1. WHO IS MY NEIGHBOR?
LUKE 10:25-37

2. INTRODUCTION
IN ANSWER TO THE LAWYERS QUESTION, MANY OF US WOULD ASSUME THAT THE CORRECT ANSWER WOULD BE ONE LIVING OR LOCATED NEAR ANOTHER. BUT JESUS TAKES IT IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION. IN HIS STORY, JESUS ILLUSTRATES A COMPLETE STRANGER SHOWING COMPASSION AND MERCY IN GIVING AID TO A FELLOWMAN IN NEED.

3. WHO IS MY NEIGHBOR?
THE ONE WHO IS HELPFUL IN TIME OF NEED- PROV. 27:9-10; LUKE 10:36-37
THE ONE WHO SHOWS INTIMACY, AS IN COMPANIONSHIP-LUKE 15:6,9
THE ONE WHO IS SINCERE AND PURE- PROV. 3:28-29; 14:20-21; ROM. 13:8-10; 15:2; EPH. 4:22-29

4. TO LOVE THY NEIGHBOR AS THYSELF
HOW DO I LOVE MYSELF?- EPH. 5:29 “FOR NO MAN EVER YET HATED HIS OWN FLESH; BUT NOURISETH AND CHERISHETH IT, EVEN AS THE LORD THE CHURCH.”
WHAT IS LOVE?- 1 COR. 13:1-7

5. WHY DID THE PRIEST AND LEVITE DO NOTHING?
MAYBE IT WAS FEAR
OR A LACK OF COMPASSION
OR JUST TOO BUSY

6. GO AND DO THOU LIKEWISE