DESPERATE FOR HELP

•    Heartland accident example of urgent medical need
•    traveller in Jesus’ story stripped, beaten, half-dead
•    whose screams ought we to be hearing?

TOO RELIGIOUS FOR OTHERS’ GOOD

•    priest, Levite excuse themselves
•    lawyer high IQ, pursuing order / control
•    good question, correct answer, Jesus turns tables on judgment
•    self-love overshadowed when love God and neighbour totally
•    wanting to justify ourselves – make me look good
•    pastor stopping to help fix roof on a Sunday afternoon

UNLIKELY HERO: NOT IQ BUT ‘DROPPABILITY QUOTIENT’

•    Samaritans, Gentiles, and sinners all excluded from consideration as ‘neighbour’
•    demonstrates love languages - touch, time, talent, tokens/treasure
•    generous not ‘anal’; responsive, dropped everything
•    what kind of person would you rather have in your community?
•    which person better reflects what God’s doing at the cross?
•    commanded to love each other as Jesus loved us: messily
•    Jesus dropped everything / made Himself nothing to help us

GOD WILL TAKE CARE OF MY REWARD

•    golf course worker returned found riches, trusting God to take care of her