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Love Language Week 2: Love Your Neighbor

In Week 2 of our series Love Language: What God Says About Relationships, Pastor Scott Worthington shared from Luke 10:25-37—the… Read More
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Aug 17, 2025
Luke 10:25-37

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Love Language: What God Says About Relationships
Week 2 – Love Your Neighbor

“And behold, a lawyer stood up to put him to the test, saying, ‘Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?’ He said to him, ‘What is written in the Law? How do you read it?’ And he answered, ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.’ And he said to him, ‘You have answered correctly; do this, and you will live.’ But he, desiring to justify himself, said to Jesus, ‘And who is my neighbor?’ Jesus replied, ‘A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who stripped him and beat him and departed, leaving him half dead. Now by chance a priest was going down that road, and when he saw him he passed by on the other side. So likewise a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. But a Samaritan, as he journeyed, came to where he was, and when he saw him, he had compassion. He went to him and bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he set him on his own animal and brought him to an inn and took care of him. And the next day he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper, saying, “Take care of him, and whatever more you spend, I will repay you when I come back.” Which of these three, do you think, proved to be a neighbor to the man who fell among the robbers?’ He said, ‘The one who showed him mercy.’ And Jesus said to him, “You go, and do likewise.” Luke 10:25-37


“And behold, a lawyer stood up to put him to the test, saying, ‘Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?’ He said to him, ‘What is written in the Law? How do you read it?’ And he answered, ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.’” Luke 10:25-27

“And he said to him, ‘You have answered correctly; do this, and you will live.’” Luke 10:28

“But he, desiring to justify himself, said to Jesus, ‘And who is my neighbor?’” Luke 10:29

“‘Which of these three, do you think, proved to be a neighbor to the man who fell among the robbers?’ He said, ‘The one who showed him mercy.’” Luke 10:36-37a

Jesus is the True Good Samaritan:

  • Jesus was an outsider, despised and rejected by men (Isaiah 53:3)

  • Jesus came after others failed (Romans 8:3)

  • Jesus came with everything necessary (2 Corinthians 5:21)

  • Jesus met our greatest need with the greatest care (Romans 5:8)

  • Jesus provides for our future needs (Ephesians 1:13-14)

  • Jesus will return for all whom He has rescued (John 14:1-3)



“And Jesus said to him, ‘You go, and do likewise.’” Luke 10:37b

You have been loved like this – now go love like this.

“We love because he first loved us.” 1 John 4:19

“Our love to God is measured by our everyday fellowship with others and the love it displays.” Andrew Murray

1. Who is our neighbor?

The world says our “neighbor” is determined by:

  • Proximity

  • Affinity



God says our “neighbor” is determined by:

  • Humanity



“‘But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return… Be merciful, even as your Father is merciful.’” Luke 6:35a-36

Neighbor love isn’t optional – it’s obedience.

2. How do we love our neighbor?

“Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love. In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him.” 1 John 4:8-9

In Christ…

  • We should be sensitive to the needs of others

  • We should have compassion for the needs of others

  • We should do our best to meet the needs of others



“Christ died to create a people who are so secure, and so content in Christ, that we move toward need, not comfort.” John Piper

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