Parable of the Good Samaritan
Renewing Your Mind
Ligonier Ministries
4.8 • 4.9K Ratings
🗓️ 27 February 2025
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
We are called to love our neighbors as we love ourselves—even those who despise us in return. Today, R.C. Sproul challenges us with the radical ethic of Jesus’ parable of the good Samaritan.
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Meet Today’s Teacher:
R.C. Sproul (1939–2017) was known for his ability to winsomely and clearly communicate deep, practical truths from God’s Word. He was founder of Ligonier Ministries, first minister of preaching and teaching at Saint Andrew’s Chapel, first president of Reformation Bible College, and executive editor of Tabletalk magazine.
Meet the Host:
Nathan W. Bingham is vice president of ministry engagement for Ligonier Ministries, executive producer and host of Renewing Your Mind, host of the Ask Ligonier podcast, and a graduate of Presbyterian Theological College in Melbourne, Australia. Nathan joined Ligonier in 2012 and lives in Central Florida with his wife and four children.
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| 0:00.0 | After telling the parable of the Good Samaritan, Jesus asked a question. |
| 0:05.2 | This was the easiest question that this lawyer had ever been asked. |
| 0:09.7 | Which of the three men do you think was the neighbor? |
| 0:13.5 | A lawyer couldn't miss it. |
| 0:15.2 | He said the one who showed mercy on him. |
| 0:19.0 | Music mercy on him. |
| 0:29.2 | The story of the Good Samaritan is one of Jesus' best-known parables. |
| 0:34.1 | Even those who don't go to church or call themselves Christians are familiar with it. |
| 0:38.6 | And that will be our focus on this Thursday edition of Renewing Your Mind. |
| 0:44.5 | This story is so familiar, and it can be easy to overlook some of the key lessons Jesus wanted us to learn. So here's Dr. Sprawl to re-examine the parable of the Good Samaritan. |
| 0:53.1 | We're going to continue now with our study of the parables of Jesus, and in this session, |
| 0:58.9 | we're going to be a look at one of my very favorite parables, and one that's widely known |
| 1:04.6 | among church people. It's the parable of the Good Samaritan. And we find that in the 10th chapter of the gospel, according to St. Luke, and to understand |
| 1:16.1 | the impact of this parable, we have to see the context in which Luke has placed this story |
| 1:23.4 | that Jesus gives. |
| 1:25.2 | And so we read in chapter 10 of Luke, beginning at verse 25, these words. |
| 1:32.1 | And behold, a certain lawyer stood up and tested him, saying, teacher, what shall I do to |
| 1:38.7 | inherit eternal life? |
| 1:42.3 | He said to him, what is written in the law? What is your reading of it? So he answered |
| 1:49.8 | and said, You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your |
| 1:54.5 | strength, and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself. And he said to him, you've answered rightly, |
| 2:04.8 | do this and you will live. But he, wanting to justify himself, said to Jesus, and who is my neighbor? |
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