1. Welcome

2. The Good
Samaritan
Luke 10:25-37

3. Many had a mistaken idea about the law
They followed the little details
But ignored things like love, mercy and justice
Matthew 23:23
paid tithe of small things
“omitted the weightier matters of the law”
“judgment, mercy and faith”
“these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.”

4. Hatred between Jews and Samaritans
Death of Solomon - Kingdom Split
Northern kingdom taken into Assyrian captivity
Assyria populated country with other people
Intermarried with the Jews that were left
These people were called SAMARITANS
Northern Southern

5. Questions by the Lawyer
“Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?”
Tempting Jesus
Trying to trap him
What is written in the law?
That’s
Right
“So he answered and said,” 'You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind,' and 'your neighbor as yourself.” Luke 10:27

6. Questions by the Lawyer Jesus Answers with a Parable
“Who is my neighbour ?”
Trying to justify himself
Jesus had told him to do what he suggested
Implied that this man was not doing it
Put Jesus on the defensive
Jesus Answers with a Parable

7. The Parable Luke 10:30-32 Man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho
Jerusalem ft. above sea level
Jericho ft. below sea level
“Way of Blood” = robbed, beaten
Priest - “passed by on the other side”
Served in temple
Knew what he should do
Levite - Looked but left
Worker in house of God

8. Was something expected
A Priest passed by
Was something expected
from him?
Yes, of course!
He represented the religion in his
country!

9. A Levite also Passes by They were the ones responsible for the
temple and the sacrifices..

10. The Parable
Luke 10:33-35
33. "But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was. And when he saw him, he had compassion.
34. "So he went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine; and he set him on his own animal, brought him to an inn, and took care of him.
35. "On the next day, when he departed, he took out two denarii, gave them to the innkeeper, and said to him, 'Take care of him; and whatever more you spend, when I come again, I will repay you.'

11. A Samaritan also Passes by
He bandaged his wounds.
He puts the wounded man
on his own animal.
He gives the innkeeper two denarii.
He said to the innkeeper: Take care of him and I will
repay you when I come back.

12. The Parable
Luke 10:36-37
36. "So which of these three do you think was neighbor to him who fell among the thieves?"
37. And he said, "He who showed mercy on him." Then Jesus said to him, "Go and do likewise."
The lawyer answered his own question !
Jesus emphasized the doing !

13. What is Jesus trying to teach us in this parable?
We have to love our neighbor.

14. “A neighbor is one in need whom we can help”.
Some lessons from the parable...
Jesus said that:
“A neighbor is one in need whom we can help”.
The love for the neighbor does not know
color, race or religion.

15. Some lessons from the parable...
Of the three passers-by, the first two should have been the first to help.
When we separate our neighbors from our religion
is when we become hypocrites...
James 1:22, 27

16. What about us ? The Samaritan did it. Some lessons from the parable...
The cost of compassion...
The willingness to cross social barriers
The Samaritan did it.
What about us ?
John. 4:9

17. Luke 6:30 What about us? The willingness to take the risks.
The Samaritan took a great risk by stopping to help
somebody that despised him...
What if the robbers were still near by?
What about us?
Luke 6:30

18. The Samaritan did it. He was on a journey.
A willingness to set aside our busy "schedules"
The Samaritan did it.
He was on a journey.
What about us, do we have time
for our neighbors?
"And whoever compels you to go one mile, go with him two.” Matt. 5:41

19. The willingness to make
sacrifices.
The Samaritan sacrificed more than just time and energy.
He used his provisions.
10:34
He offered an open-ended agreement to
provide for his help.
10:35
What about us?

20. The Good samaritan Three Philosophies
1. ROBBERS = What is thine is mine
2. PRIEST and LEVITE = What is mine is mine
3. SAMARITAN = What is mine is thine

21. The Good samaritan Summary
Lawyer “What shall I do to inherit eternal life ?”
Jesus “How do you answer that ?”
Lawyer “Love God…neighbor as our self”
Jesus “Correct”
Lawyer “Who is my neighbor
Jesus Parable of Good Samaritan

22. The Good samaritan Main Lesson
Eternal life is to be enjoyed by those who
Love God Supremely, and who
Love their neighbor as their self

24. Nelson Chapel Church of Christ
5039 Six Mile Road
Maryville, Tn
April 30, 2017
Sermon by Arthur Pigman
2705 Druid Hill Dr.
Maryville, Tn