{"id":8635,"date":"2019-11-11T16:33:16","date_gmt":"2019-11-11T21:33:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/?p=8635"},"modified":"2019-11-11T16:33:16","modified_gmt":"2019-11-11T21:33:16","slug":"nofencenolimits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/2019\/11\/nofencenolimits\/","title":{"rendered":"No Fence\/No Limits"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>THEME: Unsinkable<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2>SERIES: Servants<\/h2>\n<h2><strong>TITLE: No Fence\/No Limits<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2>Scripture: Luke 10:25-37<\/h2>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4><strong>I.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 THE PURPOSE OF THE PARABLE \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Of all the questions which could be asked, this is the most important: (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>What shall I do to inherit eternal life?<\/strong><\/span>)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Words in verse 25 seem to tell us this request was not sincere: (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Put him to the test<\/strong><\/span>).<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u201cWhat is written in the Law?\u201d This refers to Deut.6. It is called the (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Shema<\/strong><\/span>).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong>II.\u00a0\u00a0 THE PERSONALITIES OF THE PARABLE \u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Several points of reference concerning this parable:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The road from Jerusalem to Jericho.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 For a hint: This was called (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>The Red, or Bloody Way<\/strong><\/span>)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 This man fell among robbers, who stripped him, beat him, and left him for dead.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Three men walked by:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Priest. \u00a0A servant of God, who offered sacrifices for the (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>people\u2019s sins<\/strong><\/span>).<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Levite. Assisted the priests. In the days of the Tabernacle, their main responsibility was (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>carrying the Ark<\/strong><\/span>) by poles.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Samaritan. Seen as half-breeds by Jews. Mix of Assyrians and Jews.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">The Lesson: Only by continuously, perfectly loving God and every neighbor on every occasion-even his worst enemies- could the scribe satisfy the first and second commandments and (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>obtain eternal life<\/strong><\/span>).\u00a0 Since that is an impossibility for him and for us, the word (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>GRACE<\/strong><\/span>) becomes big.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>NEXT WEEK: \u00a0\u00a0Theme: Unsinkable\/ Series: Servants<\/p>\n<p>Title: Saying Thanks- Luke 17:11-19<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THEME: Unsinkable SERIES: Servants TITLE: No Fence\/No Limits Scripture: Luke 10:25-37 I.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 THE PURPOSE OF THE PARABLE \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Of all the questions which could be asked, this is the most important: (What shall I do to inherit eternal life?) Words in verse 25 seem to tell us this request was not sincere: (Put him to &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/2019\/11\/nofencenolimits\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_crdt_document":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermon-notes","nodate","item-wrap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8635"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8635\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8636,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8635\/revisions\/8636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}