What
Will You Do?
The Bible says, “Then he said, I pray thee therefore,
father, that thou wouldest send him to my father's house: For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they
also come into this place of torment. Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them. And he
said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent. And he said unto him, If they hear not
Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.” Luke 16:27-31 (KJV)
In this episode of the rich man and Lazarus we find the great warning of the agony and torment of
those who reject Christ Jesus and those who accept His free gift of eternal life are rewarded.
The rich man was in agony and desired Lazareth to dip his finger in water and touch his lips. Reading this account,
we find Lazareth’s body was covered with sores and yet the rich man’s request that that finger now would be desired
to touch his lips. Then we see the rich man’s desire that Lazareth would go back and warn the rich man’s brothers
that they would not end up in that horrific place of torment and of no hope.
Consider
the irony of the last part of this passage: If his brothers would not heed the written Word of God, they would not “be
persuaded, though one rose from the dead.”
The Bible warns us in Genesis
6:3a (KJV) “And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man…”
2 Corinthians 6:2c (KJV) “…behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.”
Acts 4:12 (KJV) “Neither is there salvation in any other:
for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.”
Have you come to the place in your spiritual life that you KNOW that if you were
to die today that you would go to heaven? If you were to die today and stand before God and He were to say: “Why should
I let you into my kingdom…” What would you say?
Do you have concern for yourself
and for your loved ones? What are you going to do with Jesus?
Daily Chronological Bible Reading: Luke 16; Luke 17:1-10
