The Dream Team, Part 7: A Picture of Love
October 5, 2025 / Pastor Tom Van Kempen
I. Love sees people’s inherent
Luke 10:30 (NKJV) Then Jesus answered and said: A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, who stripped him of his clothing, wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead.
1. People are not to be
Luke 10:31-32 (NKJV) Now by chance a certain priest came down that road. And when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. Likewise a Levite, when he arrived at the place, came and looked, and passed by on the other side.
2. People are not to be
3. People are to be
II. Love grows
1. Love drives out
Luke 10:33 (NKJV) But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was. And when he saw him, he had compassion.
2. Love dismantles
3. Love judgmentalism
III. Love is
1. To share out of the overflow of its
Luke 10:34 (NKJV) So he went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine; and he set him on his own animal, brought him to an inn, and took care of him.
2. To jump into
1 John 3:18 (NIV) let us not love with words or speech but with actions
3. To show itself
Luke 10:35 (NKJV) The next day he took out two denarii[a] and gave them to the innkeeper. ‘Look after him,’ he said, ‘and when I return, I will reimburse you for any extra expense you may have.’
Luke 10:37 (NKJV) Go and do likewise.
