WEBVTT 1 00:00:05.160 --> 00:00:09.759 Welcome Just Hindaway Tagalog Sermon podcast, your daily dose of inspiring, 2 00:00:10.039 --> 00:00:11.599 heartfelt tagalog. 3 00:00:11.199 --> 00:00:14.519 Sermons from different pastors and speakers all over the Philippines. 4 00:00:14.800 --> 00:00:17.359 We hope that this podcast finds you in good shape. 5 00:00:17.640 --> 00:00:21.839 And now here's your message. 6 00:00:26.039 --> 00:00:28.839 You were listening to a message from Victory. We hope 7 00:00:28.839 --> 00:00:31.519 it inspires you to honor God and make disciples in 8 00:00:31.600 --> 00:00:33.679 your community. 9 00:00:38.119 --> 00:00:41.600 They were going through in Luke than the parable of 10 00:00:41.640 --> 00:00:44.719 the Good Samaritan. How many of you have heard about 11 00:00:44.719 --> 00:00:50.079 the Good Samaritan? Good many of us have heard about 12 00:00:50.079 --> 00:00:53.399 the Good Samaritan. Actually, just looking through the internet, just 13 00:00:53.560 --> 00:00:57.560 researching it, there are actually hundreds or maybe thousands of 14 00:00:57.640 --> 00:01:01.759 hospital that are named good smatter time. Not only that, 15 00:01:02.200 --> 00:01:09.040 social socio civic organizations NGOs, different Anginos across the world 16 00:01:09.280 --> 00:01:13.239 are actually named Good Samaritan. When a personal help or notther, 17 00:01:13.400 --> 00:01:17.000 we easily brand him or her as a good Samaritan. 18 00:01:17.599 --> 00:01:21.560 One of our pastors, Pastor Jonas Bernals of our church 19 00:01:21.640 --> 00:01:24.120 in a Victory Pioneer, I think it was just a 20 00:01:24.159 --> 00:01:26.879 month or two ago when he preacher, he was actually 21 00:01:26.959 --> 00:01:29.560 a recipient of that of of that good nature of 22 00:01:29.599 --> 00:01:34.359 a good Samaritan. When the Louis Mansano saw him somewhere 23 00:01:34.400 --> 00:01:39.040 along Risal when he was bicycling. Cancl been saying iahoma 24 00:01:39.280 --> 00:01:48.239 bicycle iaoma exercise backet naha injorgeva so Klama exercise save Kappa. 25 00:01:49.040 --> 00:01:52.439 He was bicycling, Okay, he was cycling and then he 26 00:01:52.480 --> 00:01:55.840 got he he got into an accident and uh Louis 27 00:01:55.879 --> 00:01:59.519 Mansana was there to help him. Good Samaritan. How many 28 00:01:59.599 --> 00:02:03.040 of us we wish that we are good Samaritans. I'm 29 00:02:03.040 --> 00:02:07.719 twenty forty three. In a few weeks, and in the 30 00:02:07.760 --> 00:02:11.680 course of going through my life every November, I started 31 00:02:11.719 --> 00:02:15.919 by asking myself, how have I contributed to the society. 32 00:02:16.560 --> 00:02:21.439 I would do an annual assessment, an annual assessment in 33 00:02:21.439 --> 00:02:24.199 buhakpa lang that you were born, you go to school, 34 00:02:24.199 --> 00:02:26.719 you get you get married, have a family, continue to work, 35 00:02:26.759 --> 00:02:30.280 and then suddenly you died and then nothing else. I 36 00:02:30.319 --> 00:02:34.080 want to make sure that I have made an impact 37 00:02:34.280 --> 00:02:38.080 in this world, that even though I'm gone, I have 38 00:02:38.599 --> 00:02:42.719 done something for our for the human, for the human, 39 00:02:42.879 --> 00:02:46.000 for the human kind, for people. I have done something 40 00:02:46.039 --> 00:02:50.840 a legacy. They might actually forget about me or mal 41 00:02:51.080 --> 00:02:53.000 But then again, my prayer is that what I did 42 00:02:53.719 --> 00:02:57.680 would actually be a contribution or made an impact. If 43 00:02:57.719 --> 00:03:01.080 you look at this, is this all there is to life? 44 00:03:01.680 --> 00:03:04.919 This is all there is to life? If this is it, 45 00:03:04.919 --> 00:03:07.840 it's kind of boring, right, it's kind of dull. 46 00:03:08.560 --> 00:03:09.680 We are you know what? 47 00:03:09.759 --> 00:03:14.560 God made us superior to all anything that God created. 48 00:03:14.800 --> 00:03:18.000 Why he gave us intellect, He gave us. 49 00:03:17.879 --> 00:03:21.599 Discernment, He gave us wisdom, He gave us skills upon 50 00:03:21.680 --> 00:03:24.639 skills and gifts of on gifts. Not just to do this, 51 00:03:25.719 --> 00:03:28.280 not just to live a life like this that is 52 00:03:28.319 --> 00:03:32.919 like a routine. When you go through Looke ten, you 53 00:03:32.960 --> 00:03:38.000 would see three core activities of a Christian life. First 54 00:03:38.039 --> 00:03:41.520 about mission. Everybody, we need to know our mission is 55 00:03:42.000 --> 00:03:46.039 maybe you are not a missionary. Mission is not. It's 56 00:03:46.039 --> 00:03:49.159 not about just being a missionary. Mission is about your 57 00:03:49.240 --> 00:03:53.039 calling in life. What's your life purpose? What is God 58 00:03:53.120 --> 00:03:55.879 calling you to do? Why did He give me those gifts, 59 00:03:55.879 --> 00:03:58.560 those blessing, those resources, those skills. 60 00:03:59.120 --> 00:04:01.800 You have to ask God for that mission. Next, it 61 00:04:01.879 --> 00:04:03.039 talked about compassion. 62 00:04:03.439 --> 00:04:06.039 As Christian we are to be in the forefront as 63 00:04:06.080 --> 00:04:09.080 we give compassion. That's why God gave us a beating 64 00:04:09.159 --> 00:04:13.080 heart for compassion. And lastly about worship that was the 65 00:04:13.159 --> 00:04:16.800 story about Mary and Martha in Look ten, Let's look 66 00:04:16.839 --> 00:04:19.800 at it as the context of our church. Our Church 67 00:04:19.959 --> 00:04:24.480 Victory Philippines is part of a bigger organization every nation 68 00:04:24.920 --> 00:04:27.439 and in every nation. This is just to give you 69 00:04:27.439 --> 00:04:29.839 a context. This is where we're coming from. This is 70 00:04:29.879 --> 00:04:33.199 our mission statement. Our mission statement is to honor God 71 00:04:33.480 --> 00:04:39.600 by establishing Christ centered, spirit empowered, socially responsible churches and 72 00:04:39.680 --> 00:04:41.639 campus ministries in every nation. 73 00:04:42.360 --> 00:04:44.000 We are a part of this. We are part of 74 00:04:44.120 --> 00:04:44.639 every nation. 75 00:04:45.079 --> 00:04:49.079 And that's our calling, that's our mandate. And look right there, 76 00:04:49.399 --> 00:04:55.879 right smack in the middle. Is socially responsible. Okay, it's 77 00:04:55.879 --> 00:04:58.079 not just a sideline ministry. 78 00:04:58.120 --> 00:05:01.639 It's not. It's in the very heart of our church. 79 00:05:01.680 --> 00:05:04.480 And guess what it should be, in the very heart 80 00:05:04.600 --> 00:05:09.600 of every Christian, of every individual, of every living being. 81 00:05:10.279 --> 00:05:13.399 Socially responsible We. 82 00:05:13.360 --> 00:05:17.639 Our church and us should have been, should have should 83 00:05:17.639 --> 00:05:21.879 be in the forefront in compassion ministry and sharing to 84 00:05:21.920 --> 00:05:25.240 the laws. We don't only do this if there is 85 00:05:25.279 --> 00:05:30.560 a typhoon or an earthquake or Christmas is actually near. 86 00:05:31.120 --> 00:05:34.319 We don't just do that because there's Christmas. You know, 87 00:05:34.079 --> 00:05:37.160 I know of an nng O that they would stop 88 00:05:37.439 --> 00:05:41.800 accepting gifts every November and December. They would always say, 89 00:05:41.800 --> 00:05:44.160 you know what, instead of giving us November December, can 90 00:05:44.199 --> 00:05:50.040 you support us January, fear in March, April, May, June, July, September, October. Instead, 91 00:05:50.560 --> 00:05:54.480 there's something about November December. We we we we we 92 00:05:54.480 --> 00:05:58.240 we would be more generous, We would be you know, 93 00:05:58.399 --> 00:06:01.399 freely give. Maybe it's because of thirteen months and the 94 00:06:01.439 --> 00:06:05.399 bodos every day of our life. We should have that 95 00:06:05.600 --> 00:06:09.879 heart of generosity. We should be socially responsible. We have 96 00:06:09.959 --> 00:06:13.800 to be created a creative, deliberate and intentional as well. 97 00:06:14.199 --> 00:06:16.160 Last week I mentioned about Seapag. 98 00:06:16.399 --> 00:06:17.199 Remember Seapag. 99 00:06:17.399 --> 00:06:20.360 Seapag is an NGO that we are supporting now together 100 00:06:20.399 --> 00:06:25.600 with CCF, where we absolve six hundred of the drug 101 00:06:25.839 --> 00:06:29.879 dependent surrenderies of someone. We got six hundred here in 102 00:06:29.879 --> 00:06:32.800 San Juan and we're ministering to them. Hey, we're not 103 00:06:32.879 --> 00:06:36.160 just feeding them, We're not just giving them food, money 104 00:06:36.279 --> 00:06:39.759 or shelter. No, what we're actually doing is making sure 105 00:06:39.759 --> 00:06:43.759 that we're there talking to them, encouraging them, asking them 106 00:06:43.759 --> 00:06:45.720 how they are in their life. You know what, just 107 00:06:46.040 --> 00:06:47.600 thinking about it, I was I was talking to a 108 00:06:47.720 --> 00:06:49.639 pastor Alan a while ago it's more, it's like a 109 00:06:49.720 --> 00:06:53.399 victory group that our victory group leaders now taking their 110 00:06:53.439 --> 00:06:53.879 time off. 111 00:06:53.920 --> 00:06:56.839 This happened. This happens on a weekday, not a night. 112 00:06:56.920 --> 00:06:59.399 In the morning, okay, early in the morning. 113 00:06:59.399 --> 00:07:03.600 They would go and minister, why because we as a church, 114 00:07:03.920 --> 00:07:06.439 we have to take a stand. We need to take 115 00:07:06.480 --> 00:07:09.519 action rather than complaining that on dominique, the dominicue, the 116 00:07:09.560 --> 00:07:12.319 drugs and dominica. Mammat I said, drugs, dominic surrender and 117 00:07:12.399 --> 00:07:13.959 dumbing and damning drugs. 118 00:07:13.959 --> 00:07:16.759 You take action because why Because we're the church. 119 00:07:17.279 --> 00:07:21.560 Because we're the church, because God, God's love should compel 120 00:07:21.800 --> 00:07:26.079 us to help. Remember the Bible said, faith without action 121 00:07:26.439 --> 00:07:27.680 is it's dead. 122 00:07:28.240 --> 00:07:29.480 Faith without action is dead. 123 00:07:29.519 --> 00:07:31.480 That's why we have to be in front, in the 124 00:07:31.519 --> 00:07:36.040 front line, take charge. That's my introduction for this parable 125 00:07:36.199 --> 00:07:40.279 of the Good Samaritan. What compelled him to go out 126 00:07:40.319 --> 00:07:43.759 of his way and help somebody who is not even 127 00:07:44.040 --> 00:07:47.639 part of his culture, part of his group. Look ten 128 00:07:47.720 --> 00:07:51.439 verse twenty five, and behold a lawyer stood up to 129 00:07:51.519 --> 00:07:54.600 put him to the test, saying, teacher, I'm talking to 130 00:07:54.680 --> 00:07:56.360 Jesus here, teacher. 131 00:07:56.079 --> 00:07:58.800 What shall I do to inherit eternal life? 132 00:07:59.519 --> 00:08:02.879 He said him Jesus said, what is written in the laws, 133 00:08:03.040 --> 00:08:06.959 how do you read it? The lawyer in some translation 134 00:08:07.079 --> 00:08:09.199 of the Bibles, is that experts of the law. 135 00:08:09.399 --> 00:08:13.319 He knew all along what the law requires. But he 136 00:08:13.480 --> 00:08:17.879 was testing Jesus. He wanted Jesus to say something. 137 00:08:17.839 --> 00:08:21.519 To be to be to be accountable to what he says. 138 00:08:22.279 --> 00:08:26.639 He's testing Jesus. But Jesus said, what is written in 139 00:08:26.680 --> 00:08:29.399 the law. You know what is written is the law simple? 140 00:08:29.920 --> 00:08:32.000 But then again, what is written in the law is 141 00:08:32.039 --> 00:08:35.559 hard to fulfill, and even the expert of the law 142 00:08:35.559 --> 00:08:36.200 he knows that. 143 00:08:36.519 --> 00:08:37.840 So he was testing Jesus. 144 00:08:38.240 --> 00:08:41.600 And he answered, you shall love the Lord your God 145 00:08:41.720 --> 00:08:44.399 with all your heart, with all your soul, with all 146 00:08:44.480 --> 00:08:47.559 your strength, and with all your mind, and your. 147 00:08:47.440 --> 00:08:51.840 Neighbor as yourself. So he knew it. He was testing Jesus. 148 00:08:51.919 --> 00:08:53.279 He knew it by heart. 149 00:08:54.120 --> 00:08:58.240 But he also knew he knows that it's hard for him, 150 00:08:58.559 --> 00:09:01.679 and he can never fulfill it. You can only fulfill 151 00:09:01.759 --> 00:09:05.559 it when you are in Christ. Apart from Christ, we 152 00:09:05.679 --> 00:09:10.039 cannot do it. It's impossible Verse twenty eight. And he said 153 00:09:10.080 --> 00:09:13.919 to him, you have answered correctly. Do this and you 154 00:09:13.960 --> 00:09:18.159 will live. That was Jesus. He said correct do it. 155 00:09:18.879 --> 00:09:22.159 But then he fought back. He answered back and said, 156 00:09:22.559 --> 00:09:26.720 but he, desiring to justify himself, said to Jesus, and 157 00:09:26.759 --> 00:09:27.799 who is my neighbor? 158 00:09:28.600 --> 00:09:30.159 Rather than saying, Okay. 159 00:09:29.840 --> 00:09:32.240 Now I know it, I'll do it, because he knew 160 00:09:32.279 --> 00:09:35.480 he cannot do it. He knows the law, he knows 161 00:09:35.519 --> 00:09:36.320 it correctly. 162 00:09:36.879 --> 00:09:38.480 But it's it's different. 163 00:09:39.120 --> 00:09:43.399 It's different knowing it correctly, being able to answer and 164 00:09:43.519 --> 00:09:50.000 verbalizing it than living it out. Okay, that's two different facts. 165 00:09:50.600 --> 00:09:55.240 You might know it, but you're not living it. You 166 00:09:55.320 --> 00:09:58.519 have to know it and live it. So he knew 167 00:09:58.559 --> 00:10:01.879 that he has fallen short, and he fought back with 168 00:10:01.960 --> 00:10:04.399 another question, So who's my neighbor? 169 00:10:05.279 --> 00:10:06.279 Who is my neighbor? 170 00:10:06.960 --> 00:10:10.240 Sometimes when we read the Word of God, we see 171 00:10:10.240 --> 00:10:13.519 it as a magical thing, a mystical thing. We search 172 00:10:13.600 --> 00:10:17.879 for clues, we search for answers by prayer. Is that 173 00:10:17.919 --> 00:10:20.360 we would also look at differently. As in the Book 174 00:10:20.360 --> 00:10:22.720 of James, word it said anyone who listens to the word, 175 00:10:23.240 --> 00:10:25.159 to the word, but does not do what it says. 176 00:10:25.279 --> 00:10:27.320 It's like someone who looks at his face in the mirror, 177 00:10:27.480 --> 00:10:30.559 and after looking at himself, goes away immediately forgets what 178 00:10:30.600 --> 00:10:34.080 he looks like James was referring to the Bible as 179 00:10:34.120 --> 00:10:36.759 like a mirror when you look at God's word, when 180 00:10:36.799 --> 00:10:39.039 you look when you read God's word, when you look 181 00:10:39.080 --> 00:10:43.039 at Isaia fifty six fifty seven, what do you see? 182 00:10:43.159 --> 00:10:46.960 Do you see yourself? Or it just deflects when you 183 00:10:47.039 --> 00:10:50.000 look at it and read it and know it like 184 00:10:50.039 --> 00:10:54.600 as a mirror, you should see Christ in you. There 185 00:10:54.600 --> 00:10:57.320 has to be on a heart check. Do you see 186 00:10:57.360 --> 00:11:00.600 it or do you still see the old view? Or 187 00:11:00.639 --> 00:11:01.919 do you see you. 188 00:11:02.240 --> 00:11:04.399 Actually can't see anything because it's blurry. 189 00:11:05.240 --> 00:11:08.080 You have to see Christ. You have to see Christ 190 00:11:08.080 --> 00:11:10.480 and reflect Christ, not deflect him. 191 00:11:10.879 --> 00:11:13.960 Verse thirty. Jesus replied, a man was going down. This 192 00:11:14.080 --> 00:11:15.679 is the start of the story. This is the start 193 00:11:15.720 --> 00:11:18.559 of the parable. When Jesus was being. 194 00:11:18.399 --> 00:11:21.679 Tested and Jesus was being asked and challenge, he said, okay, 195 00:11:21.720 --> 00:11:24.559 this is the time I'll tell a story. Also, in 196 00:11:24.600 --> 00:11:27.159 this context, he wasn't just talking to the expert of 197 00:11:27.200 --> 00:11:27.559 the law. 198 00:11:27.679 --> 00:11:30.080 He was actually talking to a group of people who 199 00:11:30.120 --> 00:11:32.679 was listening. That's how smart Jesus is. 200 00:11:33.360 --> 00:11:36.799 He saw the moment, capture the moment, said okay, time 201 00:11:36.879 --> 00:11:40.679 for another parable. Jesus replied, a man was going down 202 00:11:40.720 --> 00:11:43.919 from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among robbers who 203 00:11:44.000 --> 00:11:47.720 stripped him and beat him and departed, leaving him half dead. 204 00:11:48.519 --> 00:11:52.840 This is the road from Jericho to Jerusalem. The road 205 00:11:53.399 --> 00:11:56.840 is still actually visible today, the robe where there are 206 00:11:56.879 --> 00:12:02.039 actually rubbers because of the terrain, because of the the what's. 207 00:12:01.840 --> 00:12:03.759 Going on in my screen anyway, on that. 208 00:12:03.879 --> 00:12:07.200 Side, because of the terrain, it's actually a good place 209 00:12:07.279 --> 00:12:11.159 for robbers to hide. That's why he got mugged there 210 00:12:11.720 --> 00:12:15.159 Verse thirty thirty one. Now, by chance a priest was 211 00:12:15.200 --> 00:12:17.639 going down that road and when he saw him, he 212 00:12:17.759 --> 00:12:19.000 passed by on. 213 00:12:18.840 --> 00:12:19.759 The other side. 214 00:12:19.840 --> 00:12:24.799 A priest, a priest in those days are descendants of Aaron, 215 00:12:25.240 --> 00:12:29.960 remember airon the first priest direct descendants before being a priest. 216 00:12:30.000 --> 00:12:35.440 It's something that's handed down, Kate. It's like inherited. So 217 00:12:35.480 --> 00:12:38.320 a priest was there, a priest who actually worked inside 218 00:12:38.320 --> 00:12:38.799 the temple. 219 00:12:39.000 --> 00:12:40.559 Can you imagine this. You're going down. 220 00:12:40.360 --> 00:12:43.320 Down the Edga, the priest is there, saw somebody got hurt. 221 00:12:43.480 --> 00:12:45.639 What did he do? Went to the other side. 222 00:12:45.679 --> 00:12:47.360 I don't know if you can do that in Edza 223 00:12:47.600 --> 00:12:51.120 with the traffic right, but it improved, I must admit. 224 00:12:51.519 --> 00:12:54.039 But because of those yellow orange barriers. 225 00:12:54.039 --> 00:12:55.639 I don't know if you can shift, but he shifted 226 00:12:56.519 --> 00:13:00.480 the priest why because he was maybe he's busy. His 227 00:13:00.639 --> 00:13:05.840 attitude was, I'm busy doing God's work. I'm busy doing 228 00:13:05.919 --> 00:13:10.159 holy work for the church. I'm a priest who He 229 00:13:10.320 --> 00:13:13.840 just looked at him and said, okay, no, okay, that's 230 00:13:13.879 --> 00:13:18.639 not for me, so go ahead, priest, priest who's supposed 231 00:13:18.639 --> 00:13:23.120 to be serving God. His attitude was, I have more 232 00:13:23.200 --> 00:13:24.840 important things to do. 233 00:13:25.759 --> 00:13:26.960 So likewise, Alivite. 234 00:13:27.120 --> 00:13:29.720 When he came to the place and saw him pass 235 00:13:29.879 --> 00:13:34.120 by on the other side, aleivit just to explain to you, 236 00:13:34.480 --> 00:13:36.039 is not a descendant of Aaron. 237 00:13:36.360 --> 00:13:37.919 That's why they cannot be priest. 238 00:13:38.399 --> 00:13:41.320 But then they are also full time and working inside 239 00:13:41.360 --> 00:13:45.559 the temple as assistant to the priest. I don't know 240 00:13:45.600 --> 00:13:48.559 what their training is, but it's the same. When he 241 00:13:48.600 --> 00:13:51.919 saw that person, he did was move on to another side, 242 00:13:51.960 --> 00:13:55.840 shift gear and move on, because why, he has more 243 00:13:55.919 --> 00:13:57.440 important things to do. 244 00:13:58.000 --> 00:13:59.279 I'm a man of God. 245 00:14:00.080 --> 00:14:04.440 And he said, okay, I better avoid rather than be involved. 246 00:14:05.279 --> 00:14:09.440 It might actually be messy, so never mind, I'll move, 247 00:14:10.080 --> 00:14:12.399 I'll look another the other way. 248 00:14:12.159 --> 00:14:13.000 And just go on. 249 00:14:14.240 --> 00:14:18.480 That may be true, when we try and when we 250 00:14:18.639 --> 00:14:23.200 try to help out in ministries in compassion, especially in 251 00:14:23.240 --> 00:14:27.200 compassion ministries, it might actually be messy. I have first 252 00:14:27.240 --> 00:14:30.120 hand experience being a part of an NGO here insant One, 253 00:14:30.600 --> 00:14:34.519 and it tends to be miss messy. This NGO right 254 00:14:34.559 --> 00:14:37.000 start was actually not formed by the church. No no, 255 00:14:37.000 --> 00:14:40.720 no church members who are the heart for children four 256 00:14:40.759 --> 00:14:41.720 to fourteen years old. 257 00:14:42.039 --> 00:14:44.879 That's why they set up this NGO. 258 00:14:45.080 --> 00:14:47.679 And when I was a part of it, you wouldn't 259 00:14:47.759 --> 00:14:51.480 understand the messiness of what's going on inside four to fourteen. 260 00:14:51.799 --> 00:14:54.840 Who would have known at four to fourteen years old. 261 00:14:55.320 --> 00:15:00.440 People will be already addicted to sex. There's immorality already 262 00:15:01.399 --> 00:15:05.159 below ten years old. A girl would have already had 263 00:15:05.240 --> 00:15:08.879 multiple sexual partners. 264 00:15:08.399 --> 00:15:09.480 Lessan ten years old. 265 00:15:10.120 --> 00:15:14.120 Children who haven't been molested time and time again at 266 00:15:14.159 --> 00:15:14.960 thirteen years old. 267 00:15:15.039 --> 00:15:17.159 And when you ask him, when. 268 00:15:17.000 --> 00:15:19.639 You try her, when you try to talk to her 269 00:15:19.639 --> 00:15:22.279 and try her to recounter the stuff, he wouldn't even 270 00:15:22.519 --> 00:15:26.519 remember who it was, Tito Goo, Yeah, cousin. 271 00:15:26.240 --> 00:15:27.440 He would, She wouldn't know. 272 00:15:28.440 --> 00:15:32.480 Just listening to all those sad stories would make me cry, 273 00:15:32.720 --> 00:15:36.240 would make me so angry, And I know it's messy, 274 00:15:37.279 --> 00:15:40.679 but church that is the real church out there, that 275 00:15:40.799 --> 00:15:42.879 is precisely the people we have to reach. 276 00:15:45.360 --> 00:15:51.000 Are you angry, I'm angry. I'm appalled we have to 277 00:15:51.039 --> 00:15:55.320 be as a church, move and do something. Or would 278 00:15:55.360 --> 00:15:59.080 you just say this is not for me. I'll go 279 00:15:59.120 --> 00:16:00.320 and pass the other side. 280 00:16:01.240 --> 00:16:03.840 I'm busy and on my way to my victory group 281 00:16:04.320 --> 00:16:08.000 and on my way to a worship night. I'm gonna 282 00:16:08.000 --> 00:16:10.559 go to my one o'clock and or three o'clock service 283 00:16:10.799 --> 00:16:14.919 where the pastor is awesome. So you simply just pass 284 00:16:15.679 --> 00:16:20.000 pass him or pass her by. Remember Jesus, he did 285 00:16:20.039 --> 00:16:23.120 not leave us to die on that road when we 286 00:16:23.159 --> 00:16:29.200 were almost dead to our sin, when nobody understood us, 287 00:16:29.759 --> 00:16:34.000 nobody wanted to care encourage us. There was already like 288 00:16:34.080 --> 00:16:37.639 hopelessness in our lives. Jesus was there for you and I. 289 00:16:38.679 --> 00:16:40.639 He did not leave us to die on that road 290 00:16:41.559 --> 00:16:44.399 for thirty three But as Amaritan, as he journeyed, he 291 00:16:44.559 --> 00:16:47.799 came to where he was, and when he saw him. 292 00:16:47.879 --> 00:16:48.879 He had compassion. 293 00:16:49.440 --> 00:16:54.200 This is something unheard of that when he saw him 294 00:16:54.840 --> 00:16:56.320 he had compassion. 295 00:16:57.120 --> 00:17:04.039 Why did he have compassion? Why? Why unheard of? Samaritan Jew? 296 00:17:04.400 --> 00:17:09.119 They don't blend Okay, they're like water and oil. They cannot. 297 00:17:09.880 --> 00:17:13.920 Their hatred for each other goes so deep. 298 00:17:14.559 --> 00:17:18.039 That they would kill each other, let alone be in 299 00:17:18.200 --> 00:17:21.279 one place like this. But he helped him. 300 00:17:22.000 --> 00:17:25.559 He went out of his way, instead of being like 301 00:17:25.599 --> 00:17:28.359 the priest and the levite going the other way. 302 00:17:28.440 --> 00:17:31.480 No, he went to him. He had compassion. 303 00:17:32.119 --> 00:17:36.160 He went to him and bound out his wounds, pouring. 304 00:17:35.880 --> 00:17:37.119 On oil and wine. 305 00:17:37.160 --> 00:17:39.720 Then he set him on his own animal and brought 306 00:17:39.799 --> 00:17:40.680 him to the inn. 307 00:17:40.480 --> 00:17:42.160 And took care of him. 308 00:17:42.519 --> 00:17:45.119 The guy couldn't move already, That's why he had to 309 00:17:45.160 --> 00:17:48.880 carry him and put him on his animal. He might 310 00:17:48.920 --> 00:17:51.160 be going from the other side when he saw him. 311 00:17:51.319 --> 00:17:56.880 He had compassion. He intentionally went to that person, saw him, 312 00:17:57.039 --> 00:18:00.839 check him, check his vitals, put banda on his wound, 313 00:18:01.559 --> 00:18:06.160 and carried him intentional. I just thought of this in 314 00:18:06.200 --> 00:18:10.720 the earlier service, that what he did was actually very dangerous. 315 00:18:11.079 --> 00:18:14.759 What if other people saw him. He could actually be 316 00:18:14.880 --> 00:18:20.319 accused of doing harm on the jew and he could 317 00:18:20.359 --> 00:18:24.119 have been stoned to death. But he took the risk 318 00:18:25.160 --> 00:18:29.920 genuine compassion, genuine love. And the next day he took 319 00:18:29.920 --> 00:18:33.240 out to Denari and gave them to the innkeeper, saying 320 00:18:33.359 --> 00:18:36.440 take care of him, and whatever more you spend it, 321 00:18:36.720 --> 00:18:38.200 I will repay when. 322 00:18:38.000 --> 00:18:40.319 I come back to Denari. 323 00:18:40.440 --> 00:18:45.000 It's more than two peszels Todinari is more than two 324 00:18:45.079 --> 00:18:48.920 hundred peszels to Dinari is actually two days of wage. 325 00:18:49.599 --> 00:18:50.559 Why would he do that? 326 00:18:51.279 --> 00:18:55.319 Why would he get from his own money and spend 327 00:18:55.359 --> 00:18:58.359 for somebody that he doesn't like, let alone he wants 328 00:18:58.400 --> 00:19:01.400 to be dead, let alone his any me Jesus here 329 00:19:01.480 --> 00:19:06.680 is pointing another another big point to tell us. Even 330 00:19:06.759 --> 00:19:10.480 though they're your enemy, you have all the more the 331 00:19:10.559 --> 00:19:14.200 reason to love them, or the more the reason to. 332 00:19:14.279 --> 00:19:15.240 Care for them. 333 00:19:15.720 --> 00:19:20.000 Showing compassion and caring for others is costly, but being 334 00:19:20.079 --> 00:19:23.559 selfish and being indifferent is free. 335 00:19:24.519 --> 00:19:29.200 It's costly, it's not just messy, it's costly. It will 336 00:19:29.279 --> 00:19:30.759 cost us. You know. 337 00:19:30.880 --> 00:19:35.000 The way we live our life now, or how the 338 00:19:35.039 --> 00:19:39.279 world would like us to live, is to get as 339 00:19:39.400 --> 00:19:43.839 much as we can. Let's be realistic, realistic here, as 340 00:19:43.960 --> 00:19:47.160 much money as we can, as much as we can, 341 00:19:47.400 --> 00:19:51.200 as fast as we can, not not not later, no, no, no. 342 00:19:51.160 --> 00:19:53.680 Now, that's why so many. 343 00:19:53.440 --> 00:19:58.480 People get get into trap, those quick rich scheme. Now, 344 00:19:58.640 --> 00:20:01.279 I want it now, fast, get it as fast as 345 00:20:01.319 --> 00:20:05.519 I can and hold on to it as long as 346 00:20:05.559 --> 00:20:10.119 I can, as much money as fast. 347 00:20:10.720 --> 00:20:13.279 And hold it as long as I can. It's for 348 00:20:13.440 --> 00:20:18.599 me tight, It's okay ten percent? Okay ten exactly ten. 349 00:20:19.279 --> 00:20:21.000 There's more than one pass no, no, look, can at me 350 00:20:21.160 --> 00:20:22.599 change the check ten percent? 351 00:20:23.759 --> 00:20:26.920 Others give him a few change. 352 00:20:27.920 --> 00:20:30.079 When God said in his word that he gives us 353 00:20:30.079 --> 00:20:32.799 the ability to produce wealth, and he said that he 354 00:20:32.880 --> 00:20:35.799 establishes the work of our hand, we have to check also, 355 00:20:36.119 --> 00:20:38.960 is it just for us? He keeps them blessing us. 356 00:20:39.359 --> 00:20:41.480 But we have to make sure that we are goods towards. 357 00:20:41.519 --> 00:20:44.559 Remember we're just towards. That means when you dye, you 358 00:20:44.640 --> 00:20:49.000 can't bring your money to heaven, right you cannot. I 359 00:20:49.039 --> 00:20:53.000 have many friends, have many friends who have tried it. 360 00:20:53.880 --> 00:20:56.880 Some have died and are with Christ. And some have 361 00:20:57.000 --> 00:20:59.440 died and I'm not sure if they're in Christ. But 362 00:20:59.599 --> 00:21:03.319 all of them the same. When they died, they left 363 00:21:03.680 --> 00:21:07.319 all their money here. They weren't able to bring it 364 00:21:07.359 --> 00:21:11.279 to heaven. It doesn't work. Showing compassion and caring for 365 00:21:11.319 --> 00:21:15.400 others is costly, But being selfish and being indifferent it's free. 366 00:21:15.839 --> 00:21:18.319 We're about to end. It's a short story. It's a 367 00:21:18.359 --> 00:21:21.799 short sermon. It's a short preaching. Verse thirty six, which 368 00:21:21.880 --> 00:21:24.519 of these three do you think prove to be a 369 00:21:24.519 --> 00:21:25.240 neighbor to. 370 00:21:25.279 --> 00:21:27.160 The man who fell among the robbers? 371 00:21:27.359 --> 00:21:30.960 It was a question post talking about again who is 372 00:21:31.119 --> 00:21:34.319 the neighbor? Seeing now you neighbor? See no, but again 373 00:21:34.359 --> 00:21:38.480 cap it behind a nd. Remember it started as a test. 374 00:21:39.400 --> 00:21:42.039 It started as the expert of the law testing Jesus. 375 00:21:42.519 --> 00:21:46.279 But now it becomes as testing for the expert of 376 00:21:46.319 --> 00:21:49.039 the law and the people around Jesus who was hearing 377 00:21:49.079 --> 00:21:51.880 the story. You know what, The question is not who 378 00:21:51.960 --> 00:21:55.440 is my neighbor? Okay, they're trying to avoid the responsibility. 379 00:21:55.480 --> 00:21:58.319 The lawyer asked this question. But the question is not. 380 00:21:58.680 --> 00:22:01.319 It's not who is my neighbor? The question is also 381 00:22:01.440 --> 00:22:04.960 not who should I help? Sometimes, after hearing this story, 382 00:22:05.440 --> 00:22:08.680 after hearing about the good Samaritan, we would say, okay, 383 00:22:08.720 --> 00:22:10.039 who should I help? 384 00:22:10.119 --> 00:22:11.480 Now? Who should I help? Now? 385 00:22:11.720 --> 00:22:14.720 It is easy to talk about abstract ideas and fail 386 00:22:14.799 --> 00:22:18.799 to help solve concrete problems. Sometimes we get so stuck 387 00:22:19.119 --> 00:22:23.640 in making ideas, planning, planning, planning, that nothing happens. 388 00:22:23.680 --> 00:22:24.559 There's no execution. 389 00:22:24.839 --> 00:22:29.920 We can discuss poverty and opportunities, but without execution, it's 390 00:22:29.960 --> 00:22:30.640 all talk. 391 00:22:31.279 --> 00:22:34.559 It's all talk. Faith without action is dead. 392 00:22:35.519 --> 00:22:40.279 Action without you going through and moving is also dead. 393 00:22:40.880 --> 00:22:44.759 Verse thirty seven. He said, this is Jesus's answer, plain 394 00:22:44.799 --> 00:22:47.880 and simple. He said, the one who showed him mercy, 395 00:22:48.599 --> 00:22:52.759 and Jesus said to him, you go and do likewise. 396 00:22:53.480 --> 00:22:57.319 You go and do likewise. It doesn't take another strap planning. 397 00:22:57.759 --> 00:23:02.920 You just go looking at ours society right now, everywhere. 398 00:23:02.160 --> 00:23:04.039 You go there's person. 399 00:23:04.160 --> 00:23:07.559 There's one person, at least one person who is needy. 400 00:23:08.359 --> 00:23:12.599 Maybe inside your home for those who have cassambahi drivers, 401 00:23:12.799 --> 00:23:15.079