“No, wait it moved! But maybe that was just the wind. The story is a chameleon, which takes on the colors of the setting to appear as part of it, but is never part of it in reality. There is “death in the pot” which must be addressed with the meal of truth. We declare by Scripture, principle, and reason that the story of Lazarus and the rich man is an example of tares sown by the enemy in the field of the good grain of God, the Scriptures. We seek the Lord, Who is faithful, and His spiritual revelation to know freedom from fiction and faith from folly. So what do we do? Shall we trash the Bible as do the Muslims, who say it is not trustworthy because tampered with, thus leading men to their diabolical invention, the Koran? God forbid. In translations, however, men have erred and tampered with the Bible. They err if they refer to any translation from the original tongues, though they do not err if they refer to the original writings, for Jesus referred to and quoted Them as the Authoritative Word of God, as did His followers, thus demonstrating that we can trust Them. There are many who like to believe that the entire Bible is the Pure Word of God. (Click here to go directly to our answer about this story.) All that Satan and Men Have Touched Has Been Corrupted (31) And he said to him, If they do not hear Moses and the Prophets, they will not be persuaded, even though one rose from the dead. (30) And he said, No, father Abraham, but if one should go to them from the dead, they would repent. (29) Abraham said to him, They have Moses and the Prophets, let them hear them. (28) for I have five brothers, so that he may testify to them, lest they also come into this place of torment. (27) And he said, I beg you therefore, father, that you would send him to my father’s house, (26) And besides all this, there is a great chasm fixed between you and us so that they desiring to pass from here to you cannot, nor can they pass over to us from there. But now he is comforted and you are tormented. (25) But Abraham said, Son, remember that you in your lifetime received your good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things. (24) And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me and send Lazarus so that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am tormented in this flame. (23) And in hell he lifted up his eyes, being in torments, and saw Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. (22) And it happened that the beggar died and was carried by the angels into Abraham’s bosom. But even the dogs came and licked his sores. (21) and desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man’s table. (20) And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, who was laid at his gate, full of sores (19) There was a certain rich man who was customarily clothed in purple and fine linen and making merry in luxury every day. So how do we know the answer unless God shows us? I know that the story being in the Bible does not necessarily mean it is of God (there are several insertions by men). It has bothered me for many years, and in this year, 2008, I finally asked God: Is the story of the rich man and Lazarus (Luke 16) of You or not? There is a story in the Scriptures that has a false ring to it, though I have not often heard its validity questioned. He cast it into the pot and he said, Pour out for the people, that they may eat. It happened, as they were eating of the stew, that they cried out, and said, man of God, there is death in the pot. (40) So they poured out for the men to eat. (39) One went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild vine, and gathered of it wild gourds his lap full, and came and shred them into the pot of stew for they didn’t recognize them. There was a dearth in the land and the sons of the prophets were sitting before him and he said to his servant, Set on the great pot, and boil stew for the sons of the prophets.
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