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When Fred Rogers launched his famous children’s show, Mister Roger’s Neighborhood in 1966, our country was in the midst of a cultural conflict.
2. Tensions were high. Citizens were divided. Our nation was on edge.
3. In the midst of those fractured times, Mr. Rogers opened his program with a song that not only defined a children’s show, it served as a reminder to a divided nation of a deeper truth, one which transcends politics, race, or gender, that we are neighbors.
4. “Would you be mine? Could you be mine? Won’t you be my neighbor?”
5. Yet, well before Mr. Rogers ever sang those words, Jesus Christ had defined what it means to be a “good neighbor” almost two thousand years earlier.
6. Today, tensions are high. Citizens are divided. Our nation is on edge.
7. What role can the Church play in healing a country that is literally being torn apart?
8. Where do we begin? How can people like you and me make a difference?
9. Tonight, we will look to the words of our Savior for the answer in Luke 10.
10. For in Luke 10, we will learn where to begin and how we can make a difference by being a good neighbor.

Luke 10:25-37

Context
1. As I mentioned last week, when we arrive at Luke 10, there is another major shift in Jesus’ ministry.
2. After Jesus had sent the twelve apostles to proclaim the Gospel (9:1-6), had fed the 5,000 with five loaves and two fish (9:12-17), had heard Peter’s confession that He is “The Christ of God” (9:18-22), and had been transfigured on the mountain (9:28-36), we are told in. . .

Luke 9:51, When the days were approaching for His
ascension, He was determined to go to Jerusalem. . .

3. To prepare the cities along the route for His arrival, Jesus selected seventy men to spread the news, “the kingdom of God has come near.” (9)
4. After Jesus’ advance team returned to share their report with Jesus, Luke shifts the focus of his Gospel account to a lawyer who “stood up” to put Jesus to the test, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?” (25)
5. Now, it may seem that this question is unrelated to the questions were are trying to answer.
6. But in reality, the answer to this question lays the foundation for how to be a good neighbor.

Transition – The first principle is. . .

I. Being a Good Neighbor Begins with Love

• In Jesus’ day, Jewish lawyers were experts in interpreting the Mosaic Law, the first five books of the Old Testament.
• So this lawyer wanted to test Jesus to evaluate His knowledge of the Mosaic Law.
• He asked Jesus, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?”
• Or to frame the question in modern-day terms, “What must I do to be saved?”
• As we will see, the lawyer’s question was not born out of a humble, teachable, sincere heart.
• He was looking for a reason to dismiss Jesus, to label Jesus, or even to accuse Jesus.
• Jesus masterfully answered the lawyer’s question with a question of His own which, in effect, put the lawyer on trial.
• With this pivot, not only was the lawyer’s knowledge of the Mosaic Law on trial, so was his heart.
• Jesus asked, “What is written in the Law? How does it read to you?” (26)

Transition – The lawyer correctly answered the question, dividing his answer into two parts.

A. Love God wholeheartedly
1. The law expert began his answer with a quote from the Law.

Deuteronomy 6:5, You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.

2. How do we inherit eternal life if we seek to do so by keeping the Mosaic Law?
3. First, by perfectly loving God with all our heart, with all our soul, with all our mind, and with all our strength all our lives.
4. God has perfectly loved us.

Isaiah 54:10, “For the mountains may be removed and the hills may shake, but My lovingkindness will not be removed from you, and My covenant of peace will not be shaken,” says the LORD who has compassion on you.

Jeremiah 31:3, I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have drawn you with lovingkindness.

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