{"id":3634,"date":"2018-11-20T05:07:35","date_gmt":"2018-11-20T12:07:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/?p=3634"},"modified":"2018-11-20T05:23:08","modified_gmt":"2018-11-20T12:23:08","slug":"the-good-samaritan-isnt-about-who-we-help","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/2018\/11\/20\/the-good-samaritan-isnt-about-who-we-help\/","title":{"rendered":"The Good Samaritan isn\u2019t about who we help"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was reading the Parable of the Good Samaritan recently. I was struck by how it\u2019s not just a lesson on who our neighbour is; it\u2019s also a lesson on how to be compassionate.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The first two who came upon the beaten man walked on the other side of the roadway. The Samaritan, on the other hand, \u201chad compassion on him\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Compassion wasn\u2019t feeling sorry for him. Compassion wasn\u2019t <em>not<\/em> walking on the other side. Compassion was binding his wounds, setting him on your own beast, bringing him to an inn, and taking care of him.<\/p>\n<p>Compassion was more than just not doing what the others had done; it was doing more.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to the parable, the lawyer had asked Jesus who his neighbour was because Jesus had told him to love his neighbour as himself.<\/p>\n<p>After the parable, Jesus asked the lawyer who in the story was neighbour to the beaten man.<\/p>\n<p>See, the lawyer had it wrong. He was trying to limit whom he loves. Jesus turned that around.<\/p>\n<p>The parable isn\u2019t about the beaten man; it\u2019s about the Samaritan. It\u2019s not teaching us about who we should help; it\u2019s teaching us about the type of person we should be.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Good Samaritan isn\u2019t about who we help\" width=\"672\" height=\"378\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tjgob03LtE0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The parable isn\u2019t about the beaten man; it\u2019s about the Samaritan. 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