You are reading this as a result of God’s grace and providential care. We here in the United States are highly blessed by God. Perhaps the greatest of these blessings is our access to the Holy Scriptures. Let us not, however, be as ancient Israel who ignored and despised God’s goodness. The goodness of God is for a purpose…
The Lord Jesus was an extraordinary storyteller and was able to take parables and use them in a way that they drove home one point, yet also drew the audience in, then flipped it to expose the human pompousness. He used them to expose wrong thinking. This is a familiar story that is so often misused and misapplied ...
We have been journeying through this book for a while. To understand the meaning behind this Scripture, we need to be reminded that Paul is addressing God's miracle people. Now we are a saved people, a rescued people. a redeemed people, a born-again people...
I have really enjoyed speaking about the personal interactions that Jesus had, that's what brought me here. And also reflecting on the nature of Scripture. The story of the rich man and Lazarus is really a story about the Pharisees, the personal interactions that Jesus had with the Pharisees that led to this powerful, fascinating parable. He is rebuking them and exposing them through the use of this parable.
