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Luke 10:25-37
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Luke 10:25-37
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What are the greatest inconveniences in your life? (Ones involving expenditures of your time? Of money? Emotional issues? Travel plans? Working with others?)
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Did the expert in the law who questioned and then answered Jesus understand what was necessary to inherit eternal life? Did he summarize the Law correctly? (Deut 6:5, Leviticus 19:18)
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After Jesus affirmed his correct reply, what did the legal expert then want to do? (10:29)
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Jesus replied to the legal expert’s question, “who is my neighbour?” with perhaps the best-known parable in the Bible. Let’s consider this parable from the point of view of the priest and the Levite. Could they have had good reasons for behaving the way that they did?
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What natural inclinations make it easier for you to act like the priest and the Levite rather than the Samaritan?
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What was the Samaritan’s response to the situation? Why did he help the beaten man? (10:33) How practical was his approach?
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How does it feel when someone has mercy on you? How do you feel when you get in trouble because of your own stupid actions? How does mercy feel then?
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In what ways can you personally or can we as Christians be more like the Samaritan? Is this something to aspire to? Is this something God expects of you?
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How would you summarize the message of this parable?
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