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The Good Samaritan

When Jesus heard it, he saith unto them, They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance

Many people make the mistake of trying to say this is speaking of natural sickness and physicians. But look at the words; they themselves explain what Jesus was speaking of. Jesus knew the OT Scriptures better than anyone else. He said I do always the things which please my Father. He knew that God had pronounced death to the kings of Israel and Judah which went to doctors. Therefore Jesus would not have come here and crossed that and told the world that the sick need go to doctors. No! No.

Mark 2:17,- When Jesus heard it, he saith unto them, They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

See, Jesus was speaking of the 'sinner' as being the 'sick' one; and himself as the 'physician'; and not 'doctor' but a healer of the spiritual need. God spoke to me about the parable of the good Samaritan.

It shows the same thing as the above. Look at the parable:

Luke 10:25-37- .

010:025 And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?

010:026 He said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou?

010:027 and he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbor as thyself. 010:028 And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live.

010:029 But he, willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbor?

010:030 And Jesus answering said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead.

010:031 And by chance there came down a certain priest that way: and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. 010:032 And likewise a Levite, when he was at the place, came and looked on him, and passed by on the other side.

010:033 But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was: and when he saw him, he had compassion on him,

010:034 And went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him.

010:035 And on the morrow when he departed, he took out two pence, and gave them to the host, and said unto him, Take care of him; and whatsoever thou spendest more, when I come again, I will repay thee.

010:036 Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbour unto him that fell among the thieves?

010:037 And he said, He that shewed mercy on him. Then said Jesus unto him, Go, and do thou likewise.

Now let’s look at the parable. I think it is very fitting that you posted this before I got back on. For after my last post to Beffers, God spoke to me and told me this:

Notice it was a LAWYER tempting Jesus.

He asked what to do to inherit eternal life? Then Jesus pointed first to the LAW; for this man was of the law. Then Jesus said a certain man went DOWN from Jerusalem. Now Jerusalem is the seat of the law; also the whore. So this man went out from them. Then he fell into sin; typed by Jericho.

Here he fell among thieves. These are the false teachers who took away this man’s ‘covering�? So he had no salvation.

They also wounded him by teaching him lies and there they left him, half dead = no life.

Now who came by first? A PRIEST. Now the PRIEST is always associated with the LAW. See this PRIEST OR LAW could not help this man. The LAW being the STONY heart, they had no compassion on him. They had nothing to help him with.

Next came by the LEVITE, who is also associated with the LAW; FOR THEY WERE THE PRIESTS HELPERS.

They could not help. In other words, Jesus is showing here that the LAW is helpless to take away the ‘wounds�?spiritually, which the world has.

I think it is significant that it uses a Samaritan here; for the Jews had no dealings with Samaritans. They hated them. It was a Samaritan woman to whom Jesus dealt with at the well. This shows him turning to the NT peoples.

The Samaritan represents the NT ministers. They had compassion on this man; for they had the heart of flesh.

First he bound up his wounds. How? By giving him the gospel. This took away his ‘hurt�? Then he poured in ‘OIL AND WINE�?

Rev. 6:6--...see thou hurt not the OIL AND THE WINE.

So, this is a spiritual symbol. It represents the Holy Ghost; the joy of the Lord.

This is no more of a natural ‘wound�?and ‘oil�?than we are natural 4-legged sheep. The Scripture is spiritual. Unless you can learn to interpret it spiritually, you will never see truth.

Now this good Samaritan is Jesus. He gave us a NEW COVERING--- HIS SPIRIT. He gave us NEW LIFE. He gave us the HOLY GHOST = oil and wine.

But he did not stop there. He left us the NT and powerful ministers to take care of us till he returns. That is what the man leaving him at the inn represents. Jesus left and gave gifts to the ministers to take care of the sheep with.

Notice that he placed him on his own ‘beast�? The old dragon beast is the LAW. Jesus�?new ‘beast�?[our riding; resting place] is GRACE. So Jesus placed us on Grace and told Grace ministers to take care of us until Jesus returns.

His two pence he gave the keeper to care for him with were GRACE AND TRUTH.

God just gave me this; just now as I type. I have never seen this before or heard this; God is telling me this now.

Then Jesus told the lawyer to go and do likewise; in other words ~~~~GET INTO GRACE.

So, see the Word is a symbolical language. These words are spiritually discerned as is the rest of the Word. This is no more of a natural man in need than we are natural sheep or wheat or corn.

Jesus used natural things to teach spiritual things. That is what a parable is.

This oil and wine is not the type of oil we cook with; nor is the wine like people drink. So by the same token, the physician in the Word is NOT A DOCTOR.

The SICK ones here [who need the physician] is the SAME SICK ONE THE SAMARITAN HELPED. See the above Scripture said he meant SINNERS ARE THE SICK ONES. It is not a disease; it is being in sin.

I know many people use that thing to try to justify using doctors. But Jesus knew that God had pronounced DEATH on OT kings who had gone to doctors. He said it was same as saying there is no God in Israel. In other words to turn to doctors is to say there is no Jesus among us.

Jesus said I do always the things which please my Father. So he WOULD NOT HAVE COME here, knowing that God did this, and teach people that if they are sick, GO TO DOCTORS. No, not for one minute.

Jesus asked the lawyer, which of the three was neighbour unto the wounded man. He said the one who showed MERCY on him.

Those who sinned under the law were stoned to death WITHOUT MERCY. There is NO MERCY UNDER THE LAW.

So, Grace is the one who shows MERCY. See that Jesus told this LAWYER to go and do thou likewise. He told him to go become full of Grace = merciful.

The LAW has no place in a NT Christians life. It is the wound.

What a wonderful message. Thank you, My Lord Jesus.