Luke 10:25-37

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I am thankful to with you this evening and am honored to stand in this pulpit and share with you an important message.

The parable of the Good Samaritan will be our topic.

This parable, I believe, is one of the most misunderstood parables in the New Testament.

That statement may sound strange given what you already know of the story –

The story appears simple on the surface – but there is much under the water line.

Now hearing of the topic for discussion, you may be saying to yourself – Hey listen Shane, I have heard this parable a hundred times – what could I possibly learn today?

Well, lets find out together – maybe you too have misunderstood the real meaning of this teaching of Jesus. 

Would you read with me from Luke Chapter 10: 25 - 37
25And behold, a certain lawyer stood up and tested Him, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?”
26He said to him, “What is written in the law? What is your reading of it?”
27So he answered and said, “You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind,’ and ‘your neighbor as yourself.’ ”
28And He said to him, “You have answered rightly; do this and you will live.”
29But he, wanting to justify himself, said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”
30Then Jesus answered and said: “A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, who stripped him of his clothing, wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead. 31Now by chance a certain priest came down that road. And when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. 32Likewise a Levite, when he arrived at the place, came and looked, and passed by on the other side. 33But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was. And when he saw him, he had compassion. 34So he went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine; and he set him on his own animal, brought him to an inn, and took care of him. 35On the next day, when he departed, he took out two denarii, gave them to the innkeeper, and said to him, ‘Take care of him; and whatever more you spend, when I come again, I will repay you.’ 36So which of these three do you think was neighbor to him who fell among the thieves?”
37And he said, “He who showed mercy on him.”
Then Jesus said to him, “Go and do likewise.”


This parable example, as you may recall, is at the center of the ministry, I run, which is called Project 10:27. 

In fact, the name of ministry comes from the reference - Luke 10:27.

Somewhat of a strange name for a ministry but the name was chosen intentionally.

When I share my card with people or tell them the name of the ministry, they often look at me with a puzzled look.

What does 1027 mean?   

That question then opens the door for me to share this story in Luke 10

When I then tell the listener about the specifics of the ministry to homebound seniors and all that it entails – often I hear – that sounds like hard work.

Or why would you want to do that kind of work?

I can answer, honestly, that it is because Jesus has changed
•   My want to … 
•   My life’s focus
•   My view of eternity
•   My desires

This change was not overnight, but over a period of time – and it has been Real and Dramatic I must say.

Truthfully, If, left to my own flesh, I am selfish and relatively uninterested in humanity’s needs.
Not exactly great character qualifications to pastor a ministry!

I can tell you that Jesus has equipped and is equipping me, by daily doing a work inside of me. 

A work that is hard to explain and really put into words.

But somehow His love propels me toward the man on the side of the road. 

Not just to render aid – but to share Jesus and what He has done for me.

That is just who I am now – and I would like to share with you this evening just how I arrived on the side of the road – rendering aid.

I share this not so that you think more of me – Please hear that.

I share this so that you may consider what surrender to Jesus might do in your own life.

This radical change in a person’s life – is really what this parable is all about.

Now look - I know that those who attend this Wednesday evening service are deep theological thinkers – well-grounded in the WORD

So - Rest assured we are not going to explore a works-based salvation.

No - Paul was clear in Ephesians 2:8-9
For by grace, you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.

So, we consider and study this parable and what it teaches based on the complete teaching of Christ and His Apostles.

What we will see, is that good works are the fruit of a changed life – through the dwelling by the Holy Spirit in a believer’s heart.

Good works do not create stairway to heaven as reported by Led Zepplin in the 70’s.

Do you remember why Jesus taught in parables?

Many of Jesus' most profound teachings were presented in riddles called parables

While most of these teachings occurred in the latter half of his earthly ministry.

It seems a bit odd that He would somewhat conceal the truth of the stories he taught.

Because the religious leaders and ultimately the nation of Israel had rejected Jesus over and over – He began to make an ominous turn in how he presented truth to the crowds.

As he approached the Cross, the meanings of his teachings were cloaked because (as Jesus Himself stated) only certain people were intended to understand the meaning.

Remember that in Luke 8 the disciples asked about the meaning of the parable of the sower and Jesus responded with “To you it has been given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God but to the rest it is given in parables that seeing they may not see and hearing they may not understand.”

As Christians – we have been given the Holy Spirit so that we can understand Gods word – This is a supernatural experience

We know this is true because a person who has not been sealed with the Holy Spirit cannot understand scripture.

By the revelation of the Holy Spirit, believers can understand the meaning of His parables.

Certainly, the average reader can understand the language of the stories and come away with a basic understanding, but the depths and the purpose will be missing unless understanding is granted.

Parables are the most direct connection between Christ sharing truth with his followers and hiding it from his rejectors.

All parables are doctrinal                    All parables speak of the need for a Savior

This parable is greatly misunderstood by non-believers and is often flattened out in a simple message of being kind to our neighbors.

The simple message that lies on the surface is for the non-believer, but as followers we are told that we have ears to hear and eyes to see and therefore, Christ is asking us to consider the deeper messaging.

In today’s America, this parable is widely popular and often used to push the Church towards social justice movements.

I want to reiterate that all parables are salvation stories… Yes – all 40 of the parables speak of our need for Christ in one form or another…

This parable, in particular, is Jesus doing personal evangelism. 

Jesus would later command the Apostles to do the same thing and ultimately all of us as He issued the Great Commission Commandment.

Regardless of whether the listener is ready to hear the truth –
The truth must always be presented the lost.

We read in verse 25 that the Lawyers intent was to test or trap Jesus.

Maybe you have experienced a similar reaction when you have tried to share the Truth of Jesus with someone.

Sometimes the first reaction is to argue – deny – or list off all of the good things they have done throughout their life.

But Jesus is in fact giving the lawyer a chance to find the truth of salvation.

We might say that this story is about how to evangelize a “legalist” –

Jesus is giving us a template to use when we come up against someone who thinks “works” will result in eternal life.

Jesus is knocking on the door of this lawyer’s heart just like he does for each of us.

You may recall that this is the third time Jesus has been asked “How can I find eternal life?”
•   Nicodemus asked Jesus about eternal life in John 3.
•   The rich young ruler asked Jesus the same question in Matthew 19.
•   Now the lawyer asks again – How do I obtain eternal life?

The most important question in life – isn’t it?
What must I do?
What is the path to Heaven?   
How can I find it?

The same question that is being asked in today’s world

When Jesus turns the question back on the lawyer, the man answers by combining two scriptures:

Verse 27 - He answered, “‘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 ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.

These two commandments are found I the Mosaic Law
•   Deuteronomy 6:4-5
•   Leviticus 19:18
They sum up the entire law of God.
The summation of all the commandments

By the way – notice it is not an OR but an AND commandment – we are instructed to Love God AND Love Man. 

Jesus refers to thee again in Matthew 22 –when he says that all the laws are summed up in these two commandments – This is known s as the greatest commandment.

The old- testament requires perfect love to God and perfect love of man.

So, Lawyer if you want to do it yourself – that is earn Heaven on your own merits – here is the path…

Just love God perfectly – all the time, in every way, in every day 24/7/365
And
Do the same for all your neighbors.

Do that and you earn Heaven…..

That is a game of Limbo that no human can win at.

You’ve likely heard that the only people who win at limbo are the people holding the bar. 

Well in this case God holds the bar – He has set the standard to be met.

An important issue to be confronted at the beginning of this parable is how the lawyer views himself.

The lawyer is blind to his condition. 

Isn’t that True of anyone who has not encountered Christ.

It is impossible to convince an alcoholic or a drug addict to get help – if they do not believe they have a problem

Likewise, it is impossible to convince a lost person of their need for Jesus if they do not believe they have a need for Him

By the way this Lawyer asks the question – we can tell that he does not believe he is need of a Savior

Like all lost souls, he hostile to the gospel truth in his current condition.   

He was a self-righteous avid follower of the law. He believed the Law was all that he needed to find eternal life.

To be ready for Salvation a person must recognize the bad news of their current condition - - - before they are ready for the good news of the Gospel

Jews were not by their traditions loving of anyone other than other Jews.

Even though Jesus taught over and over to love your enemies, Jews rejected their enemies and especially Samaritans.

The lawyer indicates by his follow up question that he believes he passes the test of loving god perfectly and now he wants to get Jesus to define his neighborhood. 

Almost in an arrogant way – in verse 27 - he implies, well I am good on law #1 – now let’s discuss #2

The lawyer presents the same philosophy that we hear from people today when asked about their need for a Savior.


People will start telling us all the good things that they have done in their live
•   I am a good person.
•   I was confirmed as a baby.
•   I give money to the Church.
•   I take my family to Church
•   I always give off good Karma.
•   I give clothes and food to the homeless


These are all works-based theologies – just like the lawyer.

Between 2016 and 2020, I was fortunate to participate with a group of men who literally knocked on over 1600 doors in San Antonio to present the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

That may sound like an old-fashioned way to share Jesus – but I can tell you that it still works.

I personally witnessed over 100 adults, teenagers and children make professions of faith at their front door or in their front yard.

Just since the beginning of Project 10:27 in 2020 – we have seen another 16 senior adults make professions of faith.

These experiences have taught me some valuable lessons
At the top of the list of things learned I would say this

When asked, what do you think it takes for a person to go to heaven….. 95% of the time people give works-based answers.

Listen - this story is NOT just a simple parable about kindness. It is not about works-based salvation.

Let’s look deeper.

This stunning evangelistic parable was Jesus’ effort to awaken the legalistic lawyer to his sinful condition and inability to justify himself before God.

Let’s carefully Consider These Details of the Parable:

The Priest – he was clergy with a life- long commitment to religious learning and sacraments

The Priest has the external appearance to be qualified to render aid

After all he is trained for this type of work

His congregation would expect him to render aid

He is paid staff at the local church -this is what he should do

But external qualifications do not affect the heart of a man

In this example the Priest fails meet the requirement for eternal life.

So much for just going to Church and inheriting eternal life

So much for just being religious and inheriting eternal life.


The Levite – was an assistant in the temple, not a priest, but did help in the temple. 

These men often sang songs in the temple and handled other duties

We might call him an elder, a deacon or an assistant bishop today.

This man was also religious in his actions and by his profession - but he too failed to meet the requirement for eternal life.

Different training - same result

Now - The Samaritan Man 

Considered - A dog in the Jewish Lawyers Eyes

In fact, Jesus calls him “a certain Samaritan.”

Samaritans were hated by the Jews

Citizens of Judea has spent centuries walling Samaritans out of their society with laws and other forms of mistreatment.

The very existence of Samaritans in the region was considered a disgrace the Jew.

Samaritans were considered to be evil because their history of intermarrying with the gentile Assyrians.

The Book of Ezra – Chapter 4

When Cyrus (King of Persia) permitted the Jews to return from the Babylonian exile, the Samaritans were ready to welcome them back. The exiles, however, despised the Samaritans as renegades.

When the Samaritans wanted to join in rebuilding the Temple in Jerusalem, their assistance was rejected. The Samaritans then resorted to political hostility and opposition.

Ezra 4:4
Then the people of the land discouraged the people of Judah and made them afraid to build and bribed counselors against them to frustrate their purpose, all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of Persia.

The Samaritans followed this rejection history tells us by trying to disrupt the rebuilding of the Jewish temple by throwing pig carcasses on the grounds so that the Jews would have to have the worksite ritually cleansed.

Jews called Samaritans – half breed traitors.

The crowd knew these stories of old and would have likely thought - How dare Jesus tell a story about a good Samaritan!

You might recall a verbal alteration that occurred between Jesus and some Jews in John chapter 8:48. 

Jesus tells some Jews they are of their father – the devil and they responded by answered him, “Are we not right in saying that you are a Samaritan and have a demon?”
And yet after all this history and hatred between these two people groups – Jesus gives a story where only a Samaritan does the right thing …

Let’s carefully consider the details of how the Samaritan demonstrated the qualities needed to really love a neighbor.

I wish us to see 4 Important Decisions / Actions of the Samaritan

•   The Samaritan abandoned his plan so he could join Gods plan.

By just stopping, he has already outperformed the other two men in the story.

There was something in this man’s heart that simply would not allow him to ignore the suffering of another human being

Even though he had things to do, places to go – the need of another person took priority – even over his own plans.

Does that sound like something the man could manufacture in his own heart?

No – that sounds like Jesus living inside a man and changing his heart – giving him compassion for humanity.

God is always at work around us – we must watch and see what He is doing in the lives of people around us. When we see it – accept God’s invitation to join in the work.
Henry Blackaby
•   The Samaritan went into the ditch to Render Aid

The Samaritan saw the injured and decided to help

We generally do not find hurting people – sitting next to us in Church on Sunday

Said differently, none of us will be very effective at missions from the couch in our living room or the pew in our Church.

The Samaritan decided to “put on pause” his plans for the day – and participate in the opportunity that was presented on the side of the road.

Every happening, great and small, is a parable whereby God speaks to us, and the art of life is to get the message.”
Malcolm Muggeridge

To find a hurting neighbor we must leave our own front yard – hurting people will not present at your front door.

Want to be more missional in your life – then spend more time in the ditch where hurting people live.

Third - The Samaritan Rendered First Aid from His Own Supply
•   The Samaritan assessed and diagnosed the condition of the stranger and treated the wounds.

•   The Samaritan used his own supplies to stop the bleeding and put bandages on the stranger.

o   Note that he did not wait for other travelers come so they could assist
o   There is No discussion about setting up a roadside donation station where future travelers could financially assist in rendering aid to the man
o   No - He saw the need – he rendered aid – from his own stock


•   The Samaritan poured oil and water on the stranger – soothing his wounds.

Supplies the Samaritan might likely need for his own journey

He was not giving from abundance or overflow of supply; he gave of the supplies that he had brought for himself.

This reminds me of a memory I have of how a wonderful Christian man know once responded to a homeless man in downtown SA who was walking around barefoot. 

When we asked the man How can I pray for you today, the man said please pray that I can get enough money to buy a pair or shoes.

My friend bowed his head and prayed acknowledging how our Heavenly Father was the giver of all good gifts and asked that He would show Himself to this homeless man in a new way. After he prayed, my friend bent over and took off his own shoes and gave them to the homeless man.

The look of the homeless mans face was of utter disbelief. He asked my friend but now you do not have any shoes. My friend responded by saying no worries - My Father owns a shoe store. 

We all laughed and then as we walked back to our parked car which was parked several blocks away, just the image of my friend walking barefoot burned a memory in my mind that I will never forget.

This is the kind of sacrifice I see here – when Jesus tells this story of how the Samaritan man used his own supplies to meet the need of the hurting man.


•   Then notice that the Samaritan man puts the wounded man on his own animal and is willing to walk.


The Samaritan Finished the Journey

Sometimes meeting the need of a neighbor is quick and easy – like giving a pair of shoes

But sometimes – it is a longer journey

•   Here the Samaritan is willing to walk the distance to see the need to resolution

•   The Jerusalem to Jericho trip is 14 miles on foot.

•   This trip takes up to 8 hours when walking.

•   We read in verse 34 - The Samaritan took the stranger to a roadside inn.

•   The Samaritan stayed all night with the stranger.

•   This was an all day and all-night vigil.

•   This is far beyond just stopping to help a stranger change a tire

•   Way beyond just offering to give a stranded motorist a ride to the next exit

•   It would seem reasonable that just getting this injured man to the next town would be more than sufficient. But no!

•   The Samaritan pays 2 denarii to the inn keeper.
o   Historical records (sign boards) that have been found, indicate that a single night in an inn throughout the Roman empire, during this period would equal 1/32 of a single denarius. 

•   This means that this Samaritan is paying in advance for a two month stay in the inn for the stranger. 

•   No one night stay and then you need to hit the road!    Two Months!

•   In addition to paying for the room – The Samaritan then he tells the inn keeper I will repay you when I return whatever you want to spend on the man. 

•   Who leaves an open tab for a stranger to use as they see fit?

•   Talk about a way to get taken advantage of – how about telling the inn keeper give him whatever services are needed while I am gone.

This sounds so ridiculous that it is almost unbelievable.

This is unbelievably lavish love.

The point that is so creatively being made here is that the attention the Samaritan offered to the man in the ditch was so extraordinary it would leave the hearer speechless.

This is amazing generosity to anyone - - much less to an enemy.

Want to take a guess at what the Lawyers face might have looked like at this point in the story?

I have a guess that it was not a pretty face

So, what do we see below the water line in this story?

What is Jesus really saying to the Lawyer and those that hear the story?

Christ is pointing some fundamental truths about our need for Him


As I said earlier – Jesus is evangelizing the lawyer and the crowd at the same time

•   Jesus is saying – ok I just showed you the kind of love I expect you to give to all of humanity.   Even your enemies.

•   Want to understand what God’s expectation for human behavior?
o   He just laid them out clearly
o   Act with this kind of love – all the time – to all people
o   Act like the Samaritan every time someone is in need.

•   Where is the bar set – - - -  well Jesus just showed it to us.

•   Want to earn eternal life on your own merits – just get under the bar of loving GOD and Humanity like this example all the time 

•   So how do you measure up Mr. Lawyer?

•   The answer is clear - No better than you and I do in 2022

•   What about you today - Have you every loved anyone like that? 

•   Loved like that - even once in your lifetime?

•   Have you stopped on the side of the highway to help a stranded driver who was bloody, tired, and scared?

o   Gave them clothes out of your own luggage?
o   Carried them to the next town?
o   Put them up in a hotel at your expense?
o   Gave them an all you can eat expense account?


•   If you answered Yes – then you deserve congratulations.
o   But do you act this way every time you see someone on the side of the road?

•   No – well welcome to humanity.

•   None of us are loving humanity in that manner?

•   I have never met anyone who can extend lavish love to everyone – in all situations?  Except for Jesus


•   And by the way, if you don’t act with lavish love every time – you miss the mark of the law and are guilty accordingly and therefore you do not love God with all your heart.


•   For the social advocate who think that he can simply stop on occasion and feed a homeless person and then believe that somehow social justice has been enacted is really missing the point of this parable.


•   Giving money to the poor – does not fulfill the principle here at all – NO - this behavior requires a total way of life – a changed heart.


•   If we think buying some food for some unfortunate person is the point of this parable – we miss the entire point!


•   Friends - Once is not good enough – if you want eternal life – you must love the Lord and Love your neighbor with heart, soul, mind, strength - all the time – all the way – no exceptions.

•   To further prove the point – remember what Jesus told the Rich Young Ruler, give all that you have to the poor AND FOLLOW ME.

•   It is not an either / Or           The law says   -  It’s Both


•   What Jesus wants to make clear here in this parable is the only way a human can act in this manner – is when that human recognizes his need for a Savior.

•   The Priest and the Levite show us that just following all the precepts of religion will lead you to the opposite side of the road.

•   Religion without Jesus only leads to self- righteous system.

•   The Priest and the Levite – showed zero love for man and therefore zero love for God.


•   Just attending church, memorizing scripture, following the commandments, taking the sacraments will not lead to eternal life.


•   These are all good things to do – but eternal life does not rest in these works.


•   No matter how much we try, we cannot, manufacture enough compassion inside our heart to really love humanity the way we are required to do so.

•   The kind of compassion shown here is so extravagant that no human could consistently show this type of compassion in every situation.

•   Left on our own, we simply cannot meet these requirements of the law.

This is a story of lavish – limitless love – love beyond all boundaries

But this story must lead us to a realization that we cannot meet the expectations.

Friends without first seeing the bad news of our situation we will never be ready to receive the good news of the Gospel.

Back to Verse 36 – Notice that Jesus never directly answers the lawyer’s original question - but rather Jesus asks the lawyer a different question.

Remember the question the lawyer asked Jesus to define was “who is my neighbor”?

Almost as if he is asking Jesus to limit my responsibilities so that I can meet the law.

Notice Jesus now asks the lawyer “So which of these three do you think was the neighbor”

Again, the lawyer answers the question with the right answer.

In this exam – the lawyer gets both questions correctly but fails the exam.

2 for 2 – yet he ends up with an overall F

What Jesus is really doing here is turning he question back on the lawyer by walking him into considering the most important question.

Jesus is really saying     - Are you that kind of neighbor?

To everyone?

If you are – then you meet the law

So go and live that way

Verse 37 – “Go and do likewise” Jesus says 

The Law and Jesus guarantee eternal life if you meet both commandments

What the lawyer should have thought - Am I that kind of neighbor?

We simply do not get to limit the playing field.

Defining the neighborhood is not the right question.

But rather am I a neighbor who loves in this way?

The point goes to the heart, doesn’t it?

Knowing the right answer and living the right answer are two different things all together.

Then Jesus sticks in the knife – He says so go and live that way and you will have eternal life

If only we had the inner strength to change our outward behaviors based on head knowledge – But we cannot change ourselves.

Have you ever been asked to love someone who is very hard to love?

Can you make yourself, do it?

Sure – maybe for a period, during a specified season – but not every day, in every situation for all of your life.

When faced with the realization that he could not meet these standards

What should the lawyer have then said?
•   I can’t love anyone like that.
•   I only love me like that.
•   No way I can do what you are asking me to do in all situations

Friends that place of honesty – where we recognize our sinful nature is also where we find our need for a Savior.

I must first know the bad news about my inability to reconcile myself to God so that I can recognize the need of why I need a Savior. 

No recognition of sin – no need for a Savior.

By the way – this type of conversation is called Evangelism. 

And we are all required to be active participants in Evangelism of our neighbors.

Nowhere in the story is there is any mention of conviction in the life of the Lawyer.

Sadly – there is nothing in Scripture that indicates the lawyer ever recognized his sin.

We do not have any confirmation that he repented, turned from his sin, and began to follow Jesus.

Standing in front of him that day was the Son of God – fully authorized to forgive his sin – but he never asked for the forgiveness.

Eternal life was offered – but never accepted

If only the lawyer would have said – Teacher, I cannot do the things you ask of me – then the story would have ended differently.

We need Mercy
We need Grace
We need Forgiveness
We get all of those in the person of Jesus Christ

Revelation 3:20 – Jesus says “Behold, I stand at the door and knock, if anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in.”

Hearing the voice – opening the door – He gives the hearing – you and I do the opening.

This is not a story of going to the other side of the road and hugging somebody on food stamps.

Participation in the latest social justice movement will not determine your eternal destination.

We are free to do some very nice things for people but without a life changing encounter with Jesus Christ – we remain dead in their trespasses in sin according to (Ephesians 2).

Hidden under the water line here is a story about Our Need for Salvation.

If you want eternal life – you need Jesus.

The lawyer was standing in front of the one person who could have forgiven his sin.

But he never asked.

Also hidden below the water line is the realization that Salvation is brought to us by a Good Shepherd.

A Good Shepherd who crossed over the road from Heaven to Earth

A Good Shepherd who did not choose to pass us by but while on His journey, stopped to render aid

Christ finds us beaten and bruised by life

We were also left for dead in our trespasses and sin

But Christ showed up – met us where we were – in the ditch

He introduced us to His hope and mercy

While lying on the side of the road, empty, hurting, and hopeless.

He offers to us his own supplies,

He bandages our wounds

He puts us on His back and carries us to the next stop

He paid for a full recovery of our injuries

Christ doesn’t just cover the hotel bill, but he goes on to clear all our personal accounts in total. 

And then gives us a personal promise to make provision for ongoing shelter and care

You and I are the recipients of the same type of lavish love that is offered by the Good Samarian. 

I am thankful that he did not just drop me off and leave but Christ finishes the journey with us.

It is only when the love of God is poured out into our hearts, justified by grace, and raised up to a new life that a sincere love can flow through us to both God and Neighbors.

This is our only hope to “Go and Do Likewise.”

I will close with A Call to the Christians

an excerpt from J.I. Packer’s book Evangelism and the Sovereignty of God.
Always and everywhere the servants of Christ are under orders to evangelize. We ourselves have a responsibility for making the gospel known. Christ’s command to his disciples, Go … and make disciples of all nations (Mt 28:19), was spoken to them in representative capacity; that is Christ command, not merely to the apostles, but the whole Church. Evangelism is the inalienable responsibility of every Christian community, and every Christian person. We are all under ordered to devote ourselves to spreading the good news, and to use all our ingenuity and enterprise to bring it to the notice of the whole world. The Christian, therefore, must be constantly searching his conscience, asking himself if he is doing all that might be done in this field. For this also is a responsibility that cannot be shrugged off.


The Best Way to Love My Neighbor is to Share Christ with Him



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