F.E. Marsh :: 406. The Good Samaritan's Action in Regard to the Man Who Fell Among Thieves

THERE are many thoughts which are suggested if we take the Good Samaritan as a type of Christ (Luke 10:30-37).

1. Condescension of the Good Samaritan. “He came where he was” (Luke 10:33), unlike those who passed by on the other side. In like manner Christ came where we were. He came to our humanity, and took it upon Him (Heb. 2:14). He came to our sorrow, and became acquainted with it (Isaiah 53:4); He came to our death, and died it (1 Peter 3:18); He came to our sin, and bore it (2 Cor. 5:21); He came to our curse, and passed through it (Gal. 3:13); He came to our woe, and endured it (Heb. 12:2); and He came to our lowness, to lift us out of it (Phil. 2:8).
2. Compassion of the Good Samaritan. “He had compassion on him” (Luke 10:33). Repeatedly we read of Christ being moved with compassion in His life, but the compassion of His compassion was, when He took pity upon us, as He saw us in our sin (Ezek. 16:8), and died on our account (Rom. 5:6, 8), for as David had compassion on Mephibosheth, and brought him to his own house (2 Sam. 9), so Christ has had compassion upon us, in dying to meet our need.
3. Care of the Good Samaritan. There are seven things the Good Samaritan did for the man.
   1. He “went to him.” He did not send a deputy to do his work. So with Christ. He saves (2 Tim. 1:9). He gives (John 14:27). He sustains (Isaiah 41:10). He accompanies (Ex. 33:14), and He keeps (Jude 24).
   2. He “bound up his wounds.” So with Christ. He heals by His stripes (Isaiah 53:5), and comforts by His grace (2 Cor. 12:9).
   3. He “poured in oil and wine.” So with Christ. He gives unction of His Spirit (1 John 2:27; 2 Cor. 1:21), and the wine of His joy (Psalm 104:15).
   4. He “set him on his own beast.” In like manner, Christ gives us to sit in the place where He had been (Eph. 2:6).
   5. He “brought him to an inn.” So Christ brings us to a place of safety (Isaiah 32:2), and into the banqueting house of His fellowship (Song of Solomon 2:4).
   6. He “took care of him.” So with Christ. Those who are taken up by Him are not given up. They are in His mighty grip (John 10:28), and cared for (1 Peter 5:7).
   7. He left supplies for the man. “He took out two pence.” What a supply we have in Christ (Eph. 1:3; Phil. 4:19).