The FaithOfJesus2 Daily Devotional
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kjv@Revelation:14:12
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Today's Verse:
kjv@Luke:16:19 kjv@Luke:16:20 kjv@Luke:16:21 kjv@Luke:16:22 kjv@Luke:16:23 kjv@Luke:16:24 kjv@Luke:16:25 kjv@Luke:16:26 kjv@Luke:16:27 kjv@Luke:16:28 kjv@Luke:16:29 kjv@Luke:16:30 kjv@Luke:16:31 G3982 persuade When it comes right down to it, the rich man comes to one all important conclusion: even if it does him no good his loved ones have to be convinced to repent. The question becomes how does one convince another to repent in this life? The certainty of death is upon us all. Just as certain is the concept that even if someone arose from death to tell us what awaits on the other side that such information would most likely be rejected especially if it involved torment. It is obvious that our persuasions largely follow whatever we want there to be of the future and not derived from any solid information or logic. Take our persuasion regarding the character/worth of the two principal characters. There is nothing to say that the rich man should be looked favorably upon, that he had done something or was of a particular character to have deserved such lavish reward in this life. Neither is their anything to tell us like wise about Lazarus' earthly plight, yet we make those types of judgments and of thus we are fully persuaded. It goes to show the vulnerability of our reasoning. If true in the one case why not as likely vulnerable in the larger perspective as well? Father Abraham makes the case that there is more than enough information from which to arrive at the required repentance given by Moses and the prophets. Consider well what type of information and what type of repentance that this would be, for neither speaks all that much about the next life as they do about the present state of the sinner and what true holiness is up against even from the most religious; they speak of the mandatory need and one day coming of a promised savior sent only by the mercy and grace of God. People today reject the notion of heaven and hell because they reject the necessity of needing a savior, preferring to think that all of these other trappings of self worth and ability are sufficient when the history gathered around and confronting Moses and the many prophets tells us exactly otherwise. It wasn't all that long ago that this thread of conversation began with the topic of the resurrection of the just and unjust. From there we went through the tremendous cost in this life of discipleship, the idea of true inheritance and then stewardship with the conveyance of sin debt and debt reconciliation. Now we are privy to the suggestion of a vast gulf placed between the two and that world and this one. The chasm seems just as impossible to cross as the gulf between the unrepentant and the repentant. This warning may not be just for the hardened poor sinner, but for the hardened rich saint as well. Declaring Certainty Further Resources: Comment Board:Luke:16:19-31
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kjv@Isaiah:33:14
kjv@2Corinthians:6:1
kjv@Colossians:1:28
kjv@1Thessalonians:2:3
kjv@1Thessalonians:2:4
kjv@1Thessalonians:2:5
kjv@1Thessalonians:2:6
kjv@1Thessalonians:2:7
kjv@1Thessalonians:2:8
kjv@1Thessalonians:2:9
kjv@1Thessalonians:2:10
kjv@1Thessalonians:2:11
kjv@1Thessalonians:2:12
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