I want to depart from the Book of John and grab a verse from Luke today because the Lord has put it on my heart.

 

When religious leaders confronted Jesus, He told them the truth—and He told them what was right, and it cost Him His life.

 

Luke 10:25-37  25 On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”

26 “What is written in the Law?” he replied. “How do you read it?”  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.’”  28 “You have answered correctly,” Jesus replied. “Do this and you will live.”  29 But he wanted to justify himself, so he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”  30 In reply Jesus said: “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, when he was attacked by robbers. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him and went away, leaving him half dead. 31 A priest happened to be going down the same road, and when he saw the man, he passed by on the other side. 32 So too, a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side.33 But a Samaritan, as he traveled, came where the man was; and when he saw him, he took pity on him. 34 He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put the man on his own donkey, brought him to an inn and took care of him. 35 The next day he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper. ‘Look after him,’ he said, ‘and when I return, I will reimburse you for any extra expense you may have.’  36 “Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?”  37 The expert in the law replied, “The one who had mercy on him.”  Jesus told him, “Go and do likewise.”

 

To use a Samaritan as your example of doing what was right had to be an incredible insult to the very people who were trying to trap Jesus.  And yet, Jesus was speaking the truth.

 

“Religiosity” and “looking good” were simply not what He was looking for…..He was looking for real people that wanted to seek Him with all that they had.

 

And so, He stood up to them in the midst of an evil plot to get rid of him….and it would ultimately cost Him His life.

 

His desire to save us far outweighed His desire to save Himself.

 

Jesus is easy to commit to, but sometimes hard to follow.  This is because He will ask us to do the same.

 

As He says in Micah 6:8

“He has showed you, O man, what is good.  And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.”

 

To ACT JUSTLY and to LOVE MERCY are impossible without Jesus.  So thank God He paid the cost Of Being Right.

 

 

In The Name of the Father and the 

Son and the Holy Spirit.  Amen.

 

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Coach J