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What do we exalt in this life?
We exalt jobs.
We exalt success.
We exalt eloquence.
We exalt charisma.
We exalt a sense of humor.
We exalt beauty.
How about money?
We exalt money.
When we think about it all the time, we exalt it.
When we want to possess more and more, we exalt it.
How about self?
We want ourselves to be well thought of so much so that we show ourselves to be good and more righteous than we are.
If you have made mistakes and been evil in the past, it is time to confess it and move in the right direction, not attempt to bury it where no one can find it.
It will haunt you for all eternity.
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The one who is blessed and loved by God is not the one who has the best job, or success, or eloquence, or charisma, or a sense of humor, or beauty!
The criteria of God’s love doesn’t have anything to do with any of those things or a number of those things.
He isn’t looking for the most wealthy and would you believe that He doesn’t love the one who is focused on loving him/herself.
God loves the one who is fulfilling the requirements of the law because their mind is set, not on earthly things, on the things that God wants.
Your mind and your heart must desire to do the things that Jesus and God wants.
If you have received freedom from condemnation and death that you deserved because at one time you were focused on the flesh, you need to remain focused on doing what pleases God.
Exalt God’s Revelation in the Bible
The Pharisees exalted the flesh over the spirit.
They exalted man and money over God and His revelation.
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Jesus tells us that we are not able to make the revealed word of God null.
It is able to enlighten everyone of sin and the true righteousness of God.
Left to our own devices, we lift up ideas and things that are an abomination to God.
Do you ever really believe that?
If you do, how much harder should you be studying the scriptures?
You can’t force your way into it by twisting the scriptures!
He then provides us all with a very practical example of the sin that many Pharisees may very well find themselves wrapped up in.
Adultery.
If you know what the law says about marriage, why would you ever consider it okay to divorce your wife who you have entered into a covenant union with and marry another?
To support this teaching about exalting our own ideas in order to assume our entrance into heaven, Jesus reveals a shocking story that we call a parable.
“Jesus never told mythological, fantasy stories.
There is no reason to say none of this has any meaning.
This story reveals truths about a spiritual reality.
The point of the story is to observe the outcome of the rich man and Lazarus.”
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“Jesus never told mythological, fantasy stories.
There is no reason to say none of this has any meaning.
This story reveals truths about a spiritual reality.
The point of the story is to observe the outcome of the rich man and Lazarus.”
The man who lived a life that was comfortable and easily accepted by the world wishes he could go back in time and make a change before it was too late.
While the one who suffered and relied on God was given a life of comfort for all eternity.
“Earth will be the length of your heaven.
Eternity will be the length of your Hell.”
What happens after death?
Physical death is not the end!
There is no wait time to the next place.
Paradise, comfort, Abraham’s Bossom
Place of torment
There is no changing the outcome.
You aren’t going to cross the Chasm.
You can’t pay for your sin with suffering.
We see in this parable a glimpse into the reality that is going on just on the other side of this life.
We notice the instantaneous nature of going from one place to the next.
What is the point of the parable?
Don’t use your wealth poorly!
Don’t rely on your heritage.
Give to the man in in need (Good Samaritan)
Don’t rely on anything other than the word of God to understand what is pleasing to God.
What is pleasing to God is not what is pleasing to man.
If you are looking for a sign to make sure that the risk is worth taking, you won’t find it.
Open the OT and learn from it!
Purple clothes came from dye derived from snails and were extremely expensive
The name is significant, for it indicates someone dependent on God.
His burial is perhaps mentioned specifically to avoid any suggestion that the rich man is condemned to torment for failing to receive a proper burial.
The rich man requests that Lazarus put just a drop of water on his parched tongue to relieve his anguish from the heat.
The request is a small one, but it recalls Lazarus’s similar small request for scraps of food.
Some “sons” will not be in heaven.
The rich man does have compassion; it was just limited
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