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 For giving me this opportunity to be with you all today.

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 And it's a wonderful pleasure and to say thank you for your continuous partnership and support.

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 Today what I want to share with you is something about my own story,

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 about what I have been through.

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 In my own journey as a teenager.

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 So that goes back to almost 30, 35 years before.

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 So it's my own story.

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 Before we open what God has placed in my heart, I would like to pray with you.

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 Let's quickly pray.

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 Dear loving God, as we gather this morning to worship and reflect your word,

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 help us to understand what you are teaching us.

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 Show us how to respond with love, without limits.

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 As we think about the familiar story of Samaritan, teach us this morning how to respond.

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 Thank you, Lord, for our church, this church.

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 And for the partnership you have given us here, help us to work together in unity, in love, serving others as one body.

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 Guide us so that we don't just listen, but be changed, be challenged, becoming your people who share your grace with everyone we meet.

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 In your holy name.

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 Amen.

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 Again, church, as I said earlier, thank you for this opportunity that I can stand with you today to share God's word.

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 My theme of message, today's message is, who is my neighbor?

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 When the lawyer or the expert in the law asked the question, who is my neighbor?

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 He wanted to know the limits of responsibility.

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 What is the limit?

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 He was asking the right question, but he was asking how far I have to go.

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 What is the distance I have to go?

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 Who must I love and who can I ignore?

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 Who are the people I could love, who are the people I could ignore?

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 But Jesus did not answer his question.

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 Jesus was asking a question from him.

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 And then he simply says to the man, go and do likewise.

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 So Jesus didn't answer his question directly.

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 It was a good question.

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 Before I go further, I want to share a bit of my own story, my own life.

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 I get asked by churches and people who meet me often what I do and why I do the work I'm involved.

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 And in short, my story, one of the chapters, starts in this point, 1990, June.

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 My journey begins in one of the darkest moments of the Sri Lankan Civil War.

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 If you have known Sri Lanka, the history of Sri Lankan Civil War and internal displacement has been one of the major disasters and man-made disasters of that nation.

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 In 1990, June, there was a major internal displacement.

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 Hundreds of thousands were forced from their homes to flee.

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 Many didn't survive.

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 Many of my friends didn't survive.

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 Bombings, shelling, that followed that particular week, starting from June 14th.

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 My family and I were among those who fled on that night.

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 I want to take a moment to share with you my own story, in a way.

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 In a very difficult time of my teenage years, in my journey, there were seven churches along the way of fleeing of around 300 kilometers.

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 Seven churches who stepped up, making an impact in my life.

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 I may not agree with the doctrines of these churches.

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 I don't agree with those certain doctrines those churches shared.

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 But their actions and their response was profound.

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 The church has the responsibility and the unique ability, even today in Australia,

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 to stand with those who have lost everything.

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 They have lost the people who have lost their hope.

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 People have lost everything.

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 The church has the ability to make a difference.

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 Their actions are part of why I now walk alongside with those who are forcibly displaced

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 or those who have become refugees.

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 And I've been involved in refugee ministry since I left my high school, I don't know, 30 years ago, 32 years ago.

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 And since I left, I've been involved in refugee work.

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 And when I talk about these seven churches in my journey, I want to start talking about the church one.

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 When we fled and we walked probably around 15 kilometers and we came to a small Pentecostal congregation in a village.

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 And I still remember the pastor opened their home and they fed us on that day.

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 We were complete strangers to them.

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 And they opened their home and they fed us on that day, on that night when we were praying.

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 And the devotional reading was from Isaiah 43, verse 2.

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 Verse 2, when you walk through the fire, you will not be burned.

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 And those words became very real when we heard that our home was completely burned down.

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 My parents lost their business, our home, everything we lost on that night.

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 The second church was a pastor who journeyed with us who also fled.

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 And we came to a point where it was so dangerous for us to go further in our displacement.

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 And the only way we could do is to cross a particular waterway through sea, the sea waterway.

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 And we were around 30 of us.

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 We have to cross.

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 And many of the young people didn't have any financial means to do that.

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 And the pastor and his wife, that was their first wedding anniversary.

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 And the pastor and wife took off their wedding rings and gave it to the boatman and said,

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 take these young people, save the show.

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 And that was the second church.

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 The third church, when we arrived on the other side of the show, it was a Catholic parish in the local area.

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 And when these people coming by boat in hundreds, these Catholic church on the show,

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 they rallied the community around, the people around the church area.

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 And they cooked a meal for that day.

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 And they served, they didn't have plates, they didn't have any fancy equipments.

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 And they served us in this big teak leaves.

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 They served the meal on that day.

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 It was a very simple meal.

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 Even today, I sort of wonder if I could taste the same thing.

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 And I feel that was a life-saving meal for me on that day.

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 And my life became sort of as a family wandering in that district for a few months.

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 And I also remember one morning stepping into another congregation, an apostolic church.

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 That's what their name.

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 And the pastor and the wife invited me.

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 And because I was 16 and I was so frustrated at that day.

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 And he gave me a New Testament in my hand.

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 And he said, Jude, you need to start reading the scriptures.

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 And that New Testament spared my life.

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 Because that's the time the young teenagers got dragged into becoming child soldiers.

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 So Sri Lanka had this issue of child soldiers.

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 And the conversation with that pastor and he sort of giving me that New Testament in my hand

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 sort of saved me from that temptation of going through this hopelessness and say,

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 no, I also need to take my arms and fight.

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 And that point saved me.

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 And continuing to talk about the other churches.

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 And another church, complete strangers, they came and gave some money to my dad and say,

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 on your next leg of your travel to go to the capital, here you are.

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 And we never knew them.

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 We never met them.

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 And they're just complete strangers.

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 When we came to what we call the military-controlled area,

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 and we were housed in a school hall, a Christian school hall,

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 the priest of that school made arrangement for us to sleep in the school hall and made meals.

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 And to tell you that anyone houses any young people in a strange place like that,

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 they are subject to military actions.

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 Because it is a risk that priest took that night to house these young people,

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 and my family to be safe on that night.

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 If you have stayed on the street, or if you are outside somewhere,

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 our life would have been, I would not stand in front of you today to share this.

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 And then the final about the seventh church,

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 and we managed to come to the city, and we were there.

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 And in this particular city, I attended a service,

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 and then they were glorifying the military actions,

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 and they prayed for the military.

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 And I was kind of confused.

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 And here, one side of the military is killing the people,

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 and here the church is sort of praying and supporting the whole actions.

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 But there were individuals and leaders who journeyed with me,

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 supported me, protected me, where I could stand with you today.

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 This is my, not a short story.

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 I thought it would be a short story, but it has become a long story.

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 Right?

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 So this is my story.

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 Right?

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 So when I want to open the story with you,

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 what Jesus was sharing,

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 he was sharing about the lawyer's question.

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 Right?

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 And it was a good question.

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 The intention was good.

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 The parable in Luke chapter 10

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 begins with the lawyer standing there to test Jesus.

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 It was not, it was a good question,

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 but the intention behind the question was not good.

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 He was actually trying to test Jesus.

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 He says, teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?

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 On the surface, it sounds good,

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 and Luke's important question,

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 but Luke's tells us in the passage that he was trying to test.

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 And Jesus continues.

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 He responds with a question.

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 Instead of direct answer,

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 the lawyer knew the law from A to Z.

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 And he says,

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 he responds to Jesus,

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 love the Lord your God,

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 love your neighbor as yourself.

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 And then he asks the question from Jesus,

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 who is my neighbor?

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 This reveals the struggle even for us today.

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 We all, the people know the law.

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 Even the lawyer knew the law,

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 but he didn't know the application of the law.

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 People know the scripture well.

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 People struggle with the application of the scripture.

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 People ask good questions based on scriptures.

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 And one of the questions we all ask about,

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 today's major question is about migration,

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 and who comes to this country,

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 who are they,

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 and all those questions.

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 Those are good questions.

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 The problem is,

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 are we really looking for the truth,

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 or we are looking for limits?

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 And it's easier to look for

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 what is the limit we can place on things.

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 But what is the truth is the question.

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 And based on the parable,

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 I would like to bring three small reflections for you,

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 for you to continue to ponder.

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 The first one is,

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 the first character is the man on the road.

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 Most of the time when we read this story,

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 I think as from our childhood,

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 we would have read this story a thousand times.

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 A thousand times we would have read this story.

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 But,

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 I would really love you taking a turn,

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 not to focus on the Samaritan,

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 but let's start focusing on the other characters.

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 The man on the road,

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 Jesus replied,

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 a man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho,

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 and he fell among robbers,

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 who stripped him and beat him and departed,

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 leaving him half dead.

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 The stranger in need,

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 Jesus in his story simply said,

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 a man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho.

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 The man has no name,

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 there's no name,

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 there is no ethnic or religious label for this man.

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 Jesus removes every detail that could be used as an excuse.

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 He removes all the details of this man.

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 We only know that man was injured and he was half dead.

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 The man is suffering and he needed help.

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 That's all we know from the scripture.

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 And the pain does not come to a person with permission.

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 And it doesn't come with a label.

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 And because I belong to this,

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 I am suffering.

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 The pain and suffering to people,

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 it comes when it comes.

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 Our focus here is to look at the structure of this parable,

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 especially the way Jesus removes every identify marker from the man on the road.

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 Jesus deliberately strips away anything that could be used as an excuse.

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 The people whom we see,

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 people whom we journey with,

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 that most of the time we tend to journey with them

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 or choose to love them

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 or choose to support them based on their identity.

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 And Jesus removes that identity here.

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 The second group of people we see in the scripture

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 is the priest and the Levite.

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 The scripture says,

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 now by chance a priest was going down that road

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 and when he saw him,

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 he passed by on the other side.

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 So likewise,

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 a Levite,

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 when he came to the place

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 and saw him

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 and passed on the other side.

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 And Jesus speaks about this Levite and the priest.

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 And the scripture very clearly says

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 they were going down.

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 They were not going up.

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 So if you really look at

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 Jerusalem and Jericho,

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 Jerusalem is in a higher ground.

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 It's around 750 meters high.

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 And Jericho is in the lowest point near the Dead Sea.

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 And if you read the passage

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 and if you try to understand the law,

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 the numbers, chapter 19, verse 11 says,

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 whoever touches a dead body

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 still be unclean for seven days.

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 That's the scripture says.

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 The man who knows the law,

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 the Levite and the priest,

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 he sees this half dead man

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 and if he goes and touches

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 that particular person,

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 if that body is a dead body

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 or if that person is a dead man,

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 he will be defiled.

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 He will be defiled for seven days.

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 And if he was going from Jericho to Jerusalem,

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 the Levite and the priest

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 will be going over there

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 to do their religious duties,

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 to serve in the church

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 or serve in the temple.

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 And it was a classic example,

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 a classic excuse to say,

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 no, I don't want to touch this person

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 because if I touch,

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 I can't go and do my religious duties

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 in the church, in the temple.

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 I can't do this.

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 By law, I cannot do this.

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 And they were not going to serve

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 in the temple

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 because they were coming down.

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 They were coming from the temple.

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 They were coming down.

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 Helping that person

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 would not stop their service

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 at the temple

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 because they have already completed

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 their part of the work.

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 And it is, even today,

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 it's a similar thing.

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 We kind of come to a place

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 that we say by law,

00:20:39.219 --> 00:20:40.039
 by scripture,

00:20:40.500 --> 00:20:41.919
 by certain limitation,

00:20:42.199 --> 00:20:42.919
 by policies,

00:20:43.059 --> 00:20:43.819
 by compliance,

00:20:44.239 --> 00:20:45.339
 we cannot act,

00:20:45.519 --> 00:20:46.559
 we cannot do something.

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 The priest and the Levite

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 weren't stopped by the law.

00:20:50.779 --> 00:20:51.539
 They were stopped

00:20:51.539 --> 00:20:54.619
 by the way they interpreted the law

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 and used it,

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 used that particular law

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 as their excuse.

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 They were already among,

00:21:02.519 --> 00:21:04.019
 they were already coming

00:21:04.019 --> 00:21:05.960
 down from Jerusalem.

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 Their duties have finished,

00:21:08.039 --> 00:21:09.339
 their rituals are finished,

00:21:09.699 --> 00:21:11.699
 so Jesus removes

00:21:11.699 --> 00:21:13.659
 the law excuse.

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 It reminds us

00:21:15.599 --> 00:21:16.960
 today,

00:21:17.539 --> 00:21:19.079
 even good laws

00:21:19.079 --> 00:21:19.939
 and traditions

00:21:19.939 --> 00:21:22.419
 can block you and me

00:21:22.419 --> 00:21:24.179
 from being compassionate

00:21:24.179 --> 00:21:24.960
 to the people

00:21:24.960 --> 00:21:25.899
 who are in need.

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 The third person

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 in the story

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 is a character

00:21:30.380 --> 00:21:32.780
 we mostly talk about.

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 But in that also

00:21:34.540 --> 00:21:35.560
 we leave

00:21:35.560 --> 00:21:36.759
 some details.

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 Here,

00:21:38.160 --> 00:21:39.220
 Jesus talks about

00:21:39.220 --> 00:21:40.360
 the Samaritan.

00:21:40.920 --> 00:21:42.340
 The Samaritan journeyed,

00:21:42.880 --> 00:21:45.360
 came where he was,

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 and when he saw,

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 I'm reading from

00:21:49.420 --> 00:21:50.080
 chapter 10,

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 verses 33 to 35,

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 he went to him

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 and bound

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 up his wounds,

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 pouring on oil

00:21:59.240 --> 00:21:59.820
 and wine,

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 then set him

00:22:01.200 --> 00:22:02.540
 on his own animal

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 and brought him

00:22:04.000 --> 00:22:05.420
 to an inn

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 and took care of him.

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 And the next day,

00:22:10.080 --> 00:22:10.680
 he took out

00:22:10.680 --> 00:22:11.820
 two denarii

00:22:11.820 --> 00:22:13.280
 and gave them

00:22:13.280 --> 00:22:14.040
 to the innkeeper

00:22:14.040 --> 00:22:14.400
 saying,

00:22:14.660 --> 00:22:15.500
 take care of him

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 and whatever

00:22:16.600 --> 00:22:18.280
 more you spend,

00:22:18.640 --> 00:22:20.260
 I will repay you

00:22:20.260 --> 00:22:21.220
 when I come back.

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 Jesus introduces

00:22:22.440 --> 00:22:23.220
 the Samaritan.

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 This is very shocking

00:22:25.420 --> 00:22:26.920
 why he has to

00:22:26.920 --> 00:22:28.279
 introduce a Samaritan.

00:22:28.420 --> 00:22:29.160
 Why not a Roman?

00:22:29.500 --> 00:22:30.400
 Because the Romans

00:22:30.400 --> 00:22:31.059
 were living there.

00:22:31.460 --> 00:22:33.420
 Why not another

00:22:33.420 --> 00:22:34.799
 Canaanite person?

00:22:35.880 --> 00:22:36.819
 Someone else?

00:22:37.019 --> 00:22:38.720
 Why Jesus has to

00:22:38.720 --> 00:22:40.440
 use a Samaritan

00:22:40.440 --> 00:22:41.620
 in this story?

00:22:42.299 --> 00:22:43.200
 And the Samaritans

00:22:43.200 --> 00:22:43.720
 and Jews,

00:22:44.100 --> 00:22:44.799
 they were brothers

00:22:44.799 --> 00:22:46.120
 centuries ago.

00:22:46.500 --> 00:22:47.440
 They lived together.

00:22:47.640 --> 00:22:48.160
 They were under

00:22:48.160 --> 00:22:48.759
 one kingdom.

00:22:49.220 --> 00:22:50.079
 They were together.

00:22:50.079 --> 00:22:51.639
 But the rivalry

00:22:51.639 --> 00:22:52.939
 grew.

00:22:54.339 --> 00:22:54.960
 And when you,

00:22:55.500 --> 00:22:56.419
 after the

00:22:56.419 --> 00:22:57.339
 Assyrian conquest

00:22:57.339 --> 00:22:59.799
 of 722 BC,

00:23:00.139 --> 00:23:01.339
 the rivalry grew

00:23:01.339 --> 00:23:02.579
 and they

00:23:02.579 --> 00:23:04.079
 separated.

00:23:05.960 --> 00:23:06.359
 And Jews

00:23:06.359 --> 00:23:06.899
 believed

00:23:06.899 --> 00:23:09.319
 the only

00:23:09.319 --> 00:23:10.179
 proper place

00:23:10.179 --> 00:23:10.759
 to worship

00:23:10.759 --> 00:23:11.079
 was

00:23:11.859 --> 00:23:12.939
 the temple

00:23:12.939 --> 00:23:13.460
 in Jerusalem.

00:23:14.099 --> 00:23:14.799
 And Samaritans

00:23:14.799 --> 00:23:15.259
 believed

00:23:15.259 --> 00:23:16.339
 the true place

00:23:16.339 --> 00:23:17.439
 to worship

00:23:17.439 --> 00:23:18.559
 is one of the

00:23:18.559 --> 00:23:19.079
 mountains

00:23:19.079 --> 00:23:19.859
 in Samaria.

00:23:20.779 --> 00:23:21.699
 Not in Jerusalem.

00:23:22.759 --> 00:23:23.339
 The tension

00:23:23.339 --> 00:23:24.059
 between these

00:23:24.059 --> 00:23:24.559
 two

00:23:24.559 --> 00:23:26.819
 became a

00:23:26.819 --> 00:23:27.259
 theological

00:23:27.259 --> 00:23:28.799
 division,

00:23:29.259 --> 00:23:29.720
 theological

00:23:29.720 --> 00:23:30.480
 arguments.

00:23:31.039 --> 00:23:31.599
 It turned

00:23:31.599 --> 00:23:33.000
 violent at times.

00:23:33.519 --> 00:23:34.220
 They fought

00:23:34.220 --> 00:23:34.859
 with each other.

00:23:35.500 --> 00:23:35.779
 Jews

00:23:35.779 --> 00:23:36.720
 destroyed

00:23:36.720 --> 00:23:37.579
 the Samaritan

00:23:37.579 --> 00:23:38.039
 temple

00:23:38.039 --> 00:23:39.480
 on the

00:23:39.480 --> 00:23:39.819
 mount

00:23:39.819 --> 00:23:42.339
 around

00:23:42.339 --> 00:23:43.819
 150 years

00:23:43.819 --> 00:23:44.439
 before

00:23:44.439 --> 00:23:45.359
 Jesus

00:23:45.359 --> 00:23:45.980
 told this

00:23:45.980 --> 00:23:46.559
 story.

00:23:48.399 --> 00:23:49.539
 And also

00:23:49.539 --> 00:23:50.139
 Samaritans

00:23:50.139 --> 00:23:50.720
 also

00:23:50.720 --> 00:23:51.659
 disrupted

00:23:51.659 --> 00:23:53.599
 when the

00:23:53.599 --> 00:23:54.480
 Jews

00:23:54.480 --> 00:23:55.119
 traveling

00:23:55.119 --> 00:23:55.679
 to

00:23:55.679 --> 00:23:56.579
 Jerusalem

00:23:56.579 --> 00:23:57.579
 for their

00:23:57.579 --> 00:23:59.899
 pilgrimages,

00:24:00.199 --> 00:24:00.359
 their

00:24:00.359 --> 00:24:01.039
 rituals.

00:24:02.679 --> 00:24:03.599
 When

00:24:03.599 --> 00:24:03.980
 Jesus

00:24:03.980 --> 00:24:04.500
 brought

00:24:04.500 --> 00:24:04.959
 the

00:24:04.959 --> 00:24:05.619
 Samaritans

00:24:05.619 --> 00:24:06.199
 in this

00:24:06.199 --> 00:24:06.559
 story,

00:24:07.919 --> 00:24:08.199
 Jesus

00:24:08.199 --> 00:24:08.699
 brings

00:24:08.699 --> 00:24:10.059
 the story

00:24:10.059 --> 00:24:10.700
 of compassion

00:24:10.700 --> 00:24:11.399
 in action.

00:24:13.059 --> 00:24:13.720
 And the

00:24:13.720 --> 00:24:13.960
 Bible

00:24:13.960 --> 00:24:14.399
 says

00:24:14.399 --> 00:24:15.740
 the

00:24:15.740 --> 00:24:16.339
 Samaritan,

00:24:16.819 --> 00:24:17.259
 he

00:24:17.259 --> 00:24:18.399
 saw him,

00:24:18.839 --> 00:24:19.299
 he sees

00:24:19.299 --> 00:24:19.500
 him,

00:24:20.359 --> 00:24:21.339
 he had

00:24:21.339 --> 00:24:21.919
 compassion,

00:24:22.819 --> 00:24:23.839
 and he

00:24:23.839 --> 00:24:24.259
 went to

00:24:24.259 --> 00:24:24.480
 him.

00:24:25.240 --> 00:24:25.759
 I just

00:24:25.759 --> 00:24:26.220
 want to

00:24:26.220 --> 00:24:26.879
 underline

00:24:26.879 --> 00:24:27.379
 these three

00:24:27.379 --> 00:24:27.700
 things.

00:24:27.960 --> 00:24:28.299
 And what

00:24:28.299 --> 00:24:29.220
 we fail

00:24:29.220 --> 00:24:29.659
 to do

00:24:29.659 --> 00:24:30.179
 most of

00:24:30.179 --> 00:24:30.539
 the time,

00:24:30.619 --> 00:24:31.000
 even in

00:24:31.000 --> 00:24:32.159
 my life,

00:24:32.279 --> 00:24:33.000
 in my

00:24:33.000 --> 00:24:34.179
 walk

00:24:34.179 --> 00:24:35.000
 with people,

00:24:35.440 --> 00:24:36.099
 I refuse

00:24:36.099 --> 00:24:36.819
 to see

00:24:36.819 --> 00:24:37.419
 what's going

00:24:37.420 --> 00:24:37.740
 on,

00:24:38.420 --> 00:24:39.320
 because I

00:24:39.320 --> 00:24:39.980
 refuse to

00:24:39.980 --> 00:24:40.300
 see,

00:24:40.740 --> 00:24:41.360
 I cannot

00:24:41.360 --> 00:24:42.980
 feel what

00:24:42.980 --> 00:24:43.300
 they are

00:24:43.300 --> 00:24:43.960
 going through,

00:24:44.480 --> 00:24:45.140
 I cannot

00:24:45.140 --> 00:24:46.000
 move by

00:24:46.000 --> 00:24:46.560
 compassion,

00:24:47.100 --> 00:24:47.740
 and because

00:24:47.740 --> 00:24:49.420
 I can't

00:24:49.420 --> 00:24:51.500
 see and

00:24:51.500 --> 00:24:52.060
 feel,

00:24:52.560 --> 00:24:53.300
 I don't

00:24:53.300 --> 00:24:54.140
 go to

00:24:54.140 --> 00:24:54.320
 them.

00:24:54.700 --> 00:24:55.380
 I stay

00:24:55.380 --> 00:24:56.320
 out of

00:24:56.320 --> 00:24:56.820
 that place

00:24:56.820 --> 00:24:57.700
 because I

00:24:57.700 --> 00:24:58.440
 refuse to

00:24:58.440 --> 00:24:58.940
 see it,

00:24:59.180 --> 00:24:59.800
 I refuse

00:24:59.800 --> 00:25:01.000
 to move,

00:25:01.640 --> 00:25:02.380
 and so

00:25:02.380 --> 00:25:02.860
 I don't

00:25:02.860 --> 00:25:03.160
 go to

00:25:03.160 --> 00:25:03.320
 them.

00:25:04.360 --> 00:25:04.800
 He does

00:25:04.800 --> 00:25:05.019
 not,

00:25:05.320 --> 00:25:05.840
 when he

00:25:05.840 --> 00:25:06.500
 goes to

00:25:06.500 --> 00:25:06.740
 him,

00:25:06.940 --> 00:25:07.359
 he did

00:25:07.359 --> 00:25:08.059
 not ask

00:25:08.059 --> 00:25:08.759
 the question

00:25:08.759 --> 00:25:10.140
 about the

00:25:10.140 --> 00:25:11.019
 ethnicity of

00:25:11.019 --> 00:25:12.740
 the person

00:25:12.740 --> 00:25:13.480
 injured,

00:25:13.799 --> 00:25:14.400
 he did

00:25:14.400 --> 00:25:15.180
 not ask

00:25:15.180 --> 00:25:16.519
 the race

00:25:16.519 --> 00:25:16.960
 of that

00:25:16.960 --> 00:25:17.599
 person who

00:25:17.599 --> 00:25:18.220
 is injured,

00:25:18.559 --> 00:25:19.240
 and he

00:25:19.240 --> 00:25:19.539
 did not

00:25:19.539 --> 00:25:20.619
 ask the

00:25:20.619 --> 00:25:21.500
 question of

00:25:21.500 --> 00:25:22.140
 the religious

00:25:22.140 --> 00:25:23.220
 or politics.

00:25:25.099 --> 00:25:25.900
 And the

00:25:25.900 --> 00:25:26.500
 scripture says

00:25:26.500 --> 00:25:27.299
 he acts,

00:25:27.819 --> 00:25:28.400
 it was not

00:25:28.400 --> 00:25:28.779
 a triple

00:25:28.779 --> 00:25:29.640
 zero call

00:25:29.640 --> 00:25:31.119
 and then

00:25:31.119 --> 00:25:31.500
 to walk

00:25:31.500 --> 00:25:31.819
 away,

00:25:32.079 --> 00:25:32.279
 right?

00:25:32.359 --> 00:25:32.640
 Today,

00:25:32.819 --> 00:25:33.339
 if I see

00:25:33.339 --> 00:25:33.940
 somebody in

00:25:33.940 --> 00:25:34.240
 need,

00:25:34.599 --> 00:25:35.000
 and my

00:25:35.000 --> 00:25:35.839
 easiest

00:25:35.839 --> 00:25:36.799
 option is

00:25:36.799 --> 00:25:37.159
 to make

00:25:37.159 --> 00:25:37.519
 a triple

00:25:37.519 --> 00:25:38.119
 zero call.

00:25:39.179 --> 00:25:39.619
 This is

00:25:39.619 --> 00:25:40.220
 not the

00:25:40.220 --> 00:25:40.659
 narration

00:25:40.659 --> 00:25:41.299
 of the

00:25:41.299 --> 00:25:41.679
 secular

00:25:41.679 --> 00:25:42.099
 media

00:25:42.099 --> 00:25:42.500
 today

00:25:42.500 --> 00:25:43.059
 saying

00:25:43.059 --> 00:25:44.799
 a good

00:25:44.799 --> 00:25:45.799
 Samaritan's

00:25:45.799 --> 00:25:46.399
 act.

00:25:46.959 --> 00:25:47.779
 When somebody

00:25:47.779 --> 00:25:49.059
 calls a triple

00:25:49.059 --> 00:25:49.419
 zero,

00:25:49.799 --> 00:25:50.319
 today you

00:25:50.319 --> 00:25:50.740
 will hear

00:25:50.740 --> 00:25:51.500
 in a secular

00:25:51.500 --> 00:25:52.279
 media saying

00:25:52.279 --> 00:25:52.939
 that was

00:25:52.939 --> 00:25:53.319
 an act

00:25:53.319 --> 00:25:53.799
 of a good

00:25:53.799 --> 00:25:54.279
 Samaritan.

00:25:54.399 --> 00:25:54.720
 So it

00:25:54.720 --> 00:25:55.259
 was not

00:25:55.259 --> 00:25:56.299
 that easy

00:25:56.299 --> 00:25:57.259
 at that

00:25:57.259 --> 00:25:57.579
 point.

00:25:58.259 --> 00:25:58.859
 And the

00:25:58.859 --> 00:25:59.339
 Bible

00:25:59.339 --> 00:26:00.240
 says he

00:26:00.240 --> 00:26:00.819
 goes there,

00:26:00.939 --> 00:26:01.599
 he bandages

00:26:01.599 --> 00:26:02.119
 the wound,

00:26:02.480 --> 00:26:03.240
 uses oil

00:26:03.240 --> 00:26:03.700
 and wine,

00:26:04.140 --> 00:26:04.660
 puts the

00:26:04.660 --> 00:26:05.519
 man on

00:26:05.519 --> 00:26:06.359
 his own

00:26:06.359 --> 00:26:07.140
 animal,

00:26:07.279 --> 00:26:07.559
 in his

00:26:07.559 --> 00:26:08.339
 own donkey,

00:26:08.839 --> 00:26:09.400
 takes him

00:26:09.400 --> 00:26:10.620
 to the

00:26:10.620 --> 00:26:10.940
 inn,

00:26:11.319 --> 00:26:11.759
 and the

00:26:11.759 --> 00:26:12.420
 Bible says

00:26:12.420 --> 00:26:13.539
 he stayed

00:26:13.539 --> 00:26:14.259
 with him

00:26:14.259 --> 00:26:15.980
 and cared

00:26:15.980 --> 00:26:16.359
 for him.

00:26:16.779 --> 00:26:17.099
 And on

00:26:17.099 --> 00:26:17.380
 the next

00:26:17.380 --> 00:26:17.720
 day,

00:26:18.120 --> 00:26:18.480
 pays

00:26:18.480 --> 00:26:19.339
 two

00:26:19.339 --> 00:26:20.279
 denarii.

00:26:20.599 --> 00:26:20.980
 And if

00:26:20.980 --> 00:26:21.440
 you really

00:26:21.440 --> 00:26:21.839
 look at

00:26:21.839 --> 00:26:22.000
 it,

00:26:22.259 --> 00:26:23.000
 it's a lot

00:26:23.000 --> 00:26:23.359
 of money.

00:26:24.019 --> 00:26:25.140
 It is a lot

00:26:25.140 --> 00:26:25.579
 of money

00:26:25.579 --> 00:26:26.359
 in today's

00:26:26.359 --> 00:26:26.759
 terms.

00:26:26.940 --> 00:26:27.420
 It's

00:26:27.420 --> 00:26:28.079
 probably

00:26:28.079 --> 00:26:28.940
 around two

00:26:28.940 --> 00:26:29.920
 days of

00:26:29.920 --> 00:26:30.559
 wages.

00:26:30.559 --> 00:26:31.379
 And for

00:26:31.379 --> 00:26:31.539
 the

00:26:31.539 --> 00:26:32.059
 Samaritan,

00:26:32.440 --> 00:26:32.740
 that's

00:26:32.740 --> 00:26:33.079
 a lot

00:26:33.079 --> 00:26:33.519
 of money.

00:26:34.419 --> 00:26:34.779
 And he

00:26:34.779 --> 00:26:35.119
 says,

00:26:35.759 --> 00:26:36.639
 in the

00:26:36.639 --> 00:26:37.220
 last part

00:26:37.220 --> 00:26:37.619
 it says,

00:26:38.000 --> 00:26:38.659
 promises to

00:26:38.659 --> 00:26:39.299
 return and

00:26:39.299 --> 00:26:40.559
 pay if

00:26:40.559 --> 00:26:41.740
 you have

00:26:41.740 --> 00:26:42.579
 spent more,

00:26:42.679 --> 00:26:43.139
 willing to

00:26:43.139 --> 00:26:43.500
 reimburse.

00:26:44.359 --> 00:26:45.259
 This is

00:26:45.259 --> 00:26:46.619
 a costly

00:26:46.619 --> 00:26:47.940
 ongoing

00:26:47.940 --> 00:26:48.919
 commitment.

00:26:49.279 --> 00:26:49.639
 It is

00:26:49.639 --> 00:26:50.119
 not

00:26:50.119 --> 00:26:51.679
 something

00:26:51.679 --> 00:26:52.220
 that you

00:26:52.220 --> 00:26:52.839
 fix and

00:26:52.839 --> 00:26:53.379
 run away.

00:26:53.500 --> 00:26:54.039
 It is an

00:26:54.039 --> 00:26:54.500
 ongoing

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 commitment.

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 This

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 parable

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 gives

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 us

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 the

00:27:00.519 --> 00:27:00.960
 love

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 that we

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 show

00:27:01.980 --> 00:27:02.740
 without

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 limits.

00:27:04.519 --> 00:27:04.680
 And

00:27:04.680 --> 00:27:05.379
 faith

00:27:05.379 --> 00:27:05.879
 is

00:27:05.879 --> 00:27:06.440
 proven

00:27:06.440 --> 00:27:07.599
 when it

00:27:07.599 --> 00:27:07.839
 is

00:27:07.839 --> 00:27:08.399
 not

00:27:08.399 --> 00:27:09.019
 safe.

00:27:09.839 --> 00:27:10.019
 My

00:27:10.019 --> 00:27:10.500
 faith

00:27:10.500 --> 00:27:10.899
 is

00:27:10.899 --> 00:27:11.379
 proven

00:27:11.379 --> 00:27:12.039
 when it

00:27:12.039 --> 00:27:12.200
 is

00:27:12.200 --> 00:27:12.799
 not

00:27:12.799 --> 00:27:13.700
 safe.

00:27:14.160 --> 00:27:14.319
 The

00:27:14.319 --> 00:27:14.639
 faith

00:27:14.639 --> 00:27:14.940
 is

00:27:14.940 --> 00:27:15.440
 proven

00:27:15.440 --> 00:27:16.460
 when it

00:27:16.460 --> 00:27:16.680
 is

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 really

00:27:17.279 --> 00:27:18.200
 costly.

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 And I

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 leave

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 this

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 part

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 of

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 that

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 in my

00:27:23.000 --> 00:27:23.500
 conclusion.

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 When

00:27:24.240 --> 00:27:24.619
 Jesus

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 says,

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 go and

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 do

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 likewise,

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 I want

00:27:27.859 --> 00:27:28.160
 you to

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 remember

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 that

00:27:29.339 --> 00:27:30.819
 unless

00:27:30.819 --> 00:27:31.240
 I

00:27:31.240 --> 00:27:31.720
 see

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 it,

00:27:32.559 --> 00:27:32.779
 I

00:27:32.779 --> 00:27:32.960
 will

00:27:32.960 --> 00:27:33.160
 not

00:27:33.160 --> 00:27:33.359
 be

00:27:33.359 --> 00:27:33.619
 moved.

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 Unless

00:27:34.359 --> 00:27:34.819
 I

00:27:34.819 --> 00:27:35.319
 see

00:27:35.319 --> 00:27:35.680
 and

00:27:35.680 --> 00:27:36.000
 moved,

00:27:36.299 --> 00:27:36.519
 I

00:27:36.519 --> 00:27:36.639
 will

00:27:36.639 --> 00:27:36.839
 not

00:27:36.839 --> 00:27:37.019
 be

00:27:37.019 --> 00:27:37.220
 able

00:27:37.220 --> 00:27:37.480
 to

00:27:37.480 --> 00:27:38.180
 act.

00:27:38.779 --> 00:27:39.180
 Thank

00:27:39.180 --> 00:27:39.319
 you.

00:27:39.400 --> 00:27:39.579
 Thank

00:27:39.579 --> 00:27:40.019
 you for

00:27:40.019 --> 00:27:40.660
 giving me

00:27:40.660 --> 00:27:40.839
 this

00:27:40.839 --> 00:27:41.259
 opportunity.

00:27:41.259 --> 00:27:41.700
 Thank you.