What Are We Willing To Do?
Love Your Neighbor • Sermon • Submitted
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· 6 viewsOur we Christ centered? If so, then are we other centered as the church?
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Introduction
Introduction
Pastor arrives as a homeless man
Would we have turned the other way? Would we have ignored this man?
Calling of the Pastor
There is an ever growing number of people buying gifts for themselves “From: me, To: me.”
How would you have responded?
Our love for God is shown by our willingness to extend mercy to our neighbors.
Our love for God is shown by our willingness to extend mercy to our neighbors.
We called to fully love God and our neighbors. (Vv. 25-28)
We called to fully love God and our neighbors. (Vv. 25-28)
The Greatest commandment of them all
Lawyer - legal scholar; versed in the Mosaic law
Same question later used in by the Rich ruler
come into possession of “inherit”
“Put to the test” in the Greek means to “entrap someone into giving information that will jeopardize the person.”
Minimally, Jesus is asking for specific biblical support ( and )
“read it” continuously read it v.26
v. 27 - Fitzmyer says that the four responses given depict our
Heart (Emotion), Soul (Consciousness), Strength (Drive), Cognitive abilities (Mind)
the entire being responds
Think about how you care for yourself?
It is said that love from the heart responds with the hands (v. 28)
Thus, the lawyer’s love for God should cause him to love all because man was created in the image of God.
Two imperative
How do care for yourself?
We are called to see beyond appearances. (Vv 29-33)
We are called to see beyond appearances. (Vv 29-33)
Why ask this question?
look rather foolish
Marshall Howard says this, “You have no need to answer that question, as a laywer you know the answer about Eternal life.
Darrell Bock says this about the Lawyer...”He wanted to justify his failures to love some people.” (v.29)
Priest and Levite - Explain
The man was not dead
Jesus makes the Samaritan the main fictional character of this story not Jew - this shows that neighbors can be found among any racial group
Jesus makes the Samaritan the main fictional character of this story not Jew - this shows that neighbors can be found among any racial group
Are we as Christ followers willing to reach out our hands to help someone of another race, socio-economic status, or religion?
Therefore, we must look beyond how others may see someone
A Samaritan, they are despised by Jewish leadership becomes the neighbor who helps the man left dead
Are we as Christ followers willing to reach out our hands to help someone of another race, socio-economic status, or religion?
A Samaritan one who is despised by Jewish leadership becomes the neighbor who helps the man left dead
Shows compassion, generosity, servants heart
We are called to care for others. (Vv. 34-37)
We are called to care for others. (Vv. 34-37)
Jesus makes the Samaritan the main fictional character of this story not Jew - this shows that neighbors can be found among any racial group
Are we as Christ followers willing to reach out our hands to help someone of another race, socio-economic status, or religion?
A Samaritan one who is despised by Jewish leadership becomes the neighbor who helps the man left dead
Be compassionate
Be generous
Be merciful
Be a neighbor
Implications
Implications
Ministry is to missional.
Our culture today has a me first mentality… All we need to do is look at different selfie sticks or browse through our social media account.
There is an ever growing number of people buying gifts for themselves “From: me, To: me.”
The church must become the neighbor of the community
Christ centeredness leads to other centeredness
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Our neighbors are all around us
Quote - “God definition of what matters is pretty straightforward, He measures our lives by how we love.” – Francis Chan, Crazy Love
Quote - “God definition of what matters is pretty straightforward, He measures our lives by how we love.” – Francis Chan, Crazy Love
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