Christ The King Free Lutheran

Sermon for Trinity 13. The Scripture readings are 2 Chronicles 28:8-15; Galatians 3:15-22; and Luke 10:23-37.Jesus is the Good Samaritan who saves us. It is true that Jesus calls us to go and do likewise (Lk. 10:37). We are to be like Jesus. Christians are to be little Christs who have compassion on their neighbor because Christ has had mercy upon us. Because we have been rescued by Jesus’ mercy and compassion, we have been made to be inheritors of eternal life and children of God. This means Jesus’ call to, “Go and do likewise,” is an invitation for us to imitate Him because children are like their father.God shapes our love through two things: first, through the Ten Commandments, and second, by our relationship to the neighbor that God puts in our life in at any given moment.The English word ‘neighbor’ comes from the old word ‘nigh’ or modernized, ‘near.’ And it’s the same Greek word used here. It means the one who is near to you. So when God puts someone near to you, that is your neighbor. The priest and L