Sermon Note Archives - 2010
"Building Blocks: Rediscovering the Art of Neighboring
Good Neighbors Live Justly in Society
"
Pastor Dave Scherrer
May 2, 2010
Luke 10:29-35
29But he, desiring to justify himself, said to Jesus, "And who is my neighbor?" 30Jesus replied, "A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who stripped him and beat him and departed, leaving him half dead. 31Now by chance a priest was going down that road, and when he saw him he passed by on the other side. 32So likewise a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. 33But a Samaritan, as he journeyed, came to where he was, and when he saw him, he had compassion. 34He went to him and bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he set him on his own animal and brought him to an inn and took care of him. 35And the next day he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper, saying, 'Take care of him, and whatever more you spend, I will repay you when I come back.'
Micah 6:8
He has told you, O man, what is good;
and what does the LORD require of you
but to do justice, and to love kindness,
and to walk humbly with your God?
Notes:
Is it "Good fences make good neighbors" or "Something there is that does not love a wall"?
Not "
Social Justice" but walking
Justly in Society
True Christ Followers, because of their compassion, act sacrificially out of love to help those in need.
But really, who is in need?
Matthew 25:31-40
Each to their own . . . What we can't do is nothing!
"Before I built a wall I'd ask to know
What I was walling in or walling out,
And to whom I was like to give offence.
Something there is that doesn't love a wall,
That wants it down." Robert Frost