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The Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus - Coggle Diagram

- - - - dressed in purple and fine linen
        
        lived every single day in luxury
    - - covered with sores which was licked by dogs
        
        longs to eat what fell from the rich man's table
  - - - He ended up in Hades,
        where he was in torment
    - - Lazarus ended up in Heaven,
        with Abraham by his side
  - - - there is a significant gap
        between Heaven and
        Hades.
- - - - his problem was not
        wealth and money
      - His problem: not
        believing in God
      - He was not persuaded
        by the truth
      - Did not repent of
        his covetousness
      - He failed to believe
        in the gospel
      - He did not help
        poor Lazarus
      - He was not persuaded
        by the good news
        of the gospel
    - - the father of many nations
        the father of the faithful
        the friend of God
      - Abraham chose to
        believe in God
      - He granted a promise
        to inherit Canaan
      - Righteousness is inputed
        to him for his faith
      - Abraham was blessed and
        his name changed
      - Abraham believed in God
        and everything that comes
        from God
      - Abraham's name:
        blessing from God
- - - - only fortunate people get
        to eat meat once a week
    - - waiting from crumbs that
        fell from the rich man's table
      - Food was eaten with hand.
        bread used to wipe hands were thrown away
      - Lazarus was waiting for that bread
    - - He was lying at the gate
      - He was probably crippled
      - He was unable to move on his own
    - - Lazarus: God is my help
      - He was a beggar
      - He was covered with ulcers
      - God is near to the broken hearted
      - Lazarus' physical need made him much
        more sensitive to his deeper spiritual need
  - - - He was clothed in fine purple linen
      - He has a house with a gate
    - - his meal cost+ many times a man's daily wage
      - He ate like this everyday
      - He fed on exotic and costly dishes
    - - He broke the 4th comandment
      - 4th commandment: not to work on the Sabbath
      - It also says to labour for 6 days
    - - His love for money has bloomed into
        self-justifying and self-centered pride
- - - - Jesus: betrayed, punished, crucified, but ascended to heaven
      - Judas: loves money, greed, betrayed Jesus, gets financial gain, but committed suicide