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October 17, 2021

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Current Sermon Series: Redefining Greatness: Love God | Love Your Neighbor

Current Sermon Title: Love Your Neighbor

Today’s Speaker: Steve Bezner

Then an expert in the law stood up to test him, saying, “Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”

“What is written in the law?” he asked him. “How do you read it?”

He answered, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind,” and “your neighbor as yourself.”

“You’ve answered correctly,” he told him. “Do this and you will live.”

But wanting to justify himself, he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”

Jesus took up the question and said, “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho and fell into the hands of robbers. They stripped him, beat him up, and fled, leaving him half dead. A priest happened to be going down that road. When he saw him, he passed by on the other side. In the same way, a Levite, when he arrived at the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. But a Samaritan on his journey came up to him, and when he saw the man, he had compassion. He went over to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on olive oil and wine. Then he put him on his own animal, brought him to an inn, and took care of him. The next day he took out two denarii, gave them to the innkeeper, and said, ‘Take care of him. When I come back I’ll reimburse you for whatever extra you spend.’

“Which of these three do you think proved to be a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of the robbers?”

“The one who showed mercy to him,” he said.

Then Jesus told him, “Go and do the same.” —Luke 10:25-37

1. Neighbor love is not appearance.

2. Neighbor love is about grace.

“Wrong” categories.

Re-Casting the Story

3. Neighbor love is grounded in action.

Inconvenience.

Expense.

We tend to operate under the following assumptions: If I do good things, then I will have good outcomes. —SB

Few people are convinced by logic, but by love.

1. Am I ready to say yes to this God who lavishes with love and grace?

1. Has my heart become religious in appearance and yet hard towards grace? What might I do to repent?