There is a great chasm separating the two realms of the dead – one is paradise and the other a place of torment. The rich man looked up and saw Abraham afar off and said to him, “Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.”
Tag: heaven
A Psalm and a Sermon
It is as though the psalmist stepped into the 21st century with Psalm 92 and shared the pulpit with Pastor Jared who gave his message on worship. And it is as though you read the psalm with me in the middle of the night and six and a half hours later attended church with me!
The Gate
The gatekeeper said, “You have come to my gate, but I do not have a key to open it. Have you not heard that going to church, even if you attended regularly, is not enough?”
And with those words ringing in his ears, the old man became sorrowful as he retreated from what he thought would be the right gate to heaven.