follow Jesus. 00:01:31.159 --> 00:01:34.180 And we pray that this might give honour and glory to your name. 00:01:34.620 --> 00:01:35.820 In Jesus' name we pray. 00:01:36.379 --> 00:01:36.780 Amen. 00:01:36.780 --> 00:01:40.500 Not sure if there's a video call. 00:01:40.920 --> 00:01:42.700 What are you doing this weekend? 00:01:43.200 --> 00:01:45.400 I'm putting up a retaining wall. 00:01:45.900 --> 00:01:46.840 Doing it yourself? 00:01:47.240 --> 00:01:49.480 No, I'm going to get some bloke in. 00:01:50.260 --> 00:01:52.280 Oh come on mate, do it yourself. 00:01:54.280 --> 00:01:56.140 She's pretty big job. 00:01:56.680 --> 00:01:57.780 You'll be right. 00:01:59.040 --> 00:01:59.719 You reckon? 00:02:00.240 --> 00:02:02.480 We can knock it over in half a day. 00:02:02.960 --> 00:02:03.520 Yeah. 00:02:03.960 --> 00:02:05.480 Get a couple mates around. 00:02:05.480 --> 00:02:07.500 Hey Josie! 00:02:08.099 --> 00:02:08.500 Huh? 00:02:08.599 --> 00:02:10.740 Give us a hand over for job Saturday. 00:02:11.159 --> 00:02:12.840 Mate, you're dreaming! 00:02:15.840 --> 00:02:16.439 Aussies. 00:02:17.580 --> 00:02:19.539 No surprises there. 00:02:20.640 --> 00:02:21.159 DIY. 00:02:21.699 --> 00:02:22.840 It's in our DNA. 00:02:27.360 --> 00:02:31.360 Well one thing about Aussies and Kiwis is they do like to have a bit of a go at each other. 00:02:31.819 --> 00:02:34.060 And you can see there that it's not just sport. 00:02:34.060 --> 00:02:36.420 You get maligned on New Zealand TV as well. 00:02:38.219 --> 00:02:44.800 But one of the other similarities between Australians and Kiwis is their kind of DIY mentality. 00:02:45.620 --> 00:02:47.039 You know, you can do it yourself. 00:02:47.759 --> 00:02:49.960 We like to think that we can do it ourselves. 00:02:49.960 --> 00:02:55.540 Not so long ago in New Zealand there were endless DIY reality TV shows. 00:02:56.020 --> 00:02:59.500 I take it there was probably a similar kind of surge of them here. 00:02:59.500 --> 00:03:06.639 Where there'd be TV shows about home makeovers and renovations and you couldn't escape them. 00:03:06.719 --> 00:03:11.840 It seemed to be whatever channel you would turn to, these shows would be on. 00:03:12.759 --> 00:03:14.419 And it was quite painful really. 00:03:14.860 --> 00:03:16.780 I'm glad they've kind of got past that phase. 00:03:16.780 --> 00:03:22.979 But all of us seem to have this DIY attitude built into our DNA. 00:03:24.300 --> 00:03:27.879 And I don't think it's just blokes with their kind of handyman jobs. 00:03:28.379 --> 00:03:34.280 You know, they like to build their own deck or put out their own fence or renovate their own bathroom. 00:03:34.680 --> 00:03:35.879 Which takes months usually. 00:03:35.879 --> 00:03:40.539 But I think it's more that we simply want our own independence. 00:03:41.599 --> 00:03:43.219 We want our own block of land. 00:03:43.359 --> 00:03:44.560 We want our own home. 00:03:44.680 --> 00:03:47.599 We want our own financial security. 00:03:48.579 --> 00:03:49.740 We want our own career. 00:03:50.379 --> 00:03:54.280 And we may even think about working for ourselves so that we don't have to answer to anyone. 00:03:55.199 --> 00:04:00.599 Or perhaps for some of us it may be that we want to create our own image and manufacture ourselves. 00:04:01.180 --> 00:04:04.199 And so we create our own identity on our Facebook page. 00:04:04.199 --> 00:04:08.679 Where we can present the way we would like people to see us to the world around us. 00:04:10.500 --> 00:04:14.899 Well this way of thinking easily creeps into our thinking about God as well. 00:04:16.019 --> 00:04:19.259 We want to choose how we relate to God. 00:04:20.279 --> 00:04:23.199 You know, I want to do it on my terms. 00:04:24.939 --> 00:04:26.399 And we can easily see it in our friends. 00:04:26.480 --> 00:04:29.079 It's easier to see the faults in our friends, isn't it, than in ourselves. 00:04:29.779 --> 00:04:31.919 When they say things like, 00:04:31.920 --> 00:04:35.500 Well, I like to think about God as... 00:04:35.500 --> 00:04:42.640 Or, I think God would let me into his heaven because, well, I'm a pretty good bloke. 00:04:43.140 --> 00:04:45.879 Not like so-and-so down the road. 00:04:47.319 --> 00:04:49.540 But do we actually notice it in ourselves? 00:04:49.700 --> 00:04:51.180 It's easy to see the faults in others. 00:04:51.300 --> 00:04:53.600 But do we take a good look at ourselves? 00:04:54.400 --> 00:04:57.759 Those times when we start to compare ourselves to other people. 00:04:57.759 --> 00:05:00.639 Thinking that we're better in some way. 00:05:01.159 --> 00:05:02.759 Or when we look down on someone. 00:05:02.879 --> 00:05:08.360 Wondering how they could possibly call themselves a Christian and talk like that. 00:05:08.719 --> 00:05:10.420 Or act like that. 00:05:12.180 --> 00:05:13.639 And it's usually... 00:05:13.639 --> 00:05:16.360 We usually do that to make ourselves look better. 00:05:17.639 --> 00:05:19.000 You know, I don't talk like that. 00:05:19.039 --> 00:05:20.459 I don't act like that. 00:05:20.599 --> 00:05:22.259 Aren't I good? 00:05:22.259 --> 00:05:29.480 Well, here in this passage, in Luke's Gospel, 00:05:30.120 --> 00:05:34.920 we meet someone who has this kind of DIY thinking about God. 00:05:35.779 --> 00:05:38.980 And here Jesus is confronted by DIY religion. 00:05:40.219 --> 00:05:41.800 Jesus is on his way to Jerusalem 00:05:41.800 --> 00:05:46.719 and he's teaching his disciples along the way about what it means to follow him. 00:05:46.720 --> 00:05:51.160 When a religious lawyer, an expert in the law, 00:05:51.280 --> 00:05:53.160 he comes up to Jesus with a question. 00:05:53.760 --> 00:05:55.940 It's helpful if you've got your Bibles open in front of you. 00:05:56.680 --> 00:05:59.280 Look at verse 25 in this passage. 00:06:00.280 --> 00:06:02.000 Luke chapter 10, verse 25. 00:06:03.720 --> 00:06:07.620 On one occasion, an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. 00:06:08.440 --> 00:06:09.600 Teacher, he asked, 00:06:10.000 --> 00:06:13.980 what must I do to inherit eternal life? 00:06:13.980 --> 00:06:17.720 And initially, it looks like a pretty good question, doesn't it? 00:06:17.740 --> 00:06:20.520 What must I do to inherit eternal life? 00:06:21.200 --> 00:06:22.400 It seems to be a good question 00:06:22.400 --> 00:06:25.160 because it picks up what Jesus has just been saying 00:06:25.160 --> 00:06:27.060 in the previous chapter of Luke's Gospel. 00:06:28.280 --> 00:06:29.939 I mean, this man has come to Jesus 00:06:29.939 --> 00:06:33.819 and he's asking Jesus how he should follow Jesus. 00:06:35.420 --> 00:06:37.439 And we saw last week that the disciples, 00:06:37.439 --> 00:06:40.759 well, they haven't really understood what it means to follow Jesus. 00:06:41.480 --> 00:06:43.860 They understand that Jesus is the Christ, 00:06:43.860 --> 00:06:45.639 that he's God's anointed king. 00:06:47.660 --> 00:06:51.280 But they've not understood Jesus' call 00:06:51.280 --> 00:06:53.520 to follow him by denying themselves, 00:06:53.960 --> 00:06:56.520 by taking up their cross and following him. 00:06:57.639 --> 00:07:00.160 And so when this teacher of the law comes up to Jesus, 00:07:00.280 --> 00:07:02.400 we should find ourselves on the edge of our seats 00:07:02.400 --> 00:07:05.680 in anticipation when he asks, 00:07:06.180 --> 00:07:08.860 what must I do to inherit eternal life? 00:07:09.340 --> 00:07:10.879 I mean, it's a pretty good question, isn't it? 00:07:10.879 --> 00:07:12.759 We want to know too, what's the secret? 00:07:13.060 --> 00:07:15.279 What's the secret to following Jesus? 00:07:16.899 --> 00:07:19.800 Can't you just imagine yourself asking the same question? 00:07:21.480 --> 00:07:22.899 You see, we like things to be simple. 00:07:23.139 --> 00:07:24.540 We like shortcuts. 00:07:25.339 --> 00:07:27.699 You know, we all learn the back roads to miss the traffic, 00:07:28.300 --> 00:07:30.500 to miss those busy traffic lights or intersections. 00:07:30.500 --> 00:07:34.720 We always look for the shortest queue at the supermarket checkout. 00:07:35.579 --> 00:07:37.839 But have you noticed that the shortest queue always takes the longest? 00:07:38.079 --> 00:07:40.019 Whenever you get there, the other queues are always faster. 00:07:41.220 --> 00:07:42.860 Well, this guy is no different. 00:07:43.680 --> 00:07:45.660 He cuts to the chase and he says to Jesus, 00:07:45.800 --> 00:07:47.420 okay, Jesus, give it to me straight. 00:07:48.180 --> 00:07:50.399 What do I have to do to get to heaven? 00:07:52.480 --> 00:07:53.959 Well, maybe it's just a bloke thing. 00:07:54.100 --> 00:07:55.540 You know, don't give me all the details. 00:07:55.660 --> 00:07:56.920 Don't bore me with the details. 00:07:56.920 --> 00:07:58.640 Just give me the bottom line. 00:07:58.740 --> 00:07:59.819 What do I have to do? 00:08:01.640 --> 00:08:04.080 And Jesus knows this man is an expert in the law 00:08:04.080 --> 00:08:06.699 and so he throws the question straight back at him. 00:08:07.400 --> 00:08:08.500 Well, what do you think? 00:08:09.060 --> 00:08:09.980 Says Jesus. 00:08:11.379 --> 00:08:12.660 So it's a great technique, isn't it? 00:08:12.660 --> 00:08:14.340 When you're having conversations with people, 00:08:14.340 --> 00:08:17.860 it's hard to get to know someone if you're conducting a monologue. 00:08:18.280 --> 00:08:21.300 It's good to ask questions and that's how you get to know someone. 00:08:21.400 --> 00:08:24.160 And so Jesus asks him a question back. 00:08:24.160 --> 00:08:28.720 Well, you know your Bible, or the Old Testament at least at this point. 00:08:29.220 --> 00:08:31.939 And so Jesus asks him, so what do you think? 00:08:32.899 --> 00:08:35.259 Well, look at verses 26 to 28. 00:08:37.200 --> 00:08:39.120 What is written in the law, he replied. 00:08:39.220 --> 00:08:40.440 How do you read it? 00:08:40.700 --> 00:08:41.720 That's what Jesus says. 00:08:42.259 --> 00:08:43.160 And the guy answers, 00:08:43.159 --> 00:09:01.100 See, he seems to be spot on with his answer, doesn't he? 00:09:01.159 --> 00:09:04.959 I mean, even Jesus confirms his answer and says, 00:09:04.960 --> 00:09:07.100 Well, do this and you will live. 00:09:08.080 --> 00:09:10.400 What must I do to inherit eternal life? 00:09:11.120 --> 00:09:12.160 Well, the answer is simple. 00:09:12.340 --> 00:09:14.420 Love God and love your neighbor. 00:09:16.500 --> 00:09:17.860 But it does make you wonder, 00:09:17.980 --> 00:09:19.639 Well, if he knew the answer, 00:09:19.740 --> 00:09:22.040 why did he ask the question in the first place? 00:09:24.680 --> 00:09:26.180 Love God and love your neighbor. 00:09:26.240 --> 00:09:27.259 That's the secret to life. 00:09:27.300 --> 00:09:30.120 That's the secret to life with God, eternal life. 00:09:30.120 --> 00:09:34.740 And the expert in the law seems to have it nailed in one. 00:09:36.360 --> 00:09:38.720 But then we're given a glimpse into the real reason 00:09:38.720 --> 00:09:40.539 why this guy is asking the question. 00:09:41.500 --> 00:09:45.419 And Jesus opens up the religious expert's heart. 00:09:45.759 --> 00:09:49.279 He opens up his heart and exposes what's really there. 00:09:50.179 --> 00:09:51.700 You see, look at verse 29. 00:09:51.700 --> 00:09:54.700 But he wanted to justify himself. 00:09:55.780 --> 00:09:57.259 And so he asked Jesus, 00:09:58.080 --> 00:09:59.340 And who is my neighbor? 00:10:00.840 --> 00:10:02.700 He wanted to justify himself. 00:10:03.800 --> 00:10:06.520 See, at this point, it seems that all that's come before, 00:10:06.640 --> 00:10:08.340 all that's already happened in this dialogue 00:10:08.340 --> 00:10:10.780 between Jesus and this expert in the law, 00:10:11.520 --> 00:10:14.100 it seems that it's all just a facade. 00:10:14.840 --> 00:10:16.920 It seems that he was just trying to test Jesus 00:10:16.920 --> 00:10:18.800 to somehow catch Jesus out. 00:10:18.799 --> 00:10:22.240 That he wasn't really interested in Jesus' answer at all. 00:10:23.219 --> 00:10:25.139 In fact, if we were reading carefully, 00:10:25.279 --> 00:10:27.579 we would have noticed that back in verse 25. 00:10:28.879 --> 00:10:31.259 Where he says, Luke tells us, 00:10:31.799 --> 00:10:34.579 On one occasion, an expert in the law stood up 00:10:34.579 --> 00:10:37.240 to test Jesus. 00:10:38.000 --> 00:10:38.959 To test Jesus. 00:10:39.779 --> 00:10:41.139 He didn't really want to know the answer. 00:10:41.299 --> 00:10:43.019 He was trying to catch Jesus out. 00:10:43.319 --> 00:10:44.179 To show him up. 00:10:44.539 --> 00:10:46.259 Perhaps even to promote himself 00:10:46.259 --> 00:10:48.559 as someone who knows the law pretty well. 00:10:48.759 --> 00:10:51.500 And to do that at Jesus' expense. 00:10:51.740 --> 00:10:53.960 To make Jesus look silly and promote himself. 00:10:54.720 --> 00:10:56.600 Showing himself to be more knowledgeable. 00:10:58.059 --> 00:10:59.659 But Jesus calls his bluff 00:10:59.659 --> 00:11:01.580 and he turns the tables around on him 00:11:01.580 --> 00:11:03.240 and exposes his heart. 00:11:04.720 --> 00:11:06.580 And so the expert in the law pushes further 00:11:06.580 --> 00:11:08.179 to justify himself. 00:11:09.080 --> 00:11:11.039 And perhaps even to get a second chance 00:11:11.039 --> 00:11:11.860 to test Jesus. 00:11:12.600 --> 00:11:13.419 And so he asks, 00:11:13.419 --> 00:11:15.439 Well, who is my neighbor then? 00:11:16.700 --> 00:11:18.939 And Jesus replies with a story. 00:11:19.700 --> 00:11:20.700 It's a parable. 00:11:20.919 --> 00:11:22.740 It's a fairly familiar parable 00:11:22.740 --> 00:11:23.899 to many of us, isn't it? 00:11:24.919 --> 00:11:26.439 But as we read this parable, 00:11:26.539 --> 00:11:27.879 it's crucial that we understand 00:11:27.879 --> 00:11:30.819 who it is who is asking Jesus this question. 00:11:31.779 --> 00:11:34.759 For Jesus knows this man's heart. 00:11:35.720 --> 00:11:37.899 And so he tailor-makes this parable 00:11:37.899 --> 00:11:39.419 to challenge him, 00:11:39.500 --> 00:11:42.139 to hit him where he needs to be hit. 00:11:43.139 --> 00:11:45.620 Now here this man is an expert in the law. 00:11:46.659 --> 00:11:48.179 And so as the story unfolds, 00:11:48.220 --> 00:11:50.179 we read of a man or hear of a man 00:11:50.179 --> 00:11:52.340 heading down from Jerusalem to Jericho 00:11:52.340 --> 00:11:54.500 and he's robbed and he's beaten 00:11:54.500 --> 00:11:56.360 and he's left half dead. 00:11:57.460 --> 00:11:59.580 And the first two characters we meet 00:11:59.580 --> 00:12:01.519 is a priest and a Levite. 00:12:03.000 --> 00:12:04.600 And what should we know about them? 00:12:04.600 --> 00:12:06.440 Well, they're both religious experts. 00:12:06.560 --> 00:12:08.420 They're both experts in the law. 00:12:09.100 --> 00:12:11.300 Just like the man speaking to Jesus, 00:12:11.480 --> 00:12:13.519 these two men both know the law. 00:12:15.019 --> 00:12:17.139 But it appears they know the letter of the law 00:12:17.139 --> 00:12:18.700 but not the essence of the law. 00:12:19.340 --> 00:12:20.240 They've got knowledge 00:12:20.240 --> 00:12:21.639 but they don't have understanding. 00:12:21.779 --> 00:12:23.300 They don't understand God's character. 00:12:23.440 --> 00:12:25.139 They don't have any mercy 00:12:25.139 --> 00:12:27.519 or compassion for those around them. 00:12:28.860 --> 00:12:30.800 You see, we're not told the exact reason 00:12:30.799 --> 00:12:33.120 why the priest and the Levite walk past this man 00:12:33.120 --> 00:12:36.019 just that they don't stop to help. 00:12:37.120 --> 00:12:39.719 Although we are given a few hints in the direction. 00:12:41.099 --> 00:12:43.500 And so we are told that this man 00:12:43.500 --> 00:12:44.919 falls into the hands of robbers 00:12:44.919 --> 00:12:47.859 who strip him and beat him 00:12:47.859 --> 00:12:49.439 and leave him half dead. 00:12:51.259 --> 00:12:53.919 And since the first two men knew the law of Moses, 00:12:54.039 --> 00:12:56.079 they knew what the consequences would be 00:12:56.080 --> 00:12:59.240 if they stopped and touched this man 00:12:59.240 --> 00:13:00.759 if he was dead. 00:13:01.320 --> 00:13:02.660 He's lying there half dead. 00:13:02.840 --> 00:13:04.160 They didn't perhaps know 00:13:04.160 --> 00:13:05.360 whether he was dead or alive 00:13:05.360 --> 00:13:08.040 and so they erred on the side of caution 00:13:08.040 --> 00:13:10.480 and decided not to get involved. 00:13:12.000 --> 00:13:14.220 If they had have touched an unclean body, 00:13:14.300 --> 00:13:14.940 a dead body, 00:13:15.759 --> 00:13:16.840 well, they would have to go through 00:13:16.840 --> 00:13:18.200 certain ceremonial rites 00:13:18.200 --> 00:13:20.560 and they would be unclean for seven days 00:13:20.560 --> 00:13:21.680 and it would be a lot of effort 00:13:21.680 --> 00:13:22.980 on the third and seventh day 00:13:22.980 --> 00:13:25.440 to go through cleansing kind of ceremonies. 00:13:26.080 --> 00:13:29.840 And so it would have put them out 00:13:29.840 --> 00:13:31.540 to do that. 00:13:32.660 --> 00:13:34.060 And it doesn't seem the reason 00:13:34.060 --> 00:13:36.220 these men didn't stop to help 00:13:36.220 --> 00:13:39.400 was because they were on their way up to Jerusalem 00:13:39.400 --> 00:13:41.020 and they didn't want to be unclean 00:13:41.020 --> 00:13:42.900 and so not go to the temple. 00:13:43.000 --> 00:13:44.700 That doesn't seem to be the reason 00:13:44.700 --> 00:13:46.660 because it appears that these men 00:13:46.660 --> 00:13:48.340 are actually coming from Jerusalem. 00:13:50.980 --> 00:13:52.240 I haven't been to Jerusalem 00:13:52.240 --> 00:13:53.580 but as my understanding is, 00:13:53.680 --> 00:13:55.080 Jerusalem's on a mountain. 00:13:55.080 --> 00:13:56.759 Jerusalem, hence Mount Zion 00:13:56.759 --> 00:13:59.340 and the road from Jerusalem 00:13:59.340 --> 00:14:01.700 winds its way down to Jericho 00:14:01.700 --> 00:14:03.139 and so you would head down 00:14:03.139 --> 00:14:04.720 from Jerusalem to Jericho. 00:14:05.420 --> 00:14:07.259 And that's the way Jesus describes 00:14:07.259 --> 00:14:08.480 this story. 00:14:08.980 --> 00:14:10.000 And so in verse 30, 00:14:11.120 --> 00:14:12.040 Jesus says, 00:14:12.120 --> 00:14:13.480 a man was going down 00:14:13.480 --> 00:14:15.320 from Jerusalem to Jericho. 00:14:15.320 --> 00:14:19.280 And we also read that the priest 00:14:19.280 --> 00:14:20.560 and the Levite do the same. 00:14:20.640 --> 00:14:21.440 In verse 31, 00:14:22.160 --> 00:14:23.680 a priest happened to be going down 00:14:23.680 --> 00:14:24.600 the same road. 00:14:25.080 --> 00:14:26.800 It seems that they're leaving Jerusalem 00:14:26.800 --> 00:14:29.620 and going on the road to Jericho. 00:14:31.080 --> 00:14:32.980 And so it's not that they've got the excuse 00:14:32.980 --> 00:14:33.940 of going to the temple 00:14:33.940 --> 00:14:35.260 that they don't want to be defiled. 00:14:35.340 --> 00:14:37.080 It just seems an inconvenience. 00:14:37.080 --> 00:14:39.139 It's, 00:14:39.440 --> 00:14:40.259 and so they're not, 00:14:40.680 --> 00:14:41.540 it's not that they're worried 00:14:41.540 --> 00:14:42.480 that they won't be able to worship 00:14:42.480 --> 00:14:43.160 at the temple, 00:14:44.100 --> 00:14:46.200 but they still don't want to defile themselves 00:14:46.200 --> 00:14:47.480 by helping this man. 00:14:48.460 --> 00:14:48.700 See, 00:14:48.759 --> 00:14:50.139 these two religious people 00:14:50.139 --> 00:14:52.100 are proficient in the law, 00:14:52.200 --> 00:14:53.980 but they don't want to put themselves out 00:14:53.980 --> 00:14:56.400 to help someone in great need. 00:14:56.399 --> 00:15:00.600 And so you can imagine them 00:15:00.600 --> 00:15:02.120 even perhaps using God 00:15:02.120 --> 00:15:03.939 as an excuse not to help this man. 00:15:04.039 --> 00:15:05.100 I need to say pure 00:15:05.100 --> 00:15:07.639 so I can serve God better. 00:15:08.240 --> 00:15:09.139 Perhaps it's piety 00:15:09.139 --> 00:15:10.059 that's got in the way. 00:15:10.919 --> 00:15:12.919 And so they fail to love their neighbor 00:15:12.919 --> 00:15:14.620 who is in desperate need. 00:15:15.579 --> 00:15:16.519 But in doing so, 00:15:16.600 --> 00:15:18.559 they're failing to love God as well. 00:15:19.360 --> 00:15:19.559 See, 00:15:19.620 --> 00:15:20.740 it's not those two commands 00:15:20.740 --> 00:15:21.960 kind of a mutually exclusive 00:15:21.960 --> 00:15:23.299 that we love God 00:15:23.299 --> 00:15:24.379 or we love our neighbor 00:15:24.379 --> 00:15:25.840 and we can take either route. 00:15:27.259 --> 00:15:27.579 No, 00:15:27.639 --> 00:15:28.559 as we love God, 00:15:28.639 --> 00:15:30.000 we will act 00:15:30.000 --> 00:15:31.480 as God does 00:15:31.480 --> 00:15:32.740 to those around us. 00:15:32.799 --> 00:15:34.240 With mercy and compassion, 00:15:34.360 --> 00:15:35.740 we will love our neighbor. 00:15:36.939 --> 00:15:38.679 How can we experience God's love 00:15:38.679 --> 00:15:40.980 and fail to love those around us? 00:15:43.699 --> 00:15:44.959 And so we're challenged 00:15:44.959 --> 00:15:46.360 as these people refuse 00:15:46.360 --> 00:15:47.360 to get involved. 00:15:48.360 --> 00:15:49.419 And then Jesus, 00:15:49.959 --> 00:15:50.120 well, 00:15:50.159 --> 00:15:51.419 he throws in a bit of a googly. 00:15:52.360 --> 00:15:53.439 Or if you're not into cricket, 00:15:53.559 --> 00:15:54.279 it's called a rongan, 00:15:54.319 --> 00:15:54.840 I think nowadays. 00:15:55.360 --> 00:15:56.100 He brings in 00:15:56.100 --> 00:15:57.920 an unexpected character. 00:15:58.700 --> 00:16:00.180 And so enter stage left 00:16:00.180 --> 00:16:01.759 comes a Samaritan. 00:16:03.360 --> 00:16:04.460 Now there's no love lost 00:16:04.460 --> 00:16:05.399 in Jesus' day 00:16:05.399 --> 00:16:06.700 between the Jewish people 00:16:06.700 --> 00:16:08.000 and the Samaritans. 00:16:08.980 --> 00:16:09.940 And so if you remember 00:16:09.940 --> 00:16:10.899 in John's Gospel 00:16:10.899 --> 00:16:12.360 as Jesus meets 00:16:12.360 --> 00:16:13.259 the woman at the well, 00:16:13.360 --> 00:16:14.139 the Samaritan woman 00:16:14.139 --> 00:16:14.680 at the well, 00:16:15.259 --> 00:16:16.120 John gives us 00:16:16.120 --> 00:16:17.920 a little editor's note 00:16:17.920 --> 00:16:18.800 to say that 00:16:18.800 --> 00:16:20.340 it was surprising 00:16:20.340 --> 00:16:21.340 because Jews 00:16:21.340 --> 00:16:22.100 don't associate 00:16:22.100 --> 00:16:23.279 with Samaritans. 00:16:24.360 --> 00:16:25.320 And so the disciples 00:16:25.320 --> 00:16:26.159 probably wouldn't have 00:16:26.159 --> 00:16:27.100 thought twice 00:16:27.100 --> 00:16:28.519 about calling down 00:16:28.519 --> 00:16:29.440 fire from heaven 00:16:29.440 --> 00:16:30.259 on the village 00:16:30.259 --> 00:16:31.399 in chapter 9 00:16:31.399 --> 00:16:32.740 that you looked at last week. 00:16:33.460 --> 00:16:33.700 You know, 00:16:33.700 --> 00:16:34.480 might have been doing 00:16:34.480 --> 00:16:35.620 God a bit of a favor 00:16:35.620 --> 00:16:36.360 to smite 00:16:36.360 --> 00:16:37.860 a Samaritan village. 00:16:38.300 --> 00:16:39.200 What would one village 00:16:39.200 --> 00:16:39.879 less be? 00:16:40.980 --> 00:16:41.720 And so it would have 00:16:41.720 --> 00:16:42.320 shocked Jesus' 00:16:42.580 --> 00:16:43.180 hearers 00:16:43.180 --> 00:16:44.639 that a Samaritan 00:16:44.639 --> 00:16:45.560 would be a hero 00:16:45.560 --> 00:16:46.519 of a story. 00:16:47.700 --> 00:16:48.480 It would be like, 00:16:48.700 --> 00:16:49.220 you know, 00:16:49.220 --> 00:16:49.960 a drug dealer 00:16:49.960 --> 00:16:50.680 being the hero 00:16:50.680 --> 00:16:51.379 of a story 00:16:51.379 --> 00:16:53.320 or a pimp 00:16:53.320 --> 00:16:54.240 or 00:16:54.240 --> 00:16:56.820 insert, 00:16:56.960 --> 00:16:57.580 someone that would 00:16:57.580 --> 00:16:57.980 kind of add 00:16:57.980 --> 00:16:58.879 shocking value. 00:16:59.399 --> 00:17:00.620 It would be a surprise 00:17:00.620 --> 00:17:01.460 that a Samaritan 00:17:01.460 --> 00:17:02.320 would be the hero 00:17:02.320 --> 00:17:03.279 here in this story. 00:17:03.779 --> 00:17:04.680 And even the expert 00:17:04.680 --> 00:17:05.440 of the law 00:17:05.440 --> 00:17:06.620 who's stood up 00:17:06.620 --> 00:17:07.600 to test Jesus, 00:17:08.319 --> 00:17:09.660 he himself acknowledges 00:17:09.660 --> 00:17:10.620 that it's the Samaritan 00:17:10.620 --> 00:17:11.339 in the parable 00:17:11.339 --> 00:17:12.539 who is the one 00:17:12.539 --> 00:17:13.420 who acts rightly, 00:17:13.839 --> 00:17:14.940 who acts mercifully 00:17:14.940 --> 00:17:16.579 towards the half-dead man. 00:17:19.220 --> 00:17:20.039 The Samaritan 00:17:20.039 --> 00:17:21.000 who is considered 00:17:21.000 --> 00:17:22.559 to be defiled 00:17:22.559 --> 00:17:23.360 by Jews, 00:17:23.680 --> 00:17:24.259 who's considered 00:17:24.259 --> 00:17:25.980 to be a half-caste Jew, 00:17:27.240 --> 00:17:27.960 he is the one 00:17:27.960 --> 00:17:29.339 who acts in a manner 00:17:29.339 --> 00:17:31.259 worthy of one 00:17:31.259 --> 00:17:31.960 who would inherit 00:17:31.960 --> 00:17:32.980 eternal life. 00:17:33.799 --> 00:17:34.720 He acts in a manner 00:17:34.720 --> 00:17:35.660 of one 00:17:35.660 --> 00:17:36.500 who would inherit 00:17:36.500 --> 00:17:37.420 eternal life. 00:17:38.600 --> 00:17:39.279 And yet the religious 00:17:39.279 --> 00:17:40.319 experts in the law, 00:17:40.400 --> 00:17:41.200 the ones we think 00:17:41.200 --> 00:17:42.180 would be on the inside, 00:17:42.380 --> 00:17:43.420 they fail to act 00:17:43.420 --> 00:17:44.100 as one who would 00:17:44.100 --> 00:17:45.299 inherit eternal life. 00:17:46.579 --> 00:17:47.400 See, the story 00:17:47.400 --> 00:17:48.539 seems to be upside down. 00:17:48.539 --> 00:17:49.259 Who is in 00:17:49.259 --> 00:17:50.220 and who is out, 00:17:50.720 --> 00:17:51.960 it's all back to front. 00:17:52.420 --> 00:17:53.680 Surely the religious guys, 00:17:53.740 --> 00:17:54.460 they should be in. 00:17:55.259 --> 00:17:55.619 But no, 00:17:55.659 --> 00:17:56.579 it's the Samaritan. 00:17:58.240 --> 00:17:59.519 How could the Samaritan 00:17:59.519 --> 00:17:59.960 get in 00:17:59.960 --> 00:18:00.720 and the Levite 00:18:00.720 --> 00:18:02.000 and the priest not? 00:18:03.119 --> 00:18:04.559 Jesus is clearly showing 00:18:04.559 --> 00:18:05.339 that it's not about 00:18:05.339 --> 00:18:06.460 position or status. 00:18:07.139 --> 00:18:08.299 It's not about titles 00:18:08.299 --> 00:18:09.200 or roles. 00:18:09.819 --> 00:18:10.740 Something else 00:18:10.740 --> 00:18:11.759 is going on here. 00:18:12.980 --> 00:18:13.899 This is no 00:18:13.899 --> 00:18:15.299 sentimental story 00:18:15.299 --> 00:18:15.759 that Jesus 00:18:15.759 --> 00:18:16.960 is telling us about, 00:18:17.480 --> 00:18:17.740 you know, 00:18:17.740 --> 00:18:18.380 about how we should 00:18:18.380 --> 00:18:19.539 be nice to our sister 00:18:19.539 --> 00:18:21.279 or be good to your mother. 00:18:22.720 --> 00:18:23.480 Nor is it about 00:18:23.480 --> 00:18:25.039 being nice to those 00:18:25.039 --> 00:18:25.859 who are nice to you. 00:18:25.940 --> 00:18:26.099 You know, 00:18:26.140 --> 00:18:27.359 I'll only lend my lawnmower 00:18:27.359 --> 00:18:28.700 to the neighbour I like, 00:18:28.980 --> 00:18:29.900 not to the neighbour 00:18:29.900 --> 00:18:30.940 that I don't like. 00:18:32.380 --> 00:18:32.700 You see, 00:18:32.759 --> 00:18:33.799 Jesus is challenging 00:18:33.799 --> 00:18:34.500 the very way 00:18:34.500 --> 00:18:35.519 we view people 00:18:35.519 --> 00:18:36.420 and the way 00:18:36.420 --> 00:18:37.420 we judge people 00:18:37.420 --> 00:18:38.339 around us. 00:18:39.120 --> 00:18:40.380 Who are the needy? 00:18:41.960 --> 00:18:43.079 Who can we act 00:18:43.079 --> 00:18:44.140 mercifully towards? 00:18:44.140 --> 00:18:46.500 Do we kind of 00:18:46.500 --> 00:18:47.820 judge people 00:18:47.820 --> 00:18:48.480 we look at 00:18:48.480 --> 00:18:49.160 and decide 00:18:49.160 --> 00:18:49.740 who we're going 00:18:49.740 --> 00:18:50.720 to get involved with 00:18:50.720 --> 00:18:51.420 and who not? 00:18:51.540 --> 00:18:52.020 Who's going to be 00:18:52.020 --> 00:18:52.620 less effort? 00:18:52.980 --> 00:18:54.160 Who's more like us? 00:18:56.320 --> 00:18:56.640 See, 00:18:56.680 --> 00:18:57.040 it's interesting 00:18:57.040 --> 00:18:57.780 as I came up 00:18:57.780 --> 00:18:58.700 to St Paul's here 00:18:58.700 --> 00:18:59.300 on Friday 00:18:59.300 --> 00:19:00.880 afternoon, 00:19:01.240 --> 00:19:02.040 I caught the train 00:19:02.040 --> 00:19:02.720 here with the kids 00:19:02.720 --> 00:19:03.600 to pick up a car 00:19:03.600 --> 00:19:04.100 that someone 00:19:04.100 --> 00:19:05.440 from St Paul's 00:19:05.440 --> 00:19:07.160 was lending to us. 00:19:07.680 --> 00:19:08.440 And I was walking up 00:19:08.440 --> 00:19:09.600 from Chatswood Station 00:19:09.599 --> 00:19:11.659 with my four children 00:19:11.659 --> 00:19:12.199 around me 00:19:12.199 --> 00:19:14.279 and there was a group 00:19:14.279 --> 00:19:15.480 of about seven or eight 00:19:15.480 --> 00:19:17.179 fifteen year olds 00:19:17.179 --> 00:19:17.679 they looked 00:19:17.679 --> 00:19:19.879 and they had bottles 00:19:19.879 --> 00:19:20.439 of beer 00:19:20.439 --> 00:19:21.579 and a cask of wine 00:19:21.579 --> 00:19:22.319 and they were drinking 00:19:22.319 --> 00:19:24.299 and carrying on 00:19:24.299 --> 00:19:25.699 filling in their 00:19:25.699 --> 00:19:26.339 school holidays 00:19:26.339 --> 00:19:26.859 no doubt. 00:19:27.779 --> 00:19:28.579 But I started to get 00:19:28.579 --> 00:19:29.240 a bit concerned 00:19:29.240 --> 00:19:30.079 about my children 00:19:30.079 --> 00:19:30.859 and I didn't really 00:19:30.859 --> 00:19:31.659 want them to be 00:19:31.659 --> 00:19:32.919 near this group 00:19:32.919 --> 00:19:34.039 of kids 00:19:34.039 --> 00:19:34.519 that looked 00:19:34.519 --> 00:19:35.459 like they were 00:19:35.459 --> 00:19:36.059 looking for some 00:19:36.059 --> 00:19:37.039 mischief to get up to 00:19:37.039 --> 00:19:38.819 and smashed a bottle 00:19:38.819 --> 00:19:40.539 and so I was 00:19:40.539 --> 00:19:41.079 quite concerned. 00:19:41.259 --> 00:19:42.000 I kind of didn't 00:19:42.000 --> 00:19:42.799 really want anything 00:19:42.799 --> 00:19:43.419 to do with them 00:19:43.419 --> 00:19:44.059 particularly because 00:19:44.059 --> 00:19:44.899 I had my children 00:19:44.899 --> 00:19:45.619 with me. 00:19:48.799 --> 00:19:49.939 And I was saddened 00:19:49.939 --> 00:19:50.759 as I thought back 00:19:50.759 --> 00:19:51.059 on it 00:19:51.059 --> 00:19:51.579 and I thought 00:19:51.579 --> 00:19:53.339 isn't it interesting 00:19:53.339 --> 00:19:53.859 that I'm 00:19:53.859 --> 00:19:56.519 quite concerned 00:19:56.519 --> 00:19:57.299 about my kids 00:19:57.299 --> 00:19:57.960 whom I love 00:19:57.960 --> 00:19:58.720 and yet here are 00:19:58.720 --> 00:19:59.819 some needy 00:19:59.819 --> 00:20:00.500 teenagers 00:20:00.500 --> 00:20:01.519 here in Chatswood 00:20:01.519 --> 00:20:04.639 turning to alcohol 00:20:04.639 --> 00:20:05.879 to fulfil 00:20:05.879 --> 00:20:06.859 their felt needs 00:20:06.859 --> 00:20:07.859 kids 00:20:07.859 --> 00:20:09.379 and not even 00:20:09.379 --> 00:20:09.939 realising 00:20:09.939 --> 00:20:10.359 what their 00:20:10.359 --> 00:20:11.059 greater needs 00:20:11.059 --> 00:20:11.399 were. 00:20:11.539 --> 00:20:12.459 Kids who needed 00:20:12.459 --> 00:20:13.079 mercy 00:20:13.079 --> 00:20:14.559 and yet didn't 00:20:14.559 --> 00:20:15.559 even realise it 00:20:15.559 --> 00:20:17.319 and here I was 00:20:17.319 --> 00:20:19.039 stepping around 00:20:19.039 --> 00:20:19.419 them 00:20:19.419 --> 00:20:20.719 to go on my 00:20:20.719 --> 00:20:21.119 way. 00:20:22.740 --> 00:20:23.359 You see 00:20:23.359 --> 00:20:23.819 there's plenty 00:20:23.819 --> 00:20:24.619 of needy people 00:20:24.619 --> 00:20:25.259 throughout our 00:20:25.259 --> 00:20:25.699 community 00:20:25.699 --> 00:20:27.079 not just 00:20:27.079 --> 00:20:27.539 teenagers 00:20:27.539 --> 00:20:28.179 but people 00:20:28.179 --> 00:20:29.199 of all ages 00:20:29.199 --> 00:20:29.939 and stages 00:20:29.939 --> 00:20:31.199 people 00:20:31.199 --> 00:20:32.339 who are half 00:20:32.339 --> 00:20:32.699 dead 00:20:32.699 --> 00:20:34.119 people who are 00:20:34.119 --> 00:20:34.559 broken 00:20:34.559 --> 00:20:35.279 people who 00:20:35.279 --> 00:20:35.819 are without 00:20:35.819 --> 00:20:36.419 hope in 00:20:36.419 --> 00:20:37.179 this world 00:20:37.179 --> 00:20:38.399 yearning for 00:20:38.399 --> 00:20:38.779 something 00:20:38.779 --> 00:20:39.159 better. 00:20:41.960 --> 00:20:42.659 And that's 00:20:42.659 --> 00:20:43.220 what Jesus 00:20:43.220 --> 00:20:44.119 is challenging 00:20:44.119 --> 00:20:44.919 this expert 00:20:44.919 --> 00:20:45.379 in the law 00:20:45.379 --> 00:20:46.079 about where 00:20:46.079 --> 00:20:46.799 is his heart 00:20:46.799 --> 00:20:47.639 really at? 00:20:48.480 --> 00:20:49.079 How does he 00:20:49.079 --> 00:20:49.599 view people? 00:20:49.659 --> 00:20:50.240 Does he view 00:20:50.240 --> 00:20:51.039 people the way 00:20:51.039 --> 00:20:52.099 God does? 00:20:52.399 --> 00:20:53.419 With compassion 00:20:53.419 --> 00:20:54.399 with mercy? 00:20:56.480 --> 00:20:57.200 Or are we 00:20:57.200 --> 00:20:57.720 so busy 00:20:57.720 --> 00:20:58.259 we just go 00:20:58.259 --> 00:20:58.759 on our way? 00:20:58.759 --> 00:21:02.119 But Jesus 00:21:02.119 --> 00:21:02.980 isn't teaching 00:21:02.980 --> 00:21:04.079 Christian moralism 00:21:04.079 --> 00:21:04.799 here either 00:21:04.799 --> 00:21:06.099 as if the way 00:21:06.099 --> 00:21:06.599 to get to 00:21:06.599 --> 00:21:07.259 heaven is by 00:21:07.259 --> 00:21:07.900 being good 00:21:07.900 --> 00:21:08.359 enough. 00:21:08.819 --> 00:21:08.960 You know 00:21:08.960 --> 00:21:09.440 you've got to 00:21:09.440 --> 00:21:10.980 be a good 00:21:10.980 --> 00:21:11.759 Samaritan to 00:21:11.759 --> 00:21:12.460 enough people 00:21:12.460 --> 00:21:13.039 to somehow 00:21:13.039 --> 00:21:13.779 earn God's 00:21:13.779 --> 00:21:14.180 favour. 00:21:14.900 --> 00:21:15.420 If you help 00:21:15.420 --> 00:21:16.000 enough people 00:21:16.000 --> 00:21:16.519 then surely 00:21:16.519 --> 00:21:17.240 God will let 00:21:17.240 --> 00:21:17.859 you into his 00:21:17.859 --> 00:21:18.259 heaven. 00:21:19.539 --> 00:21:19.839 You see 00:21:19.839 --> 00:21:20.599 that's confusing 00:21:20.599 --> 00:21:21.480 the two questions 00:21:21.480 --> 00:21:22.180 that the expert 00:21:22.180 --> 00:21:22.519 in the law 00:21:22.519 --> 00:21:23.019 is asking 00:21:23.019 --> 00:21:23.420 here. 00:21:24.700 --> 00:21:25.339 You see 00:21:25.339 --> 00:21:25.859 the parable 00:21:25.859 --> 00:21:26.319 that Jesus 00:21:26.319 --> 00:21:27.359 tells here 00:21:27.359 --> 00:21:28.240 is in 00:21:28.240 --> 00:21:28.899 response to 00:21:28.899 --> 00:21:29.519 the question 00:21:29.519 --> 00:21:30.659 who is 00:21:30.659 --> 00:21:31.299 my neighbour? 00:21:31.899 --> 00:21:32.439 It's not 00:21:32.439 --> 00:21:33.059 the complete 00:21:33.059 --> 00:21:33.639 answer to 00:21:33.639 --> 00:21:34.299 what I must 00:21:34.299 --> 00:21:34.639 do to 00:21:34.639 --> 00:21:35.299 inherit eternal 00:21:35.299 --> 00:21:35.879 life. 00:21:36.539 --> 00:21:36.919 See we've 00:21:36.919 --> 00:21:37.259 already been 00:21:37.259 --> 00:21:37.659 told the 00:21:37.659 --> 00:21:38.019 answer to 00:21:38.019 --> 00:21:38.459 that question 00:21:38.459 --> 00:21:38.719 we're to 00:21:38.719 --> 00:21:39.599 love God 00:21:39.599 --> 00:21:40.479 and love 00:21:40.479 --> 00:21:41.019 our neighbour. 00:21:42.000 --> 00:21:42.319 We're to 00:21:42.319 --> 00:21:42.879 love God 00:21:42.879 --> 00:21:43.319 and love 00:21:43.319 --> 00:21:43.740 our neighbour 00:21:43.740 --> 00:21:44.240 and Jesus 00:21:44.240 --> 00:21:44.699 is just 00:21:44.699 --> 00:21:45.279 illustrating 00:21:45.279 --> 00:21:45.839 this point 00:21:45.839 --> 00:21:46.479 over here. 00:21:47.139 --> 00:21:47.399 We're to 00:21:47.399 --> 00:21:47.939 love God 00:21:47.939 --> 00:21:48.339 and love 00:21:48.339 --> 00:21:48.799 our neighbour. 00:21:50.439 --> 00:21:50.679 And so 00:21:50.679 --> 00:21:51.059 Jesus 00:21:51.059 --> 00:21:51.839 he turns 00:21:51.839 --> 00:21:52.399 the table 00:21:52.399 --> 00:21:52.679 on the 00:21:52.679 --> 00:21:53.139 expert in 00:21:53.139 --> 00:21:53.559 the law 00:21:53.559 --> 00:21:54.299 because the 00:21:54.299 --> 00:21:55.419 religious 00:21:55.419 --> 00:21:56.079 lawyer he's 00:21:56.079 --> 00:21:56.579 come up to 00:21:56.579 --> 00:21:56.979 test 00:21:57.359 --> 00:21:59.079 but instead 00:21:59.079 --> 00:21:59.779 it's Jesus 00:21:59.779 --> 00:22:00.619 who puts 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