Tonight in my growth group we discussed the parable of the good Samaritan. What stood out to me most was when our group leader Andrew pointed out that stopping to help was 1) inconvenient, 2) a financial burden and 3) risky.
It was inconvenient in that he was late arriving wherever he originally was headed. It was a financial burden in that he paid for the hurt man's medical expenses. And it was risky because he could've been jumped himself, the injured person could've taken advantage of him, and he could've been looked down upon by his countrymen for helping a Jew.
Helping people is often quite inconvenient. Helping others will always cost us something and we always run the risk of being taken advantage of. But helping people is the way of Christ, and needs to be my way too.
It was inconvenient in that he was late arriving wherever he originally was headed. It was a financial burden in that he paid for the hurt man's medical expenses. And it was risky because he could've been jumped himself, the injured person could've taken advantage of him, and he could've been looked down upon by his countrymen for helping a Jew.
Helping people is often quite inconvenient. Helping others will always cost us something and we always run the risk of being taken advantage of. But helping people is the way of Christ, and needs to be my way too.
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