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Good samaritan we are the innkeepers series#

Once you are right with the Lord, then you can stop justifying yourself, and focus on helping others in need.Īre you interested in learning more about the parable of the good Samaritan and Jesus’s teaching? Spend some time reading the following passages of Scripture: Matthew 13:10-17 Luke 10:21-37 Matthew 22:34-40 Deuteronomy 6:4-5 Leviticus 19:18 Matthew 5:43-44 Matthew 5:6-9 John 13:31-38 John 1:12-13. This starts with confessing your sin and your need for a holy God. Just because you can’t do everything for everyone it doesn’t mean you can’t do anything for anyone. When you are looking to be a good neighbor, resist the urge to fight every single battle and instead fight the ones right around you.

Do for one what you wish you could do for all.

When we read The Good Samaritan, we should empathize with the man beaten and thrown to the side of the road. They cry for mercy and because they have received mercy, they are merciful to others. True children of the kingdom are those who are poor in spirit and realize they do not and cannot meet the standard of the law. Don’t make the mistake of acting like the good Samaritan in an attempt to earn God’s blessing. When we extend mercy, it is only out of a response to God’s mercy. We do not earn God’s blessing by being a blessing to others.

We are blessed to be a blessing to others.

This reminds us we are to love our enemies and pray for those who persecute us. The story of the good Samaritan is Jesus calling us to be neighbors to our enemies. We don’t teach this story to just make sure our kids are nice to their friends.

The Good Samaritan shows us God’s righteous standard.

The point is that only Jesus was good enough to go to heaven. The point of this story is not that good people, priests, Levites, or Samaritans go to heaven. The Good Samaritan reminds us there is no sliding into the kingdom of heaven by being good enough. We need Jesus to pick us up, pay our debt, and carry us home. The good Samaritan shows us there is no way for us to recover on our own. We need someone to heal us from being left for dead. We are the man left beaten the side of the road. In reality, we are sick from sin and need healing from the Divine Physician. The point of this story is not that we are the merciful one doing good works.

This story is going to answer this lawyer’s question, but it will also reveal something about our hearts. First, we need to remember that Jesus told the parable of the good Samaritan in response to a lawyer asking the question, “Who is my neighbor?” This lawyer already knew he was supposed to love God and love his neighbor but felt the need to test Jesus and justify himself.

The Good Samaritan is an answer to a question.

So, if that’s the case, what does this parable tell us?Ĩ Things You Might Not Know about the Good Samaritan And, when we make famous Bible stories like this out to be about us, we are losing what makes them so great. If when you read The Good Samaritan, you think that it teaches you to simply do good works, then you are actually missing the point! The parable of the good Samaritan is ultimately about Jesus. However, while incredibly famous, it is also often misunderstood. It is one of the most famous parables in the Bible.

Good samaritan we are the innkeepers series#

This article is based on Todd Wagner’s message on the good Samaritan in the sermon series “Retold: History Everybody Should Know.”Ĭhances are you’ve heard the story of the good Samaritan.