{"id":1395,"date":"2017-11-05T10:32:05","date_gmt":"2017-11-05T10:32:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/?p=1395"},"modified":"2017-11-12T19:36:51","modified_gmt":"2017-11-12T19:36:51","slug":"sermon-november-5-2017-are-you-being-neighborly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/sermon-november-5-2017-are-you-being-neighborly\/","title":{"rendered":"Sermon \u2013 November 5, 2017: \u201cAre You Being Neighborly?\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1395-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/sermons\/nov5-17.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/sermons\/nov5-17.mp3\">http:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/sermons\/nov5-17.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>Luke 10:25-37<\/p>\n<p><strong>Parallel Account<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>No parallel account<\/p>\n<p><strong>Luke\u2019s reason for recording<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Next three stories focus on relationships moving from relationship with fellow man, relationship with Jesus to relationship with God.<\/li>\n<li>Luke stresses the inherent relationship between how one reacts to people and how one relates to God.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The Lawyer\u2019s question<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The question was not asked in sincerity but to test Jesus.<\/li>\n<li>The questions reveal\u2026\n<ul>\n<li>The way to heaven is through loving God and others.<\/li>\n<li>Love involves obedience.<\/li>\n<li>But, most of us are only concerned with doing the bare minimum.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What does it mean to love?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jews see loving God as obeying the Law.<\/li>\n<li>However, most Jews sought to know the bare minimum that ought to be obeyed.<\/li>\n<li>Thus, the question \u201cWho is my neighbor?\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What is revealed through the parable.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jesus reveals that love is not about doing the bare minimum, but it is about doing all one can.<\/li>\n<li>Jesus reveals that love is not limited to certain types of people, but it must be extended to everyone.<\/li>\n<li>Jesus also reveals that the right attitude is not to look for who deserves love but to seek how we can love.<\/li>\n<li>Jesus reveals the important thing is not who our neighbor is but that we see ourselves as the neighbor.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The Transformation Expectation<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>When it comes to loving God we need to quit seeking the bare minimum and understand that loving him requires us to do the maximum.<\/li>\n<li>God wants us to be the neighbor to everyone whether we think they deserve it or not.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Luke 10:25-37 Parallel Account No parallel account Luke\u2019s reason for recording Next three stories focus on relationships moving from relationship with fellow man, relationship with Jesus to relationship with God. Luke stresses the inherent relationship between how one reacts to<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-reading-button\"> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/sermon-november-5-2017-are-you-being-neighborly\/\"><i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[47,21,43,10],"tags":[48,57,79,24,44,13],"class_list":["post-1395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bible-studies","category-members","category-sermon","category-worship","tag-bible-studies","tag-bible-study","tag-luke","tag-members","tag-sermon","tag-worship"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1395","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1395"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1395\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1396,"href":"https:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1395\/revisions\/1396"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}