We handle the parable of The Good Samaritan in two parts.  This first part answers the question, "What must I do to inherit eternal life."   The simple answer is that you must love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind, and you must love your neighbor as yourself.  In this sermon we see that in order to love God or our neighbor as commanded, we need to love ourselves much less!