![]() Train up a Child – 13 June 2019, Anno Domini.By the Rivers of Babylon – 14 June 2019, Anno Domini.Sermon Notes - Trinity Sunday - 16 June 2019, Anno.Hymns of the Church – Thy Word is like a Garden, L.An Introduction to the Book of Hosea - 19 June 201.Sermon Notes - First Sunday after Trinity - 23 Jun.Hymns of the Church – The Rich Man and Lazarus – 2.Sermon Notes - Second Sunday after Trinity - Saint.He will invite those only whose names are recorded in the Lamb’s Book of Life. Our Lord has made His Invitation list In Heaven for His greatly anticipated Marriage Supper. Now the Rich Man can see Lazarus as he enjoys his own feast of opulent provision given on his behalf by His Lord and Redeemer, but no one will notice the Rich Man’s cries and screams in Hell for that wide abyss to which Abraham made reference precludes Heaven from witnessing the pains of Hell, but not those in Hell from witnessing the splendors of Heaven. The feasts and banqueting of the Rich Man were enjoyed in the sight of poor Lazarus, yet no one cared for him or invited him to the feasts thrown by the Rich Man. When the next morsel of food seems too much to hope for, the poor turn to God who provides for those who believe. I have noticed this fact in the mountains of Luzon, the jungles of the Solomon’s, the rice paddies of Asia, and the bush country of Kenya. The poor feel the need and presence of God more commonly in their lives of deprivation than those to whom every need is provided by a wealthy sire. Who was the Savior of Lazarus as he lay before the Rich Man’s door? It was the same Lord Jesus Christ upon whom Abraham fixed his faith, and upon whom you and I look for salvation. Eternal life is on a far different scale than the life of damnation reserved for the wicked.ĥ Jesus, my Savior, let me share The meanest of thy servant's fare May I at last approach to taste The blessings of thy marriage-feast. But eternal damnation is an existence apart from God and Love. If one considers a life in Hell to be defined as living, the Rich Man is also as alive today as Abraham. It should be noted that God is not the God of the dead, but of the living. Wealth is no bar to salvation, but it is a hindrance to many whose eyes are blinded by that wealth so much so that God is eclipsed by things of this world engendered by greed and lust. The text is not about ONE beggar, but TWO! Lazarus was a beggar on earth but a rich man in Heaven and the Rich Man was wealthy on earth but has become a beggar in Hell. But the Rich Man, never lacking the best cuisine and wines, now yearns only for a drop of water from the finger of Lazarus. Lazarus, who begged for bread from the Rich Man and his friends now has an abundance of the best Bread of all – the Bread of Heaven. Bread and water are the essentials of life. But there is purpose in all of God’s plan for His Elect, and that purpose is easily observed in the account of Lazarus and the Rich Man just as it was revealed in the life of dear Job.Ĥ While round the faint so poor below Full rivers of salvation flow On Abra'm's breast he leans his head, And banquets on celestial bread. The wicked seem to prosper while the righteous suffer want. The abortion of innocents in their mother’s womb is praised while Godly family life is assailed as quaint and out of date. Pornography is elevated in sex education classes for our youth while prayer and Bible readings are forbidden. “ Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil that put darkness for light, and light for darkness that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!” Isaiah 5:20 (KJV)The dignity of law is given to perversions of sex and the sins of Sodom. ![]() Does this first sentence not perfectly describe this orb of chaos upon whose turf we dwell and make our lives? Those issues such as love, marriage, civil restraint and courtesy, and sobriety were merely the natural state of decent society in the days of my youth – today, there is a rarity of decent society. ![]() 1 In what confusion earth appears! God's dearest children bathed in tears While they, who heaven itself deride, Riot in luxury and pride.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |