The Good Samaritan

Introduction:

1. The Question of Law and Eternal Life (vv. 25-28)

   a. The Impure Lawyer and His Vital Question

   b. The Orthodox Savior and His Counter Question

   c. The Biblical Lawyer and His Hypocritical Answer

   d. The Affirming Savior and His Strange Command

2. The Question of Neighbor and Self Justification (vv. 29-37)
   a. The Lawyer's Troubled Conscience

   b. The Samaritan's Diligent Compassion

   i. The Brutal Robbery
   ii. The Worse-Than-Sodom Crime
   iii. The Committed Compassion

   c. The Savior's Inverted Question

   d. The Savior's Piercing Command

Conclusion