Quote Originally Posted by BigJulie View Post
[ These don't really apply because Samaritan speaks to race/religion and not behavior. It might better apply to Mormon or Muslim or Jew.

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No, and I want you to think about this for a moment....

Jesus picked out the most hated and unlikely person to serve as the only one in the story that acted rightly...

Jesus also took the religiously correct and the type of people who were considered the very people who should know how to act, and he made them the villains in the story...


So you now, in your own mind, try to think of the last type of person on earth you would expect to at in a correct manner?.....
The Drug dealer....?
The Abortion doctor...?
Darth Vader....?

It doesn't matter who, as long as they are the last person of earth the people listening to your story would expect you to use as a "shining example".........


This was the effect Jesus was shooting for by his story...he wanted people to see the contradiction in expectation and what they then heard...

Now think of the person you would expect to find acting correctly?
Police officer...."?
Teacher.....?
Mormon Prophet.....?

and make them the villain in your story....

THAT is when you see how hard it was for some people to listen to the story Jesus told.

Remember, at the end of this story, and by telling it, Jesus set himself up to be killed later...