Word Of Life Ministries Of All Nations

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Time:  A.D. 30   Place:  Probably Perea

Introduction

As the parable of the prodigal son set before us the grace of the gospel, so this sets before us the wrath to come and is designed for our awakening.  The tendency of the gospel of Jesus is both to reconcile us to poverty and affliction and to arm us against temptations to worldliness and sensuality.  Now, this parable goes far in prosecuting those two great intentions. This parable is not like Jesus’ other parables where He uses natural things to bring about a spiritual meaning. But here the spiritual things themselves are represented in a narrative or description of the different state of good and bad in the world and the world to come.  This lesson is about a rich man and a poor man, we don’t know if this rich man shared any of his blessings with others or not, one thing we do know for sure is that he didn’t share it with Lazarus. The rich man enjoyed life, while Lazarus who was poor in need of help laid at the gate of the rich man full of sores desiring to be fed from the crumbs of the rich man table; the dogs had more compassion on the poor man than the rich man. Both men had an appointed time with death, one enters into the bosom of Abraham while the other enters hell.

Lesson Outline:  I.  Rich Man, Poor Man – Luke 16:19-21 Read More