From the Pulpit...

We read Proverbs 12. Then we learned that Jesus draws in his audience again with a story. This time, the parable is about a man robbed and beaten, left for dead, ignored by a couple of religious people, and then compassionately treated by a Samaritan. The lesson is that we are to love as neighbors even those to whom we may not want to apply that command. But the problem is that we cannot do that perfectly, so we need Christ to wash us and help us live like He would have us to do.

Note however that the lawyer had all the right answers but was not a saved individual--he tested the Lord and wanted to justify himself.