Are We Ready for the Kingdom?

Luke 16:19-31

1. Today’s biggest apologetic need: What’s up with this hell thing? How can a loving God send anyone to hell?
   1. Real question: Does God do the sending?
2. This parable:
   1. Context is king! Pharisees, OT, missing the point!
   2. Lazarus and the “Rich man” - why are they there?
   3. How do we escape the “rich man’s” fate?
3. Listening to the Law and the Prophets
   1. What is the message?
   2. Where does Jesus fit into all of this?
   3. “They will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.”
4. Where are you with Jesus?
   1. The point of the Lord’s Table

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