33"But a Samaritan, who was on a journey, came upon him; and when he saw him, he felt compassion, 34and came to him and bandaged up his wounds, pouring oil and wine on them; and he put him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn and took care of him. 35On the next day he took out two [a]denarii and gave them to the innkeeper and said, 'Take care of him; and whatever more you spend, when I return I will repay you.' 36Which of these three do you think proved to be a neighbor to the man who fell into the robbers' hands?"Pastor Peter wrapped up the Status Update series by challenging us to not limit ourselves to asking “who is our neighbor?” but to push ourselves to “be the neighbor.” This moves us from thinking to acting. To help us grasp the scope of “loving our neighbor as ourselves,” he presented WWID(fm) – What Would I Do (for myself). Pastor Peter reminded us that the true calling to be a neighbor involves being a neighbor to someone that is hard for us to love. Finally, the results of our correct attitudes and actions are two-fold: Jesus becomes more real to others, but more importantly, Jesus becomes more real for us.
37And he said, "The one who showed mercy toward him."
Then Jesus said to him, "Go and do the same."
Listen to this sermon and others online!
http://noc.newsong.net/grow/resources/message-archives/
No comments:
Post a Comment