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When you hear the words grace , what comes to mind ? When you hear the words grace , what comes to mind ? Well , what I want to do is I want to walk us through the miracle of grace and specifically in this devotional , it's that grace that loves . It's becoming a neighbor in a wounded world . Grace that loves by becoming a neighbor in a wounded world .
Speaker 22,000 years ago , jesus was having a conversation with a religious leader and the religious leader wanted to show that Jesus was a fraud . Which number one ? That's a bad idea . He was the truest of all . That is true , god incarnate . And the religious leader said well , what's the most important commandment ? And Jesus , of course , the author of the scripture , the liver of the scripture , said it's to love God with all your heart , mind , soul and strength , and to love your neighbor as you love yourself . And the religious leader said well , who exactly is my neighbor ? And Jesus , being as epic and as beautiful as he is , says okay , let me show you who your neighbor is . Now let me pause .
Speaker 2For a Jewish man of that time , his neighbor instinctively would have been another Jew . No way , it could have been a Gentile , because the Gentiles had caused great harm to the Jews for centuries . And so he was living in the trauma of hurt , a collective trauma . And Jesus comes into that trauma and the gospel drama begins to open his eyes to what love is . We don't have to stay hurt , we can actually become wounded healers
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Speaker 2So Jesus tells this incredible story about a man traveling from Jerusalem to Jericho . And as he's traveling from Jerusalem to Jericho he is assaulted and he is robbed . And as he's assaulted and robbed , a priest and a Levite who had just come from Jerusalem they pass him by . Can you imagine a Jewish man beaten and a priest and a Levite pass him by ? Now we know it was not because of contamination laws , because they'd already been to the temple , so there was no need to be afraid of touching a wounded or dead body because they already done their worship to God , but instead they walked by .
Speaker 2But then Luke 10.33 says but a Samaritan ? Oh my goodness guys . What was a Samaritan ? He says but a Samaritan , oh my goodness guys . What was a Samaritan ? Samaritan was a Gentile , a Jew and a Samaritan in one person . In 722 BC , the northern 10 tribes of Israel were taken into captivity by the Assyrians and from that the Assyria , the Samaritans came into being and so you had a 700-year religious and ethnic feud between Jews and Samaritan . And Jesus says but a Samaritan came up to him . When he saw the man , he had compassion . Can you imagine the enemy supposedly goes up to the enemy and has compassion for him .
Speaker 2You see , grace crosses the road . Grace doesn't walk away , it walks towards . Religious folks pass by , but grace doesn't avoid pain , it moves towards it . Jesus crossed heaven's road to enter into our brokenness . When grace grabs your heart , you stop asking who is my neighbor and you start living like one Number
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Speaker 2Two grace gets its hands dirty . The Samaritan put bandages on his wounds and poured oil and wine . So he gets his hands dirty . Think about it . Grace doesn't keep score , it gets involved . Grace kneels in the mess and grace also costs something . Bandages cost money , the oil costs money , the wine costs money . Bandages fix the wound , the oil keeps the wound soft , the wine and alcohol is disinfected to the wound so it doesn't become infected . You see , the Samaritan didn't ask what the man did to end up there , he just loved him . When you know Jesus bandaged your wounds , you can't help but reach for someone else's .
Speaker 2Third , grace pays
a price . He took care of him and he took him to an inn and when he said I'll reimburse you for whatever's extra , it was like several months salary . That this Samaritan puts a supposed enemy into a hotel and pays for it . Man grace pays forward what Jesus paid in full . The Samaritan wasn't just generous , he reflected the generosity of God . Jesus understand , this is the greater Samaritan who paid our debt in full . He didn't come from Jericho , he came from heaven . Man , isn't it beautiful ? Ultimately , jesus finds us on the side of the road and he bandages us with the power of the Holy Spirit . He pours the wine , the blood on us to heal our wounds . Why ? So that through God's grace , we too can become a wounded healer . Grace that loves Becoming a neighbor in a wounded world . This is Pastor Derwin Gray Marinate on that .
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