This is Jesus Christ’s Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus. After Jesus’ Parable of the Unjust Steward, He directs a warning mainly toward the Pharisees at that time, about sitting on the fence and trying to serve two masters. It blinds you to the truth!
We read all of this because, there are two very important points here that needs to be recognized in connection with this sermon and Jesus Christ’s continuous work. (1) We have all been given gifts and a limited amount of time to use them with focus on sharing everything we have been given. (2) If the law and the prophets are not clearly within our minds and hearts, even if one should rise from the dead and stand in front of us, we will not be persuaded.
