But we must say it, and we must understand what it means. It means that the general assumptions of Jesus’ hearers about who has eternal life have to be revised in the light of the condition of people’s hearts. The story does not teach that we can have eternal life just by loving our neighbor. We cannot get away with that nice legalism either. The issue of our posture toward God still has to be taken into account. But in God’s order nothing can substitute for loving people. And we define who our neighbor is by our love. We make a neighbor of someone by caring for him or her.
who is my neighbor? #divineconspiracy
