Luke 10:25–37 · Series: Who Is My Neighbour?
“Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?” A lawyer asked Jesus this question to test Him, and Jesus answered with a question of His own, then with a story. On this Communion Sunday, Pastor Duli Asi takes us back to the parable of the Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25–37) and calls us to a paradigm shift: from self-preservation to radical compassion.
Eternal life is not only something we wait for in the life to come. It can be experienced here and now, as we love God with all our heart, soul, strength and mind, and love our neighbour as ourselves. Pastor Duli looks at the three responses on the road to Jericho. The priest put his religious duties first. The Levite put his own safety first. The Samaritan, despised by the Jews and divided from them by culture and belief, stopped, treated the wounded man, gave up his time and comfort, and paid for his care. That is radical compassion, and Jesus says to us, “Go and do likewise.”
The message leads into the Lord’s Supper, where we remember the cross-shaped love of Jesus, who selflessly gave Himself for a broken world. As we share the bread and the cup, we are called to let go of pride and anger, forgive one another, and reach out to the broken world with the same compassion.
Reflect this week
- What priorities, programmes or comforts have kept you from helping someone in need?
- Who is the “Samaritan” in your world, someone you find hard to love because of culture, belief or history?
- What is God showing you that you alone can do this week?
Key scriptures: Luke 10:25–37 · Deuteronomy 6:5 · Leviticus 19:18 · Ecclesiastes 3:11 · Matthew 6:9–13 · Matthew 22:37–40 · 1 John 3:14 · 1 John 4:20–21 · Proverbs 22:3 · Luke 16:19–31 · James 2:14–17 · 1 John 3:17–18 · Matthew 25:35–40 · Acts 20:35 · 1 Corinthians 11:23–26 · Isaiah 53:7