Who is My Neighbor? (ft. Christian Dawson) | For the Sake of Others E5
John Mark Comer Teachings
Practicing the Way
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🗓️ 7 April 2025
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
"Compassion isn't convenient or easy."
Christian Dawson, Pastor of Worship at Bridgetown Church, explores the parable of the Good Samaritan, challenging us to embody love and lean into compassion for others, even when it's inconvenient.
Key Scripture Passage: Luke 10v25-37
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the John Mark Homer Teachings podcast. |
| 0:07.0 | My name is Yinka Dawson and I'm your host. |
| 0:10.0 | Each week we feature teachings by John Mark or other voices in the formation space. |
| 0:15.0 | We're continuing off for the sake of other series today with a teaching by Christian Dawson. |
| 0:21.4 | Christian is my husband, but also says as the pastor of worship of Bridgetown. This may seem biased, |
| 0:26.8 | but I think this is a good teaching about leaning into compassion for those around us. So without |
| 0:32.0 | further ado, here's the teaching. On one occasion, an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. Teacher, he asked, |
| 0:41.0 | what must I do to inherit eternal life? What is written in the law? He replied. How do you read it? |
| 0:46.2 | He answered, love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, |
| 0:50.1 | with all your mind, and love your neighbors yourself. You have answered correctly, |
| 1:01.1 | Jesus replied, do this and you will live, but he wanted to justify himself. So he asked Jesus, |
| 1:07.2 | and who is my neighbor? In reply, Jesus said, a man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho when he was attacked by robbers. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him and went away, |
| 1:14.8 | leaving him half dead. A priest happened to be going down the same road, and when he saw the man, |
| 1:19.6 | he passed by the other side. So to a Levi, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by the other side. But a Samaritan, as he traveled, came where the man was, and when he saw him, he took pity on him. He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. |
| 1:30.0 | Then he put the man on his own donkey, brought him to the inn, and took care of him. |
| 1:34.5 | The next day, he took out two dinari and gave them to the innkeeper. |
| 1:38.7 | Look after him, he said. |
| 1:40.1 | And when I return, I will reimburse you for any extra expense you may have. |
| 1:44.2 | Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers? |
| 1:48.4 | The expert in the law replied, the one who had mercy on him. |
| 1:52.2 | Jesus told him, go and do likewise. |
| 1:54.7 | This is the word of the Lord. |
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