- We will have a cleanup/workday at the Cunningham house Saturday 8am to Noon. Please bring gloves and cleaning supplies.
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Vacation Bible School starts Tuesday and we
really need our youth to come and help. If you are available please let Laurie
know. VBS runs Tuesday through Thursday 6-8.
Luke 10:25-37
Just then a lawyer
stood up to test Jesus. "Teacher," he said, "what must I do to
inherit eternal life?" [26] He said
to him, "What is written in the law? What do you read there?" [27] He answered, "You shall 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 your neighbor as yourself." [28] And he said to him, "You have given
the right answer; do this, and you will live." [29] But wanting to justify
himself, he asked Jesus, "And who is my neighbor?" [30] Jesus replied, "A man was going
down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell into the hands of robbers, who
stripped him, beat him, and went away, leaving him half dead. [31] Now by chance a priest was going down
that road; and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. [32] So likewise a Levite, when he came to
the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. [33] But a Samaritan while traveling came
near him; and when he saw him, he was moved with pity. [34] He went to him and bandaged his wounds,
having poured oil and wine on them. Then he put him on his own animal, brought
him to an inn, and took care of him.
[35] The next day he took out two denarii, gave them to the innkeeper,
and said, 'Take care of him; and when I come back, I will repay you whatever
more you spend.' [36] Which of these
three, do you think, was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of the
robbers?" [37] He said, "The
one who showed him mercy." Jesus said to him, "Go and do
likewise."
The Parable of the Good Samaritan
- What are the greatest inconveniences in your life?
- When has someone gone out of his or her way to help you?
- What do you think motivates most people to do good?
- Why did the legal expert ask a question about eternal life? (10:25)
- How did the legal expert summarize the demands of the Law? (10:27)
- What did the legal expert want to do? (10:29)
- What did the priest and the Levite do to help the man who was robbed and beaten? (10:31-32)
- What was the Samaritan’s response to what he saw? (10:33-35)
- What relationship did Jesus use to characterize the Samaritan’s behavior? (10:36)
- What did Jesus command the expert to do in response to the parable? (10:37)
- How effective is this parable in communicating love for one’s neighbor?
- What natural inclinations make it easier for you to act like the priest and the Levite than like the Samaritan?
- How does it feel when someone has mercy on you?
- In what ways can we as individuals and as groups of Christians be more like the Samaritan?
