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A lawyer asks Jesus: “What must I do to inherit eternal life?” Then Jesus asks a question: “ What is written in the law? How do you read it?” the lawyer gives an answer: “You shall love the Lord, your God, etc……” Then Jesus gives an answer: “You have answered correctly, do this and you will live.” And again the lawyer asks a question: “Who is my neighbor?”And Jesus tells a parable of the Good Samaritan.
We know the parable very well, perhaps too well. We know it so well that we forget that it is pointed towards us. The parables about living the way of Jesus, the law of love. The Samaritan’s were seen by Jews as outside of the law. They had intermarried with pagans. Their practice of the Jewish faith was not as pure as Jews. They didn’t travel to Jerusalem for the festivals, believing that they could worship God in other places. To the Jews, Samaritans were sinners because they were not as fervent in their faith as the Jews were.
The parable of the Good Samaritan is real in our lives. It is present whenever we are confronted with demands on our time and resources to care for someone who needs us. It is particularly present whenever we are tempted to hide behind worship as a justification for refusing to answer the call to charity. “I am really busy at Church. We say “God certainly doesn’t expect more of me.” But he does.
In Jeremiah 31:33 we hear the prophesy, “My law will be written upon their hearts.” We know when we are being called to fulfill the law of the Lord. We know that Jesus identifies with those who are hurting. There is no excuse, no justification, for us walking by those who need our help, who need His love.
Jonas Tandayu
We know the parable very well, perhaps too well. We know it so well that we forget that it is pointed towards us. The parables about living the way of Jesus, the law of love. The Samaritan’s were seen by Jews as outside of the law. They had intermarried with pagans. Their practice of the Jewish faith was not as pure as Jews. They didn’t travel to Jerusalem for the festivals, believing that they could worship God in other places. To the Jews, Samaritans were sinners because they were not as fervent in their faith as the Jews were.
The parable of the Good Samaritan is real in our lives. It is present whenever we are confronted with demands on our time and resources to care for someone who needs us. It is particularly present whenever we are tempted to hide behind worship as a justification for refusing to answer the call to charity. “I am really busy at Church. We say “God certainly doesn’t expect more of me.” But he does.
In Jeremiah 31:33 we hear the prophesy, “My law will be written upon their hearts.” We know when we are being called to fulfill the law of the Lord. We know that Jesus identifies with those who are hurting. There is no excuse, no justification, for us walking by those who need our help, who need His love.
Jonas Tandayu