Bible
Study: Jeremiah 17, 5 to 10. Luke 16, 19 to 31.
My name is
Lazarus, look at me very well, I am sure you still recognize me. My body was
always covered with sores, look at the scars of the sores still on my body. Your
dogs loved licking my body after feeding fat from your table. I was always
there by your gate, and I knew you were always having more than enough to eat
and drink because every day you had a party going on in this house. You were
always inviting people to come and dine with you. You invited senators,
governors and the richest businessmen and women in town for your daily parties
but you never looked at me or invited me even to eat even the scraps and
leftovers from your table.
I was just
by your gate all day and you were aware of my condition. Each time you saw me,
you pretended as if I don’t exist. You wished I could just disappear. You thought
I was simply lazy or that I was being cursed for living in such an impoverished
condition. You always blamed my condition on the government and everybody else
but never saw yourself as capable of giving me a helping hand.
When I died,
I went to heaven and was taken to Abraham’s side but your Oga also died and was
taken to Hell Fire. From the midst of hell, he saw me and begged Abraham to ask
me to dip my finger in water to cool his tongue. In life he had gallons of
water to drink and waste and here he was begging for just one drop. And he couldn’t
get the drop so he begged Abraham to send me to you to warn you. Even from
hell, your Oga still loves you, he doesn’t want you to come and experience hell
fire so I am here to warn you.
This is my
warning! Hell is real, please do all your best to avoid it! Be kind and
generous to the poor and needy. Whatsoever you do to the least of my brothers,
Jesus says, that you do unto me. Don’t share your food only with the rich, also
invite poor people to table. You should be ashamed that there is gross
inequality in society, whereby you have so much to waste, whereby you even
spray dollars at your occasions and people like me are scattered all over the
place unable to eat even one square meal a day.
Above all,
I want you to know that God sees everything that happens. All the while I was suffering
and dejected in your gate, God knew my situation. Do not think that God is not
aware of what is happening. For years I was there at your gate, God was giving
you countless opportunities to change your heart and do something for me but
you refused. I warn you before it is too late. Your Oga is already in hell,
please that place is not funny at all. Just look at what Jeremiah says in today’s
reading: “I the Lord, search the mind and try the heart, to give to every man
according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.”
You cannot
pretend before God. God sees your heart and knows when you are kind or cold to
the poor. He knows when you fake charity by inviting television and media to
announce your “good deeds.” And for those suffering, don’t worry too much about
having food to eat, instead strive to enter heaven because it profits you
nothing to gain the world and lose your soul.
Although
Abraham told your Oga that even if someone rise from the dead, you will not
believe, I decided to come all the same. Believe me or not, my name is Lazarus
and this is my message to you!
Let us
Pray:
Lord
Jesus, may I always remember that nothing is hidden from you and that I will
surely get the just reward of my actions. Amen.
God bless you. Good morning. Be Happy. Live Positive. Have Faith. It is
well with you.
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