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Command to Love
Recap the commands
Repent and Be Baptized
Pray
Go and Make Disciples
Today we come to the command to Love
In response to a question about what is the greatest command Jesus replies in , ““Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.
This is the greatest and most important command.
The second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself.
All the Law and the Prophets depend on these two commands.”
I’d like to go to Luke’s account to discover what this means.
Christian Standard Bible.
(2017).
().
Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers.
After getting the answer the smart alec expert in the law asks “Just who is my neighbor”
Jesus then launches into this parable: read it!
The question is a hot question in Judaism.
Mostly it was Jews only who were your neighbor
Often only certain Jews
A man is implied to be a fellow Jew.
On the highway from Jerusalem to Jericho
Drops 3,000 to 3,500 feet in about 17 miles
Jerome called it the “bloody way” because of the violence which so often occurred there.
The first man on the scene was a priest and the second a Levite
These religious leaders were afraid of Thieves, defilement, involvement, and time constraints
All which made them walk on the opposite of the road from the beaten up Samaritan
Jesus shocked the Jews by using the hated Samaritan as the hero of the parable.
Samaritans were half Jew and half pagan, resulting from the resettlement policies of the Assyrian exile of the northern 10 tribes in 72 BC
They had developed a rival temple and rival text.
The hero took care of the hurt man
Oil and wine were medicines for taking care of the skin problems and with its natural alcohol, killing infections.
Took him to an inn and paid the inn keeper enough money to provide for him for about 14 days.
With the promise to pay more upon his return if necessary
Here’s the key point of the parable and Jesus’ answer to the man’s question verse 36
Which was the neighbor?
The scribe or expert in the law answered the one who showed mercy
Couldn’t even say the word Samaritan
Jesus said go and do the same
This extension of “neighbor” from OT “covenant partner” (i.e.
fellow Jew) to the hated Samaritan would have shocked this lawyer/scribe.
This extension of “neighbor” from OT “covenant partner” (i.e.
fellow Jew) to the hated Samaritan would have shocked this lawyer/scribe.
Yet, it is this very extension that characterized Jesus’ teaching (and Luke’s emphasis).
The OT categories of national and racial emphasis are expanded into global spheres.
Yet, it is this very extension that characterized Jesus’ teaching (and Luke’s emphasis).
The OT categories of national and racial emphasis are expanded into global spheres.
Utley, R. J. (2004).
The Gospel according to Luke (Vol.
Volume 3A, ).
Marshall, TX: Bible Lessons International.
Who’s Your Neighbor?
Knowledge is good but it’s useless until it’s put into action.
God calls us to be obedient.
Obedience begins with heart change.
Until your heart changes, you won’t change.
The issue is not so much “who is my neighbor?”
The issue is not so much “who is my neighbor?”
The real issue is am I willing to become the person who cannot pass by on the other side?
The real issue is am I willing to become the person who cannot pass by on the other side?
Heart Check
Let’s do a Heart Check
Compassion
In this story who had compassion?
The Samaritan!
God is a loving and compassionate God and expects us to be the same.
“Therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and dearly loved, put on compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience”
Therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and dearly loved, put on compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience
Christian Standard Bible.
(2017).
().
Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers.a
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, “If anyone has this world’s goods and sees a fellow believer in need but withholds compassion from him—how does God’s love reside in him?”
Christian Standard Bible.
(2017).
().
Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers.
B. Sacrifice
Sacrifice
In the story, the Samaritan sacrificed to help the hurt man.
He paid what was equal to a couple of days wages to care of the man at the inn
He gave up his time and reputation in helping the man
That seems rather small, but for him it was a lot.
We should seek to do the same.
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, “Then he said to them all, “If anyone wants to follow after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross daily, and follow me.”
It is impossible to love your neighbor as yourself if you do not love yourself.
There is an appropriate self-love which is based on God’s priority love for mankind
This means we must sacrifice our wishes and wants to love our neighbors
Utley, R. J. (2004).
The Gospel according to Luke (Vol.
Volume 3A, ).
Marshall, TX: Bible Lessons International.
Christian Standard Bible.
(2017).
().
Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers.
Humble
Again if we really care about others, then we must be humble
It is hard to think of others first if all we think of is ourselves.
Jesus put us first when he died on the cross.
; “Finally, all of you be like-minded and sympathetic, love one another, and be compassionate and humble,”
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Overflow
Christian Standard Bible.
(2017).
().
Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers.
D. Overflow
, “And may the Lord cause you to increase and overflow with love for one another and for everyone, just as we do for you.”
It is out of the love that Jesus has for us that we should love others.
There is so much love that it should just overflow toward others.
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