WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:06.500 It'd be great if you can get your Bibles open at Luke chapter 10, if you haven't got there already. 00:00:06.640 --> 00:00:12.019 And also the St. Paul's app has an outline for today's message, The Generous Life. 00:00:13.439 --> 00:00:20.280 Historical study has revealed that Karl Marx, the self-proclaimed defender of the working class 00:00:20.280 --> 00:00:31.000 and the working class public, never truly knew or had any relationship with a single member 00:00:31.000 --> 00:00:32.840 of the working class public. 00:00:34.020 --> 00:00:43.380 So far as researchers know, he never set foot in a flour mill, in a factory, in a mine, 00:00:43.780 --> 00:00:47.579 or any industrial workplace in his entire life. 00:00:47.579 --> 00:00:55.839 He lived a carefree, bohemian lifestyle, an intellectual lifestyle. 00:00:56.920 --> 00:01:04.420 He knew poverty because of his lifestyle choices, but he always kept company with middle class 00:01:04.420 --> 00:01:05.280 intellectuals. 00:01:06.439 --> 00:01:14.900 When he created the Communist League, he made sure that working class socialists were eliminated 00:01:14.900 --> 00:01:18.160 from any positions of power and influence in the organisation. 00:01:20.060 --> 00:01:27.920 It is also clear for all his endeavours to be the social benefactor of humanity, he disliked 00:01:27.920 --> 00:01:28.440 people. 00:01:29.820 --> 00:01:35.700 And he continuously fought with members of his own family and circle of friends. 00:01:35.700 --> 00:01:45.780 Marx lived his life in an atmosphere of verbal violence, quarrelling with everyone with whom 00:01:45.780 --> 00:01:48.439 he associated with, with any length of time. 00:01:50.040 --> 00:01:55.240 He worked hard, in fact, most of his life to become middle class. 00:01:55.239 --> 00:02:02.599 He spent the last two decades of his life in a comfortable middle class homes. 00:02:03.319 --> 00:02:09.340 And for the last 10 years of his life, he never had anything less than two servants. 00:02:14.259 --> 00:02:15.780 Why do I mention that? 00:02:15.780 --> 00:02:26.379 It's because it is so hard for humans to live up to what we champion intellectually. 00:02:27.379 --> 00:02:33.420 It is so hard for us to live out what we hold to as being our belief system. 00:02:35.300 --> 00:02:42.460 You know, it's not uncommon to love the idea of loving people than actually loving people 00:02:42.460 --> 00:02:43.020 themselves. 00:02:43.020 --> 00:02:50.760 Now, from a biblical perspective, our love for people is even more revealing. 00:02:52.939 --> 00:03:00.520 Because it indicates the authenticity and the health of our relationship with God. 00:03:01.980 --> 00:03:04.540 The spiritual logic is clear. 00:03:05.820 --> 00:03:08.800 Love for God produces love for people. 00:03:08.800 --> 00:03:16.140 And when you turn that spiritual logic around on its head, you can discern a love for God 00:03:16.140 --> 00:03:20.340 by the existence of love for others. 00:03:22.540 --> 00:03:23.719 That's the correlation. 00:03:25.720 --> 00:03:28.439 And it's there in the Old Testament and the New Testament. 00:03:28.439 --> 00:03:37.620 And so today we're entering into this new series called Generous God. 00:03:39.039 --> 00:03:41.680 And it's going to carry us to the end of term. 00:03:42.680 --> 00:03:53.379 And the basic idea is that God's generosity to us in Jesus Christ produces a life of generosity. 00:03:53.379 --> 00:04:03.859 Or another way to put that, God's love for us produces a life of love. 00:04:04.659 --> 00:04:07.799 Sacrifice produces sacrifice. 00:04:07.800 --> 00:04:18.620 Now, when I say generosity, I'm not meaning exclusively or primarily money. 00:04:20.280 --> 00:04:23.500 I mean generosity in all of life. 00:04:25.259 --> 00:04:29.019 Money is but a means of transaction. 00:04:29.019 --> 00:04:33.560 It's a commodity in the same way that my time is a commodity. 00:04:34.199 --> 00:04:39.379 Some of us can be generous with finances but not generous at all with our time. 00:04:39.919 --> 00:04:42.259 And not generous with our emotional life. 00:04:44.000 --> 00:04:46.579 I'm talking here about generosity in all of life. 00:04:46.659 --> 00:04:50.979 With times, talents, treasures, testimony, relationships, hospitality, forgiveness. 00:04:51.399 --> 00:04:52.379 All of life. 00:04:53.599 --> 00:04:54.579 A life of love. 00:04:54.579 --> 00:05:00.319 Now, our text for this series is the travel narrative in Luke. 00:05:00.759 --> 00:05:05.579 And it's called the travel narrative in Luke because Jesus is traveling. 00:05:07.259 --> 00:05:08.259 Who would have thought? 00:05:08.919 --> 00:05:11.500 He's on a journey with his disciples. 00:05:12.699 --> 00:05:18.439 Starts at Luke chapter 9 verse 51 where Jesus resolutely, it says there, 00:05:18.519 --> 00:05:20.779 he set his face to Jerusalem. 00:05:20.779 --> 00:05:28.599 And it ends in chapter 19 verse 44 when we discover that Jesus has arrived in Jerusalem. 00:05:29.379 --> 00:05:33.859 And all the way along he teaches his disciples what it means to follow him. 00:05:34.879 --> 00:05:36.899 And he says some radical stuff. 00:05:38.439 --> 00:05:42.719 What we discover in the travel narrative is through the stories Jesus tells 00:05:42.719 --> 00:05:47.879 that he turns the thinking of the world upside down and inside out. 00:05:47.879 --> 00:05:51.459 Hence the graphic we have in front of us of a wheat field that's upside down. 00:05:51.800 --> 00:05:52.899 Not because we're in Australia. 00:05:53.379 --> 00:05:54.980 It's because it's upside down. 00:05:55.259 --> 00:06:03.100 The travel narrative of all these stories that Jesus tells is he messes with the value system 00:06:03.100 --> 00:06:04.240 of the world in which we live. 00:06:04.240 --> 00:06:15.500 And there's probably no greater story, more controversial story he told 00:06:15.500 --> 00:06:19.639 than the story of the Good Samaritan that Nolene just read out for us just then in chapter 10. 00:06:19.819 --> 00:06:21.000 So three points today. 00:06:21.120 --> 00:06:23.939 The mandate for a generous life, the magnitude of the generous life, 00:06:23.960 --> 00:06:25.900 and the motivation for a generous life. 00:06:25.960 --> 00:06:27.199 You'll see that on St. Paul's app. 00:06:27.319 --> 00:06:27.980 Open that up. 00:06:28.240 --> 00:06:31.860 And Luke chapter 10, kicking off with verse 25. 00:06:31.860 --> 00:06:39.699 The context of this story and the mandate for the generous life is where an expert in biblical law 00:06:39.699 --> 00:06:46.000 asks Jesus what must he do to receive eternal life. 00:06:46.340 --> 00:06:52.120 And we are told that he asked Jesus this question because he wants to trap Jesus. 00:06:52.120 --> 00:07:03.759 He wants to trap Jesus because Jesus has been doing what they think he shouldn't be doing. 00:07:04.280 --> 00:07:08.100 And that is welcoming people, welcoming sinners. 00:07:08.800 --> 00:07:14.100 Jesus hanging out with people that he shouldn't be hanging out with. 00:07:15.540 --> 00:07:18.019 And in their mind, he's disobeying the law. 00:07:19.079 --> 00:07:20.079 Jesus is open. 00:07:20.079 --> 00:07:21.759 He is friendly to sinners. 00:07:22.519 --> 00:07:31.599 And this scholar in this moment wants to expose Jesus as someone who does not respect the word of God. 00:07:32.579 --> 00:07:33.839 That's his intent. 00:07:34.779 --> 00:07:37.120 He asked Jesus, what must I do to be saved? 00:07:38.000 --> 00:07:40.379 What must I do to be accepted by God? 00:07:40.500 --> 00:07:46.000 And he expects Jesus as someone who's not taking God's word seriously to say, 00:07:46.199 --> 00:07:47.879 it doesn't matter. 00:07:47.879 --> 00:07:50.040 Look, in the end, we'll all get there. 00:07:50.639 --> 00:07:52.219 In the end, it'll all be fine. 00:07:53.980 --> 00:07:55.300 Just do some good stuff. 00:07:55.420 --> 00:07:57.379 That's what he's expecting Jesus to say. 00:07:58.439 --> 00:08:00.040 God will accept everyone. 00:08:00.040 --> 00:08:03.700 But instead, it's Jesus who traps him. 00:08:04.939 --> 00:08:06.000 And it's a good trap. 00:08:06.260 --> 00:08:08.319 Never be afraid to be trapped by Jesus. 00:08:09.300 --> 00:08:11.200 It will turn out for your ultimate benefit. 00:08:11.199 --> 00:08:16.079 The law expert's heart is exposed by Jesus here. 00:08:16.719 --> 00:08:19.120 And Jesus asked him, well, what does the law say? 00:08:19.800 --> 00:08:21.800 And he gives Jesus a summary of the law. 00:08:21.979 --> 00:08:24.519 Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, 00:08:24.579 --> 00:08:27.199 with all your mind, and love your neighbor as yourself. 00:08:27.639 --> 00:08:28.599 Which is great. 00:08:28.600 --> 00:08:32.779 You know, like, it's much better for Luke not to have to record the entire law again, 00:08:32.860 --> 00:08:34.220 the whole Torah, and put it in there. 00:08:34.860 --> 00:08:38.340 He does a summary version, which is what the Old Testament does. 00:08:38.440 --> 00:08:40.740 Deuteronomy 6, Leviticus 18. 00:08:40.940 --> 00:08:42.500 Does a summary of the law. 00:08:43.960 --> 00:08:45.540 Love God, love your neighbor. 00:08:46.379 --> 00:08:49.399 What does it mean to, first of all, love God? 00:08:50.340 --> 00:08:51.259 What does that mean? 00:08:51.259 --> 00:08:56.059 Archbishop William Temple put it like this. 00:08:57.139 --> 00:08:59.700 Your religion is what you do with your solitude. 00:09:00.799 --> 00:09:02.879 There's a description of what it means to love God. 00:09:03.120 --> 00:09:04.860 Your religion is what you do with your solitude. 00:09:07.019 --> 00:09:12.480 In other words, where does your mind go naturally in the moment of quiet? 00:09:12.960 --> 00:09:15.299 I know we don't allow ourselves quiet very much nowadays, 00:09:15.840 --> 00:09:18.659 but where does it go in a moment of quiet? 00:09:18.659 --> 00:09:24.279 In other words, where does it love to dwell? 00:09:27.159 --> 00:09:29.079 Where does your mind love to dwell? 00:09:30.139 --> 00:09:30.839 Is it God? 00:09:31.199 --> 00:09:32.659 Is it his love? 00:09:33.419 --> 00:09:34.379 Is it his characteristics? 00:09:34.899 --> 00:09:35.740 Is it his attributes? 00:09:35.959 --> 00:09:36.919 Is it his excellencies? 00:09:37.559 --> 00:09:39.480 You know, when that moment where the TV's off, 00:09:39.519 --> 00:09:40.819 and you're not scrolling through Facebook, 00:09:41.019 --> 00:09:42.079 and you're not updating your life, 00:09:42.360 --> 00:09:46.879 and you have, just, I need 10 minutes to consider the excellencies of God. 00:09:46.879 --> 00:09:49.539 There's a go there, naturally. 00:09:50.759 --> 00:09:53.019 That's what it means, according to Archbishop William Temple. 00:09:53.320 --> 00:09:55.960 It means to love God, is that you are dwelling on him. 00:10:01.019 --> 00:10:02.299 So do you love God? 00:10:08.200 --> 00:10:09.439 William Temple says, 00:10:09.440 --> 00:10:13.640 Where it goes is your real religion, 00:10:14.180 --> 00:10:15.080 your real God, 00:10:15.180 --> 00:10:15.900 your real faith, 00:10:16.000 --> 00:10:16.780 your real salvation, 00:10:16.940 --> 00:10:17.560 your real hope. 00:10:19.840 --> 00:10:21.060 The first test 00:10:21.060 --> 00:10:23.900 is love God so much 00:10:23.900 --> 00:10:26.320 that he dominates your solitude. 00:10:27.280 --> 00:10:28.440 Love him so much 00:10:28.440 --> 00:10:31.080 that you are content in any circumstance, 00:10:31.720 --> 00:10:35.360 because you will always have what you want the most. 00:10:35.360 --> 00:10:40.360 So let me ask you, 00:10:40.460 --> 00:10:41.680 anyone here pass that test? 00:10:43.539 --> 00:10:43.940 Anyone? 00:10:47.980 --> 00:10:48.379 Okay. 00:10:48.840 --> 00:10:49.419 Let's leave that. 00:10:50.019 --> 00:10:51.419 That's only 50% of the test. 00:10:52.700 --> 00:10:53.480 One more to go. 00:10:53.600 --> 00:10:54.700 Love your neighbor as yourself. 00:10:56.779 --> 00:10:58.419 As yourself. 00:10:58.419 --> 00:11:03.079 Meet the needs of your neighbor 00:11:03.079 --> 00:11:04.779 with all the force, 00:11:05.039 --> 00:11:05.879 all the joy, 00:11:06.099 --> 00:11:07.059 all the speed, 00:11:07.219 --> 00:11:08.120 all the power 00:11:08.120 --> 00:11:10.019 by which you meet your own needs. 00:11:13.019 --> 00:11:15.279 Be as happy for them 00:11:15.279 --> 00:11:17.459 when their need is met 00:11:17.459 --> 00:11:19.620 as when your own is met. 00:11:23.360 --> 00:11:24.159 Is that it? 00:11:24.219 --> 00:11:24.759 That's all? 00:11:25.759 --> 00:11:26.599 Pretty simple. 00:11:26.600 --> 00:11:26.720 Well, 00:11:27.240 --> 00:11:31.700 when you see the law, 00:11:32.060 --> 00:11:33.860 when you see what the law is after, 00:11:34.000 --> 00:11:34.899 as opposed to, 00:11:35.180 --> 00:11:35.899 I've obeyed that one, 00:11:35.980 --> 00:11:36.440 I've obeyed that one, 00:11:36.500 --> 00:11:37.399 tick, tick, tick, tick, tick. 00:11:37.519 --> 00:11:38.480 When you actually see 00:11:38.480 --> 00:11:40.779 what the intent of the law is, 00:11:42.220 --> 00:11:43.940 you go, 00:11:44.820 --> 00:11:45.240 wow, 00:11:46.019 --> 00:11:47.519 I'm starting to feel the force of it now. 00:11:49.680 --> 00:11:50.840 It is brilliant 00:11:50.840 --> 00:11:52.480 what Jesus does here, 00:11:52.480 --> 00:11:55.659 because the law outlines 00:11:55.659 --> 00:11:56.960 a way of life 00:11:56.960 --> 00:11:58.080 that is right, 00:11:58.720 --> 00:12:00.600 but the force of the law 00:12:00.600 --> 00:12:01.740 helps me to understand 00:12:01.740 --> 00:12:02.680 that I cannot do it. 00:12:05.240 --> 00:12:08.300 The law is the way of life, 00:12:08.300 --> 00:12:10.899 but it can't be the way to life. 00:12:12.440 --> 00:12:13.539 That's the brilliance 00:12:13.539 --> 00:12:15.060 of what Jesus does in this moment. 00:12:15.059 --> 00:12:18.519 We should live this way, 00:12:18.859 --> 00:12:20.879 but when you see the force of it, 00:12:20.939 --> 00:12:22.979 you realize you cannot live this way. 00:12:24.339 --> 00:12:26.059 And so Jesus traps us. 00:12:29.159 --> 00:12:31.639 The mandate to live a life 00:12:31.639 --> 00:12:32.879 of radical generosity 00:12:32.879 --> 00:12:34.759 and love towards others 00:12:34.759 --> 00:12:36.399 is so, 00:12:36.599 --> 00:12:38.019 so crucial 00:12:38.019 --> 00:12:40.679 that Jesus makes it, 00:12:40.839 --> 00:12:41.019 in fact, 00:12:41.119 --> 00:12:43.359 the test of genuine love for God 00:12:43.360 --> 00:12:44.919 in Matthew 25. 00:12:48.419 --> 00:12:48.820 Okay, 00:12:48.960 --> 00:12:49.659 so that's the test. 00:12:49.720 --> 00:12:50.340 That's the mandate. 00:12:50.539 --> 00:12:51.320 And then we get to 00:12:51.320 --> 00:12:55.100 grappling with the magnitude of it, 00:12:55.159 --> 00:12:56.379 because this is essential. 00:12:56.539 --> 00:12:58.740 What does this law expert do 00:12:58.740 --> 00:13:00.800 as soon as he hears Jesus say this? 00:13:01.980 --> 00:13:03.060 He immediately, 00:13:03.240 --> 00:13:04.460 his natural inclination 00:13:04.460 --> 00:13:05.820 is to put limits around it. 00:13:07.180 --> 00:13:08.779 This religious expert 00:13:08.779 --> 00:13:10.279 immediately wants to put limits. 00:13:10.460 --> 00:13:11.019 Verse 29, 00:13:11.019 --> 00:13:13.919 he wanted to justify himself, 00:13:14.319 --> 00:13:15.819 and so he asked Jesus, 00:13:16.480 --> 00:13:17.039 hang on, 00:13:17.179 --> 00:13:19.179 when you say neighbor, 00:13:20.439 --> 00:13:21.539 who is my neighbor? 00:13:22.960 --> 00:13:23.379 I mean, 00:13:23.600 --> 00:13:26.559 who do I really have to live like this with? 00:13:28.240 --> 00:13:30.579 He wants to reduce the force 00:13:30.579 --> 00:13:31.759 of the biblical law 00:13:31.759 --> 00:13:33.279 so that it's reasonable, 00:13:33.539 --> 00:13:34.379 so that it's doable. 00:13:34.379 --> 00:13:37.299 You see, 00:13:37.439 --> 00:13:39.139 the premise of his life 00:13:39.139 --> 00:13:41.539 has always been, 00:13:42.179 --> 00:13:43.419 God will accept me 00:13:43.419 --> 00:13:45.100 because I am good. 00:13:46.840 --> 00:13:48.000 I'm good enough. 00:13:50.939 --> 00:13:52.779 So what's the minimum standard 00:13:52.779 --> 00:13:53.860 that God requires? 00:13:56.059 --> 00:13:57.580 And that's when Jesus launches 00:13:57.580 --> 00:13:59.580 into his most famous story, 00:13:59.799 --> 00:14:02.340 and the magnitude of the generous life 00:14:02.340 --> 00:14:03.440 becomes very clear. 00:14:04.379 --> 00:14:05.860 There's a guy traveling down 00:14:05.860 --> 00:14:07.939 from Jerusalem to Jericho. 00:14:08.799 --> 00:14:09.779 We are to assume 00:14:09.779 --> 00:14:11.740 in this story 00:14:11.740 --> 00:14:13.139 that he is a Jewish man. 00:14:14.080 --> 00:14:15.080 This man gets robbed, 00:14:15.559 --> 00:14:16.220 he gets stripped, 00:14:16.320 --> 00:14:16.980 he gets beaten, 00:14:17.279 --> 00:14:18.279 and he's left for dead. 00:14:18.840 --> 00:14:19.519 By chance, 00:14:19.659 --> 00:14:20.620 a Jewish priest 00:14:20.620 --> 00:14:21.720 comes wandering by. 00:14:22.360 --> 00:14:22.639 Surely, 00:14:22.879 --> 00:14:23.620 he will help. 00:14:24.340 --> 00:14:24.960 The priest 00:14:24.960 --> 00:14:25.720 couldn't be bothered. 00:14:25.860 --> 00:14:26.879 He walks on the other side 00:14:26.879 --> 00:14:27.439 of the street. 00:14:28.080 --> 00:14:29.279 He didn't want to go near him. 00:14:29.500 --> 00:14:29.820 Now, 00:14:29.940 --> 00:14:31.240 a Levite comes along. 00:14:31.240 --> 00:14:32.240 Again, 00:14:34.320 --> 00:14:35.539 expert in the law. 00:14:36.919 --> 00:14:37.639 Jewish man 00:14:37.639 --> 00:14:38.460 comes along. 00:14:39.259 --> 00:14:39.759 You would think 00:14:39.759 --> 00:14:40.500 he's going to help 00:14:40.500 --> 00:14:41.139 a fellow Jew, 00:14:41.240 --> 00:14:42.180 but he can't be bothered. 00:14:42.500 --> 00:14:43.440 Walks on the other side 00:14:43.440 --> 00:14:43.879 of the street 00:14:43.879 --> 00:14:44.960 and continues on. 00:14:45.200 --> 00:14:45.919 And then along 00:14:45.919 --> 00:14:47.440 comes the Samaritan. 00:14:47.840 --> 00:14:48.340 And Jesus 00:14:48.340 --> 00:14:49.360 telling this story 00:14:49.360 --> 00:14:50.759 to a mainly Jewish crowd 00:14:50.759 --> 00:14:51.299 and they would have gone, 00:14:51.480 --> 00:14:52.940 Samaritan? 00:14:52.940 --> 00:14:55.560 How dare he bring 00:14:55.560 --> 00:14:56.140 a Samaritan 00:14:56.140 --> 00:14:57.060 into this story? 00:15:00.040 --> 00:15:01.920 Jews and Samaritan tensions 00:15:01.920 --> 00:15:04.660 were incredibly deep 00:15:04.660 --> 00:15:06.040 racial tensions 00:15:06.040 --> 00:15:09.260 over a very long period of time. 00:15:09.920 --> 00:15:10.920 The Samaritans 00:15:10.920 --> 00:15:12.400 were despised 00:15:12.400 --> 00:15:13.720 more than any other 00:15:13.720 --> 00:15:15.060 people group to Jews. 00:15:15.059 --> 00:15:18.379 And the majority 00:15:18.379 --> 00:15:19.159 of Jews 00:15:19.159 --> 00:15:20.059 in Judea 00:15:20.059 --> 00:15:20.879 and Galilee 00:15:20.879 --> 00:15:22.039 absolutely 00:15:22.039 --> 00:15:23.839 detested 00:15:23.839 --> 00:15:24.839 Samaritans. 00:15:26.779 --> 00:15:28.159 And by the time 00:15:28.159 --> 00:15:28.799 of Jesus 00:15:28.799 --> 00:15:30.119 in first century 00:15:30.119 --> 00:15:30.699 Palestine, 00:15:30.899 --> 00:15:31.819 that animosity 00:15:31.819 --> 00:15:33.159 between these two groups 00:15:33.159 --> 00:15:34.259 had grown 00:15:34.259 --> 00:15:35.019 to the point 00:15:35.019 --> 00:15:36.559 over several hundred years 00:15:36.559 --> 00:15:37.679 where there was 00:15:37.679 --> 00:15:38.419 violence 00:15:38.419 --> 00:15:39.319 and murdering 00:15:39.319 --> 00:15:39.959 of one another. 00:15:43.559 --> 00:15:44.699 Genocide even. 00:15:45.059 --> 00:15:45.719 In villages. 00:15:48.199 --> 00:15:49.399 What's the Samaritan 00:15:49.399 --> 00:15:50.259 doing in Jesus' 00:15:50.539 --> 00:15:51.279 story here? 00:15:55.219 --> 00:15:56.339 The Samaritan 00:15:56.339 --> 00:15:58.000 sees the injured Jew 00:15:58.000 --> 00:15:58.619 on the side 00:15:58.619 --> 00:15:59.299 of the road 00:15:59.299 --> 00:16:00.079 and he goes 00:16:00.079 --> 00:16:01.019 over to him 00:16:01.019 --> 00:16:01.839 and he has 00:16:01.839 --> 00:16:03.239 compassion on him. 00:16:05.299 --> 00:16:06.619 He cleans him up, 00:16:06.919 --> 00:16:07.759 treats his wounds, 00:16:07.939 --> 00:16:08.979 puts him on his donkey, 00:16:09.159 --> 00:16:10.599 takes him to a local motel, 00:16:10.939 --> 00:16:11.619 checks him in, 00:16:11.859 --> 00:16:13.179 hands over his credit card, 00:16:13.419 --> 00:16:13.619 says, 00:16:13.719 --> 00:16:14.279 I'll fix up 00:16:14.279 --> 00:16:14.819 whatever the 00:16:14.820 --> 00:16:15.480 expenses are 00:16:15.480 --> 00:16:16.220 when I come back. 00:16:16.280 --> 00:16:17.080 No limitation. 00:16:17.260 --> 00:16:17.879 It's one of those 00:16:17.879 --> 00:16:19.240 American Express 00:16:19.240 --> 00:16:20.760 platinum black thing, 00:16:21.140 --> 00:16:21.400 you know, 00:16:21.600 --> 00:16:22.680 no limit. 00:16:23.100 --> 00:16:23.780 Hands it over. 00:16:24.200 --> 00:16:24.940 Go for broke. 00:16:29.060 --> 00:16:30.160 This story 00:16:30.160 --> 00:16:31.940 is socially charged. 00:16:32.720 --> 00:16:33.720 It is offensive 00:16:33.720 --> 00:16:34.260 for the Jew 00:16:34.260 --> 00:16:35.180 to hear this story. 00:16:35.179 --> 00:16:38.599 So imagine 00:16:38.599 --> 00:16:40.559 I get an invitation 00:16:40.559 --> 00:16:45.279 to address 00:16:45.279 --> 00:16:46.719 a neo-Nazi 00:16:46.719 --> 00:16:48.579 far-right 00:16:48.579 --> 00:16:49.519 white supremacist 00:16:49.519 --> 00:16:50.519 rally in Australia. 00:16:50.519 --> 00:16:54.620 and I get up there 00:16:54.620 --> 00:16:56.059 and I tell this story 00:16:56.059 --> 00:16:58.360 about this 00:16:58.360 --> 00:17:00.559 Australian SAS soldier 00:17:00.559 --> 00:17:01.759 who's been blown up 00:17:01.759 --> 00:17:02.299 on the side 00:17:02.299 --> 00:17:02.899 of the road 00:17:02.899 --> 00:17:04.779 by a bomb 00:17:04.779 --> 00:17:06.180 in Afghanistan. 00:17:06.960 --> 00:17:07.920 He's lying there 00:17:07.920 --> 00:17:08.359 on the side 00:17:08.359 --> 00:17:08.900 of the road. 00:17:09.119 --> 00:17:09.799 He is 00:17:09.799 --> 00:17:12.139 dying. 00:17:13.200 --> 00:17:13.740 Australian 00:17:13.740 --> 00:17:14.859 military medic 00:17:14.859 --> 00:17:15.599 comes along, 00:17:15.740 --> 00:17:16.339 sees the man, 00:17:16.460 --> 00:17:17.039 walks on the side 00:17:17.039 --> 00:17:17.339 of the road, 00:17:17.399 --> 00:17:18.099 continues on. 00:17:20.500 --> 00:17:21.099 Australian 00:17:21.099 --> 00:17:22.639 army chaplain 00:17:22.639 --> 00:17:23.619 walks by, 00:17:23.740 --> 00:17:24.440 sees the man 00:17:24.440 --> 00:17:26.359 and continues on 00:17:26.359 --> 00:17:27.700 and leaves him 00:17:27.700 --> 00:17:28.359 there to die. 00:17:29.240 --> 00:17:29.759 But friends, 00:17:29.839 --> 00:17:30.680 let me tell you 00:17:30.680 --> 00:17:33.159 about the ISIS 00:17:33.159 --> 00:17:34.200 terrorist 00:17:34.200 --> 00:17:35.299 who came along, 00:17:36.039 --> 00:17:36.859 saw the man, 00:17:37.000 --> 00:17:37.940 treats his wounds, 00:17:38.259 --> 00:17:38.940 picks him up, 00:17:39.240 --> 00:17:40.119 puts him in his 00:17:40.119 --> 00:17:41.539 Humvee, 00:17:41.700 --> 00:17:42.339 takes him 00:17:42.339 --> 00:17:43.279 to a medical 00:17:43.279 --> 00:17:44.699 facility, 00:17:45.000 --> 00:17:45.980 treat and end, 00:17:46.159 --> 00:17:46.839 hands are over, 00:17:46.959 --> 00:17:48.220 pays for all the costs, 00:17:48.740 --> 00:17:49.480 but also 00:17:49.480 --> 00:17:50.819 pays for his 00:17:50.819 --> 00:17:51.639 military pension. 00:17:54.720 --> 00:17:55.720 Do you think 00:17:55.720 --> 00:17:56.179 they're going to 00:17:56.179 --> 00:17:57.079 invite me back? 00:17:59.799 --> 00:18:00.759 Do you think 00:18:00.759 --> 00:18:01.179 I'm going to 00:18:01.179 --> 00:18:02.059 get out of there 00:18:02.059 --> 00:18:05.000 unscathed? 00:18:05.000 --> 00:18:11.819 That's the context 00:18:11.819 --> 00:18:12.519 of Jesus here 00:18:12.519 --> 00:18:13.039 right in this 00:18:13.039 --> 00:18:13.339 moment. 00:18:16.160 --> 00:18:16.640 Remember, 00:18:16.980 --> 00:18:17.960 this story 00:18:17.960 --> 00:18:19.079 is the answer 00:18:19.079 --> 00:18:20.019 to a question 00:18:20.019 --> 00:18:21.180 and the question 00:18:21.180 --> 00:18:21.500 is, 00:18:21.839 --> 00:18:22.640 who is 00:18:22.640 --> 00:18:23.240 my 00:18:23.240 --> 00:18:23.940 neighbour? 00:18:25.799 --> 00:18:26.700 What is the 00:18:26.700 --> 00:18:27.380 bare minimum 00:18:27.380 --> 00:18:28.119 standard 00:18:28.119 --> 00:18:28.819 that God 00:18:28.819 --> 00:18:29.940 requires of me? 00:18:32.440 --> 00:18:33.259 And at the end 00:18:33.259 --> 00:18:33.779 of the story, 00:18:33.900 --> 00:18:34.119 Jesus 00:18:34.119 --> 00:18:35.259 says to his 00:18:35.259 --> 00:18:35.459 lawyer, 00:18:35.799 --> 00:18:37.399 do that. 00:18:39.039 --> 00:18:39.819 Do that. 00:18:41.659 --> 00:18:42.139 Treat 00:18:42.139 --> 00:18:43.159 your worst 00:18:43.159 --> 00:18:43.639 enemy 00:18:43.639 --> 00:18:45.039 like that. 00:18:46.839 --> 00:18:47.379 Treat 00:18:47.379 --> 00:18:47.839 the whole 00:18:47.839 --> 00:18:48.399 range 00:18:48.399 --> 00:18:49.039 of their 00:18:49.039 --> 00:18:49.599 needs. 00:18:50.139 --> 00:18:50.500 Live 00:18:50.500 --> 00:18:51.199 and act 00:18:51.199 --> 00:18:51.939 and love 00:18:51.939 --> 00:18:52.599 and serve 00:18:52.599 --> 00:18:53.179 and think 00:18:53.179 --> 00:18:54.059 and sacrifice 00:18:54.059 --> 00:18:55.119 like the 00:18:55.119 --> 00:18:55.939 Good Samaritan 00:18:55.939 --> 00:18:56.859 all of the 00:18:56.859 --> 00:18:57.199 time. 00:18:57.319 --> 00:18:57.819 Not part 00:18:57.819 --> 00:18:58.319 of the time, 00:18:58.599 --> 00:18:58.939 not just 00:18:58.939 --> 00:18:59.399 most of the 00:18:59.399 --> 00:18:59.679 time, 00:18:59.899 --> 00:19:00.639 all of the 00:19:00.639 --> 00:19:01.000 time. 00:19:04.119 --> 00:19:04.719 Meet 00:19:04.719 --> 00:19:05.199 the needs 00:19:05.199 --> 00:19:05.599 of people 00:19:05.599 --> 00:19:06.179 who belittle 00:19:06.179 --> 00:19:06.539 you, 00:19:06.919 --> 00:19:07.219 curse 00:19:07.219 --> 00:19:07.539 you, 00:19:07.939 --> 00:19:08.599 marginalise 00:19:08.599 --> 00:19:08.819 you, 00:19:09.179 --> 00:19:09.599 ridicule 00:19:09.599 --> 00:19:09.879 you, 00:19:10.219 --> 00:19:10.559 hate 00:19:10.559 --> 00:19:10.979 you, 00:19:12.599 --> 00:19:13.019 berate 00:19:13.019 --> 00:19:13.339 you, 00:19:13.759 --> 00:19:14.119 ignore 00:19:14.119 --> 00:19:14.559 you, 00:19:15.099 --> 00:19:15.479 demean 00:19:15.479 --> 00:19:15.839 you, 00:19:16.079 --> 00:19:16.500 would even 00:19:16.500 --> 00:19:16.959 kill 00:19:16.959 --> 00:19:17.379 you, 00:19:18.079 --> 00:19:18.719 with, 00:19:19.419 --> 00:19:20.119 love them 00:19:20.119 --> 00:19:21.059 with all 00:19:21.059 --> 00:19:21.879 the force, 00:19:22.059 --> 00:19:22.819 all the joy, 00:19:23.039 --> 00:19:23.879 all the speed 00:19:23.879 --> 00:19:24.559 and all the 00:19:24.559 --> 00:19:25.619 power by which 00:19:25.619 --> 00:19:26.059 you meet your 00:19:26.059 --> 00:19:26.639 own needs. 00:19:26.640 --> 00:19:32.320 that is the 00:19:32.320 --> 00:19:33.000 magnitude 00:19:33.000 --> 00:19:34.300 of the 00:19:34.300 --> 00:19:34.840 mandate 00:19:34.840 --> 00:19:36.400 of the 00:19:36.400 --> 00:19:36.640 generous 00:19:36.640 --> 00:19:37.100 life. 00:19:38.420 --> 00:19:39.280 And Jesus 00:19:39.280 --> 00:19:40.140 will not 00:19:40.140 --> 00:19:41.060 allow us 00:19:41.060 --> 00:19:42.240 one moment 00:19:42.240 --> 00:19:42.700 to limit 00:19:42.700 --> 00:19:43.160 the force 00:19:43.160 --> 00:19:43.440 of it. 00:19:44.280 --> 00:19:44.920 Not one 00:19:44.920 --> 00:19:45.259 moment. 00:19:46.420 --> 00:19:46.940 And yet we 00:19:46.940 --> 00:19:47.480 try to. 00:19:47.820 --> 00:19:48.520 We try to 00:19:48.520 --> 00:19:48.860 limit the 00:19:48.860 --> 00:19:49.120 who, 00:19:49.320 --> 00:19:49.860 we try to 00:19:49.860 --> 00:19:50.200 limit the 00:19:50.200 --> 00:19:50.500 when, 00:19:50.780 --> 00:19:51.220 we try to 00:19:51.220 --> 00:19:51.540 limit the 00:19:51.540 --> 00:19:52.160 how much. 00:19:52.440 --> 00:19:53.140 It's natural 00:19:53.140 --> 00:19:53.720 for us to 00:19:53.720 --> 00:19:54.240 want to be 00:19:54.240 --> 00:19:54.720 generous to 00:19:54.720 --> 00:19:55.660 people who 00:19:55.660 --> 00:19:56.380 are like 00:19:56.380 --> 00:19:56.900 us and 00:19:56.900 --> 00:19:57.380 who we 00:19:57.380 --> 00:19:57.820 like. 00:20:00.180 --> 00:20:00.780 You know, 00:20:00.860 --> 00:20:01.320 after all, 00:20:01.380 --> 00:20:01.580 Steve, 00:20:01.720 --> 00:20:02.320 charity begins 00:20:02.320 --> 00:20:02.740 at home. 00:20:03.740 --> 00:20:04.560 In most 00:20:04.560 --> 00:20:04.960 cases, 00:20:04.960 --> 00:20:05.320 it never 00:20:05.320 --> 00:20:05.920 goes beyond 00:20:05.920 --> 00:20:06.340 the home. 00:20:10.040 --> 00:20:10.960 And Jesus 00:20:10.960 --> 00:20:11.740 won't let us 00:20:11.740 --> 00:20:12.420 limit it here. 00:20:13.280 --> 00:20:14.080 The Samaritan 00:20:14.080 --> 00:20:14.940 reached across 00:20:14.940 --> 00:20:15.880 an enormous 00:20:15.880 --> 00:20:17.020 racial and 00:20:17.020 --> 00:20:17.800 cultural barrier 00:20:17.800 --> 00:20:19.000 to help 00:20:19.000 --> 00:20:19.640 a natural 00:20:19.640 --> 00:20:20.060 enemy. 00:20:20.940 --> 00:20:21.820 We also 00:20:21.820 --> 00:20:22.440 tend to 00:20:22.440 --> 00:20:22.900 limit the 00:20:22.900 --> 00:20:23.300 when. 00:20:25.360 --> 00:20:25.840 It's 00:20:25.839 --> 00:20:26.159 very 00:20:26.159 --> 00:20:26.759 typical 00:20:26.759 --> 00:20:27.720 to be 00:20:27.720 --> 00:20:28.139 generous 00:20:28.139 --> 00:20:28.959 to people 00:20:28.959 --> 00:20:29.559 and 00:20:29.559 --> 00:20:30.359 situations 00:20:30.359 --> 00:20:31.579 when 00:20:31.579 --> 00:20:32.359 we 00:20:32.359 --> 00:20:32.939 think 00:20:32.939 --> 00:20:33.899 it 00:20:33.899 --> 00:20:34.359 isn't 00:20:34.359 --> 00:20:34.679 their 00:20:34.679 --> 00:20:35.179 fault. 00:20:36.740 --> 00:20:37.459 When we 00:20:37.459 --> 00:20:37.859 think they 00:20:37.859 --> 00:20:38.859 deserve 00:20:38.859 --> 00:20:40.179 our 00:20:40.179 --> 00:20:40.759 generosity. 00:20:42.159 --> 00:20:42.959 And Jesus 00:20:42.959 --> 00:20:43.519 won't let us 00:20:43.519 --> 00:20:43.859 do that 00:20:43.859 --> 00:20:44.139 either. 00:20:45.599 --> 00:20:45.980 You know, 00:20:46.099 --> 00:20:46.480 a natural 00:20:46.480 --> 00:20:47.039 disaster, 00:20:47.159 --> 00:20:47.419 it wasn't 00:20:47.419 --> 00:20:47.959 their fault, 00:20:48.079 --> 00:20:48.480 it happened, 00:20:48.579 --> 00:20:49.039 they're destitute 00:20:49.039 --> 00:20:49.539 because of 00:20:49.539 --> 00:20:49.699 that, 00:20:49.899 --> 00:20:50.279 let's be 00:20:50.279 --> 00:20:50.519 generous 00:20:50.519 --> 00:20:50.879 towards 00:20:50.879 --> 00:20:51.079 them. 00:20:51.079 --> 00:20:57.240 we're 00:20:57.240 --> 00:20:57.539 generous 00:20:57.539 --> 00:20:58.419 when we 00:20:58.419 --> 00:20:58.859 think they 00:20:58.859 --> 00:20:59.439 deserve it. 00:20:59.859 --> 00:21:00.659 The Samaritan 00:21:00.659 --> 00:21:01.339 here would 00:21:01.339 --> 00:21:01.500 have 00:21:01.500 --> 00:21:02.480 absolutely 00:21:02.480 --> 00:21:03.299 believed 00:21:03.299 --> 00:21:03.659 that the 00:21:03.659 --> 00:21:03.899 guy 00:21:03.899 --> 00:21:04.699 along the 00:21:04.699 --> 00:21:05.019 side of 00:21:05.019 --> 00:21:05.519 the road 00:21:05.519 --> 00:21:06.439 deserved 00:21:06.439 --> 00:21:07.139 what he 00:21:07.139 --> 00:21:07.480 got. 00:21:08.399 --> 00:21:09.039 He's a 00:21:09.039 --> 00:21:09.319 Jew, 00:21:10.039 --> 00:21:10.799 he deserves 00:21:10.799 --> 00:21:11.199 to be in 00:21:11.199 --> 00:21:11.599 the gutter. 00:21:13.059 --> 00:21:13.699 He's a 00:21:13.699 --> 00:21:14.059 member of 00:21:14.059 --> 00:21:14.579 an oppressing 00:21:14.579 --> 00:21:15.139 group, 00:21:15.140 --> 00:21:18.780 and he 00:21:18.780 --> 00:21:19.220 still 00:21:19.220 --> 00:21:19.540 helped 00:21:19.540 --> 00:21:19.720 him. 00:21:21.900 --> 00:21:22.140 So 00:21:22.140 --> 00:21:22.700 imagine 00:21:22.700 --> 00:21:23.480 I 00:21:23.480 --> 00:21:24.120 decided 00:21:24.120 --> 00:21:24.840 at the 00:21:24.840 --> 00:21:25.480 age of 00:21:25.480 --> 00:21:26.120 53 00:21:26.120 --> 00:21:26.940 to take 00:21:26.940 --> 00:21:27.160 up 00:21:27.160 --> 00:21:27.680 parkour. 00:21:30.420 --> 00:21:31.180 And I 00:21:31.180 --> 00:21:31.680 decided 00:21:31.680 --> 00:21:32.060 for my 00:21:32.060 --> 00:21:32.360 first 00:21:32.360 --> 00:21:32.720 attempt 00:21:32.720 --> 00:21:33.240 at this 00:21:33.240 --> 00:21:34.040 that I 00:21:34.040 --> 00:21:34.540 was going 00:21:34.540 --> 00:21:35.140 to 00:21:35.140 --> 00:21:36.759 move 00:21:36.759 --> 00:21:37.200 as quickly 00:21:37.200 --> 00:21:37.560 as I 00:21:37.560 --> 00:21:37.980 could 00:21:37.980 --> 00:21:39.140 from 00:21:39.140 --> 00:21:39.480 this 00:21:39.480 --> 00:21:39.740 side 00:21:39.740 --> 00:21:40.000 of the 00:21:40.000 --> 00:21:40.420 street 00:21:40.420 --> 00:21:41.080 to the 00:21:41.080 --> 00:21:41.360 other 00:21:41.360 --> 00:21:41.700 side 00:21:41.700 --> 00:21:41.860 of 00:21:41.860 --> 00:21:41.980 the 00:21:41.980 --> 00:21:42.320 street 00:21:42.320 --> 00:21:42.960 via 00:21:42.960 --> 00:21:43.200 the 00:21:43.200 --> 00:21:43.540 rooftop 00:21:43.540 --> 00:21:44.320 of the 00:21:44.320 --> 00:21:44.560 church 00:21:44.560 --> 00:21:44.960 building 00:21:44.960 --> 00:21:45.640 the 00:21:45.640 --> 00:21:46.039 trees 00:21:46.039 --> 00:21:46.299 and the 00:21:46.299 --> 00:21:46.579 power 00:21:46.579 --> 00:21:47.039 lines. 00:21:49.440 --> 00:21:49.920 Obviously 00:21:49.920 --> 00:21:50.840 I didn't 00:21:50.840 --> 00:21:51.180 make it 00:21:51.180 --> 00:21:51.880 very far. 00:21:52.220 --> 00:21:52.579 I'm 00:21:52.579 --> 00:21:53.340 on the 00:21:53.340 --> 00:21:53.960 middle of 00:21:53.960 --> 00:21:54.420 the road 00:21:54.420 --> 00:21:55.019 or probably 00:21:55.019 --> 00:21:55.460 actually just 00:21:55.460 --> 00:21:55.680 at the 00:21:55.680 --> 00:21:55.860 end of 00:21:55.860 --> 00:21:55.960 the 00:21:55.960 --> 00:21:56.240 building. 00:21:57.880 --> 00:21:58.360 I've 00:21:58.360 --> 00:21:58.620 got 00:21:58.620 --> 00:21:59.819 multiple 00:21:59.819 --> 00:22:00.460 fractures 00:22:00.460 --> 00:22:00.920 on my 00:22:00.920 --> 00:22:01.340 limbs 00:22:01.340 --> 00:22:02.640 and 00:22:02.640 --> 00:22:03.539 I'm 00:22:03.539 --> 00:22:04.299 not yet 00:22:04.299 --> 00:22:05.400 electrocuted 00:22:05.400 --> 00:22:05.720 but that 00:22:05.720 --> 00:22:05.960 was the 00:22:05.960 --> 00:22:06.279 next thing 00:22:06.279 --> 00:22:06.500 that was 00:22:06.500 --> 00:22:06.740 going to 00:22:06.740 --> 00:22:06.940 happen 00:22:06.940 --> 00:22:07.319 to me 00:22:07.319 --> 00:22:07.660 and I'm 00:22:07.660 --> 00:22:07.980 lying 00:22:07.980 --> 00:22:08.440 there. 00:22:10.140 --> 00:22:10.779 Do you 00:22:10.779 --> 00:22:11.340 think in 00:22:11.340 --> 00:22:11.539 that 00:22:11.539 --> 00:22:12.100 moment 00:22:12.099 --> 00:22:14.919 I 00:22:14.919 --> 00:22:15.099 would 00:22:15.099 --> 00:22:15.319 do 00:22:15.319 --> 00:22:15.639 anything 00:22:15.639 --> 00:22:15.899 to 00:22:15.899 --> 00:22:16.079 love 00:22:16.079 --> 00:22:16.559 myself? 00:22:18.779 --> 00:22:19.259 You 00:22:19.259 --> 00:22:19.480 would 00:22:19.480 --> 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00:28:29.240 they 00:28:29.240 --> 00:28:29.400 should 00:28:29.400 --> 00:28:29.519 or 00:28:29.519 --> 00:28:29.740 not 00:28:29.740 --> 00:28:35.100 stop 00:28:35.100 --> 00:28:35.380 it 00:28:35.380 --> 00:28:38.759 stop 00:28:38.759 --> 00:28:38.980 it 00:28:38.980 --> 00:28:41.180 stop 00:28:41.180 --> 00:28:41.560 feeling 00:28:41.560 --> 00:28:41.960 guilty 00:28:41.960 --> 00:28:42.420 guilty 00:28:42.420 --> 00:28:45.480 because 00:28:45.480 --> 00:28:45.680 it 00:28:45.680 --> 00:28:46.120 won't 00:28:46.120 --> 00:28:46.500 take 00:28:46.500 --> 00:28:46.680 you 00:28:46.680 --> 00:28:47.100 anywhere 00:28:47.100 --> 00:28:47.440 near 00:28:47.440 --> 00:28:47.660 where 00:28:47.660 --> 00:28:47.940 jesus 00:28:47.940 --> 00:28:48.259 wants 00:28:48.259 --> 00:28:48.380 you 00:28:48.380 --> 00:28:48.480 to 00:28:48.480 --> 00:28:48.920 go 00:28:48.920 --> 00:28:51.400 guilting 00:28:51.400 --> 00:28:51.539 the 00:28:51.539 --> 00:28:51.700 good 00:28:51.700 --> 00:28:52.180 samaritan 00:28:52.180 --> 00:28:52.880 this story 00:28:52.880 --> 00:28:53.039 of the 00:28:53.039 --> 00:28:53.140 good 00:28:53.140 --> 00:28:53.579 samaritan 00:28:53.579 --> 00:28:54.039 is not 00:28:54.039 --> 00:28:54.380 about 00:28:54.380 --> 00:28:54.799 guilt 00:28:54.799 --> 00:28:58.460 so if you're feeling guilty 00:28:58.460 --> 00:29:02.039 it's not the response Jesus wants from you 00:29:02.039 --> 00:29:10.319 Jesus is not trying to make the lawyer feel guilty 00:29:10.319 --> 00:29:15.059 Jesus has put something in this parable 00:29:15.059 --> 00:29:18.919 that points to a different motive 00:29:18.919 --> 00:29:22.259 the key to the parable 00:29:22.259 --> 00:29:28.759 is to understand which of the four characters in the parable 00:29:28.759 --> 00:29:33.279 does Jesus want this lawyer to understand he is 00:29:33.279 --> 00:29:40.400 which of the four characters is Jesus saying to this lawyer 00:29:40.400 --> 00:29:43.660 you are that person in this story 00:29:43.660 --> 00:29:49.259 most people read it as if the lawyer 00:29:49.259 --> 00:29:51.960 Jesus wants the lawyer to be the good Samaritan 00:29:51.960 --> 00:29:55.440 that's not what Jesus is doing here 00:29:55.440 --> 00:29:58.079 and I'll get to it in a moment 00:29:58.079 --> 00:30:04.559 he puts the lawyer on the side of the road as the dying man 00:30:04.559 --> 00:30:06.980 that's who he is 00:30:06.980 --> 00:30:11.779 he puts the hated Samaritan in the rescue chopper 00:30:11.779 --> 00:30:18.119 the hated Samaritan in the rescue chopper 00:30:18.119 --> 00:30:21.599 the Jewish lawyer was meant to ponder 00:30:21.599 --> 00:30:24.759 not what he needed to do for eternal life 00:30:24.759 --> 00:30:28.259 but what has been done for him for his life 00:30:28.259 --> 00:30:31.359 that's what he needed to understand 00:30:31.359 --> 00:30:36.539 he needed to see that his life was ebbing away 00:30:36.539 --> 00:30:38.599 that he could not save himself 00:30:38.599 --> 00:30:44.819 what if his only hope 00:30:44.819 --> 00:30:46.879 his only hope 00:30:46.879 --> 00:30:50.119 was an act of free radical grace 00:30:50.119 --> 00:30:52.659 from an enemy who owes him nothing 00:30:52.659 --> 00:30:58.359 what if your only hope in life 00:30:58.359 --> 00:31:01.000 is an act of radical generosity 00:31:01.000 --> 00:31:03.640 from someone who owes you nothing 00:31:03.640 --> 00:31:05.279 but rejection 00:31:05.279 --> 00:31:12.279 you see Jesus isn't giving this Jewish scholar 00:31:12.279 --> 00:31:13.500 a to-do list 00:31:13.500 --> 00:31:16.539 he's actually giving him a dynamic 00:31:16.539 --> 00:31:18.359 not a to-do list 00:31:18.359 --> 00:31:19.139 a dynamic 00:31:19.139 --> 00:31:21.319 a grace dynamic 00:31:21.319 --> 00:31:22.779 that can change his heart 00:31:22.779 --> 00:31:25.139 it's not until this lawyer sees 00:31:25.139 --> 00:31:26.539 that he is the one 00:31:26.539 --> 00:31:27.939 on the side of the road 00:31:27.939 --> 00:31:28.899 bleeding out 00:31:28.899 --> 00:31:30.319 unable to save himself 00:31:30.319 --> 00:31:32.559 but saved by an act of grace 00:31:32.559 --> 00:31:33.559 by someone 00:31:33.559 --> 00:31:34.979 who he has rejected 00:31:34.979 --> 00:31:38.019 is he then able to be 00:31:38.019 --> 00:31:39.639 that person to others 00:31:39.639 --> 00:31:41.759 in other words 00:31:41.759 --> 00:31:43.659 he will never be 00:31:43.659 --> 00:31:44.859 a good Samaritan 00:31:44.859 --> 00:31:47.319 until he has received grace 00:31:47.319 --> 00:31:49.859 from the good Samaritan 00:31:49.859 --> 00:31:54.039 and where would he get 00:31:54.039 --> 00:31:55.439 something like that 00:31:55.439 --> 00:31:59.539 notice how Jesus turns the story around 00:31:59.539 --> 00:32:00.299 at the end 00:32:00.299 --> 00:32:03.519 let me point out to you 00:32:03.519 --> 00:32:05.819 the lawyer starts off 00:32:05.819 --> 00:32:07.559 by asking 00:32:07.559 --> 00:32:09.319 who is my neighbor 00:32:09.319 --> 00:32:12.740 but at the end of the text 00:32:12.740 --> 00:32:14.200 Jesus asks 00:32:14.200 --> 00:32:16.880 which of the three 00:32:16.880 --> 00:32:19.019 was the neighbor 00:32:19.019 --> 00:32:23.120 he uses his language 00:32:23.120 --> 00:32:24.799 and reapplies it 00:32:24.799 --> 00:32:26.019 not who 00:32:26.019 --> 00:32:26.519 who 00:32:26.519 --> 00:32:28.340 who was the neighbor 00:32:28.340 --> 00:32:29.420 but who was the neighbor 00:32:29.420 --> 00:32:30.000 in other words 00:32:30.000 --> 00:32:31.700 which of the three 00:32:31.700 --> 00:32:33.340 was neighborly 00:32:33.340 --> 00:32:37.220 and the law expert 00:32:37.220 --> 00:32:38.680 can't even bear 00:32:38.680 --> 00:32:40.620 to say the word Samaritan 00:32:40.620 --> 00:32:41.960 but he gets out 00:32:41.960 --> 00:32:43.539 the one who had shown mercy 00:32:43.539 --> 00:32:46.420 what's the point of this story 00:32:46.420 --> 00:32:47.720 who is the good Samaritan 00:32:47.720 --> 00:32:49.180 who is neighborly 00:32:49.180 --> 00:32:50.299 to those in need 00:32:50.299 --> 00:32:51.839 who is the neighbor 00:32:51.839 --> 00:32:52.519 to those 00:32:52.519 --> 00:32:52.920 who 00:32:52.920 --> 00:32:54.000 who's been rejected 00:32:54.000 --> 00:32:54.879 by others 00:32:54.879 --> 00:32:55.659 but is 00:32:55.659 --> 00:32:56.779 the neighbor 00:32:56.779 --> 00:32:57.720 to 00:32:57.720 --> 00:32:59.039 the one who needed 00:32:59.039 --> 00:32:59.599 a neighbor 00:32:59.599 --> 00:33:01.379 the Christian faith 00:33:01.379 --> 00:33:03.180 says it's Jesus Christ 00:33:03.180 --> 00:33:06.399 the core of the Christian faith 00:33:06.399 --> 00:33:07.059 the gospel 00:33:07.059 --> 00:33:08.220 says that 00:33:08.220 --> 00:33:10.180 every single human being 00:33:10.180 --> 00:33:11.960 like this law expert 00:33:11.960 --> 00:33:14.500 is a self-justifier 00:33:14.500 --> 00:33:16.500 we are all 00:33:16.500 --> 00:33:17.840 self-justifiers 00:33:17.840 --> 00:33:20.900 whatever it is 00:33:20.900 --> 00:33:22.279 that we set our heart on 00:33:22.279 --> 00:33:23.440 to justify ourselves 00:33:23.440 --> 00:33:24.180 and to feel worthy 00:33:24.180 --> 00:33:24.980 and good and acceptable 00:33:24.980 --> 00:33:25.980 ultimately 00:33:25.980 --> 00:33:26.840 is the thing 00:33:26.840 --> 00:33:27.900 that controls us 00:33:27.900 --> 00:33:30.059 it drives us 00:33:30.059 --> 00:33:30.680 it's caused us 00:33:30.680 --> 00:33:31.940 to do anything for it 00:33:31.940 --> 00:33:33.140 and make us miserable 00:33:33.140 --> 00:33:35.160 because that thing 00:33:35.160 --> 00:33:36.240 whatever it is 00:33:36.240 --> 00:33:36.920 and for some people 00:33:36.920 --> 00:33:37.600 it's religion 00:33:37.600 --> 00:33:39.019 whatever it is 00:33:39.019 --> 00:33:39.900 will never 00:33:39.900 --> 00:33:41.420 ever deliver on its promises 00:33:41.420 --> 00:33:44.660 it will kill us 00:33:44.660 --> 00:33:46.000 for instance 00:33:46.000 --> 00:33:47.759 power will only 00:33:47.759 --> 00:33:48.759 cause us to want 00:33:48.759 --> 00:33:49.560 more of it 00:33:49.560 --> 00:33:51.100 and the fear of losing it 00:33:51.100 --> 00:33:54.480 the more power we have 00:33:54.480 --> 00:33:55.320 the more insecure 00:33:55.320 --> 00:33:56.300 we will feel 00:33:56.300 --> 00:33:59.560 have a chat with 00:33:59.560 --> 00:34:00.580 Vladimir Putin 00:34:00.580 --> 00:34:01.180 about that 00:34:01.180 --> 00:34:04.779 if we set our hearts 00:34:04.779 --> 00:34:05.840 on power 00:34:05.840 --> 00:34:09.460 in order to be significant 00:34:09.460 --> 00:34:11.720 power will ultimately 00:34:11.720 --> 00:34:12.500 control us 00:34:12.500 --> 00:34:13.460 and enslave us 00:34:13.460 --> 00:34:15.039 you see 00:34:15.039 --> 00:34:16.260 if it's not God 00:34:16.260 --> 00:34:17.900 whatever it is 00:34:17.900 --> 00:34:19.019 that you set your heart on 00:34:19.019 --> 00:34:20.840 if it's not God 00:34:20.840 --> 00:34:22.079 it will beat you up 00:34:22.079 --> 00:34:23.579 and it will fill you 00:34:23.579 --> 00:34:24.460 with fears 00:34:24.460 --> 00:34:25.980 and discouragement 00:34:25.980 --> 00:34:26.760 and failure 00:34:26.760 --> 00:34:28.720 and the Christian faith 00:34:28.720 --> 00:34:29.260 says that 00:34:29.260 --> 00:34:30.179 Jesus Christ 00:34:30.179 --> 00:34:31.119 God the Son 00:34:31.119 --> 00:34:32.079 the creator of all 00:34:32.079 --> 00:34:32.599 that is 00:34:32.599 --> 00:34:34.059 the author of life 00:34:34.059 --> 00:34:34.780 itself 00:34:34.780 --> 00:34:36.619 the one who owes us 00:34:36.619 --> 00:34:37.119 nothing 00:34:37.119 --> 00:34:37.840 except us 00:34:37.840 --> 00:34:38.519 experience 00:34:38.519 --> 00:34:39.340 nothing 00:34:39.340 --> 00:34:40.639 but rejection 00:34:40.639 --> 00:34:43.460 from the humanity 00:34:43.460 --> 00:34:44.579 that he has created 00:34:44.579 --> 00:34:49.179 Jesus Christ 00:34:49.179 --> 00:34:50.500 came into the brokenness 00:34:50.500 --> 00:34:51.460 of our road 00:34:51.460 --> 00:34:52.820 and had compassion 00:34:52.820 --> 00:34:53.420 on us 00:34:53.420 --> 00:34:54.759 the word compassion 00:34:54.759 --> 00:34:56.259 is there in verse 33 00:34:56.259 --> 00:34:57.139 and verse 34 00:34:57.139 --> 00:34:59.420 not literally 00:34:59.420 --> 00:35:00.940 translated in English 00:35:00.940 --> 00:35:02.400 in every translation 00:35:02.400 --> 00:35:03.820 but it's there in verse 33 00:35:03.820 --> 00:35:04.619 and verse 34 00:35:04.619 --> 00:35:05.739 and it's a word 00:35:05.739 --> 00:35:06.279 that's used 00:35:06.279 --> 00:35:08.139 more often 00:35:08.139 --> 00:35:09.380 than any other word 00:35:09.380 --> 00:35:09.940 in the Bible 00:35:09.940 --> 00:35:11.000 to describe 00:35:11.000 --> 00:35:12.359 Jesus' emotional life 00:35:12.359 --> 00:35:17.159 Jesus knew 00:35:17.159 --> 00:35:18.299 that to come to us 00:35:18.299 --> 00:35:18.799 on the road 00:35:18.799 --> 00:35:19.739 to rescue us 00:35:19.739 --> 00:35:20.539 wasn't to risk 00:35:20.539 --> 00:35:21.139 his life 00:35:21.139 --> 00:35:22.440 it was in fact 00:35:22.440 --> 00:35:23.380 to give his life 00:35:23.380 --> 00:35:26.359 as the good Samaritan 00:35:26.359 --> 00:35:27.880 came down the road 00:35:27.880 --> 00:35:28.619 and lifted up 00:35:28.619 --> 00:35:29.239 his enemy 00:35:29.239 --> 00:35:30.400 onto his horse 00:35:30.400 --> 00:35:31.380 so Jesus 00:35:31.380 --> 00:35:32.200 came down 00:35:32.200 --> 00:35:33.480 to us 00:35:33.480 --> 00:35:34.139 and pulled us 00:35:34.139 --> 00:35:35.280 up to his place 00:35:35.280 --> 00:35:37.039 I keep going back 00:35:37.039 --> 00:35:37.559 to this verse 00:35:37.559 --> 00:35:38.119 again and again 00:35:38.119 --> 00:35:38.440 and again 00:35:38.440 --> 00:35:39.180 but I just want to say 00:35:39.180 --> 00:35:39.940 it one more time 00:35:39.940 --> 00:35:41.039 for today 00:35:41.039 --> 00:35:43.019 2 Corinthians 5 21 00:35:43.019 --> 00:35:44.539 God made him 00:35:44.539 --> 00:35:45.380 who had no sin 00:35:45.380 --> 00:35:46.220 to be sin for us 00:35:46.220 --> 00:35:47.019 so that in him 00:35:47.019 --> 00:35:47.680 we might become 00:35:47.680 --> 00:35:48.619 the righteousness of God 00:35:48.619 --> 00:35:49.599 didn't just deal 00:35:49.599 --> 00:35:50.119 with our sin 00:35:50.119 --> 00:35:51.119 but lifted us up 00:35:51.119 --> 00:35:53.220 if we see Jesus 00:35:53.220 --> 00:35:54.880 as the good Samaritan 00:35:54.880 --> 00:35:56.980 the one who has 00:35:56.980 --> 00:35:58.420 radically 00:35:58.420 --> 00:36:00.119 generously 00:36:00.119 --> 00:36:01.980 neighboured you 00:36:01.980 --> 00:36:04.420 it will change 00:36:04.420 --> 00:36:05.059 you forever 00:36:05.059 --> 00:36:08.000 it is the dynamic 00:36:08.000 --> 00:36:09.619 and the only dynamic 00:36:09.619 --> 00:36:11.440 that begins 00:36:11.440 --> 00:36:12.260 the process 00:36:12.260 --> 00:36:13.639 of changing us 00:36:13.639 --> 00:36:14.360 as people 00:36:14.360 --> 00:36:15.599 who overflow 00:36:15.599 --> 00:36:17.740 into radically 00:36:17.740 --> 00:36:19.460 generous lives 00:36:19.460 --> 00:36:22.340 the evidence 00:36:22.340 --> 00:36:23.500 that we have been 00:36:23.500 --> 00:36:24.400 radically 00:36:24.400 --> 00:36:25.300 neighboured 00:36:25.300 --> 00:36:26.699 loved 00:36:26.699 --> 00:36:28.099 mercy 00:36:28.099 --> 00:36:30.059 of Jesus Christ 00:36:30.059 --> 00:36:31.939 generous life 00:36:31.939 --> 00:36:34.599 to our neighbours 00:36:34.599 --> 00:36:35.719 everyone 00:36:35.719 --> 00:36:38.599 is the evidence 00:36:38.599 --> 00:36:39.419 that we have been 00:36:39.419 --> 00:36:40.379 radically neighboured 00:36:40.379 --> 00:36:43.559 only when we see 00:36:43.559 --> 00:36:44.719 the true neighbour 00:36:44.719 --> 00:36:46.559 do we become 00:36:46.559 --> 00:36:47.299 true neighbours 00:36:47.299 --> 00:36:48.299 in such a way 00:36:48.299 --> 00:36:50.339 that our actual neighbours 00:36:50.339 --> 00:36:51.699 must look 00:36:51.699 --> 00:36:52.679 to the true neighbour 00:36:52.679 --> 00:36:54.699 to come to grips 00:36:54.699 --> 00:36:56.319 with what they are 00:36:56.319 --> 00:36:57.000 experiencing 00:36:57.000 --> 00:36:57.559 in radical 00:36:57.559 --> 00:36:58.099 generosity 00:36:58.099 --> 00:36:58.799 from us 00:36:58.799 --> 00:37:01.539 only then 00:37:01.539 --> 00:37:04.299 I wonder 00:37:04.299 --> 00:37:07.099 are you still 00:37:07.099 --> 00:37:07.899 feeling guilty 00:37:07.899 --> 00:37:12.039 are you still 00:37:12.039 --> 00:37:12.759 feeling guilty 00:37:12.759 --> 00:37:18.939 if you are 00:37:18.940 --> 00:37:20.119 then 00:37:20.119 --> 00:37:20.800 do 00:37:20.800 --> 00:37:21.760 what Jesus 00:37:21.760 --> 00:37:22.599 wants you 00:37:22.599 --> 00:37:23.220 to do 00:37:23.220 --> 00:37:24.019 with that guilt 00:37:24.019 --> 00:37:26.159 what did 00:37:26.159 --> 00:37:26.579 Jesus 00:37:26.579 --> 00:37:27.039 want 00:37:27.039 --> 00:37:27.860 the law 00:37:27.860 --> 00:37:28.380 expert 00:37:28.380 --> 00:37:28.960 to do 00:37:28.960 --> 00:37:29.639 with his 00:37:29.639 --> 00:37:29.980 guilt 00:37:29.980 --> 00:37:31.659 he wanted 00:37:31.659 --> 00:37:32.059 him to 00:37:32.059 --> 00:37:32.760 feel the 00:37:32.760 --> 00:37:33.099 weight 00:37:33.099 --> 00:37:33.720 of sin 00:37:33.720 --> 00:37:34.599 and expectations 00:37:34.599 --> 00:37:35.320 he wanted 00:37:35.320 --> 00:37:35.920 him to see 00:37:35.920 --> 00:37:36.380 that his 00:37:36.380 --> 00:37:36.780 goodness 00:37:36.780 --> 00:37:37.300 was not 00:37:37.300 --> 00:37:37.960 good enough 00:37:37.960 --> 00:37:38.920 that his 00:37:38.920 --> 00:37:39.440 generosity 00:37:39.440 --> 00:37:40.000 was not 00:37:40.000 --> 00:37:40.599 good enough 00:37:40.599 --> 00:37:43.840 he wanted 00:37:43.840 --> 00:37:44.360 him 00:37:44.360 --> 00:37:46.180 to run 00:37:46.180 --> 00:37:47.160 to Jesus 00:37:47.160 --> 00:37:48.019 with his 00:37:48.019 --> 00:37:48.320 guilt 00:37:48.320 --> 00:37:50.760 until we 00:37:50.760 --> 00:37:51.539 are crushed 00:37:51.539 --> 00:37:52.880 by the 00:37:52.880 --> 00:37:53.440 mandate 00:37:53.440 --> 00:37:54.340 and the 00:37:54.340 --> 00:37:54.920 magnitude 00:37:54.920 --> 00:37:56.880 of 00:37:56.880 --> 00:37:57.599 generosity 00:37:57.599 --> 00:37:58.320 that God 00:37:58.320 --> 00:37:59.019 requires 00:37:59.019 --> 00:37:59.660 from us 00:37:59.660 --> 00:38:00.840 until we 00:38:00.840 --> 00:38:01.519 are crushed 00:38:01.519 --> 00:38:02.140 by that 00:38:02.140 --> 00:38:06.640 we will 00:38:06.640 --> 00:38:07.019 not be 00:38:07.019 --> 00:38:07.680 humble enough 00:38:07.680 --> 00:38:08.400 to receive 00:38:08.400 --> 00:38:08.960 the mercy 00:38:08.960 --> 00:38:09.640 and the 00:38:09.640 --> 00:38:10.140 generosity 00:38:10.140 --> 00:38:11.940 that he 00:38:11.940 --> 00:38:13.980 offers us 00:38:13.980 --> 00:38:15.400 in Jesus 00:38:15.400 --> 00:38:19.000 a generosity 00:38:19.000 --> 00:38:19.960 offers us 00:38:19.960 --> 00:38:21.300 in the 00:38:21.300 --> 00:38:22.420 not good 00:38:22.420 --> 00:38:22.960 Samaritan 00:38:22.960 --> 00:38:23.900 but the 00:38:23.900 --> 00:38:24.139 great 00:38:24.139 --> 00:38:24.679 Samaritan 00:38:24.679 --> 00:38:25.940 Jesus 00:38:25.940 --> 00:38:26.440 Christ