My sermon notes for Sunday morning, November 5^th, these are my personal study notes and not a manuscript of the sermon. They are provided as an outline each week for our Tabernacle Church family. The church provides a live stream of the service each Sunday at 10:30 on Facebook. We also provide the services through YouTube by Sunday afternoon.  You can find Sermon Notes, Family Devotional Guides, Prayer List, and other resources at our Church Website.

Luke 10:25-37

INTRO

• The Parable of the Good Samaritan
• A great question and a great answer.
• The wise and the unwise
  • Luke 10:21 – In that same hour he rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to little children; yes, Father, for such was your gracious will. (ESV)
• The changed heart understands MERCY (From God… to others)

The Lawyer’s Question – vv. 25-29

The lawyer

• An expert on Jewish law
• Influential in society
• Very religious

The age-old question

• What shall I do to have eternal life?

The man’s heart

• The context shows us he was testing Jesus.

Jesus answers

• What is written in the law?
• The law does not save, but the law shows us that we need to be saved (impossible to do)
• The law defines true righteousness, only grace can deliver it. The law was given to demonstrate to man their desperate need for grace.
• The law brings conviction… it points to our sin.

Love God and Love Your Neighbor

• Deuteronomy 6:5
• Leviticus 19:18
• Matthew 22:37-40

Do this and you will live (eternal life)

The Second Question

• Who is my neighbor?
• Justifying Himself
• Trying to limit the law and the responsibility
• God’s Grace vs. Mans works
  • What can I do?
  • His heart exposed!

Jesus’ Response – vv. 30-37

The Setting

• Seventeen-mile journey from Jerusalem to Jericho
• Winding rode through rocky terrain
• Historically dangerous trip

The Parable

Rather than loosen the definition of “neighbor,” Jesus radically expands it. The Lord tells the story of the good Samaritan (vv. 30–35), a story that blows all the categories of the day. The story

•     features the brokenness of this sinful world (v. 30),

•     exposes the emptiness of religion without love (vv. 31–32),

•     challenges the racism and prejudice we all can feel (v. 33), and

•     requires sacrifice and risk (vv. 34–35).

Thabiti Anyabwile, Exalting Jesus in Luke, Christ-Centered Exposition Commentary (Nashville, TN: Holman Reference, 2018), 182.

The Meaning

• 2 religious leaders passed by
  • Selfish, Busy, Wrong focus
• The 3^rd was not just a layperson, but a despised Samaritan.
  • Totally gave himself
  • Time, Talent, Treasures
  • Kindness and brotherly love
  • WORDS AND DEEDS

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The What Now

• You go and do likewise.
• To love God is to love others.
• Receiving Mercy and Sharing Mercy.
• It is so much more than saying we are a Christian… It is BEING a Christian.

My notes for Wednesday night, Nov 1^st. Remember, these are my personal study notes and not a manuscript of the sermon. They are provided as an outline each week for our Tabernacle Church family. Our study over the next few months will be “The Roots of the Faith.” This study will focus on key biblical truths that will transform our thinking and allow us to faithfully live out the Christian life. You can find Sermon Notes, Family Devotional Guides, Prayer List, and other resources at our Church Website.

Resources for this Study

50 Core Truths of the Christian Faith – Gregg R. Allision

Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine – Wayne Grudem

Biblical Doctrine: A Systematic Summary of Bible Truth  – John MacArthur & Richard Mayhue

Basic Christian Doctrines – Curt Daniel

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The Humanity of Christ

The Son of God is the Second Person of the Trinity, equal with the Father and the Holy Spirit. In the incarnation, he took on human nature and became the God-man, one person with two natures.

•     The Son of God is the Second Person of the Trinity, sharing in the one divine nature.

•     Being fully God, the Son is equal with the Father and the Holy Spirit in nature, power, and glory, but he is distinct from them in terms of his eternal relation and roles.

•     Two thousand years ago, the eternal Son of God became incarnate, taking on a full human nature, and became the God-man, Jesus Christ.

•     By the hypostatic union, he is both fully God and fully man, two natures united in one person.

Jesus was born like any other human being.

• Luke 2:1–7
• Born of a virgin
  •  The uniting of His full deity and full humanity
  • Sinless Matthew 1:18

He grew and matured like others.

• Luke 2:40, 51–52

He had normal physical needs.

• John 4:6; John 19:28; Matthew 4:2
• Hunger, thirsty, tired

He expressed common human emotions.

• John 12:27; 13:21

He enjoyed the kind of relationships that are characteristic of human beings.

• John was “the disciple whom Jesus loved” (John 21:7, 20), one of Jesus’s three closest friends (Peter, James, and John; Mark 5:37; 9:2; 14:33).
• Jesus spent three years of ministry with the Twelve (Matt. 10:1–4), and had close friendships with women (Luke 8:1–2), including Mary and Martha (John 11:1–41).
• And Jesus was “a friend of tax collectors and sinners” (Matt. 11:19; cf. 9:10–11).

He physically suffered and died.

• John 19:34

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Because the Son of God is the fully divine Second Person of the Trinity, he is worshiped together with the Father and the Holy Spirit. As they are, so the Son is worthy of honor, thanksgiving, obedience, trust, and service.

What’s at stake in this doctrine? Our salvation! The God-man, sent by the Father to accomplish salvation, is the unique mediator between God and his fallen image-bearers. Only he as the fully divine Son could pay the infinite penalty for sin. Only he as the fully human Son incarnate could be the perfect substitute for sinful human beings. He and he alone is the Savior in whom God’s people trust for their salvation. And through the Son we enjoy a personal relationship with the living God!^[1]

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^[1] Gregg R. Allison, 50 Core Truths of the Christian Faith: A Guide to Understanding and Teaching Theology (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books: A Division of Baker Publishing Group, 2018), 147–153.