The Good Samaritan

Teacher: Keith Tyner
Series: Gospels

Keith's Notes

The Good Samaritan

• DR and our relationship (1 Cor 7.5)
  
• Stories are real, parables are close enough to real to be so
  
• The law came so you would sin more ROMANS 5.20
  
• Jesus was born under the law.  
  
  • Galatians 4.4 But when the right time came, God sent his Son, born of a woman, subject to the law. 5 God sent him to buy freedom for us who were slaves to the law, so that he could adopt us as his very own children.
    
• He taught law so you would know you need a savior!
  
• Don’t try to fulfill what Jesus commanded...it is the strongest dose of the Law!
  
• The Pharisees said he was powered by satan and He began teaching the crowds in parables.
  
• Privately He would explain what He was talking about to His followers.
  
• Stories are powerful!
  
• Jesus’ parables are TRUTH BOMBS!
  
• Let’s talk about the Good Samaritan
  
• Before I get into the story, keep in mind:
  
  • 12 tribes of Israel,
    
  • Levi was the tribe of priests.
    
  • Joseph was one which was split between Ephraim and Manasseh Genesis 48:5
    
  • Jerusalem was where sacrifices were made by the priests
    
  • Jericho it seems was where their weekend homes were located a 25 mile walk away.
    
• 70 sent out in pairs with power
  
• 70 came back in to report what they saw
  
• An ATTORNEY pipes up….
  
• The Good Samaritan is a Story and a Parable
  

Observations/Opinions

1. You will LIVE.  John 10.10
   
2. It’s nice to run into someone who has a dose of mercy!
   
3. Trying to justify yourself is a bad and futile plan!
   
4. Asking the wrong question is foolish!  Who is my neighbor was the wrong question.  What is agape’ love was the correct question which would have answered his first question.
   
5. Eternal life is expressed by loving God! -- Yourself and others.  Romans 8.11 God’s Spirit dwells in you and desires to make the world know Him.
   
6. Working for salvation always asks the question, ‘What is the least I can do?’  Check out the Gospels, when people ask about what they must do, they want the lowest possible hurdle.  When Jesus made salvation available, He offered the most outrageous gift!
   
7. Sins of your parents don’t define you.  (Exodus 20:5)  As for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.
   
8. Love your neighbor.  Neighbor is the one near you who is breathing! Jesus expressed the ultimate message of neighbor by saving the thief on the cross next to Him who was earlier cursing Him.
   
9. Love yourself dearly.  Agape is the love in the verse.  It is impossible to love your neighbor with Agape love without expressing it to yourself.
   
10. Roles and bloodlines are not always right.  Priest, Levite and Samaritan didn’t respond as one might expect their title or bloodline.  All acted opposite.
    
11. Expect the unexpected -- A priest, a Levite and a Samaritan joke…When God is involved your expectations will be blown away.
    
12. Lower your expectations.  When man is your focus, your expectations will almost always be disappointed.
    
13. A question is a great answer!  Jesus asked the lawyer questions in response to his question.
    
14. Trusting others is ‘story worthy!’  The Samaritan was crazy to trust the guy laying on the road.  And by trusting him, his story became history.
    
15. Your reputation is like money.  The innkeeper trusted the Samaritan to pay his debt later with only a small down payment.