Honest Bible Believing

Tuesday August 15th, Ephesians 4: 25 We are part of the same body. Stop lying and start telling each other the truth. Last Sunday I listened to a TV preacher expound on the story of the rich man and Lazarus. His concern was that preachers do not tell the truth and preach on hell. The story in his mind was about the horrors of hell and how all must be saved in a Bible Believing church that teaches about hell or else they will go to hell themselves, as was the case with his father. I feel sorry for him, I feel sorry for his dearly departed father. For me the story is about the breakdown of the family of God, our failure to see each others as brothers and sisters in Christ. The rich mans sin was that even in hell, he still saw Lazarus only as someone to be used and do his bidding. I think we do need to start telling each other the truth, and the truth is that there is more said about the evils of social and economic separation than almost everything else in the scriptures except faith. Believe and care, or as Christ put it, love God and love others. All the rest is window dressing.