Lord of Love
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· 12 viewsLove for others (vertical love) is connected to love for God (horizontal love)
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Turn with me, if you will, to the Gospel of Luke, chapter 10, and we will begin reading with verse 25.
1. Love defined
1. Love defined
Luke 10:25-28
Lawyer- one who studied the Law of Moses and its interpretation (Talmud)
-possibly a priest- who was an expert in the Law when not doing priestly
things
His question: testing Jesus - trying to place a trap
Illus. Dumb questions
Jesus answers his question with a question
“What does the Law say?”
Lawyer quotes the passage that every Jew memorized from heart
John 3:16 for us
Shema- Deuteronomy 6:4-5
Followed by Leviticus 19:17-18
Lawyer tried to interpret for himself what is meant by neighbor
Our reasoning and God’s perspective
more times than not don’t match.
Neighbor- anyone who is around you- not just who you want them to be
Glorious thread of love that connects vertical love for God with horizontal love for people
2. Love displayed
2. Love displayed
Luke 10:29-35
The Story of the Good Samaritan
The Road:
· Going down- steep descent from Jerusalem to Jerhico
17 miles f winding road
Twisted, snaking road
Steep ravines
Canyon walls on both sides
Hiding places for robbers
“The way of Blood”
The Characters
· The Man
o Probably wealthy (businessman; merchant)
o Robbed for his money
o Beaten for no witnesses
· The Priest
o Religious man (contemporary minister/preacher)
o Religious garb
o Finished doing religious stuff (singing, praying, etc.)
o Helping = Defilement (unclean)
o one week of rituals to make him clean again
o “I can’t miss my religious duties”
o “Teaching is my gift, not mercy”
· The Levite
o Subordinate to the priest
o Religious elite
o High stock of family heritage
· The Samaritan (the Hero)
o hated by the Jews
o Half-breeds: (Jewishing and Assyrian mix)
o Racially different
o Spiritually different
§ Quasi-Jews
§ Own Temple (Mt. Gerazim)
§ Own Priesthood
§ Own Bible (only first 5 books of Moses Law)
o Jews would publically curse Samaritans
o Jews would travel hundreds of miles to travel around Samaria
Go throught the rest of the story (vv. 33-35)
3. Love demanded
3. Love demanded
Luke 10:36-37
Showing love does not save, but proves our salvation
1 John 3:14