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​English Standard Version Chapter 618 “But will God indeed dwell with man on the earth?

Behold, heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain you, how much less this house that I have built!

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NIV“There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and lived in luxury every day.

At his gate was laid a beggar named Lazarus, covered with sores and longing to eat what fell from the rich man’s table.

Even the dogs came and licked his sores.

“The time came when the beggar died and the angels carried him to Abraham’s side.

The rich man also died and was buried.

In Hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far away, with Lazarus by his side.

So he called to him, ‘Father Abraham, have pity on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in agony in this fire.’

“But Abraham replied, ‘Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things, but now he is comforted here and you are in agony.

And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been set in place, so that those who want to go from here to you cannot, nor can anyone cross over from there to us.’ “He answered, ‘Then I beg you, father, send Lazarus to my family, for I have five brothers.

Let him warn them, so that they will not also come to this place of torment.’

“Abraham replied, ‘They have Moses and the Prophets; let them listen to them.’

“ ‘No, father Abraham,’ he said, ‘but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.’

“He said to him, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.’

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​ NIV“There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and lived in luxury every day.

At his gate was laid a beggar named Lazarus, covered with sores and longing to eat what fell from the rich man’s table.

Even the dogs came and licked his sores.

“The time came when the beggar died and the angels carried him to Abraham’s side.

The rich man also died and was buried.

In Hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far away, with Lazarus by his side.

So he called to him, ‘Father Abraham, have pity on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in agony in this fire.’

“But Abraham replied, ‘Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things, but now he is comforted here and you are in agony.

And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been set in place, so that those who want to go from here to you cannot, nor can anyone cross over from there to us.’ “He answered, ‘Then I beg you, father, send Lazarus to my family, for I have five brothers.

Let him warn them, so that they will not also come to this place of torment.’

“Abraham replied, ‘They have Moses and the Prophets; let them listen to them.’

“ ‘No, father Abraham,’ he said, ‘but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.’

“He said to him, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.’

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Series: Life after Death

Joke - Superbowl.

Five minutes after you die

What happens after I die?

One of the big questions in life.

There are four big questions in life:

Origin - How did I get here?

Meaning - Who am I? What is my purpose in life?

Morality - How do I distinguish right and wrong?

Destiny - Where do I go after I die?

Perhaps the last is the most important because regardless of how we were to answer the first three, we all have an eternal destiny.

The Bible tells us “God has set eternity into the hearts of men.”

We know that this life is not all there is.

Many of us came to Christ simply because we were pursuing the answer to that question.

We want to be saved from hell and want to have a place in heaven.

God’s Word, the Bible, certainly has the answers to these questions.

Carol

Secretary - What happens after we die?

Secretary

We all go to heaven.

“I hope so.” “Hope I make it because I live a good life.”

Hell is our default destination.

Not saved by good works.

Satan has distracted the church from thinking about the after life.

God’s Word, the Bible, certainly has the answers to these questions.

Carol

Origin - How did I get here?

Meaning - What is my purpose in life?

Morality - How do I distinguish right and wrong?

We live for the dot.

SLIDE on the dot.

Destiny - Where do I go after I die?

And he has good reasons for that: We won’t prepare for it.

We won’t make investments into heaven’s account.

We won’t share the gospel.

We won’t live the hope, joy and peace Jesus brings.

So what happens after I die?

Conversation with secretary.

Satan has distracted the church from thinking about heaven.

And he has good reasons for that: We won’t prepare for it.

We won’t make investments into heaven’s account.We won’t share the gospel.We won’t live the hope, joy and peace Jesus brings.

What happens after I die?

Jesus answered that burning question.

For many that can literally be a burning question.

For a backdrop, He was speaking to his disciples and said:

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The we read:

The He told them this story.

It is not a parable.

A story of two men and what transpired after death.

I want to share this account and review three different experiences between the two men to make the point we have an eternal destiny.

1. Different Experiences in Life

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“Some people are born with a silver spoon in their mouth.”

[SLIDE]

When you are born into a rich family, you know very little about the struggles, heartaches, pain, suffering that others face.

Many things you take for granted the poor long for.

The children born to the rich should not think they were deserving or entitled to riches.

They were just fortunate to be born into that family.

What if you were born into another family?

Some people are born with a gold spoon in their mouth.

When you are born into a rich family, you know very little about the struggles, heartaches, pain, suffering that others face.

Many things you take for granted the poor long for.

The children born to the rich somehow think they were deserving or entitled not realizing you were just fortunate to be born into that family.

What if you were born into another family?

The rich man

dressed in purple - the color of wealth, pomp and glory.

Wore designer clothing.

Pick whatever name brand you want.

Ralph Lauren, Gucci.