Fulfill the Call

What does it look like to fulfill the call to love our neighbors? Denise breaks down how Jesus used the parable of the Good Samaritan to explain how we are called to live out what Christ has commanded. The Good Samaritan Storyteller | Week 3 June 11, 2017 | Denise McKinney Luke 10:25-37 (The Message) “Just then a religion scholar stood up with a question to test Jesus. “Teacher, what do I need to do to get eternal life?” He answered, “What’s written in God’s Law? How do you interpret it?” He said, “That you love the Lord your God with all your passion and prayer and muscle and intelligence—and that you love your neighbor as well as you do yourself.” “Good answer!” said Jesus. “Do it and you’ll live.” Looking for a loophole, he asked, “And just how would you define ‘neighbor’?” Jesus answered by telling a story: "There was once a man traveling from Jerusalem to Jericho. On the way he was attacked by robbers. They took his clothes, beat him up, and went off leaving him half-dead. Luckily, a priest was on his way down the same road, but when he saw him he angled across to the other side. Then a Levite religious man showed up; he also avoided the injured man. A Samaritan traveling the road came on him. When he saw the man’s condition, his heart went out to him. He gave him first aid, disinfecting and bandaging his wounds. Then he lifted him onto his donkey, led him to an inn, and made him comfortable. In the morning he took out two silver coins and gave them to the innkeeper, saying, ‘Take good care of him. If it costs any more, put it on my bill—I’ll pay you on my way back.’ What do you think? Which of the three became a neighbor to the man attacked by robbers?” “The one who treated him kindly,” the religion scholar responded. Jesus said, “Go and do the same.”” This man lost almost everything - his clothes, his belongings and even his life. The Priest and the Levite The Samaritan 2 Denarii: 1 denarius = a full day's wage for a laborer Today that might look like: $15/hr x 8 = $120 x 2 = $240 What’s in it for me? Inconvenience Insulation Irritation The most effective distortion of God's love for us is my concern for me. We share food with friends and family, we offer hospitality to strangers.