IS A CHRISTIAN CONSIDERED BY GOD TO BE A SPIRITUAL BEGGER OR A RICH MAN IN A SPIRITUAL SENSE? PART 1

IN THIS MESSAGE WE WILL COMPARE THE ALLEGORICAL CHARACTERS PASSION AND PATIENCE TO JESUS’ PARABLE CHARACTERS, LAZARUS THE BEGGAR AND THE RICH MAN. KEEP IN MIND THAT THE SPIRITUAL NEW CREATION, THAT IS, HE THAT IS TRULY BORN AGAIN, IS PARADOXICAL IN NATURE AND THUS CONFOUNDS THE NATURAL MAN. AS WE LISTEN TO THIS MESSAGE WE SHOULD APPLY IT TO OURSELVES AND ATTEMPT TO DETERMINE WHETHER WE ARE THE SPIRITUAL BEGGAR OR RICH MAN IN A SPIRITUAL SENSE. IF WE ARE HONEST WITH OURSELVES WE MAY END UP IN A STATE OF SHOCK, ESPECIALLY, IF WE ARE A PROFESSING CHRISTIAN.