Is that all we need to do?

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(J. R. Miller, "Devotional Hours with the Bible")

"Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?" Luke 10:36

That was the Master's question. The lawyer could not help answering, "The one who showed mercy to him."

Then came the application, "Go--and DO likewise." Luke 10:37

It is not enough to hear good lessons, or look on good examples. When we have heard and seen--we must go out and DO the good things which are so beautiful, which our judgment commends.

It is not enough for the artist to have lovely visions in his mind--he must get his visions on the canvas, where they will be blessings to the world.

It is a precious privilege to look at noble lives and to read heavenly counsels. But we must reproduce in disposition, in act, in character, in our own lives--the excellent things we read.

Now we have read and understand the story of the Good Samaritan. Is that all we need to do? No! We must, "Go--and DO likewise!"