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We are continuing our walk through the core values of our church.
Luke 10:30-37
We are continuing our walk through the core values of our church.
· We are continuing our walk through the core values of our church.
· Thus far, we have seen that our goal as a church is love.
Thus far, we have seen that our goal as a church is love.
The love we are aiming for is a sacrificial response to and concern for another.
· The love we are aiming for is a sacrificial response to and concern for another.
This is the kind of love we see Jesus displaying for us on the cross, and we are simply reflecting the love He showed us back towards Him and out towards others.
· This is the kind of love we see Jesus displaying for us on the cross, and we are simply reflecting the love He showed us back towards Him and out towards others.
Last week, we saw that our love towards God must be all-encompassing.
We must love Him with everything we are and everything we have.
· Last week, we saw that our love towards God must be all-encompassing.
We must love Him with everything we are and everything we have.
· How did it go this week, by the way?
Remember that our goal in these messages is not to simply inform you but to help you start thinking practically about how this love impacts your daily life.
How did it go this week, by the way?
Remember that our goal in these messages is not to simply inform you but to help you start thinking practically about how this love impacts your daily life.
· Hopefully this week, you found yourself desiring God more, talking with Him more often, thinking about Him and His Word more, and trying to show your love for Him in everything you do.
Hopefully this week, you found yourself desiring God more, talking with Him more often, thinking about Him and His Word more, and trying to show your love for Him in everything you do.
· This week, we turn our eyes towards our relationships with others.
This week, we turn our eyes towards our relationships with others.
If you remember last week, Jesus said that the first and foremost commandment was to love God, but He followed that statement with this:
· If you remember last week, Jesus said that the first and foremost commandment was to love God, but He followed that statement with this:
Mark 12:31 CSB
The second is, Love your neighbor as yourself.
There is no other command greater than these.”
“The second is this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’
There is no other commandment greater than these.”
(Mark 12:31, NASB95)
The love we have for God is primary, but then right on the heels of that command is the command that we love our neighbor as ourselves.
· The love we have for God is primary, but then right on the heels of that command is the command that we love our neighbor as ourselves.
The love we have for God is primary, but then right on the heels of that command is the command that we love our neighbor as ourselves.
Over in the book of Luke, Jesus discussed this same passage with another religious leader.
· Over in the book of Luke, Jesus discussed this same passage with another religious leader.
Instead of agreeing with Jesus and accepting what He had to say like the man in Mark, this guy was looking to impress Jesus and others.
However, he got more than he bargained for.
· Instead of agreeing with Jesus and accepting what He had to say like the man in Mark, this guy was looking for a fight.
However, he got more than he bargained for.
After they established that you should love your neighbor, the man asked, “Who is my neighbor?”
· After they established that you should love your neighbor, the man asked, “Who is my neighbor?”
· We are going to look at Jesus’ answer to that this morning.
We are going to look at Jesus’ answer to that this morning.
Open up to .
· Open up to Luke 10:30-37.
· It is a story that many in church are familiar with, but as we look at it today, we are going to find a great picture of what it means to love others around us.
It is a story that many in church are familiar with, but as we look at it today, we are going to find a great picture of what it means to love others around us.
Read it with me...
· Read it with me…
· This morning, our outline is pretty simple.
As we look at the story of the loving, sacrificial Samaritan, I want us to draw out three actions we must take to love others: notice, care, and invest.
This morning, our outline is pretty simple.
As we look at the story of the loving, sacrificial Samaritan, I want us to draw out three actions we must take to love others: notice, care, and invest.
That’s what we see the Samaritan doing, and that is what we need to do as well.
· That’s what we see the Samaritan doing, and that is what we need to do as well.
· Let’s look at them together.
The first is…
Let’s look at them together.
The first is…
1) Notice.
1) Notice.
· If we are going to love others as Jesus loves us, we have to start by noticing them!
If we are going to love others as Jesus loves us, we have to start by noticing them!
Although it may seem obvious, I think we need to stop and talk about this.
· Although it may seem obvious, I think we need to stop and talk about this.
Jesus tells us that all three men saw the man who had been beaten.
· Jesus tells us that all three men saw the man who had been beaten.
· To be honest, I imagine we might easily miss him today!
To be honest, I imagine we might easily miss him today!
· We don’t walk everywhere like they did, and we hurry much more.
Because we are afraid of sexual predators and thieves and people we might not like, we never go outside.
We never meet our neighbors because they might think we’re weird.
We don’t often talk to people outside those we have to because we have become so insulated as a society.
We don’t walk everywhere like they did, and we hurry much more.
Because we are afraid of sexual predators and thieves and people we might not like, we never go outside.
We never meet our neighbors because they might think we’re weird.
We don’t often talk to people outside those we have to because we have become so insulated as a society.
· Look around next time you are at the mall or at a restaurant.
How many people have any idea what is going on around them?
Look around next time you are at the mall or at a restaurant.
How many people have any idea what is going on around them?
· How many of us spend all our time so absorbed in ourselves that we wouldn’t even notice if someone around us needed help?
How many of us spend all our time so absorbed in ourselves that we wouldn’t even notice if someone around us needed help?
In military, police, and self-defense circles, they often talk about situational awareness.
It is the Jason Bourne-esque way of knowing what is going on around you so that if anything goes wrong, you are ready to respond.
· In military, police, and self-defense circles, they often talk about situational awareness.
It is the Jason Bourne-esque way of knowing what is going on around you so that if anything goes wrong, you are ready to respond.
I read a book on developing that kind of awareness, and in it, the authors talked about times they take people out to teach them to be aware.
· I read a book on developing that kind of awareness, and in it, the authors talked about times they take people out to teach them to be aware.
At first, they people watch and try to make discrete gestures and talk quietly because they don’t want anyone to know they are being watched.
Eventually, though, they just start pointing people out and talking in a normal voice because no one is paying attention.
· At first, they people watch and try to make discrete gestures and talk quietly because they don’t want anyone to know they are being watched.
Eventually, though, they just start pointing people out and talking in a normal voice because no one is paying attention.
I’m not saying you need to be Jason Bourne and be able to recite every license plate number in the parking lot or know how far you can run at this altitude without getting winded, but I am saying we need to be aware!
· I’m not saying you need to be Jason Bourne and be able to recite every license plate number in the parking lot or know how far you can run at this altitude without getting winded, but I am saying we need to be aware!
You need to look around, not for potential threats, but for the lives where God is at work and is inviting you to join him.
· Who hasn’t been to church in a few weeks?
How did the last cashier you saw look?
Tired or happy?
What about the people in the waiting room at the doctor’s office?
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