Being a Good Neighbor

  

Luke 10:29

 

This question was asked by a certain lawyer, to the Lord, to justify himself; because he had asked the Lord a question, attempting to expose a lack of wisdom in Jesus. “What shall I do to inherit eternal life?”

The Lord showed him His wisdom, with two questions (In  answering a question with a question, He was using a technique on the lawyer, which lawyers commonly use): “What is written in the law? How readest  thou?” So, the lawyer quickly responded with the great commandment of the law: “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.”

The Lord commended him for his correct answer saying: “this do, and thou shalt live" (Please notice, the Lord did not say he would be born again, but would be walking as a child of God).  And the Lord told him the parable of the good Samaritan, and taught him how being a good neighbor is about who YOU are, and how you ought to be one, in showing mercy unto others; what the Lord is teaching: “Just be a child of God, being a good neighbor.”