<TITLE>22. Par 227-237</TITLE>L-227   And Lazarus, a poor in spirit, lay there with not even enough medicine to take care of himself, and the dogs licked his sore. But one night, he, they both died. And when they did, the Bible said that the poor in spirit "was carried by Angel pallbearers, to the bosoms of Abraham," the one had invest, made Him his investment in Eternal Life. He didn't live for what he had here. For his popularity, he had none. He was a beggar at the gate. He, he had nothing. He had no money. He had nothing. He had no friends. But, yet, he was a believer. He had made his investment. And he died on the street, with the dogs licking his sores. And the Bible said, that, "Angels packed him into the bosoms of Abraham."

L-228   And the same night, the rich, old ruler now, he had had a great prosperous life, and he died. Now he paid off in dividends, too. Some intellectual preacher come along, perhaps with his collar turned around, and--and maybe in all of his priestly garb, and he said... And they half-mast the flag, and, and the flowers couldn't be held in this ballroom here. And, oh, what a great to-do and they had, and all the business. Maybe the president of the bank association, and all of them, come, and was pallbearers for him. And maybe the intellectual minister stood up and said, "Our precious brother, how many times has he wrote checks for the widows, and how many times has he paid in our great organization and sponsored our program!" And maybe the businessmen might have got up and made a talk. He got his reward. That's right. His investment paid off like that. But, from the world, he was a great man.

L-229 But because that he rejected the investment that Jesus gave him, the Bible said, "In hell he lifted up his eyes." And he saw the man who had made the investment otherwise, safely in the bosoms of Abraham, comforted, walking around, fine. And he cried. Now watch. You say, was he a Chri-...? Yeah. "Father Abraham," a Jew, right, "I pray thee, send Lazarus, the poor in spirit, that made the investment. I turned It down. But send Lazarus with just a little water, these flames are tormenting me."
He said, "Son, you had the opportunity." He did.

L-230 Jesus presented it. "Sell what you got, and come, follow Me. Make your investment in--in This. Take up your cross." But it was too great.

L-231 He said, "Now he is comforted, and thou art tormented. And besides all this, there is a great gulf fixed between you and he, that no man has ever crossed or ever will."

L-232   That's, knocks purgatory and all these doctrines to pieces. That was Jesus Christ that said that. Don't wait too long, mister. My precious, wayward brother, fallen from Christ, don't wait too long to make this investment. He might have intended someday to do it, but as the old Southern saying is, "Hell itself is paved with good intentions." See, the intentions doesn't do it. Read the prescription on the bottle, but then take the medicine if you want the results. Make your investment. Sign your name, in His Blood, over your heart. See?

L-233   Notice, look at him. "In hell he lifted up his eyes." He had been paid off. And then notice, he said, "Then, Father Abraham, if you cannot do this; don't let my colleagues, where all my inheritance went back in the earth, my investment that I made, tell them don't make the same mistake that I made."

L-234 Could that be you, this morning, my Jewish friend or Gentile friend? Don't be rashel like that fellow was.

L-235 He said, "Send him back, and let this message be brought to them." Oh, he wanted to become a minister then. He wanted to accept It. It was too late; can't do it now. His time, he had the opportunity, but he didn't make his investment.

L-236 And he said, "They have the prophets, they have what the Word said, and the laws."

L-237 He said, "Yes, but if one raised from the dead, and it could be proven that he was raised from the dead, then they'll believe it."


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