Document
for DBS
Series:
True Story “Parables
of Jesus”
Stories
are the language of the soul. We connect with stories and we remember them. That
is why Jesus used storytelling so often to illustrate deeper truths. His
stories, known as parables, were Jesus’ way to communicate important Kingdom
principles. Although the details of these stories were imagined, the Kingdom
principles are not. They are true and eternal.
Title:
“Love
Your Neighbor” (Good
Samaritan)
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Opening
Thoughts:
To truly love your neighbor means crossing boundaries and borders to demonstrate
genuine concern through action. Who is your neighbor? How can you love
them?
v
“Christianity
has an image problem.”
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Text:
Luke
10:25-37
The
Parable of the Good Samaritan
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 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.”
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Summarize
the main story:
Describe the events of the story in your own words.
v
Review
and retell the story.
Reflections
for applications:
v
Characters
o
Priest
o
Levite
o
Samaritan
o
“Good
Israelite”
v
Application
& Layers
o
Love
others
o
Love
by doing
§
James
2:15-16
Suppose a brother or a sister is without
clothes and daily food. 16 If one of you says to them, “Go in peace; keep warm
and well fed,” but does nothing about their physical needs, what good is
it?
v
Jesus
puts a twist in the story.
o
In
his story, Jesus makes the powerless victim the Israelite man, and the hero of the story is the despised
Samaritan!
§
Sometimes
it takes empathy to activate love
§
Go
be a neighbor!
·
“What
will happen to me?”
·
“What
will happen to him?”
o
Does
Christianity have an image problem?
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Digging
Questions:
·
How
will you respond to God’s “True Story”? What transformative move needs to be
made?
·
What
do these biblical texts tell you about God and His nature?
·
What
is God calling us (me and you individually) to do?
Take
Away Challenges
·
What
has the Holy Spirit revealed to you in this passage? How will you apply it to
your life this week?
·
Whom
do you know who needs to hear this?
·
What
is God bringing to your attention in this discussion? What beliefs, thoughts or
actions need to be addressed or changed?
Hash
tags
#Parables #Priest #Levite #Samaritan
Sunday
sermon link https://youtu.be/KOcLWfvO2YM
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Notes
Comments
and resources
with
some more resources:
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+10%3A25-37&version=NIV
