Love like you can by accepting others
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Read - (2 1/2 minutes) - "But he wanted to justify himself, so he asked Jesus, ‘And who is my neighbor?’ In reply Jesus said: ‘A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, when he fell into the hands of robbers. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him and went away, leaving him half dead. A priest happened to be going down the same road, and when he saw the man, he passed by on the other side. So too, a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side.’ ” (Luke 10:29-32)
Read: James 2:1-9
Prejudice is pre-judging others. It does not accept people as they are and it looks down on them based upon outward appearance or a perceived or known characteristic they may have. Though we are born with a sin nature, we are not born with prejudice. Watch preschoolers on a playground and you will see that they play with others without regard to ethnicity, or any other characteristic of their family. The prejudices we develop are learned as we grow. They are wrong and fly against the nature of God’s love.
In the parable of the Good Samaritan, the priest and Levite pre-judged the beaten man as already dead. They did not accept him, for if they touched him, they would have been ceremonially unclean and required to go through a period of cleansing. They didn’t even check to see if he was a Jew, for that would have required them to help a fellow Jew. Instead of prejudice, God wants us to accept people as created in His image and loved by Jesus. Accepting others doesn’t affirm or ignore sinful behavior. It simply shows love for God and love for people like Jesus demonstrated for us.
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Pray - (1 1/2 minutes)
Read - (2 1/2 minutes) - "But he wanted to justify himself, so he asked Jesus, ‘And who is my neighbor?’ In reply Jesus said: ‘A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, when he fell into the hands of robbers. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him and went away, leaving him half dead. A priest happened to be going down the same road, and when he saw the man, he passed by on the other side. So too, a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side.’ ” (Luke 10:29-32)
Read: James 2:1-9
Prejudice is pre-judging others. It does not accept people as they are and it looks down on them based upon outward appearance or a perceived or known characteristic they may have. Though we are born with a sin nature, we are not born with prejudice. Watch preschoolers on a playground and you will see that they play with others without regard to ethnicity, or any other characteristic of their family. The prejudices we develop are learned as we grow. They are wrong and fly against the nature of God’s love.
In the parable of the Good Samaritan, the priest and Levite pre-judged the beaten man as already dead. They did not accept him, for if they touched him, they would have been ceremonially unclean and required to go through a period of cleansing. They didn’t even check to see if he was a Jew, for that would have required them to help a fellow Jew. Instead of prejudice, God wants us to accept people as created in His image and loved by Jesus. Accepting others doesn’t affirm or ignore sinful behavior. It simply shows love for God and love for people like Jesus demonstrated for us.
Apply - (2 1/2 minutes )
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