The Samaritan

Introduction

§  Why did Christ teach in Parables?

o         Mark 4:9-11

§  What Caused Jesus to say this Parable (verses 25-29)?

o         Deuteronomy 6:4-9 + Leviticus 19:18

1)      Our Spiritual Condition (verse 30)

a)       Certain man. He went down!

b)      He left Jerusalem and was going to Jericho.

c)       He fell in the hands of thieves

§  Matthew 21:13

d)      They stripped him

§  Genesis 37:23, Job 19:9, Matthew 27:28

e)       They wounded him

§  Psalm 109:22

f)        They departed and left him half dead

2)      Three is only ONE solution (verses 31-33)

a)       Priest – Numbers 19:16

b)      Levite – Hebrews 10:1-4

c)       Samaritan – John 8:48

3)      What did the Samaritan do (verses 33-34)?

a)       He came where the wounded was

§  Philippians 2:7, John 1:14

b)      He saw him and had compassion on him

§  Ezekiel 16:8, I John 4:19

c)       He went to him

§  Luke 4:18

d)      He bound up his wounds, poured Oil & Wine

§  Matthew 26:28

e)       He lifted him up and brought him to an Inn

§  Luke 15:4-5

f)        He took care of him

Conclusion

Psalm 32:1-2, John 6:28-29