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BW- Reputation vs. Character

BW- Reputation vs. Character. What matters more: a person’s reputation , or a person’s character ? Why?. My Neighbor?. Lk. 10:26-29. Where does v. 27 come from? What is the key question this passage tries to address?. Who is YOUR Neighbor?.

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BW- Reputation vs. Character

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  1. BW- Reputation vs. Character • What matters more: a person’s reputation, or a person’s character? Why?

  2. My Neighbor? Lk. 10:26-29 • Where does v. 27 come from? • What is the key question this passage tries to address?

  3. Who is YOUR Neighbor? • How would you answer the lawyer’s question? What criteria do you use? • “Neighbor” in this world meant “my fellow Jew”

  4. Passers By Lk. 10:30-32 • Who passes the wounded man by? • Why do you think they don’t stop to help him?

  5. Passers By • Wounded man passed by _______ and _______ • Both are worried about ritual purity • Touching a corpse or blood makes you “unclean”

  6. Parable of the good Samaritan • Priest: a person whose office it is to perform religious rites, and esp. to make sacrificial offerings. Had to remain clean. • Levite: A person from the Tribe of Levi. These people were temple helpers who had to remain clean.

  7. Samaritans Lk. 10:33-35 • How does the Samaritan respond to the wounded man? • Who were the Samaritans?

  8. Samaritans Samaritan: they were outcast people because they were of mixed ethnic and religious backgrounds. They were not fully Jew and so many Jews did not like them.

  9. Hi, Neighbor! • Jesus identifies the one who shows mercy / helps others as a neighbor • Expands the concept to include outsiders / enemies • Redefines role based on service not receiving help

  10. Allegory • Allegory- a device in which characters or events in a story, poem, or picture represent or symbolize ideas and concepts

  11. St. Augustine’s Interpretations:

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