What Could Be Part 1: It's Not My Problem

“What Could Be?” Series (Joint series with CFC Churches)
November 7, 2010 “It’s Not My Problem!”
Group Study Questions
Introductory Questions:
Have you ever had anyone be a “Good Samaritan” for you?
Have you ever been a ‘Good Samaritan” for anyone else?
If so, what motivated you?
Have you ever declined an opportunity to be a Good Samaritan, and regretted it later?
What caused you to hesitate?

Bible Questions:
Read Luke 10: 25-29:
Why do you think the Religious Lawyer asked the question to Jesus in the first place?
Luke writes that the man “wanted to justify himself”, so he asked “Who is my neighbor?”
Why would someone who can answer correctly (vv. 27-28) want to justify himself?
Read Luke 10: 30-37
Jesus tells the story and has a Priest and a Levite be ‘the bad guys’. Why would He do this?
Why would 2 people who know all about God—His heart, His law, His commands—do what they did?
In what ways were the Priest and the Levite like the Religious Lawyer who was asking the question?
Jesus’ point was not only to teach the lawyer to ‘be nice to those around him’, but to show him that he had not ‘arrived’, and was still in need of God’s grace.
Why is it so easy for religious people to forget their need for God’s grace?
Read Matthew 23:23-28:
Why was Jesus so strong in his condemnation of the religious leaders?
What can that teach you, today?
Read 1 John 3:17-18:
John seems to assume that God’s love, if active in a person, would motivate them to be generous and compassionate.
Why can this be so hard?
How can we let God’s love show through us more?
Application Questions:
How does the story of the Good Samaritan—specifically the part about the Religious Lawyer, the Priest and the Levite, impact you?
In what ways have you been like them?
How (if at all) do you think God would want to change you?
What has to change in our hearts if we are to be more like the Good Samaritan?