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A Promise for Life's Long Pull (111A)
By: Gardner Taylor | 8/30/2006

Jesus promises to continually replenish and restore us when we give our lives for him. ***See outline below.

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A Promise for Life's Long Pull (111A)

Speaker: Gardner Taylor

Date: 8/30/2006

References: Luke 10:25-37

Introduction:

Jesus' parable of the Good Samaritan is a shielded autobiography.
Jesus delivers the parable as a response to an individual's search for significance and meaning in life.

The young believe they are well supplied for life.

Those who begin a ministry feel that their talents and resources are adequate to meet their new responsibilities.

-Illustration: A group of freshman in seminary
march under the banner, "This University has waited 150
years for us!"

The circumstances of life reveal our inadequacy.

Many Christians are experts at using a smiling face to cover up a bleeding spirit.
Our self-confidence has caused a lot of damage in the past.

-Illustration: America suffered through slavery
and the Civil War because of its confidence in its own
morality.

We will be repaid for our sacrifices in this life.

Jesus is the Good Samaritan who came down a dangerous road and found the sons and daughters of men beaten and half-dead by the roadside.
Jesus promised to reward us in heaven for whatever we give, in his name, to help those who have been beaten and robbed of their life's significance.

-Matthew 19:29
Big Idea: Jesus restores and replenishes us now when we give ourselves to do his work.

-Illustration: Taylor has experienced the
fulfillment of Jesus' promise throughout his 50 years
of ministry.

Conclusion:

Jesus will provide all that we need in life.

-Illustration: Taylor concludes with a line from
the hymn, "There Is a Balm in Gilead," and the
doxology.

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