"THE RICH MAN AND LAZARUS 2"

Then he said: I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest
send him to my father’s house:
For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest
they also come into this place of torment.
Abraham said unto him, they have Moses and the prophets;
let them hear them.
And he said, Nay, father Abraham; but if one went unto them
from the dead, they will repent.
And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets,
neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.
Luke 16-19.
The rich man sadly awakened among the flames when it was
to late to repent and change the direction of his life, and he
wished that his brothers could repent and avoid to fall in
such place. And Abraham told him that if they don’t listen
to Moses and the prophets, they won’t listen neither if
someone is sent from the dead.
God listened the concern of the rich man for his brothers but
did not tell Abraham to send Lazarus to tell them about Hades,
instead, God sent his beloved Son who rose among the dead
to tell all of us about this horrendous place, avoiding it by
repenting of our sins, and tell Jesus to save us, because with
his death he paid for all our sins.
We may not be rich, but after a party, we throw away lots
of food, like the rich man, instead of saving some money
to help so many hungry people that don’t have a crust
of bread to take to their mouths. Listen:
“As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous
therefore, and repent.
Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: If any man hear
my voice, and open the door, I will come to him, and will
sup with him, and he with me.
Revelation 3-19.

PRAISE THE LORD!

José Salazar
S. de C.

"THE RICH MAN AND LAZARUS"

This is an illustration of Jesus in which it is recognized that hell
exists; so we could knowing it, we could do even the impossible
to avoid to fall in it.
I beg you to loan me a few minutes of your time, of that precious
time God grant it to you.
A friend of mine read in Luke 16-19 this story, and asked me if
I think that the rich man and Lazarus knew each other before the
rich man were rich, and this is what we found:
The story begins like this:
There was a certain rich man, which was clothed with purple and
fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day.
And there was a certain beggar name Lazarus, which was laid at
his gate, full of sores.
And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich
man’s table ; moreover the dogs came and lick his sores.(pause)
It is logical that they didn’t know each other before he was rich,
because otherwise, he would have invited Lazarus to his parties,
but I think that the presence of Lazarus at the rich man’s home,
were not pleasant at all for him, and I also believe that he did not
gave him any alimony, because this may attracted more beggars
to his house in which Lazarus patiently waited for the food waste
to eat and feed the dogs that loved him and licked his sores.
Continues verse 22:
And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by
the angels into Abraham bosom: the rich man also died, and
was buried;
And in hell he lifted his eyes, being in torments, and seeth
Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
And he cried and said, father Abraham, have mercy on me,
and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water,
and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.
But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy life time
receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things:
but now he is comforted, and thou tormented.
And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf
fixed; so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot;
neither can they pass to us, that would come from hence.

To be continue