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Luke 10:29 But he wanted to justify himself, so he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”
We are introducing our last set of values dealing with our missional focus of being both local and global.
In Luke 10, Jesus has just sent out the 72. This was a continuation of Jesus' mission in sending out the Twelve in the previous chapter. We arrive at a very familiar passage of Scripture that many of us learned in Sunday School: The Good Samaritan. Here, Jesus answers the question, "Who is my neighbor?" Not to get too deep into the socio-political context of the passage, though of course we will get there during this sermon, there was underlying tension between the Jews and the Samaritans for a litany of reasons. But they were literal neighbors, both in proximity and in practice, and Jesus uses the Samaritan as an archetype for being missional.
The religious folk pass over the man in need, but it's the Samaritan who shows the love of God to this man in need. He recognizes his situation, and he takes care of him, thus fulfilling the Law of God. All of the Ten Commandments can be summed up this way: love God and love others. And sometimes these "others" are right next door to us! At the Vineyard, we value local missions, reaching the people in the world who live right next to us. We will seek to partner with churches, organizations, and ministries to reach the people who are near to us!
We are introducing our last set of values dealing with our missional focus of being both local and global.
In Luke 10, Jesus has just sent out the 72. This was a continuation of Jesus' mission in sending out the Twelve in the previous chapter. We arrive at a very familiar passage of Scripture that many of us learned in Sunday School: The Good Samaritan. Here, Jesus answers the question, "Who is my neighbor?" Not to get too deep into the socio-political context of the passage, though of course we will get there during this sermon, there was underlying tension between the Jews and the Samaritans for a litany of reasons. But they were literal neighbors, both in proximity and in practice, and Jesus uses the Samaritan as an archetype for being missional.
The religious folk pass over the man in need, but it's the Samaritan who shows the love of God to this man in need. He recognizes his situation, and he takes care of him, thus fulfilling the Law of God. All of the Ten Commandments can be summed up this way: love God and love others. And sometimes these "others" are right next door to us! At the Vineyard, we value local missions, reaching the people in the world who live right next to us. We will seek to partner with churches, organizations, and ministries to reach the people who are near to us!
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By Franklin Vineyard ChurchLuke 10:29 But he wanted to justify himself, so he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”
We are introducing our last set of values dealing with our missional focus of being both local and global.
In Luke 10, Jesus has just sent out the 72. This was a continuation of Jesus' mission in sending out the Twelve in the previous chapter. We arrive at a very familiar passage of Scripture that many of us learned in Sunday School: The Good Samaritan. Here, Jesus answers the question, "Who is my neighbor?" Not to get too deep into the socio-political context of the passage, though of course we will get there during this sermon, there was underlying tension between the Jews and the Samaritans for a litany of reasons. But they were literal neighbors, both in proximity and in practice, and Jesus uses the Samaritan as an archetype for being missional.
The religious folk pass over the man in need, but it's the Samaritan who shows the love of God to this man in need. He recognizes his situation, and he takes care of him, thus fulfilling the Law of God. All of the Ten Commandments can be summed up this way: love God and love others. And sometimes these "others" are right next door to us! At the Vineyard, we value local missions, reaching the people in the world who live right next to us. We will seek to partner with churches, organizations, and ministries to reach the people who are near to us!
We are introducing our last set of values dealing with our missional focus of being both local and global.
In Luke 10, Jesus has just sent out the 72. This was a continuation of Jesus' mission in sending out the Twelve in the previous chapter. We arrive at a very familiar passage of Scripture that many of us learned in Sunday School: The Good Samaritan. Here, Jesus answers the question, "Who is my neighbor?" Not to get too deep into the socio-political context of the passage, though of course we will get there during this sermon, there was underlying tension between the Jews and the Samaritans for a litany of reasons. But they were literal neighbors, both in proximity and in practice, and Jesus uses the Samaritan as an archetype for being missional.
The religious folk pass over the man in need, but it's the Samaritan who shows the love of God to this man in need. He recognizes his situation, and he takes care of him, thus fulfilling the Law of God. All of the Ten Commandments can be summed up this way: love God and love others. And sometimes these "others" are right next door to us! At the Vineyard, we value local missions, reaching the people in the world who live right next to us. We will seek to partner with churches, organizations, and ministries to reach the people who are near to us!