Kindness I Corinthians 13:4 – Charity suffereth long, and is kind; Charity envieth not; Charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffeth up,

The Good Samaritan (Luke 10: 25-37) –25: And behold a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? –26:He said unto him, what is written in the law? How readest thou? –27: And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbor as thyself.

–Who is my neighbor? (v. 29) Priest? Levite? Samaritan: mixed race of Jew and Gentile (Assyrians) and unacceptable to the Jews –What was the focus? Priest – unacceptable and fear Levite – fear Samaritan – enemy of Jews, focus on him as a person –What’s your focus? Label or person?

Homeless? Troublemaker or criminal? Disabled? Poor? Stranger? –Response: 10: 35 – Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was a neighbor unto him that fell among the thieves? 10: 36 – And he said, He that showed mercy on him. Then said Jesus unto him, Go and do thou likewise

Examples in the Bible –David toward Jonathan’s son, Mephibosheth –Barnabas Today’s stories –Gardener –Homeless What’s your focus and response?