PARABLES OF JESUS – Rich Man, Poor Man
Luke 16:19-20
" 'There was a certain rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and fared sumptiously every day. But there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, full of sores, who was laid at his gate, desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table.
Moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.' "
The picture that Jesus painted depicts a sharp contrast between two men. One man had everything he could possibly want in this life. He was self-sufficient and needed no one, not even God. The other man was a hungry, wretched, naked pile of sores. He even depended on others to lay him at the rich man's door. It is a myth that dog saliva aids healing. Like my daughter said to her daughter, "Just think where that dog's tongue has been!" So the dogs probably exacerbated the infection of his sores. Anyone in his right mind would rather be the rich man. But there is more to life than the material. One was rich in this world, but poor in spirit. The other was destitute in this world but rich in spirit. So, like the old game show "What's My Line" had it, "Would the real rich man please stand up?" Which would I choose to be?
TODAY'S THOUGHT: One can be rich in this world's goods and poor in spirit, or poor in this world's goods and rich in spirit.
Have a "rich" day. Love you.
Luke 16:19-20
" 'There was a certain rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and fared sumptiously every day. But there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, full of sores, who was laid at his gate, desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table.
Moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.' "
The picture that Jesus painted depicts a sharp contrast between two men. One man had everything he could possibly want in this life. He was self-sufficient and needed no one, not even God. The other man was a hungry, wretched, naked pile of sores. He even depended on others to lay him at the rich man's door. It is a myth that dog saliva aids healing. Like my daughter said to her daughter, "Just think where that dog's tongue has been!" So the dogs probably exacerbated the infection of his sores. Anyone in his right mind would rather be the rich man. But there is more to life than the material. One was rich in this world, but poor in spirit. The other was destitute in this world but rich in spirit. So, like the old game show "What's My Line" had it, "Would the real rich man please stand up?" Which would I choose to be?
TODAY'S THOUGHT: One can be rich in this world's goods and poor in spirit, or poor in this world's goods and rich in spirit.
Have a "rich" day. Love you.
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