Encounter the Truth - A Reality Check from Beyond the Grave (Part 1 of 2)
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Encounter the Truth - A Reality Check from Beyond the Grave (Part 1 of 2)

B1IntermediateOctober 23, 202624 min
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The story of the rich man and Lazarus is here to show us what matters in the long run and what does not. The rich man enjoyed good things in this life, but they mean nothing to him beyond the grave—where he finds himself excluded from the bliss of the Lord’s presence and the Kingdom. From the other side of the grave, his greatest wish is for his loved ones to be warned to repent, but he is powerless to help them by that time. This vision of eternity gives us a powerful and clear perspective on weal...

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Riches accumulated in this world, they provide no security for the future and that's such a shock to us because we are always thinking about financial security. But Jesus gives us a reality check here. Worldly riches are of no true and lasting security at all. Welcome to Encounter the Truth with Jonathan Griffiths.

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I'm Steve Hiller. Glad you're with us today. Jonathan, as we've been taking a look at money in our current series, Cash Christ in the Kingdom, you've entitled today's message, A Reality Check from Beyond the Grave. What are we looking at

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today? Well, we're looking at one of the more sobering stories and parables that Jesus tells anywhere in the New Testament is the story of the rich man in Lazarus. The rich man, of course, had lived a life of luxury and comfort. And at the bottom of his driveway, there had been a poor man named Lazarus who had lived in discomfort and deprivation. And when the rich

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