Carried on His Beast: The Hidden Truth in the Good Samaritan
Dr RJ Sing, 28 min
Originally preached as “Unlock God’s Power: Speak and Create Change”
This is a short edit of Out of the Basin, Onto the Door: Overcoming by the Blood of the Lamb. Watch the full message for the complete teaching.
Sermon outline
The Good Samaritan is a picture of Jesus rescuing broken humanity, carrying us by His strength into the church, His inn, and paying for our care, so faithful giving keeps us in God's economy instead of the world's.
Main text
- Luke 10:30-37
Opening
After the programme intro, the edit opens as he promises a revelation about the Good Samaritan and reads Luke 10:30-37 from the King James Version, having the church repeat 'other side' and 'mercy'. He says God has hidden a deeper truth in the parable, and that the climax will come where God supplies your need.
A certain man went down: the human race stripped by the devil
The man who went down stands for Adam and the human race, deceived by the devil. Jerusalem, where a great king reigned, is a type of heaven, and Jericho is the way of the wicked world. The thieves picture the devil stripping humanity of dignity, wealth, inheritance, status and sonship, leaving us half dead, without a name, a place or a face.
Illustration: Historians say the road down to Jericho was called 'the bloody way'.
“It stripped us of our status and our sonship with God.”
- Luke 10:30
The priest and the Levite passed by on the other side
The priest represents the law, which cannot save: it judges, criticises and condemns, and tells you that you have missed the mark. The Levite handled the sacrifices of bulls and goats, whose blood could only cover sin, not remove it. Neither could fix the problem.
“The law has no grace. The law has no compassion.”
- Luke 10:31-32
- Hebrews 10:4
The Samaritan is Jesus: oil, wine and His own beast
The Samaritan who had compassion is Jesus coming into the world to save us. The oil and wine picture the Holy Spirit, who binds your wounds, heals you and makes you whole again. Setting the man on his own beast shows that you are not carried through life by your own strength but by the strength of God.
“You're not transported by your own strength, but you're transported by the strength of God.”
- Luke 10:33-34
- Psalm 23:1
The inn is the church, a place of divine exchange
God took you out of broken humanity and brought you into the inn, the church, where He imparts grace and the washing of the Word and gives you a name, an identity and a place as a son of God. That is why the devil fights to keep you from church and from tithing and giving. You are not doing the pastor a favour by coming: this is where God fixes you up.
Illustration: When you drag your feet about going, remember the inn is 'where your croissants are, that's where the red velvet cakes are'. You come in limping and leave bouncing with energy.
“I come with nothing and I get everything.”
- Ephesians 5:26
- Psalm 23:5
Two pence and the promise to repay
The two pence were two days' wages, and since a day with the Lord is as a thousand years, he sees the Lord's return drawing near and God pouring out His anointing for the harvest, so the church must be kingdom minded. Jesus paid the price for our care and promised to cover whatever more is spent. Just as the disciples He sent out lacked nothing, God is saying He will take care of you.
Illustration: He counts 2,000 years from Adam to Abraham, 2,000 from Abraham to Christ and 2,000 from Christ to now.
“When I come back again, if there's anything owing, I'll take care of that.”
- Luke 10:35
- 2 Peter 3:8
- Luke 22:35
Two options: sow into the kingdom or lose it to the world
Withholding tithes and offerings keeps you in the world's economy, with struggle, pressure and the devourer eating up your work. Covenant people bring what rightfully belongs to God and expect Him to release to them as they release to Him. You can sow into the kingdom and become a steward of far more than you dreamt, or withhold and lose it little by little to the world.
Illustration: People will splash thirty or fifty thousand rand on a holiday, then give five, ten or fifty rand in the house of God.
“The more you're trying to keep, the more you're going to lose.”
- Malachi 3:11
Putting it into practice
- Let the Holy Spirit bind up and heal your wounds.
- Stop trying to carry your life in your own strength.
- Come to church expecting a divine exchange, and don't let the devil keep you away.
- Tithe and give faithfully as a covenant partner, not as a favour to the church.
- Be kingdom minded, because the Lord's return is near.
Closing
He explains that the offering usually takes five minutes but this is a special day. He prophesies that those who heed his words will be overtaken by God's covenant grace, far beyond their wildest dreams, with the heavens opened and a blessing too great to contain. The edit ends there, before the offering is taken.
In his words
- “The law has no grace. The law has no compassion.”
- “You're not transported by your own strength, but you're transported by the strength of God.”
- “This is a place of divine exchange.”
- “You're not doing the pastor a favor when you come to church.”
- “The more you're trying to keep, the more you're going to lose.”
Every scripture in this message
- Luke 10:30-37
- Hebrews 10:4
- Psalm 23:1
- Ephesians 5:26
- Psalm 23:5
- 2 Peter 3:8
- Luke 22:35
- Malachi 3:11
- Malachi 3:10