Eternal Choices
Submitted by jesuslover on Tue, 03/24/2009 - 01:28.
Eternal Choices
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- Power, Lust, Money, Religion vs. The Kingdom of God
- 14 Now the Pharisees, who were covetous and lovers of money, heard all these things, and they began to sneer at and ridicule and scoff at Him.
- 15 But He said to them, You are the ones who declare yourselves just and upright before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is exalted and highly thought of among men is detestable and abhorrent (an abomination) in the sight of God.
- Power, Lust, Money, Religion vs. The Kingdom of God
- Power, Lust, Money, Religion vs. The Kingdom of God
- 16 Until John came, there were the Law and the Prophets; since then the good news (the Gospel) of the kingdom of God is being preached, and everyone strives violently to go in.
- 17 Yet it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one dot of the Law to fail and become void.
- Lust of Man
- 18 Whoever divorces (dismisses and repudiates) his wife and marries another commits adultery, and he who marries a woman who is divorced from her husband commits adultery.
- Parable of a Rich Man and a Poor Man
- 19 There was a certain rich man who clothed himself in purple and fine linen and reveled and feasted and made merry in splendor every day.
- 20 And at his gate there was (carelessly) dropped down and left a certain utterly destitute man named Lazarus, (reduced to begging alms and) covered with (ulcerated) sores.
- 21 He (eagerly) desired to be satisfied with what fell from the rich man's table; moreover, the dogs even came and licked his sores.
- Eternal Consequences
- 22 And it occurred that the man (reduced to) begging died and was carried by the angels to Abraham's bosom. The rich man also died and was buried.
- 23 And in Hades (the realm of the dead), being in torment, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham far away, and Lazarus in his bosom.
- 24 And he cried out and said, Father Abraham, have pity and mercy on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am in anguish in this flame.
- A Great Chasm
- 25 But Abraham said, Child, remember that you in your lifetime fully received (what is due you in) comforts and delights, and Lazarus in like manner the discomforts and distresses; but now he is comforted here and you are in anguish.
- 26 And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been fixed, in order that those who want to pass from this (place) to you may not be able, and no one may pass from there to us.
- You've had plenty of warning.
- 27 And (the man) said, Then, father, I beseech you to send him to my father's house--
- 28 For I have five brothers--so that he may give (solemn) testimony and warn them, lest they too come into this place of torment.
- 29 But Abraham said, They have Moses and the Prophets; let them hear and listen to them.
- 30 But he answered, No, father Abraham, but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent (change their minds for the better and heartily amend their ways, with abhorrence of their past sins).
- 31 He said to him, If they do not hear and listen to Moses and the Prophets, neither will they be persuaded and convinced and believe (even) if someone should rise from the dead.
- What can we do?
- Believe into God through Jesus Christ
- Strive to enter the Kingdom of God
- Get to know God : Read the Bible with a desire to find God
- Call on Jesus as our Savior and Redeemer
- Spend time with other believers
- Enter into our spirit : Pray, talk to God, sing with a desire to touch God
- Cultivate a heart for the salvation of unbelievers
- Enjoy the true riches of God's Kingdom...
- The True Riches of God's Kingdom