Sermon
Neighboring Well
Mercy Hill Church - Cincinnati
Speaker: Ernie Bonnoitt
May 20, 2025 · 44 min
Summary
Luke 10:25-37 presents Jesus confronting a lawyer's self-justification by demonstrating that keeping the great commandment—loving God and neighbor—is impossible through human effort alone, requiring Christ as savior. The parable of the Good Samaritan redefines neighbor as anyone nearby and illustrates that loving neighbors demands compassionate action, crosses prejudicial boundaries, enters into others' pain, and requires sacrifice of time and resources.
Highlights
Love is a verb, it's not a descriptor of your emotional feeling towards someone else. If you're going to love your neighbor, it's going to cost you your time and your resources.
Do I live at a pace that allows me to be available to those around me? And if not, are all of those things I'm doing more important than taking the great commandment literally?
You are there on purpose. There is no rogue molecules in this universe. You are not there by accident. You are there by purpose, even with the most difficult neighbors that you may have.