We have all heard this story but have we ever thought about what it meant to those around him
To the Levite, he was a inquiry on how to get to heaven.
To the religious people, he was a burden, a problem.
To the inn keeper, he was a customer, as long as he could pay his way.
To the Samaritan, he was someone who needed love and help.
To Jesus, they were all worth dying for.
Do you walk by the hurting and broken and ignore their pain?
Do you reach out to those around you and meet what needs you can?
It’s not always a financial need, sometimes it’s just knowing someone is standing there with you in prayer.
This really stirs my heart that we are to be the hands and feet of Jesus not just to those we love or that are like us. We are to reach out to those around us.
Jesus loves us, all the good the bad, the dirty, the broken. We have to love others like he did.
Luke 10:25-37
25 On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
26 “What is written in the Law?” he replied. “How do you read it?”
27 He answered, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind and, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’
28 “You have answered correctly,” Jesus replied. “Do this and you will live.”
29 But he wanted to justify himself,so he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”
30 In reply Jesus said: “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, when he own from Jerusalem to Jericho, when he was attacked by robbers. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him and went away, leaving him half dead. 31 A priest happened to be going down the same road, and when he saw the man, he passed by on the other side.32 So too, a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. 33 But a Samaritan,as he traveled, came where the man was; and when he saw him, he took pity on him. 34 He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put the man on his own donkey, brought him to an inn and took care of him. 35 The next day he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper. ‘Look after him,’ he said, ‘and when I return, I will reimburse you for any extra expense you may have.’
36 “Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?”
37 The expert in the law replied, “The one who had mercy on him.”
Jesus told him, “Go and do likewise.”
