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COMPASSION 26
CHRIST'S COMPASSION TOWARDS HIS NEIGHBORS
Luke 10:25-37
(cmpas26.doc)
*VERBS-IN HEBREW ORDER*
A Christian teacher was once addressing a group of students in his English class.
"All of you know," he said, "the verb which is used as follows: `I am, you are, he is.'
Perhaps you are not aware of it, but the verbs in English, German, French, Italian, and Latin are all conjugated the very same way.
They always occur in this order, `I love, you love, he loves.'
But do you know that that is a very bad way for a verb to run?
The Hebrew people, with better discernment, arranged their verbs just the other way around.
They say, `he is, you are, I am'!" Then he added, "That is the way in which Jesus also told us to look at life.
You should fix your attention on God, saying, `He is to be first in my love.'
Then, looking at your neighbor, declare, `You are to be second in my affections.'
Last of all you should humbly consider yourself and say, `I am to be the least.'
Remember, first there is God, then your neighbor, and finally yourself!
*That is the Scriptural way to think and live*."
We have an illustration of this Scriptural way of thinking in Luke 10:25-37.
Would you turn there with me please.
I will read this aloud for us as you follow along silently.
/(Let's use our standard narrative format to explore this story.
We shall start first with:)/
I.
THE CIRCUMSTANCES (OR SETTING).
The events of this particular chapter seem to run together, so it is difficult to tell the exact circumstances of this story.
But it is probably the typical situation of Jesus teaching the multitude.
At any rate, a certain lawyer stands up and puts forth a question to test Jesus Christ.
In a moment we shall discuss the antagonists of the story that Jesus told, but here we have a real life antagonist of Christ's.
This lawyer was a Pharisee.
The Pharisees were in continual opposition to all that Jesus did, said and was.
But He is not merely a Pharisee, He is a lawyer or scribe.
The scribes were Pharisees who were interpreters and teachers of the Mosaic Law.
The scribes' duties entailed that of jurists who dealt with the theoretical development of the law.
They were experts in the Law of Moses who administrated the law by pronouncing legal decisions.
In New Testament times, the scribes held absolute supremacy over the people and demanded the highest of respect.
Since the law was unwritten and propagated by oral tradition, Jewish law became an extensive and comprehensive science.
These were the intellectuals! *They lived to study and mystify the law*!
The conflict before us is a character conflict.
The character conflict is between this certain lawyer and Jesus Christ, but this lawyer represents the Pharisees.
So, the conflict is between the Pharisees and Jesus Christ.
This scribe or lawyer put Jesus to the test and tried to discredit him by getting Him to answer His question incorrectly.
He asked,
"Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?"
He didn't want His question answered.
In fact, he had no question!
He wanted to trap Jesus, but Christ's answer was brilliant!
First, he turned the table and asked the lawyer a question.
He asked the lawyer what was written in the law and how did He interpret that law.
The lawyer answered exactly as Jesus knew he would.
He answered by quoting part of the Shema.
The Shema was the declaration of faith that every orthodox Jew quoted daily in his prayer time.
The lawyer said, in effect, that you should love the Lord your God with all that you are; and your neighbor as yourself.
Jesus knew that He had him.
He didn't argue with him or rebuke him.
He said simply, "You have answered correctly; Do this and you will live."
But the lawyer could not live with that answer?
He had gone from offense to defense.
He had been testing Jesus, but now he was being tested.
"Strict Jews would not acknowledge that any non-Jew was his neighbor" (Wycliffe, p. 1047).
"The Jews split hairs over this question and excluded from `neighbor' Gentiles and especially Samaritans.
A neighbor is a nigh dweller to one, but the Jews made */racial/* exceptions as many, alas, do today" (A.
T. Robertson, Vol.
II, p. 152).
The lawyer still had a chance to trap Jesus, and furthermore He had to justify himself.
He was looking pretty bad in the eyesight of the bystanders, and the lawyers lived upon the honor and esteem of the people.
So, he put forth one more question, "Who is my neighbor?"
These are the circumstances which led Jesus to put forth this narrative or parable.
A parable is an earthly story with a heavenly meaning.
Parables were snatches of everyday life with a moral.
Let's go on and look at the parable that Jesus gave this lawyer to answer his question.
/(Let's start with:)/
II.
THE CHARACTERS.
The first character is generic, because he represents anyone's neighbor.
This certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho.
He was probably on the Jericho road.
The Jericho road was infamous for the robbers that lay in wait all along the way.
This certain man fell among robbers who beat him, stripped him and left him half dead.
The antagonist in this story will be seen to be the priest and the levite.
The protagonist in this story will be seen to be the Samaritan.
\\ /(With that awareness, let's dive into:)/
III.
THE CONFLICT (ACTION OR PLOT).
The suspense of this story revolves around how the characters are going to respond to this victim of unfortunate circumstances.
By chance a priest was going down that road and saw him, but passed by on the other side.
A priest was one who intervened between the people and God offering up the people's prayers, thanksgivings and sacrifices.
*A priest was certainly a very religious person, but he was unconcerned with the plight of his neighbor.*
By chance a levite also was going down that same road and saw him, but likewise passed by on the other side.
The name "levite" was "The distinctive title of that portion of the tribe which was set apart for the service of the sanctuary, subordinate to the priests" (Unger's, p. 655).
Levites served in the Temple.
*They were certainly religious people, but this levite was unconcerned with the plight of his neighbor.*
Why?
Well, we can assume because of the group that asked the question, the direction in which this certain man was traveling, and the response of the priest and the levite, that this man was a non-Jew at the least, but probably a Samaritan.
*Race kept the priest and levite from responding in a Christian manner, i.e. compassionately.*
Both, the priest and the levite, were religious, but not right.
Their conduct was the same.
They were both religious, refined, cultured, and intelligent, but passing by on the other side.
"A vivid and powerful picture of the vice of Jewish ceremonial cleanliness at the cost of moral principle and duty" (A.
T. Robertson, Vol.
II, p. 153).
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