The Rich Man and the Beggar (Part 1 of 2)

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Alistair Begg

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🗓️ 26 September 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Death is an inescapable fact of life. Every one of us shares this common destiny. Our ultimate destinations, however, may be drastically different! Jesus challenges us to consider death while we’re living. Find out why on Truth For Life with Alistair Begg.

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0:00.0	Thank you. Death is an inescapable fact of life, and while all of us share this common destiny, not all of us share a common destination.
0:36.3	Today on Truth for Life, Alastair Begg examines a parable in which
0:39.6	Jesus challenges us to consider death now while we're living. We'll find out why.
0:52.0	Luke chapter 16, verse 19. There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and lived in luxury every day
1:00.9	at his gate was laid a beggar named Lazarus covered with sores and longing to eat what fell from the rich man's table
1:08.9	even the dogs came and licked his sores.
1:14.4	The time came when the beggar died and the angels carried him to Abraham's side. The rich man also
1:20.5	died and was buried. In hell, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far away with Lazarus by his side.
1:30.3	So he called to him, Father Abraham, have pity on me, and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his
1:36.2	finger in water and cool my tongue because I am in agony in this fire.
1:42.3	But Abraham replied, son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good
1:46.6	things, while Lazarus received bad things. But now he is comforted here, and you are in agony.
1:55.2	And besides all this between us and you, a great chasm has been fixed, so that those who want to go
2:00.5	from here to you cannot,
2:02.1	nor can anyone cross over from there to us.
2:06.7	He answered, then I beg you, father send Lazarus to my father's house, for I have five brothers.
2:12.2	Let him warn them so that they will not also come to this place of torment.
2:17.4	Abraham replied, they have Moses and the prophets. Let them listen to them. so that they will not also come to this place of torment.
2:19.5	Abraham replied, they have Moses and the prophets.
2:21.6	Let them listen to them.
2:27.0	No, Father Abraham, he said, but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.
2:31.6	He said to them, if they do not listen to Moses and the prophets,
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