Quote Originally Posted by alanmolstad View Post
He is an example for how to live and how to act around people in need..

But i dont think Jesus was saying anything about the faith of the guy.

There was a conversation that Jesus had with a lady Samaritan and he tells her that her faith worships what they do not know, and then points her to the Jews that do worship what they know....


If this is the way Jesus felt about all Samaritans, then the answer to your question is "No",,,,,
I find this interesting because this question---who is a Christian reminds me very much of the question asked of Christ by the Pharisees "who is my neighbor." The Pharisees wanted to define their "neighbor" by religion as well, so it is interesting to note that Christ defined "neighbor" by behavior and chose someone who was distinctly not of their religion to make His point. You say, " I don't think Jesus was saying anything about the faith of the guy"---I believe He was making that very point regarding what it means to follow Christ (have faith) because wasn't that the question in the first place?