When a lawyer seeks to justify himself by loving God with his entire being and his neighbor as himself, he asks Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?” Jesus tells of a Jewish man who travels from Jerusalem down to Jericho. The man was robbed, stripped, beaten, and left for dead by thugs. A Jewish priest and a Levite both see him yet pass by on the other side of the road. However, a Samaritan responds to him with compassion; he dresses his wounds, sets him on his own animal, brings him to an inn, and takes care of him that evening. The next day he gives the innkeeper two days of wages to tend him and offers to cover any additional expenses. This man proves to be his neighbor, and Jesus tells the lawyer, “Go and do likewise.” Jesus’ parable and charge to be this kind of neighbor to anyone exemplifies a generous responder. Generous responders purposefully live out their God-given calling and use everything they have to bless people around them. Jesus’ entire life from human conception to cross, grave, resurrection, ascension, and Pentecost can be summed up as THE Generous Responder.