Hello, friends, welcome
to another Wednesday night
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A Sharper Focus Bible study.
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Thank you for joining us
here at the 3ABN Worship Center
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for the final
portion of the topic
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on what the Bible
teaches about health.
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Now it's not a delightful topic,
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but it really informs us
about the character of God.
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And so tonight
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invite your family
and friends together.
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If you're joining us from church
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or maybe it's daytime
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and you're on the other side
of the world like Australia,
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welcome to the program tonight.
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We'll let you know where
to get a copy of the lesson
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in just a moment, but
before we go any further,
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let's begin with
the word of prayer.
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Heavenly Father, thank
You for the opportunity
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of opening Your Word this night.
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May our hearts be strengthened,
Lord, and may You speak to us
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through the work that
Your Holy Spirit will do.
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This evening, we
invite You to come
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in our midst, Father,
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and lead us to know You better
as our Lord and as our Savior.
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In Jesus' name we pray.
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Amen.
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Now, if you like a
copy of the lesson,
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go to this following
website asf.3abn.org,
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and download lesson number 24
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entitled, "The
Truth about Hell."
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And we're gonna be covering
tonight questions number 21
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all the way down
to question number 30.
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This is one of
the longer lessons.
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We've had
lessons that had 15, 20,
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but this has 30
because there's so many
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different components
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to understanding
the topic about Hell.
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Now, before we go any further,
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we're gonna sing
our theme song though.
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What is the name
of our theme song?
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Victory in...
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Victory in Jesus.
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Join us tonight as we
sing our theme song together.
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I heard an old, old story
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How the Savior came from glory
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How He gave His life on Calvary
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To save a wretch like me
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I heard about His groaning
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Of His precious blood's atoning
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Then I repented of my sins
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And won the victory
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O victory in Jesus
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My Savior, forever
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He sought me and bought me
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With His redeeming blood
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He loved me ere I knew Him
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And all my love is due Him
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He plunged me to victory
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Beneath the cleansing flood
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I heard about a mansion
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He has built for me in glory
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And I heard about
the streets of gold
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Beyond the crystal sea
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About the angels singing
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And the old redemption story
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And some sweet
day I'll sing up there
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The song of victory
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Key change.
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O victory in Jesus
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My Savior, forever
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He sought me and bought me
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With His redeeming blood
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He loved me ere I knew Him
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And all my love is due Him
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He plunged me to victory
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Beneath the cleansing flood
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He plunged me to victory
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Beneath the cleansing flood
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Amen?
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Amen.
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The topic tonight,
"The Truth about Hell."
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What does the
Bible say about Hell?
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Now there's some good news
that the Bible has about Hell.
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And the good news is
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it's not a place
for the righteous.
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What do you say?
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The righteous will
not end up in Hell.
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It is the place for
sin to be destroyed,
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for Satan and his
angels to be destroyed,
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and unfortunately
the third component
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is for sinners
that never accept Christ
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to be destroyed.
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Now tonight, we're gonna
be dealing with a parable.
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A what? Parable.
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A parable.
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One of the most
confusing stories in the Bible
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really is a parable
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and many people use this parable
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to build a teaching
about Hell on this parable.
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It's found in the Book of Luke.
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Luke Chapter 16.
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We're going to
consider this parable tonight
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and the
different components of it.
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And the question is
Luke 16 is a parable,
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not an actual account
of the dead and the living.
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It's not an actual
account, it's a parable.
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Now as we go to Luke,
what I want you to do,
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I'm gonna go there now,
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turning in my
Bible's to Luke Chapter 16.
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Luke Chapter 16 is
followed by a number of parables
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that are recorded in the Bible.
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Matter of fact, if
you go to Luke Chapter 14,
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the parables, he actually
go further back than that.
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Let me go to Luke Chapter 12,
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Luke Chapter 11.
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Let's just look
at Luke Chapter 11.
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This was the time where
Jesus not just point out
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a couple of things,
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what I want you
to see is the trend.
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What's the word
that I used there?
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It's a trend.
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Jesus is teaching,
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He's on the Mount
of Olives teaching
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and He's going from
one parable to the other.
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And the reason why He uses
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the parable of the
rich man and Lazarus
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is there's a particular teaching
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that the Jews began to accept,
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and we call that
today Neo-Platonism.
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They began to believe
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as the Greeks
taught that the body,
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the soul and the spirit
were three separate entities.
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And so in
conjunction with this teaching,
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let me lay some foundation.
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The reason why Jesus
came to Martha and Mary
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after four days
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is because along
with His teaching,
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the Jews embraced
this Neo-Platonistic view
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that if a person
died, for three days,
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the soul was like a mosquito
against the glass window.
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The soul they believed is
not supported by scripture.
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They believed the soul
tried to get back into the body.
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And if it was successful,
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then they believe
the person came to life.
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Now the reason why
they had this issues
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because Jesus
has raised the dead.
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Jesus had given life
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on more than one occasion
to somebody who had been dead.
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And they thought, "No,
they could not possibly be."
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So this must be...
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The theory must be true
that people come back to life
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if the soul was successful
in getting back into the body.
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So Jesus stayed away
for four days to prove
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that He is the
resurrection and the life.
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Can we say amen to that?
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He's the resurrection
and life exists in Him.
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John 1, "In Him was life
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and that life was
the light of men."
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Jesus is in fact, He doesn't,
He hasn't borrowed life,
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He has life
unborrowed, underived.
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He's not a created
being, He is the creator.
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But if you look at Luke 11:33,
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if your Bible has headings,
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Luke 11:33 begins the
Parable of the Lighted Lamp.
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Then, I'm gonna
move quickly here.
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Then Luke 12:13
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begins the
Parable of the Rich Fool.
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See, that's how the
Bible talks about that.
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Matter of fact, Luke 12:16 says,
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"Then He spoke a
parable to them, saying," right?
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Then you go to Luke,
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the same chapter
down to verse 35.
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And there's the
Parable of the Expected,
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the Expectant Steward.
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And sometimes
Jesus speaks parables,
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but He doesn't
say it's a parable.
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But the language
of the story itself
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lends itself to a parable
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because and here's how
you know about a parable.
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It teaches us a lesson,
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but the actual
of facts themselves
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cannot really
happen in true life.
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For example Jeremiah.
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Jeremiah talked
about, he saw trees walking.
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Let me ask you the question.
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Is that an actual
account or parable?
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It's a parable
because trees don't walk.
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Let's look at another one.
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The same chapter, Luke 12:41.
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There's another parable.
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"Peter said to Him, 'Lord,
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do You speak this
parable only to us,
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or to all the people?"
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He began to speak of
the faithful steward.
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We're now getting
closer to the chapter
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where we're headed.
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Go to Chapter 14.
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I'm not gonna
give you all of them,
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but just to kind of give you
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the pattern here or the cadence.
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Luke 14:5,
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Jesus began the
Parable of the Ambitious Guest.
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And then in Luke 14:15,
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the Parable of the Great Supper.
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Then Luke 15:1,
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the Parable of the Lost Sheep.
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Then what follows the
lost sheep, the lost coin.
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Then the lost son.
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Now which is most
likely to be true,
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the lost sheep or the
lost coin or the lost son?
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The lost son.
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It's most likely to
be an actual account,
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but once again
it is the parable.
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That's why it's called...
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And everything about
that parable can be true.
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But Jesus said
this is a parable,
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He spoke a parable
about a certain man
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who had a younger son
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and you know the
story from there.
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Then 16:1,
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we're getting close
to the story for tonight.
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Verse 1, he begins to speak
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of the Parable of
the Unjust Servant.
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Then, we come up on the Parable
of the Rich Man and Lazarus.
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Now here is the
beautiful foundation.
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We've got to understand
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who this parable is
referring to, right?
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Amen?
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If you understand
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who Jesus is
speaking the parable to,
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then the
parable's gonna make sense.
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For example if I said,
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you know there was a little boy,
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and I'm telling
this parable to a son
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or a group of little boys.
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Now there was a little young boy
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who came and he stole a nickel,
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and the nickel cried
out, "Don't steal me."
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And everybody's eyes are glued,
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the little boy's eyes are glued
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because that little
nickel knew he was being stolen.
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And that little boy
ran as fast as he could
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so the voice of
the nickel could not be
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heard by the
person that heard it.
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And he followed the
sound of that nickel,
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and the man found the nickel
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and he found the boy
who stole the nickel.
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And then they say,
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"So what are you
saying to us, nickels talk?"
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Do nickels talk, yes or no?
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No.
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But what I'm saying is,
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you will be
discovered if you are a thief,
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you will be found out.
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That's my short little parable.
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But notice in verse 14,
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who Jesus is speaking to
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as He leads up to
this particular parable.
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He addresses, well,
you'll get the group.
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Luke 16:14, notice
what the Bible says,
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"Now the Pharisees,
who were lovers of," what?
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"Money, also
heard all these things,
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and they derided Him."
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Because in the verse
before that, Jesus said,
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"You can't serve God and man."
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You can't serve money.
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Now some people will
have a hard time at that.
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That's why it says,
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it's hard for wealthy man
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to get through
the eye of the needle.
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Because when people
put money ahead of God,
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and unfortunately the Pharisees
had done the same thing.
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See, through the
eye of a needle, right.
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It's easier for camel
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to go through the
eye of the needle.
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Thank you, honey.
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And so in this case,
let's go to verse 15,
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"And He said to them,
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"You are those
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who justify
yourselves before men,"
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Luke 16:15, "but
God knows your hearts.
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For what is highly
esteemed among men is," what?
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"An abomination
in the sight of God."
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Now, he's gonna
introduce something
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that's gonna come
up in the parable.
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Verse 16,
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the law and the
prophets were until John,
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since that time
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the kingdom of
God has been preached,
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and everyone is
pressing into it.
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And it is easier for
heaven and earth to pass away
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than for one
tittle of the law to fail.
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And so now He
begins in verse 19.
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Let's go ahead and
pull into the sword.
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Now, what you're
going to get here,
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and I'll just tell
you in the very beginning.
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Jesus in this particular parable
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is rebuking a people
or a group of Pharisees
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that paid more attention
to their financial gain
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than to the needs
of those around them.
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Let's go ahead and
look at question number...
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Well, let's read first.
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Let's go and read first.
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I don't wanna
jump ahead of myself.
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Let's look at question number...
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Let's go on.
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I wanna read the parable first.
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Can we read the parable first?
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Let's read the parable first.
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It says in verse 19,
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"There was a certain
rich man who was clothed in,"
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what color?
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"Purple and fine linen
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and fared sumptuously every day.
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But there was a certain beggar
named Lazarus, full of sores,
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who was laid at his gate,
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desiring to be
fed with the crumbs
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which fell from
the rich man's table.
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Moreover the dogs
came and licked his sores.
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So it was that the beggar died,
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and was carried by the
angels to Abraham's bosom.
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The rich man also
died and was," what?
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"And was buried.
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And being in
torments in Hell or Hades,
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he lifted up his eyes
and saw Abraham afar off
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and Lazarus in his bosom."
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And then verse 24,
"Then he cried and said,
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"Father Abraham,
have mercy on me,
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and send Lazarus that he may dip
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the tip of his finger in
water and cool my tongue,
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for I am
tormented in this flame.
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But Abraham said,
"Son, remember that,"
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Now what did Abraham call him?
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Son.
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Let's remember that,
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"Son, remember
that in your lifetime
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you received your good things,
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and likewise
Lazarus evil things,
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but now he is
comforted and you are tormented.
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And beside all this,
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between us and you
there is a great gulf fixed,
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so that those who want to
pass from here to you cannot,
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nor can those
from there pass to us.
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Then he said, "I
beg you therefore,"
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what's the next word, father,
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you get the father
and son relationship.
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You gotta understand,
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there's big
connection father and son
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who claimed that he had
sons who are Abraham's sons
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and who was
Abraham the father of.
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Okay, you get the picture now?
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Let's go on.
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And then he goes
on further, verse 27,
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"Then he said, 'I beg
you therefore, father,
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that you would send
him to my father's house,
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for I have," how many brothers?
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"Five brothers that
they may testify to them."
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Remember, five
brothers that testify, okay.
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"Lest they also come
to this place of torment."
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Abraham said to
him, "They have," what?
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"Moses and the prophets,
the law and the prophets."
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They have that.
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"Let them hear them."
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And he said,
"No, father Abraham,
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but if one goes to them
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from the dead,
they will repent."
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But he said to him
and this is strong,
00:16:38.29\00:16:40.56
"If they do not hear
Moses and the prophets,
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neither will they be persuaded
though one rise from the dead."
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What a story!
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It's a powerful story
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and once you get out
of the story right away
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is this a father
and a son relationship.
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Abraham is addressing his sons
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and they are obviously
addressing Abraham as father,
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another point of the story,
is they have how many brothers?
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Five brothers.
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And these brothers
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are for the
purpose of testifying.
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Let them listen to
these five brothers.
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Not only did they
have the five brothers,
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they have Moses
and the prophets.
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This is huge
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because when you
begin to follow the story,
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one of the things
that the Jews boasted on,
00:17:20.47\00:17:22.97
was the first
five books of the Bible
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called the
Pentateuch, five brothers.
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Not only that,
after that they had
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the writings of
Moses and the prophets.
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They had all the
Old Testament and Moses
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and Abraham is
saying, if you listen to them,
00:17:36.42\00:17:39.32
it'll be good with you.
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And then he goes
on to say in verse 30,
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"He said, "No, father Abraham,
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but if one goes to
them from the dead,
00:17:46.66\00:17:48.30
they will repent.
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But he said,
00:17:50.80\00:17:52.13
"If they do not hear
Moses and the prophets,
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neither will they be persuaded
though one rise from the dead."
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Now, how many of
you remember the story
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of the actual resurrection
of the actual Lazarus?
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John Chapter 11.
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Now up until this point,
there was no dead Lazarus.
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The word Lazarus,
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the name Lazarus
was simply a name
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that Jesus used in this parable.
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Lazarus had not died yet.
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But, what was the tipping point
between them allowing Jesus
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to continue to preach,
00:18:23.37\00:18:24.97
and to
determine that he must die
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was when Lazarus was raised
from the dead, remember that?
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Go to John Chapter 11.
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Let's see that very quickly.
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John Chapter 11, okay.
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And...
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Okay.
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Yeah, John Chapter 11, wow,
00:18:40.52\00:18:43.69
the whole
chapter's about Lazarus
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but, we're gonna go down
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to verse 53, from 53.
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Well, look at verse
43, 44 and then 53, okay.
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Let's look at that.
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John 11:43, 44 and
then 53, all right?
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Okay, listen to this.
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"Now when He had
said these things,
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he cried with a loud
voice," and what did he say?
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"Lazarus, come forth!
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And he who had died
came out bound hand and foot
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with grave clothes,
00:19:20.16\00:19:22.02
and his face was
wrapped with a cloth.
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Jesus said to them,
"Loose him, and let him go."
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Now what just happened here?
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A resurrection took place.
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Now you would think,
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based on what we just said
in the story of Luke Chapter 16
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that if somebody
rose from the dead,
00:19:34.70\00:19:36.30
they would believe, right?
00:19:36.34\00:19:38.81
Look at verse 53.
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I'll let you read
the rest of it later on
00:19:40.44\00:19:41.78
because it was quite a stirring
00:19:41.81\00:19:43.65
between the chief
priest and the Pharisees.
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They got together, they decided,
00:19:45.45\00:19:46.78
what shall we do to this man?
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They got angry.
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And it says in verse
53, "Then, from that day on,
00:19:50.12\00:19:53.25
they plotted to
put Him to death."
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Jesus must die.
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So here's the point.
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Did the Jews believed
though Lazarus was raised?
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No.
00:20:04.77\00:20:06.10
Did they believe
when Christ was raised?
00:20:06.13\00:20:07.84
No.
00:20:07.87\00:20:09.50
So now let's go ahead
and begin to break down.
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Question number 22.
00:20:11.44\00:20:13.94
Let's begin to breakdown
the components of the story.
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Question 22, and here it is.
00:20:16.58\00:20:19.11
When did Jesus use
purple and fine linen
00:20:19.15\00:20:26.09
at the beginning of the parable?
00:20:26.12\00:20:28.29
Go with me to Exodus Chapter 26
because remember, in the story,
00:20:28.32\00:20:32.93
the rich man had
purple and fine linen.
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Well, if you look
at those two colors,
00:20:35.86\00:20:37.80
well, let me not
run ahead of myself.
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Okay.
00:20:40.50\00:20:41.87
Exodus 26:31,
00:20:41.90\00:20:44.64
and I'm gonna have
it on the screen here.
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If you just did a word
study of purple and fine linen
00:20:46.64\00:20:50.98
all through the Bible,
and you put those together,
00:20:51.01\00:20:53.28
you'll find that is
repetitive references
00:20:53.31\00:20:55.95
to the building
of the sanctuary.
00:20:55.98\00:20:59.99
Here it is, Exodus 26:31.
00:21:00.02\00:21:05.56
The Lord said,
00:21:05.59\00:21:06.93
"You shall make a
veil woven of blue,"
00:21:06.96\00:21:10.83
what else?
00:21:10.87\00:21:12.20
"Purple, and scarlet
thread," and what else?
00:21:12.23\00:21:15.77
"Fine woven linen.
00:21:15.80\00:21:18.54
It shall be woven
00:21:18.57\00:21:19.91
with an artistic
design of cherubim."
00:21:19.94\00:21:25.88
So you see right away
00:21:25.91\00:21:27.28
why did Jesus use
purple and fine linen
00:21:27.32\00:21:29.08
at the beginning of the parable?
00:21:29.12\00:21:30.99
This purple and fine
linen are the two colors
00:21:31.02\00:21:35.49
used in the
building of the sanctuary.
00:21:35.52\00:21:38.79
This portable temple
as the Israelites travel,
00:21:38.83\00:21:41.63
these two colors are associated
00:21:41.66\00:21:44.07
with the
building of that temple.
00:21:44.10\00:21:46.84
So if you look at Exodus 26:31,
it is the sanctuary colors,
00:21:46.87\00:21:51.51
put that there.
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But you'll find
00:21:54.94\00:21:56.28
there's another
reason why He uses it.
00:21:56.31\00:21:57.68
And I would suggest to you,
00:21:57.71\00:21:59.05
and this is
something that is my own.
00:21:59.08\00:22:00.55
I have to look for
00:22:00.58\00:22:02.08
the exegetical
connection to this
00:22:02.12\00:22:04.19
but when the children of Israel
were faithful to the Lord,
00:22:04.22\00:22:09.72
the temple stood.
00:22:09.76\00:22:11.19
But after Jesus died,
what happened to the temple?
00:22:11.23\00:22:14.46
It was destroyed.
00:22:14.50\00:22:16.00
There was no longer a need.
00:22:16.03\00:22:17.40
But now Jesus uses these colors
00:22:17.43\00:22:19.73
in another
application in the Bible.
00:22:19.77\00:22:22.20
And it was
fitting that He used it
00:22:22.24\00:22:23.97
in this application
because it applied perfectly
00:22:24.01\00:22:27.34
to the Pharisees
that had rejected Jesus.
00:22:27.38\00:22:31.05
Go to Revelation 18:16.
00:22:31.08\00:22:33.38
Look at that.
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He refers to these colors again.
00:22:34.95\00:22:37.29
It's amazing He
uses these colors.
00:22:37.32\00:22:39.52
In the early stages,
00:22:39.55\00:22:40.89
He refers to them in
the context of the place
00:22:40.92\00:22:42.66
where the Lord abides.
00:22:42.69\00:22:44.43
But after the
departure from truth,
00:22:44.46\00:22:47.20
after the walking
into the darkness,
00:22:47.23\00:22:49.00
He uses those same colors
to associate quite differently.
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Look at
Revelation 18:16, here it is,
00:22:52.43\00:22:55.17
"Alas, alas, that
great city was clothed in,"
00:22:55.20\00:23:01.28
read this
together with me in what?
00:23:01.31\00:23:03.38
"Fine linen," and what else?
00:23:03.41\00:23:05.05
"Purple, and scarlet,
00:23:05.08\00:23:07.58
and adorned with
gold and precious stones,"
00:23:07.62\00:23:10.59
and what else?
00:23:10.62\00:23:11.95
"Pearls!" Look at that.
00:23:11.99\00:23:13.69
Purple, fine linen and scarlet,
00:23:13.72\00:23:16.36
three colors that were included
00:23:16.39\00:23:19.39
in the building of the
curtains of the sanctuary.
00:23:19.43\00:23:22.13
But what color is
missing here, somebody tell me.
00:23:22.16\00:23:25.50
What color's missing?
00:23:25.53\00:23:26.87
I heard it.
00:23:26.90\00:23:28.24
Say blue.
00:23:28.27\00:23:29.90
In the building
of the sanctuary,
00:23:29.94\00:23:31.27
the color blue is
there because the color blue
00:23:31.31\00:23:33.27
is a color reminding
them of the law of God.
00:23:33.31\00:23:38.45
But it's not in
the great city Babylon,
00:23:38.48\00:23:41.75
it's left out.
00:23:41.78\00:23:43.12
They have the fine linen,
the purple and the scarlet,
00:23:43.15\00:23:45.72
but the commandments
of God are kicked out.
00:23:45.75\00:23:48.49
And how fitting it is
00:23:48.52\00:23:49.99
that when Jesus speaks
about those who rejected Him,
00:23:50.03\00:23:52.89
He uses the color purple,
and then He says fine linen.
00:23:52.93\00:23:57.23
Because the one's to whom
He spoke this very parable,
00:23:57.27\00:24:00.40
He knew their hearts
00:24:00.44\00:24:01.77
and He knew that
they had rejected Him.
00:24:01.80\00:24:03.61
Matter of fact, He had fought
with the Pharisees endlessly.
00:24:03.64\00:24:07.41
So let's go and put
the answers down here,
00:24:07.44\00:24:08.94
why did Jesus used
purple and fine linen
00:24:08.98\00:24:10.68
at the beginning of the parable?
00:24:10.71\00:24:12.05
One, refers to the building
of the sanctuary and secondly,
00:24:12.08\00:24:15.38
it also is the
colors of apostasy.
00:24:15.42\00:24:18.42
Now don't be afraid
to wear red or purple,
00:24:18.45\00:24:21.26
but in the context
of the application,
00:24:21.29\00:24:23.12
Jesus uses it to
describe the apostasy of those
00:24:23.16\00:24:27.86
that turned away from Him.
00:24:27.90\00:24:30.87
All right?
00:24:30.90\00:24:32.23
Now let's go to
the very next question.
00:24:32.27\00:24:34.27
Question number 23.
00:24:34.30\00:24:39.01
To whom was Jesus comparing
the success of the Pharisees?
00:24:44.98\00:24:49.58
Now I'm in Luke
Chapter 16, all right.
00:24:49.62\00:24:54.62
Luke Chapter 16,
00:24:54.66\00:24:56.62
to whom was Jesus comparing
the success of the Pharisees?
00:24:56.66\00:24:59.56
Luke 16:20 is where we gonna
go and look together, okay?
00:24:59.59\00:25:04.93
Remember the success
of the Pharisees is now,
00:25:04.97\00:25:07.24
but He's gonna
bring another picture,
00:25:07.27\00:25:08.60
a contrast, if you will.
00:25:08.64\00:25:11.47
He sees the wealthy, fine linen,
00:25:11.51\00:25:13.98
purple and they
obviously had money
00:25:14.01\00:25:16.51
because verses earlier,
00:25:16.54\00:25:18.11
He said, "You can't
worship Me and money."
00:25:18.15\00:25:20.38
But now He
brings another picture
00:25:20.42\00:25:21.82
into the unfolding parable.
00:25:21.85\00:25:26.45
Verse 20 of Luke
Chapter 16, the Bible says,
00:25:26.49\00:25:28.92
"But there was a
certain beggar named," what?
00:25:28.96\00:25:32.26
"Lazarus, full of sores,
who was laid at his gate."
00:25:32.29\00:25:38.77
Now why did the Lord use gate?
00:25:38.80\00:25:41.37
Because the cities
were all surrounded,
00:25:41.40\00:25:43.51
many of the cities
were surrounded by walls.
00:25:43.54\00:25:45.87
You read the Old
Testament, Mordecai at the gate.
00:25:45.91\00:25:49.94
Samson tore off
a gate of the city.
00:25:49.98\00:25:52.95
Jerusalem had an
impregnable gate.
00:25:52.98\00:25:55.05
Babylon with its great
walls and the gates of the city.
00:25:55.08\00:25:58.65
Cities were built that way.
00:25:58.69\00:26:00.22
But, the gate in some cities,
00:26:00.26\00:26:03.43
this is where
Matthew was a tax collector.
00:26:03.46\00:26:06.06
In some cases,
when you enter the city,
00:26:06.09\00:26:08.26
you had to pay a tax.
00:26:08.30\00:26:10.03
Matthew used to be a Pharisee.
00:26:10.07\00:26:11.40
He ripped the people off.
00:26:11.43\00:26:13.64
He'd charge some
people more or less tax.
00:26:13.67\00:26:17.11
An action of the Pharisees,
that's how they became wealthy.
00:26:17.14\00:26:21.38
They robbed the poor.
00:26:21.41\00:26:23.45
This beggar, full of
sores who laid at his gate,
00:26:23.48\00:26:27.75
couldn't even get past the gate.
00:26:27.78\00:26:29.98
He just laid there.
00:26:30.02\00:26:32.55
That was the whole inference.
00:26:32.59\00:26:33.96
He was poor, he was a beggar.
00:26:33.99\00:26:35.62
Please, please let me in,
begging lying at the gate,
00:26:35.66\00:26:40.80
cannot afford to get in
00:26:40.83\00:26:42.36
because they wanted
money for the entrance.
00:26:42.40\00:26:45.40
So the answer is to
whom was Jesus comparing
00:26:45.43\00:26:47.40
the success of the Pharisees?
00:26:47.44\00:26:48.84
Write this down, to the beggar.
00:26:48.87\00:26:51.77
That's the key.
00:26:51.81\00:26:53.14
Lazarus is not very relevant.
00:26:53.17\00:26:54.74
The name Lazarus is used
as a character in the story
00:26:54.78\00:26:57.88
because Lazarus had
not died yet, right?
00:26:57.91\00:27:02.22
Okay let's move
out on to the next one.
00:27:02.25\00:27:04.09
I wanna get
this covered tonight.
00:27:04.12\00:27:06.42
Number 24, question number 24.
00:27:06.45\00:27:11.39
What was the desire
that the beggar had?
00:27:15.73\00:27:20.94
I think we know that,
00:27:20.97\00:27:22.30
but we're gonna go
and ask that question.
00:27:22.34\00:27:24.01
Luke 16:21, the
beggar had a desire.
00:27:24.04\00:27:28.24
Not only was he at
the gate but he said...
00:27:28.28\00:27:30.35
What do beggars usually ask for?
00:27:30.38\00:27:32.65
Food or money, money or food.
00:27:32.68\00:27:38.22
We met a beggar in
San Francisco years ago
00:27:38.25\00:27:40.66
when we're living in California.
00:27:40.69\00:27:42.19
You know beggars
usually have signs.
00:27:42.22\00:27:44.46
We took a picture of it.
00:27:44.49\00:27:45.83
If I was thinking,
I'd have it on screen.
00:27:45.86\00:27:48.56
This guy was right
outside of one of the stores
00:27:48.60\00:27:51.37
in downtown San
Francisco and he says,
00:27:51.40\00:27:54.37
"I need money for
beer, I'm not gonna lie."
00:27:54.40\00:27:59.91
Now did we give him money?
00:27:59.94\00:28:01.28
No.
00:28:01.31\00:28:04.58
He didn't want
bread, he wanted beer.
00:28:04.61\00:28:08.58
At least he was an honest one
00:28:08.62\00:28:09.95
because most people
ask for money for food
00:28:09.98\00:28:12.02
and if you give them money,
00:28:12.05\00:28:13.39
they're gonna use it on
drugs or some other thing.
00:28:13.42\00:28:15.29
That's why when
people are asking something,
00:28:15.32\00:28:17.16
I'm in a position to help him,
00:28:17.19\00:28:18.66
I take him to a
place or give them food.
00:28:18.69\00:28:23.40
Be careful.
00:28:23.43\00:28:24.77
Look at Luke
16:21, here's the answer.
00:28:24.80\00:28:27.04
The Bible says,
00:28:27.07\00:28:28.40
"Desiring to be fed with," what?
00:28:28.44\00:28:31.54
"The crumbs which fell
from the rich man's table.
00:28:31.57\00:28:35.48
Moreover," what happened?
00:28:35.51\00:28:38.41
"The dogs came
and licked his sores."
00:28:38.45\00:28:43.69
Now, if we look at that,
00:28:43.72\00:28:46.25
what are crumbs
the byproduct of?
00:28:46.29\00:28:50.76
Or more
specifically a loaf of bread.
00:28:50.79\00:28:54.83
If you have loaf of bread,
00:28:54.86\00:28:56.20
it's more
indicative of the loaf of bread
00:28:56.23\00:28:57.57
because nowadays,
00:28:57.60\00:28:58.93
when you buy bread in the store,
00:28:58.97\00:29:00.30
usually it's sliced up already,
00:29:00.34\00:29:01.67
you don't get very many crumbs
00:29:01.70\00:29:03.04
because it's not the
made the way it used to be,
00:29:03.07\00:29:04.51
but if you buy a
bread in a bakery right,
00:29:04.54\00:29:06.84
then you start to
cut with that big knife,
00:29:06.88\00:29:08.71
usually what happens?
00:29:08.74\00:29:10.08
You're always gonna get crumbs.
00:29:10.11\00:29:11.45
Or if you bake your own
bread, really good bread,
00:29:11.48\00:29:13.78
kind of like they
bake it in the West Indies,
00:29:13.82\00:29:16.12
down in Trinidad and
you know, it goes on and on.
00:29:16.15\00:29:19.02
Big knifes, loaf of bread
when it gets nice and hard...
00:29:19.05\00:29:21.96
Or even Italian bread, right,
my brother, my Italian brother.
00:29:21.99\00:29:25.69
Even Italian bread.
00:29:25.73\00:29:27.50
When they get that long
Italian bread and you crack it,
00:29:27.53\00:29:30.67
you're gonna get what?
00:29:30.70\00:29:32.03
Crumbs.
00:29:32.07\00:29:33.40
So evidently, the
rich man had bread
00:29:33.44\00:29:39.84
and the poor man
wanted even some crumbs.
00:29:39.87\00:29:44.38
Oh, we're gonna
break this down here.
00:29:44.41\00:29:46.31
What is that crumb all about?
00:29:46.35\00:29:47.95
So write that down.
00:29:47.98\00:29:49.75
Answer number 24,
00:29:49.78\00:29:52.45
what did the
beggar desire to have?
00:29:52.49\00:29:54.56
Crumbs.
00:29:54.59\00:29:55.92
Okay, now go with me
to the next question.
00:29:59.86\00:30:02.43
Question number 25.
00:30:06.77\00:30:08.87
All right.
00:30:08.90\00:30:10.24
Why does Jesus say "crumbs"
fell from the Rich Man's Table?
00:30:22.18\00:30:27.22
Go to the Book
of John Chapter 6.
00:30:27.26\00:30:32.63
Matter of fact, in John 6, 7, 8,
00:30:32.66\00:30:37.10
Jesus had
particular controversies
00:30:37.13\00:30:39.83
with the
Pharisees, with the Scribes,
00:30:39.87\00:30:42.37
they were
continually trying to find Jesus
00:30:42.40\00:30:45.01
in some situation
where they could trap Him.
00:30:45.04\00:30:49.94
That's where you get
the story of the woman
00:30:49.98\00:30:52.81
caught in adultery.
00:30:52.85\00:30:54.18
Who set the trap, tell me?
00:30:54.22\00:30:55.72
The Pharisees!
00:30:55.75\00:30:57.19
They're the ones that
threw her before Jesus
00:30:57.22\00:30:59.25
and he continually
showed His compassion
00:30:59.29\00:31:01.62
to those who were sinners,
then many were rejected.
00:31:01.66\00:31:04.89
But John Chapter 6,
00:31:04.93\00:31:06.86
we're looking together at
verse 32 and 33, all right?
00:31:06.90\00:31:13.87
Verse 32 and 33,
00:31:13.90\00:31:15.97
I'm gonna put up on
the screen and here it is.
00:31:16.00\00:31:18.54
"Then Jesus said to them,
'Most assuredly, I say to you,
00:31:18.57\00:31:23.35
Moses did not give
you the bread from Heaven,
00:31:23.38\00:31:27.62
but My Father gives you
the true bread from Heaven."
00:31:27.65\00:31:32.35
And here's the reason why.
00:31:32.39\00:31:33.99
"For the bread of God is
He who comes down from Heaven
00:31:34.02\00:31:38.69
and gives life to the world."
00:31:38.73\00:31:41.46
Okay, now let's break
that down for a moment.
00:31:41.50\00:31:43.90
Did Jesus choose
the nation of Israel
00:31:43.93\00:31:50.64
to share Him to
the world, yes or no?
00:31:50.67\00:31:53.64
Yes.
00:31:53.68\00:31:55.01
So Jesus, the bread of life,
00:31:55.04\00:31:56.38
why does He use
the phrase bread?
00:31:56.41\00:31:58.88
It's because in the wilderness
sojourn, in Exodus Chapter 16,
00:31:58.91\00:32:03.79
every day, the Lord
rained bread from Heaven.
00:32:03.82\00:32:08.52
But by the time
the children of Israel
00:32:08.56\00:32:11.59
were no longer
slaves in the wilderness
00:32:11.63\00:32:13.70
but they were now rest and free,
00:32:13.73\00:32:16.70
they met Jesus
00:32:16.73\00:32:19.03
and look at the
verses before that.
00:32:19.07\00:32:20.94
Since you have your Bible open,
00:32:20.97\00:32:22.30
look at the verses before
that before we go to verse 41.
00:32:22.34\00:32:25.31
Look at the verse before that.
00:32:25.34\00:32:26.68
Look at verse 30.
00:32:26.71\00:32:29.68
Okay?
00:32:33.52\00:32:34.85
"Therefore they said to him,
00:32:34.88\00:32:36.22
what sign will you perform then
00:32:36.25\00:32:38.29
that we may see
it and believe you?
00:32:38.32\00:32:40.56
What work will you do?"
00:32:40.59\00:32:41.92
Notice the issue here
00:32:41.96\00:32:43.29
in John and Luke
Chapter 16, the issue is belief.
00:32:43.32\00:32:45.26
If somebody rose, we'll believe.
00:32:45.29\00:32:46.76
They always want
evidence about believing,
00:32:46.80\00:32:48.50
but the Bible says,
00:32:48.53\00:32:49.86
"Salvation is by
grace through faith."
00:32:49.90\00:32:52.50
Let's go to the very
next verse, verse 31.
00:32:52.53\00:32:55.00
They said our fathers,
00:32:55.04\00:32:57.01
now don't forget that
because they called Abraham
00:32:57.04\00:32:59.54
their father, remember that.
00:32:59.57\00:33:02.48
"Our fathers ate manna in
the desert as it is written.
00:33:02.51\00:33:07.78
He gave them bread from
Heaven to eat," verse 31.
00:33:07.82\00:33:11.89
Then verse 32,
00:33:11.92\00:33:13.32
"Then Jesus said to
them, 'Most assuredly,
00:33:13.36\00:33:15.86
I say to you,"
we just read that,
00:33:15.89\00:33:18.49
"Moses did not give
you bread from Heaven,
00:33:18.53\00:33:20.06
but My Father gives you
the true bread from Heaven."
00:33:20.10\00:33:23.06
So verse 32 and 33,
00:33:23.10\00:33:25.23
why does Jesus say crumbs
fell from the Rich Man's Table?
00:33:25.27\00:33:28.07
Because he is the bread of life.
00:33:28.10\00:33:29.64
All right.
00:33:33.68\00:33:35.01
Matter of fact, let's look
at verse 41 to verify that.
00:33:35.04\00:33:38.31
Okay.
00:33:38.35\00:33:39.68
In verse 32 and 33,
Jesus is saying He is the...
00:33:39.71\00:33:43.02
Let's put it, He's
the bread from Heaven.
00:33:43.05\00:33:45.59
Put that in verse 32 and 33.
00:33:45.62\00:33:49.66
He is the bread from Heaven.
00:33:49.69\00:33:51.59
Now look at
verse 41, here it is.
00:33:51.63\00:33:56.50
"The Jews then complained
about Him, because He said,"
00:33:56.53\00:34:00.70
together, "I am the bread
which came down from Heaven."
00:34:00.74\00:34:07.58
I am the bread, man,
00:34:07.61\00:34:09.94
they were really upset with Him
00:34:09.98\00:34:11.31
because He says,
"I am the bread."
00:34:11.35\00:34:12.68
He's not only the bread
that came down from Heaven,
00:34:12.71\00:34:14.88
but He's the bread of
life, the verification there.
00:34:14.92\00:34:17.99
So now let's pack that again.
00:34:18.02\00:34:20.82
Speaking to the leaders,
the Pharisees and Scribes,
00:34:20.86\00:34:25.03
now they're
saying, "Wait a minute,
00:34:25.06\00:34:26.49
you cannot be the bread
because Moses gave us bread."
00:34:26.53\00:34:31.27
And who came up in the Parable
of the Rich Man and Lazarus?
00:34:31.30\00:34:35.90
You've got Moses
and the prophets.
00:34:35.94\00:34:39.61
You've got Moses and
the prophets hear Him.
00:34:39.64\00:34:42.88
If somebody rose from
the dead, they'll believe
00:34:42.91\00:34:45.01
but, we know the story
of John in John Chapter 11
00:34:45.05\00:34:48.48
when Lazarus was
raised, they didn't believe.
00:34:48.52\00:34:50.79
Let's go on to get
more evidences here.
00:34:50.82\00:34:53.32
All right?
00:34:53.36\00:34:54.69
Now we gotta get to the
most significant portion of it
00:34:54.72\00:34:56.86
is in the next question,
question number 26, here it is.
00:34:56.89\00:35:02.03
Why does Jesus say
00:35:02.06\00:35:03.67
"dogs" licked
the beggar's sores?
00:35:03.70\00:35:08.14
Why does He say "dogs"
licked the beggar's sores?
00:35:08.17\00:35:12.67
Very important.
00:35:12.71\00:35:14.08
Let's go now to Matthew Chapter
00:35:14.11\00:35:16.44
7 for our answer.
00:35:16.48\00:35:17.91
I'm gonna lay some foundation
00:35:22.18\00:35:23.52
while you're turning
to Matthew Chapter 7.
00:35:23.55\00:35:25.25
One of the
issues that Jesus dealt
00:35:25.29\00:35:26.79
with also was raised prejudice.
00:35:26.82\00:35:29.89
This is an issue that
was old that goes way back.
00:35:29.92\00:35:33.06
There was always an issue.
00:35:33.09\00:35:34.43
And it didn't mean
00:35:34.46\00:35:35.80
the skin color
wasn't the factor,
00:35:35.83\00:35:37.17
but people had this
affinity to their nation
00:35:37.20\00:35:39.33
and there were
times, matter of fact,
00:35:39.37\00:35:41.57
the greatest work that
Jesus had to accomplish
00:35:41.60\00:35:44.24
among His apostles,
among His disciples,
00:35:44.27\00:35:47.31
later who became apostles.
00:35:47.34\00:35:48.68
He had to break
down their prejudice
00:35:48.71\00:35:51.35
of the surrounding nations.
00:35:51.38\00:35:53.72
And that's why this word
dog was used in the parable.
00:35:53.75\00:35:57.12
Now let's pack it together.
00:35:57.15\00:35:58.49
What do we find out so far?
00:35:58.52\00:36:00.26
We found out they were rich men,
00:36:00.29\00:36:01.99
the Pharisees and Scribes
00:36:02.02\00:36:04.69
and Lazarus through
character in the story
00:36:04.73\00:36:06.86
was poor and a beggar.
00:36:06.90\00:36:08.36
What did he want?
00:36:08.40\00:36:10.67
Crumbs.
00:36:10.70\00:36:12.03
What do crumbs come from?
00:36:12.07\00:36:13.67
Bread.
00:36:13.70\00:36:15.04
Okay, let's keep following this.
00:36:15.07\00:36:16.64
So they were
wealthy, these were leaders,
00:36:16.67\00:36:20.31
they were not taken care
of the needs of the poor,
00:36:20.34\00:36:22.21
but somebody did.
00:36:22.24\00:36:24.41
The dogs licked
the poor man's sores.
00:36:24.45\00:36:29.48
Let's see where the dogs are.
00:36:29.52\00:36:33.96
Matthews 7:6.
00:36:33.99\00:36:36.62
Look up what the
words of Christ said?
00:36:36.66\00:36:38.59
This is amazing thing,
here it is, Matthew 7:6.
00:36:38.63\00:36:41.83
"Jesus said,
00:36:41.86\00:36:43.20
'Do not give
what is holy to" what?
00:36:43.23\00:36:46.10
"Dogs, nor cast your
pearls before," what?
00:36:46.13\00:36:50.21
"Swine, lest they
trample them under their feet,
00:36:50.24\00:36:53.74
and turn and tear you in," what?
00:36:53.78\00:36:56.54
"In pieces."
00:36:56.58\00:36:58.05
So right away Jesus is
beginning to use language.
00:36:58.08\00:37:00.72
Now at the outset,
00:37:00.75\00:37:02.08
this is an amazing
thing about the story.
00:37:02.12\00:37:03.52
At the outset, it would
appear though Jesus is upset
00:37:03.55\00:37:06.02
or prejudiced
about a particular group.
00:37:06.05\00:37:08.12
Don't give food to the dogs,
00:37:08.16\00:37:09.92
don't cast your
pearl before the swine.
00:37:09.96\00:37:12.23
In other words be
careful who you talk to.
00:37:12.26\00:37:13.80
That's what it seems
like Jesus is saying.
00:37:13.83\00:37:16.93
But the reason why
He uses that language
00:37:16.97\00:37:19.33
will be unfolded further on.
00:37:19.37\00:37:21.47
Now let's go down to
verse 22 of Matthew Chapter 15.
00:37:21.50\00:37:25.67
He's using the
language of the day.
00:37:25.71\00:37:27.81
Nowadays,
children say dog, D-A-U-G.
00:37:27.84\00:37:34.12
They use a
phrase, you're my daug.
00:37:34.15\00:37:35.62
Well, I want to
just make it very clear,
00:37:35.65\00:37:36.99
I'm not anybody's daug.
00:37:37.02\00:37:38.35
Can you all say amen to that?
00:37:38.39\00:37:39.72
We're not dogs.
00:37:39.75\00:37:41.09
But that's language
00:37:41.12\00:37:42.46
that's even used
nowadays D-A-W-G.
00:37:42.49\00:37:44.56
I think that's the
way they pronounce it,
00:37:44.59\00:37:45.96
that's the way they spell it.
00:37:45.99\00:37:47.66
But Jesus was using
the language of the day
00:37:47.70\00:37:50.07
and that
particular word was connected
00:37:50.10\00:37:52.03
to a particular
nation of people.
00:37:52.07\00:37:54.10
Here it is.
00:37:54.14\00:37:55.47
Matthew15:22.
00:37:59.17\00:38:02.91
Let's begin with verse 21.
00:38:02.94\00:38:04.28
I might put
verse 22 on the board,
00:38:04.31\00:38:06.11
but we're gonna
read verse 21 first
00:38:06.15\00:38:08.12
and then when we get to 22,
00:38:08.15\00:38:10.05
bring that upon
the screen for me.
00:38:10.09\00:38:11.82
"Then Jesus went out from there
00:38:11.85\00:38:14.29
and departed to the
region of Tyre and Sidon."
00:38:14.32\00:38:18.76
Verse 22 now,
00:38:18.79\00:38:20.40
"And behold, a woman of
Canaan came from that region
00:38:25.13\00:38:28.97
and cried out to
Him, saying," what?
00:38:29.00\00:38:32.87
"Have mercy on me,
O Lord, Son of David!
00:38:32.91\00:38:37.55
My daughter is
severely demon-possessed."
00:38:37.58\00:38:41.88
So right away where
did this woman come from?
00:38:41.92\00:38:46.05
Where did this woman come from?
00:38:46.09\00:38:47.66
Canaan.
00:38:47.69\00:38:49.62
This is
something very important.
00:38:49.66\00:38:51.53
She came from Canaan and
she's asking for the help
00:38:51.56\00:38:54.23
of Jesus because her daughter
is severely demon-possessed.
00:38:54.26\00:38:58.43
Now go down to verse 26 and 27.
00:38:58.47\00:39:01.54
See, you gotta unpack it.
00:39:01.57\00:39:02.90
You gotta unpack
it very carefully.
00:39:02.94\00:39:05.17
And remember, with
Him are the disciples.
00:39:05.21\00:39:09.74
Let's see what His answers are.
00:39:09.78\00:39:12.75
Now we're gonna
go down to verse 23
00:39:12.78\00:39:15.85
and when I get to verse
26, bring it up on the screen.
00:39:15.88\00:39:18.79
Let's go to verse 23,
00:39:18.82\00:39:21.49
"But He answered her not a word.
00:39:21.52\00:39:24.73
And His disciples," His what?
00:39:24.76\00:39:27.50
"His disciples
urged Him, saying what,
00:39:27.53\00:39:32.57
'Send her away, for
she cries out after us.'
00:39:32.60\00:39:38.71
But He answered and said,
00:39:38.74\00:39:40.28
'I was not sent
except to the lost sheep
00:39:43.88\00:39:45.91
of the house of Israel.'
00:39:45.95\00:39:48.12
Then she came and did," what?
00:39:48.15\00:39:50.35
"Worshiped Him,
saying, 'Lord, help me!'
00:39:50.39\00:39:54.19
" And then look at
the response in verse 26.
00:39:54.22\00:39:58.43
"But he answered and said,
00:39:58.46\00:40:01.03
'It is not good to
take the children's," what?
00:40:01.06\00:40:05.70
"Bread and
throw it to the" what?
00:40:05.73\00:40:08.80
"Little dogs."
00:40:08.84\00:40:10.97
It is not good to
take the children's bread
00:40:11.01\00:40:13.27
and throw it to the little dogs.
00:40:13.31\00:40:14.88
Now let's get this.
00:40:14.91\00:40:16.24
He's talking about the
children, the children,
00:40:16.28\00:40:19.48
the children of Israel.
00:40:19.51\00:40:22.78
Those were the house of Israel.
00:40:22.82\00:40:25.15
He identified
the house of Israel,
00:40:25.19\00:40:27.26
he called them
children, then he said to her,
00:40:27.29\00:40:29.72
woman from
Canaan, the Canaanites,
00:40:29.76\00:40:31.99
it is not good to
take the children's bread
00:40:32.03\00:40:35.80
and cast it to dogs.
00:40:35.83\00:40:37.17
Isn't it amazing
that bread and dogs
00:40:37.20\00:40:38.97
are in the story of
the Rich Man and Lazarus.
00:40:39.00\00:40:40.77
Let's go to the very next verse.
00:40:40.80\00:40:42.54
Look at the very next
verse, and this is powerful.
00:40:42.57\00:40:45.81
Verse 27.
00:40:45.84\00:40:47.18
"And she said, 'Yes, Lord,
00:40:47.21\00:40:49.34
yet even the little
dogs eat the," what?
00:40:49.38\00:40:53.05
"Crumbs which fall
from their masters' table."
00:40:53.08\00:40:58.05
Bread, dog, crumbs, master,
00:40:58.09\00:41:03.43
children, father, son,
00:41:03.46\00:41:06.70
the language is
indicative of the relationship
00:41:06.73\00:41:09.53
between Israel and Christ.
00:41:09.56\00:41:11.63
Thus the Pharisees and Scribes.
00:41:11.67\00:41:13.94
They had bread,
00:41:13.97\00:41:15.54
they wouldn't even
give the crumbs to the poor.
00:41:15.57\00:41:18.87
But now who is the dog?
00:41:18.91\00:41:21.04
Come on
somebody, who's the dogs?
00:41:21.08\00:41:23.11
The Canaanites.
00:41:23.14\00:41:24.98
When you follow the history
of the children of Israel.
00:41:25.01\00:41:28.55
This is the reason
why you have parable
00:41:28.58\00:41:29.92
there in Matthew
Chapter 25 when Jesus says,"
00:41:29.95\00:41:32.35
I was hungry, I was naked,
00:41:32.39\00:41:34.22
I was imprisoned, I was closed."
00:41:34.26\00:41:37.66
He used it as a
test because they thought
00:41:37.69\00:41:39.96
the most important thing
was what we had a good diet,
00:41:40.00\00:41:43.20
we honor the Sabbath,
00:41:43.23\00:41:44.57
all the things
that were indicative
00:41:44.60\00:41:45.93
of the children of Israel.
00:41:45.97\00:41:48.07
But what about
the needs of the poor?
00:41:48.10\00:41:50.54
They were overlooked.
00:41:50.57\00:41:52.31
Very, very powerful.
00:41:52.34\00:41:53.68
So now, the
Canaanites and here you'll study
00:41:53.71\00:41:56.21
the history of the Israelites.
00:41:56.24\00:41:57.58
The Canaanites
were more concerned
00:41:57.61\00:41:59.58
about the needs of the poor
than the children of Israel.
00:41:59.61\00:42:03.32
And Jesus rebuked
them in the parable
00:42:06.32\00:42:07.86
for that particular reason.
00:42:07.89\00:42:09.26
Now let's go ahead and break
00:42:09.29\00:42:10.76
some of the amplifications down.
00:42:10.79\00:42:12.53
Some of the amplifications.
00:42:12.56\00:42:13.90
So here it is.
00:42:13.93\00:42:15.26
Why does Jesus say dogs
lick the beggar's sores?
00:42:15.30\00:42:17.33
Matthew 7:6, what
did we learn there?
00:42:17.37\00:42:21.00
Huh?
00:42:21.04\00:42:22.60
Okay, Matthew
7:6, don't put your,
00:42:22.64\00:42:27.71
don't cast your
pearls to the pigs
00:42:27.74\00:42:32.01
or give what is
holy to the dogs.
00:42:32.05\00:42:34.32
The word "dogs" and
here's the definition,
00:42:34.35\00:42:36.69
the word "dogs" is
simply used to describe
00:42:36.72\00:42:38.75
those who won't
make the kingdom,
00:42:38.79\00:42:41.09
those who were by the
definition of the Jews,
00:42:41.12\00:42:45.46
not worthy of
going into the city.
00:42:45.49\00:42:48.46
Now, where was Lazarus laying?
00:42:48.50\00:42:51.63
Tell me somebody?
00:42:51.67\00:42:53.00
Where was he laying?
00:42:53.03\00:42:54.37
Say it again.
00:42:54.40\00:42:55.74
By the gate.
00:42:55.77\00:42:57.11
Go to Revelation Chapter
22, ooh, this is powerful.
00:42:57.14\00:42:59.97
The language is so
indicative because the poor
00:43:00.01\00:43:02.14
were not even
allowed in the city.
00:43:02.18\00:43:06.48
He couldn't make
it beyond the gate.
00:43:06.51\00:43:09.88
And he was the one that
was described as unworthy.
00:43:09.92\00:43:14.89
But the dogs
paid attention to him.
00:43:14.92\00:43:17.19
Look at Revelation Chapter 22.
00:43:17.23\00:43:20.70
Let me show you the language,
00:43:20.73\00:43:22.06
it's very indicative
throughout the Bible.
00:43:22.10\00:43:23.53
Jesus makes it very, very clear.
00:43:23.57\00:43:26.10
Revelation Chapter
22, I'm almost there.
00:43:26.13\00:43:31.57
Okay, here it is.
00:43:31.61\00:43:34.08
Revelation 22:14, all right.
00:43:34.11\00:43:39.88
Together the Bible says,
00:43:39.91\00:43:41.25
"Blessed are those
who do His commandments
00:43:41.28\00:43:43.62
that they may have the
right to the tree of life,
00:43:43.65\00:43:45.95
and may enter through
the gates into the city."
00:43:45.99\00:43:50.53
Now, the Pharisees and Scribes
00:43:50.56\00:43:53.19
claimed to keep the
commandments of God,
00:43:53.23\00:43:56.23
and Jesus said,
00:43:56.26\00:43:57.60
"They won't even make the
kingdom before the harlots,
00:43:57.63\00:43:59.30
and publicans, and
sinners, and tax collector."
00:43:59.33\00:44:01.74
But here, overcoming
by the blood of the Lamb,
00:44:01.77\00:44:04.67
those who are here are the ones
who finally accept the Lamb,
00:44:04.71\00:44:08.24
honor His commandments,
00:44:08.28\00:44:09.61
and they could enter
the city through the gates.
00:44:09.64\00:44:11.85
But look at the
next verse, the language.
00:44:11.88\00:44:16.48
And people always think
God has something against dogs.
00:44:16.52\00:44:19.22
This is not literal dogs.
00:44:19.25\00:44:21.19
But it says in verse 15,
"But outside," outside of what?
00:44:21.22\00:44:24.56
The gates.
00:44:24.59\00:44:25.93
"But outside are," what?
00:44:25.96\00:44:27.56
"Dogs, and
sorcerers, and sexually immoral,
00:44:27.60\00:44:32.83
and murderers, and idolaters,
00:44:32.87\00:44:35.37
and whoever loves
and practices a lie."
00:44:35.40\00:44:38.57
He uses the word dogs.
00:44:38.61\00:44:40.78
So here is the key.
00:44:40.81\00:44:43.14
Finally those who
will really be rejected,
00:44:43.18\00:44:46.18
will be considered the outcast,
00:44:46.21\00:44:48.25
and that was the
context of the word "dogs".
00:44:48.28\00:44:51.15
The outcast, but in the
Parable of Rich Man, Lazarus,
00:44:51.19\00:44:54.22
those who the Jews
considered to be outcast,
00:44:54.26\00:44:57.59
were more concerned
about the needs of the poor
00:44:57.63\00:44:59.59
than the Jews that were wealthy,
00:44:59.63\00:45:00.96
they had money.
00:45:01.00\00:45:02.90
If you have money, what
do you use your money for?
00:45:02.93\00:45:05.10
To help somebody in need!
00:45:05.13\00:45:07.50
But they held onto their money,
and their money became a god,
00:45:07.54\00:45:10.11
that's why Jesus said,
00:45:10.14\00:45:11.47
"You cannot serve God
and you cannot serve man."
00:45:11.51\00:45:13.94
Now let's answer some
of the obvious questions,
00:45:13.98\00:45:15.94
number 27.
00:45:15.98\00:45:18.58
Here it is.
00:45:18.61\00:45:20.02
And these are
points, right off the bat.
00:45:20.05\00:45:22.72
I could ask a
question but here it is.
00:45:22.75\00:45:24.42
Abraham's bosom is not Heaven?
00:45:24.45\00:45:27.12
Can you all say amen to that?
00:45:27.16\00:45:29.42
I don't wanna be insensitive
but that will have to be
00:45:29.46\00:45:31.86
a very roomy bosom.
00:45:31.89\00:45:34.33
To be very candid about
it, let's see the evidence.
00:45:34.36\00:45:37.63
Hebrews 11:8-10
and then verse 16.
00:45:37.67\00:45:42.30
Hebrews Chapter 11,
that's the faith chapter.
00:45:42.34\00:45:46.37
If Abraham's bosom
is the literal Heaven,
00:45:46.41\00:45:51.51
then people died and are
buried in Abraham's bosom,
00:45:51.55\00:45:54.68
he would have the
largest cemetery on the earth.
00:45:54.72\00:45:57.99
He would in fact
be the final place
00:45:58.02\00:46:00.29
for all the righteous.
00:46:00.32\00:46:01.96
And the reason why
Jesus used Abraham's bosom
00:46:01.99\00:46:04.89
is because the Jews boasted
Abraham, Abraham, Abraham.
00:46:04.93\00:46:11.07
He is given us the
right to the kingdom.
00:46:11.10\00:46:13.70
But Abraham himself
was looking for a kingdom.
00:46:13.74\00:46:17.01
Abraham is not the final
resting place of the righteous
00:46:17.04\00:46:20.11
or the final abiding
place of the righteous,
00:46:20.14\00:46:22.41
Abraham himself is
looking for the city.
00:46:22.44\00:46:24.88
Here it is, in
Hebrews Chapter 11,
00:46:24.91\00:46:28.02
the Bible says, "By
faith," what's the next word?
00:46:28.05\00:46:31.02
"Abraham obeyed
00:46:31.05\00:46:32.85
when he was called
to go out to the place
00:46:32.89\00:46:34.92
which he would
receive as an inheritance.
00:46:34.96\00:46:38.06
And he went out,
00:46:38.09\00:46:39.43
not knowing where he was going."
00:46:39.46\00:46:41.60
Let's go to verse 9 now.
00:46:41.63\00:46:43.47
"By faith he dwelt
in the land of promise
00:46:43.50\00:46:49.04
as in a foreign country,
00:46:49.07\00:46:51.41
dwelling in tents
with Isaac and Jacob,
00:46:51.44\00:46:55.11
their heirs with him
of the same promise."
00:46:55.14\00:46:58.61
Now verse 10,
00:46:58.65\00:47:00.52
"For he waited for the
city which had foundations,
00:47:00.55\00:47:06.35
whose builder
and maker is," what?
00:47:06.39\00:47:08.36
"God."
00:47:08.39\00:47:09.72
That's Heaven.
00:47:09.76\00:47:11.09
Abraham was looking for
Heaven, Abraham is not Heaven.
00:47:11.13\00:47:17.20
Abraham is not
the resting place.
00:47:17.23\00:47:19.57
We find our rest
in the kingdom of God,
00:47:19.60\00:47:22.14
not in the bosom of Abraham.
00:47:22.17\00:47:24.37
Let's look at verse
16 now to verify this.
00:47:24.41\00:47:28.74
It says, "But now they
00:47:28.78\00:47:32.65
that is
Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
00:47:32.68\00:47:34.82
But now they desire a better,
that is," what kind of country?
00:47:34.85\00:47:39.59
"A heavenly country.
00:47:39.62\00:47:40.96
Therefore God is not
ashamed to be called their God,
00:47:40.99\00:47:44.73
for He has
prepared a," what for them?
00:47:44.76\00:47:47.66
"A city for them."
00:47:47.70\00:47:49.13
The Jews felt, oh, no, no, no.
00:47:49.16\00:47:51.63
Abraham's bosom.
00:47:51.67\00:47:53.50
We could lean on
the bosom of Abraham.
00:47:53.54\00:47:56.37
He's our comfort,
he's our beginning,
00:47:56.40\00:47:58.74
he's our boast, he's
our right, he's our access.
00:47:58.77\00:48:01.64
Abraham said, no,
no, that's not the case!
00:48:01.68\00:48:04.25
Abraham himself
was a friend of God.
00:48:04.28\00:48:06.35
He found his access by
faith in the coming Messiah.
00:48:06.38\00:48:11.09
Thus, he was
willing to offer up his son.
00:48:11.12\00:48:13.36
So is Abraham's
bosom Heaven, yes or no?
00:48:13.39\00:48:16.09
The answer is no.
00:48:16.12\00:48:17.46
But let's look at
the other components.
00:48:17.49\00:48:19.79
Because it talks about here,
00:48:19.83\00:48:23.70
the wealthy man finally
ends up in Hell, in the fires,
00:48:23.73\00:48:27.74
he lift up his voice
and he sees the righteous
00:48:27.77\00:48:31.11
and he says,
00:48:31.14\00:48:33.48
"It's really hot in
here, I'm tormented.
00:48:33.51\00:48:36.64
Could you dip your
finger in some water
00:48:36.68\00:48:39.05
and quench my thirst?"
00:48:39.08\00:48:40.82
And I'm gonna
tell you right now,
00:48:40.85\00:48:42.98
I'm not in the fires of
Hell, praise God for that.
00:48:43.02\00:48:45.82
But I surely could use a
drink of water right now.
00:48:45.85\00:48:48.29
And if you gave
me, honey, pass to me.
00:48:48.32\00:48:51.19
If you gave me, thank you.
00:48:51.23\00:48:53.76
If you gave me...
00:48:53.80\00:48:55.40
That's too much.
00:49:04.11\00:49:06.24
That's more than a dip
of the finger, isn't it?
00:49:06.27\00:49:08.68
But I wanna tell
you, I'm still thirsty.
00:49:08.71\00:49:10.65
I am.
00:49:10.68\00:49:12.01
If that barely
quenches my thirst in this room,
00:49:14.78\00:49:17.95
in which there is no fire.
00:49:17.99\00:49:20.32
Can it be a literal parable?
00:49:20.36\00:49:21.92
Here you go, honey.
00:49:21.96\00:49:23.29
Can it be a literal
parable that the righteous
00:49:23.32\00:49:26.93
are close enough to put
their finger in water...
00:49:26.96\00:49:31.10
Hold on, here I come.
00:49:31.13\00:49:33.10
But the answer is
no, no, there is no way.
00:49:33.13\00:49:36.60
There's a great gulf fixed.
00:49:36.64\00:49:38.11
But the supposition
is that after you die,
00:49:38.14\00:49:43.21
what happened prior to
that is still remembered.
00:49:43.24\00:49:45.58
Look at Isaiah 65:17.
00:49:45.61\00:49:48.15
The next
question, question number 28
00:49:48.18\00:49:50.49
or the point under number 28 is,
00:49:50.52\00:49:52.55
the saved in Heaven
can't talk to the lost in Hell.
00:49:52.59\00:49:57.16
The saved in Heaven
00:49:57.19\00:49:58.53
cannot talk to the lost in Hell.
00:49:58.56\00:50:00.06
Now you may wonder why I phrased
00:50:00.10\00:50:01.43
the question this way?
00:50:01.46\00:50:02.80
Because Heaven is
in the future for us
00:50:02.83\00:50:04.37
and Hell is in the
future for the wicked.
00:50:04.40\00:50:07.27
Nobody dies and go to
Heaven, I mean to Heaven.
00:50:07.30\00:50:10.47
And nobody dies
and goes to Hell.
00:50:10.51\00:50:12.27
We all have to wait
for the resurrection.
00:50:12.31\00:50:15.41
Then, the reward
00:50:15.44\00:50:17.48
or the punishment is passed out.
00:50:17.51\00:50:19.48
So right now,
nobody is in Heaven
00:50:19.51\00:50:21.12
except those that
the Bible states clearly,
00:50:21.15\00:50:24.39
and nobody's in
the fires of Hell
00:50:24.42\00:50:25.75
being tormented right now.
00:50:25.79\00:50:27.12
So, if the story
is in the setting of
00:50:27.16\00:50:29.62
the rich man in Hell
00:50:29.66\00:50:32.13
and the righteous on
the other side of the gulf,
00:50:32.16\00:50:37.20
it's obviously Heaven and Hell.
00:50:37.23\00:50:41.07
But look what Isaiah 65:17 says,
00:50:41.10\00:50:44.14
when Heaven is real to us,
00:50:44.17\00:50:46.98
and Hell
becomes real to the lost
00:50:47.01\00:50:49.78
and the
destruction of Hell continues.
00:50:49.81\00:50:52.31
Look what the Bible
says about Heaven or Hell.
00:50:52.35\00:50:55.08
The Bible says, "For
behold, I create," what?
00:50:55.12\00:50:58.85
"New heavens and a new
earth, and the former," what?
00:50:58.89\00:51:03.96
"Shall not be
remembered or come to mind."
00:51:03.99\00:51:10.73
So when Hell
becomes real for us,
00:51:10.77\00:51:14.17
and Hell becomes
real for the wicked,
00:51:14.20\00:51:16.84
it's gonna
accomplish its purpose.
00:51:16.87\00:51:18.57
Malachi Chapter 4,
we talked about that,
00:51:18.61\00:51:19.97
remember that?
00:51:20.01\00:51:21.34
Early in the lesson.
00:51:21.38\00:51:22.71
If you missed that broadcast
on the very same website,
00:51:22.74\00:51:24.71
asf.3abn.org,
00:51:24.75\00:51:28.15
click the videos tab and
look at the prior broadcast
00:51:28.18\00:51:31.75
which will show you the text
that we walked through before.
00:51:31.79\00:51:35.02
Hell is in front of us.
00:51:35.06\00:51:37.53
Hell, let me point
down, Hell is in front of us,
00:51:37.56\00:51:41.80
Heaven is in front of us.
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We look for the new heavens.
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And unfortunately
when Hell is done,
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only the new heavens and
the new earth will remain.
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But now look at
the very next verse.
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They can't talk to each other.
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Most significant reason,
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Ecclesiastes 9:5, 6 and then 10.
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Ecclesiastes 9:5, 6 and 10.
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All right.
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Here it is,
00:52:07.26\00:52:09.16
"For the living,"
what's the next word?
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"Know that they will die,
but the dead know," how much?
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"Nothing."
00:52:15.53\00:52:16.87
So when the death of the wicked,
00:52:16.90\00:52:20.34
when the wicked man dies,
00:52:20.37\00:52:22.07
the suggestion is
00:52:22.10\00:52:23.44
that some people teach nowadays,
00:52:23.47\00:52:24.81
they're in Hell.
00:52:24.84\00:52:26.17
They're talking
to the righteous.
00:52:26.21\00:52:28.54
I don't want to tell
you what book I received
00:52:28.58\00:52:30.31
from a different denomination.
00:52:30.35\00:52:32.05
They told me that
there's a place called
00:52:32.08\00:52:33.42
the "Happiness compartment"
00:52:33.45\00:52:34.78
where they can
actually talk back and forth,
00:52:34.82\00:52:36.48
and to this
particular denomination,
00:52:36.52\00:52:38.39
it was
paramount to the purgatory
00:52:38.42\00:52:40.36
in another denomination.
00:52:40.39\00:52:41.79
They said the righteous
and the wicked communicate,
00:52:41.82\00:52:43.99
it's called the
happiness compartment.
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It's not scriptural.
00:52:45.59\00:52:46.93
Amen for that
because the living,
00:52:46.96\00:52:48.83
if you're alive,
you know something.
00:52:48.86\00:52:50.57
But if you're dead,
how much do you know?
00:52:50.60\00:52:51.97
Nothing.
00:52:52.00\00:52:53.34
Not only that,
"They have no more reward,
00:52:53.37\00:52:56.34
for the memory
of them is," what?
00:52:56.37\00:52:58.17
"Forgotten."
00:52:58.21\00:52:59.54
Their minds are
not in operating mode.
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That's why the next
verse is so significant.
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"Also their love, their hatred,
and their envy have now," what?
00:53:04.18\00:53:09.85
"Perished, nevermore
will they have a share
00:53:09.88\00:53:13.96
in anything done under the sun."
00:53:13.99\00:53:17.43
So here's the point that
has to be made right here.
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When the wicked die,
00:53:19.93\00:53:22.16
do they have
interaction with the righteous?
00:53:22.20\00:53:24.90
In Hell, will
they have interaction
00:53:24.93\00:53:27.00
with the righteous?
00:53:27.04\00:53:28.37
No!
00:53:28.40\00:53:29.74
There's a great gulf fixed.
00:53:29.77\00:53:32.41
You can't go there and
we don't wanna go there
00:53:32.44\00:53:36.98
'cause when that's
done, there'll be a new earth,
00:53:37.01\00:53:39.58
only righteousness
will dwell on the earth.
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That's why this verse
is included, verse 10,
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"Whatever your hand
finds to do, do it with," what?
00:53:44.82\00:53:47.79
"Your might,
00:53:47.82\00:53:49.16
for there is no work
or device or knowledge
00:53:49.19\00:53:55.16
or wisdom in the
grave where you are," what?
00:53:55.20\00:53:59.17
"Where you are going."
00:53:59.20\00:54:01.24
When the wicked man
ends up in the grave,
00:54:01.27\00:54:03.74
and he's
resurrected at the very end,
00:54:03.77\00:54:05.74
oh it's a sad story.
00:54:05.77\00:54:07.11
Matter of fact,
00:54:07.14\00:54:08.48
I struggled when I was
putting this lesson together
00:54:08.51\00:54:10.71
to even put it there.
00:54:10.75\00:54:12.31
I wanted to end on
a more positive note.
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Because when the destruction
of Hell begins to take place,
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the Bible
00:54:20.02\00:54:21.36
does not give the
picture that this parable gives.
00:54:21.39\00:54:23.76
The Bible says,
"There'll be weeping and," what?
00:54:23.79\00:54:26.90
"Gnashing of teeth."
00:54:26.93\00:54:28.26
Why?
00:54:28.30\00:54:29.63
Because the
lost will finally see
00:54:29.66\00:54:31.23
what they have forfeited.
00:54:31.27\00:54:33.40
They're not gonna say,
00:54:33.44\00:54:34.77
"Hey guys, how
are you guys doing?
00:54:34.80\00:54:37.94
Do you have any water?"
00:54:37.97\00:54:39.31
That's not the case.
00:54:39.34\00:54:42.48
And by the way
00:54:42.51\00:54:43.85
if you follow the
parabolic descriptions further,
00:54:43.88\00:54:46.75
Jesus is the only
one that can quench them,
00:54:46.78\00:54:48.92
and they only want a dip.
00:54:48.95\00:54:50.95
Give us the water of
life, poured over our lives.
00:54:50.99\00:54:54.02
But by then,
there's nothing available.
00:54:54.06\00:54:55.92
So here are the answers.
00:54:55.96\00:54:57.36
The saved in Heaven
can't talk to the lost in Hell.
00:54:57.39\00:54:59.73
They won't remember
when the destruction is done
00:54:59.76\00:55:01.96
and they cannot communicate
00:55:02.00\00:55:03.33
because the dead
don't know anything.
00:55:03.37\00:55:05.77
That's the second
death, remember that.
00:55:05.80\00:55:07.70
Hell fire is the second death,
and they won't know anything.
00:55:07.74\00:55:12.64
All right?
00:55:12.67\00:55:14.38
And, now let's
go to the last two,
00:55:14.41\00:55:16.71
we gotta get this very quickly.
00:55:16.75\00:55:18.75
Number 29, the other
point that has to be made
00:55:18.78\00:55:21.68
is all will be rewarded
00:55:21.72\00:55:23.59
at the Second
Coming, not at Death.
00:55:23.62\00:55:26.05
Revelation 22:11,
00:55:26.09\00:55:27.72
let's go right
immediately there.
00:55:27.76\00:55:29.69
Here it is, the decree may,
00:55:29.72\00:55:32.19
"He who is
unjust, let him be," what?
00:55:32.23\00:55:35.80
"Unjust still, he who is filthy,
00:55:35.83\00:55:37.70
let him be," what?
00:55:37.73\00:55:39.07
"Filthy still,
he who is righteous,
00:55:39.10\00:55:40.84
let him be," what?
00:55:40.87\00:55:42.20
"Righteous still,
00:55:42.24\00:55:43.57
he who is holy,
let him be," what?
00:55:43.61\00:55:44.94
"Holy still."
00:55:44.97\00:55:46.31
And get this, verse 12,
00:55:46.34\00:55:47.68
"Behold, I am coming quickly,
and My reward is with Me,
00:55:47.71\00:55:52.85
to give to everyone
according to his work."
00:55:52.88\00:55:56.18
Here's the key,
when the righteous man,
00:55:56.22\00:55:59.32
when the wicked man dies,
his eventual end will be Hell.
00:55:59.35\00:56:05.26
And that's not rich in general,
00:56:05.29\00:56:07.00
I don't want to
communicate that idea.
00:56:07.03\00:56:08.63
But in this particular case,
00:56:08.66\00:56:10.07
when the man who
refused to relieve
00:56:10.10\00:56:14.77
the needs of the poor
when he eventually died,
00:56:14.80\00:56:18.07
he found torment at
the end of his life.
00:56:18.11\00:56:22.78
And why was it torment?
00:56:22.81\00:56:24.15
Because he was judged
according and rewarded
00:56:24.18\00:56:26.85
according to his work.
00:56:26.88\00:56:29.72
But now let me go
to the very last one,
00:56:29.75\00:56:31.09
we gotta get this, number 30.
00:56:31.12\00:56:33.29
What is the appeal
that God makes to those
00:56:33.32\00:56:35.92
that are headed for Hell?
00:56:35.96\00:56:37.83
Here it is.
00:56:37.86\00:56:39.19
Let's go to Ezekiel 18:21,
00:56:39.23\00:56:43.13
"But if the wicked man
turns from all his sins
00:56:43.16\00:56:45.93
which he has committed,
keeps all My statutes,
00:56:45.97\00:56:48.97
and does what is
lawful and right,
00:56:49.00\00:56:51.14
he shall surely
live, he shall not die."
00:56:51.17\00:56:53.54
Can you say amen to that?
00:56:53.58\00:56:55.24
And the very last
one, Ezekiel 18:23,
00:56:55.28\00:57:00.05
"Do I have any pleasure at
all that the wicked should die?"
00:57:00.08\00:57:03.82
God asks, says the Lord,
00:57:03.85\00:57:06.72
"And not that he should
turn from his ways and live?"
00:57:06.76\00:57:09.62
Amen.
00:57:09.66\00:57:10.99
That's the heart of God.
00:57:11.03\00:57:12.93
He has no pleasure
in the death of anyone.
00:57:12.96\00:57:16.40
His appeal to those who
are headed for destruction
00:57:16.43\00:57:18.87
is that they should turn
from their ways and live.
00:57:18.90\00:57:22.57
Amen for that.
00:57:22.60\00:57:23.94
So tonight if you are
not one who knows the Lord
00:57:23.97\00:57:26.27
as your Savior,
00:57:26.31\00:57:27.64
if you are one
that may be fearful
00:57:27.68\00:57:29.01
for what your end may be,
00:57:29.04\00:57:32.01
there's no need
to be wrapped in fear
00:57:32.05\00:57:34.38
because the appeal
that Christ has made
00:57:34.42\00:57:36.82
through His Word tonight,
00:57:36.85\00:57:38.22
He has no pleasure
00:57:38.25\00:57:39.59
in the death of
anyone that dies.
00:57:39.62\00:57:41.09
Matter of fact,
00:57:41.12\00:57:42.46
Hell is prepared for the devil
and his angels, Matthew 25:46.
00:57:42.49\00:57:46.86
Hell is not prepared for
those that Jesus created.
00:57:46.90\00:57:49.03
So here is the
point, my friends,
00:57:49.06\00:57:50.70
you gotta turn your
heart over to Christ.
00:57:50.73\00:57:52.83
Give your life to the
Lord while time still last.
00:57:52.87\00:57:55.90
And as you study God's
Word, what does not make sense,
00:57:55.94\00:57:58.94
one day will come
in a sharper focus.
00:57:58.97\00:58:02.14
God bless you.
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