Title: Go and do likewise
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go and do likewise
Luke 10:25-37
Once upon a time, a king had a dream. It was a dream in which all of my normal teeth suddenly fell out. The king, feeling ominous, called the magicians to interpret his dream. However, the magicians who heard the dream were hesitant because it was difficult to tell them because the contents were probably not good. The king became angry and ordered all the magicians to be killed, but at this time an old man came forward and interpreted the dream in this way so that they could all live. “It is a dream, O king, that you will live long and long until all your teeth fall out, and then you will die.”
This is the origin of the saying that interpretations are better than dreams.
Yes, interpreting dreams should be better than dreams.
That way, you can live comfortably.
However, sometimes the words are interpreted in such a way that interpretations are better than dreams.
Today's text is a parable that Jesus gave to the lawyer who asked, 'Who is my neighbor?'
A man was going down from Jerusalem to the city of Jericho, and was met by robbers, and all of them were taken and beaten to death. Just leave it on the street, and you will die soon if you leave it alone. At this time, a priest passed by and saw him and ran away, and the Levite also saw him and ran away. But after a while, to my surprise, a Samaritan passed by, bound his wounds, put him on his donkey, took him to an inn to take care of him, and the next day he asked the innkeeper to take care of him by giving him money. I said I would give it.
What is surprising about this is that the Samaritan and the Jew who met the robber and died are enemies of each other.
They were not at odds with each other.
In modern terms, it was a relationship between Jews and Palestinian refugees.
It means that they were in a relationship where they considered each other enemies.
What is the Lord trying to say in the parable of the good Samaritan today?
Are you saying that I will always stay in the church, but if I live with a faith that goes down to the world, I may meet robbers in life and lose everything and die?
The reason this man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho seems to have been that he was on his way to Jericho, his home, after offering sacrifices in the temple.
The expression ‘going down’ is a geopolitical fact.
Jerusalem is on the mountain, and Jericho is below it, so we have no choice but to go down.
So, when Jesus said these words, he never meant to say that if you go down to the world without staying in the temple, you will encounter robbers.
For the priest who escaped was also on the way down, and the Levite was probably on the way up.
In other words, it seems that the priest was going down to his house after offering sacrifices in Jerusalem, while the Levites were on their way up to Jerusalem to offer sacrifices.
However, in many cases, some pastors preach in this way with spitting saliva.
“Always stay in God’s bosom, otherwise you will go down into the world and you will be taken away by life robbers and you will die. Always stay in God’s temple and church! Do not go down into the world!”
It's gracious, but it's not the truth.
If I finish my sermon like this with today's text, you have been spiritually deceived.
Jesus never meant to say that.
Some people ask this question again.
Why did the priest run away?
Why did the Levites also escape?
Ladies and gentlemen, there is no need to be curious about these things in the parable of the Good Samaritan.
They were the people who should have followed the word of God to help the dying man who met the thief, but they just didn't.
There are many to find out why.
They must have avoided it because they were not allowed to touch unclean blood while returning from the holy sacrifice.
Maybe it was because I was busy with ancestral rites.
But what is clear is that, whatever the circumstances, they were supposed to help him, but they didn't.
You don't need to find out why.
In our duty, we have to find absolute missions and absolute obligations.
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Rather, the Samaritan was an enemy.
He was the kind of person who was given an indulgence even if he didn't help, pretended not to know, and later said, 'Because he's an enemy'.
But he just helped.
The word of the Lord is that people are dying in trouble, and borders, races, religions, status... of what use these things.
A person is now in trouble with a robber and is stingy, what kind of children of God are they?
This means that in the end, they will not even have eternal life.
The intention and goal of today's message is to have pity on those who are in trouble and to actively help them instead of avoiding them with excuses.
Although I have lived a godly life in the church all my life, I have never seen him and the world said, 'Are you really a Christian!' I hear words.
What do you really need to work on more?
Before thinking about who will be my friend, think about whose friend I will be.
Before thinking about who might be my neighbor, find out whose neighbor I will be.
And have compassion.
And reach out your loving hand.
And share what you have.
The Lord is pleased with that loving hand.
The Lord commends him for his loving service, service, and devotion.
It's not "who is my neighbor".
If you think about who can be my neighbor, no one will fall in love.
Neighbors are my neighbors.
Anyone who has met a robber around me, so anyone who needs my help, I must be a neighbor to him.
These are the words of Jesus.
Guys, don't fall for religious games
Do not indulge in playing with yourself only in church.
Do not indulge in the game of strangely and uniquely interpreting the Bible spiritually, spiritually, and strangely.
Just take what the Bible says!
Don't read the bible and understand it in a more dreamlike way than a dream.
Even if you fall short of this level, if your conscience is painful, you have to accept the word as it is painful, and if it hurts, it should be accepted as it is.
What is Jesus talking about in today's sermon?
There is a clear fact.
First, there are those who have met robbers in the world.
Second, don't ask who is my neighbor, but ask who is the neighbor of the one who was hit by the robber, the neighbor of the one who is in desperate need of help.
Third, when you meet such people, do not ask why, and be their neighbor. just help Do your best to help as well as you can.
A poor woman, clothed in worn out clothes, with a child on her back, was begging at the corner of the street. A young believer in Jesus passed by the corner. The young man glanced at the woman for a moment, hesitated for a moment, then passed by. When the young man returned home and looked at the well-set table, he remembered the poor woman at the corner of the street he had seen during the day. He was very angry with God for leaving such a poor woman alone. So I prayed like a follow-up. “God, why do you leave poor people like that woman alone? Why don’t you do anything for such a person? At that moment, the voice of God was heard in the depths of his heart.
"I didn't do anything to help her. No. Think about it. Didn't I just send you there to help her?"
That's right.
I am here to help the robber.
I have to be your neighbor.
That is the will of God.
If we live like this, we are living in this world as children of God.
Even if we can't speak in tongues, prophecy, or mouth, if we live like this, the people of the world will glorify God, and God will be praised.
In order to lighten the burden on yourself, keep reinterpreting the Word of the Lord spiritually and spiritually, and do not try to interpret it by seeking meaning only, but accept it as it is.
Every time you speak the Word, I hope that the Holy Spirit will speak directly to you.
I hope you will obey it.
So let's glorify God as we practice in the world like the good Samaritan!
Jesus came to the conclusion of today's sermon in this simple way.
“Go and do likewise”
Why did the man go down from Jerusalem to Jericho?
Why did you live with a descending faith?
There is no such question as why did the priests and Levites avoid them?
It's just simple.
“Go and do likewise!”