I'm trying not to be so hard-pressed
In praise to you, our second song should be in your bulletins
It's called "Touch Me"
You don't have one, raise your hand, us two will bring you one
"Touch Me"
I'll give it a grab one
The song reminds me of the verse Luke 5.13
It says that he put forth his hand
And touched him saying, "I will eat out clean"
You need a weapon to be parted from
One of the great songs of writers
The saving power of Jesus Christ
"Eat, Touch Me"
Sing it out nice and loud
"Eat, Touch Me"
Verse 16, when 18 years of age or younger
Quotes this to myself, Pastor Shelley, or an usher
You can get a treat after the Wednesday evening service
Also there on the front you'll see a nice picture
Of Mount St. Helens in Washington
And that's because this week is the King James Conference
In Washington State at Sure Foundation Baptist Church
Church I used to attend
So I definitely recommend, even if you can't go
To tune in online this week
And watch all those great sermons
Pastor Shelley will be preaching there on Thursday
And also there's gonna be a Q&A after every single preacher
And you could even send in those questions through the live chat
So if you have a question for Pastor Shelley, Pastor Mejia, Pastor Jimenez, Pastor Jones,
Pastor Anderson, or Pastor Thompson
All of them are gonna be preaching at this conference
My family night is gonna be going
I know some folks here are gonna be going as well
So that's gonna be a great time looking forward to that
If you flip open your bulletin on the left side
We have our service times Sunday morning 1030 Spanish service 430 evening service 530 and our Wednesday evening Bible study at
7 p.m. Of course, you may notice pastor Shelley's gone this morning
He's preaching in Oklahoma City at our church plant there
And so I just want to thank him right now for the opportunity to preach this morning and make sure you come back this evening
To hear brother Ben give the message this evening
We have our churchwide soul winning times there as well as our regional soul winning times
You can get with those respective leaders if you're interested in those times as far as their locations
Go reminder to please turn in your soul winning maps to the bin. We basically divide it in three sections
We have a van section. That's pretty self-explanatory if you ride in the van. That's where those maps go
Singles meaning you're just a single unit going out in your car
That's a different section and then completed bin once they're done put it in that completed bin and we'll get our maps updated
Also, let's see pray for our expecting ladies and our prayer list listed there
If you have a prayer request you send that in to our email address there
And if it's something that you want staying perpetually for a while make sure to let us know
Otherwise, we're gonna update those every week our upcoming events June 3rd first Saturday of June
We're gonna have a soul winning marathon in Sharif port, Louisiana. There is a sign up sheet up front
Make sure to sign up for that as soon as possible, please
Also some updated information for the wedding of brother Sioux Hill and miss Lori May
It's gonna be at 11 a.m. Is the ceremony 12 p.m. Is the reception they're asking for no gifts at this time
You're asking for donations to the church
which there is going to be a link for that there to RSVP and also has a link for that giving portal as well and
Just as a heads up the RSVPs will close June 1st
So if you want to attend that wedding, you got to let brother Sioux Hill know before June 1st
Some church reminders there also and at this time we'll go ahead and go to our third song Psalm
150 in your white handouts Psalm
150 Psalm
150
Chapter 10 the Bible reads after these things the Lord appointed other 70 also and sent them two and two before his face
Into every city and place whether he himself would come therefore sent he unto them the harvest truly is great
But the laborers are few pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest that he would send forth
laborers into his harvest go your ways behold I send you forth as lambs among wolves carry neither purse
nor script nor shoes and salute no man by the way and into whatsoever house he enter first say peace be to this house and
If the son of peace be there your peace shall rest upon it
If not it shall turn to you again and in the same house remain
Eating and drinking such things as they give for the laborer is worthy of his hire
Go not from house to house and into whatsoever city he enter and they receive you eat such things as are set before you
And heal the sick that are therein and saying to them the kingdom of God has come nigh unto you
But into whatsoever city he enter and they receive you not
Go your ways out into the streets of the same and say even the very dust of your city which cleaveth on us
We do wipe off against you notwithstanding be he sure of this that the kingdom of God has come nigh unto you
But I say to you that it shall be more tolerable in that day for Sodom than for that city
Woe unto thee Corazin woe unto thee Bethsaida for if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Zidon which had been done in you
They had a great while ago repented sitting in sackcloth and ashes
But it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Zidon at the judgment than for you and thou Capernaum which art exalted to heaven
Shall be thrust down to hell he that heareth you heareth me and he that despiseth you despiseth me and he that
Despiseth me despiseth him that sent me and the 70 returned again with joy saying lord
Even the devils are subject unto us through thy name and he said unto them
I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven behold
I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions and over all the power of the enemy and
Nothing shall by any means hurt you not withstanding in this rejoice not that the spirits are subject unto you
But rather rejoice because your names are written in heaven in that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit and said I thank the old father
Lord of heaven and earth that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent and has revealed them unto babes
Even so father for so it seemed good in thy sight all things are delivered to me of my father and no man
knoweth who the son is but the father and who the father is but the son and
He to whom the son will reveal him and he turned him unto his disciples and said privately
Blessed are to the eyes which see the things that ye see for I tell you that many
Prophets and kings have desired to see those things which ye see and have not seen them to hear those things which he hear
Have not heard them and behold a certain lawyer stood up and tempted him saying master
What shall I do to inherit eternal life? He said unto him? What is written in the law?
How readest thou and he answering said thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul and with
All thy strength and with all thy mind and thy neighbor as thyself and he said unto him thou hast answered right this do
And thou shalt live but he willing to justify himself
Said unto Jesus and who is my neighbor and Jesus answering said a certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho
And fell among thieves which stripped them of his raiment and wounded him and departed leaving him half dead and by chance there came
Down a certain priest that way and when he saw him he passed by on the other side
And likewise a Levite when he was at the place came and looked on him and passed by on the other side
But a certain Samaritan as he journeyed came where he was and when he saw him
he had compassion on him and went to him and bound up his wounds pouring in oil and wine and
Sent him on his own beast and brought him to an inn and took care of him and on the morrow when he departed he took
Out two pence and gave them to the host and sent it to him take care of him and whatsoever thou spendest
More when I come again. I will repay thee which now of these three thinkest thou was neighbor unto him that fell among the thieves
And he said he that showed mercy on him then said Jesus unto him go and do thou likewise
Now it came to pass as they went that he entered into a certain village and a certain woman named Martha
Received him into her house and she had a sister called Mary which also sat at Jesus feet and heard his word
But Martha was cumbered about much serving and came to him and said Lord
Does thou not care that my sister had left me to serve alone bid her therefore that she helped me and Jesus answered and said
unto her Martha Martha thou art careful and troubled about many things
But one thing is needful and Mary hath chosen that good part
Which shall not be taken away from her and let's bow our heads for a word of prayer father in heaven
We thank you Lord for brother Dylan and his family and I pray that you would bless him now with the fullness and power of the
Holy Spirit and enable him to preach the sermon that you've laid on his heart with boldness and Lord
I pray that we would glorify you in everything that we do today and we love you in Jesus name. I pray. Amen. Amen
Alright, well we're there in Luke chapter number 10 and the title my sermon this morning is the good Samaritan the good Samaritan
It's a really famous story in the Bible
There's even laws in the United States that are called good Samaritan laws based off of this story
And I want to preach about this great story this morning
And of course the context of this parable is that Jesus is basically answering this lawyer's questions
we start reading in verse number 25 it says and behold a certain lawyer stood up and
Tempted him saying master
What shall I do to inherit eternal life?
cool thing about the Bible is you get to see inside of the minds and inside of the hearts of the people that are working in
different situations and we can see that this guy is not asking this question out of
Sincerity out of really wanting to hear what Jesus has to say
He's asking it to actually tempt or to try or to test Jesus Christ and my theory is that well
This guy is a lawyer. So he probably thinks he's pretty smart
He probably thinks he knows the law pretty well and he's like well
Let's see what this Jesus guy knows about the law of God. And so let me ask you Jesus master
What shall I do to inherit eternal life? Now, of course Jesus knows his thoughts knows his heart knows what he's thinking his prideful thoughts
And he says this and he said unto him what is written in the law how readest thou he Jesus basically uses this man's pride
To his own advantage. He says well you tell me smart guy, you know, you know the law so well
You're a lawyer. You know the word of God, right?
So he answers his question with a question says you tell me what do you have to do to inherit eternal life?
and this guy knowing the Bible having a lot of knowledge of the word of God answers and says
in Luke 10 27 and he answering said thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with
all thy soul and with all thy strength and with all thy mind and thy neighbor as thyself now this
man did know the law he did have a head knowledge he did have knowledge of the word of God but what
he did not have was understanding go really quickly keep your place there throughout the
sermon but go really quickly to Deuteronomy chapter number six and we'll see what this
lawyer is quoting Deuteronomy chapter number six let's read quickly verse number five in
Deuteronomy chapter number six the Bible says and thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all
thine heart and with all thy soul and with all thy might so this guy is quoting the Bible he
does have knowledge of the scriptures but he also said and love thy neighbor as thyself or and thy
neighbor as thyself go really quickly to Leviticus chapter number 19 Leviticus chapter number 19
and we'll see where he's quoting this from in verse number 18 of Leviticus chapter 19 it says
thou shalt not avenge nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people
but thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself I am the Lord so this lawyer he's not just pulling out
these scriptures out of thin air he actually does know the Bible he's quoting some scriptures here
go back to Luke chapter number 10 and we'll see Jesus's response Luke chapter number 10 verse 28
and he said unto him thou hast answered right this do and thou shalt live so you know the way I kind
of picture this is Jesus is saying hey look at you you're so smart you know the Bible so well
you know the law so well now go ahead and do that now go ahead and do that if that's how you want
to get to heaven is by loving God perfectly and loving your neighbor perfectly go ahead and do
that you're right but of course that's not possible and of course this guy hasn't perfectly loved God
and perfectly loved his neighbor so Jesus knows that that's not really how he's going to get to
heaven for sure but look at chapter 10 verse 29 it says but he and notice this phrase willing to
justify himself so again the bible tells us what this man is doing what this man is thinking he's
willing to justify himself said unto Jesus and who is my neighbor this guy in his pride is probably
thinking well you know i've done a really good job of loving God with all my heart with all my mind
and with all my strength but maybe i maybe i've not loved other people as good as i should so
tell me who exactly qualifies as my neighbor and at this point the guy should have realized that
he's already failed he's not perfect and so he's not going to get to heaven in the way that he
thinks he's going to and this morning i want to give you a couple of thoughts about this parable
because this parable is basically a response to this lawyer's question to this guy's thought
process and the first thing i want you to notice this morning is the lack of compassion by the
religious leaders when jesus gives his answer and gives this parable in verse number 30 we get the
first point of this sermon it says in verse 30 and jesus answering said a certain man went down
from jerusalem to jericho and fell among thieves which stripped him of his raiment and wounded him
and departed leaving him half dead so this guy in the parable he just got beat up he just got taken
advantage of he got his stuff stolen from him by thieves he's sitting in a ditch naked and half
dead and this is a this is kind of how a lot of people are spiritually in their life right when
maybe something really bad happens in their life and it causes them to go to church and to seek the
lord but unfortunately a lot of religious leaders don't actually care about them and jesus illustrates
that in verse 31 it says and by chance there came down a certain notice this priest that way
and when he saw him he passed by on the other side so notice the priest he saw this man it's
not like he was ignorant it's like he didn't know that this guy was hurt or in trouble or needing
help he saw the guy but just decided to pass by him right verse 32 and likewise a levite again a
religious leader when he was at the place came and looked on him and passed by on the other side
again this levite he can't claim ignorance he saw this person he looked on him and then he passed
by on the other side not caring about him not wanting to help him in any way shape or form verse
33 but a certain samaritan as he journeyed came where he was and when he saw him he had compassion
on him so of these three people what was the difference between the two that didn't help
and the one person that did it was compassion and i don't think that it is a coincidence that jesus
gives us an example where two religious leaders are the ones that had no compassion two religious
leaders the people whose job it is to care about other people and to minister to other people
didn't care at all just this random samaritan he's the one that actually cared and what a shame it is
today when supposed men of god supposed leaders of churches supposed ministers don't actually care
about people but i tell you what there's a lot of churches where the pastor or the staff or people
that are supposed to be ministers don't care about other people at all that's why jesus illustrated
hey these two people these two priests or levites didn't care whatsoever and you have to realize
that not all churches are created equal not all pastors are created equal if steadfast baptist
church is the only church you've ever been to you're extremely blessed because those of us that have been in other churches
realizes that there's really bad churches out there and i'll tell you this not every pastor
is going to stick out his neck and preach the full counsel of god at his own detriment like
pastor shelly does for this church you know willing to allow himself to go through evictions
and lawsuits and getting docs and all of these things he doesn't have to do that why does he do
that because he actually cares about this congregation enough to preach the entire council
of god not every pastor is going to put on all these great events that you can go to for free
by the way not every pastor is going to make all these documentaries and really cool content that
you could hand out to people out soul winning that's a blessing we have at this church not
every pastor is going to literally pay for people to go to the bahamas on a missions trip to preach
the gospel in other countries you know not every pastor even has a vision to preach the gospel to
every creature and so at this church you need to realize that what we have in the leadership of
this church is a blessing and it is a rare thing because Jesus is showing us here here's two
religious leaders and they don't care about people and there's a lot of stories in the Bible and
there's a lot of stories if you've been in other churches in your life where you could say man
there's a lot of religious leaders out there that do not care go to second Timothy chapter number
three second Timothy chapter number three second Timothy chapter number three notice verse one it
says this this know also that in the last days perilous times shall come for men shall be lovers
of their own selves covetous boasters proud now verse two describes just about the worst leader
you could possibly describe someone that only cares about themselves someone that's covetous
or someone that is proud yet this verse actually describes a lot of leaders today someone that's
completely selfish that only cares about themselves that is covetous and that is prideful someone
that's proud that is a lot of preachers today and how can you tell that a lot of preachers today
only care about themselves you could tell by what they preach and more specifically you can
tell by what they do not preach because you know you see all these really famous preachers they have
no problem preaching the really positive things in the bible that's all they preach but what they
won't do is they will never preach the negative things in the bible they'll never say something
that can be offensive they'll never say exactly what jesus said and why is it it's because they
only care about themselves they don't want to lose the tithe money they don't want to go through
the lawsuits they don't want any persecution they don't want any protesters they don't want any of
that and so since they only care about themselves they censor themselves it's not like a lot of
these guys don't know the bible many pastors know the bible and choose not to preach it because they
do not care about others look at first corinthians 14 if you'll turn over there first corinthians 14
first corinthians 14 we'll start reading in verse number six paul said now brethren if i come unto
you speaking with tongues what shall i profit you except i shall speak to you either by revelation
or by knowledge or by prophesying or by doctrine paul's not going to go to a church and speak a
language that the people don't speak why because he's trying to profit them he's trying to help
them right verse seven says and even things without life giving sound whether pipe or harp
except they give a distinction in the sounds how shall it be known what is piped or harped
for if the trumpet given uncertain sound who shall prepare himself to the battle so likewise ye
except ye utter by the tongue words easy to be understood how shall it be known what is spoken
for you for ye shall speak into the air and what we can learn from this passage is that preaching
is not neutral preaching is not neutral preaching will either help people or harm people because
people need a distinct sound from the trumpet they need to know hey is this trumpet calling
an assembly is this trumpet a call to war we need to know what this trumpet means well when
you're preaching it needs to be clear paul is saying because people are making life-changing
decisions people are deciding whether or not to get divorced people are deciding whether or not
to have more kids people are deciding whether or not to be soul winners and they need a preacher
that loves them enough to give the clear distinct sound of the trumpet of what the bible actually
says that's what paul is teaching and so preaching is not just neutral where oh you know i could just
get up here and say whatever i want it's not going to hurt anyone no the things that you say
can hurt or help people and the things that you don't say can hurt or help people and so it's
really important for preachers to actually have compassion on people that they're preaching to
and not to care about themselves but to care how to help other people the worst type of person to
preach is someone that only cares about themselves how are they going to help other people if they
only care about themselves but this is exactly how a lot of preachers are today you know they'll
think about a controversial topic in our society like divorce and they'll just ignore those
scriptures they won't talk about how the bible condemns divorce you know in hopes of not offending
the big tithers of the church and what does that show it shows that they don't actually love people
that they don't actually have compassion for people also many preachers today are covetous
go to first timothy chapter number six first timothy chapter number six because remember that
verse said that men shall be lovers of their own selves covetous proud okay many preachers are
covetous today first timothy chapter six verse 10 says this for the love of money is the root of all
evil which while some coveted after they have erred from the faith and pierced themselves through
with many sorrows notice a person's love of money causes them to err from the faith so when you have
a preacher that loves money you can be 100 sure that this person is going to err from the clear
biblical doctrines found in the bible they're going to err from those things they're not going
to teach those things they're going to shy away from them at best and they're going to teach lies
for love of money at worst now in texas we unfortunately have a really bad reputation for
mega pastors there's a lot of mega pastors in this state people that love money joel osteen has a
hundred million dollar net worth and lives in a 14 million dollar home kenneth copeland has a three
hundred million dollar net worth and a seven million dollar parsonage tax-free td jakes has
a 20 million dollar net worth with a 5.5 million dollar home and pastor robert morris's net worth
is estimated to be between 10 and 60 million dollars now let me be really clear being rich
is not inherently sinful if you get rich by honest and hard work but what is not okay is for a pastor
to be rich if a pastor is rich you can guarantee that person's bad because a pat you never ever see
a person preaching the entire council of god preaching hard against sin calling out the sins
of our day you never see that person get rich you didn't see jesus christ rich did you absolutely
not no you see actually that the love of money is the root of all evil and the bible actually
gives very clear instructions that a pastor or a deacon should not be someone that is rich go to
titus chapter number one titus chapter number one you know i've noticed there's never been a
rich new ifb pastor these real men of god they're just hard working guys titus chapter one verse
seven for a bishop that's a synonym for a pastor must be blameless as the steward of god not
self-willed not not soon angry not given to wine no striker not given to filthy lucre filthy lucre
what's filthy lucre it's a money that's gained by wrong means and i can't think of a more filthy way
to earn your living than teaching lies in the name of jesus christ there's not a more filthy
thing to do on this earth than to be a preacher or a pastor and to hold back from what god told
you to say there's not a more disgusting dirty thing to do than to lie to god's sheep in the
name of money that's filthy lucre also it says not given to wine now of course we know christians
shouldn't drink alcohol whatsoever pastor shelly just preached a sermon on that but wine in the
bible often is talking about luxury and that's what i think the primary interpretation of this
verse is talking about is the pastor shouldn't be someone that's just given to luxury and you're
going to tell me that kenneth copeland's not given to luxury how many jets do you need buddy
how many how many tens of millions of dollars does your house have to be that's someone that's
given to wine you don't see real men of god living lavish luxurious lifestyles like that
now look the bible says that the man of god is worthy of double honor and i believe that we
should pay our pastor well you know take take the median of an area's income and double that hey
pastor shelly's worth that and more but you know what a real man of god would never be taking
millions and millions and millions of dollars as their salary that's not being a servant that's
being served and that's not what a preacher should be like go to ezekiel chapter number 34
ezekiel chapter 34 and what are we talking about we're talking about how many religious leaders
don't care about other people they just care about themselves keep that in mind as we read
ezekiel chapter 34 verse 1 it says in the word of the lord came unto me saying son of man prophesy
against the shepherds of israel so he's preaching against the leaders preaching against the pastors
prophesy and say unto them thus saith the lord god unto the shepherds woe be to the shepherds of
israel that do feed themselves should not the shepherds feed the flocks god's angry he's saying
what are you doing feeding yourself you're supposed to be someone that feeds others
you're supposed to be someone that serves other people yet here you are as a shepherd just feeding
yourself what is wrong with you you eat the fat and you clothe you with the wool you kill them
that are fed but you feed not the flock he's saying hey you're giving everything that's the
best to yourself all you're doing is you're caring about yourself people that are good christians
you're cutting those people down you're not serving those people you're not feeding the flock of god
like the bible commands look at verse four the diseased have ye not strengthened neither have
ye healed that which was sick neither have you bound up that which was broken neither have you
brought again that which was driven away neither have you sought that which was lost but with force
and with cruelty have you ruled them this sounds a lot like this man in this parable that's just
got stripped just got stolen from just got beaten up he's laying in a ditch half naked and half dead
hey that's what this sounds like to me he's saying hey pastors leaders you didn't care about those
people and god's angry at them for that verse five and they were scattered because there is
no shepherd and they became meat to all the beasts of the field when they were scattered notice if
no one helps these people they become meat to the beasts of the field if no one helps the poor sheep
that's stuck in the fence what's going to happen the wolf's going to come and eat them right hey
someone is down in their life someone doesn't know the bible someone's not saved they need
someone to care about them to preach them the gospel to nurse them with the milk of god's word
and to help them to grow and to heal and to get strong god needs people that care about others
that are willing to do that and i'll tell you god will judge bad ministers very severely god is very
angry the bible says brethren be not many masters knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation
if you want to stand up and teach other people the word of god but in your heart you don't care about
people you just care about yourself you're trimming the message so that you can get more money god will
judge you very very severely for that and anyone that ever preaches the bible or is any type of
position of leadership should take that seriously and check your heart to make sure that you care
about others so go back to luke chapter number 10 number one we saw the religious leaders lack of
compassion on others number two let's look at the samaritan's willingness to help in a moment's
notice verse 30 and jesus answering said a certain man went down from jerusalem to jericho and fell
among thieves which stripped him of his raiment and wounded him and departed leaving him half dead
by chance there came down a certain priest that way when he saw him he passed by on the other side
and likewise a levite when he was at that place came and looked on him and passed by on the other
side but a certain samaritan notice as he journeyed came where he was when he saw him he had compassion
on him and went to him and bound up his wounds pouring in oil and wine and set him on his own
beasts and brought him in brought him to an inn and took care of him notice that the this samaritan
here didn't plan on this happening right this guy's just traveling he just happened to be
traveling and he saw this person and he saw an opportunity to help someone and as soon as that
opportunity presented itself boom he was willing to help he was ready to help this person on a
moment's notice this is not something he planned let me read for you galatians chapter 6 verse 10
it says this as we have therefore opportunity let us do good unto all men especially unto them who
are of the household of faith hey if someone needs help and you're able to help them you should help
them especially if that person is a brother in christ but even if that person is not a brother
in christ the bible says if you have opportunity to help someone you should take that opportunity
let's think about this physically what are some ways things that can just happen in your daily
life where someone needs help and you should be willing to help them how about if someone's
moving right we have people that move to our church or people that move around the different
areas of dfw and if someone asks for your help to move you should be willing to do that if you have
the opportunity if you have the ability to do that you should be willing to help people with things
like that how about when your parents get old right someday your parents are going to get old
and they're not going to be able to take care of themselves and what if they ask you on a moment's
notice hey i just got cancer i need you to take care of me what that opportunity is probably not
something you're thinking of or planning on it might just hit you one day out of nowhere would
you be willing to help them you should you should be willing to honor your mother and your father
you should be willing to help them on a moment's notice that whatever they need hey you're ready
to just help your mom and dad someone's sick you know and they they text you and ask for some
groceries and boom you're there for them ready to help them some lady just had a baby and she
needs some meals because her husband sucks at cooking right you got to help you got to help
them out so they could survive right we don't want them to starve here's another way you could
this could apply physically how about literally like this situation rendering first aid to a
person now i mentioned how there is literally laws in the united states based off of this story
called good samaritan laws in texas we have a good samaritan law let me read for you some of this
it says like many other states texas has a good samaritan law that protects citizens in the event
that they provide emergency medical assistance this law is meant to shield people acting in good
faith and in their best efforts from civil liability and to protect the public by creating
an incentive for others to help in a time of emergency so what lawmakers did is they said hey
we want a society that encourages people to help their neighbor to love their neighbor and if
someone's hurt or having some sort of medical emergency we don't want people to be scared to
help other people because they think oh well if i help this person and they get hurt in some way
they're going to sue me and i'm going to be liable for that so basically the government said hey no
you can't sue someone if in good faith they're trying to help you in a medical emergency you
know for example someone has a heart attack and you give them cpr a lot of times when you give
someone cpr you'll literally break ribs well you can't just sue someone for breaking your ribs if
so if you're on the ground dying and they try to help you right that's basically what the the state
of texas and other states have done it says the premise of this law is that if an individual
voluntarily and in good faith attempts to provide medical assistance to another individual
involved in emergency situation he or she will not be held civilly liable for any damages
that providing such care caused the law applies to common situations such as a witness seeing
someone injured in a crash and rendering emergency medical aid it specifically applies to any damages
that result from using a defibrillator additionally it provides protection to volunteer first
responders and unlicensed medical personnel who are not licensed or certified in the healing arts
who act in good faith so obviously if you're a doctor if you're a paramedic you have certain
you know rules you have to abide by legally but if you're just joe blow citizen and someone's hurt
hey you can try to help them in good faith and you'll not you're not going to get sued you're
not going to get in trouble legally for that and that is called the good samaritan law why because
this guy was hurt and injured and the good samaritan went and helped him and as our world gets more and
more dark and as people don't care about people as much as they should you know as christians we
should be the ones that set the example that we're willing to help people you know you look on
youtube i can't tell you how many times where there's like this car crash or shooting or
something where someone's hurt and needing help and people just walking around not caring at all
not even trying to help not even doing so much as calling 911 okay as christians we should not be
that way we should have the mentality that we're ready to help someone we should have the training
and tools to be able to help someone and you know i started taking a lot of medical training because
back a few years ago in the space of like one or two weeks i was the first person on scene of a
serious accident before ems or before anything happened and i realized like wow i really don't
know how to help these people and it happened to me so much i was like what is going on i was like
whatever i'm going to start taking some classes there's a lot of free classes you can take if
you look up there's free cpr classes free aed classes there's a class called stop the bleed
it'll teach you how to use a tourniquet and how to uh wound pack and then there's some elevated
classes like our safety team took a class let me get the exact name of it it was called was called
tactical emergency casualty care class they taught us a lot of really cool things you know and and
especially as men whose job it is to protect your family first of all you should know how to take
care of stuff like that what happens if your wife cut herself in the kitchen while she's cooking
what happens if your kids got in a serious accident what happens god forbid if they got a hold of
something they shouldn't and hurt themselves you know you should know how to take care of them
and not only your family but what about other people you know you should be willing and wanting
to be like the good samaritan and seeing someone physically hurt and able and willing to help those
people i'll read for you proverbs 3 verse 27 says withhold not good from them to whom it is due
when it is in the power of thine hand to do it say not unto thy neighbor go and come again and
tomorrow i will give when thou hast it by thee don't see the guy that's hurt and be like oh well
maybe the next person will care about him oh maybe tomorrow if he's still in the ditch i'll give it
a shot and help him don't be like that hey if it's in the power of your hand to help someone help
them immediately now how about the more important spiritual application of this being willing to
help someone on a moment's notice just like this samaritan hey what if someone posts a prayer
request online you know we we have people send in prayer requests through the email but you know
those get updated every sunday and the congregation may not see those until sunday morning right
sometimes people will post prayers in the facebook group prayer request or they'll post it in our
church group they'll just post it on their account or wherever hey if you see that stop what you're
doing and pray for them some you know some prayers need immediate prayer it's not like well just be
praying for this thing in the future some things need like right now i need prayer right and if
that happens if you see your brother or sister in christ asking you for that you should stop what
you're doing stop with your plans stop with your busy day and immediately be willing to help them
by praying for them about leading a soul winning time right sometimes our leaders have other things
going on or people get sick you get asked to lead a soul winning time hey if you're able to do it
take that opportunity and help out your brothers in christ help out the church giving someone a
ride to church a lot of times we have visitors that don't have vehicles and you might may live
in their area hey if you're able to do that be willing to help be willing to do that for them
fellow shipping with someone that's new at church you know a lot of us have been in church for a
long time and you may forget what it feels like to be new at a church how it could be kind of
intimidating how you don't know anyone there and you're shy or whatever hey be a friend of that
person be willing to extend you know the right hand of fellowship and be willing to help that
person because if someone has good fellowship in a church they're a lot more likely to stay in church
and that's going to be good for their long-term spiritual health so you could help their long-term
spiritual walk just by being a friend to someone it is important or how about the most important
preaching the gospel when you get an opportunity man if you get an opportunity to give someone the
gospel that's the greatest way you could ever help anyone because hey you could help someone
physically that got in a car crash or got shot or something bad happened to them but really at the
end of the day that doesn't matter that much if they die and go to hell right that you know giving
them a meal doing nice things for them physically that's all great we should all do those things
but man nothing is more important than getting someone saved and making sure they don't spend
eternity suffering god's wrath in hell whenever that happens man you got to be ready to preach
the gospel and paul was ready go to roman chapter number one roman chapter number one paul was
definitely ready to give the gospel roman chapter one verse 14 says i am debtor both to the greeks
and to the barbarians see this is a minister that cares the apostle paul both to the wise and to
the unwise so as much as in me is i am ready to preach the gospel to you that are at rome also
paul was ready to preach the gospel he was someone that was prepared and if an opportunity
presented itself he was ready to give the gospel to people that's how we should be as christians
you know if you're a new soul winner you should be ready with your bible tabbed up knowing where
to go you've been soul winning for a while hey you should have those verses memorized
and be ready at a moment's notice to give someone the gospel stay there and i'll go to luke 10 and
I'll read for you 1 Corinthians 9, 19.
Paul said, "For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all,
that I might gain the more."
Paul just made the decision in his life that he is going to be a servant.
And when a need arises, Paul is there to fill it.
When there's an opportunity to help someone, Paul's there to help them.
When there's a church that needs discipline, he's ready to discipline them.
When there's a church that needs love, he's ready to love them.
When the church is needing the gospel, he's ready to preach it.
He's ready to serve people.
That's how we should be in our lives, we should be always ready on a moment's notice to help
someone.
So, number one, we talked about the lack of compassion for the religious leaders.
Number two, we talked about the Samaritan's willingness to help in a moment's notice.
I want you to notice, number three, that ministering to others is a sacrifice.
Ministering to others is a sacrifice.
Let's start reading in verse 33, it says, "But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed,
came where he was, and when he saw him, he had compassion on him."
Notice it's not convenient as he's journeying, as he's going to his destination, it's not
convenient for him to stop what he's doing, stop his schedule to go and help this guy.
But yet he does it anyways, doesn't he?
Look at verse 34, "And he went to him and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine,
and set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him."
Look at how much he's sacrificing here.
Notice he's sacrificing his time, first of all, because he stopped his schedule to help
this guy.
He's also sacrificing his substance, right?
He's binding up his wounds.
He's taking out his individual first aid kit, and he's using all of his good stuff, right,
on this guy.
He's pouring in oil and wine, his own substance, to help this guy.
He puts him on his own beast to go to the inn, right, so that means he's walking now.
He's not riding on his beast.
He's sacrificing of his substance, and on top of that he takes him to an inn and he
pays and gets, and his time again to take care of him.
He doesn't just drop him off and leave him, he actually takes him to the inn and continues
to take care of him.
Then look at verse 35, "And on the morrow," so the next day, "when he departed, he took
out two pence," which is two full days' labor worth of money, "and gave them to the host
and said unto him, Take care of him, and whatsoever thou spendest more, when I come again, I will
repay thee."
So also, he's willing to spend of his own money two full days' worth of labor, and even
more than that, potentially, because he's telling the host, "Hey, whatever you have
to spend to take care of this guy, I'm going to come back and I'm going to settle up with
you."
That's a lot of sacrifice.
When you think about the time, the resources, his schedule, his beast, his money, he's sacrificing
a lot just to help this guy he doesn't even know that he's never met before, he's probably
never going to do anything for him in his life.
That's true love.
That's true ministering to others.
And some people get this idea that ministry, which by the way we're all in the ministry,
we all have been given the ministry of reconciliation, that's every single one of us in this room.
Some people think that the ministry is about being served.
And you could tell, like what I talked about with a lot of preachers today, you could tell
that person thinks that ministry is about them, them in the spotlight, their names
in life, that's what they think ministry is.
Them having a mansion, them having a yacht, them having a private jet.
But really, if you're doing ministry right, it should be a sacrifice.
It should be a sacrifice, meaning it's not always easy to come to church.
It's not always close.
It's not always going to prosper you financially to serve God.
It's not always going to be the best for your schedule or your time or your health or your
family.
It's about sacrificing for other people.
Go to Luke chapter number 10 again, look at verse number 33, "Why was he willing to do
this?"
This verse gives us some insight as to why.
It says, "But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was, and when he saw him, notice
he had compassion on him."
What motivated him to be willing to sacrifice so much?
Compassion on people, love for others.
And you know what is something that I think can cause us all to love other people more?
Is to think about how much Jesus loved us.
How much Jesus sacrificed for us will cause us to want to sacrifice for other people and
to love other people.
Go to Matthew chapter number 25, Matthew chapter number 25.
The way this man has compassion on this injured person, the way that he sacrifices so much
for him, it's just screaming the Lord Jesus Christ in this story, right?
It's just screaming, "Hey, this is exactly what Jesus did for us.
He sacrificed so much for us."
Look at Matthew chapter 20 verse 25.
It says, "But Jesus called them unto him and said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles
exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them."
Jesus is saying, hey, in the world's wisdom, you know that if someone's a leader, they're
just the greatest, they're the best, they're the ones that are exerting authority on other
people, they're in charge because they're great.
And if you're in charge, that means that you're great.
But that's not how it is in the kingdom of God.
Look at verse 26, "But it shall not be so among you, but whosoever will be great among
you, let him be your minister."
You know, the Levite wasn't great, the priest wasn't great, just because he had a position
and just because he had a title.
You know who was great?
This unknown Samaritan was great.
You know who was great?
The Lord Jesus Christ, because He came to serve, He came to be a minister.
Look at verse 27, "Whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant.
Even as the Son of Man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life
a ransom for many."
Who's the ultimate picture of a servant, of a minister?
Jesus Christ.
Why?
Because He came to give His life.
He came not to be ministered unto, but to minister unto others.
And what did that look like for Him?
Did that look like His name in lights and being loved by everyone and having riches
and having the best food and having all the best things?
No, you know what it looked like?
Sacrifice.
It looked like coming down to earth to people that you're supposed to die for and being
rejected by your own people, being mocked, being accused of blaspheming God when you
are God, when you are God's Son, being accused of being a criminal, wanting to lead a rebellion
against the government, being lied about, having a fake trial where you're convicted
of something wrongfully, being made fun of, being spit on, having a crown of thorns dragged
on His head with blood gushing down His face, being whipped, being scourged, having nails
driving through His hands and through His feet, having a spear pierce His side and descending
into hell to burn for three days and three nights.
That was sacrifice.
That wasn't Jesus' names in life.
That wasn't Him having everything good in this life.
That was Him ministering to others, ministering to the whole world, loving the whole world.
He is truly the best example for that.
Matthew chapter number, we'll see here, go to Isaiah chapter 53.
I'll read for you Romans 5, it says, "But God commendeth His love toward us, in that
while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us."
We didn't deserve Christ to die for us.
We didn't deserve Him to minister to us.
We didn't deserve Him doing all that good unto us.
And so why do we have to care if people deserve our time?
Why do we have to care if people deserve our ministering?
It doesn't matter what people deserve, why don't you just love others like Jesus Christ
loved us?
What did this guy in the ditch ever do for the good Samaritan?
Probably nothing.
He probably never did anything good for him.
Who knows if he even thanked him?
Who knows?
But this good Samaritan saw someone that needed ministering to, and he ministered unto him.
Why?
Because he had compassion.
That's exactly how we should be as Christians.
Notice Isaiah 53.
What did Jesus do for us?
Verse 3, "He is despised and rejected of men, a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief,
and we hid, as it were, our faces from him.
He was despised, and we esteemed him not."
Notice ministering to others was a sacrifice for Christ.
Verse 4, "Surely he hath borne our griefs and carried our sorrows, yet we did esteem
him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted."
Again, ministering was a sacrifice for Jesus, wasn't it?
Verse 5, "But he was wounded for our transgressions.
He was bruised for our iniquities, the chastisement of our peace was upon him, and with his stripes
we are healed."
Sacrifice.
Verse 6, "All we like sheep have gone astray.
We have turned everyone to his own way, and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of
us all."
He was oppressed, he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth.
He is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb,
so he openeth not his mouth.
Even though he didn't deserve anything that he was getting on the cross or before that,
he didn't so much as even open his mouth in protest because of how much he loved us
and because of how much he was willing to sacrifice for us.
I'll read for you 2 Corinthians 8 verse 9 says, "For you know the grace of our Lord
Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through
his poverty might be rich."
Notice the ministers that don't care, what are they doing?
They're getting rich.
They're getting rich all day long, the Kenneth Copeland's, the Joel Osteen's.
But Jesus Christ was the exact opposite.
He was already rich.
He was already King of Kings, Lord of Lords, eternally glorified in heaven, and decided
to become poor, to be born in an animal's trough, to put on human flesh, to experience
hunger, to experience pain, to learn obedience, to do all those things when he didn't have
to.
He became rich beyond measure.
But he became poor.
Why?
For our sakes, that we might become rich.
So you should never look at your life as like it's such a burden, it's such a problem serving
other people.
No, that's what we should do because Jesus did that for us.
And hey, if you're rich, why don't you help other people become rich?
If you have something to give to help someone, why don't you use that to help someone?
If you've got two feet, why don't you go out and preach the gospel?
If you've got a mouth, why don't you open it and make known the gospel of Jesus Christ?
Be willing to sacrifice like this good Samaritan.
Go back to Luke 10.
So, we talked about number one, the lack of compassion by the religious leaders.
Number two, we talked about the Samaritan's willingness to help in a moment's notice.
Number three, we talked about how ministering to others is a sacrifice.
Fourth and lastly this morning, Jesus cares more about Christians loving their neighbor
than having a lot of knowledge.
Jesus cares more about you serving others, loving your neighbor, having mercy and compassion
on other people, than just having a head full of Bible knowledge.
That's the entire point of this parable.
This lawyer had Bible knowledge in his head, but you know what he did not have is love
for other people, and this whole parable is a rebuke to him about that.
He's thinking, "Oh, hey, love God with all your heart, mind, soul, and your neighbor
as yourself."
By the way, Jesus, who is your neighbor?
Rebuke.
parable of the Good Samaritan, right? That's the whole point of this parable. Luke chapter
number 25, let's read again. Sorry, Luke chapter 10 verse 25. Let's read here. It says, "And
behold, a certain lawyer stood up and tempted him, saying, 'Master, what shall I do to
inherit eternal life?' And he said unto him, 'What is written in the law? How readest
thou?' And he answering said, 'Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart,
with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind, and thy neighbor as
thyself.' And he said unto him, 'Thou hast answered right. This do, and thou shalt live.'
But he, notice, willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus, 'And who is my neighbor?'
Then Jesus goes on to give him the parable of the good Samaritan, and then look at verse number 36.
Jesus now turns the table on him after giving him this parable, and he says, 'Which now of these
three, thinkest thou, was neighbor unto him that fell among the thieves?' And he said, 'He that
showed mercy on him.' Then said Jesus unto him, 'Go, and do thou likewise.'" So this man got the
message from this parable. He's realizing, oh okay, yeah, he's the one that actually had mercy,
that's the one that loved his neighbor. Because remember at the beginning he said, 'Who is my
neighbor?' Jesus says, 'The guy that showed mercy, that's him loving his neighbor, that is your
neighbor.' And that's a good lesson to us is that, you know, Jesus wasn't impressed with the fact
that this guy knew some scriptures. He wasn't even impressed with the fact that he could quote them
to the Lord Jesus Christ. He knew Deuteronomy chapter 6. He knew Leviticus chapter 19. Jesus
wasn't impressed with that at all because he lacked love for his neighbor, because he lacked
love for other people. And we need to realize this in a church that emphasizes Bible knowledge and
praise God we should. We should emphasize Bible knowledge. We should know this book. We should be
able to memorize it. We should care about the knowledge of God. But let me tell you something,
you are not right with God just because you know the Bible. Knowing the Bible alone does not mean
you are right with God. What's more important than that to Jesus Christ is your love for other
people. Jesus would rather have someone that actually loves their neighbor and doesn't know
as much Bible than someone with a head full of Bible that doesn't give a rip about anyone else.
You know why? Because your Bible knowledge only profits you. But you know what profits others is
the love for other people to share that with others. You could sit down alone and read your
Bible in your closet every single day and know the Bible more than anyone in this room. But if
you do not have charity for other people, you're nothing. And God is not pleased with you and you're
not right with God if you do not love your neighbor. You know, a lot of preachers, they love to
repeat this phrase, you know, "Love thy neighbor, love thy neighbor." But you know what? Loving your
neighbor is hard. Loving your neighbor actually takes maturity. It's not something that it just
comes natural. Loving your neighbor means denying yourself. Loving your neighbor means obeying God's
commandments and caring about other people. It's not just some meaningless platitude that liberal
churches with smoke on the stage like to repeat because they don't know anything else in the
Bible. It's actually something that a mature Christian does, is loving your neighbor. Go to
1 Corinthians 13. I'll read for you a couple of verses. 1 Corinthians 8.1 says, "Now as touching
things offered unto idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but charity
edifyeth. And if any man think that he knoweth anything, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to
know." Oh, you think you know so much, Bible lawyer. You think you're so smart. You think you
know the law of God more than Jesus Christ. The Bible says, hey, even if you have a lot of knowledge,
you know nothing as much as you should know. So even if you think of yourself in such a prideful
way of, oh, I know the Bible so well, you don't know even as close to as much as you should know,
according to the Bible. So you shouldn't get prideful about that. 1 Corinthians chapter 13,
look at verse 1, "For though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels and have not charity,
I am become as sounding brass or a tinkling cymbal. And though I have the gift of prophecy
and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith so that I could remove
mountains and have not charity, I am nothing. And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor,
and though I give my body to be burned and have not charity, it profited me nothing."
And notice this lawyer's Bible knowledge profited him nothing, nothing, because he did not have
charity. And really Jesus is trying to get him to understand the fact that he is a sinner,
he's not perfect. Oh, okay, you think you've loved God with all your heart, soul, strength,
mind? Of course you haven't, you're a prideful idiot for thinking about that. But what about
your neighbor? How have you done on that? And the answer was he failed. He failed in loving his
neighbor. He failed, he lacked love for other people. And here, what's the lesson? Hey, our
church, we should set the standard, we should set the example when it comes to Bible knowledge,
when it comes to understanding and knowing the Scripture of God. But you know where else we
should set the standard is loving other people. Let's not let the left and the media just throw
out meaningless platitudes, love everyone, and allow them to teach people what love looks like.
No, we'll teach the world what love looks like. We'll show you what loving your neighbor actually
looks like. It looks like sacrifice. It looks like not prioritizing yourself. It looks like
prioritizing other people, loving other people. And man, this is such a famous story, but our
world today is getting dark. And in the perilous times we're living in, the love of many is waxing
cold and men are loving themselves. And we have to fight against that urge to go with the culture
into being selfish, to go with the culture of just loving yourself and say, "No, we're going to do
what the Bible says. We're going to let Jesus be our example, not any man, not any culture." And
say, "Hey, let's love others like Jesus loved us. Let's minister to others like Jesus ministered to
us and live our lives in sacrifice and love for other people." Let's have a word of prayer. Lord,
thank you so much for this day. Thank you for this great parable and just for the power of
the Word of God. Thank you for your Son Jesus Christ that died for us, that sacrificed for us,
and that just shed so much love for us. I pray that we would be willing to love others and to
sacrifice for others in service of you. In Jesus' name we pray, amen. All right, let's go to our
last song here.