THE LAW OF GOD PART 2: Leviticus 19:17-18

[jeremiah1five]

WHO IS MY NEIGHBOR?​

WHO IS MY NEIGHBOR?

THIS is my neighbor:

The Original Command of God to His people.

17 Thou shalt not hate thy brother [member of the same tribe] in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour [member of another tribe situated by God living next to another Covenant tribe], and not suffer sin upon him. 18 Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people [member of any tribe], but thou shalt love thy neighbour [member of another tribe situated by God living next to another Covenant tribe] as thyself: I am the Lord.
Lev. 19:17–18.

God situated the twelve tribes of the House of Israel around the Tabernacle. Three tribes to the north, three tribes to the east, three tribes to the south, and three tribes to the west. There were no Gentiles [Goyim] anywhere near as they had been destroyed by God through Joshua.

We have established Jesus didn’t change the Law where this Law is concerned the command remains: Brethren are to love brethren ONLY.

But what about the Samaritan? He was also in Covenant with God along with the priest and Levite. John 4:3-26

Yet in the Church the teaching of who is my neighbor is in error. Believers are taught to love the unsaved enemies of God. The teaching to “love your neighbor” is understood in the Church as unsaved people that live down the street or in the house or apartment next to you. To take this as the truth is either that Jesus changed the Law of God or that we are misunderstanding the original command (I doubt Christians even know where this original Law is found.)

15 Love not the world [unbelievers], neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world [unsaved], the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. 1 Jn 2:15–16.

There is no redundancy here. We are not instructed to not love the planet or the things in the planet. The word “world” (Gr. Kosmos) also refers to the inhabitants as per Strong’s Greek/Hebrew. So, using ‘inhabitants’ makes more sense than ‘planet’ (the first earth day, huh?)

Did Jesus change the Law?

43 Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. 44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; 45 That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. 46 For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same? 47 And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so? 48 Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect. Mt 5:43–48.

Jesus Christ was Prophesied as a “prophet like unto me [Moses] taken from among their brethren (Covenant twelve tribes).” John the Baptist and Jesus Christ declared that Messiah was sent to Israel (Covenant) and to the lost sheep of the House of Israel (Covenant).

31 And I knew him not: but that he should be made manifest to Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water. Jn 1:31.

24 But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel. Mt 15:24.

The background: Even while under Roman conquest Israel which consisted of two kingdoms Northern and Southern were still at odds with each other. There was still animosity between the twelve tribes. Jesus is trying to get brethren who loved only brethren of the same tribes to love their neighbor who were members of the other warring tribes. This is the context of Jesus’ words to “love [your] neighbor.” He did not instruct Israel of twelve tribes to love the Pagan, heathen Romans, or Assyrians, or Babylonians, or any other non-Covenant person or group of persons.

So, what about the world of unsaved, reprobate, unbelieving non-Covenant heathen enemies of God?

We are to “RESPECT” them.

Throughout Scripture God declares “Behold!” many times to His Covenant people. He even repeats Himself. But taking the English word “re-spect” which is compound of two words to make one word: “re” meaning “again” and “spect” meaning “to look.” Thus, we are to “look again” [respect] at who we are dealing with and to act accordingly. After all, there is reason why we are to test the spirit whether they are of God.” 1 John 4:1-2.

And we use the Word of God to discern body, soul, and human spirit (Heb. 4:12).

12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. 13 Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do. Heb 4:12–13.

Thus, Jesus didn’t change the Law but upheld it. As the original command instructs us to love brethren only, give our lives for them (though we don’t necessarily have to die to do this), for the love of God comes with profit among the brethren when understood and exercised according to the correctly understood commands of God.

34 A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. 35 By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another. Jn 13:34–35.

I must ask: When Jesus returns who is it that He is destroying here?

Those He loves? Maybe those we love?

11 And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war. 12 His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself. 13 And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God. 14 And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean. 15 And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. 16 And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.

17 And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God; 18 That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great. Rev. 19:11–18.

We should not call just anyone "my brethren" until we first know whether or not we have the same Father.

Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect. Mt. 5:48.

 

[Eleanor]

WHO IS MY NEIGHBOR?​

WHO IS MY NEIGHBOR?
THIS is my neighbor:
The Original Command of God to His people.
17 Thou shalt not hate thy brother [member of the same tribe] in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour [member of another tribe situated by God living next to another Covenant tribe], and not suffer sin upon him. 18 Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people [member of any tribe], but thou shalt love thy neighbour [member of another tribe situated by God living next to another Covenant tribe] as thyself: I am the Lord. Lev. 19:17–18.

God situated the twelve tribes of the House of Israel around the Tabernacle. Three tribes to the north, three tribes to the east, three tribes to the south, and three tribes to the west. There were no Gentiles [Goyim] anywhere near as they had been destroyed by God through Joshua.

We have established Jesus didn’t change the Law where this Law is concerned the command remains: Brethren are to love brethren ONLY.
But what about the Samaritan? He was also in Covenant with God along with the priest and Levite. John 4:3-26

Here's the thing, that conclusion is not in agreement with the NT.

"The Jews had no dealings with the Samaritans." (Jn 4:9)
That means they did not consider them the people of God.
And that is the context of the parable.

Jesus chooses a Samaritan to show the meaning of neighbor in his parable, taking "neighbor" outside the people of God.
The Jews would have understood Jesus' to be saying that your neighbor is not just the people of God.

 

[jeremiah1five]

Here's the thing, that conclusion is not in agreement with the NT.

"The Jews had no dealings with the Samaritans." (Jn 4:9)
That means they did not consider them the people of God.
And that is the context of the parable.

Jesus chooses a Samaritan to show the meaning of neighbor in his parable, taking "neighbor" outside the people of God.
The Jews would have understood Jesus' to be saying that your neighbor is not just the people of God.

The Scripture in John 4 had no effect on you?
The "Jews" may not have had any dealings with the Samaritans, but as you can see that their prejudice doesn't matter.
God and His Christ did.

3 He left Judaea, and departed again into Galilee. 4 And he must needs go through Samaria. 5 Then cometh he to a city of Samaria, which is called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph. 6 Now Jacob’s well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well: and it was about the sixth hour. 7 There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink. 8 (For his disciples were gone away unto the city to buy meat.) 9 Then saith the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? for the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans. 10 Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water. 11 The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: from whence then hast thou that living water? 12 Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle? 13 Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again: 14 But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life. 15 The woman saith unto him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not, neither come hither to draw. 16 Jesus saith unto her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither. 17 The woman answered and said, I have no husband. Jesus said unto her, Thou hast well said, I have no husband: 18 For thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband: in that saidst thou truly. 19 The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet. 20 Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship. 21 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father. 22 Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews. 23 But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. 24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. 25 The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things. 26 Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am he.
27 And upon this came his disciples, and marvelled that he talked with the woman: yet no man said, What seekest thou? or, Why talkest thou with her? 28 The woman then left her waterpot, and went her way into the city, and saith to the men, 29 Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ? 30 Then they went out of the city, and came unto him.
31 In the mean while his disciples prayed him, saying, Master, eat. 32 But he said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye know not of. 33 Therefore said the disciples one to another, Hath any man brought him ought to eat? 34 Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work. Jn 4:3–34.

Samaritans were in Covenant with God despite the attitude of the "Jews."

 

[Eleanor]

The Scripture in John 4 had no effect on you?

It has no effect on the Jewish context of Jesus' parable of the good neighbor.

 

[jeremiah1five]

It has no effect on the Jewish context of Jesus' parable of the good neighbor.

It doesn't matter at this time what the "Jews" believe.
What matters is the original command of God for Covenant brethren to love Covenant brethren ONLY.
Jesus didn't change the Law.
WE DO.
(well, not me.)

 

[Eleanor]

It doesn't matter at this time what the "Jews" believe.
What matters is the original command of God for Covenant brethren to love Covenant brethren ONLY.
Jesus didn't change the Law.
WE DO.
(well, not me.)

What matters is what Jesus teaches.
And in that parable he was teaching the Jews that their neighbor includes those whom they do not see as the people of God.

 

[jeremiah1five]

What matters is what Jesus teaches.
And in that parable he was teaching the Jews that their neighbor includes those whom they do not see as the people of God.

So, either Jesus changed the Law or yours and others understanding is in error.
You have the original command in Leviticus 19:17-18. The command is for Covenant brethren to love ONLY Covenant brethren.
But to accept this as TRUTH would revolutionize your behavior and thinking and take you out of your comfort zone.
And because of pride you'd rather love everybody and help everybody thereby wasting whatever gift and call gave you for the brethren's' benefit.
Those are MY BENEFITS given you by God FOR ME! Why are you giving to God's enemies?
That's treason to your King!
You give that which is holy to dogs and cast your pearls to swine.

 

[Eleanor]

So, either Jesus changed the Law or yours and others understanding is in error.

As divine Lawgiver,
Jesus gave new law, as in Mt 5:21, 27, 31, 33, 38, 43,
abolished old law (Eph 2:15) of sacrifices, defilements, cleansings, feasts, etc. on the cross,
made the old (Mosaic covenant) obsolete (Heb 8:13), and
summed up the Decalogue in one rule (Mt 22:40); i,e., he who loves has fulfilled the law (Ro 13:9).

 

[jeremiah1five]

As divine Lawgiver,
Jesus gave new law, as in Mt 5:21, 27, 31, 33, 38, 43,
abolished old law (Eph 2:15) of sacrifices, defilements, cleansings, feasts, etc. on the cross,
made the old (Mosaic covenant) obsolete (Heb 8:13), and
summed up the Decalogue in one rule (Mt 22:40); i,e., he who loves has fulfilled the law (Ro 13:9).

The only thing obsolete are the Sacrificial Laws.
We still must have no other gods before us and not take the name of the Lord in vain.
And we also still must obey the original command of God to His Covenant people to love their Covenant brethren in Covenant.
But many Christians and false Christians don't obey God in this respect.
Sad.

 

[Eleanor]

The only thing obsolete are the Sacrificial Laws.

Not according to authoritative NT apostolic teaching in Eph 2:15:
the wall of hostility between Jews and Gentiles which Jesus abolished on the cross, making peace between the two, was not the sacrifices, it was the defilement and cleanliness laws.

We still must have no other gods before us and not take the name of the Lord in vain.
And we also still must obey the original command of God to His Covenant people to love their Covenant brethren in Covenant.
But many Christians and false Christians don't obey God in this respect.
Sad.

Previously addressed in post #8.

Feel free to Biblically demonsrate the error therein, without setting Scripture against itself.

 

[jeremiah1five]

Not according to authoritative NT apostolic teaching in Eph 2:15:
the wall of hostility between Jews and Gentiles which Jesus abolished on the cross, making peace between the two, was not the sacrifices, it was the defilement and cleanliness laws.

Previously addressed in post #8.

Feel free to Biblically demonsrate the error therein, without setting Scripture against itself.

It was for the bringing in of Gentiles that the middle wall partition was broken.
But there were Gentile converts in small number before this wall was broken. But it did not bring peace to all Gentiles. Only those whose names are written in the book of life of the lamb.
Regardless, we are still under command to love brethren ONLY.
To love the non-elect unsaved is to give that which is holy to dogs and cast your pearls to swine.
And that's treason to the King...to love the King's enemies.

 

[Josheb]

We should not call just anyone "my brethren" until we first know whether or not we have the same Father.​

Did the Samaritan have the same father as the victim?

 

[jeremiah1five]

Did the Samaritan have the same father as the victim?

I answered that in the beginning of my thread

 

[Eleanor]

It was for the bringing in of Gentiles that the middle wall partition was broken.
But there were Gentile converts in small number before this wall was broken. But it did not bring peace to all Gentiles. Only those whose names are written in the book of life of the lamb.
Regardless, we are still under command to love brethren ONLY.
To love the non-elect unsaved is to give that which is holy to dogs and cast your pearls to swine.
And that's treason to the King...to love the King's enemies.

As divine Lawgiver,
Jesus gave new law, as in Mt 5:21, 27, 31, 33, 38, 43,
abolished old law (Eph 2:15) of sacrifices, defilements, cleansings, feasts, etc. on the cross,
made the old (Mosaic covenant) obsolete (Heb 8:13), and
summed up the Decalogue in one rule (Mt 22:40); i,e., he who loves has fulfilled the law (Ro 13:9).

The above speaks for itself.

Feel free to Biblically demonstrate any Biblical error therein.

 

[Josheb]

I answered that in the beginning of my thread

I'm not seeing it. I see where you said, "He was also in Covenant with God along with the priest and Levite," using John 4:3-26 to support that, but that does not mean he had the same father as the victim. According to John 8 the priest and the Levite may have has the devil as their father. Furthermore, Samaritans were people who'd violated the covenant by marrying outside the faith and adulterating the bloodline. We don't actually know the Samaritan was Jewish; he may have been the Gentile half of a marriage to a Jew. Either way he would have been consider by God to be in violation of the covenant. Furthermore, the passage you cite to support the shared covenant position has Jesus explicitly stating, "You Samaritans worship what you do not know..." and Jesus explicitly told the woman at the well she did NOT know the Father. On top of that, the victim in the parable of the "good Samaritan" is identified simply as "a certain man" (Lk. 10:30). We don't know that he was Jewish. How can the Samaritan not know what he worships and be in the same covenant? How does his being a covenant-breaker, not knowing what he worships and not knowing his Father make him have the same father as the Jericho road victim?

If you answered the question somewhere other than that one line then please let me know where that is.

 

[jeremiah1five]

I'm not seeing it. I see where you said, "He was also in Covenant with God along with the priest and Levite," using John 4:3-26 to support that, but that does not mean he had the same father as the victim. According to John 8 the priest and the Levite may have has the devil as their father. Furthermore, Samaritans were people who'd violated the covenant by marrying outside the faith and adulterating the bloodline. We don't actually know the Samaritan was Jewish; he may have been the Gentile half of a marriage to a Jew. Either way he would have been consider by God to be in violation of the covenant. Furthermore, the passage you cite to support the shared covenant position has Jesus explicitly stating, "You Samaritans worship what you do not know..." and Jesus explicitly told the woman at the well she did NOT know the Father. On top of that, the victim in the parable of the "good Samaritan" is identified simply as "a certain man" (Lk. 10:30). We don't know that he was Jewish. How can the Samaritan not know what he worships and be in the same covenant? How does his being a covenant-breaker, not knowing what he worships and not knowing his Father make him have the same father as the Jericho road victim?

If you answered the question somewhere other than that one line then please let me know where that is.

You can say "may have" all you want. Take the Scripture as written without changing the meaning.
Jesus said it was a priest, Levite, and Samaritan. This implies Covenant and God as Father. So, all your "may haves" are uninformed.
Samaritan were "Jews" who were conquered by the Assyrians and the Babylonians and lived in an area destroyed by these very same people. To pick up their lives as a conquered people taken to these lands or remaining in Samaria the women were either raped taken as concubines, taken as wives or married their captors. Their children were half-"Jew" and this is where the Samaritans first became a people.

Every misunderstanding you have made by your comments I've addressed in the original post.

 

[jeremiah1five]

Josheb, spend some time reading this passage. Really.

5 Then cometh he to a city of Samaria, which is called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph. 6 Now Jacob’s well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well: and it was about the sixth hour. 7 There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink. 8 (For his disciples were gone away unto the city to buy meat.) 9 Then saith the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? for the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans. 10 Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water. 11 The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: from whence then hast thou that living water? 12 Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle? 13 Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again: 14 But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life. 15 The woman saith unto him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not, neither come hither to draw. 16 Jesus saith unto her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither. 17 The woman answered and said, I have no husband. Jesus said unto her, Thou hast well said, I have no husband: 18 For thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband: in that saidst thou truly. 19 The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet. 20 Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship. 21 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father. 22 Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews. 23 But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. 24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. 25 The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things. 26 Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am he.
27 And upon this came his disciples, and marvelled that he talked with the woman: yet no man said, What seekest thou? or, Why talkest thou with her? 28 The woman then left her waterpot, and went her way into the city, and saith to the men, 29 Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ? 30 Then they went out of the city, and came unto him. Jn 4:4–30.

 

[Josheb]

You can say "may have" all you want. Take the Scripture as written without changing the meaning.

Great. Let's you and I do exactly that.

Show me where scripture states the Samaritan and the victim shared the same Father.

Jesus said it was a priest, Levite, and Samaritan. This implies Covenant and God as Father.

You just violated your own rule! You did NOT take scripture as written. You asserted an "implies". Not only was an "implies" just asserted and NOT a "taken the Scripture as written," but that "implies" is being asserted in direct contradiction to everything I posted in the preceding post. Samaritans were covenant breakers. Samaritans adulterated the Hebrew blood line, the bloodline of Christ. Samaritans were separated from the Jews because of their idolatry. While priests and evites were revered by the Jews the Samaritans were despised.

So, all your "may haves" are uninformed.

LOL you're very good at throwing accusations around, but not very good at providing evidence for your own claims. My "may have is valid." The covenant identity is NOT provided. You cannot assume he is a covenant member any more than I can assume he is not a covenant member. It is you, not me, who first asserted something not stated in the text.

Samaritan were "Jews" who were conquered by the Assyrians and the Babylonians and lived in an area destroyed by these very same people. To pick up their lives as a conquered people taken to these lands or remaining in Samaria the women were either raped taken as concubines, taken as wives or married their captors. Their children were half-"Jew" and this is where the Samaritans first became a people.

Every misunderstanding you have made by your comments I've addressed in the original post.

Thank you for your time.

Who were the Samaritans 1

Who were the Samaritans 2

Who were the Samaritans 3

Who were the Samaritans 4

Who were the Samaritans 5 (pdf)

Who were the Samaritans 6

 

[jeremiah1five]

Great. Let's you and I do exactly that.

Show me where scripture states the Samaritan and the victim shared the same Father.

You just violated your own rule! You did NOT take scripture as written. You asserted an "implies". Not only was an "implies" just asserted and NOT a "taken the Scripture as written," but that "implies" is being asserted in direct contradiction to everything I posted in the preceding post. Samaritans were covenant breakers. Samaritans adulterated the Hebrew blood line, the bloodline of Christ. Samaritans were separated from the Jews because of their idolatry. While priests and evites were revered by the Jews the Samaritans were despised.

LOL you're very good at throwing accusations around, but not very good at providing evidence for your own claims. My "may have is valid." The covenant identity is NOT provided. You cannot assume he is a covenant member any more than I can assume he is not a covenant member. It is you, not me, who first asserted something not stated in the text.

Thank you for your time.

Who were the Samaritans 1

Who were the Samaritans 2

Who were the Samaritans 3

Who were the Samaritans 4

Who were the Samaritans 5 (pdf)

Who were the Samaritans 6

Your links at the bottom describing Samaritans were adequate.

QUOTE: Show me where scripture states the Samaritan and the victim shared the same Father.
RESPONSE: She was a descendant of Jacob. The Covenant was a family Covenant that began with Abraham to Isaac and then Jacob (Israel) and to his children.

12 Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle? Jn 4:12.

She also includes Jesus bar Joseph from the tribe of Judah one of Jacobs kids in identifying Jacob as both their father.

QUOTE: You just violated your own rule! You did NOT take scripture as written. You asserted an "implies". Not only was an "implies" just asserted and NOT a "taken the Scripture as written," but that "implies" is being asserted in direct contradiction to everything I posted in the preceding post.
RESPONSE: According to the Oxford Dictionary, “imply” means “strongly suggest the truth or existence of” or “suggest as a logical consequence”

QUOTE: Samaritans were covenant breakers. Samaritans adulterated the Hebrew blood line, the bloodline of Christ. Samaritans were separated from the Jews because of their idolatry. While priests and evites were revered by the Jews the Samaritans were despised.
RESPONSE: You were a sinner before you were saved. Why are you pointing your unjust finger at another and cry, "SINNER!"?
And you're a sinner still.

QUOTE: LOL you're very good at throwing accusations around, but not very good at providing evidence for your own claims. My "may have is valid." The covenant identity is NOT provided. You cannot assume he is a covenant member any more than I can assume he is not a covenant member. It is you, not me, who first asserted something not stated in the text.
RESPONSE:

12 Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle? Jn 4:12.

This establishes that Samaritans, especially this woman, was Covenant, was a child of Jacob (Covenant), was related to Jesus through Judah (Covenant), and thus shared the same father: God.

13 Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again: 14 But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life. 15 The woman saith unto him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not, neither come hither to draw. Jn 4:13–15.

Jesus offers her Living Water (the Holy Spirit, of which NONE can be saved without Him), and the woman asks for this Living Water.

20 Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship. 21 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father. 22 Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews. Jn 4:20–22.

Jesus corrects her possible errors in worship by declaring "Salvation is of the Jews," and then tells her it won't soon matter WHERE one worships God.

24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. 25 The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things. 26 Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am he. Jn 4:24–26.

She also awaited the Coming Messiah/Christ of Israel (vs. 25) and says that when He [Christ] comes He will "tell us all things."
Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am he.
Jesus finally reveals Himself to her as Israel's Messiah/Christ.
And then she leaves and begins to evangelize her people:

28 The woman then left her waterpot, and went her way into the city, and saith to the men, 29 Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ? 30 Then they went out of the city, and came unto him. Jn 4:28–30.

In effect she becomes one of the first evangelists to witness her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, to a people also awaiting the Messiah/Christ of Israel.

QUOTE: Thank you for your time.
RESPONSE: You're welcome.
Now Go, and sin no more.

 

[Josheb]

Your links at the bottom describing Samaritans were adequate.

QUOTE: Show me where scripture states the Samaritan and the victim shared the same Father.
RESPONSE: She was a descendant of Jacob. The Covenant was a family Covenant that began with Abraham to Isaac and then Jacob (Israel) and to his children.

12 Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle? Jn 4:12.

She also includes Jesus bar Joseph from the tribe of Judah one of Jacobs kids in identifying Jacob as both their father.

Good.

Do you think a neighbor is defined by genetics or bloodline?

We know from Paul that not all who are descended from Abrahm are his descendants. Does that same principle apply to the descendants of Jacob? If so, then she claimed to have Jacob as her father but because of her idolatry did not. The same thing was previously evidenced in my earlier commentary pointing out the fact the father of the Jewish leaders was the devil, NOT Abraham.

You cannot use scripture selectively. Just because someone claimed ancestry does not mean they were correct.

QUOTE: You just violated your own rule! You did NOT take scripture as written. You asserted an "implies". Not only was an "implies" just asserted and NOT a "taken the Scripture as written," but that "implies" is being asserted in direct contradiction to everything I posted in the preceding post.
RESPONSE: According to the Oxford Dictionary, “imply” means “strongly suggest the truth or existence of” or “suggest as a logical consequence”

LOL you're digging you hole bigger. You said to take scripture as written. Then you claimed an implication. Now you're openly explaining how an implication is a strong suggestion of the truth. It is NOT as written.

You cannot have this both ways.

QUOTE: Samaritans were covenant breakers. Samaritans adulterated the Hebrew blood line, the bloodline of Christ. Samaritans were separated from the Jews because of their idolatry. While priests and evites were revered by the Jews the Samaritans were despised.
RESPONSE: You were a sinner before you were saved. Why are you pointing your unjust finger at another and cry, "SINNER!"?
And you're a sinner still.

Irrelevant.

You have claimed the Samaritan had the same father as the priest and the Levite. That is the only point you have been asked to prove. The case being attempted uses scripture selectively AND reads implications into scripture rather than reading it as written.


Prove the Samaritan had the same father.