WHO CROSSES YOUR PATH? - A neighbor is anyone that God puts in your path - We cannot meet the needs of every single person in the world. Jesus wasn't teaching that. This wounded man was directly in the path of these three men. The priest and the Levite had to walk around him. Jesus is simply teaching that we should take advantage of the opportunities we have. The fact that we can't help everyone is no excuse not to help anyone. Jesus, through this parable, defined a neighbor as any fellow human being who crosses our path and is in need of our assistance.

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Who Crosses Your Path?

A neighbor is anyone that God puts in your path.

Andrew Wommack

“But he, willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus, ‘And who is my neighbor?’” LUKE 10:29

This question of 'who is my neighbour' can be used by Satan to deceive us in more than one way.

Not only can he deceive men into thinking they have fulfilled the command to 'love thy neighbor as thyself' when they haven't, but he will also try to apply this command in a way that condemns those who are seeking to fulfill it, by making them think they are not doing enough.

We cannot meet the needs of every single person in the world. Jesus wasn't teaching that.

This wounded man was directly in the path of these three men. The priest and the Levite had to walk around him.

Jesus is simply teaching that we should take advantage of the opportunities we have.

The fact that we can't help everyone is no excuse not to help anyone.

Jesus, through this parable, defined a neighbor as any fellow human being who crosses our path and is in need of our assistance.

The Samaritan went to the full extent of his ability ”and beyond” to help the man.

The priest and Levite did nothing.

There was a racial and religious hatred between Jews and Samaritans.

Devout Jews would not associate with or even talk to a Samaritan.

The priest and the Levite that passed by this wounded man were his fellow-countrymen, and yet they didn't help him.

This Samaritan, who was considered by religious Jews to be of another nationality, was the true neighbor.

Jesus made it clear that you could not define 'neighbor' on the basis of geographic origin or your familiarity with someone.

A neighbor is anyone that God puts in your path.

Andrew Wommack was born again at just eight years old. Although he avoided the rebellious phase often associated with adolescence, he believed that through his own righteousness, he could develop a relationship with the Lord. But then, on March 23, 1968, everything changed. Andrew realized that he had fallen into the bondage of legalism and self-righteousness, much like the Pharisees whom Jesus rebuked. Expecting the wrath of God to fall on him, Andrew was surprised to feel God’s presence flood him with love instead. “God’s love consumed me,” he says. “When I was at my worst, God’s love was the strongest.” This encounter forever changed the way he saw God and put Andrew on a path to change the way others saw Him. However, shortly after, he was drafted into the Army and shipped to Vietnam. Despite how difficult and dangerous things were on the front lines, God used that time to ground Andrew in His Word, and he returned to America stronger in his walk than ever.

Andrew submitted to the call of God to be a teacher of the Word. He and Jamie were married in 1972, and together they began teaching Bible studies. Over the next six years, they would pastor three small churches and complete their family with two sons, Joshua and Jonathan Peter.

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