Luke 10: 25 On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
26 “What is written in the Law?” he replied. “How do you read it?”
27 He answered, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’[c]; and, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’[d]”
28 “You have answered correctly,” Jesus replied. “Do this and you will live.”
The story ends with the Samaritan helping the broken man.
The Samaritan is not held up as a person with eternal life because he went to church or followed a religious formula. He is not held up as an inheritor of eternal life because he accepted Jesus as his personal savior, said a prayer, joined the church or was baptized. He is held up as one who enters eternal life because he loved the neighbor.
When will our theology catch up to Jesus' teaching?
It's a beautiful, formula free day in God's world, be sure to do the good to your neighbor. Who is your neighbor? hmmm...
What must I do to inherit eternal life?Do this and you will live.
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