Don Carson | The Parable of the Good Samaritan

Watch Don Carson speak on "The Parable of the Good Samaritan" at TGC's 2012 Michigan Regional Conference, themed "The Parables of Jesus."

[pacifiqueibonavyose]

Blessed be the Lord who gifted this man.

[letangkennaletang]

So, so, so many lessons I learnt here today. Thank you, Lord. Bless your servant whom you sent to us. Amen.

[tannentalks]

Brilliant analogy here if Jesus as the ultimate Good Samaritan who rescues us when no one else can, who pays the price that we cannot pay by his death on the cross to reconcile us to God, who saves us from death. Such a powerful story 😊

[tamilmission]

Thanks pastor for giving this wonderful Sermon. Prayers from India

[jamesbertram]

What a clever construction to deconstruct the declaration of the Eternal words of the Eternal Word, who did not come into this world to destroy the Law and the prophets, but to fulfill them, and enable those who believe and behave like Him by His propitiation for every person on this planet and His power in the Holy Spirit to practice its principles

[aaronyoder]

Thank you Don.

Your name is in the book of life = Matthew 13:16-17

[mr_vazovski]

This passage is so difficult.
The main reason why is that Jesus and Luke have different intentions (as pointed out by Dr. Carson at 47:53).
Jesus mocks self-justification by showing practical impossibility of a jew having a good relationship with a samaritan.
And Luke pictures Jesus our Savior as the ultimate good samaritan.
1 story — 2 parallel conclusions.

[jacobbojac]

I thought the parable was an answer to the lawyer; summed up; you do not love God or others, and no matter how you try, you fail at loving God, the Samaritan is an impossible example, no one on earth could love that perfectly, and that is the point of this parable. This Lawyers best response would be to fall on his face in repentance, because he would have been cut to the heart. To petition God for forgiveness. Summed up The Lawyer could not keep the Law.

[kbh]

7:10
Come on dr.carson
Im korean and we were lime that in the 90s
Long time ago

Were not like that anymore in fact respect for the teacher is hard to find nowadays

[manichairdo]

Mr Carson has an amazing voice. He could narrate audio books. 💕

[donaldparks]

I just drove by a person sleeping on the side walk then I here you guys all of you on good samaritan then talking about your frist trip to the holy land I have to keep in mind that gods word does not return to him void one trip would pay for that person to be back to life

[BodvarBjorgvins]

I'd like to start by thanking Mr. Don Carson (who I have never heard of before) for a good speech, although I find he is missing THE point.

ALWAYS, when Jesus meets someone, He is doing pastoral care, trying to save their souls. Also here.

The parable (the story Jesus tells to make clear a point to the lawyer) is also told so that that man can be saved.
What we have to understand when talking about this story is: How will the lawyer understand what Jesus is telling him? And the first thing for us to understand is: What was a lawyer, what was his position in society and in the religious surroundings in his land.

The lawyer is an expert in the Law of the Old Testament. He regularly has the task of standing up in the Synagogue and read from the Scriptures. He is a religious authority.
He "stands up", meaning that there has been some sort of a gathering, most likely around Jesus who might have been teaching at the time, and probably the the time in the verses just preceding, when the 72 come back from their mission. To be heard the custom was to stand up or step forward.
“Teacher, ” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”

This is the question Jesus is about to answer. Jesus wants him to inherit eternal life! And everything after that is about that!
Jesus knows what the lawyers know, and He also knows how they interpret the Law. The lawyer most likely is either a Pharisee or a Sadducee. So Jesus asks him about how (what) he, the lawyer reads when standing in the Synagogue in front of the Jews. The lawyer gives the perfect answer and then some, because he ADDS one word that the Pharisees and their lawyers have added to the statement of how to love God: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind". The last word is added by them—but accepted by Jesus, who replies: “Do this and you will live.”

Obviously this troubles the lawyer and he tries to seek out some excuses: The law has no definition of who my neighbor is! Who would You say he is?
And, as most preachers say, Jesus turns the question around with the parable, but they, including Don Carson, miss the main point!

Jesus tells a story that is very specific to the person He is talking to. The lawyer has a special standing and understands the standing of the priest, the levite (both of which had their very good reason not to stop by the dying Samaritan because of their status; too long to explain here, I'm sorry, and also somewhat explained by Don Carson).

Who in the story is the person the lawyer can identify to? That is the question Jesus is asking. You are a lawyer, but who are you really?
There is no way he can identify himself to the priest or the Levite as he is neither. And he can not identify with the Samaritan. Of course not! THEN, WHO IS LEFT? The man, dying by the road. What does he, the man dying by the road, do? He can do nothing but RECEIVE all the help the Samaritan gives him. So, when Jesus tells him, Go and do likewise, he is not telling him to do good deeds an that will earn him eternal life. No, he is telling him to accept his REAL STATUS as a dying man who is in need of The Despised One, Jesus. Jesus loves him and wants him to be saved, and this story which he puts up like a mirror in front of the lawyer shows him who he really is, a sinner, lacking everything, not just love and good deeds. The rest of the story was (and is) meant for the desciples and the church and every believer to take care of those Jesus sends us and use the means Jesus gives us to help them to grow in faith and love.

No wonder that so many do not see the point in this story, because you need a very thorough understanding of the social and religious roles of the persons in this parable not forgetting the status of the lawyer. I was so lucky to come around some expert writings of the Swedish NT Professor Hugo Odeberg, Ph D, who was one of the best authorities on these matters, and some others, mainly Theologian, Øyvind Andersen headmaster of Fjellhaug Bible Schools, Oslo, Norway.

[carolepaquette]

Hey Paul the man who fell among thieves did not die.

[carolepaquette]

But was himself saved by the Good Samaritans actions

[jeffreymassey]

Sir, you have no clue what you're talking about

[goministryzhong]

So close yet miss the point. Jesus explained Parable is about mystery of the Kingdom of Heaven. His death on the Cross is a mystery. He predicted His death on the way to Jerusalem in earlier verses of previous chapters.

[goministryzhong]

Who is the man fallen into the robber's hand? HE IS CHRIST HIMSELF! Jesus was predicting His crucifixion which happened soon. All those who receive His crucifixion will have eternal life. A good Samaritan is a believer who receives Christ's work on the cross. Go and do likewise is an invitation to receive Him. This is the way to have eternal life.