Walking in Love – Part 8: When Love Interrupts Your Plans | John Giftah | Christian Sermon

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0:41 Speaker 1: Welcome to Fuel for the Soul with John GIFTA.

0:47 Speaker 2: Hey God, Rishili. Is such a joy for me to be with you on this segment of the Fuel for the Soul with John Gifter podcast. Unless you would have seen by the titles, We've been doing a series on how to walk in love unconditionally practically, and I've shared a lot of tips for the last couple of days and I really challenge you to go and check them. I believe that they will really help you and I want you to journey as we continue to talk about various other things that we can look at and unpacked and so that we can see.

1:17 Speaker 2: Even if it's a familiar passage from God's word, we want to look at it from this site to check if you're actually walking from that place or not. And today I'm going to talk about how when you walk in unconditional love, you need to be willing to go the extra mile. You need to be willing to go even if the work you do is not going to get you anything in return, and at the same time it means that it might cost you something. One of the things I want to talk about is from Luke ten. If you see the Purses from thirty eight is a moment where Jesus is talking about the parable of the good Samaritan.

1:56 Speaker 2: Now, we use this a lot of times to talk about We talk about are you a person who's willing to help someone and all of that. Yes, there is that service my mentality that we need to have. But sometimes you have to understand that you can do ministry, you can serve, you can do all of that just to get good results, just so that you can feel good about yourself, just to make sure that you are getting a checklist done on just so that you can say, you know what I've done some good stuff. Guys pay attention to be.

2:30 Speaker 2: You know, we can do all of that yet do it without love. And that's why I want to really remind you that yes, there aspect of service when it is regard to this parable. But I also wanted to look at the fact that this is an example of how this good Samaritan was also walking in law. You see, there were two others who came by that way, including a priest, but he just the man and he passed over the other side. Another levite also did the same thing. He saw the man who was attacked by robbers and lying there, stripped off his clothes, beaten, and he was half dead.

3:15 Speaker 2: And this priest as well as the levite levite is you know, like how you have in certain communities like a you know, like a priestly high order or higher cast or something something like that. Just for you to understand. So even people that we supposedly think that should help and should walk in love, what did they do Jesus? They just walked away. Whereas the good Samaritan, the Samaritan man who was not even off the lineage of faith, this man, what did he do? He seized this man who was lying down, came there and he took pity on him.

3:50 Speaker 2: He went to him and bandaged to his wounds, pouring oil and wine. Then he put the man on his own. Donkey brought him to an end and took care of him. And the next day he took out too Denarii and gave it to the innkeeper, saying, when I return, I will reimburse the extra expense you have on him. See, I want you to understand, this man had his own schedule. He was not there just sitting in laying eggs, doing nothing. He was there for an assignment. But when he saw this man who was in need, he didn't turn a blind eye.

4:22 Speaker 2: You see, today a lot of people are like, oh, you know what, I have a lot on my plate. I can't do this, I can't do that, I can't go the extra mile. But my question to you is, if you're truly walking in unconditional love, if you truly love the people that you want to minister too, if you truly want to be the light in the darkness in this world, my challenge is that you would be willing to go the extra mile, even if it means that there is a delay by the time you reach your destination, even if it means that there's going to be a detour.

4:50 Speaker 2: Maybe you need to spend some money, or maybe you need to be willing to encourage someone, maybe spend more time on someone just to make sure that they are in the right place. So I challenge you today to be willing to go the extra mile, even if it means that you need to pay some money. You know, even if you may or may not get back the money. Are you willing to do that? A lot of Christians are very stingy in that way. I challenge you not to be that way. Be generous. And here this man spent time, he went out of the way, He went the extra mile for the sake of somebody he did not even know.

5:29 Speaker 2: I want to ask you this question today. Are you working in this kind of an unconditional law which is not just bothered about yourself, but a llaw that says, you know what, I don't even know this person, but I'm willing to go the extra mile because you've Christ died for me while I was yet in sin, when I did not even know him, because I was lost in sin. If Christ who die for a stranger like me, shouldn't I be willing to go at least this extra mile for that stranger who's in need. See, I want to just remind you, like there at times I have a lot of things going on in my life.

6:12 Speaker 2: I have shared that as well. But if somebody is in need, they want to win, they want to talk, they want to prayer, they want counseling. I'm available. I say that, you know, as much as I'm able to. I'm reaching out to people, I intercede, pray. But the thing is is, you know, Like the thing I want to share with you guys, is that you know I'm here to say that I'm not just preaching something. I'm doing what I'm preaching, and I challenge you to do what you're hearing. Don't just be heros of the world, but also be doers of the same.

6:51 Speaker 2: And if you have that mentality to be willing, like even if it means sometimes you have to take an extra one hour and sit with someone who's in need, it's okay. Invest in people. Even if it means that you need to take someone out for lunch, or you need to pick someone up on the way and have a conversation with them when they are in need. That's the time you need to help them. There's no point in going and reaching out to them after everything is resolved. You know, everybody has issues. This Samaritan man was on his way for some task that he had to do, but he was willing to put that on hold, whereas the other two priests, and you know all these religious heads who're not willing to do that.

7:46 Speaker 2: My question to you is, are you willing to go the extra mile? Are you willing to do whatever it takes, even if it costs you something, but to walk in that uncontational law. Amen, God bless you.

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