Modeling Reconciliation
David Ireland
Luke 10:25-37
Facts: Describe the social and cultural setting.
A) The lawyer used the normal technical term ''test'' [v. 25] for asking a difficult scholarly question, to establish if the one being questioned is a real scholar. ''Who is my neighbor?''
B) Historically, the road from Jerusalem to Jericho had patches of uninhabited rocky wilderness that is notorious for attacks of robbers.
C) The unaccompanied traveler was beaten, stripped of clothes, robbed, and left for dead. His nationality or social status-known by his clothing-was now unknown. He was simply a man in need.
D) The parable had movement that went from a priest, to a Levite, to a Samaritan. The audience thought it would have moved from a priest, Levite, to a Jewish layman.
E) The parable answered the question: Who is my neighbor by highlighting the foundational behavior of reconciliation-the social interaction of two people or groups formerly at odds with one another.
1.0 How Do You Model Reconciliation? Three Lessons:
1.1 Lesson #1: Reconciliation requires ACTION.
A) The lawyer was satisfied with KNOWING the right thing; but Jesus was more concerned with him DOING the right thing. Jesus wanted ACTION while the lawyer wanted ACADEMIC ANSWERS.
B) Theological knowledge is empty if your life doesn't have actions that express love to God AND love to ''friend''.
1. Perhaps they thought that contact with the wounded man (perhaps dead) would make them unclean based on Levitical grounds.
2. They may have thought: ''I shouldn't get involved, he's not my parishioner. I'm on a strict schedule. Let me just stay out of it! I'll be SILENT.''
Quotes: Silence at the wrong time is sin!
(1) Plato said: ''I shall assume that your silence gives consent.''?
(2) Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Elie Wiesel said: ''I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always take sides. Neutrality ...
David Ireland
Luke 10:25-37
Facts: Describe the social and cultural setting.
A) The lawyer used the normal technical term ''test'' [v. 25] for asking a difficult scholarly question, to establish if the one being questioned is a real scholar. ''Who is my neighbor?''
B) Historically, the road from Jerusalem to Jericho had patches of uninhabited rocky wilderness that is notorious for attacks of robbers.
C) The unaccompanied traveler was beaten, stripped of clothes, robbed, and left for dead. His nationality or social status-known by his clothing-was now unknown. He was simply a man in need.
D) The parable had movement that went from a priest, to a Levite, to a Samaritan. The audience thought it would have moved from a priest, Levite, to a Jewish layman.
E) The parable answered the question: Who is my neighbor by highlighting the foundational behavior of reconciliation-the social interaction of two people or groups formerly at odds with one another.
1.0 How Do You Model Reconciliation? Three Lessons:
1.1 Lesson #1: Reconciliation requires ACTION.
A) The lawyer was satisfied with KNOWING the right thing; but Jesus was more concerned with him DOING the right thing. Jesus wanted ACTION while the lawyer wanted ACADEMIC ANSWERS.
B) Theological knowledge is empty if your life doesn't have actions that express love to God AND love to ''friend''.
1. Perhaps they thought that contact with the wounded man (perhaps dead) would make them unclean based on Levitical grounds.
2. They may have thought: ''I shouldn't get involved, he's not my parishioner. I'm on a strict schedule. Let me just stay out of it! I'll be SILENT.''
Quotes: Silence at the wrong time is sin!
(1) Plato said: ''I shall assume that your silence gives consent.''?
(2) Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Elie Wiesel said: ''I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always take sides. Neutrality ...
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