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Summary: Use God’s blessings to help God’s People
· Treasure God, not treasures
· Put God first – even before money
· People act funny – when it comes to money
· Our actions have eternal rewards – good or bad
the necessity of obeying God’s Law of charity and compassion
Context – continues the previous parables – rich young ruler?
Unjust steward
1 – The Two PERSONS – Rich Man, Poor Man
2 men - Worlds
Alive – same place – two circumstances (WORLDS)
· This is the Only parable not introduced as a parable
CERTAIN rich man – singled out
This parable involves a very wealthy man who has everything he could want, and by stark contrast, an impoverished beggar suffering just outside the man’s estate.
· Habitual = lifestyle of the rich and famous
Lap of “Luxury”
· Purple = expensive dye made from shellfish
· a wealthy man who has everything
· America has many millionaires – world’s richest country
· YouTube - $100 million mansion
2 coverings
· Lazarus – only person named in any parable
Lazarus = “God is my help”
· nobody helps this man but God!
Laid – daily, habitual
Local loners
· At his gate – would have known –
· How many Lazarus’s are at YOUR gate?
o Haiti next to America - poorest nation in the western hemisphere
o Afghanistan was just designated the most dangerous country for Christians in the world by a leading persecution watch group.
– ACLJ
o “What about people right here?”
argument – well, if you are so concerned about your fellow man, what are YOU doing to help them?
Probably nothing
o Abortion – most helpless of all
Longing – for the basics of life
Same words as the Prodigal Son with the pigs
All people in this culture ate with their hands.
The very wealthy used white bread to wipe their hands and then threw it on the floor[1]
Matthew 15:27 (NLT) She replied, “That’s true, Lord, but even dogs are allowed to eat the scraps that fall beneath their masters’ table.”
· Rich man – wanted nothing
· Lazarus – Needed everything
Rich man = hypocritical believer – Had knowledge OF God but continually DISOBEYS God through his selfishness
· Modern application of western waste:
o Waste time – we spend up to 8 hours per day on smart phones while those around us (including the world) needs our attention
o Waste energy – we have energy for sports but not for missions
o Waste money - $10 billion on Halloween
o Waste food – 2/3 world go to bed hungry while America throws out tons of food
o World needs basic nutrition and medical care (vitamins), basic shelter, clothing and fresh water
It is ok to have things if we are helping others – EVERYONE can do SOMETHING
We live what we really believe!
Contrast in covering
· Rich – covered in silk
· Lazarus – covered in sores
Licked = compassionate outsiders
Church failed (few tithe, volunteer, 80/20 rule) = world stepped in (humanitarian groups) government programs – sad indictment
Dogs = gentiles – Good Samaritan
World has more pity than Church sometimes – personal testimony
Lacerations – Open Sores
Wounds come in all forms = emotional, physical, mental
Examples = abuse, neglect, attacks, PTSD,
2 – The Two PLACES – Paradise and Perdition
Notice the contrasts in this verse:
1. one apparently unburied (by implication), one properly buried
2. one carried by the angels, one’s transportation unmentioned
3. one with Abraham in paradise, one in torment apart from Abraham
Notice the commonalities.
1. both die
2. both are conscious
Reason:
· how they used their wealth (or lack of it).
· Their spiritual lives were not revealed by the physical circumstances (cf.
Deut.
28 vs. Job and Ps.
73).
· The rich man’s lack of concern for the poor illustrated his selfish, earthly priorities.
· One can learn the priorities of modern, western people by their checkbooks and calendars![2]
Who was the Rich man?
Earlier parable - the Rich fool
· Tore down barns
· Not rich toward God
· Died that very night
· If the Rich Fool was the Rich Man mentioned here – then Lazarus was at his gates daily.
Who was Lazarus?
· Common name, but could have been Jesus’ friend
· Was sick for days, and died
· In death, the two men’s roles are reversed, with the rich man suffering in Hades and Lazarus receiving comfort in heaven.
· roles reversed
· One’s financial lot in this life is no indicator of spiritual status.
· In the course of time both the rich man and Lazarus die but find themselves in two drastically different places than they had been in life.
Whereas the poor man was completely impoverished, he now enjoys comfort in the heavenly kingdom (“Abraham’s bosom”).
On the other hand, the rich man is tormented in Hades and begs for relief in much the same way that Lazarus once begged outside his gate.
All of this illustrates the common theme of reversal that has been found throughout Luke’s Gospel.
“Lifted up his eyes”
· – was in the lowest possible place
o He who exalts himself will be humbled
3 – The Two Prayers – Relief and Redemption
Longing – for what was never given
God is not mocked – no seed, no harvest
· When the rich man asks for comfort for himself or a warning for his brothers, he is denied both.
· The Request, the refusal, the reason
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