On earth, though, Lazarus fell short of fulfilling his duty as a Christian by not announcing the Gospel to the rich man. At the same time, the rich man had prophets within earshot.
Still today, people do not want to listen to prophets. They would prefer by far to go to night clubs where they can listen to all kinds of music such as Rock or Ndombolo (music/dance from the Central African region). Others even go so far as to think that there are no preachers who are righteous enough to talk about GOD to them.
Do not be wrong by thinking that even if you do not believe in Christ on earth, you will have life in heaven! This is wrong! You decide upon your future in heaven while you are on earth!
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1. Get out of your physical and spiritual poverty!
The Church should not invest all its efforts to seek material wealth if it does not have spiritual wealth! When one is aware, he or she thinks about his/her soul first, and the rest will follow. Wealth is a good thing because it allows one to afford what one wants on earth. But wealth without GOD is worse than poverty. (Read the full chapter)
2. Think about everybody, whether your brothers, sisters or foreigners!
Selfishness and ethnicism go hand in hand. All of his life, the rich man ignored Lazarus whom he used to see every day; he did not help Lazarus to become rich like him. Lazarus was poor and contented himself with the rich man’s leftovers. The rich man did not care for him. He committed his first sin by treating Lazarus as a foreigner. (Read the full chapter)
Lazarus never complained about his suffering, which he accepted to bear. He simply put his life in GOD’s Hands; this confidence in GOD helped him, just like his poverty made him humble. He was not ashamed of his life. He never coveted the life of the rich man; all that he wanted was to get his daily bread. (Read the full chapter)
4. Do not become attached to the world!
In the fire, the rich man did not ask for his soul’s deliverance. He had only one desire: get water to have a drink in the fire! He said: “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.” (Read the full chapter)
5. Listen to the prophets rather than the world!
6. Don’t try to dictate your will to GOD!
Many are Christians who serve Christ like that rich man: they go to church to impose their will on GOD! They say: “GOD, give us a daughter; a daughter who looks like X, Y, Z.” (Read the full chapter)
7. Salvation is accessible to everybody!
By creating man and woman, GOD gave them free will. Salvation is accessible to everybody, but everyone is free to grab it or not. (Read the full chapter)
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