This morning, the parable opens by Jesus telling us…
“There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously ever day, and there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores, and desiring to be fed with crumbs which fell from the rich man’s table.”
This parable is one of the most regularly misused passages in Scripture. Every social welfare movement, and every liberation theology adopts Lazarus as its standard bearer and converts this parable into a political message. The goal of this is to draft Jesus into their movement, and somehow retroactively imply the support of Jesus for their political and social agenda. There are many problems with that, and I get it, but the biggest problem with that is — this gospel lesson has nothing to do with anyone’s political or social agenda.
So, what is the real truth about the rich man and Lazarus? Click the following link to hear the rest:
http://stalbansanglican.org/System/Media/Play.asp?id=40752&Key=05C6ADD0-60D7-417D-A1D1-48373DFFE7BA
Council Nedd II 