The Parable of the Good Samaritan
The Good Samaritan
Beatitude means “blessing” or “promise” of true happiness. They are stepping stones on the path to the kingdom of heaven. The beatitude I choose to discuss is “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied”. The parable that I chose with this beatitude is “The Good Samaritan”. This message is relevant to today’s society because if ever you see somebody hurt in public and nobody is helping them, you should be the good person and help them. The parable I chose is “The Good Samaritan”. In this parable, there was a man going to Jericho from Jerusalem when robbers who took off his clothes and beat him up, leaving him half-dead. A priest came by and saw the man, but continued walking on. A while after there was a Levite who also came and also saw him too, but ignored him. But a Samaritan who walked down the same road where the man was, he felt bad and covered his cuts and bruises, pouring oil and wine on them, took him to an inn and took good care of him. The next day, he gave two denarii and gave it too the innkeeper to take care of him. He showed mercy toward him. The clear message of this parable is that people are so caught up in there religion, that they don’t have time to do God’s work. The Samaritan was not one of God’s chosen people because he was a Jew, yet he was doing God’s work in this parable by helping the man who got beat up by robbers. You should treat people the way you would like to be treated, even your enemies.
This beatitude fits people who work hard to do something good, like the Samaritan who helped the man. They are passionate. The priest and the Levite who continued on walking, they just kept on walking, without caring but the Samaritan felt very bad so he decide to help him. They are not lazy. The Good Samaritan took the injured man to an inn and took care of him. That’s not being lazy. Being lazy is the priest and the Levite because all they did was walk by the
Beatitude means “blessing” or “promise” of true happiness. They are stepping stones on the path to the kingdom of heaven. The beatitude I choose to discuss is “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied”. The parable that I chose with this beatitude is “The Good Samaritan”. This message is relevant to today’s society because if ever you see somebody hurt in public and nobody is helping them, you should be the good person and help them. The parable I chose is “The Good Samaritan”. In this parable, there was a man going to Jericho from Jerusalem when robbers who took off his clothes and beat him up, leaving him half-dead. A priest came by and saw the man, but continued walking on. A while after there was a Levite who also came and also saw him too, but ignored him. But a Samaritan who walked down the same road where the man was, he felt bad and covered his cuts and bruises, pouring oil and wine on them, took him to an inn and took good care of him. The next day, he gave two denarii and gave it too the innkeeper to take care of him. He showed mercy toward him. The clear message of this parable is that people are so caught up in there religion, that they don’t have time to do God’s work. The Samaritan was not one of God’s chosen people because he was a Jew, yet he was doing God’s work in this parable by helping the man who got beat up by robbers. You should treat people the way you would like to be treated, even your enemies.
This beatitude fits people who work hard to do something good, like the Samaritan who helped the man. They are passionate. The priest and the Levite who continued on walking, they just kept on walking, without caring but the Samaritan felt very bad so he decide to help him. They are not lazy. The Good Samaritan took the injured man to an inn and took care of him. That’s not being lazy. Being lazy is the priest and the Levite because all they did was walk by the
Cited: * http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090323192542AAUEhcH * http://www.web-ministry.com/religious/parables/goodsamaritan/ * The Bible