Luke 10:25-37 ~ And he said to him, “You have answered correctly; do this, and you will live.”

Luke 10:25-37


  And behold, a lawyer stood up to put him to the test, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?” 26 He said to him, “What is written in the Law? How do you read it?” 27 And he answered, “You shall 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 your neighbor as yourself.” 28 And he said to him, “You have answered correctly; do this, and you will live.”

29 But he, desiring to justify himself, said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?” 30 Jesus replied, “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who stripped him and beat him and departed, leaving him half dead. 31 Now by chance a priest was going down that road, and when he saw him he passed by on the other side. 32 So likewise a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. 33 But a Samaritan, as he journeyed, came to where he was, and when he saw him, he had compassion. 34 He went to him and bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he set him on his own animal and brought him to an inn and took care of him. 35 And the next day he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper, saying, ‘Take care of him, and whatever more you spend, I will repay you when I come back.’ 36 Which of these three, do you think, proved to be a neighbor to the man who fell among the robbers?” 37 He said, “The one who showed him mercy.” And Jesus said to him, “You go, and do likewise.”


Eternal life is going pretty far.

What about neighboring ideas of theories of life lived with heart, soul, strength, mind - -


The only difference between the saint and the sinner is that every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.
Oscar Wilde

It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.
William Shakespeare

I do not want to foresee the future. I am concerned with taking care of the present. God has given me no control over the moment following.
Mahatma Gandhi

The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems are your own. You do not blame them on your mother, the ecology, or the president. You realize that you control your own destiny.
Albert Ellis


Conversation is a subtle flow chart. Were people explore ideas and the gently eddies are where people find the spark of interest and chemistry. If life, and I believe this is correct, pushes us - then these eddies are the spark that helps us choose the direction He would want us to have.

Take Oscar Wilde. He is haled as being extremely interesting. He did realize as he was abandoned, cast-out and dying, the wallpaper was more lasting than his ebbing life. Eventually we get to the part where future meets eternity. So I'm going to have to disagree with Oscar there.



Shakespeare. My son tells me every fiction we encounter is the offspring of his thirty-seven plays, some missing and some collaborated with. Wellll. I took a personality test. It seems there are only twelve personalities in the universe. So. Definitely. I'm personality twelve. And... Shakespeare has cornered the market. I did try the theory on him that all stories are HIS stories. But I'm inclined actually to agree with the late Comedian Carlin. It's like reincarnation. More people alive today than ever in the history of the world - Some ONE is printing up souls.

Shakespeare meet Psalm 100 and Psalm 139.

Psalm 100
Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth!
2 Serve the Lord with gladness!
Come into his presence with singing!

3 Know that the Lord, he is God!
It is he who made us, and we are his; and not we ourselves
we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture


Psalm 139
15 My frame was not hidden from you,
when I was being made in secret,
intricately woven in the depths of the earth.
16 Your eyes saw my unformed substance;
in your book were written, every one of them,
the days that were formed for me,
when as yet there was none of them.

17 How precious to me are your thoughts, O God!
How vast is the sum of them!

However, Shakespeare is saying our destiny is not lofty far away, rather closer to home....

13 For you formed my inward parts;
you knitted me together in my mother's womb.
14 I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.
Wonderful are your works;
my soul knows it very well.

I'd say Shakespeare has two ideas here I can love. The stars are far and cold. Instead we learn God would walk with us, among us. Learning, just as we would not push down a child learning to walk, to encourage that child - God would not push us down. Instead celebrating How Wide, How Deep, How High is HIS Love for us. That Father lets us wander off and runs to us upon return. We are the Beloved of God. God created us, formed us, loved us and celebrates who we are. Waiting with joyful anticipation for the revealing of the Sons of God.

Hebrews 13:21
equip you with everything good that you may do his will, working in us that which is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.

Romans 8:19
For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God.




Mahatma Gandhi had a huge task. Insurmountable. He had no way to know how to get to the goal line.

Philippians 2:23
I hope, therefore, to send him as soon as I see how things go with me.

Paul wrote this to Timothy. Peace, Hope, Faith, Love are goals of Father GOD. We see so many times in the Word of God people People inquire of Him what they should do next.

Micah 6
Listen to what the Lord says:

“Stand up, plead my case before the mountains;
let the hills hear what you have to say.

3“My people, what have I done to you?
How have I burdened you? Answer me.

8 He has shown you, O mortal, 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.

This is HIS Story.




The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems are your own. You do not blame them on your mother, the ecology, or the president. You realize that you control your own destiny.
Albert Ellis

Albert. We just don't own our own destiny.

Romans 14:7
For none of us lives to himself, and none of us dies to himself.

I heard a very fine Sermon given once by an SMU Professor of Hebrew. On "Eleanor Rigby", given after a terrible, terrible accident had claimed the Professor's - a Priest - his son. Our lives interweave and twine. Sometimes gracefully, sometimes with effort and pain. Meaning for ourselves and others involves doing what the early Church found out in the Gospel of John, the first Chapter of Acts, the Ascension of the Lord - people rely upon us and we upon them. With Faith, Hope and Love -

Romans 8:28
And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose

Requiring - Fight the good fight - forgive those who injure us. Jesus did. And HE made allowances for deliberate injury. Just as Jacob did as he blessed his own children who injured him. Jacob had a difficult life and he believed in spite of his mother, father, brother, wives, father-in-law, children, that he was giving, and given, the spark of God to bless others.




Sinners and Saints have a future with Jesus. He came to save the sinner.

A star shone brightly. Truth and Grace upon Grace came to dwell with us.

Take care of the present. Let the day be sufficient to find the grace. Let the worries of tomorrow go. Gratitude.

Owning your own problems. Salt and Light. The interesting thing about Psalm 107 - life has storms. Creating a beckoning harbor with wonderful Light. Rely upon HIM, know the winds will blow where it will. Jesus sleeps during a storm because He can call upon Him.


He said, “The one who showed him mercy.” And Jesus said to him, “You go, and do likewise.”

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