I am loving reading Luke right now. It has so many stories that I love, but often forget about. Jesus life is so full on interesting teachings, miracles, and stories, that they all sorta run together sometimes. It is good to go through them again....in Luke 16 the story of Larazus on the Rich man is so intersting to me...
The unnamed rich man had everything in life...
He was rich... he had the stuff... he had good food... a nice house... and more...
By the entrance to the gate that surrounded the rich mans house and kept out unwanted visitors, sat a poor beggar with nothing, named Lazarus.
Lazarus had nothing... he wished that he could eat even scraps that fell from the rich man's table... but often went hungry instead...
After they both died there was a shocking reversal that happened...
Even thought the rich man had everything in life, it was Lazarus who was rewarded in Heaven... while the rich man suffered in Hades...
Hades was so horrible, that the rich man begged for Lazarus to go and warn his family...
But he is told that, 'If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.' "
Isn't it interesting that a man named Lazarus does rise from the dead in John 11.... and that Jesus rose from the dead...
But people still do not listen?
What we have now, is no garauntee of God's favor on our lives. If we are rich now, it is so we can bless those who are not...
How we live today has the potential to impact eternity!
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this is a pretty picture.
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