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The Crucible of Conflict

The Crucible of Conflict. The crucible is for silver, & the furnace is for gold, & the LORD tests hearts. Proverbs 17:3. The Parable of the Good Muslim. The Gospel & My Neighbor. How do I inherit eternal life? (Luke 10).

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The Crucible of Conflict

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  1. The Crucible of Conflict The crucible is for silver, & the furnace is for gold, & the LORD tests hearts. Proverbs 17:3

  2. The Parable of the Good Muslim The Gospel & My Neighbor

  3. How do I inherit eternal life? (Luke 10) • 25 And behold, a lawyer stood up to put him to the test, saying, "Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?" Lawyer – Question 1 • 26He said to him, "What is written in the Law? How do you read it?" Jesus – Question 2

  4. How do I inherit eternal life? (Luke 10) • 27And he answered, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself." Lawyer – Answer to Question 2 (What is written in the Law?) • 28And he said to him, "You have answered correctly; do this, and you will live." Jesus – Answer to Question 1 (What shall I do to inherit eternal life?)

  5. Who is my neighbor? (Luke 10) • 29But he, desiring to justify himself, said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?” Lawyer – Question 3 (What is the limit to who I must love?) • 30Jesus replied, "A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who stripped him and beat him and departed, leaving him half dead. Robbers – Steal & Injure

  6. Who is my neighbor? (Luke 10) • 31Now by chance a priest was going down that road, and when he saw him he passed by on the other side. Priest – See & Do Nothing • 32So likewise a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side.Levite – See & Do Nothing

  7. Who is my neighbor? (Luke 10) • Numbers 19:11-16 Don’t touch a dead person or else you will be ceremonially “unclean” for seven days. This is their schedule. • Leviticus 19:34 “You shall treat the stranger who sojourns with you as the native among you, & you shall love him as yourself, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.” This is their purpose. • This is quite a conundrum!

  8. Who is my neighbor? (Luke 10) • 33But a Samaritan… • …as he journeyed, came to where he was, and when he saw him, he had compassion. Samaritan – See & Show Compassion • 34He went to him and bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Treat Wounds – Overcame the Priest’s Failure

  9. Who is my neighbor? (Luke 10) • Then he set him on his own animal and brought him to an inn and took care of him. Transport the Man – Overcame the Priest’s Failure • 35And the next day he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper, saying, 'Take care of him, and whatever more you spend, I will repay you when I come back.' Spend Money on Him – Overcame the Thieves’ Failure

  10. Who is my neighbor? (Luke 10) • 36Which of these three, do you think, proved to be a neighbor to the man who fell among the robbers?" Jesus – Question 4 • 37He said, "The one who showed him mercy." Lawyer – Answer to Question 4 (Which of these three proved to be a neighbor?) • And Jesus said to him, "You go, and do likewise." Jesus – Answer to Question 3 (Who is my neighbor?)

  11. The Centrality of the Gospel

  12. The Gospel, The Connection, The Conduct • Romans 15:2-3, 7 2 “Let each of us please his neighbor for his good, to build him up. 3 For Christ did not please himself, but as it is written, ‘The reproaches (insults) of those who reproached (insulted) you fell on me.’7 Therefore welcome one another as Christ has welcomed you, for the glory of God.” • Psalm 69:7-9 7 “For it is for your sake that I have borne reproach, that dishonor has covered my face. 8 I have become a stranger to my brothers, an alien to my mother’s sons. 9 For zeal for your house has consumed me, & the reproaches of those who reproach you have fallen on me.”

  13. The Gospel, The Connection, The Conduct • Galatians 3:7-9 “7Know then that it is those of faith who are the sons of Abraham.8And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, "In you shall all the nations be blessed."9So then, those who are of faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.” • The implied Gospel conduct is to take the Gospel to the Nations (your neighbor).

  14. Four Alienations

  15. Two Inadequate Approaches “…Jesus weaves into a whole cloth what we would today call private morality & social justice. Along with the well-known prohibitions against sexual lust in the heart, adultery, & divorce there are calls to give to the poor (Matthew 6:1-4) & to refrain from overwork & materialism (Matt. 6:19-24). In Western society these sets of concerns have often been split off from one another. In fact, each of America’s two main political parties has built its platform on one of these sets of ethical prescriptions to the near exclusion of the other.

  16. Two Inadequate Approaches Conservatism stresses the importance of personal morality, especially the importance of traditional sexual mores & hard work, & feels that liberal charges of racism & social injustice are overblown. On the other hand, liberalism stresses social justice, & considers conservative emphases on moral virtue to be prudish & psychologically harmful. Each side, of course, thinks the other side is smug & self-righteous.” - Tim Keller in Generous Justice

  17. Liberalism & Conservatism: Two Inadequate Approaches to Loving My Neighbor as Myself

  18. The Gospel Way to Love My Neighbor …with deeds & with the Word

  19. The Gospel Way – Deeds & Word • 1 Jn. 3:18 “Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed & in truth.” • James 1:27 “26If anyone thinks he is religious and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person’s religion is worthless. 27Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.”

  20. The Gospel Way – Deeds & Word • James 2:14-17  “14What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him? 15 If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacking in daily food, 16 and one of you says to them, "Go in peace, be warmed and filled," without giving them the things needed for the body, what good is that? 17So also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.” • Romans 13:9  “The commandments are summed up in this word… ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” • Galatians 5:14  “For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’”

  21. The Homeless

  22. The Homeless

  23. The Homeless

  24. The Poor

  25. The Poor

  26. The Poor

  27. The International Community

  28. The International Community

  29. The International Community

  30. Your Literal Neighbor

  31. …as he journeyed, came to where he was, & when he saw him, he had compassion…

  32. Women Hold up Half the Sky.– Chinese proverb • “Child sexual exploitation is very real and alive in our nation, in our country, in our region, in our state, and in our very own little community.” – Karen Countryman-Roswurm • Within our own country it is estimated that each year there are 1 million American children sexually exploited. 

  33. Women Hold up Half the Sky.– Chinese proverb • The number of U.S. citizens trafficked within the country each year is increasing.  • Now the 3rd most profitable criminal activity, following only drug and arms trafficking...quickly moving to the top spot. • Average age of entrance into sexual exploitation is 11-14. • One out of every three youth on the street will be lured into sexual exploitation within the 1st 48 hours of leaving home.

  34. Women Hold up Half the Sky.– Chinese proverb • Life expectancy after entering the "life" of being trafficked/exploited is seven years. • The Midwest is a major pipeline (interstates and highways like I-70, I-80 and I-35) for human trafficking with Wichita and Kansas City being among the top originating cities (where children are trafficked from and sent to other areas or destination cities around the nation).

  35. International Student Community KSU is home to over 1,900 international students from more than 100 countries. Over 80% of international students never step into an American home.

  36. EphraimOrphanProject.org We’re helping build an orphanage in the Central Plateau region of Haiti. The December 10-18 Trip is coming up!

  37. Love your neighbor opportunities... • Locally • Your neighborhood • Manhattan Emergency Shelter, Inc. (mesikansas.org) • Shepherd’s Crossing (shepherdscrossing.info) • Flint Hills Breadbasket (breadbasket.manhattanks.org) • Life Choice Ministries (lifechoiceks.org) • Mosaic of Manhattan (mosaicofmanhattan.org) • Helping International Students (hismanhattan.org) • First Fridays Prayer • Plant a LIFE Group

  38. Love your neighbor opportunities... • Domestically • Jeri Stroade at All Nations Church (allnationsmobile.org) • Short-term trips • Orphan Sunday (orphansunday.org) – live webcast tonight • Plant a LIFE Group

  39. Love your neighbor opportunities... • Globally • Ephraim (ephraimorphanproject.org) • Operation Christmas Child (samaritanspurse.org/OCC) • Short-term trips • Plant a LIFE Group

  40. Jesus is the Great Samaritan to whom the Good Samaritan points. You go, & do likewise!

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