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1 | Fuller understanding required | Luke | Doris | 14603 | ||
Steve, thanks for your reply. On reading the Luke 16 parable i.m left with the impression that Lazarus is now comfortable because he was uncomfortable during in life. I think this is at odds with what we know about human developement and how important it is for a child to have its needs met, in order to develope as a whole human being. Or should it be understood as a judgement on the rich man, who appears to have known the name of Lazarus but failed to respond to his need. In that case are we to think that we have to respond to the needs of people if we know their names? I am only beginning to read the bible, so forgive my ignorance. Doris |
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2 | Fuller understanding required | Luke | Bob Rose | 14604 | ||
In Luke 16 where Jesus is telling the Parable of the richman and Lazarus, Jesus is showing us how we should act toward each other while we are here in this world, which you know is not our world if we belong to Him, Jesus' most repeated command to us is to love one another. He mentioned many times in the New Testament. His point here is to show us that some people will not hear the Gospel of Jesus no matter what miraculous signs they see. The richmans down fall was, he had all he needed and then some, but, he cold love his fellow man enought to help him out, However that was not why he went to hell. He went to hell because he chose to be disobedient to God's call to righteousness. When he called out to Abraham, he said send someone to warn my brothers, His burden for others changed, but way to late. If he and his brothers ignored Lazarus when he was alive, what makes him think they would change, if he returned from the grave? | ||||||