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The Rich Man, Brother Lazarus, and Donald J. Trump · The Reading Instruction Show

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  I'm Andy Johnson. This is the Church of Transpersonal
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  Christianity, and the topic of today's short
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  sermon is called To Hell With You. Now people
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  who agree with what I have to say today will
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  say I speak with passion, and those who disagree
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  will say I'm ranting, and that's just the way
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  of it. But today I'm going to speak in terms
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  that some of you might understand. To hell with
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  you. John 2, 19 to 21 says, this is the verdict.
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  Light has come into the world, but people loved
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  darkness instead of light because their deeds
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  were evil. Everyone who does evil hates the light
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  and will not come into the light for fear that
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  their deeds will be exposed. But whoever lives
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  by the truth comes into the light so that it
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  may be seen plainly that what they have done
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  has been done in the sight of God. People loved
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  the darkness because their deeds were evil. They
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  love it. They want it to stay hidden. Now, good
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  is that which nurtures and provides for the self,
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  for others, and the community. That is good.
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  We take responsibility. We are responsible for
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  each other's, as the gospels and epistles tell
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  us. Evil is that which takes from, harms, or
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  destroys the self, others, or the community.
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  That's evil in its basic form. And you can harm
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  and destroy by what you do and by what you don't
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  do, meaning that evil can be done by withholding
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  what's needed. Whoever does evil hates the light.
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  Evil is done on a personal basis. Luke 16 19
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  through 31 describes the rich man and Lazarus.
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  There was a rich man who was dressed in purple
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  and fine linen and lived in luxury every day.
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  At his gate was laid a beggar named Lazarus,
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  covered with sores and longing to eat what fell
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  from the rich man's table. Even the dogs came
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  and licked his soles. Evil is done on a personal
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  basis, but it's also done on a corporate basis.
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  And your president is the rich man. Worse, he
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  has turned our country into the rich man. And
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  Lazarus is begging us, longing to eat the crumbs
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  that fall from our tables. Lazarus is millions
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  upon millions of people crying out, feed us,
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  clothe us, protect us from evil and violence.
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  We want to save our children. America first is
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  me first. We turn our backs to the world. We
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  withhold aid from other countries because it's
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  not good for business. The richest country on
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  the planet sets tariffs because we're not making
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  enough money. We cut aid that was used to feed
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  people, to provide medicine for people because
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  it was not good for us. It's not in our best
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  interest, they say. So we turn our backs to the
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  suffering because it's not good for us. We spend
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  billions on masked agents used to intimidate
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  and bully and threaten and kill. And we justify
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  it. You justify it. And we spend cut programs
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  that spend money for providing food and healthcare.
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  You did that. They deserve it, you say. They're
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  lazy, you say. They don't work hard. God bless
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  America, you say, and to hell with everybody
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  else. We turn our back to the young girls who
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  were raped and trafficked. and instead we prosecute
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  those who upset the rich man, who made him feel
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  uncomfortable. Well, in the Bible, the rich man
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  died and went to hell. And he looked up and saw
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  Lazarus in the bosom of Abraham. And he said
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  to Abraham, send Lazarus to dip the tip of his
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  finger in water. and cool my tongue because I
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  am in the agony of fire." And Abraham said, no.
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  Jesus says in Matthew 25, then he will say to
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  those at his left hand, you that are accursed,
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  depart from me into the eternal fire prepared
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  for the devil and his angels. For I was hungry
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  and you gave me no food. I was thirsty and you
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  gave me nothing to drink. I was a stranger and
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  you did not welcome me. Naked and you did not
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  give me clothing. Sick and in prison and you
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  did not visit me. And they will answer, Lord,
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  when was it? that we saw you hungry, or thirsty,
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  or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison?
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  When did we see this and not take care of you?"
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  Then he will answer them, truly I tell you, just
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  as you did this unto the least of these, you
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  did not do it to one of the least of these, you
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  did not do it to me. Depart from me. to hell
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  with you who call yourselves Christians and support
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  the rich man. You stand for the flag and kneel
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  for the cross and you turn your back to those
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  in need, to hell with you. Luke 8, 17 says, for
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  there is nothing that will not be disclosed.
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  and nothing concealed that will not be known
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  or brought into the open. To hell with you who
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  justify the evil being done by this president.
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  By your support, you do this by proxy.