406. THE GOOD SAMARITAN'S ACTION IN REGARD
TO THE MAN WHO FELL AMONG THIEVES
There are many thoughts which are suggested if we take the Good Samaritan as a type of Christ (Luk 10:30-37).
1. Condescension of the Good Samaritan. "He came where he was" (Luk 10:33), unlike those who passed by on the other side. In like manner Christ came where we were.
- He came to our humanity, and took it upon Him (Hbr 2:14).
- He came to our sorrow, and became acquainted with it (Isa 53:4);
- He came to our death, and died it (1Pe 3:18);
- He came to our sin, and bore it (2Cr 5:21);
- He came to our curse, and passed through it (Gal 3:13);
- He came to our woe, and endured it (Hbr 12:2);
and
- He came to our lowness, to lift us out of it (Phl 2:8).
2. Compassion of the Good Samaritan. "He had compassion on him" (Luk 10:33). Repeatedly we read of Christ being moved with compassion in His life, but the compassion of His compassion was, when He took pity upon us, as He saw us in our sin (Eze 16:8), and died on our account (Rom 5:6-8), for as David had compassion on Mephibosheth, and brought him to his own house (2Sa 9), so Christ has had compassion upon us, in dying to meet our need.
3. Care of the Good Samaritan. There are seven things the Good Samaritan did for the man.
- He "went to him." He did not send a deputy to do his work. So with Christ.
- He "bound up his wounds." So with Christ.
- He "poured in oil and wine." So with Christ.
- He "set him on his own beast." In like manner, Christ gives us to sit in the place where He had been (Eph 2:6).
- He "brought him to an inn." So Christ brings us
- to a place of safety (Isa 62:2),
and
into the banqueting house of His fellowship (Sgs 2:4).
He "took care of him." So with Christ.
- Those who are taken up by Him are not given up.
- They are in His mighty grip (Jhn 10:28),
and
- and cared for (1Pe 5:7).
He left supplies for the man.
- "He took out two pence."
- What a supply we have in Christ (Eph 1:3; Phl 4:19).