3.11-Did Jesus teach that some people would go to torment when they die? Who?
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I serve a God who wanted the Nation of Israel to care for the poor and made it very clear to them.
My nation has been very active in caring for the hungry since the depression days and the government help kept my own family going at times.
I remember as a youngster hearing a tune, "They've got a nest egg just for me and its my social security."
During the days of my teaching and ministry years the contributions to my retirement were made by me and the places where I worked.
It is about to be the fourth anniversary of my major fall on March 22, 2013 when I broke my knee cap loose from my quad muscle and since that happened I have been able to walk slowly and rehab, but the pace of my movement had do change drastically.
Once I asked my dad about the difference between the two parties in America. This was during my early teens so maybe 1960 time frame. Sam Rayburn, (D) speaker of the house for many years, was from Fannin county, my home county and most all people in the south who were farmers were democrats in those days.
Dad always was an Independent when it came to voting for President, but he said, "Democrats believe in helping the poor and the farmers and the republicans just tell the poor to go chase rabbits and eat them."
It seems to me that in any culture you have some who want to take care of the poor with compassion. You have some who don't want to help the poor. You have some who want to be lazy and take advantage.
Jesus said, "You always have the poor with you." Jesus had compassion and fed those who followed him. He said that the man who was rich and lived a rich life and didn't care for the poor would end up in torment after he died.
So as my government reflects on how to care for all its citizens these thoughts come to my mind.
Luke 16.
19 “There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and lived in luxury every day. 20 At his gate was laid a beggar named Lazarus, covered with sores 21 and longing to eat what fell from the rich man’s table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores.
22 “The time came when the beggar died and the angels carried him to Abraham’s side. The rich man also died and was buried. 23 In Hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far away, with Lazarus by his side. 24 So he called to him, ‘Father Abraham, have pity on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in agony in this fire.’
25 “But Abraham replied, ‘Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things, but now he is comforted here and you are in agony. 26 And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been set in place, so that those who want to go from here to you cannot, nor can anyone cross over from there to us.’
27 “He answered, ‘Then I beg you, father, send Lazarus to my family, 28 for I have five brothers. Let him warn them, so that they will not also come to this place of torment.’
29 “Abraham replied, ‘They have Moses and the Prophets; let them listen to them.’
30 “‘No, father Abraham,’ he said, ‘but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.’
31 “He said to him, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.’”
I serve a God who wanted the Nation of Israel to care for the poor and made it very clear to them.
My nation has been very active in caring for the hungry since the depression days and the government help kept my own family going at times.
I remember as a youngster hearing a tune, "They've got a nest egg just for me and its my social security."
During the days of my teaching and ministry years the contributions to my retirement were made by me and the places where I worked.
It is about to be the fourth anniversary of my major fall on March 22, 2013 when I broke my knee cap loose from my quad muscle and since that happened I have been able to walk slowly and rehab, but the pace of my movement had do change drastically.
Once I asked my dad about the difference between the two parties in America. This was during my early teens so maybe 1960 time frame. Sam Rayburn, (D) speaker of the house for many years, was from Fannin county, my home county and most all people in the south who were farmers were democrats in those days.
Dad always was an Independent when it came to voting for President, but he said, "Democrats believe in helping the poor and the farmers and the republicans just tell the poor to go chase rabbits and eat them."
It seems to me that in any culture you have some who want to take care of the poor with compassion. You have some who don't want to help the poor. You have some who want to be lazy and take advantage.
Jesus said, "You always have the poor with you." Jesus had compassion and fed those who followed him. He said that the man who was rich and lived a rich life and didn't care for the poor would end up in torment after he died.
So as my government reflects on how to care for all its citizens these thoughts come to my mind.
Luke 16.
19 “There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and lived in luxury every day. 20 At his gate was laid a beggar named Lazarus, covered with sores 21 and longing to eat what fell from the rich man’s table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores.
22 “The time came when the beggar died and the angels carried him to Abraham’s side. The rich man also died and was buried. 23 In Hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far away, with Lazarus by his side. 24 So he called to him, ‘Father Abraham, have pity on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in agony in this fire.’
25 “But Abraham replied, ‘Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things, but now he is comforted here and you are in agony. 26 And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been set in place, so that those who want to go from here to you cannot, nor can anyone cross over from there to us.’
27 “He answered, ‘Then I beg you, father, send Lazarus to my family, 28 for I have five brothers. Let him warn them, so that they will not also come to this place of torment.’
29 “Abraham replied, ‘They have Moses and the Prophets; let them listen to them.’
30 “‘No, father Abraham,’ he said, ‘but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.’
31 “He said to him, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.’”
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