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SEVEN ERRORS ABOUT ETERNITY (9 OF 9)

by Brad Whitt

Scripture: Luke 16:19-31
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Title: Seven Errors about Eternity (9 of 9)
Series: Amazing Stories-The Parables of Jesus and the Lessons They Teach
Text: Luke 16:19-31
Author: Brad Whitt

INTRODUCTION

Take your Bibles this morning and turn with me to Luke 16. This morning we've arrived at the last sermon in our series of messages on the parables of Jesus and the lessons they teach entitled, "Amazing Stories.' This morning, we're going to be looking at and learning from one of the most controversial and concerning stories Jesus ever told. It's called the parable of the rich man and Lazarus.

Let me read it for you.

Luke 16:19-31, ""There was a certain rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and fared sumptuously every day. 20 But there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, full of sores, who was laid at his gate, 21 desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table. Moreover the dogs came and licked his sores. 22 So it was that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels to Abraham's bosom. The rich man also died and was buried. 23 And being in torments in Hades, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. 24 "Then 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.' 25 But Abraham said, 'Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things; but now he is comforted and you are tormented. 26 And besides all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed, so that those who want to pass from here to you cannot, nor can those from there pass to us.'27 "Then he said, 'I beg you therefore, father, that you would send him to my father's house, 28 for I have five brothers, that he may testify to them, lest they also come to this place of torment.' 29 Abraham said to him, 'They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.' 30 And he said, 'No, father Abraha ...

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