Won't you be my neighbor

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For the entire law is fulfilled in keeping this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” (Galatians 5:14)

 

 

Luke 10:25-37

The Parable of the Good Samaritan

25 On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”

26 “What is written in the Law?” he replied. “How do you read it?”

27 He answered, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’[a]; and, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’”

28 “You have answered correctly,” Jesus replied. “Do this and you will live.”

29 But he wanted to justify himself, so he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”

30 In reply Jesus said: “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, when he was attacked by robbers. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him and went away, leaving him half dead. 31 A priest happened to be going down the same road, and when he saw the man, he passed by on the other side. 32 So too, a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. 33 But a Samaritan, as he traveled, came where the man was; and when he saw him, he took pity on him. 34 He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put the man on his own donkey, brought him to an inn and took care of him. 35 The next day he took out two denarii[c] and gave them to the innkeeper. ‘Look after him,’ he said, ‘and when I return, I will reimburse you for any extra expense you may have.’

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

37 The expert in the law replied, “The one who had mercy on him.”

Jesus told him, “Go and do likewise.”

 

In Jesus’ commandment, He taught us that it is not about asking who our neighbor is. Rather, it is about our own willingness to 

  -  be a neighbor ready to love. 

 

  -  It is obvious in the parable of the Good Samaritan that our neighbor can even be a complete stranger 

 

  -  someone who we can expect nothing from in return. 

 

  -  being a neighbor to everyone, 

 

  -  and most importantly it is about us being that good neighbor. It starts with ourselves.

 

HOW? 

Love them the way you want to be loved! Meaning… find out how they want to be loved, encouraged, supported, 

And isn’t that the hardest part? Taking time and being vulnerable to get to know those we don’t know. Those we have nothing in common with.