Meet My Good Samaritan

Meet My Good Samaritan

Intro: Sermon What’s thine is mine

What’s mine is mine

What’s mine is thine

Text: Luke 10:25 On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. "Teacher," he asked, "what must I do to inherit eternal life?"

Luke 10:26 “What is written in the Law?" he replied. "How do you read it?"

Luke 10:27 He answered: "'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind' ; and, 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'"

Luke 10:28 “You have answered correctly," Jesus replied. "Do this and you will live."

Luke 10:29 But he wanted to justify himself, so he asked Jesus, "And who is my neighbor?"

Luke 10:30 In reply Jesus said: "A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, when he fell into the hands of robbers. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him and went away, leaving him half dead.

Luke 10:31 A priest happened to be going down the same road, and when he saw the man, he passed by on the other side.

Luke 10:32 So too, a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side.

Luke 10:33 But a Samaritan, as he traveled, came where the man was; and when he saw him, he took pity on him.

Luke 10:34 He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put the man on his own donkey, took him to an inn and took care of him.

Luke 10:35 The next day he took out two silver coins and gave them to the innkeeper. 'Look after him,' he said, 'and when I return, I will reimburse you for any extra expense you may have.'

Luke 10:36 “Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?"

Luke 10:37 The expert in the law replied, "The one who had mercy on him." Jesus told him, "Go and do likewise."

Intro: A. The Lawyer and his question

It was a good question

The Lord’s challenging answer (v.27)

The lawyer seeks an escape (v.29)

B. The usual interpretation of this parable

To teach responsibility to our neighbors

To show who our neighbors are

C. Here is another application of the parable

Let the certain man represent any sinner

Traveling from Jerusalem to Jericho

Jerusalem a city of Peace

Jericho a city of curse

The road from Jerusalem to Jericho is downhill Jericho is 750 feet below sea level

When we begin to walk the road of sin it’s always downward

There are many perils on the sinful path

B. He fell among thieves

Satan is a thief

John 10:10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.

2)The thief in the garden of Eden is still here

today

C. The thieves left him stripped and half dead

Stripped of righteousness and self esteem

Half dead / any time you start on the sinful

Road you begin to spiritually die

Eph 2:1 As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins,

Eph 2:2 in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient.

Eph 2:3 All of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our sinful nature and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature objects of wrath.

Eph 2:4 But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy,

Eph 2:5 made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions--it is by grace you have been saved.

2. Let’s let the priest and Levite represent the

Religious solution to the sinner’s problem

Let’s let the priest represent the religious

Church’s attitude

Just walk on by and point a finger

You made your bed now lay in it

You should be like me and not mess

Up

we don’t want that kind here

I’m glad that I’m not like this low

Life dog

This attitude will really lead sinners to God

Let the Levite represent the church leadership

I can tell you the way you should have come

I can show you what to do the next

Time

give me a break go suffer somewhere

else

you are messing up my day

I don’t have time for you

Have you paid your tithes?

What’s in it for me if I help you

Hurting people need real help not empty words

3. Let the Good Samaritan represent the Savior