Luke 10 – Good Samaritan. God is Love 1 John 4:8 The one who does not love does not know God, for...

Where is Love?Luke 10 – Good Samaritan

What is Love?God is Love

1 Joh

n 4

:8 The one who

does not love does not know God, for God is love. 1

Joh

n 4

:9 God showed

how much he loved us by sending his one and only Son into the world so that we might have eternal life through him.

1 Joh

n 4

:10 This is real

love—not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins.

What is Love?God is LoveTherefore:

Rejecting God means rejecting

love.If you don’t love others, you don’t

love God.

If someone says, "I love God," and hates his brother, he is a liar; for the one who does not love his brother whom he has seen, cannot love God whom he has not seen. 1 John 4:20

Where is the Love?Not in manmade religion.

One day an expert in religious law stood up to test Jesus by asking him this question: “Teacher, what should I do to inherit eternal life?” Luke 10:25

• “How can I earn my way to heaven?”

• It’s all about me.

Manmade

Religion

Where is the Love?Not in manmade religion.Love is the essence of

biblical ethics.Jesus replied, “What does the law of Moses say? How do you read it?” Luke 10:26

The man answered, “‘You must love the LORD your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your strength, and all your mind.’ And, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’” Luke 10:27 “Right!” Jesus told him. “Do this and you

will live!” Luke 10:28

Where is the Love?Not in manmade religion.Love is the essence of

biblical ethics.Jesus replied, “What does the law of Moses say? How do you read it?” Luke 10:26

The man answered, “‘You must love the LORD your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your strength, and all your mind.’ And, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’” Luke 10:27

…the Spirit also helps our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we should…” Romans 8:26

Where is the Love?Not in manmade religion.Love is the essence of biblical

ethics.Love is what you give, not

what you get.“Right!” Jesus told him. “Do this and you will live!” Luke 10:28

A Real-World Example of Love Ethics

The World is a Vampire Full of thieves.

The man wanted

to justify his

actions, so he

asked Jesus, “And

who is my

neighbor?” Jesus

replied with a

story…

“A Jewish man was traveling on a trip from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he was attacked by bandits. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him up, and left him half dead beside the road.” Luke 10:30


The World is a Vampire

Manmade Religion is indifferent & guilty. “Sins of Omission”

"And by chance a

priest was going

down on that road,

and when he saw

him, he passed by

on the other side.

Luke 10:31

"Likewise a Levite also, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. Luke 10:32



Manmade Religion is indifferent & guilty.

Love Heals…

“But a

Samaritan, who

was on a journey,

came upon him;

and when he saw

him, he felt

compassion…”

and 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.

“On the next day he took out two 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.’ ”

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

And he said, “The one who showed mercy toward him.” Then Jesus said to him, “Go and do the same.”




Love Heals… Based on need, not

merit

“But a

Samaritan,

who was on a

journey, and

when he saw

him, he felt

compassion…”

"But if you had known what this means, 'I DESIRE COMPASSION, AND NOT A SACRIFICE,' you would not have condemned the innocent. Matthew 12:7

The righteous is concerned for the rights of the poor, The wicked does not understand such concern. Proverbs 29:7





merit Takes the initiative;

acts

“…he felt compassion, and came to him and bandaged up his wounds…”






acts At great, personal

cost

“On the next day he took out two 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.’ ”

Leaving “My Tribe”"If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even

sinners love those who love them.” Luke 6:32






acts At great, personal

cost

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