1. Being a good neighbor can be risky and even dangerous. Lk 10:33-34 This road was very dangerous.
2. Being a good neighbor is most often inconvenient. Lk 10:31-35 The Samaritan went out of his way to help.
3. Being a good neighbor means loving people who are different than you. Lk 10:33 Jews and Samaritans didn't associate. Lk 9:51-54; Jn 4:9
4. Being a good neighbor requires action, not words. Lk 10:33-34; Jas 2:14-17; 1 Jn 3:16-17
5. Being a good neighbor is costly. Lk 10:34-35
6. Being a good neighbor means someone will take advantage of you.
7. You and I are not the good Samaritan in this story. Lk 10:36-37 Jesus is the Good Samaritan.
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