# Warning from the Rich Man - The Gospels

An episode of [Kids Bible in a Year with Julia Jeffress Sadler](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1696638708), 7 Mar 2024, 11 min.

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Join Julia Jeffress Sadler as she takes us on an incredible adventure in Episode 169. Jesus told a story about a rich man who had everything and a poor man named Lazarus who had nothing. When they died, Lazarus was comforted in heaven, but the rich man suffered in Hades and begged for relief. The story teaches about the consequences of ignoring the needs of others and the importance of listening to God's teachings. Sign up to receive Kids Bible in a Year devotionals in your inbox every weekday: https://www.kidsbibleinayear.com/ Get ready to experience the Bible designed specifically for children with the official KidsBibleinaYear.com podcast, led by Julia Jeffress Sadler. This captivating audio series presents the age-old wisdom of the Bible in an engaging format that will captivate your kids. Each episode Julia translates biblical teachings into real-life applications, making Bible comprehension a breeze for young minds. And if you want more Christian resources and content, you can download the Pray.com app. Pray.com is the digital destination for faith, offering over 5,000 daily prayers, meditations, bedtime Bible stories, and cinematic stories inspired by the Bible. For more resources on how to live a successful Christian life, visit Julia Jeffress Sadler's website at https://ptv.org/julia/. This episode is sponsored by Little Passports. Visit LittlePassports.com/blessed and use promo code BLESSED to receive 20% off. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

## Transcript

[0:00] Speaker 1: Don't lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, every
[0:04] Speaker 1: moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal.
[0:08] Speaker 1: But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, for where
[0:12] Speaker 1: your treasure is, there your heart will also be.
[0:16] Speaker 2: Matthew 6, 19-21.
[0:19] Speaker 1: Dear God, thank you for the reminder today to store
[0:22] Speaker 1: up treasures in heaven and not worry so much about
[0:25] Speaker 1: what happens down here. Help us to remember that no
[0:28] Speaker 1: matter what cool things we have, nothing can.
[0:32] Speaker 2: Compare to you. And even when things.
[0:34] Speaker 1: Are going great and we have everything we want or need,
[0:38] Speaker 1: help us to remember that you are better and nothing
[0:41] Speaker 1: in this world compares to you.
[0:43] Speaker 2: In Jesus' name, amen.
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[1:21] Speaker 4: Warning from the rich man. In our last story, we
[1:26] Speaker 4: learned through Peter's tax questions that children are provided for,
[1:30] Speaker 4: and we must become like children to enter the kingdom
[1:34] Speaker 4: of God. In this story, Jesus tells a story about
[1:38] Speaker 4: a rich man and a poor man named Lazarus, who
[1:42] Speaker 4: both died and what happens to them. As inspired by
[1:48] Speaker 4: the Gospels.
[1:52] Speaker 1: Hey, it's Julianne Thompson, guest hosting for Julia Jeffress Sadler,
[1:56] Speaker 1: back for another story from the Kids Bible in a
[1:58] Speaker 1: Year podcast. Today, we are hearing a story that may
[2:02] Speaker 1: sound a little strange, but if we stick with it,
[2:05] Speaker 1: there's a very good lesson in the end. Well, let's
[2:08] Speaker 1: dive in.
[2:11] Speaker 4: Jesus began to share a story. There was a man
[2:15] Speaker 4: who had everything he needed and everything that he wanted.
[2:19] Speaker 4: He lived in a big house. owned the best clothes,
[2:23] Speaker 4: and ate the most delicious food. He was a very
[2:27] Speaker 4: rich man and did not lack anything. Lazarus was a
[2:31] Speaker 4: very poor man and a sick man who lived outside
[2:36] Speaker 4: his house. He wished that he could eat the leftovers
[2:39] Speaker 4: that the rich man threw away. Lazarus was covered in
[2:44] Speaker 4: sores all over his body. Even the dogs would come
[2:48] Speaker 4: by and lick all his wounds. One day, Lazarus died,
[2:54] Speaker 4: and the angels took him to heaven with Abraham. Lazarus
[2:58] Speaker 4: stayed in heaven by Abraham's side. The rich man soon
[3:02] Speaker 4: died after and was buried in the ground. He ended
[3:07] Speaker 4: up in Hades and was very far from where Lazarus was.
[3:11] Speaker 4: It was a horrible place, and the rich man was
[3:14] Speaker 4: so sad to be there. He was in pain and
[3:18] Speaker 4: was being tortured from the fire. The rich man looked
[3:21] Speaker 4: up and he could see Abraham and Lazarus far away
[3:25] Speaker 4: from him. He begged and cried out to Abraham, Please,
[3:30] Speaker 4: let Lazarus dip his finger in water and cool my tongue.
[3:34] Speaker 4: It is so hot from this fire down here. I
[3:38] Speaker 4: am in so much pain, and I cannot take it anymore.
[3:42] Speaker 4: Abraham said to him, All your life you had everything
[3:47] Speaker 4: you wanted. There was never a need in your life.
[3:51] Speaker 4: and you never went without. You always had good things
[3:56] Speaker 4: and never had anything bad. Lazarus never had anything good.
[4:01] Speaker 4: He only had bad things. But now he is taken
[4:05] Speaker 4: care of, and you are now in pain and surrounded
[4:09] Speaker 4: by that fire. There is a very big gap between us,
[4:14] Speaker 4: and you can never reach anyone, and no one can
[4:18] Speaker 4: reach you. The rich man cried out, Please send Lazarus
[4:23] Speaker 4: to my family and warn my brothers. I do not
[4:26] Speaker 4: want them to end.
[4:27] Speaker 2: Up here with me.
[4:28] Speaker 4: This is a horrible place and I do not want
[4:31] Speaker 4: my brothers to be stuck here like I am. Abraham said,
[4:36] Speaker 4: They should listen to the prophets and to Moses. The
[4:40] Speaker 4: man replied, No, that will not work. They will listen
[4:45] Speaker 4: and repent if someone who is dead tells them. Abraham said,
[4:50] Speaker 4: If they do not listen to the prophets, they will
[4:54] Speaker 4: surely not listen to someone who is dead.
[5:02] Speaker 2: I know, I know.
[5:03] Speaker 1: This is not your usual bedtime story. As we open,
[5:07] Speaker 1: we find Jesus telling his friends a story. But it
[5:10] Speaker 1: wasn't a parable this time. Usually when Jesus told parables,
[5:14] Speaker 1: there were no names. And they were just stories he
[5:17] Speaker 1: would tell to help people understand something. But this story
[5:22] Speaker 1: was different. Many people believe that Jesus saw the story
[5:26] Speaker 1: take place. He tells of a rich man who had everything.
[5:31] Speaker 1: He didn't just have everything he needed to live. He
[5:35] Speaker 1: had everything he wanted too. He had all the coolest clothes,
[5:40] Speaker 1: the biggest house, and the yummiest food. He even had
[5:44] Speaker 1: servants who would bring it to him. If you can
[5:47] Speaker 1: have anything in the world you wanted... what would you
[5:50] Speaker 1: choose right now? Well, there was one thing that the
[5:54] Speaker 1: rich man did not have, and that's a friendship with God.
[5:59] Speaker 2: Because he loved all of his stuff.
[6:01] Speaker 1: So much and didn't think he needed anyone. He chose
[6:05] Speaker 1: not to love and follow God. He chose to find
[6:08] Speaker 1: joy and happiness in his things instead of in God's
[6:11] Speaker 1: love for him. He chose not to help someone else
[6:15] Speaker 1: who was very poor. Next, We heard about another man
[6:19] Speaker 1: whose name was Lazarus. His life on earth was very
[6:23] Speaker 1: different from this rich man. He didn't have much money.
[6:27] Speaker 1: He wasn't very healthy, and he didn't even have a house.
[6:32] Speaker 1: He was in a lot of physical pain and lived
[6:35] Speaker 1: on little scraps of food from the rich man. But
[6:38] Speaker 1: he did have one thing, God. He knew and believed
[6:43] Speaker 1: in God, and because of that, when he died, The
[6:46] Speaker 1: angels took him up to heaven. When he got there,
[6:49] Speaker 1: he stood next to Abraham. But when the rich man
[6:53] Speaker 1: died because he did not know God, he didn't get
[6:56] Speaker 1: to go to heaven like Lazarus.
[6:59] Speaker 2: He had to go.
[6:59] Speaker 1: Somewhere else that's far from God, where he would be
[7:03] Speaker 1: separated from him forever.
[7:06] Speaker 2: And it wasn't a good place to be.
[7:08] Speaker 1: In fact, Jesus tells us in this story that the
[7:11] Speaker 1: rich man was begging for some cold water because it
[7:15] Speaker 1: was so hot there. Abraham told him that this was
[7:18] Speaker 1: not possible because of the way he lived while he
[7:21] Speaker 1: was on earth. You see, even though the rich man
[7:25] Speaker 1: had everything he could ever want on earth, because he
[7:29] Speaker 1: chose not to follow God, he would have to spend.
[7:32] Speaker 2: Forever in a very bad place.
[7:35] Speaker 1: And on the contrary, because this man, Lazarus, did love
[7:39] Speaker 1: and follow God, even though he had nothing on earth,
[7:43] Speaker 1: he was given everything in heaven. Jesus told us the
[7:48] Speaker 1: story to teach us something about the way we live
[7:50] Speaker 1: here on earth. You see, the rich man did not
[7:53] Speaker 1: go to this bad place because he had money. There's
[7:56] Speaker 1: nothing wrong with being rich. But there is something wrong
[8:00] Speaker 1: with thinking that all of your money and things will
[8:03] Speaker 1: satisfy you. There's something wrong with thinking that you don't
[8:07] Speaker 1: need God. Jesus wants to know today that what we
[8:12] Speaker 1: do on earth will last forever.
[8:15] Speaker 2: Another time when he was teaching... He said that we
[8:18] Speaker 2: should be.
[8:18] Speaker 1: Storing up treasures in heaven while we're still here on earth.
[8:23] Speaker 1: Are you wondering what that means? It means we could
[8:27] Speaker 1: be doing things on earth that will last forever. Things
[8:30] Speaker 1: that will give us rewards when we get to heaven
[8:32] Speaker 1: one day. Things like helping someone who is in need,
[8:36] Speaker 1: encouraging someone who is sad, or obeying God even when
[8:41] Speaker 1: it's hard. Those are treasures that we will get once
[8:45] Speaker 1: we see Jesus.
[8:47] Speaker 2: And here's the thing.
[8:48] Speaker 1: There's nothing wrong with wanting new shoes, a nice house,
[8:52] Speaker 1: or a cool car. But if those things are the
[8:55] Speaker 1: reason we live, we will be just like that rich.
[8:58] Speaker 2: Man who didn't choose to follow God.
[9:02] Speaker 1: Can you think of something you can do today to
[9:05] Speaker 1: store up treasures in heaven?
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