God is still sending "wake up" calls to people today. The rich man then asked Abraham to allow Lazarus to go back to earth and warn his five brothers so that they would not end up in hell with him, but again, Abraham said, "No." The rich man finally woke up, but it was too late. He asked Abraham to let Lazarus dip his finger in water and come and touch it to his burning tongue, but Abraham said, "No." Then he reminded the rich man how he had enjoyed such good things on earth while Lazarus had nothing. In hell, he looked up and saw Lazarus in heaven with Abraham. The rich man also died, but he went to hell. The Bible says that Lazarus died and went to heaven. I imagine that he passed by Lazarus so many times that he eventually got to the point that he didn't see him at all. Cretin Hop Chewing out a rhythm on my bubble gum, The sun is out and I want some. But every day the rich man passed by Lazarus without even giving him a thought. Rocket to Russia (1977) 1-2-3-4 cretins wanna hop some more 4-5-6-7 all good cretins go to heaven. He was hoping that the rich man might have pity on him and that he might be able to satisfy his hunger with the leftovers from the rich man's table.
Lazarus was hungry and his body was covered with sores. A beggar named Lazarus lay outside the rich man's gate. Jesus told a story about a rich man who wore the finest clothes and lived in luxury. That is what happened in our Bible story today. When they finally wake up, they find out that it is too late. The second problem is that if you keep hitting the snooze button, you may get so used to the sound of the alarm that you don’t even hear it at all and you will sleep right through the alarm.ĭid you know that God sometimes sounds a "wake up" alarm in our lives? He speaks to our heart and says, "It is time to wake up and follow Me." Some people hit the snooze button and say, "Not now Lord, call me again - a little bit later." Some people hit that "snooze button" so many times that they get to where they don’t even hear God’s voice.
The first is that if you keep on hitting the snooze button, you may be late or miss out on something completely. Maybe it is nice to get that extra sleep, but there are two problems with snooze buttons. You can just keep on doing this and go right on sleeping. In about 10 minutes, the alarm will go off again. (Show snooze button.) When your alarm goes off, you can hit that button and go back to sleep. It does not store any personal data.Children's Sermon: The Rich Man and Lazarus (Luke 16:19-31)ĭo you use an alarm clock to wake you up in the morning? A lot of alarm clocks have a button on them called a snooze button. The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance". This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary". The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional". The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics". These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly.