A Reasonable Question: Who is my neighbor?

• The key issue is the identity of the other person
• Translation: Whom can I lawfully refuse to love?

Turning the Question Around: Who was a neighbor?  

• The key issue is our identity, not the identity of the other
• Translation: We love people because that is who we are, and who we are becoming in Christ. 
• We are neighbors, and that is what good neighbors do!

Take Home Idea: If we embrace our identity in Christ, if we are neighbors, then we will earn an audience for the gospel wherever we go.