NOT EVEN CLOSE (THE PARABLE OF THE GOOD SAMARITAN)
Scripture: Luke 10:25-37, Luke 10
Not Even Close (The Parable of the Good Samaritan)
Brian Fletcher
Luke 10:25-37
Introduction: Video of Pole Vault Fails
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I think you might have figured out already that I'm coming at this passage from a different perspective then what you might have heard before. You've probably heard sermons on this passage that teach you to emulate or be like the good Samaritan. But I'm going to take a different tact, so hang in there with me ok?
I only have two points.
1. You are a TOTAL FAILURE
2. Christ is a TOTAL SUCCESS
While we can learn a myriad of different things from this passage I want us to focus on the questions that the lawyer asks and how Jesus decides to answer those questions. The lawyer is interested in trying to get Jesus to fail and also trying to justify himself as an obedient observer of the law of the Bible.
So let's jump into our first point.
1. You are a TOTAL FAILURE.
You've got to really pay attention here as we look closely at the passage itself.
The two main characters in the actual scene are Jesus and the lawyer. Now the meaning of the term lawyer is not how we use it today as in ''an attorney or a person who studies the judicial laws of the country.'' This was a lawyer that studied the religious law of the Bible. So it's better to imagine a self-righteous Bible Scholar instead of a lawyer. And as we look at this Bible Scholar we are going to see his failure and how it points us to our own failure.
First, he tries to test Jesus. Well, we already know that is not going to work out so well for him. I mean, it is going to be really hard to try and trap God in the flesh. But, at this point, the lawyer isn't convinced of who Jesus really is, so he thinks he can outsmart him.
Then the lawyer asks Jesus a reprehensible question. At first glance it seems like a very good question. He asks, ''Teacher, what shall I ...
Brian Fletcher
Luke 10:25-37
Introduction: Video of Pole Vault Fails
This is us trying to live up to God's standards
www.gospelchange.com
www.gospelcenteredbiblestudy.com
I think you might have figured out already that I'm coming at this passage from a different perspective then what you might have heard before. You've probably heard sermons on this passage that teach you to emulate or be like the good Samaritan. But I'm going to take a different tact, so hang in there with me ok?
I only have two points.
1. You are a TOTAL FAILURE
2. Christ is a TOTAL SUCCESS
While we can learn a myriad of different things from this passage I want us to focus on the questions that the lawyer asks and how Jesus decides to answer those questions. The lawyer is interested in trying to get Jesus to fail and also trying to justify himself as an obedient observer of the law of the Bible.
So let's jump into our first point.
1. You are a TOTAL FAILURE.
You've got to really pay attention here as we look closely at the passage itself.
The two main characters in the actual scene are Jesus and the lawyer. Now the meaning of the term lawyer is not how we use it today as in ''an attorney or a person who studies the judicial laws of the country.'' This was a lawyer that studied the religious law of the Bible. So it's better to imagine a self-righteous Bible Scholar instead of a lawyer. And as we look at this Bible Scholar we are going to see his failure and how it points us to our own failure.
First, he tries to test Jesus. Well, we already know that is not going to work out so well for him. I mean, it is going to be really hard to try and trap God in the flesh. But, at this point, the lawyer isn't convinced of who Jesus really is, so he thinks he can outsmart him.
Then the lawyer asks Jesus a reprehensible question. At first glance it seems like a very good question. He asks, ''Teacher, what shall I ...
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