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hopeless. The failu re of th e p riest and scribe to help illu strates th e inability of the law to save man out of his de plorable condition. The good Samari ta n is th e Lord Jesus. He came to the place where th e lost was and He alone could have compassion on him. The wine typifies His precious blood. The oil is a type of th e Holy Spirit. The inn is typical of th e church where the Lord th rough His S p irit cares for His own. The prom ised coming again with a g reater rew ard is th e Lord’s second coming.— Gaebelein. v. 31. C ertain p riest passed by. There are always plenty of excuses for no t playing a neighbor’s p art.—Torrey. There are those, alas, today who wear th e livery of the temple, to whom relig ion is a rou tin e mechanism of dead things ra th e r th a n th e commerce of living h earts, who open w ith hireling hand th e temple gates.— Burton. I t is sad when those who should be exam ples of charity displaying th e mercies of God, are prodigies of cruelty.— Henry. The p riest and levite are sup posed to be re tu rn in g from temple duties bu t they had no t learned w hat th a t meaneth, “ I will have mercy and not sacrifice.”— Trench. v. 33. A certain S am aritan. It was a daring stroke to bring th e despised name of S am aritan into th e story.— Maclaren. It makes no difference to him th a t the fallen man is of a foreign race. He is a man, th a t is enough, and he is down and must be raised. He is in need and must be helped.— Burton. We emphasize our differences of na tionality, we pride ourselves upon them , b u t how little does heaven make of them .— Expos. Bible. By th is he would show the Jews th a t religious profession w ithout practice is mere hypocrisy and th a t he who does not make a profession bu t practices w hat God requires, is the tru e and real professor.—Haldeman. Came w here h e was and h a d compas sion. The help th a t is' given as a m atter
v. 25. W h at sh all I do to Inherit etern al life? He implied th a t eternal life was to be obtained by doing. Jesus told him something to do and th u s brough t him to COMMENTS FROM see he had not MANY SOURCES done it and th a t K. L. Brooks if he were to get etern al life it could not be by anything he could do. (Rom. 6 :23 ; Jno. 5 :12 ; 3 :3 0 ). Jesus directed him to the Old T estam ent law for he was not yet ripe for th e Gospel. The law m ust sh u t a m an’s mouth about doing before he is ready for the Gospel. (Rom. 3:19, 20).— Torrey. ■ v. 28. This do and th o u sh a lt live. Laying emphasis on “ th is” to indicate w ithout expressing it, where the rea l difficulty to a sinner lay and thu s non plussing the questioner him self.— J. F. & B. But how are we to get th is love? We cannot m anufacture it, we cannot love to order. Love is no t a work, it is a fru it. Two people are much to gether and love is born. When we are much w ith th e Lord we are w ith one who already loves us w ith an everlast ing love and when we tru ly come to love Him, every o ther kind of holy love will follow.— Jowett. v. 29. W illing to ju stify himself. T ries to get him self ou t of a difficulty by throw ing on Jesus th e definition of “ neighbor” which Jews in terp reted very narrow ly and technically.—Alford. v. 30. Jesu s answering. The main purpose of th is answer is to show how far off men may be and yet be neigh bors.— Maclaren. Man w ent down to Jericho. The occurrences of providence would yield us many good instructions if we would carefully observe and im prove them ,—-Henry. Thé parable .con tain s blessed Gospel tru th s. Jerusalem is the city of God. Jericho represents th e world. The trav eler is a type of hum anity. Man has fallen in th e awful road which leads down, fallen among thieves, naked, wounded, helpless and
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