The Rich Man and Lazarus
Renewing Your Mind
Ligonier Ministries
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🗓️ 5 March 2023
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
There is no bridge from hell to heaven. Once this life comes to an end, it is too late to repent of sin and look to Christ for mercy. Today, R.C. Sproul continues his sermon series in the gospel of Luke by examining one of Jesus' most sobering parables.
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| 0:00.0 | There is no bridge between heaven and hell, |
| 0:03.0 | and that chasm represents the fixed and permanent position of hell. |
| 0:10.0 | If you were there, you're there forever, and the worst is this. |
| 0:16.0 | It's almost certain that there are people in this room listening to me right now |
| 0:21.0 | who will be there when they die. |
| 0:30.0 | It's a heart-wrenching experience, isn't it, when you're sharing the gospel with a neighbor, a family member, a friend, |
| 0:37.0 | and they don't respond. |
| 0:39.0 | They don't believe the good news of the gospel. |
| 0:42.0 | It's why I'm so thankful for the promise that God's Word will not return void. |
| 0:47.0 | Thank you for joining us for this Sunday edition of Renewing Your Mind. |
| 0:51.0 | I'm Nathan W. Bingham. |
| 0:53.0 | I know as I've been in situations just like that, that I've wondered what would happen |
| 0:58.0 | if someone just came back from the dead, came from hell to say, |
| 1:03.0 | hell is real, you need a repent, you need a trust in Christ. |
| 1:07.0 | Well, today is Dr. Sproul, Opens God's Word. |
| 1:10.0 | He's going to address that very question. |
| 1:13.0 | This morning we're going to continue with our study of the gospel according to St. Luke. |
| 1:20.0 | We are still in the 6th chapter, |
| 1:25.0 | and you will recall at the beginning of this chapter, |
| 1:29.0 | we had Jesus' parable of the unjust steward, |
| 1:34.0 | which I mentioned at the time was perhaps the most difficult of all of Jesus' parables to interpret. |
| 1:43.0 | Well, this morning at the end of chapter 16, |
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