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All too often the cry from hell is completely and totally ignored by those who should really know better. Unfortunately, apathy has gripped the Church to the point that professing evangelical Christians are anything but evangelical. The good news that should be being preached among the world has instead been kept from the world, leaving the world to be plundered and pillaged by the unmerciful wolves of the cults. I am extremely saddened that the men who do actually take Christ’s commission to go forth throughout the nations seriously, are the very ones who believe and fervently spread the heresies of the false religions. How convicting this should be to us who hold fast to the truth of God’s Word, that we of all people, who have been made alive by the Almighty, awoken from our spiritual deadness by hearing His glorious Word, are the very ones who do not go forth ourselves and share such eternally important truths. Instead of being fishers of men, who actively get in their boats and purposefully cast the nets in hopes of catching those whom Christ preordained, we sit. We quietly go about our business instead of that of the Fathers, waiting for lost souls to ask us questions. Why is it that we no longer have a heart for the lost? Shouldn’t we, of all people, who have been born again by the imperishable Word of God understand and know the importance of preaching to those who are perishing so that the Holy Spirit may convict them and bring them about to repentance and a saving faith? “Now there was a certain rich man, and he habitually dressed in purple and fine linen, gaily living in splendor every day. And a certain poor man named Lazarus was laid at his gate, covered with sores, and longing to be fed with crumbs which were falling from the rich man’s table; besides, even the dogs were coming and licking his sores. Now it came about that the poor man died and he was carried away by the angels to Abraham’s bosom; and the rich man also died and was buried. And in Hades he lifted up his eyes, being in torment, and saw Abraham far away, and Lazarus in his bosom. And he cried out and said, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool off my tongue; for I am in agony in this flame.’ But Abraham said, ‘Child, remember that during your life you received your good things, and likewise Lazarus bad things; but now he is being comforted here, and you are in agony. And besides all this, between us and you there is a great chasm fixed, in order that those who wish to come over from here to you may not be able, and that none may cross over from there to us. And he said, ‘Then I beg you, Father, that you send him to my father’s house—for I have five brothers—that he may warn them, lest they also come to this place of torment.’ But Abraham said, ‘They have Moses and the Prophets, let them hear them.’ But he said, ‘No, Father Abraham, but if someone goes to them from the dead, they will repent!’ But he said to him, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, neither will they be persuaded if someone rises from the dead.’” “As Jesus went on from there, two blind men followed Him, crying out, ‘Have mercy on us, Son of David!’ When He entered the house, the blind men came up to Him, and Jesus said to them, ‘Do you believe that I am able to do this?’ They said to Him, ‘Yes, Lord.’ Then He touched their eyes, saying, ‘It shall be done to you according to your faith.’ And their eyes were opened. And Jesus sternly warned them: ‘See that no one knows about this!’ But they went out and spread the news about Him throughout all that land.” Lastly, if you are still sitting there with your arms crossed thinking, “it says, ‘in your goings’”, know this, not every single Scholar is in agreement with that rendering, nor totally convinced of that interpretation. John MacArthur says it means, “having gone”…so according to him, going forth is just expected…and why wouldn’t the Almighty expect it from us, I mean, we have the audacity to go forth and tell people where to find a good mechanic, or a good deal on milk, or whatever mundane pointless and arbitrary good thing we may come across, yet we have the nerve to sit on the Gospel until someone approaches us? We really do go out of our way to inform others of all sorts of temporal things, so how is it that we neglect sharing with them the eternal good news of Christ? I beg you, think about it, repent, and go forth.
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Isus nas ovom prispodobom poziva na milosrđe prema svim ljudima i na prihvaćanje svih bez razlike u njihovim životnim stanjima ili stanjima na bankovnom računu. U ono vrijeme reče Isus farizejima: »Bijaše neki bogataš. Odijevao se u grimiz i tanani lan i danomice se sjajno gostio. A neki siromah, imenom Lazar, ležao je sav u čirevima pred njegovim vratima i priželjkivao nasititi se onim što je padalo s bogataševa stola. Čak su i psi dolazili i lizali mu čireve.« »Kad umrije siromah, odnesoše ga anđeli u krilo Abrahamovo Umrije i bogataš te bude pokopan. Tada, u teškim mukama u paklu, podiže svoje oči te izdaleka ugleda Abrahama i u krilu mu Lazara pa zavapi: 'Oče Abrahame, smiluj mi se i pošalji Lazara da umoči vršak svoga prsta u vodu i rashladi mi jezik jer se strašno mučim u ovom plamenu.' Reče nato Abraham: 'Sinko! Sjeti se da si za života primio dobra svoja, a tako i Lazar zla. Sada se on ovdje tješi, a ti se mučiš. K tome između nas i vas zjapi provalija golema te koji bi i htjeli prijeći odavde k vama, ne mogu, a ni odatle k nama prijelaza nema.' Nato će bogataš: 'Molim te onda, oče, pošalji Lazara u kuću oca moga. Imam petero braće pa neka im posvjedoči da i oni ne dođu u ovo mjesto muka.' Kaže mu Abraham: 'Imaju Mojsija i Proroke! Njih neka poslušaju!' A on će: 'O ne, oče Abrahame! Nego dođe li tko od mrtvih k njima, obratit će se.' Reče mu: 'Ako ne slušaju Mojsija i Proroka, neće povjerovati sve da i od mrtvih tko ustane.'« (Lk 16, 19-31) Pred nas su stavljena dva čovjeka: bogataš i siromah. Siromah se zvao Lazar i ležao je bolestan, sav u čirevima, pred bogataševim vratima. Možemo zaključiti kako je život tom siromahu bio jako težak. Bio je siromašan, a uz to je bio i bolestan. Još je sjedio pored bogataševe kuće i priželjkivao je nasititi se onim najmanjim – onim što je padalo sa stola, dakle s otpacima. No, bogataš to nije ni primijetio niti je što poduzeo oko siromaha. Siromah se mučio u svojim bolima i kao takav u boli je umro. Iako je drugi čovjek bio bogataš, to ga nije činilo u biti drugačijim od siromaha. Naime, i on je bio samo čovjek. Izvana se možda činilo kako su to dva različita stvorenja i kako im se treba obraćati različitim stavom, kako jedan zaslužuje, a drugi ne zaslužuje poštovanje. No, ispod svih tih razlika stoji ključna jednakost svih ljudi pred Bogom. Obojica su umrla. Siromah je u raju, a bogataš u mukama. Kao da se situacija okrenula. Ali situacija se nije tada okrenula u korist siromaha. I nisu njih dvojica stavljena kao oprečnost jedan drugome zbog svoga staleža ili imovinskoga stanja ili životnih muka. Možda uopće nisu stavljeni kao oprečnost. Siromah je bogatašu stavljen kao mogućnost, kao prilika. Bogataš je mogao svoje buduće stanje promijeniti brigom o siromahu. Mogao je i on biti u krilu Abrahamovu, ali morao je za to prvo priznati ovoga siromaha svojim bratom. Jer kako bi obojica mogli biti u krilu Abrahamovu, a da se ne smatraju braćom? Isus nas ovom prispodobom poziva na milosrđe prema svim ljudima i na prihvaćanje svih bez razlike u njihovim životnim stanjima ili stanjima na bankovnom računu. Isus traži da prepoznamo u drugima Božju djecu, svoju braću i da pomažemo jedni drugima na svojim putovima. I uočimo još jedno. Siromah se zove Lazar, a bogataš nema svoje ime. On je bezimen, bezličan, neprepoznatljiv. Nemojmo sebi nikad dopustiti da ostanemo neprepoznatljivi, nego neka nas drugi prepoznaju po našim djelima milosrđa i neka nas prepoznaju u imenu Isusa Krista.