WHO IS MY
NEIGHBOR?
LUKE 10:25-37
INTRODUCTION
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IN ANSWER TO THE LAWYERS
QUESTION, MANY OF US WOULD ASSUME
THAT THE CORRECT ANSWER WOULD BE
ONE LIVING OR LOCATED NEAR
ANOTHER. BUT JESUS TAKES IT IN A
DIFFERENT DIRECTION. IN HIS STORY,
JESUS ILLUSTRATES A COMPLETE
STRANGER SHOWING COMPASSION AND
MERCY IN GIVING AID TO A FELLOWMAN
IN NEED.
WHO IS MY NEIGHBOR?
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THE ONE WHO IS HELPFUL IN TIME
OF NEED- PROV. 27:9-10;
LUKE 10:36-37
THE ONE WHO SHOWS INTIMACY,
AS IN COMPANIONSHIP-LUKE 15:6,9
THE ONE WHO IS SINCERE AND
PURE- PROV. 3:28-29; 14:20-21;
ROM. 13:8-10; 15:2; EPH. 4:22-29
TO LOVE THY NEIGHBOR AS
THYSELF
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HOW DO I LOVE MYSELF?- EPH. 5:29
“FOR NO MAN EVER YET HATED HIS
OWN FLESH; BUT NOURISETH AND
CHERISHETH IT, EVEN AS THE LORD
THE CHURCH.”
WHAT IS LOVE?- 1 COR. 13:1-7
WHY DID THE PRIEST AND
LEVITE DO NOTHING?
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MAYBE IT WAS FEAR
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OR A LACK OF COMPASSION
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OR JUST TOO BUSY
GO AND DO
THOU
LIKEWISE