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It is a common tendency to assume how someone will behave based on their job title or position. However, this assumption may only sometimes be valid. The priest and the Levite, in the parable, may have had a bad day or were too occupied with their work to notice the wounded man lying on the side of the road. They may have assumed that he was already dead or were scared of encountering the robbers, only to experience the same fate. We cannot say what was going through their minds, but their decision to ignore the severely wounded man is evident.

The Parable of the Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25-37)

As Jesus was teaching, a young man who was an expert in the Law stood up to ask a question. He was testing Jesus to see how Jesus would answer. 

“Teacher

Keep your Heart Pure. Your reaction matters.

Today, I am thinking about Joseph.  At the age of 17, he was separated from his family.  It was not because of war.  His brothers’ jealousy motivated them to do a most unrighteous act.  It was the fuel and the motivation that led them to not only sell him into slavery but also to fake his death.  The beautiful coat of many colors gifted to him by his father Jacob was dipped in animal blood and presented to his father.  No doubt, Joseph was his favorite son.  There were a couple of parents in the Old Testament who had a favorite child.  This is never advisable, but it sometimes happens in families.  Imagine the heartbreak and the devastation.

It’s difficult to fathom that envy alone co

Jesus was willing to go out of His way to see about people.  Jesus came to seek and to save the lost. (Luke 19:10)

The word seek in this verse comes from the Greek word “ζητέω zēteō” and it emphasizes the fact that Jesus was actively striving, searching and looking for the lost.

Save comes from the Greek word “σῴζω sōzō” and it means “to save, rescue, deliver; to heal; by extension: to be in right relationship with God, with the implication that the condition before salvation was one of grave danger or distress: – saved.”

Jesus was not passive about his mission; he was actively and aggressively searching for people to bring t