Powerful exposition.

I’ve been listening to Tim Keller for many years, and saw the conversation on 2 Timothy between the two of you, so I figured I’d listen to your sermons as well. This is the best one so far

I originally saw this some time ago. However, it is a message worth repeating--especially in our current times.

This is a parable of the rich man and the poor man - it simply summarize that we should live a godly life before our time is up!

This is so profound I never saw it from that perspective

Powerful sermon 🙏 🙏

Seems like the rich man was self centred even in Hades

I saw this quite a while ago.

Amazing

excellent message

This man speaks the truth

Ever notice how Jesus refers to Lazarus, a poor and suffering man forgotten in society, by *name* and not the rich man? ;)

It's not a Parable note it says there was stay away from people who say it's a Parable

This was interesting and probably typical of western evangelical thinking but he completely missed it on this one. The rich man in the story is Israel. Judah was blessed above his brothers by Jacob and the scepter was promised never to depart from his descendants. Thus the faring sumptuously and being dressed in purple and fine linen. Judah (representing Israel and thus the rich man) had five brothers, Leah had six sons. Israel was to be a blessing to all nations which they failed to be. They excluded the Gentiles (dogs) and the Gentiles only got crumbs of God's kingdom from the table of the Jews. Lazarus in the story is the Gentiles, getting crumbs of the kingdom. Lazarus is in the Greek language a partial derivative of the name Eliezer, who was Abram's beloved servant (close to his side or in his bosom). Eliezer would have inherited Abram's wealth had not God given him Isaac as an heir. Eliezer was a Gentile from Damascus. Abraham in the story was himself. This was not a story about the afterlife and heaven of hell. It was an indictment of the religious Israel that failed to be a blessing to the nations and kept the things of God to themselves. Israel was cut off and have been in torment while the Gentiles were included and the good news of the kingdom has been going forth as a blessing to all nations through them. One day, Israel will be grafted back in to their native tree and all Israel will be saved. That is what this parable prophesied and it is still being fulfilled.

Thankful to that the rich man may have seen Lazarus but it never said that Lazarus saw him.

The rich man didn't go to hell because he never helped Lazarus or others who didn't have their needs during their lifetime but rather, the rich man went to hell because of his unbelief and Lazarus didn't go to heaven because he never stole from the rich man or others just to have his needs and probably his wants during his lifetime but rather, Lazarus went to heaven because of his belief on what the Lord Jesus Christ did for him on the cross for his sins.

Fast Fact: The Rich Man didn't go to hell just because he was rich.

Actually, the Lazarus of John 11 was the same Lazarus from Luke16.

If the heart is of greed, it can not share and has already obtained its false wealth Knowing God is the greatest wealth and can not be measured. So, the man with false wealth got the treasures of his heart without God. Understanding charity, Charity is not giving to some organization Charity is giving of oneself with perseverance without need of repayment.

Is this a good place to learn from? I'm looking for a a group of peers, new to or reconfirmed faith. I am not looking for sermons

Some very good points addressed, but a huge opportunity to address the real truths held in this parable was lost. Parable was originally directed at the Pharasees who trusted in their wealth and religious status and kindred connection to Abraham as proof of being right with God. They denied who Jesus is because of deep seated unbelief. This parable is not about death, state of the dead or what happens after. It is all about the dangers of unbelief that will fix our eternal destiny. Lazarus indeed was raised from the dead and the Pharasees still remained in unbelief..they plotted to murder Lazarus to get rid of the living evidence that Jesus is the Messiah...they plotted the death of Jesus demonstrating that their refusal to believe and submit had already fixed their eternal destiny. I pray we will read this parable and heed the warning...

“ advance in education could become a god for you..,”

“ a place of rejoicing to pursue”vs “ a place of torment to flee”

The rich man was in hell because he showed no mercy and compassion for Lazarus.

How's Dr. Carson?? I don't see any new sermons of him. I hope he's doing okay.

“ our 🚗 is older than your 🚘 “....

I believe that the wealth is not evil in it self, but like Lord Jesus Himself says : It is hard for a rich man to enter The Kingdom of Heaven...This is not the first time I hear a very prominent preacher/Bible teacher a kind of very quickly dismissed that idea from this kind of passage of the Bible...Maybe just like me more than 20 years ago when I hated the former dictator of my country of origin, I was kind of dismissive and always in avoidance of preaching about Romans 13 that teaching us to honour the government.....Just maybe...I could be wrong...

U can't compare Abraham riches to the kind of riches today. Abundant of sheep can't polite the Air. Today's riches destroys nature but sheep it doesnt harm nature Industrialization is the snare of the fowler

It came to.pass means it happened. Please understand that. He was giving prophecy. Because he was on the way to Jerusalem. To raise Lazarus from the dead..which has been dead 4 days. If it's in the bible it's important.

There are many clues in the parable* of Lazarus and the Rich Man that, instead of contrasting the saved vs. unsaved, it's contrasting the treatment of Jews vs. Gentiles in the gospel age^, when the tables would be turned**: 1. Rich Man -- is never directly accused of a sin (only of being wealthy)^^ 2. Lazarus -- is never described as righteous (only of being a beggar)* * * 3. Purple -- indicates royalty (chosenness) 4. Fine linen -- was for Jewish priests (Exodus 28:39) 5. Abraham -- why is he in this parable at all? Because it specifically concerns Judaism. 6. Father Abraham -- described as "Father" 7. Flame -- the flame is singular -- not plural -- strongly suggesting this isn't about literal hell 8. Five Brothers -- The 5 FULL-blooded brothers of Judah were Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Issachar & Zebulun (Gen. 35:23) 9. Moses & Prophets -- The Jewish people had Moses and the prophets 10. Not Convinced by One Rising from the Dead -- a prophecy of Christ's pending resurrection, which his Jewish audience would become very familiar with but would not heed (for the most part) * It follows the parables of the Lost Sheep, the Lost Coin, the Prodigal Son and the Unjust Steward, strongly suggesting that it, too, is a parable. So does one drop of water being able to help in this situation. ^ In the gospel age, Israel is partially hardened by God (Rom. 11:25), while Gentiles are included in the church. ** None of this excuses centuries of anti-semitism, but this parable appears to predict it. ^^ The Rich Man's material wealth represents his belonging to the chosen people, and having the written revelation of God (Hebrew scriptures). * * * Lazarus represents Gentiles who were beggars in the sense that they were lacking truth about God, due to God's chosen people not having shared it with them. (Consider the unjust steward in the parable immediately preceding this one, and Jesus overturning tables at the temple.) It's also been argued that since "Lazarus" means "helped by God," this implies his righteousness, but that conclusion doesn't follow. For more, see Bryan T. Huie's _Lazarus and the Rich Man_ article

Do people in Hades get another chance to repent before they face the judgement?

33:07 John the Baptist? He was dead at the time mentioned.

Fascinating Fact: Satan has a single key to hell, Jesus has multiple keys to hell. Satan used that key to get out of hell, and return to the world, in Revelation 13, when he was wounded to death, after suffering a gun shot to the head, With the help of the second beast of course.

Lazarus as a “ waiter” or as an “ errand boy”..,,

John the Baptist ?

Why didn't Lazarus and Abraham, do as the rich man instructed? my thought is, both of these men, didn't have any key to hell, and would not have returned back into heaven, if they had ventured into hell.

Why is everyone in these comments so lost

Don Carson, parables represent something -- Not to be taken literal as told or written. My Short Version of this important parable This parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus signifies the bringing into God's kingdom the lowly gentile beggars (Lazarus or Eliezer) and the excluding or throwing out the pious rich Jews(Judah as a whole - not as a man) and their "religious" high priests (purple robes) - Hence, Jesus said the kingdom will be taken from you (Jews) and turned over to another (Gentiles). So, yes they will be and are in agony. They were on fire as it were. Please send Lazarus to warn my five brother's... Judah ("Rich Man") had a mother, Leah and she had 6 kids...Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Issachar, Zebulun, and finally Judah "The Rich Man" which was the 6th son of the patriarch Jacob and Leah. True, there was 12 tribes of Israel (Jacob) however, not by the same mother. The high minded Jews (Judah) knew what Jesus meant by this parable and so they hated Jesus and began to conspire to have him killed..... Now that's a parable!!

There are several reasons why this is not a parable. 1. People are not named but Moses and Abraham are named. 2. Angel's are not mentioned in parables but angels carried Lazarus to Abraham's bosom. 3.Parables have earthly settings, bu Hades is not an earthly setting. 4. If this is a parable, why did Jesus tell a parable which denies soul sleep? God bless you. Roy Page.

HELL & PUNISHMENT IN THE GRAVE IN THE BIBLE. LUKE 16:19-21 THERE WAS A RICH MAN WHO WAS DRESSED IN PURPLE AND FINE LINEN AND LIVED IN LUXURY EVERYDAY 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 LICK 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 HELL 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 .' DEUTERONOMY 32:22 22: FOR A FIRE HAS BEEN KINDLED BY MY WRATH ONE THAT BURNS TO THE REALM OF DEATH BELOW. IT WILL DEVOUR THE EARTH AND IT'S HARVESTS AND SET AFIRE THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE MOUNTAINS. ISAIAH 24:21 " AND IT SHALL COME TO PASS IN THAT DAY THAT THE LORD SHALL PUNISH THE HOST OF THE HIGH ONES THAT ARE ON HIGH AND THE KINGS OF THE EARTH UPON THE EARTH.' PROVERBS 11:31 31: " BEHOLD THE RIGHTEOUS SHALL BE RECOMPENSED IN THE EARTH MUCH MORE THE WICKED JOB 11:8 8: THEY ARE HIGHER THAN THE HEAVENS _ WHAT CAN YOU DO ? THEY'RE DEEPER THAN THE DEPTHS OF THE GRAVES_ WHAT CAN YOU KNOW ? AMOS 9:2 2: THOUGH THEY DIG DOWN TO THE DEPTHS OF THE GRAVE, FROM THERE MY HAND WILL TAKE THEM. THOUGH THEY CLIMB UP TO THE HEAVENS, FROM THERE ,I WILL BRING THEM DOWN EVEN IF HELL MEANS THE " GRAVE ' AND SCRIPTURE SHOULD DESCRIBE HELL AS IT WOULD THE GRAVE. THE BIBLE STATES THAT THERE IS PENALTY AND PUNISHMENT IN BOTH HELL & GRAVE. IF THERE IS NO PENALTY AND JESUS TOOK ALL THE BLAME FOR OUR SINS THEN WE CAN DO WHATEVER WE WANT, ISN'T IT?

The rich man was Esau!

The word translated 'hell', 'hades', I take to refer to the place where the unblessed dead go after they die but before the final judgement (cf paradise for the blessed). If true, it is here that the rich man is in torment. The final judgement has not yet come. It doesn't bode well for the rich man, still, to be subject to eternal destruction after that judgement. Or maybe I'm reading too much into the parable in the wrong place, and missing it's main point. Which is what? Perhaps: Believe the prophets! ?

The rich man is in "hades" (and not in hell) - the equivalent of the Hebrew sheol, the place where all the dead go (Luke 16:23). Most modern translations (ESV, NIV etc) retain "hades", while the KJV translates hades as hell. The word "gehenna" is translated hell. In other words, this parable, while it does carries a heavy warning, is not about what happens to the rich man in "hell".

Jesus didn't call this a parable so why does D A Carson? The first thing we should learn is that this isn't a parable. These are real specific people with names. In the genuine parables of Jesus, no one has a name. In this passage 2 of the 3 characters have names. Clearly this was NOT the Lazarus who Jesus would later raise from the dead. Remember that Lazarus was, in first century Israel, a fairly common name. As common as Larry is today.

Rich man represents Israel and Lazurs represents gentiles.

The bible reading did not mention that the rich man is a sinner. He wasn't in hades because he's a thief, gambler, a murderer or anything like that. He was in hades because he's rich.

“ you may come out losing a little of what your parents had at the same age ..,” that’s losing the American Dream

Not a parable wise guy 😢

PS Richard Dawkins is this man's evil twin

Just like a camel trying to go into the eye of a needle…..,

He's got it all wrong. This parable was directed at the Pharisees, it's not about heaven and hell but the Pharisees rejecting Christ's message. Amazing how preachers turn this into proof of eternal punishment. No merciful, just God would sentence anyone to eternal torture.

Sorry but JESUS never tells this as a parable Lazarus is an real person with a name and parables do not contain names or hen referring to someone