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“No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.”
Luke 16:13Mammon = “money” ESV
Luke 16:14-15Pharisees were lovers of moneyHighly esteemed among menAbomination in the sight of God
Rich man Before Death
Luke 16:19 “There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:”
Sumptuously = LuxuryUsed possessions for self
1 John 3:17 “But whoever has this world's goods, and sees his brother in need, and shuts up his heart from him, how does the love of God abide in him?”
Proverbs 21:13 “Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.”
James 4:17 “Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.”
Lazarus Before Death
Luke 16:20 “And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores,”
Luke 16:21 “And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.”
The Two Men In Death
Destinies were sealed Burial Did not cease to exist
• conscious• rational
Not their final abode• Lazarus - paradise• Rich man - hades
The Men After Death
They could remember
Lazarus comforted
Rich man in tormentSend LazarusSend him to my brothers
Refutes Many False Doctrines
Modernism = deny miracles - inspiration
Jesus endorsed Moses“They have Moses and the prophets”“If they hear not Moses and the prophets”
Jesus believed in Flood and creationMt. 24:37-39 “days of Noah”Mt. 19:4-6 “made them at the beginning”
Refutes Many False Doctrines
Christian Science = deny sin, sores, death and future punishment
Jesus tells us:Rich man sinnedRich man punished after deathLazarus
Had soresHungry
Refutes Many False Doctrines
SpiritualismDead can communicate with loved onesDead can come back to earthSaints care for ones in hell
Jesus teaches the oppositeRich man could not communicateRich man could not go back to earthLazarus could not help
Refutes Many False Doctrines
Souls SleepingUnconscious sleep waiting for resurrection
Rich man was conscious - knew he was in pain
Lazarus was conscious - was comforted
Abraham was conscious - could think / talk
Matthew 27:52-53
52. “And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose,
53. And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.”
Refutes Many False Doctrines
PurgatoryWicked can be releasedPrayers of dead are heard
Rich man could not escape
He could not change from Hades to Paradise
His prayers were not answered
Refutes Many False Doctrines
CalvinismDirect operation of Holy Spirit by miracles
God refused to work a miracle by sending Lazarus back to the brothers
Repentance is by the power of the wordLuke 16:31Rom. 1:16 - gospel is the powerJames 1:21 “engrafted word”
Refutes Many False Doctrines
Second Chance
Rich man was not offered a second chanceHe tried to get relief but failed
Judgment will be the way we are at deathHeb. 9:27
According to deeds - 2 Cor. 5:10
Refutes Many False Doctrines
Dead have lost their Identity
Rich man had not lost his identity
Lazarus had not lost his identity
Abraham had not lost his identity
Refutes Many False Doctrines
Can live in Wealth and Ease
Fate of the rich man is a warning
Matthew 16:26 “For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?”
Sermon by Arthur Pigman
Evans Church of Christ
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Sunday Morning Jan. 26, 2014