And who is my neighbor?

We live in a world today where we don't know who to turn to in times of need.Our fathers,mothers,sisters,brothers,friends,pastors and elders have become our enemies.Long ago we could walk with other men in the dark and you would be sure of your safety.Today,we run away from a crowd of men cause we don't know their next move

A question was posed to Jesus by an expect of the law,and today this same question faces me and you..."AND WHO IS MY NEIGHBOR?..."
The book of Luke 10:30-37,we find a story that will answer who our true neighbors are.

Verse 30: "A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho"
He perhaps had something to do as he left the Holy City to go Down to Jericho.He may have people to see,business to handle,debts to pay,a small house(girlfriend)to see but all we know is he was going down.

Are you going Down?..

Is your life on a down hill and you don't have brakes to stop your fall? We have fallen from a place where we were once viewed well in society but not any more.We have gone down to the gutters of this world and have found a safe and comfort zone in the dirt of the world.We have gone down in spirituality and forgotten the God of Our Fathers.We have gone down to a point that even when we stand we can neither be seen or heard.Our lives are in tatters we cant mend them on our own when we are down there!!!...As we go down we are vulnerable.We are swayed by the wind.We are going to a place that is deep with sin and for us to fight it is another uphill battle.
As the man went down in his vulnerable state he was pounced on by robbers.Stripped him naked and left him for dead.

Have you been stripped naked and left for dead?..

As we go down in our vulnerability,the society strips us of a dignity that we once possessed.We no longer can stand proud and tall.We try to hide our nakedness by going further down into the chambers of sin.The society will strip you naked with the labels they put to your name,the comments they make about your character and the actions the make about your personality.They leave you for dead when they have stripped you of your true identity and given you a counterfeit identity of who they think you are.They don't care about you and they simply walk away!!!...

There are people who you think care about you.People who were suits to church every Saturday and call themselves pastors.They see you going down,stark naked,left for dead and all they can say is "WHAT A SHAME!!!"...(verse 31)The priest is on the same road as you are.He is also going down.Falling from divine grace to the simplicity of the sinful human race.All he can do is look at you and see a picture of what he could be in a few moments.He realizes he is going down too and he will pass on the other side.
(Verse 32)A levite may be on the way,but its not yet time to get all excited an think help is on the way because he is a passerby too.You see a deacon when you hold your can of CASTLE LAGER,and to you amazement they pass you by for they know they are going down too.A pastor meets his head elder walking hand in hand with another woman,he will pass by for he knows he is going down too.

But behold on the same road there is someone going up to Jerusalem.When we are going down,they are going up.We all don't fall at the same time.Amen!!!!.....They have been where we are and realize we are in need of help.They can not let society destroy us.(verse 33)People we do not expect,people we do not talk to,people who we distance ourselves from.Here they are covering our wounds,cleaning our wounds,dressing us up and taking us to a place of comfort where we can find healing and protection,taking us up the road we were going down.The good Samaritan came down his horse to help this man.We need people who are willing to come down from their financial horse,their spiritual horse,their educational horse and come to the level of the one who is labeled a nobody in this life.We need people who will cover our wounds not expose our pain and sorrow.Put oil on them for them to heal faster.

When we find such people embrace them then you will know who you neighbor is.

"A NEW COMMANDMENT I GIVE UNTO YOU,THAT YOU LOVE ONE ANOTHER AS I HAVE LOVED YOU."

MAY YOU ALL BE BLESSED