You know, friends, we hope
you enjoyed our study today.
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We'll encourage you
to rewind it, pause it,
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just break down all
those scriptures in there.
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But, Ryan, let me give you
the opportunity of capping off,
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what was the real purpose
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behind the parable of
the rich man and Lazarus?
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Sure, you know,
there is multiple purposes,
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I believe it's communicated here
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but the overall purpose
that I see, is a God of love.
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1 John 4:8, as I
said earlier, God is love.
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He loves His
people, Pastor John.
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And speaking to these Pharisees,
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He was pleading with them
to reject the Hellenistic,
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Greek and Roman
philosophies of the day,
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to accept the
truth and to realize
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that the gospel
was and the love of God
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was not just for
them, but for everyone.
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And a couple of scriptures
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that come to my
mind here in closing,
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2 Chronicles 7:14,
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I believe this was just bleeding
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from the words of Christ
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when He says, "If My
people who are called by My name
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will humble themselves,
and pray and seek My face,
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and turn from their wicked ways,
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then I will hear from heaven,
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and I will forgive their
sin and heal their land."
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So that apart there,
turn from their wicked ways
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and, of course,
one more Ezekiel 33:11,
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and He says, "As I
live, saith the Lord God,
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I have no pleasure
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in the
destruction of the wicked,
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but that the wicked
turn from his way and live.
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Turn you, turn you
from your evil ways!
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For why will you die?"
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That's right,
and Paul the Apostle
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in the city of
Antioch said to the Jews,
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"For the Lord has commanded you,
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I've sent you to be
a light to the Gentiles
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that you should be for salvation
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to the ends of the earth.
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And when the
Gentiles heard this,
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they were glad and
glorified the word of the Lord."
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Acts 13:47 and 48.
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You see, friends,
the whole gospel is,
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it's for everyone.
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Not for the Jews
only but for the Gentiles,
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not for the wealthy,
but for the poor, everyone.
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The Lord is, for
God so loved the world.
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Amen.
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Hopefully, we
cleared up a misconception,
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and we'll continue in
the future on other topics
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but until that time,
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may the Lord
bless you and keep you,
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may you stand on His
Word and on His righteousness.
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God bless you.
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