Love Your Neighbor (Luke 10:25-37)

Sermon Notes

Sermon Title: Love Your Neighbor

Passage: Luke 10:25-37

Preacher: Ashley Herr

Scene 1: The Trap (v25-28)

Scene 2: The Escape (v29)

Scene 3: The Parable (v30-35)

Why we pass by on the other side:

• Assume

• Helpless

• Afraid

• Exhausted

• Inconvenient

• Undeserved

The Samaritan sacrificed his:

• Safety

• Time

• Money

• Pride

Scene 4: The Question (v36-37)

Jesus is teaching us in this parable:

1. WHO our neighbor is

2. HOW to love our neighbor

• by seeing the needs around you - physical, financial, emotional, relational, and spiritual needs

• by feeling compassion for those in need - listening to the story, learning their perspective, loving them in whatever situation they are in

• by taking action to love those in need

3. WHY we love our neighbor

We love because the God who is love first loved us! (1 John 4:8,19)

Reflection

Reflect on what Jesus is calling us as his followers to both DO and BE - to love your neighbor as your self and to be a neighbor who shows mercy

1. WHO is God calling you to love?

2. HOW is God calling you to love?

3. Remember WHY we love!