WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.280 Hey, guys, welcome back to the podcast. 2 00:00:04.280 --> 00:00:06.760 So excited to talk about the parables today 3 00:00:06.760 --> 00:00:11.000 with two of my beautiful co-hosts. 4 00:00:11.000 --> 00:00:12.000 Did that feel weird? 5 00:00:12.000 --> 00:00:13.320 Yeah. 6 00:00:13.320 --> 00:00:16.040 Guys, I'm really trying to work on my tone, 7 00:00:16.040 --> 00:00:18.800 speaking to others, so hold me accountable, 8 00:00:18.800 --> 00:00:21.360 but hey, why don't you guys introduce yourselves? 9 00:00:21.360 --> 00:00:24.800 I'm Izzy, and I'm Zoe, and that's Zach. 10 00:00:24.800 --> 00:00:26.800 Yes, cool, so beautiful. 11 00:00:26.800 --> 00:00:28.440 Lots of sads in our names. 12 00:00:28.440 --> 00:00:29.280 Yeah. 13 00:00:29.280 --> 00:00:30.120 That's super cool. 14 00:00:30.120 --> 00:00:31.440 I've got the most amount of sads there. 15 00:00:31.440 --> 00:00:32.280 Shout out. 16 00:00:32.280 --> 00:00:34.440 Hey, we're going to be talking about a parable 17 00:00:34.440 --> 00:00:36.960 in Luke chapter 16. 18 00:00:36.960 --> 00:00:37.880 So why don't you flip it open? 19 00:00:37.880 --> 00:00:39.080 It's near the end. 20 00:00:39.080 --> 00:00:42.920 It's about Lazarus and the rich man. 21 00:00:42.920 --> 00:00:45.560 But before we get into it, hey, our vision here at the way 22 00:00:45.560 --> 00:00:48.680 is to reach every young person with the good news 23 00:00:48.680 --> 00:00:49.680 of the gospel. 24 00:00:49.680 --> 00:00:50.280 Yeah, it is. 25 00:00:50.280 --> 00:00:51.720 So if you guys haven't subscribed, 26 00:00:51.720 --> 00:00:54.320 liked, commented, turned on those alerts. 27 00:00:54.320 --> 00:00:56.840 If you're on YouTube, definitely do that. 28 00:00:56.840 --> 00:00:58.840 Check us out on Instagram and TikTok. 29 00:00:58.880 --> 00:01:03.680 If you're on Spotify and or Apple Music or Apple Podcasts, 30 00:01:03.680 --> 00:01:05.160 then you can turn on alerts for that. 31 00:01:05.160 --> 00:01:08.320 You can drop little comments in there as well. 32 00:01:08.320 --> 00:01:10.280 But ultimately, that'll really, oh, yeah, 33 00:01:10.280 --> 00:01:12.000 you could actually rate us as well. 34 00:01:12.000 --> 00:01:14.360 Give us a little five stars. 35 00:01:14.360 --> 00:01:16.800 But that really helps to spread that house 36 00:01:16.800 --> 00:01:17.720 with the algorithm. 37 00:01:17.720 --> 00:01:19.880 So if you want to buy into that vision, 38 00:01:19.880 --> 00:01:21.520 why don't you drop those things? 39 00:01:21.520 --> 00:01:23.520 And let's roll the credence and get into it. 40 00:01:23.520 --> 00:01:25.240 Flip open your Bible. 41 00:01:26.240 --> 00:01:27.280 It's already open. 42 00:01:27.280 --> 00:01:28.120 Whoa. 43 00:01:29.160 --> 00:01:30.360 Dude, I love your Bible. 44 00:01:30.360 --> 00:01:33.440 This is the first time I'm seeing this Bible from Zoe. 45 00:01:33.440 --> 00:01:33.960 I'm from Bible. 46 00:01:33.960 --> 00:01:34.800 Do you have this Bible? 47 00:01:34.800 --> 00:01:37.400 Yeah, we actually all have it, which is hilarious. 48 00:01:37.400 --> 00:01:38.600 It's so huge. 49 00:01:38.600 --> 00:01:39.120 It's a chunky boy. 50 00:01:39.120 --> 00:01:40.160 It's a chunky boy. 51 00:01:40.160 --> 00:01:40.840 I love it. 52 00:01:40.840 --> 00:01:42.040 But I love that it's hard back. 53 00:01:42.040 --> 00:01:42.840 Me too. 54 00:01:42.840 --> 00:01:43.840 Her back Bible is awesome. 55 00:01:43.840 --> 00:01:46.160 I'll give it a free at my mother's graduation. 56 00:01:46.160 --> 00:01:47.160 Praise God. 57 00:01:47.160 --> 00:01:48.880 There's one story there. 58 00:01:48.880 --> 00:01:50.840 Well, hey, I thought before we jump in, 59 00:01:50.840 --> 00:01:52.800 I could share a little bit of context 60 00:01:52.880 --> 00:01:57.040 because this parable, it's kind of got a setting 61 00:01:57.040 --> 00:01:58.720 and then it's got a plot. 62 00:01:58.720 --> 00:02:00.480 And I think we want to focus more on the plot 63 00:02:00.480 --> 00:02:02.760 than the setting of where it happens. 64 00:02:02.760 --> 00:02:04.360 And I'll tell you why, okay? 65 00:02:04.360 --> 00:02:05.200 Tell us why. 66 00:02:05.200 --> 00:02:06.440 If you guys look in your Bibles, all right, 67 00:02:06.440 --> 00:02:07.600 take a look at this. 68 00:02:07.600 --> 00:02:09.440 I'm reading from the ESV, by the way, 69 00:02:09.440 --> 00:02:11.080 for anyone who's wondering. 70 00:02:11.080 --> 00:02:14.040 If you go back to chapter 15, 71 00:02:14.040 --> 00:02:15.640 we have a really famous parable. 72 00:02:15.640 --> 00:02:18.120 It's the parable of the prodigal song. 73 00:02:18.120 --> 00:02:21.520 And then you'll notice that Luke immediately following 74 00:02:21.520 --> 00:02:25.440 this parable, he is the parable of the dishonest manager 75 00:02:25.440 --> 00:02:27.920 in the beginning of chapter 16. 76 00:02:27.920 --> 00:02:32.840 And then there's a little bit of teaching on God and money. 77 00:02:32.840 --> 00:02:34.800 And then immediately following that, 78 00:02:34.800 --> 00:02:37.840 we have our parable that we're going to be looking at today. 79 00:02:37.840 --> 00:02:39.640 The reason I point that out is, 80 00:02:39.640 --> 00:02:42.760 Luke seems to think that this parable 81 00:02:42.760 --> 00:02:46.120 is the third in a series of parables 82 00:02:46.120 --> 00:02:48.360 that talk about stewardship. 83 00:02:48.360 --> 00:02:49.160 What is stewardship? 84 00:02:49.200 --> 00:02:52.600 It's the managing of the things that God has given us 85 00:02:52.600 --> 00:02:54.560 to be responsible over. 86 00:02:54.560 --> 00:02:57.120 So the parable of the prodigal son, 87 00:02:57.120 --> 00:03:00.160 the son wastes his father's inheritance. 88 00:03:00.160 --> 00:03:02.200 The parable of the dishonest manager, 89 00:03:02.200 --> 00:03:07.200 the manager poorly stewards the master's money. 90 00:03:08.000 --> 00:03:11.280 And then we find ourselves right here. 91 00:03:11.280 --> 00:03:13.160 And also that teaching on, 92 00:03:15.160 --> 00:03:16.680 you cannot serve two masters. 93 00:03:16.680 --> 00:03:17.680 That's like right before this. 94 00:03:17.680 --> 00:03:22.680 So Jesus says, you cannot serve both God and money. 95 00:03:23.400 --> 00:03:26.200 Now we jump into this parable. 96 00:03:26.200 --> 00:03:27.240 I also had a little bit, 97 00:03:27.240 --> 00:03:30.360 I don't know if this is like theologically incorrect, 98 00:03:30.360 --> 00:03:35.360 but I thought the, my Bible splits up the verse 99 00:03:35.360 --> 00:03:38.160 right before this, verse 18, 100 00:03:38.160 --> 00:03:40.120 which is on divorce and remarriage. 101 00:03:40.120 --> 00:03:40.960 Yeah, my question's to you. 102 00:03:40.960 --> 00:03:42.720 But I was thinking about the fact that 103 00:03:42.720 --> 00:03:45.360 there's so much about in the Bible, 104 00:03:45.360 --> 00:03:48.360 how God's relationship to us is like marriage, 105 00:03:48.360 --> 00:03:50.480 that maybe he's making the point here 106 00:03:50.480 --> 00:03:53.320 that to serve money rather than God 107 00:03:53.320 --> 00:03:56.840 is spiritually equivalent to divorcing 108 00:03:57.920 --> 00:04:00.520 someone that you're in marriage with, 109 00:04:00.520 --> 00:04:02.120 or in covenant with. 110 00:04:02.120 --> 00:04:04.720 Anyways, I don't know if that's like really incorrect 111 00:04:04.720 --> 00:04:06.360 and Luke just wanted to throw this in, 112 00:04:06.360 --> 00:04:08.080 but I feel like that flowed with the, 113 00:04:09.760 --> 00:04:11.480 anyways, that's a little backstory. 114 00:04:11.480 --> 00:04:12.480 And all of that to say, 115 00:04:12.480 --> 00:04:15.960 we're not gonna really focus on in this podcast, 116 00:04:15.960 --> 00:04:18.200 the theme of the afterlife 117 00:04:18.200 --> 00:04:22.320 and kind of who necessarily goes where 118 00:04:22.320 --> 00:04:24.040 and what that all looks like. 119 00:04:24.040 --> 00:04:26.960 Instead, we're gonna talk about some other things, 120 00:04:26.960 --> 00:04:28.240 keep you on your toes. 121 00:04:28.240 --> 00:04:29.240 Here we go. 122 00:04:29.240 --> 00:04:31.960 Okay, Izzy, could you read the whole parable for us 123 00:04:31.960 --> 00:04:34.240 and then we're gonna go back through verse by verse 124 00:04:34.240 --> 00:04:35.280 and pick some things? 125 00:04:35.280 --> 00:04:37.280 You know what, I will. 126 00:04:37.280 --> 00:04:38.120 Awesome. 127 00:04:38.120 --> 00:04:39.720 Before I do that, 128 00:04:39.720 --> 00:04:41.480 Zach's got a beard today, guys. 129 00:04:41.480 --> 00:04:42.320 Okay. 130 00:04:45.920 --> 00:04:47.360 New beard, I'm lost. 131 00:04:47.360 --> 00:04:48.920 How does it feel to be a woman? 132 00:04:48.920 --> 00:04:51.040 I feel really embarrassing to point out. 133 00:04:51.040 --> 00:04:51.880 Do I feel warm? 134 00:04:51.880 --> 00:04:53.840 Do you feel extra wise? 135 00:04:53.840 --> 00:04:55.480 I feel a little bit more wise today. 136 00:04:55.480 --> 00:04:57.200 Okay, she was okay. 137 00:04:57.200 --> 00:04:59.400 It's a bit itchy, but yeah. 138 00:04:59.400 --> 00:05:00.240 He's trying to out. 139 00:05:00.240 --> 00:05:01.080 I'm just trying to know. 140 00:05:01.080 --> 00:05:02.320 Say it for us in the comments. 141 00:05:02.320 --> 00:05:03.320 Okay. 142 00:05:03.320 --> 00:05:06.000 Oh, sorry, I'm just moving my posters out the way. 143 00:05:06.000 --> 00:05:08.000 All right, read us this parable passage. 144 00:05:08.000 --> 00:05:08.840 I love God. 145 00:05:08.840 --> 00:05:11.480 Okay, I'm reading the NIV version, 146 00:05:11.480 --> 00:05:12.920 The Rich Man and Lazarus. 147 00:05:13.840 --> 00:05:16.040 There was a rich man who was dressed in purple 148 00:05:16.040 --> 00:05:19.080 and fine linen and lived in luxury every day. 149 00:05:19.080 --> 00:05:21.560 At his gate was laid a beggar named Lazarus, 150 00:05:21.560 --> 00:05:22.760 covered with sores, 151 00:05:22.760 --> 00:05:25.440 and longing to eat what fell from the rich man's table. 152 00:05:25.440 --> 00:05:28.240 Even the dogs came and licked his sores. 153 00:05:28.240 --> 00:05:30.120 The time came when the beggar died 154 00:05:30.120 --> 00:05:32.920 and the angels carried him to a Abraham side. 155 00:05:32.920 --> 00:05:36.560 The rich man also died and was buried in Hades 156 00:05:36.560 --> 00:05:37.800 where he was in torment. 157 00:05:37.800 --> 00:05:40.200 He looked up and saw Abraham far away 158 00:05:40.200 --> 00:05:42.280 with Lazarus by his side. 159 00:05:42.280 --> 00:05:43.920 So he called to him, 160 00:05:43.920 --> 00:05:46.720 Father Abraham, have pity on me and send Lazarus 161 00:05:46.720 --> 00:05:50.120 to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue 162 00:05:50.120 --> 00:05:52.840 because I am an agony in this fire. 163 00:05:52.840 --> 00:05:54.200 But Abraham replied, 164 00:05:54.200 --> 00:05:56.120 Son, remember that in your lifetime 165 00:05:56.120 --> 00:05:57.560 you received your good things 166 00:05:57.560 --> 00:05:59.600 while Lazarus received bad things, 167 00:05:59.600 --> 00:06:03.080 but now he is comforted here and you are an agony. 168 00:06:03.080 --> 00:06:05.840 And besides all this between us and you, 169 00:06:05.840 --> 00:06:07.880 a great chasm has been set in place 170 00:06:07.880 --> 00:06:10.520 so that those who want to go from here to you, 171 00:06:10.520 --> 00:06:13.480 whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. 172 00:06:14.960 --> 00:06:16.840 And besides all this, between us and you, 173 00:06:16.840 --> 00:06:18.760 a great chasm has been set in place 174 00:06:18.760 --> 00:06:21.760 so that those who want to go from here to you cannot 175 00:06:21.760 --> 00:06:25.040 nor can anyone cross over from there to us. 176 00:06:25.040 --> 00:06:25.960 He answered, 177 00:06:25.960 --> 00:06:29.200 and I beg you, Father, send Lazarus to my family 178 00:06:29.200 --> 00:06:31.760 but I have five brothers, let him warn them 179 00:06:31.760 --> 00:06:35.440 so they will not also come to this place of torment. 180 00:06:35.440 --> 00:06:37.000 Abraham replied, 181 00:06:37.000 --> 00:06:40.600 they have Moses and the prophets let them listen to them. 182 00:06:40.600 --> 00:06:42.440 No father Abraham, he said, 183 00:06:42.440 --> 00:06:45.680 but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent. 184 00:06:45.680 --> 00:06:46.920 He said to him, 185 00:06:46.920 --> 00:06:49.960 if they do not listen to Moses and the prophets, 186 00:06:49.960 --> 00:06:53.600 they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead. 187 00:06:54.640 --> 00:06:57.400 So much in here, so much in here. 188 00:06:57.400 --> 00:06:59.960 Okay, let's just jump straight into it. 189 00:06:59.960 --> 00:07:04.960 Verse 19, man, I think Jesus is so funny, dude. 190 00:07:05.360 --> 00:07:06.760 I think Jesus is so funny. 191 00:07:06.760 --> 00:07:08.240 This is what I read, all right? 192 00:07:08.240 --> 00:07:11.200 There was a rich man who was clothed in purple. 193 00:07:11.200 --> 00:07:12.400 Okay. I love wearing purple. 194 00:07:12.400 --> 00:07:13.600 You love wearing purple. 195 00:07:13.600 --> 00:07:14.880 Oh, it's gonna wear purple today, I forgot. 196 00:07:14.880 --> 00:07:16.680 Do you know what purple represents, Biblically? 197 00:07:16.680 --> 00:07:17.520 Royalty? 198 00:07:17.520 --> 00:07:18.360 Shout out. 199 00:07:18.360 --> 00:07:20.320 This guy was like, I'm the king of the cast. 200 00:07:20.320 --> 00:07:21.160 Yeah, yeah, yeah. 201 00:07:21.160 --> 00:07:22.000 I type by with my purple, 202 00:07:22.000 --> 00:07:25.640 but then check this out and find linen, 203 00:07:25.640 --> 00:07:30.640 which I read is a Greek word that comes from a Hebrew word 204 00:07:30.640 --> 00:07:34.560 from a Hebrew word for this specific cotton 205 00:07:34.560 --> 00:07:37.120 that came from Egypt that people would use 206 00:07:37.120 --> 00:07:38.240 to make their underpants. 207 00:07:38.240 --> 00:07:39.240 Oh. 208 00:07:39.240 --> 00:07:41.400 So he's literally like in a joking way, 209 00:07:41.400 --> 00:07:44.920 saying like, outwardly, this guy wants to show 210 00:07:44.920 --> 00:07:48.920 how awesome he is and like boast, 211 00:07:48.920 --> 00:07:51.840 but also inwardly, he's like living 212 00:07:51.840 --> 00:07:54.480 an extreme, extreme comfort. 213 00:07:54.480 --> 00:07:57.080 And he's wearing the best underpants. 214 00:07:57.080 --> 00:08:00.400 Oh, which I just think is hilarious. 215 00:08:00.400 --> 00:08:01.880 I think that's just hilarious. 216 00:08:01.880 --> 00:08:04.080 Jesus is hilarious. 217 00:08:04.080 --> 00:08:07.480 Okay, so we've got a guy who's like really, really, 218 00:08:07.480 --> 00:08:08.800 really well off. 219 00:08:08.800 --> 00:08:09.480 Yeah. 220 00:08:09.480 --> 00:08:10.480 Okay. 221 00:08:10.480 --> 00:08:12.840 And he's next to him, she was sleep every day. 222 00:08:12.840 --> 00:08:13.680 Oh, yeah. 223 00:08:13.680 --> 00:08:14.680 I wanted to touch on that. 224 00:08:14.680 --> 00:08:15.520 Okay, okay. 225 00:08:15.520 --> 00:08:18.080 Because we were speaking before and you were saying how 226 00:08:18.080 --> 00:08:21.240 like every day that means that surely you would have been 227 00:08:21.240 --> 00:08:24.040 eating on the Sabbath and not practicing the Sabbath. 228 00:08:24.040 --> 00:08:25.640 I don't know if you did you want to hear that later? 229 00:08:25.640 --> 00:08:29.360 Yeah, I mean, no, let's, let's talk about that. 230 00:08:29.360 --> 00:08:30.200 Yeah, yeah, yeah. 231 00:08:30.200 --> 00:08:31.600 It's a good point to bring up now. 232 00:08:31.600 --> 00:08:35.000 Just maybe to bring that up so we can come back to it later. 233 00:08:35.000 --> 00:08:36.800 Right, this guy doesn't observe the Sabbath, 234 00:08:36.800 --> 00:08:38.960 which means, which means what? 235 00:08:38.960 --> 00:08:41.640 Which means that he's not listening to the word of God. 236 00:08:41.640 --> 00:08:45.440 He's not following the way of the two's. 237 00:08:45.440 --> 00:08:46.680 Yeah, there's a little hint. 238 00:08:46.680 --> 00:08:47.520 Yeah, there's a little hint 239 00:08:47.520 --> 00:08:49.320 that he's not about the whole God's. 240 00:08:49.320 --> 00:08:50.160 Yeah, he's not into it. 241 00:08:50.160 --> 00:08:51.920 There's a little hint earlier. 242 00:08:51.920 --> 00:08:55.360 Okay, is he, read us the next verse. 243 00:08:55.360 --> 00:08:57.600 At his gate was later bigger named Lazarus, 244 00:08:57.600 --> 00:08:59.400 covered in sores. 245 00:08:59.400 --> 00:09:01.200 Ooh. 246 00:09:01.200 --> 00:09:05.000 So I said that a bit too jollated, no, covered in sores. 247 00:09:05.000 --> 00:09:08.160 Yeah, this guy's, in a way, I feel like you could say 248 00:09:08.160 --> 00:09:11.200 this is, these are two completely opposite characters 249 00:09:11.200 --> 00:09:12.160 so far. 250 00:09:12.160 --> 00:09:14.480 Yeah, yeah, yeah. 251 00:09:14.480 --> 00:09:19.800 Okay, hey, I know you Zoe had something to say 252 00:09:19.800 --> 00:09:22.040 about the fact that this guy is named. 253 00:09:22.040 --> 00:09:23.760 I think this is the only parable. 254 00:09:23.760 --> 00:09:25.200 That was my first question, wasn't it? 255 00:09:25.200 --> 00:09:28.160 Yeah, yeah, you actually messaged me about this like midweek. 256 00:09:28.160 --> 00:09:29.360 What was your question? 257 00:09:29.360 --> 00:09:31.160 Why have they named the people in it? 258 00:09:31.160 --> 00:09:32.760 Yeah, great question. 259 00:09:32.760 --> 00:09:35.400 Why I think it was, well, I read a commentary. 260 00:09:35.400 --> 00:09:38.840 I think, I think it's not the top of my head. 261 00:09:38.840 --> 00:09:40.760 That's what we said. 262 00:09:40.760 --> 00:09:43.480 That Lazarus means God is my help 263 00:09:43.480 --> 00:09:47.680 and how like in this life where he was the poor man 264 00:09:47.680 --> 00:09:52.360 that is at this rich man's gate laid there, covered in sores, 265 00:09:52.360 --> 00:09:54.760 that name would have felt like a mockery. 266 00:09:54.760 --> 00:09:56.840 Like people would have been like, oh, God is your help. 267 00:09:56.840 --> 00:09:59.000 Whereas your God, then he's not helping you. 268 00:09:59.000 --> 00:10:08.320 Like, yeah, you're poor and you have, anyways, it would have been a mockery. 269 00:10:08.320 --> 00:10:12.800 And I'm sorry, I was stuttering, but we see later on in the parable 270 00:10:12.800 --> 00:10:16.960 when he goes to Hades and is with Abraham, 271 00:10:16.960 --> 00:10:20.040 that his name has been fulfilled. 272 00:10:20.040 --> 00:10:23.200 That God was his help and God has brought him through. 273 00:10:23.200 --> 00:10:24.200 Right. 274 00:10:24.800 --> 00:10:29.840 Right, so yeah, so but I guess at this, at this stage, 275 00:10:29.840 --> 00:10:34.800 like you're saying, like it's, it's almost ironic at this kind of story. 276 00:10:34.800 --> 00:10:37.080 It's like your middle name is joy. 277 00:10:37.080 --> 00:10:40.160 Imagine if you were the most miserable person ever. 278 00:10:40.160 --> 00:10:42.840 It'd be like how ironic is it that she's called joy? 279 00:10:42.840 --> 00:10:44.280 It was risky to name me that. 280 00:10:44.280 --> 00:10:48.760 Yeah, yeah, you don't know, yeah, but that's a super cool point 281 00:10:48.760 --> 00:10:51.160 of his name actually carries a lot of meaning in this. 282 00:10:51.160 --> 00:10:54.840 Yeah, yeah, and it's funny that it's, it's not just ironic, 283 00:10:54.840 --> 00:10:57.240 but it also could be seen as prophetic, 284 00:10:57.240 --> 00:11:01.840 because it's like Lazarus is in a position where he needed God's help 285 00:11:01.840 --> 00:11:04.080 on the like on that side of eternity. 286 00:11:04.080 --> 00:11:07.720 And so actually I think that with prophecies, 287 00:11:07.720 --> 00:11:11.360 sometimes it speaks into what we need, not what we already have. 288 00:11:11.360 --> 00:11:15.520 And I think that is really like pulled out and highlighted in this story 289 00:11:15.520 --> 00:11:20.160 where we then see Lazarus be raised up into like eternity 290 00:11:20.160 --> 00:11:23.640 and of comfort with, sorry, not eternity of comfort. 291 00:11:23.640 --> 00:11:25.160 I don't know what's going on. 292 00:11:25.160 --> 00:11:30.920 Sorry, but where he's like, where we see Lazarus lifted up 293 00:11:30.920 --> 00:11:36.200 from his place of like, I wanted to say scholar, 294 00:11:36.200 --> 00:11:37.160 but I feel like that's not a good word. 295 00:11:37.160 --> 00:11:41.600 He's lifted up from his place of poverty into heaven 296 00:11:41.600 --> 00:11:45.400 where now he's beside Abraham and is being comforted 297 00:11:45.400 --> 00:11:47.080 and where God does help him. 298 00:11:47.080 --> 00:11:48.680 Yeah, I just want to touch on that. 299 00:11:49.520 --> 00:11:51.160 Super real, super real. 300 00:11:51.160 --> 00:11:52.240 Okay, so you're right. 301 00:11:52.240 --> 00:11:55.440 So we've got, we've got a character who's a rich man, 302 00:11:55.440 --> 00:11:58.480 he's feasting constantly and outside of his house 303 00:11:58.480 --> 00:12:01.800 at his gate is poor man Lazarus. 304 00:12:01.800 --> 00:12:05.440 Is he, what does the next verse say, verse 21? 305 00:12:05.440 --> 00:12:09.160 And Lazarus is longing to eat what fell from the rich man's table 306 00:12:09.160 --> 00:12:11.520 even the dogs came and licked his sauce. 307 00:12:14.960 --> 00:12:18.360 That is so sad that the dogs are coming and licking his sauce 308 00:12:19.360 --> 00:12:21.000 because I read in the commentary that they would have been 309 00:12:21.000 --> 00:12:23.560 like cute, like dogs, they would have been like wild dogs 310 00:12:23.560 --> 00:12:24.880 that were looking for food. 311 00:12:24.880 --> 00:12:27.200 Yeah. And Lazarus was what they found. 312 00:12:27.200 --> 00:12:31.040 Like that's just, it's just showing how poor and in need 313 00:12:31.040 --> 00:12:34.040 and how ill Lazarus is because he can't even shoo away 314 00:12:34.040 --> 00:12:38.080 these wild dogs that are coming to like feast from him. 315 00:12:38.080 --> 00:12:40.360 I can't lie, I've got a different perspective on that. 316 00:12:40.360 --> 00:12:41.640 Have you finished what you're saying? 317 00:12:41.640 --> 00:12:43.160 Okay, okay, I'm excited. 318 00:12:43.160 --> 00:12:44.640 Yeah, yeah, okay. 319 00:12:44.640 --> 00:12:48.160 But then also I just wanted to touch on the first half of this. 320 00:12:48.520 --> 00:12:50.240 Mine's also ESV, so it says, 321 00:12:50.240 --> 00:12:53.440 who desired to be fed with what fell from the rich man's table? 322 00:12:53.440 --> 00:12:57.280 I read that when rich people would eat back in the day, 323 00:12:57.280 --> 00:12:59.640 they would use bread as their napkins 324 00:12:59.640 --> 00:13:01.400 to wipe their hands from the other food 325 00:13:01.400 --> 00:13:03.280 that they would have eaten 326 00:13:03.280 --> 00:13:05.680 and then that would get tossed out or thrown aside. 327 00:13:05.680 --> 00:13:08.080 So that would have been the food that would have fallen 328 00:13:08.080 --> 00:13:11.160 from the rich man's table, which is like, 329 00:13:11.160 --> 00:13:15.280 it just highlights the complete disparity in their lifestyles 330 00:13:15.360 --> 00:13:19.200 in like how the rich man's trash and rubbish 331 00:13:19.200 --> 00:13:23.520 is Lazarus' help and food and sustenance. 332 00:13:23.520 --> 00:13:26.080 But even that, he's like struggling to get. 333 00:13:26.080 --> 00:13:28.160 Yeah, but hit on the point about this. 334 00:13:28.160 --> 00:13:29.600 Okay, here's what I was gonna say. 335 00:13:29.600 --> 00:13:34.600 So I read, shout out Kenneth Bailey, what a goat. 336 00:13:34.600 --> 00:13:37.640 He said that there's a word, 337 00:13:37.640 --> 00:13:40.840 the, if you notice, mine says like more over 338 00:13:40.840 --> 00:13:43.000 even the dogs came and linked his source. 339 00:13:44.000 --> 00:13:47.160 And he said that for a thousand years, 340 00:13:47.160 --> 00:13:49.520 the Arabic translations of the Bible, 341 00:13:49.520 --> 00:13:51.080 which is closest to Arabic, 342 00:13:51.080 --> 00:13:53.960 which is what Jesus spoke, the language that he spoke, 343 00:13:53.960 --> 00:13:56.960 they don't translate that as a word that denotes 344 00:13:56.960 --> 00:13:59.800 continuation but contrast. 345 00:13:59.800 --> 00:14:03.560 And so it's actually that the rich man 346 00:14:03.560 --> 00:14:08.200 was not looking out for him yet the dogs did. 347 00:14:08.200 --> 00:14:10.920 And this is the crazy fact, okay? 348 00:14:10.920 --> 00:14:12.680 I'm gonna have to look at my notes for this. 349 00:14:12.760 --> 00:14:17.680 It says that a man in in 1994, 350 00:14:17.800 --> 00:14:21.080 his name was Lawrence Stager. 351 00:14:21.080 --> 00:14:23.840 He was a Harvard professor and an archeologist 352 00:14:23.840 --> 00:14:28.840 and where ancient Ash Kalan was found, 353 00:14:28.840 --> 00:14:33.840 he uncovered the graves of 1300 dead dogs. 354 00:14:34.240 --> 00:14:38.000 And what he thinks is that in the, 355 00:14:38.000 --> 00:14:40.480 in like the years leading up to when Jesus 356 00:14:40.480 --> 00:14:42.760 would have been around and telling this story, 357 00:14:42.760 --> 00:14:47.760 that there was a healing cult that would actually, 358 00:14:47.760 --> 00:14:50.000 there would be people who owned dogs 359 00:14:50.000 --> 00:14:53.960 and the dogs would lick the wounds of those 360 00:14:53.960 --> 00:14:56.680 who had them in needed healing. 361 00:14:56.680 --> 00:15:00.320 I don't know if you've ever heard the wives tale. 362 00:15:00.320 --> 00:15:02.280 Wives tale is that right? 363 00:15:02.280 --> 00:15:06.400 There's like the wives tale that dogs lick wounds 364 00:15:06.400 --> 00:15:07.240 to heal them. 365 00:15:07.240 --> 00:15:08.080 Oh yeah, yeah, yeah. 366 00:15:08.080 --> 00:15:12.720 And so I guess the point that he's trying to make is 367 00:15:12.720 --> 00:15:15.320 that even though no one looked out for him, 368 00:15:15.320 --> 00:15:20.320 God sent these dogs to lick and soothe his wounds. 369 00:15:20.440 --> 00:15:23.240 And there's like something prophetic in that, 370 00:15:23.240 --> 00:15:26.120 there's like loads of holy people in the Bible 371 00:15:26.120 --> 00:15:28.520 who are sustained by animals. 372 00:15:28.520 --> 00:15:32.120 So you've got like Elijah and the Ravens bring him food 373 00:15:32.120 --> 00:15:35.840 or like even Jesus in Mark 1, verse 13, 374 00:15:35.840 --> 00:15:37.680 when he's fasting in a desert. 375 00:15:37.680 --> 00:15:41.440 He says he was with the wild beasts of the land. 376 00:15:41.440 --> 00:15:43.800 And so like there's something about like, 377 00:15:43.800 --> 00:15:46.040 even now there's a subtle foreshadowing 378 00:15:46.040 --> 00:15:47.560 that God is looking out for him, 379 00:15:47.560 --> 00:15:49.480 which I thought was like a crazy perspective. 380 00:15:49.480 --> 00:15:50.320 That is awesome. 381 00:15:50.320 --> 00:15:52.640 That literally, well, I'm just thinking right now 382 00:15:52.640 --> 00:15:56.520 and it's like what the world will perceive as like dirty 383 00:15:56.520 --> 00:15:57.680 and disgusting. 384 00:15:57.680 --> 00:16:01.280 God is actually like in this case has sent it for good. 385 00:16:01.280 --> 00:16:05.040 And it's like actually we, it can be so hard sometimes 386 00:16:05.080 --> 00:16:08.440 to understand what God's doing when he's working 387 00:16:08.440 --> 00:16:09.640 in his own ways. 388 00:16:09.640 --> 00:16:13.480 But actually he's sending these dogs to help Lazarus. 389 00:16:13.480 --> 00:16:15.040 And like heal him. 390 00:16:15.040 --> 00:16:17.760 That is so, it's pretty cool kind. 391 00:16:17.760 --> 00:16:20.280 Yeah, I guess like actually now, now reading it 392 00:16:20.280 --> 00:16:22.840 doesn't explicitly say that God sent the dogs. 393 00:16:22.840 --> 00:16:25.640 So maybe it's even just like a comment on his character 394 00:16:25.640 --> 00:16:29.080 that he was so gentle and calm and spirit 395 00:16:29.080 --> 00:16:32.720 that these dogs were like, just one to hang out with him. 396 00:16:32.720 --> 00:16:34.320 Just wanted to look out for him a little bit. 397 00:16:34.320 --> 00:16:35.160 You know what I mean? 398 00:16:35.160 --> 00:16:36.640 Dogs are like compassion. 399 00:16:36.640 --> 00:16:39.480 They got, dude, my dog's got personalities. 400 00:16:39.480 --> 00:16:40.320 You know what I mean? 401 00:16:40.320 --> 00:16:41.000 I like dogs. 402 00:16:41.000 --> 00:16:42.000 I love dogs. 403 00:16:42.000 --> 00:16:43.000 I love dogs too. 404 00:16:43.000 --> 00:16:43.840 I love dogs. 405 00:16:43.840 --> 00:16:45.840 Think I'm over a cat person, personally. 406 00:16:47.120 --> 00:16:48.880 Red flag, hate it on. 407 00:16:48.880 --> 00:16:49.720 We love them. 408 00:16:49.720 --> 00:16:51.400 We love them. 409 00:16:51.400 --> 00:16:52.240 Okay. 410 00:16:52.240 --> 00:16:53.080 That wasn't planned. 411 00:16:53.080 --> 00:16:54.840 Okay, let's read verse 22. 412 00:16:54.840 --> 00:16:56.360 We've got a little bit of a setting. 413 00:16:56.360 --> 00:16:57.840 You're a dove. 414 00:16:57.840 --> 00:16:58.840 Okay. 415 00:16:58.840 --> 00:17:00.320 Hey, sorry about that. 416 00:17:00.320 --> 00:17:01.080 It's okay. 417 00:17:01.080 --> 00:17:02.560 You were loved as a cat person. 418 00:17:02.560 --> 00:17:03.400 You were loved. 419 00:17:03.400 --> 00:17:04.400 It's huge. 420 00:17:04.400 --> 00:17:05.400 You know what? 421 00:17:05.400 --> 00:17:06.400 Actually, it's fine. 422 00:17:06.400 --> 00:17:07.400 Okay. 423 00:17:07.400 --> 00:17:08.400 Verse 22. 424 00:17:08.400 --> 00:17:09.400 The time came when the beggar died 425 00:17:09.400 --> 00:17:11.400 and the angel was carried him to Abraham's side. 426 00:17:11.400 --> 00:17:15.400 The rich man also died and buried. 427 00:17:15.400 --> 00:17:17.400 Anything to say on this verse? 428 00:17:17.400 --> 00:17:18.400 They died. 429 00:17:18.400 --> 00:17:19.400 They died. 430 00:17:19.400 --> 00:17:20.400 Yeah. 431 00:17:20.400 --> 00:17:22.400 I feel like this is just kind of like events happening. 432 00:17:22.400 --> 00:17:26.400 What does Abraham's side mean? 433 00:17:26.400 --> 00:17:28.400 Any thoughts? 434 00:17:28.400 --> 00:17:32.400 Abraham's side is essentially like he's using the, 435 00:17:32.400 --> 00:17:36.400 we talked about like the parable of the wedding feast. 436 00:17:36.400 --> 00:17:39.400 At a feast, the person of honor, 437 00:17:39.400 --> 00:17:40.400 who was the guest of honor, 438 00:17:40.400 --> 00:17:43.400 would sit at the host's side. 439 00:17:43.400 --> 00:17:45.400 So essentially saying like, 440 00:17:45.400 --> 00:17:48.400 this is the contrast of now Lazarus is at the feast 441 00:17:48.400 --> 00:17:50.400 and sitting in the place of honor 442 00:17:50.400 --> 00:17:52.400 and the rich man is in the opposite place. 443 00:17:52.400 --> 00:17:54.400 And I guess Abraham is like, 444 00:17:54.400 --> 00:17:56.400 we're at the beginning of the Bible 445 00:17:56.400 --> 00:17:58.400 and says, talking about, 446 00:17:58.400 --> 00:17:59.400 is it the father of such a father? 447 00:17:59.400 --> 00:18:00.400 Yeah. 448 00:18:00.400 --> 00:18:01.400 This is pretty awesome. 449 00:18:01.400 --> 00:18:03.400 For a Jewish reader, it's like, 450 00:18:03.400 --> 00:18:04.400 sick. 451 00:18:04.400 --> 00:18:05.400 Yeah. 452 00:18:05.400 --> 00:18:06.400 I want to be doing that. 453 00:18:06.400 --> 00:18:07.400 Okay. 454 00:18:07.400 --> 00:18:09.400 Moving quickly on to verse. 455 00:18:09.400 --> 00:18:11.400 Speaking about the rich man, 456 00:18:11.400 --> 00:18:13.400 in Hades, where he was in torment, 457 00:18:13.400 --> 00:18:15.400 he looked up and saw Abraham far away 458 00:18:15.400 --> 00:18:16.400 with Lazarus by his side. 459 00:18:16.400 --> 00:18:17.400 Keep going. 460 00:18:17.400 --> 00:18:18.400 So he called to him, 461 00:18:18.400 --> 00:18:19.400 father Abraham, 462 00:18:19.400 --> 00:18:21.400 have pitted your me and sent Lazarus 463 00:18:21.400 --> 00:18:23.400 to dip the tip of his finger in water 464 00:18:23.400 --> 00:18:24.400 and call my tongue, 465 00:18:24.400 --> 00:18:26.400 because I'm an agony in this fire. 466 00:18:26.400 --> 00:18:28.400 Ooh. 467 00:18:28.400 --> 00:18:30.400 This guy's dropping requests, bro. 468 00:18:30.400 --> 00:18:31.400 Yeah. 469 00:18:31.400 --> 00:18:32.400 He's dropping requests. 470 00:18:32.400 --> 00:18:33.400 So he's not by Abraham's side. 471 00:18:33.400 --> 00:18:35.400 He's not by Abraham's side. 472 00:18:35.400 --> 00:18:36.400 So quick note. 473 00:18:36.400 --> 00:18:38.400 In 23 years says, in Hades, 474 00:18:38.400 --> 00:18:40.400 and this is where Zach mentioned before 475 00:18:40.400 --> 00:18:41.400 how we're not going to go into 476 00:18:41.400 --> 00:18:42.400 all of afterlife stuff and all that, 477 00:18:42.400 --> 00:18:44.400 because actually that isn't the point 478 00:18:44.400 --> 00:18:45.400 of what this is about. 479 00:18:45.400 --> 00:18:47.400 But it's speaking about, 480 00:18:47.400 --> 00:18:48.400 it's when it says Hades is basically 481 00:18:48.400 --> 00:18:50.400 referring to the place of the dead 482 00:18:50.400 --> 00:18:52.400 and in like Jewish times, 483 00:18:52.400 --> 00:18:53.400 or traditions, 484 00:18:53.400 --> 00:18:55.400 they imagined afterlife is having like 485 00:18:55.400 --> 00:18:56.400 a good side and a bad side 486 00:18:56.400 --> 00:18:58.400 of like the righteous or the unrighteous. 487 00:18:58.400 --> 00:19:00.400 So here Abraham's side represents 488 00:19:00.400 --> 00:19:01.400 like the righteous, 489 00:19:01.400 --> 00:19:03.400 and then the rich man is not 490 00:19:03.400 --> 00:19:04.400 in the righteous side, 491 00:19:04.400 --> 00:19:05.400 because he's not by Abraham. 492 00:19:05.400 --> 00:19:06.400 Right. 493 00:19:06.400 --> 00:19:07.400 He's in the Baptist. 494 00:19:07.400 --> 00:19:08.400 Yeah. 495 00:19:08.400 --> 00:19:09.400 Yeah. 496 00:19:09.400 --> 00:19:10.400 Yeah. 497 00:19:10.400 --> 00:19:11.400 Thank you. 498 00:19:11.400 --> 00:19:12.400 I find it really interesting, 499 00:19:12.400 --> 00:19:13.400 because if you notice, 500 00:19:13.400 --> 00:19:15.400 in verse 24, 501 00:19:15.400 --> 00:19:16.400 which you just read, 502 00:19:16.400 --> 00:19:19.400 he recognizes Lazarus by Abraham's side 503 00:19:19.400 --> 00:19:21.400 and names him, 504 00:19:21.400 --> 00:19:24.400 like he knew Lazarus' name. 505 00:19:24.400 --> 00:19:26.400 So not only was he, 506 00:19:27.400 --> 00:19:29.400 was he almost like unaware 507 00:19:29.400 --> 00:19:31.400 of the fact that Lazarus was at his gate, 508 00:19:31.400 --> 00:19:34.400 this actually tells us he knew Lazarus 509 00:19:34.400 --> 00:19:36.400 and still ignored him, 510 00:19:36.400 --> 00:19:37.400 which is kind of crazy 511 00:19:37.400 --> 00:19:40.400 that he's now dropping requests for him. 512 00:19:40.400 --> 00:19:41.400 Yeah. 513 00:19:41.400 --> 00:19:42.400 And still asking Lazarus to do something 514 00:19:42.400 --> 00:19:44.400 as if like the rich man still 515 00:19:44.400 --> 00:19:45.400 superior to him. 516 00:19:45.400 --> 00:19:46.400 Yeah, crazy. 517 00:19:46.400 --> 00:19:48.400 So shows what's going on inside that brain. 518 00:19:48.400 --> 00:19:49.400 Yeah. 519 00:19:49.400 --> 00:19:51.400 Not what, not good. 520 00:19:51.400 --> 00:19:52.400 Not good. 521 00:19:52.400 --> 00:19:54.400 Anything else to say on that verse? 522 00:19:54.400 --> 00:19:55.400 Yeah. 523 00:19:55.400 --> 00:19:56.400 Actually, one thing I would actually 524 00:19:56.400 --> 00:19:59.400 would like to say is that in this parable, 525 00:19:59.400 --> 00:20:01.400 we are talking about like stewardship 526 00:20:01.400 --> 00:20:02.400 and all that stuff. 527 00:20:02.400 --> 00:20:04.400 But I also wanted to also clarify that like, 528 00:20:04.400 --> 00:20:06.400 Lazarus isn't in the good side 529 00:20:06.400 --> 00:20:08.400 because he was poor and the rich man 530 00:20:08.400 --> 00:20:10.400 in the bad side because he was rich. 531 00:20:10.400 --> 00:20:11.400 Like, actually, 532 00:20:11.400 --> 00:20:12.400 if we're thinking it in that way, 533 00:20:12.400 --> 00:20:14.400 that Lazarus would have had a faith in God 534 00:20:14.400 --> 00:20:16.400 and known God, 535 00:20:16.400 --> 00:20:18.400 where the rich man, as he spoke about, 536 00:20:18.400 --> 00:20:19.400 like, didn't do the Sabbath 537 00:20:19.400 --> 00:20:22.400 or didn't actually listen to the word of God 538 00:20:22.400 --> 00:20:24.400 that is the separation that is causes this, 539 00:20:24.400 --> 00:20:27.400 not necessarily like wealth. 540 00:20:27.400 --> 00:20:29.400 So there's many things in this parable 541 00:20:29.400 --> 00:20:30.400 that we can touch on. 542 00:20:30.400 --> 00:20:31.400 Yeah. 543 00:20:31.400 --> 00:20:32.400 And we're definitely going to be speaking 544 00:20:32.400 --> 00:20:34.400 about like stewardship and all that stuff. 545 00:20:34.400 --> 00:20:35.400 But I thought, I'll just throw that in. 546 00:20:35.400 --> 00:20:37.400 That's really helpful. 547 00:20:37.400 --> 00:20:38.400 I feel like that runs on perfectly 548 00:20:38.400 --> 00:20:39.400 into the next verse. 549 00:20:39.400 --> 00:20:40.400 It was the next verse. 550 00:20:40.400 --> 00:20:41.400 It was the next verse. 551 00:20:41.400 --> 00:20:42.400 Verse 25. 552 00:20:42.400 --> 00:20:43.400 But Abraham replied, 553 00:20:43.400 --> 00:20:44.400 son, remember that in your lifetime, 554 00:20:44.400 --> 00:20:45.400 you received your good things, 555 00:20:45.400 --> 00:20:47.400 well, Lazarus received bad things, 556 00:20:47.400 --> 00:20:49.400 but now he is comforted here 557 00:20:49.400 --> 00:20:51.400 and you are an agony. 558 00:20:51.400 --> 00:20:52.400 Yeah. 559 00:20:52.400 --> 00:20:53.400 And I think here, 560 00:20:53.400 --> 00:20:55.400 Abraham's not trying to explain 561 00:20:55.400 --> 00:20:58.400 necessarily why things are happening, 562 00:20:58.400 --> 00:21:00.400 but he's just reminding the rich man 563 00:21:00.400 --> 00:21:02.400 what exactly is happening. 564 00:21:02.400 --> 00:21:05.400 He's trying to make the details 565 00:21:05.400 --> 00:21:08.400 and the events like clear to him, 566 00:21:08.400 --> 00:21:11.400 because I think it's really interesting that he, 567 00:21:11.400 --> 00:21:14.400 there's no point where the rich man repents. 568 00:21:14.400 --> 00:21:16.400 There's no point where he admits 569 00:21:16.400 --> 00:21:18.400 that he's done something wrong. 570 00:21:18.400 --> 00:21:20.400 Even later, we'll see. 571 00:21:20.400 --> 00:21:22.400 Like he tries to send people 572 00:21:22.400 --> 00:21:25.400 to correct those who are still living in that, 573 00:21:25.400 --> 00:21:28.400 but he hasn't changed up himself. 574 00:21:28.400 --> 00:21:30.400 Like he's still living in this. 575 00:21:30.400 --> 00:21:33.400 And I think this also makes it really clear 576 00:21:33.400 --> 00:21:35.400 that how this connects to the teaching 577 00:21:35.400 --> 00:21:37.400 that you cannot serve to masters. 578 00:21:37.400 --> 00:21:38.400 Yeah. 579 00:21:38.400 --> 00:21:39.400 Because exactly like what you're saying, 580 00:21:39.400 --> 00:21:42.400 is he is that it's not about the fact 581 00:21:42.400 --> 00:21:43.400 that he had possessions 582 00:21:43.400 --> 00:21:45.400 but that he was serving his possessions. 583 00:21:45.400 --> 00:21:46.400 Yeah. 584 00:21:46.400 --> 00:21:49.400 And that they replaced the role of God in his life. 585 00:21:49.400 --> 00:21:52.400 So you can definitely have things in this life. 586 00:21:52.400 --> 00:21:54.400 But as long as you're not making them 587 00:21:54.400 --> 00:21:55.400 the God of your life, 588 00:21:55.400 --> 00:21:58.400 actually you can still have faith in Jesus. 589 00:21:58.400 --> 00:22:00.400 Which I think is really interesting. 590 00:22:00.400 --> 00:22:01.400 Should we keep going? 591 00:22:01.400 --> 00:22:02.400 Yeah. 592 00:22:02.400 --> 00:22:04.400 Okay, so just to make sure we're continuing 593 00:22:04.400 --> 00:22:05.400 with the story here, 594 00:22:05.400 --> 00:22:06.400 rich man, poor man, 595 00:22:06.400 --> 00:22:08.400 rich man neglects the poor man. 596 00:22:08.400 --> 00:22:11.400 They die, they reverse roles, 597 00:22:11.400 --> 00:22:15.400 and now the rich man is like begging Abraham 598 00:22:15.400 --> 00:22:18.400 to send Lazarus the poor man to help him. 599 00:22:18.400 --> 00:22:20.400 Crazy reversal. 600 00:22:20.400 --> 00:22:22.400 And now we're in verse 26 now. 601 00:22:22.400 --> 00:22:23.400 Yeah. 602 00:22:23.400 --> 00:22:25.400 So Abraham's continuing to speak and says, 603 00:22:25.400 --> 00:22:27.400 and besides all this, 604 00:22:27.400 --> 00:22:28.400 between us and you, 605 00:22:28.400 --> 00:22:30.400 a great chasm has been set in place 606 00:22:30.400 --> 00:22:32.400 so that those who want to go from here 607 00:22:32.400 --> 00:22:36.400 to you cannot nor can anyone cross over 608 00:22:36.400 --> 00:22:38.400 from there to us. 609 00:22:38.400 --> 00:22:40.400 Yeah, there's time. 610 00:22:40.400 --> 00:22:43.400 Yeah, there's time to accept the word of God 611 00:22:43.400 --> 00:22:45.400 and our faith in God. 612 00:22:45.400 --> 00:22:47.400 And he just didn't, he chose not to. 613 00:22:47.400 --> 00:22:51.400 Until then he sees that Lazarus could serve him 614 00:22:51.400 --> 00:22:53.400 and then he wants the good things. 615 00:22:53.400 --> 00:22:55.400 Then he wants the good things from faith, 616 00:22:55.400 --> 00:22:57.400 which is to be at Abraham's side, 617 00:22:57.400 --> 00:22:59.400 but only because it will benefit him. 618 00:22:59.400 --> 00:23:02.400 Or well, this is how I'm reading it anyway. 619 00:23:02.400 --> 00:23:04.400 But yeah, I don't know. 620 00:23:04.400 --> 00:23:06.400 It sounds a bit savage, doesn't it? 621 00:23:06.400 --> 00:23:09.400 It's like no one can cross from there to us, 622 00:23:09.400 --> 00:23:11.400 but actually realistically, 623 00:23:12.400 --> 00:23:14.400 during the time of this rich man's life, 624 00:23:14.400 --> 00:23:16.400 he would have had all the opportunity 625 00:23:16.400 --> 00:23:19.400 to go and hear the word of God being preached at the temple. 626 00:23:19.400 --> 00:23:21.400 He would have, like, he's rich. 627 00:23:21.400 --> 00:23:24.400 I don't know, I guess, afforded to learn how to write or read 628 00:23:24.400 --> 00:23:26.400 or speak with these Pharisees 629 00:23:26.400 --> 00:23:29.400 and have great conversations around the Torah 630 00:23:29.400 --> 00:23:33.400 and which is like the Old Testament writings. 631 00:23:33.400 --> 00:23:35.400 He had the opportunity, but he passed it up 632 00:23:35.400 --> 00:23:37.400 because he wanted to live his own life. 633 00:23:37.400 --> 00:23:39.400 So it does sound a bit savage, 634 00:23:39.400 --> 00:23:41.400 but I think it's important to remember that. 635 00:23:41.400 --> 00:23:44.400 The rich man did very much make these own decisions 636 00:23:44.400 --> 00:23:45.400 and, like, quite a lot of his choices. 637 00:23:45.400 --> 00:23:47.400 Yeah, and also what you were just saying then, 638 00:23:47.400 --> 00:23:49.400 like, he also didn't even repent 639 00:23:49.400 --> 00:23:52.400 when he got to this, like, Hades place. 640 00:23:52.400 --> 00:23:54.400 He still was fixed in his ways 641 00:23:54.400 --> 00:23:56.400 and was like, actually, no, you should, 642 00:23:56.400 --> 00:23:58.400 Lazarus, you should serve me. 643 00:23:58.400 --> 00:24:02.400 So yeah, well, that one thought. 644 00:24:02.400 --> 00:24:06.400 Can you, you were telling me, like, briefly beforehand 645 00:24:07.400 --> 00:24:11.400 about how this sort of reflects the gospel in a way? 646 00:24:11.400 --> 00:24:12.400 Yes. 647 00:24:12.400 --> 00:24:14.400 Can you just touch on that and then we'll come back to it later? 648 00:24:14.400 --> 00:24:15.400 Yeah. Yeah. 649 00:24:15.400 --> 00:24:16.400 Because I thought that was so far. 650 00:24:16.400 --> 00:24:19.400 Okay, well, so when I was reading this whole parable, 651 00:24:19.400 --> 00:24:22.400 I was like, oh, in a way, to me, 652 00:24:22.400 --> 00:24:25.400 this seems like the rich man 653 00:24:25.400 --> 00:24:28.400 are just people that are living their lives 654 00:24:28.400 --> 00:24:30.400 going about that every day 655 00:24:30.400 --> 00:24:35.400 and then Lazarus represents the gospel of Jesus Christ. 656 00:24:35.400 --> 00:24:37.400 Okay, stay with me. 657 00:24:37.400 --> 00:24:40.400 And how Lazarus is at the gate, 658 00:24:40.400 --> 00:24:42.400 or at the door of this rich man, 659 00:24:42.400 --> 00:24:45.400 so of this person who is living their life. 660 00:24:45.400 --> 00:24:48.400 But instead, the rich man, 661 00:24:48.400 --> 00:24:51.400 these people decide to continue living their lives, 662 00:24:51.400 --> 00:24:54.400 though they're aware that the gospel exists. 663 00:24:54.400 --> 00:24:57.400 And it's like, I assume the rich man would have left his house, 664 00:24:57.400 --> 00:25:00.400 like, and seen Lazarus at his gate once or twice. 665 00:25:00.400 --> 00:25:03.400 So it's like how today a lot of people know 666 00:25:03.400 --> 00:25:04.400 about the gospel. 667 00:25:04.400 --> 00:25:05.400 They know who Jesus is. 668 00:25:05.400 --> 00:25:10.400 But they might choose to keep him outside of the house 669 00:25:10.400 --> 00:25:12.400 because, like, ignore it, 670 00:25:12.400 --> 00:25:14.400 neglect the gospel, ignore the gospel 671 00:25:14.400 --> 00:25:16.400 because they don't think that it will serve them 672 00:25:16.400 --> 00:25:18.400 because they want to carry on living their lives 673 00:25:18.400 --> 00:25:21.400 in a way that they think benefits them. 674 00:25:21.400 --> 00:25:23.400 Yeah, and so I don't know. 675 00:25:23.400 --> 00:25:26.400 I just thought I was really interesting how the gospel 676 00:25:26.400 --> 00:25:29.400 is presented here in a way like, 677 00:25:29.400 --> 00:25:31.400 we actually do have the chance, 678 00:25:31.400 --> 00:25:33.400 opportunity to open the door any time, 679 00:25:33.400 --> 00:25:34.400 and to welcome it in. 680 00:25:34.400 --> 00:25:38.400 But like, we do have to take that step 681 00:25:38.400 --> 00:25:40.400 and not just walk past it and be like, 682 00:25:40.400 --> 00:25:42.400 oh, I'll do that later. 683 00:25:42.400 --> 00:25:43.400 I'll do that later. 684 00:25:43.400 --> 00:25:45.400 Otherwise, a great chasm is created. 685 00:25:45.400 --> 00:25:46.400 It's fixed. 686 00:25:46.400 --> 00:25:47.400 But I don't know if that's too harsh, 687 00:25:47.400 --> 00:25:50.400 but that was just one of my interpretations of what I was reading here. 688 00:25:50.400 --> 00:25:52.400 And it makes sense with the rest of the parable 689 00:25:52.400 --> 00:25:56.400 that we're going to read for that to be symbolic of, 690 00:25:56.400 --> 00:25:59.400 like, yeah, that theme of faith is even that you wrote up. 691 00:25:59.400 --> 00:26:03.400 Okay, we're coming in to land here at the end of the parable. 692 00:26:03.400 --> 00:26:05.400 Do you want to read verse 27 for us? 693 00:26:05.400 --> 00:26:06.400 Yep. 694 00:26:06.400 --> 00:26:07.400 So the rich man answered, 695 00:26:07.400 --> 00:26:10.400 then I beg you, he's become the beggar, guys. 696 00:26:10.400 --> 00:26:13.400 Then I beg you, Father, send Lazarus to my family 697 00:26:13.400 --> 00:26:16.400 but I have five brothers, let him warn them 698 00:26:16.400 --> 00:26:20.400 so that they will not also come to this place of torment. 699 00:26:20.400 --> 00:26:23.400 Yeah, so this, I can't lie. 700 00:26:23.400 --> 00:26:26.400 And when I read this, I'm like, oh, dang, 701 00:26:26.400 --> 00:26:27.400 it's kind of sweet. 702 00:26:27.400 --> 00:26:30.400 Like he's now he's looking out for his homies. 703 00:26:30.400 --> 00:26:32.400 But again, like I said before, 704 00:26:32.400 --> 00:26:37.400 like what makes him think that him now seeing the truth of his situation 705 00:26:37.400 --> 00:26:40.400 has not led him to repentance or faith. 706 00:26:40.400 --> 00:26:41.400 Yeah. 707 00:26:41.400 --> 00:26:44.400 And he thinks that other people seeing the exact same thing that he's seeing 708 00:26:44.400 --> 00:26:48.400 right now would make them change their mind. 709 00:26:48.400 --> 00:26:50.400 I think he's a bit crazy. 710 00:26:50.400 --> 00:26:52.400 So it's a little bit too late from doing good, like he's dead now. 711 00:26:52.400 --> 00:26:54.400 Like he, like the truth again, 712 00:26:54.400 --> 00:26:57.400 like he could have access to it whilst he was alive, 713 00:26:57.400 --> 00:26:58.400 but he chose another way. 714 00:26:58.400 --> 00:27:00.400 And it's like, oh, now he's seen the truth. 715 00:27:00.400 --> 00:27:02.400 He's like, oh, I know what I should have done. 716 00:27:02.400 --> 00:27:04.400 But as I was a bit late now, mate in it. 717 00:27:04.400 --> 00:27:05.400 Yeah, a little bit. 718 00:27:05.400 --> 00:27:06.400 Yeah. 719 00:27:06.400 --> 00:27:07.400 A bit lever. 720 00:27:07.400 --> 00:27:08.400 Yeah. 721 00:27:08.400 --> 00:27:10.400 Okay, should we keep going? 722 00:27:10.400 --> 00:27:11.400 Yeah, let's keep going. 723 00:27:11.400 --> 00:27:13.400 I feel like, I feel like this end bit is, 724 00:27:13.400 --> 00:27:15.400 we almost have to do it like all at the same time. 725 00:27:15.400 --> 00:27:16.400 Yeah, we have to. 726 00:27:16.400 --> 00:27:17.400 Yeah. 727 00:27:17.400 --> 00:27:18.400 Yeah, I think read to the end. 728 00:27:18.400 --> 00:27:22.400 Abraham replied, they have Moses and the prophets let them listen to them. 729 00:27:22.400 --> 00:27:26.400 No father Abraham, he said, but if someone from the dead goes to them, 730 00:27:26.400 --> 00:27:27.400 they will repent. 731 00:27:27.400 --> 00:27:30.400 And he said to him, if they do not listen to Moses and the prophets, 732 00:27:30.400 --> 00:27:34.400 they will not be convinced, even if someone arises from the dead. 733 00:27:34.400 --> 00:27:37.400 You might hit the rock. 734 00:27:37.400 --> 00:27:41.400 There's so much in this last day, like so much. 735 00:27:41.400 --> 00:27:45.400 I think it's funny going back to how they weren't in the synagogues. 736 00:27:45.400 --> 00:27:47.400 Like his brothers probably weren't in the synagogues. 737 00:27:47.400 --> 00:27:51.400 So when Abraham says they have them to listen to, 738 00:27:51.400 --> 00:27:53.400 he's probably like, rats. 739 00:27:53.400 --> 00:27:55.400 Like that's why he says something again. 740 00:27:55.400 --> 00:27:58.400 No, but if someone goes to them from the dead, 741 00:27:58.400 --> 00:28:00.400 because they weren't listening to the... 742 00:28:00.400 --> 00:28:02.400 Yeah, they weren't taking it seriously. 743 00:28:02.400 --> 00:28:03.400 They weren't taking it seriously. 744 00:28:03.400 --> 00:28:04.400 Like they didn't care. 745 00:28:04.400 --> 00:28:05.400 No. 746 00:28:05.400 --> 00:28:06.400 They needed a wake-up call. 747 00:28:06.400 --> 00:28:07.400 They needed one. 748 00:28:07.400 --> 00:28:08.400 And Moses and the prophets here is the Bible. 749 00:28:08.400 --> 00:28:10.400 By the way, guys, just in case we need to say that. 750 00:28:10.400 --> 00:28:11.400 Or the Old Testament. 751 00:28:11.400 --> 00:28:12.400 By the Word of God. 752 00:28:12.400 --> 00:28:13.400 Yeah. 753 00:28:13.400 --> 00:28:14.400 It's the Word of God. 754 00:28:14.400 --> 00:28:15.400 It's like, what God. 755 00:28:15.400 --> 00:28:16.400 Yeah. 756 00:28:16.400 --> 00:28:17.400 Yeah. 757 00:28:17.400 --> 00:28:18.400 I just wanted to drop that little definition in there. 758 00:28:18.400 --> 00:28:21.400 Like you were saying something so, so... 759 00:28:21.400 --> 00:28:22.400 Okay, this was crazy. 760 00:28:22.400 --> 00:28:23.400 Good. 761 00:28:23.400 --> 00:28:28.400 So I was reading someone connected this to a passage 762 00:28:28.400 --> 00:28:30.400 in John chapter 11, 763 00:28:30.400 --> 00:28:34.400 where different Lazarus, but same name. 764 00:28:34.400 --> 00:28:35.400 Same name. 765 00:28:35.400 --> 00:28:37.400 He was raised from the dead, right? 766 00:28:37.400 --> 00:28:39.400 And if you consider the fact that, 767 00:28:39.400 --> 00:28:41.400 what I'm about to tell you happened before this parable, 768 00:28:41.400 --> 00:28:46.400 it's actually like a crazy bar from Jesus towards the Pharisees. 769 00:28:46.400 --> 00:28:50.400 So in John 11, I think it's like verse 45 to 50, 770 00:28:50.400 --> 00:28:53.400 is this story where Jesus brings back to life, 771 00:28:53.400 --> 00:28:55.400 his friend Lazarus. 772 00:28:55.400 --> 00:28:58.400 And there's some Pharisees on the scene who see this happen. 773 00:28:58.400 --> 00:29:02.400 And they go and tell the high priest who's like their boss. 774 00:29:02.400 --> 00:29:04.400 And the high priest, 775 00:29:04.400 --> 00:29:08.400 rather than hearing that this has actually happened, 776 00:29:08.400 --> 00:29:11.400 that Lazarus has been brought back from the dead, 777 00:29:11.400 --> 00:29:15.400 really to help people in their faith, 778 00:29:15.400 --> 00:29:17.400 rather than coming to faith, 779 00:29:17.400 --> 00:29:20.400 he says we have to figure out a way to kill this guy. 780 00:29:20.400 --> 00:29:22.400 We have to figure out a way to persecute him. 781 00:29:22.400 --> 00:29:24.400 I hate this guy. 782 00:29:24.400 --> 00:29:28.400 So draw that back to Jesus' name's Lazarus in this story. 783 00:29:28.400 --> 00:29:32.400 And the rich man who literally, earlier in the chapter, 784 00:29:32.400 --> 00:29:35.400 were talking about the Pharisees who were lovers of money. 785 00:29:35.400 --> 00:29:38.400 That's Luke 16, verse 14. 786 00:29:38.400 --> 00:29:40.400 So they're kind of like the rich man in this story. 787 00:29:40.400 --> 00:29:41.400 Hot topic. 788 00:29:41.400 --> 00:29:42.400 Hot topic. 789 00:29:42.400 --> 00:29:47.400 He says if you would only send Lazarus back from the dead, 790 00:29:47.400 --> 00:29:51.400 then they would understand. 791 00:29:51.400 --> 00:29:53.400 Jesus did send Lazarus back from the dead, 792 00:29:53.400 --> 00:29:57.400 and they still didn't respond. 793 00:29:57.400 --> 00:29:59.400 Listen. 794 00:29:59.400 --> 00:30:04.400 If you are waiting for a miraculous sign, 795 00:30:04.400 --> 00:30:08.400 maybe you need to put your faith in God first. 796 00:30:08.400 --> 00:30:10.400 I'm not saying that's for everyone, 797 00:30:10.400 --> 00:30:12.400 but maybe that's the case. 798 00:30:12.400 --> 00:30:15.400 I think it's something that can be very applicable for us, 799 00:30:15.400 --> 00:30:18.400 because I think so often we want to see signs and wonders, 800 00:30:18.400 --> 00:30:21.400 or like that's what we think will convince us to finally believe 801 00:30:21.400 --> 00:30:23.400 or finally repent or live in that way. 802 00:30:23.400 --> 00:30:26.400 Or actually, it's like this is, when I read it, 803 00:30:26.400 --> 00:30:28.400 I was like, as Jesus saying, actually, 804 00:30:28.400 --> 00:30:31.400 you don't need sign of wonders, you just need the word of God. 805 00:30:31.400 --> 00:30:34.400 And I think I know quite a lot of people that are like, 806 00:30:34.400 --> 00:30:36.400 oh, if you just could be true, 807 00:30:36.400 --> 00:30:39.400 maybe I believe, but I just want to see a miracle, 808 00:30:39.400 --> 00:30:41.400 but actually most of the time, 809 00:30:41.400 --> 00:30:43.400 even from the stories I've heard, 810 00:30:43.400 --> 00:30:46.400 that isn't what makes people turn and repent. 811 00:30:46.400 --> 00:30:48.400 It is like the word of God, 812 00:30:48.400 --> 00:30:50.400 it is like encounter with Him through that, 813 00:30:50.400 --> 00:30:52.400 and the living, you know, 814 00:30:52.400 --> 00:30:54.400 Jesus speaking, all that stuff. 815 00:30:54.400 --> 00:30:57.400 But I think it's really interesting that this is spoken about here as well. 816 00:30:57.400 --> 00:31:00.400 And that's quite a big sign and wonder, some could argue. 817 00:31:00.400 --> 00:31:02.400 That's a huge sign and wonder. 818 00:31:02.400 --> 00:31:05.400 And it also follows along on another theme, 819 00:31:05.400 --> 00:31:07.400 who else was raised from the dead? 820 00:31:07.400 --> 00:31:08.400 Yeah, oh my gosh. 821 00:31:08.400 --> 00:31:09.400 When I first read it. 822 00:31:09.400 --> 00:31:10.400 Talk to us. 823 00:31:10.400 --> 00:31:11.400 Oh my gosh. 824 00:31:11.400 --> 00:31:13.400 When I first read it, I was like, 825 00:31:13.400 --> 00:31:16.400 damn, what an absolute great finishing line. 826 00:31:16.400 --> 00:31:19.400 Because obviously it's like, Jesus, sorry, 827 00:31:19.400 --> 00:31:22.400 didn't say that, but Jesus rose from the dead. 828 00:31:22.400 --> 00:31:24.400 It's like, they could not even be convinced 829 00:31:24.400 --> 00:31:26.400 even if someone rises from the dead. 830 00:31:26.400 --> 00:31:28.400 And it's like, well, that is also true. 831 00:31:28.400 --> 00:31:29.400 Like Jesus rose from the dead. 832 00:31:29.400 --> 00:31:31.400 And there's still some people that are not convinced 833 00:31:31.400 --> 00:31:33.400 and all that stuff. 834 00:31:33.400 --> 00:31:36.400 So there's so many layers like what the heck? 835 00:31:36.400 --> 00:31:37.400 It's crazy. 836 00:31:37.400 --> 00:31:38.400 Not really that. 837 00:31:38.400 --> 00:31:39.400 They were the ones to kill him. 838 00:31:39.400 --> 00:31:40.400 Yeah. 839 00:31:40.400 --> 00:31:41.400 What are you talking about? 840 00:31:41.400 --> 00:31:42.400 Yeah. 841 00:31:42.400 --> 00:31:44.400 And he's still rose from the dead after that. 842 00:31:44.400 --> 00:31:46.400 And I was like, remember what I said? 843 00:31:46.400 --> 00:31:47.400 You're still not convinced me. 844 00:31:47.400 --> 00:31:48.400 Idiots. 845 00:31:48.400 --> 00:31:49.400 I'm not going to kill you. 846 00:31:49.400 --> 00:31:50.400 No said idiot. 847 00:31:50.400 --> 00:31:54.400 Yeah, crazy. 848 00:31:54.400 --> 00:31:55.400 Wow. 849 00:31:55.400 --> 00:31:56.400 So much to pull out from this. 850 00:31:56.400 --> 00:31:59.400 I feel like we should do like a summary of takeaways. 851 00:31:59.400 --> 00:32:00.400 Yeah. 852 00:32:00.400 --> 00:32:01.400 Okay. 853 00:32:01.400 --> 00:32:02.400 From this parable to close this off here. 854 00:32:02.400 --> 00:32:03.400 Yeah. 855 00:32:03.400 --> 00:32:04.400 Okay, sounds good. 856 00:32:04.400 --> 00:32:07.400 So I guess let's. 857 00:32:07.400 --> 00:32:08.400 Okay. 858 00:32:08.400 --> 00:32:11.400 We're each going to think of one point to draw out. 859 00:32:11.400 --> 00:32:12.400 Okay. 860 00:32:12.400 --> 00:32:13.400 Think. 861 00:32:13.400 --> 00:32:14.400 Okay. 862 00:32:14.400 --> 00:32:16.400 Okay. 863 00:32:16.400 --> 00:32:21.400 I think my thing to draw out from this is about stewardship. 864 00:32:21.400 --> 00:32:23.400 Okay. 865 00:32:23.400 --> 00:32:26.400 God gives us each different things in this life. 866 00:32:26.400 --> 00:32:29.400 And I don't think this parable is meant to explain why. 867 00:32:29.400 --> 00:32:31.400 Why we have it. 868 00:32:31.400 --> 00:32:33.400 But how we're meant to use it. 869 00:32:33.400 --> 00:32:39.400 And actually faith produces in us a heart posture of love towards others. 870 00:32:39.400 --> 00:32:44.400 Actually love joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. 871 00:32:44.400 --> 00:32:46.400 Well done, Zach. 872 00:32:46.400 --> 00:32:47.400 Thank you. 873 00:32:47.400 --> 00:32:54.400 And I think that a sign of a heart posture of faith is how you steward or in other words, 874 00:32:54.400 --> 00:32:57.400 how you use what God has given you. 875 00:32:57.400 --> 00:33:05.400 And interestingly, even when Lazarus is given the opportunity to be angry towards the rich man, 876 00:33:05.400 --> 00:33:06.400 he remains silent. 877 00:33:06.400 --> 00:33:09.400 He doesn't say anything for the rest of the parable. 878 00:33:09.400 --> 00:33:17.400 Even when he's raised up to a position of status, a position of wealth, a position of prominence, 879 00:33:17.400 --> 00:33:19.400 he still doesn't say anything. 880 00:33:19.400 --> 00:33:21.400 And that reveals his heart posture. 881 00:33:21.400 --> 00:33:23.400 That he doesn't want to boast. 882 00:33:23.400 --> 00:33:25.400 He doesn't want to raise himself up. 883 00:33:25.400 --> 00:33:28.400 He doesn't want to be little the rich man. 884 00:33:28.400 --> 00:33:33.400 If anything, his faith has produced a character of love, no matter what happens. 885 00:33:33.400 --> 00:33:39.400 So I think my takeaways, let's keep pursuing love and everything that we do. 886 00:33:39.400 --> 00:33:47.400 And looking out for others is a sign for us and for others that we have faith. 887 00:33:47.400 --> 00:33:49.400 That's my takeaway. 888 00:33:49.400 --> 00:33:55.400 I think mine, there's a phrase that often people ring about, which is like the upside down kingdom, 889 00:33:55.400 --> 00:34:01.400 which is basically speaking about how God's kingdom, everything feels a bit upside down, a bit topsturvy. 890 00:34:01.400 --> 00:34:05.400 Because in our world, it's like if you've got money, if you've got wealth, if you've got all of this stuff, 891 00:34:05.400 --> 00:34:06.400 then you're seen as great. 892 00:34:06.400 --> 00:34:11.400 And if you're seen as a beggar and ill and what you're seen is less than. 893 00:34:11.400 --> 00:34:13.400 And Jesus basically flips it all. 894 00:34:13.400 --> 00:34:15.400 And it's like there's nothing about that. 895 00:34:15.400 --> 00:34:18.400 There's actually about being humble. 896 00:34:18.400 --> 00:34:20.400 It's about knowing who God is. 897 00:34:20.400 --> 00:34:21.400 It's about love. 898 00:34:21.400 --> 00:34:25.400 It's about the things that Jesus taught on. 899 00:34:25.400 --> 00:34:29.400 But it really flips, it challenges people or flips in perspective. 900 00:34:29.400 --> 00:34:32.400 And I think we see that really clearly in here, on the earth, 901 00:34:32.400 --> 00:34:35.400 the rich man was very high up and Lazarus was very low down. 902 00:34:35.400 --> 00:34:38.400 And then when they died, it swaps around. 903 00:34:38.400 --> 00:34:41.400 But he was saying Lazarus had the place of honor next to Abraham. 904 00:34:42.400 --> 00:34:46.400 The rich man was really struggling because he didn't know Jesus. 905 00:34:46.400 --> 00:34:52.400 And so I think that's also a challenge of like we need to keep an eternal perspective of like what actually matter? 906 00:34:52.400 --> 00:34:54.400 What is it that Jesus speaks about? 907 00:34:54.400 --> 00:34:56.400 Is it about is our master in the right thing? 908 00:34:56.400 --> 00:34:57.400 Are we are we serving God? 909 00:34:57.400 --> 00:34:58.400 Are we serving money? 910 00:34:58.400 --> 00:35:01.400 Are we serving things and popularity? 911 00:35:01.400 --> 00:35:05.400 Are we being humble and bringing love to people and all that stuff? 912 00:35:05.400 --> 00:35:08.400 So I think that's what stood out to me in this parable. 913 00:35:08.400 --> 00:35:09.400 It's amazing. 914 00:35:09.400 --> 00:35:18.400 Me, I actually think probably the importance of the Word of God. 915 00:35:18.400 --> 00:35:19.400 Yeah. 916 00:35:19.400 --> 00:35:21.400 I mean, that's what it lands on. 917 00:35:21.400 --> 00:35:22.400 Okay. 918 00:35:22.400 --> 00:35:31.400 And I think it can be so easy to like, I don't know, just forget that this is literally the Word of God. 919 00:35:31.400 --> 00:35:33.400 That's so valid. 920 00:35:34.400 --> 00:35:35.400 Like what? 921 00:35:35.400 --> 00:35:45.400 And that God can speak to us through it and we can learn more about who he is through it and then more about who we are and who he wants us to be through it and what. 922 00:35:45.400 --> 00:35:51.400 Like God's love, like everything, the story of like everything is in this book. 923 00:35:51.400 --> 00:35:59.400 I just really reminded of its importance at I mean at the end is like they have Moses and the prophets let them hear them. 924 00:35:59.400 --> 00:36:00.400 Wow. 925 00:36:00.400 --> 00:36:04.400 Let's dive into this book that can save us. 926 00:36:04.400 --> 00:36:05.400 Wow. 927 00:36:05.400 --> 00:36:06.400 Oh, yeah. 928 00:36:06.400 --> 00:36:08.400 No, basically that's just for me. 929 00:36:08.400 --> 00:36:12.400 So maybe just take away of like diving into my Word a little bit more. 930 00:36:12.400 --> 00:36:13.400 Yeah. 931 00:36:13.400 --> 00:36:14.400 Studying it a little bit more. 932 00:36:14.400 --> 00:36:15.400 Oh great. 933 00:36:15.400 --> 00:36:16.400 That's way. 934 00:36:16.400 --> 00:36:17.400 Yeah. 935 00:36:17.400 --> 00:36:24.400 Because as well, even what you're saying is that like all these different things, even about like the dogs and the other thing that Kenneth Bailey brought up. 936 00:36:24.400 --> 00:36:36.400 It's just so there's so much in like the Bible and it can have so many different meanings and go so many different ways and bring so much revelation and clarity. 937 00:36:36.400 --> 00:36:37.400 Yeah. 938 00:36:37.400 --> 00:36:40.400 So I'm just going a bit around now, but very important. 939 00:36:40.400 --> 00:36:41.400 Yeah, I think that's awesome. 940 00:36:41.400 --> 00:36:43.400 Those are three great takeaways. 941 00:36:43.400 --> 00:36:46.400 I feel like that's a great place to end off this Bible study. 942 00:36:46.400 --> 00:36:49.400 Well, guys, thanks so much for joining us. 943 00:36:49.400 --> 00:36:52.400 And we hope you'll join us on the next one. 944 00:36:52.400 --> 00:36:53.400 We've got one more. 945 00:36:53.400 --> 00:36:55.400 What emoji should they drop? 946 00:36:55.400 --> 00:36:56.400 Oh, man. 947 00:36:56.400 --> 00:36:57.400 A dog. 948 00:36:57.400 --> 00:36:58.400 Okay. 949 00:36:58.400 --> 00:37:00.400 Drop a dog emoji. 950 00:37:00.400 --> 00:37:04.400 And hey, if you didn't know, this is actually the third. 951 00:37:04.400 --> 00:37:08.400 I think I mentioned that at the beginning, but this is the third in our parables series. 952 00:37:08.400 --> 00:37:10.400 So there's two previously that we've already done. 953 00:37:10.400 --> 00:37:11.400 Go check them out. 954 00:37:11.400 --> 00:37:14.400 And you can check out the one that's going to come out after this. 955 00:37:14.400 --> 00:37:15.400 We've got one more in the series. 956 00:37:15.400 --> 00:37:17.400 But again, thank you so much for joining us. 957 00:37:17.400 --> 00:37:20.400 We hope you have a blessed day. 958 00:37:20.400 --> 00:37:22.400 And we will see you soon. 959 00:37:22.400 --> 00:37:23.400 Bye for now.