Jesus is saying, I can’t say to God financially and still be His (v.13)
Jesus is speaking to not (vv.14-18)
Pharisees taught that money meant ,
but that the blessing was given to
…and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing. – Genesis 12:2 (NIV)
…the law and the prophets [are] till John; since then the reign of God is proclaimed good news, and every one doth press into it… – Luke 16:16 (YLT)
To the Pharisees, Jesus is saying God’s standards haven’t changed and He still our (vv.17-18)
When a man takes a wife and marries her, and it happens that she finds no favor in his eyes because he has found some indecency in her, and he writes her a certificate of divorce and puts it in her hand and sends her out from his house… – Deuteronomy 24:1 (NASB95)
(Rabbi) Hillel – “Even if she spoiled his dish, since it is said, because he has found in her indecency in anything.” (Rabbi) Akiba – “Even if he found someone else prettier than she, since it is said, and it shall be if she find no favor in his eyes (Deuteronomy 24:1).” (Swindoll)
Matthew 5:31-32, 19:7-9, 1 Corinthians 7:15
Jesus tells a story about someone who didn’t set themselves up for where they were going and it the truth about he
Pharisees believed riches meant God’s (v.19)
It is the blessing of the Lord that makes rich, And He adds no sorrow to it. – Proverbs 10:22 (NASB)
God wanted to Lazarus by having him strategically at the rich man’s gate (v.20)At his gate was laid a beggar named Lazarus… – Luke 16:20 (NIV)
Lazarus: whom God helps (OTESD)
God had blessed the rich man (and me) to be a to
The Pharisees would view Lazarus as
When the Pharisees heard about the dogs licking they would think Lazarus is (v.21)
The dogs showed more than the rich man
Also whatever walks on its paws, among all the creatures that walk on all fours, are unclean to you; whoever touches their carcasses becomes unclean until evening – Leviticus 11:27 (NASB)
Apparently the rich man took all that God had blessed him with and spent it all on
(vv.23-24)
Jesus believes in
In Hades/Hell the rich man is
The rich man go to Hell because He was rich
What he did with his revealed who
The rich man knows Lazarus’ and still sees him as a
The rich man’s hasn’t (v.24)
(vv.30-31)
(Jesus) Lazarus, come forth. – John 11:38-44 (CWSB)
But the chief priests consulted that they might put Lazarus also to death… – John 12:10 (CWSB)