Tuesday, May 24, 2005

Turn the page.

Luke16:15
"What is highly valued among men is detestable in God's sight."

Have you heard the story of the Rich man and Lazarus?

THE RICH MAN AND LAZARUS


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 dogscame and licked his sores.
The time came when the beggar died and the angels carried him to Abraham's side( Abraham is the father of all nations to whom God promised him his descendants would be numerous)The rich man also died and was buried. In hell, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far awar, 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 fixed, 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 father's house, 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(think Prince of Egypt) and the Prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead."