The Parable of the Good Samaritan

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About This Episode In this episode, we discuss a powerful and edifying way to interpret the Parable of the Good Samaritan. Jennifer shares how God answered her question about drawing wisdom from Scripture: after reading Luke and the story of the rich young ruler on the drive to church, a man at our home church taught on the Good Samaritan from the same book. His teaching reframed the parable through the gospel. The Jewish hearers would never have seen themselves as the Samaritan. We are actually the man left half dead who cannot save himself, and Jesus is the Samaritan who pays a high price to rescue us. We close by talking about taking up our cross and why our charity should flow from what we have received.

About Aaron & Jennifer Smith Aaron and Jennifer Smith are the founders of Marriage After God and authors of Husband After God, Wife After God, and Marriage After God. Married since 2007 and raising six children in Bend, Oregon, they started Husband Revolution and Unveiled Wife to share what God was teaching them, not from a place of having it figured out, but as fellow travelers pointing couples back to Jesus.

In This Episode An answered prayer — How God spoke to Jennifer through Luke and a teaching at home church. The rich young ruler — The Luke passage that set up the lesson. Who are we in the story? — Why the original hearers would never see themselves as the Samaritan. The man left half dead — We are the robbed man who cannot save himself. Jesus is the Samaritan — He pays a high price and seats the beaten man on his own animal. A picture of propitiation — Seeing the gospel inside the parable. Take up your cross — Matthew 16:24 and following Jesus. Charity from gratitude — Giving from what we've received, not from guilt or a need to save the day.

Scripture Referenced Luke 10 Matthew 16:24

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