The Parables #38

The Good Samaritan – Part 8

Luke 10:25-37.

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The Good Samaritan illustrates how that the Lord Jesus, on His return, will reward those who have treated well His beloved.

“Whatsoever thou spendest more, when I come again, I will repay thee,” verse 35.

I. THE LORD KEEPS ACCOUNT OF HOW HIS PEOPLE ARE TREATED
Matt 25:31-46. Note verses 34-40. “And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me,” verse 40. Kindness toward another Christian is counted as an act of kindness shown to the Lord Himself. See how closely He is identified with His people!
“Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?” Acts 9:4.

II. HE WILL RETURN TO REWARD HIS ENEMIES.
The Saviour will also deal with the robbers who have beset His people over the ages.
“For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works,” Matthew 16:27.
“I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings,” Jeremiah 17:10.
“According to their deeds, accordingly he will repay, fury to his adversaries, recompence to his enemies,” Isaiah 59:18.
“Who will render to every man according to his deeds:” Romans 2:6
“And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.” Rev 20:12.

III. HE WILL RETURN TO BE REUNITED WITH THE ONE HE DID SO MUCH TO HELP
It is the wellbeing of the injured man that brought the Samaritan back. There has been a wonderful union formed between the Saviour and His people so that Christ cannot be separated from them but must be re-united with them again and that for ever.
“And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also,” John 14:3. Heaven would be incomplete without God’s redeemed people.
“Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me,” John 17:24.
“And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God,” Rev 21:3.
“Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord,” 1 Thess 4:17.