One may well ask the penetrating question: These accounts pertained to the Redeemer of the world. To the cripple at Bethesda, Jesus said: “Rise, take up thy bed, and walk.” ( John 5:8.) To the sinful woman came the counsel, “Go, and sin no more.” ( John 8:11.) To her who came to draw water, He provided a “well of water springing up into everlasting life.” ( John 4:14.) To the dead daughter of Jairus came the command, “Damsel, I say unto thee, arise.” ( Mark 5:41.) To the entombed Lazarus the memorable words, “Lazarus, come forth.” ( John 11:43.) Note the many examples provided by the Master: the crippled man at the pool of Bethesda the woman taken in adultery the woman at Jacob’s well the daughter of Jairus Lazarus, brother of Mary and Martha-each represented a casualty on the Jericho Road.
But when we walk in the steps of that good Samaritan, we walk the pathway that leads to perfection. Neither may the injured cry out, that we may hear. Now the Jericho Road may not be clearly marked. Jesus provided our watchword: “Go, and do thou likewise.” When we obey that declaration, there opens to our view a vista of joy seldom equaled and never surpassed. What will be your experience? What will be mine? Will I fail to notice him who has fallen among thieves and requires my help? Will you? Will I be one who sees the injured and hears his plea, yet crosses to the other side? Will you? Or will I be one who sees, who hears, who pauses, and who helps? Will you? Then said Jesus unto him, Go, and do thou likewise.” ( Luke 10:25–37.)Įach of us, in the journey through mortality, will travel his own Jericho Road. “And he said, He that shewed mercy on him. “Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbour unto him that fell among the thieves? “And on the morrow when he departed, he took out two pence, and gave them to the host, and said unto him, Take care of him and whatsoever thou spendest more, when I come again, I will repay thee. “And went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him. “But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was: and when he saw him, he had compassion on him, “And likewise a Levite, when he was at the place, came and looked on him, and passed by on the other side.
“And by chance there came down a certain priest that way: and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. “And Jesus answering said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead. “But he, willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbour? “And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live. “And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind and thy neighbour as thyself. “He said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou? The Bible enables us to relive the memorable event that made the Jericho Road famous for all time.Ī certain lawyer stood and tempted the Master, saying, “What shall I do to inherit eternal life? My thoughts have turned to a road made famous by the parable Jesus told. Earlier yet, Rudyard Kipling immortalized another road when he penned the lines, “On the road to Mandalay.” ( Rudyard Kipling’s Verse, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday and Co., 1946, p.
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A generation ago movie moguls featured Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, and Dorothy Lamour in films entitled The Road to Rio, The Road to Morocco, and The Road to Zanzibar.