WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:07.679 All right, good evening, everyone. Turn with me in the Bible to Luke chapter 10. 00:00:11.359 --> 00:00:17.219 We are going to look at one of two episodes from the life of Jesus. 00:00:18.839 --> 00:00:25.719 And in Luke chapter 10, we're continuing our series in the gospel of Luke focused around a 00:00:25.719 --> 00:00:33.820 theme of discipleship. And as Pastor Nick mentioned two weeks ago, if you go on the internet or if you 00:00:33.820 --> 00:00:40.659 look around or if you go to a bookstore, there's tons and tons of books and conferences and blogs 00:00:40.659 --> 00:00:48.000 and training programs that focus on leadership development or developing teams that work well 00:00:48.000 --> 00:00:55.120 together. But what Jesus focuses on in these chapters in Luke that we're looking at is not 00:00:55.119 --> 00:01:03.619 so much leadership development as follower development. Now, in one sense, you could say 00:01:03.619 --> 00:01:10.120 Jesus actually does have leadership development in mind because his disciples are the ones who are 00:01:10.120 --> 00:01:17.739 going to be leading the church once he dies, rises again, and ascends to heaven. So he's going to hand 00:01:17.739 --> 00:01:25.979 it off to them and the Holy Spirit. But where he starts is he doesn't start by saying, disciples, 00:01:26.299 --> 00:01:34.159 I'm going to train you to be a great church leader. He starts by saying, I need to teach you what it 00:01:34.159 --> 00:01:41.599 means to be my disciples, my followers, what it means to follow me. You can't be a good leader 00:01:41.599 --> 00:01:53.019 unless you learn to be a good follower first, according to Jesus. So that's the section of 00:01:53.019 --> 00:01:57.959 Luke we're in. And the setting in which Jesus is teaching about discipleship is he's journeying to 00:01:57.959 --> 00:02:04.599 Jerusalem. So he's talking with his disciples as they take this long journey from town to town and 00:02:04.599 --> 00:02:10.519 city to city, all heading up toward Jerusalem. And Jesus teaches them in a lot of different ways. 00:02:10.520 --> 00:02:15.620 Sometimes he just sits down and talks to them. Sometimes he responds to their questions. 00:02:16.500 --> 00:02:23.120 Sometimes he sets an example for them in how he heals other people or how he relates to other people 00:02:23.120 --> 00:02:32.020 or models trust in God the Father through his prayer life. So Jesus is teaching his disciples 00:02:32.020 --> 00:02:38.219 as an ongoing process through all sorts of different ways. And what we're looking at tonight 00:02:38.219 --> 00:02:44.199 is two stories where somebody comes up to Jesus with a question. And we're going to see how Jesus 00:02:44.199 --> 00:02:52.139 responds to their question in Luke chapter 10. So we're looking at Luke chapter 10, starting at verse 00:02:52.139 --> 00:03:00.000 25 to the end of the chapter. So I'm going to read that. And then we're going to just sort of go through 00:03:00.000 --> 00:03:04.240 these two sections. And then I'm going to ask, why are these two sections next to each other? So it's the 00:03:04.240 --> 00:03:10.000 story of the Good Samaritan and the story of Mary and Martha. Most of the time people take one or the 00:03:10.000 --> 00:03:14.520 other and teach on them completely separately, but they're right next to each other. So I also want to 00:03:14.520 --> 00:03:18.740 ask, why did Luke put them right next to each other? And what do we have to learn from them together 00:03:18.740 --> 00:03:26.160 as a package? So this is going to be, it's going to be a little bit like a sermon, a little bit like a 00:03:26.160 --> 00:03:31.120 Bible study. And if we have time at the end, I might take a couple of questions, but we'll see how the 00:03:31.120 --> 00:03:39.960 time goes. So let's read together and we'll go through it. And behold, a lawyer stood up to put 00:03:39.960 --> 00:03:47.240 him, to put Jesus to the test saying, teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? Jesus said to 00:03:47.240 --> 00:03:55.180 him, what is written in the law? How do you read it? And he answered, you shall love the Lord, your God 00:03:55.180 --> 00:04:02.060 with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind and 00:04:02.060 --> 00:04:08.860 your neighbor as yourself. And Jesus said to him, you have answered correctly, do this and you will 00:04:08.860 --> 00:04:17.399 live. But he, the lawyer, desiring to justify himself said to Jesus, and who is my neighbor? 00:04:17.399 --> 00:04:27.500 Jesus replied, a man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho and he fell among robbers who stripped 00:04:27.500 --> 00:04:35.679 him and beat him and departed, leaving him half dead. Now by chance, a priest was going down that 00:04:35.679 --> 00:04:42.459 road. And when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. So likewise, a Levite, when he came to the 00:04:42.459 --> 00:04:51.000 place and saw him, passed by on the other side. But a Samaritan, as he journeyed, came to where he was. 00:04:51.060 --> 00:04:58.859 And when he saw him, he had compassion. He went to him and bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. 00:04:59.319 --> 00:05:05.139 Then he set him on his own animal and brought him to an inn and took care of him. And the next day, 00:05:05.199 --> 00:05:12.060 he took out two denarii, that's two days wages, and gave them to the innkeeper saying, take care of him. 00:05:12.060 --> 00:05:19.079 And whatever more you spend, I'll repay you when I come back. Which of these three do you think 00:05:19.079 --> 00:05:27.800 proved to be a neighbor to the one who fell among the robbers? The lawyer said, the one who showed him 00:05:27.800 --> 00:05:35.779 mercy. And Jesus said to him, you go and do likewise. Now, as they went on their way, Jesus entered a 00:05:35.779 --> 00:05:41.379 village. And a woman named Martha welcomed him into her house. And she had a sister called Mary, 00:05:41.379 --> 00:05:47.060 who sat at the Lord's feet and listened to his teaching. But Martha was distracted with much 00:05:47.060 --> 00:05:53.219 serving. And she went up to Jesus and said, Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to serve 00:05:53.219 --> 00:06:02.199 alone? Tell her to help me. But the Lord answered her, Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled 00:06:02.199 --> 00:06:10.860 about many things. But one thing is necessary. Mary has chosen the good portion, which will not be 00:06:10.860 --> 00:06:17.740 taken away from her. So we have two people, and they both come to Jesus with a question. 00:06:18.740 --> 00:06:23.959 The lawyer has a theological question. What must I do to inherit eternal life? 00:06:23.959 --> 00:06:29.719 Martha has a very practical question. Can you get my sister to help me? 00:06:33.239 --> 00:06:35.299 Now let's look at Jesus' response to both of them. 00:06:36.899 --> 00:06:38.839 So let's start with the lawyer. 00:06:40.259 --> 00:06:43.879 Right? The lawyer asked a good question. What must I do to inherit eternal life? 00:06:43.899 --> 00:06:46.359 This is a good question. It's a really important question. 00:06:46.899 --> 00:06:49.500 Jesus takes the question really seriously. But interestingly, 00:06:49.500 --> 00:06:56.839 Jesus doesn't give him a direct answer right away. Jesus doesn't say, believe in me, 00:06:57.199 --> 00:06:59.480 because I've come to be the savior of the world. 00:07:01.600 --> 00:07:08.259 Now, that's the right answer. But why doesn't Jesus say that right away? So he answers a question 00:07:08.259 --> 00:07:13.120 with a question. He says, well, what's written in the law? What's written in the Bible? How do you read 00:07:13.120 --> 00:07:20.519 it? Well, the man gives a good answer that shows he knows his Bible. Man says, you shall love the Lord your God 00:07:20.519 --> 00:07:27.500 with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength. That was the first and greatest commandment. 00:07:28.379 --> 00:07:33.600 As Jesus said in another place, in another conversation, Jesus said, that's the first and greatest commandment. 00:07:33.819 --> 00:07:38.120 And the second is like it. Love your neighbor as yourself. So the man is right on. 00:07:38.120 --> 00:07:45.780 They're the two commandments on which everything else in the law and the prophets, they hang on those two 00:07:45.780 --> 00:07:56.220 commandments, right? Loving God vertically, loving others horizontally. And that's the core of the moral 00:07:56.220 --> 00:08:06.259 law, right? What God calls us to embody and to live out. And so Jesus says, verse 28, Jesus says, 00:08:06.259 --> 00:08:15.839 you're right. Do that and you'll live. Now, there's a bit of a challenge there hidden in that verse. 00:08:16.139 --> 00:08:22.240 It's sort of like a student, if you're a college student and you go up to your favorite professor, 00:08:22.399 --> 00:08:26.379 let's say you're a junior in college and you say, how do I get into your PhD program? 00:08:28.079 --> 00:08:31.439 And the professor says, well, you got to be better than all the other students who apply. 00:08:31.439 --> 00:08:39.659 Do that and you'll get in. And then you want to say, well, but how do I be better than all the 00:08:39.659 --> 00:08:48.299 other students who apply, right? So there's a little challenge there. And the lawyer realizes that 00:08:48.299 --> 00:08:52.879 he's not quite comfortable to leave it there. So he says, okay, we got to define this. 00:08:52.879 --> 00:08:58.860 Love God. Love God. Okay. Love your neighbor as yourself. So who exactly is my neighbor? 00:09:00.100 --> 00:09:07.340 What precisely does that mean? I need to know exactly how I can fulfill this requirement. 00:09:09.720 --> 00:09:16.840 And it says he wanted to justify himself. Means he wanted to know that he was right. 00:09:16.840 --> 00:09:25.019 He wanted to be confident that he would make it. And Jesus responds with one of his most famous 00:09:25.019 --> 00:09:33.860 parables, right? The story of the good Samaritan, right? So how does the story begin? 00:09:35.220 --> 00:09:39.879 Jesus begins the story, a man telling about this man who's going down this road, Jerusalem to Jericho. 00:09:40.120 --> 00:09:44.840 This was a treacherous road. It was a mountain road that Jerusalem was high in the mountains. 00:09:44.840 --> 00:09:49.820 Jericho was low in the valley. And you would go down this road. And there were all these hairpin turns. 00:09:50.379 --> 00:09:56.540 Even the road now that goes from Jerusalem to Jericho, that's now a paved road that cars can take. 00:09:57.440 --> 00:10:02.019 It's like, it's got all these twists and turns. If you're not used to driving on that kind of road, 00:10:02.040 --> 00:10:07.160 you don't want to drive on that kind of road. And back then it was notorious as 00:10:07.160 --> 00:10:13.560 a dangerous road to travel. But that was the only, that was the way to get there. 00:10:13.559 --> 00:10:16.899 If you needed to go from one place to the other, that's the road you had to take. 00:10:18.039 --> 00:10:25.279 And this man, what happens to him? He falls among robbers. They beat him up. They leave him half dead. 00:10:27.299 --> 00:10:35.639 Right? Immediately you hear that and you think, oh no. Right? It arouses a sense of pity. Like, 00:10:35.639 --> 00:10:40.120 what a terrible tragedy. What a terrible thing. What's going to happen to this man? 00:10:41.580 --> 00:10:45.879 And then the next two verses, you see these two guys come by. A priest and a Levite. 00:10:47.319 --> 00:10:48.139 Religious leaders. 00:10:49.120 --> 00:10:53.659 Who were supposed to be, who were supposed to, who would have known the law better than anyone else. 00:10:53.659 --> 00:11:02.519 And what do they do? Well, they don't do anything to harm the man, but they also don't do anything to help the man. 00:11:04.480 --> 00:11:09.179 And as you hear, you hear this story, right? This man is beat up, half dead. 00:11:09.360 --> 00:11:13.559 And these two guys come and you think, maybe the priest will help him. Oh, no, he doesn't. 00:11:13.980 --> 00:11:15.839 Maybe the Levite will help him. No, he doesn't. 00:11:15.840 --> 00:11:24.980 And you also realize that, again, they don't do anything to harm him, but they don't do anything to help him. 00:11:26.960 --> 00:11:35.560 And, you know, the point under there is loving your neighbor as yourself means more than not harming them. 00:11:36.340 --> 00:11:36.519 Right? 00:11:38.160 --> 00:11:43.400 Loving your neighbor as yourself doesn't mean, doesn't just mean don't do anything bad to people. 00:11:43.399 --> 00:11:49.000 It also means to actually, actively do good for them. 00:11:51.039 --> 00:11:51.899 Verse 33. 00:11:52.480 --> 00:11:54.539 This is the climax of the parable. 00:11:56.699 --> 00:11:59.480 It would have been very surprising, and I'll explain why in a minute. 00:11:59.639 --> 00:12:06.139 But a Samaritan, as he journeyed, came to where he was, and when he saw him, he had compassion. 00:12:06.139 --> 00:12:14.360 Now, Jesus was talking to a lawyer, that is, a Jewish teacher of the law, a scholar of the law. 00:12:15.559 --> 00:12:21.259 And Samaritans and Jews, for the most part, they hated each other. 00:12:22.259 --> 00:12:25.600 At the very least, they kept their distance from each other. 00:12:26.039 --> 00:12:27.319 They lived in separate cities. 00:12:27.799 --> 00:12:30.019 They believed different things. 00:12:30.019 --> 00:12:31.100 They had different temples. 00:12:31.899 --> 00:12:37.919 And the Jews thought the Samaritans, they don't understand the law. 00:12:38.639 --> 00:12:38.799 Right? 00:12:38.939 --> 00:12:42.699 They, they, they're wrong about a lot of these things. 00:12:43.299 --> 00:12:44.879 And there was a lot of distrust. 00:12:46.159 --> 00:12:52.000 So, when a Samaritan comes along, you think a Samaritan comes along, what's a Samaritan going to do? 00:12:52.059 --> 00:12:54.100 The Samaritan is going to beat this guy up and finish him off. 00:12:54.100 --> 00:12:56.720 That's what they might have expected. 00:12:56.980 --> 00:12:58.040 But what does he do instead? 00:13:00.279 --> 00:13:01.340 He has compassion. 00:13:03.259 --> 00:13:05.240 And his compassion leads him to action. 00:13:07.360 --> 00:13:08.560 He goes to him. 00:13:08.960 --> 00:13:09.960 He doesn't stay distant. 00:13:10.940 --> 00:13:12.080 He goes to him. 00:13:12.519 --> 00:13:15.100 He binds up his wounds. 00:13:16.340 --> 00:13:17.820 Probably gets himself bloody. 00:13:19.360 --> 00:13:19.759 Right? 00:13:19.820 --> 00:13:21.379 Because what's he going to use to bind up his wounds? 00:13:22.059 --> 00:13:25.539 I mean, pours on oil and wine. 00:13:25.659 --> 00:13:26.779 He uses his own resources. 00:13:26.939 --> 00:13:34.059 Puts him on his own animal, which means he would have walked the rest of the way from Jerusalem to Jericho. 00:13:34.879 --> 00:13:37.779 Because only one person could fit on an animal, usually. 00:13:39.439 --> 00:13:40.299 Brings him to an inn. 00:13:40.379 --> 00:13:41.100 Takes care of him. 00:13:41.200 --> 00:13:43.039 Pays the innkeeper two days' wages up front. 00:13:43.159 --> 00:13:45.000 I mean, that's 40% of your weekly paycheck. 00:13:46.240 --> 00:13:46.620 Okay? 00:13:46.620 --> 00:13:47.580 Just imagine, right? 00:13:48.139 --> 00:13:49.539 40% of your weekly paycheck. 00:13:49.539 --> 00:13:51.439 You're giving that away. 00:13:52.339 --> 00:13:53.339 And one shot. 00:13:53.480 --> 00:13:55.019 And he says, I'll pay you more. 00:13:55.439 --> 00:13:58.539 If you need more to take care of him, I'll pay you what you need. 00:14:02.059 --> 00:14:03.039 Question at the end. 00:14:03.219 --> 00:14:03.860 Verse 36. 00:14:04.039 --> 00:14:05.799 Which of these three prove to be a neighbor? 00:14:07.139 --> 00:14:10.639 Now, you see, the question the lawyer asked Jesus is, who is my neighbor? 00:14:10.639 --> 00:14:18.539 That is, who, how exactly, you know, how do we limit this command so that I know I can fulfill it? 00:14:19.740 --> 00:14:22.419 And Jesus doesn't answer his question directly. 00:14:22.519 --> 00:14:23.460 He flips the question around. 00:14:23.539 --> 00:14:24.879 He says, who was the neighbor? 00:14:25.500 --> 00:14:27.100 The man says, who is my neighbor? 00:14:28.860 --> 00:14:32.480 And Jesus says, well, no, who acted like a neighbor to someone else? 00:14:32.480 --> 00:14:36.659 And the lawyer says, the one who showed him mercy. 00:14:37.800 --> 00:14:39.300 And Jesus says, go and do likewise. 00:14:39.879 --> 00:14:41.100 Now, what's the point of this story? 00:14:41.360 --> 00:14:43.000 Why does Jesus respond the way he does, right? 00:14:43.019 --> 00:14:44.460 The lawyer knows a lot about the Bible. 00:14:45.060 --> 00:14:46.480 The lawyer's got the right answers. 00:14:47.039 --> 00:14:48.420 He can ask tricky questions. 00:14:48.820 --> 00:14:51.100 He can do the whole theological debating thing. 00:14:51.100 --> 00:15:01.220 And he thought of himself as someone who had obeyed God's commands and who, he's coming to Jesus saying, what do I have to do to inherit eternal life? 00:15:02.340 --> 00:15:04.000 I think I'm good. 00:15:05.259 --> 00:15:11.259 And if Jesus had just said, well, believe in me, he would have thought, okay, well, I'll love my neighbor. 00:15:11.440 --> 00:15:12.560 I'll love God. 00:15:12.600 --> 00:15:13.720 And I'll believe in Jesus too. 00:15:13.820 --> 00:15:14.600 And I'm good. 00:15:14.639 --> 00:15:15.540 I've done everything good. 00:15:17.620 --> 00:15:18.740 But Jesus says, no, no. 00:15:21.100 --> 00:15:23.279 Here's what it means to love your neighbor as yourself. 00:15:23.399 --> 00:15:40.259 It means to show costly mercy to someone else who's from a different race and a different social class and who's dirty and bloody in the middle of the road in a dangerous part of town and to pay for their expenses yourself. 00:15:41.820 --> 00:15:42.920 Jesus is pushing him. 00:15:43.000 --> 00:15:46.080 He's saying, I want you to actually get out there and do this. 00:15:46.279 --> 00:15:47.740 That's why he says, go and do likewise. 00:15:47.740 --> 00:15:51.019 I want you to actually get out there and love someone like this. 00:15:51.100 --> 00:15:53.100 Because you know what? 00:15:53.180 --> 00:16:11.560 If you actually try to go out and love someone like that, if you go out and spend time with people who are sick or in a mess and have all kinds of problems and need all kinds of help and have been beat up and have had all these calamities, 00:16:12.840 --> 00:16:13.740 then you know what you realize? 00:16:13.740 --> 00:16:24.039 You realize, man, I don't really love my neighbors myself because pretty soon I come to the end of my resources. 00:16:25.740 --> 00:16:34.560 You sort of, it makes you realize that if you really try to do that, you realize how far you fall short. 00:16:34.559 --> 00:16:45.919 And then if the lawyer realizes how far he falls short and says, now what must I do to inherit eternal life? 00:16:47.199 --> 00:16:47.919 I don't know. 00:16:48.419 --> 00:16:50.259 I haven't fulfilled all the commands. 00:16:50.719 --> 00:16:52.119 I need God's mercy. 00:16:52.120 --> 00:16:58.159 Then Jesus can answer him, believe in me because I've come to be the savior of the world. 00:16:58.840 --> 00:17:00.019 And then that'll make sense. 00:17:01.399 --> 00:17:01.879 You see that? 00:17:01.960 --> 00:17:12.119 Jesus is showing him the mercy God requires so that he can receive the mercy that God offers. 00:17:12.119 --> 00:17:13.119 He's doing the mercy that God offers. 00:17:13.119 --> 00:17:14.119 He's doing the mercy that God offers. 00:17:14.119 --> 00:17:15.879 Is what he's doing with this story. 00:17:20.659 --> 00:17:21.819 Now, next story. 00:17:24.039 --> 00:17:24.899 We have Martha. 00:17:26.079 --> 00:17:29.299 The story is about Martha and Mary, but Martha is really the main character in the story. 00:17:29.419 --> 00:17:31.239 She's the one who comes to Jesus with a question. 00:17:32.359 --> 00:17:34.259 Martha is not asking a theological question. 00:17:34.759 --> 00:17:37.259 She's asking a very practical question. 00:17:37.359 --> 00:17:38.779 She's saying, don't you care, Jesus? 00:17:38.859 --> 00:17:40.519 I'm doing all this work by myself. 00:17:40.619 --> 00:17:41.500 I need some help. 00:17:42.119 --> 00:17:45.319 Now, Martha was doing some good things. 00:17:45.399 --> 00:17:47.000 She welcomed Jesus into her house. 00:17:47.659 --> 00:17:48.939 She's an example of hospitality. 00:17:49.619 --> 00:17:51.339 She was engaged in much serving. 00:17:51.979 --> 00:17:52.939 That's a good thing. 00:17:54.899 --> 00:17:59.339 Hospitality and serving, but it says she was distracted with her serving. 00:17:59.419 --> 00:18:04.139 She was running here and there in a flurry of anxiety and forgetting the most important thing. 00:18:04.219 --> 00:18:06.459 What's the most important thing about showing hospitality? 00:18:07.839 --> 00:18:09.599 It's being attentive to your guest. 00:18:12.119 --> 00:18:13.059 It's not all the things. 00:18:14.059 --> 00:18:19.119 It's not how clean your house is or how well cooked the food is or all those other things. 00:18:19.199 --> 00:18:24.000 It's being attentive to the person that you're welcoming into your house. 00:18:24.000 --> 00:18:30.779 And Jesus is saying, Martha, you're forgetting the most important thing. 00:18:32.660 --> 00:18:36.940 And Jesus' answer to Martha, again, would have been surprising, like his answer to the lawyer. 00:18:38.400 --> 00:18:38.740 Right? 00:18:38.819 --> 00:18:42.200 I mean, we might think Jesus would say, okay, why don't you take turns? 00:18:43.000 --> 00:18:43.319 Right? 00:18:43.319 --> 00:18:46.139 You and Mary, you take turns. 00:18:46.599 --> 00:18:46.779 Right? 00:18:46.879 --> 00:18:50.079 That's how we try to be fair about things today. 00:18:50.159 --> 00:18:50.359 Right? 00:18:51.720 --> 00:19:07.139 In the culture Jesus lived in, people would have been inclined to say, well, Mary, you're a woman, so you should go into the kitchen and wash the dishes and let the men have the theological conversations with the teacher. 00:19:07.140 --> 00:19:13.920 And Jesus actually is saying, no, I care. 00:19:14.060 --> 00:19:15.259 I want women to learn too. 00:19:16.540 --> 00:19:19.040 I want women to learn the truth about God. 00:19:19.640 --> 00:19:21.740 And I'm going to invest time in teaching them. 00:19:25.340 --> 00:19:27.000 You know, and we see this, right? 00:19:27.100 --> 00:19:27.820 Now, it's true. 00:19:27.900 --> 00:19:29.340 Jesus' 12 apostles were male. 00:19:30.060 --> 00:19:30.460 Right? 00:19:30.540 --> 00:19:34.780 And Jesus affirmed the importance of male leadership in the church, I think. 00:19:34.779 --> 00:19:38.879 But we also see Jesus had a group of women who followed him. 00:19:39.359 --> 00:19:43.859 And he invested time in teaching them and training them and equipping them. 00:19:44.599 --> 00:19:48.200 And that was not the norm in his patriarchal society. 00:19:49.180 --> 00:19:54.740 So Jesus valued women as his followers along with men. 00:19:57.220 --> 00:20:00.879 So listen to Jesus and sit at his feet. 00:20:01.059 --> 00:20:01.139 Right? 00:20:01.139 --> 00:20:03.960 That's what Jesus is inviting Martha to do. 00:20:05.220 --> 00:20:06.599 So here's these two stories. 00:20:07.859 --> 00:20:08.259 Right? 00:20:08.319 --> 00:20:09.980 They seem to be pretty separate from each other. 00:20:10.059 --> 00:20:11.279 They seem to have two different points. 00:20:11.359 --> 00:20:12.139 But they're right together. 00:20:12.279 --> 00:20:15.440 And so I want to end by saying, why does Luke put these stories right together? 00:20:15.539 --> 00:20:17.019 What can we learn from them as a package? 00:20:18.099 --> 00:20:21.559 Let me close with two or three things. 00:20:21.779 --> 00:20:23.559 One, discipleship. 00:20:23.960 --> 00:20:24.180 Right? 00:20:24.259 --> 00:20:27.079 That's the focus of this teaching series. 00:20:27.200 --> 00:20:30.299 And that's the focus of this section of Luke. 00:20:30.299 --> 00:20:35.460 Discipleship includes both giving to others and receiving from God. 00:20:37.079 --> 00:20:44.480 It includes both showing mercy in practical and even sacrificial ways. 00:20:44.480 --> 00:20:48.740 And it includes listening to Jesus' teaching. 00:20:49.079 --> 00:20:51.140 That is, taking in the Bible. 00:20:53.460 --> 00:20:57.839 And the lawyer has a lot of Bible knowledge and a lot of intellectual skills. 00:20:57.839 --> 00:21:06.379 And Jesus says, no, you actually need to show mercy in concrete and practical ways to people who are suffering. 00:21:06.380 --> 00:21:19.060 Because I need to teach you some things that you're only going to learn as you seek to love your neighbor as yourself by showing mercy to people who are in need. 00:21:19.059 --> 00:21:31.639 When you take that command seriously, you will eventually be humbled and realize you're not going to be able to justify yourself anymore. 00:21:31.740 --> 00:21:34.159 You're going to be humbled by that. 00:21:35.000 --> 00:21:38.799 And so you'll be in a place where then you can understand the mercy that God is offering. 00:21:40.740 --> 00:21:40.879 Okay? 00:21:41.000 --> 00:21:44.019 So Martha, on the other hand, Martha's on the other end. 00:21:44.119 --> 00:21:44.200 Right? 00:21:44.259 --> 00:21:45.440 Martha's doing a ton of serving. 00:21:46.019 --> 00:21:46.940 She's really active. 00:21:47.059 --> 00:21:48.039 She's doing hospitality. 00:21:48.039 --> 00:21:52.019 She's serving and doing all kinds of activity. 00:21:52.460 --> 00:21:55.039 And Jesus says, but you also need to receive. 00:21:56.259 --> 00:21:58.200 You can't just be giving all the time. 00:21:59.759 --> 00:22:01.920 You need to give and receive. 00:22:02.859 --> 00:22:04.379 So that's what we see in these two stories. 00:22:04.460 --> 00:22:07.440 We need to give to others and receive from God. 00:22:07.920 --> 00:22:09.920 That's what it means to be a disciple of Jesus. 00:22:12.180 --> 00:22:15.420 The lawyer needs to know it's impossible to love God without loving people. 00:22:15.420 --> 00:22:20.120 Martha needs to realize it's impossible to love people without loving God and putting him first. 00:22:22.120 --> 00:22:23.360 So that's the first point. 00:22:23.680 --> 00:22:30.019 Second, discipleship is not a one-size-fits-all package. 00:22:31.120 --> 00:22:31.279 Okay? 00:22:31.360 --> 00:22:36.120 Jesus responds to the two people in two different situations with two different prescriptions. 00:22:36.119 --> 00:22:37.419 He's like a wise doctor. 00:22:38.459 --> 00:22:38.659 Right? 00:22:38.699 --> 00:22:43.059 A wise doctor doesn't just give the same prescription to anybody who comes and says, 00:22:43.159 --> 00:22:44.000 I'm feeling some pain. 00:22:44.500 --> 00:22:45.500 Take some Tylenol. 00:22:46.139 --> 00:22:46.399 Right? 00:22:46.719 --> 00:22:52.979 No, a wise doctor actually realizes that different conditions need a different medicine. 00:22:53.099 --> 00:22:54.159 Now, the goal is the same. 00:22:54.219 --> 00:22:59.259 The goal is that the lawyer and Martha would become mature followers of Jesus. 00:22:59.919 --> 00:23:01.079 The goal is the same. 00:23:01.079 --> 00:23:04.839 But isn't Jesus so wise? 00:23:06.299 --> 00:23:14.659 Jesus doesn't say, you know, what the lawyer probably would have wanted is something that he thinks he can do well. 00:23:15.799 --> 00:23:16.259 Right? 00:23:16.859 --> 00:23:18.759 A Bible training program. 00:23:19.579 --> 00:23:23.099 Go to seminary and then you can inherit eternal life. 00:23:23.099 --> 00:23:24.959 And the lawyer would have thought, oh, yeah. 00:23:26.099 --> 00:23:30.399 I can read and study and learn and be an expert. 00:23:30.899 --> 00:23:31.959 I'll be good. 00:23:32.719 --> 00:23:35.379 No, Jesus tells the lawyer to do something that's really hard for him. 00:23:36.500 --> 00:23:38.679 Go and serve someone in need. 00:23:39.779 --> 00:23:41.699 In the way that the Samaritan did. 00:23:42.119 --> 00:23:45.019 Someone who is your natural enemy. 00:23:45.879 --> 00:23:50.659 Like the Samaritans and the Jews had enmity with each other. 00:23:50.660 --> 00:23:53.160 And Jesus says, go and serve someone like that. 00:23:53.759 --> 00:23:54.680 A hard thing. 00:23:55.120 --> 00:24:02.100 And yet through that hard thing, Jesus is going to, if the lawyer takes him up on that, Jesus is going to teach him what it means to be a follower of him. 00:24:02.660 --> 00:24:06.120 And with Martha, Jesus also tells her to do a hard thing. 00:24:08.660 --> 00:24:12.500 Jesus doesn't just say, okay, Martha, I'll find you some help. 00:24:12.720 --> 00:24:13.800 I see you're stressed out. 00:24:14.100 --> 00:24:15.600 I'll get you someone else to help you. 00:24:16.160 --> 00:24:17.060 Jesus says, no, no, no. 00:24:17.060 --> 00:24:19.580 Martha, your priorities are misplaced. 00:24:19.579 --> 00:24:22.599 You need to sit and listen to Jesus. 00:24:22.799 --> 00:24:25.379 And for some people, that's the hardest thing to do. 00:24:25.579 --> 00:24:31.740 Is to stop serving and simply listen to Jesus. 00:24:32.079 --> 00:24:34.819 And abide in him and receive from him. 00:24:35.879 --> 00:24:38.699 Because receiving is also a humbling thing. 00:24:38.779 --> 00:24:44.839 Just like loving someone sacrificially can be a humbling experience because it's really hard to do. 00:24:44.839 --> 00:24:50.839 Sitting and listening to Jesus is a humbling experience because we say, I need to receive from you. 00:24:50.839 --> 00:24:56.899 So what would Jesus say to you? 00:25:00.319 --> 00:25:01.419 Are you more like the lawyer? 00:25:03.500 --> 00:25:05.119 Maybe you have a lot of Bible knowledge. 00:25:05.539 --> 00:25:07.099 You like theological debates. 00:25:07.099 --> 00:25:10.779 You can ask some tricky questions and you know some right answers. 00:25:11.279 --> 00:25:19.259 And Jesus says, spend some time on the road to Jericho where people are beaten up and bruised and hurting. 00:25:21.259 --> 00:25:23.399 And learn to love them by showing mercy. 00:25:23.400 --> 00:25:28.060 And that's what will make you a mature disciple of Jesus. 00:25:29.960 --> 00:25:36.700 Because as you seek to show mercy to others, you'll be humbled to realize the mercy that you need from God. 00:25:36.800 --> 00:25:46.400 That you're actually, spiritually speaking, you'll realize that I am actually like that man who's beaten up and lying in the middle of the road and needing help. 00:25:46.400 --> 00:25:49.480 And that's actually my condition before God. 00:25:49.800 --> 00:25:59.220 And Jesus comes like the Samaritan and gives of his riches and saves us and brings us home. 00:26:01.840 --> 00:26:03.400 Or are you more like Martha? 00:26:04.300 --> 00:26:06.940 Are you distracted with a lot of serving? 00:26:07.060 --> 00:26:11.380 Are you just going and going and going and active and you just can't stop? 00:26:11.380 --> 00:26:22.160 And sometimes you might not even realize it, but you might be interrupting other people who are just trying to listen to Jesus because you're like, your life is so crazy and chaotic. 00:26:22.600 --> 00:26:28.240 And you've probably added your own expectations into the legitimate responsibilities that you have. 00:26:28.280 --> 00:26:31.700 And you have these high standards that some of them God probably doesn't even care about. 00:26:33.140 --> 00:26:36.400 Like exactly how clean the house is every single day. 00:26:36.900 --> 00:26:37.060 Right? 00:26:37.140 --> 00:26:37.760 Or whatever. 00:26:38.280 --> 00:26:39.760 I don't mean to pick on house cleaning. 00:26:39.960 --> 00:26:40.040 Right? 00:26:40.039 --> 00:26:43.180 It's God bless you, all you who keep a clean house. 00:26:43.359 --> 00:26:44.839 And we try to as well. 00:26:45.099 --> 00:26:46.960 But, but, right. 00:26:47.019 --> 00:26:51.259 But sometimes we add on these expectations to ourselves that actually God doesn't have. 00:26:52.079 --> 00:26:54.339 And so we get ourselves all stressed out and anxious. 00:26:54.680 --> 00:26:59.299 And Jesus says, you need to stop and listen to me. 00:27:00.920 --> 00:27:03.440 Because that is the way you're going to get your priorities straight. 00:27:03.440 --> 00:27:05.900 Jesus says, abide in me. 00:27:06.580 --> 00:27:07.920 My words abide in you. 00:27:08.600 --> 00:27:10.320 And you'll bear much fruit as my disciples. 00:27:13.580 --> 00:27:17.039 So both of these stories show us the truth of the gospel. 00:27:17.460 --> 00:27:17.640 Right? 00:27:17.700 --> 00:27:22.000 The Samaritan is a picture of what Christ has come to do for us. 00:27:22.000 --> 00:27:26.599 And when we seek to show mercy to others, we realize the kind of mercy we need from God. 00:27:27.559 --> 00:27:29.920 And we learn about the gospel that way. 00:27:30.339 --> 00:27:33.220 Mary and Martha, we see that we just need to depend on Jesus. 00:27:34.000 --> 00:27:35.299 Our life comes from him. 00:27:35.359 --> 00:27:36.940 Our life comes from abiding in him. 00:27:36.940 --> 00:27:46.220 So that's what I think we can take from these two passages. 00:27:46.940 --> 00:27:49.480 Let me take five minutes. 00:27:49.720 --> 00:27:51.420 If you have questions or comments. 00:27:51.920 --> 00:27:55.360 I'll take a couple questions or comments before our closing song. 00:27:56.100 --> 00:27:57.660 If there are any. 00:27:58.180 --> 00:27:59.660 On these two passages. 00:28:01.360 --> 00:28:03.380 So just raise your hand if you have something. 00:28:04.960 --> 00:28:05.539 And then we'll. 00:28:06.940 --> 00:28:08.680 Move on in just a couple minutes. 00:28:10.820 --> 00:28:11.420 Karen. 00:28:14.700 --> 00:28:15.860 It's called. 00:28:16.820 --> 00:28:19.320 Having a Mary's Heart in a Martha's World. 00:28:20.180 --> 00:28:22.460 Having a Mary's Heart in a Martha's World. 00:28:22.820 --> 00:28:23.720 Great book. 00:28:25.380 --> 00:28:26.600 I haven't read it. 00:28:26.680 --> 00:28:28.360 But there's a recommendation for it. 00:28:31.120 --> 00:28:31.680 Elizabeth. 00:28:33.160 --> 00:28:36.160 Do you think there's any gender implications. 00:28:36.160 --> 00:28:37.720 In these two stories. 00:28:38.720 --> 00:28:39.240 Where. 00:28:40.440 --> 00:28:42.460 Now I'm really going to. 00:28:42.779 --> 00:28:43.340 Say. 00:28:43.580 --> 00:28:44.980 Politically incorrect stuff. 00:28:44.980 --> 00:28:47.680 Where women are constantly serving. 00:28:47.800 --> 00:28:48.100 Serving. 00:28:48.240 --> 00:28:48.540 Serving. 00:28:48.680 --> 00:28:50.000 The necessity of home. 00:28:50.680 --> 00:28:51.600 Serving family. 00:28:51.900 --> 00:28:52.259 Children. 00:28:52.620 --> 00:28:53.060 Cooking. 00:28:53.560 --> 00:28:54.300 Groceries. 00:28:55.040 --> 00:28:55.420 You know. 00:28:55.600 --> 00:28:56.100 Laundry. 00:28:56.220 --> 00:28:56.900 The whole work. 00:28:56.900 --> 00:28:57.580 And men. 00:28:57.580 --> 00:28:59.580 And men. 00:29:01.519 --> 00:29:02.580 Probably don't. 00:29:03.320 --> 00:29:04.140 Aren't into that. 00:29:04.380 --> 00:29:05.780 Serving category. 00:29:07.780 --> 00:29:08.780 As much. 00:29:09.640 --> 00:29:10.519 So I'm wondering. 00:29:10.780 --> 00:29:12.160 Are there gender implications. 00:29:12.380 --> 00:29:13.400 What do you think about that? 00:29:13.840 --> 00:29:14.920 That's a great question. 00:29:15.040 --> 00:29:16.460 Are there gender implications. 00:29:16.460 --> 00:29:17.640 In these stories. 00:29:17.860 --> 00:29:18.560 Are women. 00:29:18.880 --> 00:29:19.700 Constantly serving. 00:29:19.820 --> 00:29:20.040 Serving. 00:29:20.160 --> 00:29:20.440 Serving. 00:29:20.440 --> 00:29:21.440 Especially in the home. 00:29:22.700 --> 00:29:23.640 Or with children. 00:29:24.460 --> 00:29:24.820 And. 00:29:25.220 --> 00:29:26.580 Is that maybe less true of men? 00:29:26.700 --> 00:29:26.980 Okay. 00:29:27.259 --> 00:29:28.100 Great question. 00:29:30.100 --> 00:29:31.039 I love Q&A. 00:29:31.120 --> 00:29:31.480 Because it's. 00:29:31.940 --> 00:29:32.340 Yeah. 00:29:33.200 --> 00:29:34.039 Sometimes I'm like. 00:29:34.080 --> 00:29:35.279 I need to think more about that question. 00:29:35.580 --> 00:29:35.799 So. 00:29:35.799 --> 00:29:37.180 Here's what I'd say. 00:29:38.659 --> 00:29:39.519 I think. 00:29:39.960 --> 00:29:40.480 That there. 00:29:40.599 --> 00:29:41.319 There may be. 00:29:41.319 --> 00:29:43.099 Some common patterns here. 00:29:43.639 --> 00:29:43.879 From. 00:29:44.000 --> 00:29:44.779 In these stories. 00:29:46.019 --> 00:29:47.000 I wouldn't want to say. 00:29:47.099 --> 00:29:47.480 This is. 00:29:47.720 --> 00:29:48.919 Always true for all men. 00:29:48.980 --> 00:29:49.940 And always true for all women. 00:29:49.980 --> 00:29:50.759 That's not what these. 00:29:50.839 --> 00:29:51.559 Stories are teaching. 00:29:51.680 --> 00:29:52.639 They're particular examples. 00:29:53.240 --> 00:29:53.639 But. 00:29:53.879 --> 00:29:54.759 There might be something. 00:29:54.759 --> 00:29:56.099 In the story about Martha. 00:29:56.680 --> 00:29:57.759 That might be. 00:29:58.259 --> 00:29:59.180 Particularly applicable. 00:29:59.980 --> 00:30:01.079 To many women. 00:30:01.319 --> 00:30:01.440 Right. 00:30:02.299 --> 00:30:02.700 Anxiety. 00:30:04.139 --> 00:30:04.639 You know. 00:30:04.700 --> 00:30:05.180 A sense of. 00:30:05.180 --> 00:30:05.759 I have to. 00:30:05.940 --> 00:30:06.720 Always be serving. 00:30:08.240 --> 00:30:08.519 So. 00:30:09.920 --> 00:30:11.400 This is part of why I say. 00:30:11.539 --> 00:30:12.440 And Luke actually. 00:30:12.539 --> 00:30:12.920 Interestingly. 00:30:13.160 --> 00:30:13.380 Luke. 00:30:13.560 --> 00:30:14.440 In the gospel of Luke. 00:30:14.500 --> 00:30:15.340 And in the book of Acts. 00:30:15.640 --> 00:30:16.299 Luke often. 00:30:16.600 --> 00:30:17.320 Pairs together. 00:30:17.640 --> 00:30:18.860 A story about. 00:30:19.180 --> 00:30:19.740 A man. 00:30:20.960 --> 00:30:22.039 And a story about a woman. 00:30:22.799 --> 00:30:23.160 And. 00:30:23.380 --> 00:30:24.279 So you see that. 00:30:24.340 --> 00:30:24.779 For example. 00:30:25.000 --> 00:30:25.740 In Acts. 00:30:25.860 --> 00:30:26.100 With. 00:30:26.299 --> 00:30:27.000 The story of Aeneas. 00:30:27.039 --> 00:30:28.080 Who's a disabled man. 00:30:28.340 --> 00:30:29.340 And the story of Dorcas. 00:30:29.400 --> 00:30:30.000 Or Tabitha. 00:30:30.560 --> 00:30:31.279 Who's the. 00:30:31.380 --> 00:30:32.440 Woman who is serving. 00:30:33.140 --> 00:30:34.460 And how Jesus restores. 00:30:34.580 --> 00:30:35.060 Both of them. 00:30:36.160 --> 00:30:37.080 And works powerfully. 00:30:37.140 --> 00:30:37.440 In both of them. 00:30:37.440 --> 00:30:37.860 And here. 00:30:38.039 --> 00:30:39.080 I think you see Jesus. 00:30:39.380 --> 00:30:40.480 Speaking to this man. 00:30:41.279 --> 00:30:42.080 Who has his. 00:30:42.180 --> 00:30:42.660 His issue. 00:30:42.720 --> 00:30:43.039 And a woman. 00:30:43.160 --> 00:30:43.799 Who has hers. 00:30:44.200 --> 00:30:44.420 So. 00:30:45.860 --> 00:30:46.220 So. 00:30:46.440 --> 00:30:46.680 So. 00:30:46.759 --> 00:30:47.019 I think. 00:30:47.180 --> 00:30:49.200 I think the reason Luke is giving us these pictures. 00:30:49.200 --> 00:30:51.460 Is not to say that all men are like the lawyer. 00:30:51.519 --> 00:30:52.539 And all women are like Martha. 00:30:53.400 --> 00:30:53.759 Which. 00:30:53.759 --> 00:30:55.680 I don't think that's what you're saying either. 00:30:55.680 --> 00:30:55.940 But. 00:30:57.140 --> 00:31:00.000 But it's to give us pictures of different kinds of people. 00:31:00.599 --> 00:31:00.740 You know. 00:31:00.799 --> 00:31:02.759 That's what I think is so amazing about the gospels. 00:31:02.940 --> 00:31:03.160 Is. 00:31:03.759 --> 00:31:06.799 We see pictures of all different kinds of people. 00:31:07.019 --> 00:31:08.740 Who have all different kinds of issues. 00:31:08.740 --> 00:31:09.779 And some of them. 00:31:10.019 --> 00:31:11.799 You'll be able to relate to. 00:31:12.079 --> 00:31:13.579 More easily than others. 00:31:13.720 --> 00:31:15.000 And some of them you'll be like. 00:31:15.059 --> 00:31:16.400 I see myself there. 00:31:17.040 --> 00:31:18.920 And I think it's powerful because. 00:31:19.400 --> 00:31:20.560 We don't just have in the Bible. 00:31:20.680 --> 00:31:21.480 We don't just have. 00:31:21.740 --> 00:31:22.980 Like a law code. 00:31:23.100 --> 00:31:24.060 Like a list of rules. 00:31:24.880 --> 00:31:26.220 That are just sort of general. 00:31:26.620 --> 00:31:27.800 And have no specific. 00:31:28.560 --> 00:31:28.960 Pictures. 00:31:29.140 --> 00:31:31.420 But I think what we see is pictures of discipleship. 00:31:32.200 --> 00:31:32.480 And. 00:31:33.180 --> 00:31:33.540 So. 00:31:35.320 --> 00:31:35.940 So I. 00:31:36.019 --> 00:31:37.980 I think you may find that you relate to. 00:31:38.180 --> 00:31:39.560 Some of them more than others. 00:31:41.640 --> 00:31:42.240 And they're. 00:31:42.340 --> 00:31:43.880 And they're both men and women for that reason. 00:31:44.580 --> 00:31:44.940 But. 00:31:44.940 --> 00:31:47.759 I wouldn't want to go any further than that. 00:31:48.660 --> 00:31:49.460 Any other questions? 00:31:49.539 --> 00:31:49.740 Peter. 00:31:51.740 --> 00:31:53.640 And you were looking at. 00:31:54.920 --> 00:31:57.059 The parable of the Good Samaritan. 00:31:58.160 --> 00:31:59.220 Did you come to it. 00:31:59.279 --> 00:31:59.680 Thinking. 00:32:00.039 --> 00:32:01.080 That the takeaway. 00:32:01.259 --> 00:32:02.660 That Jesus intended for his heroes. 00:32:02.840 --> 00:32:03.680 Was that for the hero. 00:32:03.840 --> 00:32:03.960 To. 00:32:03.960 --> 00:32:04.380 To. 00:32:04.840 --> 00:32:05.980 To identify with. 00:32:06.799 --> 00:32:07.980 The person who was. 00:32:08.279 --> 00:32:08.860 Half dead. 00:32:09.620 --> 00:32:11.140 And in need of salvation. 00:32:12.180 --> 00:32:12.340 That. 00:32:12.519 --> 00:32:14.000 It struck me when you were preaching it that way. 00:32:14.000 --> 00:32:15.799 Because I always took that parable. 00:32:16.000 --> 00:32:16.119 To. 00:32:16.279 --> 00:32:17.279 To be more or less. 00:32:18.599 --> 00:32:19.940 A condemnation of Israel. 00:32:20.480 --> 00:32:21.960 A condemnation of the priest. 00:32:22.019 --> 00:32:22.619 And the Levite. 00:32:22.980 --> 00:32:23.740 It's not coincidental. 00:32:23.740 --> 00:32:24.839 That the man who asked the question. 00:32:24.980 --> 00:32:26.599 Would have been an interpreter of the law. 00:32:27.200 --> 00:32:27.400 And. 00:32:28.400 --> 00:32:28.819 You know. 00:32:28.819 --> 00:32:31.179 Is that something that you thought about. 00:32:31.419 --> 00:32:31.939 Is that something. 00:32:32.139 --> 00:32:33.740 The way you've always interpreted that parable. 00:32:33.839 --> 00:32:34.740 When you're preparing for the sermon. 00:32:34.839 --> 00:32:35.939 Did you see this in a new way. 00:32:36.000 --> 00:32:36.539 Or did you. 00:32:36.899 --> 00:32:37.700 You're aware of the. 00:32:38.359 --> 00:32:39.899 Kind of the Israel component to it. 00:32:40.039 --> 00:32:41.379 And just focus on this other end. 00:32:41.460 --> 00:32:42.179 I'm just wondering how. 00:32:42.879 --> 00:32:43.460 Because you know. 00:32:43.519 --> 00:32:44.319 The parables are quick. 00:32:44.379 --> 00:32:44.839 They're short little. 00:32:45.319 --> 00:32:45.720 Yeah. 00:32:45.919 --> 00:32:46.240 So. 00:32:46.419 --> 00:32:46.599 You know. 00:32:46.599 --> 00:32:48.240 You don't think of them as being very nuanced. 00:32:48.419 --> 00:32:48.619 And yet. 00:32:49.079 --> 00:32:50.699 I see two very different messages. 00:32:51.019 --> 00:32:51.219 You know. 00:32:51.379 --> 00:32:52.299 That I think are both there. 00:32:53.059 --> 00:32:53.459 Yes. 00:32:54.179 --> 00:32:54.579 So. 00:32:54.979 --> 00:32:55.379 So. 00:32:55.500 --> 00:32:56.159 Peter's question was. 00:32:56.239 --> 00:32:57.059 Is the parable. 00:32:58.139 --> 00:32:59.500 Is the parable intended to. 00:32:59.759 --> 00:33:01.500 Help us identify with the man in the road. 00:33:01.759 --> 00:33:03.399 Or is it also a. 00:33:05.639 --> 00:33:06.519 A challenge. 00:33:06.619 --> 00:33:07.059 Or even a. 00:33:07.219 --> 00:33:08.079 A rebuke. 00:33:08.579 --> 00:33:08.979 To. 00:33:09.500 --> 00:33:09.979 The lawyer. 00:33:10.119 --> 00:33:11.739 As a representative of the people of Israel. 00:33:11.859 --> 00:33:13.179 Because it's the priest and the Levite. 00:33:13.259 --> 00:33:15.000 Sort of representing the leadership of Israel. 00:33:15.159 --> 00:33:16.459 Who neglect the man in the road. 00:33:16.460 --> 00:33:17.980 So. 00:33:18.140 --> 00:33:18.620 I do think. 00:33:19.600 --> 00:33:20.819 The priest and the Levite. 00:33:20.940 --> 00:33:21.680 I think Jesus is. 00:33:22.000 --> 00:33:22.860 Probably meaning to. 00:33:23.000 --> 00:33:24.000 For the lawyer to see. 00:33:24.740 --> 00:33:25.019 Hmm. 00:33:25.100 --> 00:33:26.980 I'm sort of like this priest and the Levite. 00:33:27.100 --> 00:33:28.259 I have all this knowledge. 00:33:28.759 --> 00:33:30.319 But I probably haven't done. 00:33:31.039 --> 00:33:33.319 I probably haven't loved my neighbor as myself. 00:33:34.519 --> 00:33:36.779 Even if I haven't harmed my neighbor. 00:33:37.480 --> 00:33:38.000 You know. 00:33:38.100 --> 00:33:39.740 I haven't been malicious toward them. 00:33:40.120 --> 00:33:42.059 I actually haven't actively loved them. 00:33:42.559 --> 00:33:44.640 In the way that the Bible's calling to. 00:33:44.660 --> 00:33:44.819 I mean. 00:33:45.059 --> 00:33:46.120 Love your neighbor as yourself. 00:33:46.119 --> 00:33:46.559 Means. 00:33:47.119 --> 00:33:48.099 Be as eager. 00:33:49.099 --> 00:33:49.459 And. 00:33:49.839 --> 00:33:51.439 Use as much time and energy. 00:33:51.699 --> 00:33:51.879 To. 00:33:52.339 --> 00:33:53.339 Meet the needs of your neighbor. 00:33:53.459 --> 00:33:54.539 As you would of your own. 00:33:54.619 --> 00:33:55.219 So be as. 00:33:55.439 --> 00:33:55.699 I mean. 00:33:55.779 --> 00:33:56.939 There's all kinds of implications. 00:33:56.939 --> 00:33:58.119 From love your neighbor as yourself. 00:33:58.239 --> 00:33:59.199 Be as excited. 00:33:59.759 --> 00:34:01.039 For somebody else. 00:34:01.159 --> 00:34:01.859 When they. 00:34:02.579 --> 00:34:03.759 Get into grad school. 00:34:04.799 --> 00:34:05.599 And you're. 00:34:07.039 --> 00:34:07.439 And. 00:34:07.599 --> 00:34:07.839 And. 00:34:08.059 --> 00:34:09.339 The grad school that they want. 00:34:09.679 --> 00:34:10.420 And you don't. 00:34:11.099 --> 00:34:11.319 Now. 00:34:11.420 --> 00:34:12.039 That's hard. 00:34:12.719 --> 00:34:13.000 Right. 00:34:13.460 --> 00:34:13.719 Or. 00:34:13.719 --> 00:34:14.219 Or. 00:34:14.219 --> 00:34:14.439 Or like. 00:34:14.519 --> 00:34:15.599 Be as excited for someone else. 00:34:15.659 --> 00:34:17.379 When something really good happens for them. 00:34:18.619 --> 00:34:19.059 And. 00:34:20.139 --> 00:34:21.119 And maybe that's. 00:34:21.119 --> 00:34:22.659 Something that you really long for yourself. 00:34:22.719 --> 00:34:23.199 That's hard. 00:34:23.259 --> 00:34:24.239 It's hard not to grow bitter. 00:34:24.559 --> 00:34:24.839 Right. 00:34:24.840 --> 00:34:25.760 And sometimes. 00:34:26.360 --> 00:34:26.920 It's right. 00:34:27.000 --> 00:34:27.519 To lament. 00:34:27.720 --> 00:34:28.079 And say. 00:34:28.340 --> 00:34:29.260 And call out to God. 00:34:29.440 --> 00:34:29.539 And. 00:34:29.660 --> 00:34:30.539 And pour out our. 00:34:30.660 --> 00:34:31.820 Our weariness. 00:34:32.019 --> 00:34:32.320 And our. 00:34:32.480 --> 00:34:33.140 Our struggles. 00:34:33.340 --> 00:34:35.120 And the hard things we're facing before him. 00:34:35.120 --> 00:34:35.700 That's right. 00:34:36.300 --> 00:34:37.700 We don't need to just deny that. 00:34:38.059 --> 00:34:38.180 But. 00:34:38.600 --> 00:34:39.660 But Jesus is sort of saying. 00:34:39.720 --> 00:34:40.820 Rejoice with those who rejoice. 00:34:40.920 --> 00:34:41.880 And mourn with those who mourn. 00:34:42.280 --> 00:34:42.920 I think that's. 00:34:43.120 --> 00:34:44.900 And another application of love your neighbor as yourself. 00:34:44.980 --> 00:34:45.140 So. 00:34:45.300 --> 00:34:46.700 It's a really challenging command. 00:34:46.700 --> 00:34:47.900 When we really take it to heart. 00:34:48.380 --> 00:34:48.740 And. 00:34:49.059 --> 00:34:49.920 When we really take it to heart. 00:34:50.019 --> 00:34:51.500 We see that we don't live up to it. 00:34:51.820 --> 00:34:52.599 In the way we ought to. 00:34:52.780 --> 00:34:52.900 So. 00:34:56.340 --> 00:34:56.800 As to. 00:34:56.980 --> 00:34:59.280 Is the parable primarily focused on rebuking. 00:34:59.960 --> 00:35:00.240 Israel. 00:35:00.980 --> 00:35:02.599 Did you kind of learn something new. 00:35:02.800 --> 00:35:03.720 When you prepared for this. 00:35:03.780 --> 00:35:05.700 Or did you realize that these two things were there. 00:35:05.800 --> 00:35:06.660 Or did you kind of think. 00:35:06.700 --> 00:35:06.800 Oh. 00:35:06.880 --> 00:35:09.039 I'm kind of now changing the way that I think about this parable. 00:35:09.180 --> 00:35:09.380 I think it's. 00:35:09.380 --> 00:35:09.660 Yeah. 00:35:10.800 --> 00:35:11.700 That's a good question. 00:35:11.880 --> 00:35:12.059 I've. 00:35:12.519 --> 00:35:12.880 It's. 00:35:12.980 --> 00:35:13.320 This is. 00:35:13.700 --> 00:35:14.019 So. 00:35:14.139 --> 00:35:14.660 I would say. 00:35:14.740 --> 00:35:14.820 So. 00:35:14.880 --> 00:35:15.700 This is a sermon that I. 00:35:15.800 --> 00:35:16.280 That has been. 00:35:16.599 --> 00:35:17.700 A few years in preparation. 00:35:17.900 --> 00:35:18.740 In the sense that. 00:35:18.840 --> 00:35:19.599 There's been different times. 00:35:19.599 --> 00:35:20.980 When I've reflected on this parable. 00:35:21.119 --> 00:35:22.740 And different things have come out to me. 00:35:23.680 --> 00:35:24.000 So. 00:35:25.920 --> 00:35:26.240 So. 00:35:26.480 --> 00:35:26.599 It's. 00:35:26.740 --> 00:35:28.300 I think this parable is a really rich parable. 00:35:28.599 --> 00:35:28.960 Right. 00:35:28.980 --> 00:35:29.380 In one way. 00:35:29.420 --> 00:35:29.680 It's just. 00:35:29.780 --> 00:35:31.740 An amazing picture of what it means to love your neighbor. 00:35:32.119 --> 00:35:32.900 In another way. 00:35:32.940 --> 00:35:34.680 It's a picture of what Christ has done for us. 00:35:34.760 --> 00:35:35.519 In another way. 00:35:35.539 --> 00:35:36.780 It's a rebuke and a challenge. 00:35:37.340 --> 00:35:39.039 To those of us who are like the lawyer. 00:35:40.619 --> 00:35:40.980 And. 00:35:41.380 --> 00:35:42.820 I think all those things are there. 00:35:43.019 --> 00:35:43.380 So. 00:35:43.460 --> 00:35:43.740 I think. 00:35:44.300 --> 00:35:45.200 I think there's all. 00:35:45.280 --> 00:35:47.539 All those are legitimate applications of the parable. 00:35:47.900 --> 00:35:48.840 All right. 00:35:48.900 --> 00:35:49.800 One last question. 00:35:52.240 --> 00:35:52.639 Samuel. 00:35:56.740 --> 00:35:57.539 Who's sincere? 00:36:01.840 --> 00:36:03.019 You mean the lawyer or Martha? 00:36:05.440 --> 00:36:06.160 Who's sincere? 00:36:06.240 --> 00:36:06.940 That's a good question. 00:36:07.639 --> 00:36:08.360 So Martha. 00:36:08.559 --> 00:36:09.260 I think is sincere. 00:36:09.440 --> 00:36:11.180 She just really wants her sister to help her. 00:36:11.380 --> 00:36:11.579 Right. 00:36:12.579 --> 00:36:14.319 I don't think Martha's faking anything. 00:36:14.500 --> 00:36:15.559 I think Martha's just like. 00:36:15.639 --> 00:36:16.460 I need some help here. 00:36:16.539 --> 00:36:17.239 Get her to help me. 00:36:17.299 --> 00:36:18.319 Why is she just sitting here? 00:36:19.480 --> 00:36:20.179 The lawyer. 00:36:20.579 --> 00:36:22.340 The lawyer is probably sincere too. 00:36:22.860 --> 00:36:23.219 Right. 00:36:23.259 --> 00:36:24.360 He wants eternal life. 00:36:24.739 --> 00:36:26.739 He sincerely believes that he's. 00:36:27.119 --> 00:36:28.039 He's pretty good. 00:36:28.099 --> 00:36:29.139 And he's on the right track. 00:36:29.199 --> 00:36:29.719 And he wants. 00:36:29.980 --> 00:36:31.840 Sort of Jesus stamp of approval too. 00:36:31.840 --> 00:36:35.280 But I think what you can see in these parables. 00:36:35.280 --> 00:36:36.780 In these interactions. 00:36:36.960 --> 00:36:37.700 You can be sincere. 00:36:37.780 --> 00:36:39.000 But you can be sincerely wrong. 00:36:40.300 --> 00:36:42.900 And Jesus challenges both of them. 00:36:43.220 --> 00:36:44.780 Not because they're insincere. 00:36:45.500 --> 00:36:46.480 But because. 00:36:47.640 --> 00:36:48.160 Their. 00:36:48.440 --> 00:36:49.960 Their perspective is. 00:36:50.460 --> 00:36:51.579 Twisted and distorted. 00:36:53.220 --> 00:36:53.660 And that's. 00:36:54.200 --> 00:36:54.539 I mean. 00:36:54.980 --> 00:36:55.960 Isn't that true for all of us? 00:36:56.000 --> 00:36:57.019 You can be totally sincere. 00:36:57.019 --> 00:36:59.340 And you can have a. 00:36:59.759 --> 00:37:01.340 Just a twisted view of things. 00:37:01.800 --> 00:37:03.119 And what Jesus has come to do. 00:37:03.480 --> 00:37:03.880 Is. 00:37:04.460 --> 00:37:04.699 To. 00:37:05.519 --> 00:37:06.259 Straighten that out. 00:37:08.559 --> 00:37:09.679 And show us what's real. 00:37:12.000 --> 00:37:12.619 Let's pray. 00:37:12.800 --> 00:37:14.380 And then we're going to close with a song. 00:37:15.960 --> 00:37:16.320 Lord. 00:37:16.440 --> 00:37:16.860 Thanks for. 00:37:17.400 --> 00:37:18.320 This time to. 00:37:18.679 --> 00:37:19.920 Look into these passages tonight. 00:37:20.079 --> 00:37:20.659 Thank you for. 00:37:21.559 --> 00:37:22.300 Thank you for the. 00:37:22.420 --> 00:37:23.000 The wisdom. 00:37:23.500 --> 00:37:24.780 That you show to us. 00:37:24.900 --> 00:37:26.639 And how you responded to these two questions. 00:37:26.639 --> 00:37:27.460 Thank you for the. 00:37:27.839 --> 00:37:29.099 Challenges that you give us. 00:37:29.639 --> 00:37:31.219 We pray that we would take to heart. 00:37:33.139 --> 00:37:34.119 This message Lord. 00:37:34.199 --> 00:37:34.940 We pray that we would. 00:37:35.339 --> 00:37:36.179 Receive from you. 00:37:36.599 --> 00:37:37.779 And abide in you. 00:37:38.420 --> 00:37:39.859 And we pray that we would. 00:37:41.500 --> 00:37:42.259 Show mercy. 00:37:42.719 --> 00:37:43.839 And love our neighbor as ourselves. 00:37:44.559 --> 00:37:45.579 And in doing that. 00:37:46.159 --> 00:37:46.759 To realize. 00:37:47.539 --> 00:37:47.859 More. 00:37:48.179 --> 00:37:48.539 Deeply. 00:37:49.579 --> 00:37:51.179 The mercy that you've shown to us. 00:37:52.420 --> 00:37:53.839 We pray these things in Jesus name. 00:37:54.099 --> 00:37:54.319 Amen.