Love Me, Love Me Not 4

Hello Everyone,

Loving your neighbor requires AFFECTION. In the Parable of the Good Samaritan:

• The Priest looked on the victim with a total lack of concern
• The Levite looked on the victim with curiosity
• The Samaritan looked on the victim with compassion

The difference in the three men is that one had his feelings touched, and he responded to those feelings.

But what if people take advantage of our kindness?

What if they don’t appreciate what we do? It doesn’t matter.

Read the parable again. There is no mention of the victim responding to the kindness of the Samaritan. Why because loving your neighbor isn’t subject to his appreciation.

What we do we do as unto the LORD.

Loving your neighbor requires ACTION

It’s not enough to be concerned. It’s not enough to feel compassion.

You have to get involved.

You have to get a little blood on your hands and dirt on your knees.

You have to invest some of your time and give of your treasures.

You have to do whatever it takes to take care of your neighbor … just as you do whatever it takes to take care of yourself.

Last Thing:

1. You can’t love God until you first accept His love for you.

2. Do you love God with the same whole-hearted love He has shown for you? He died for you…are you living for Him?

3. Are you loving others as you love yourself?

All moral responsibility hinges on the two affections of love for God and love for others.

We may not be able to expect this kind of love from the lost, but it is what they need from us as Christians.

Greater Things Are Still To Come!