The coming of God’s kingdom means a great reversal is coming. This message was given on October 23, 2016 at New City Church in Calgary by Pastor John Ferguson. For more info, please visit: www.newcitychurch.ca

1. THE COMING
GREAT
REVERSAL
The Gospel of Luke
16:19-31

2. God Gives Us His Words of Eternal Life
Luke 16:19-31
Found on page 876 in our guest Bibles.
Today’s Scripture:

3. There are times when Jesus
comforts the afflicted…

4. There are times when Jesus
comforts the afflicted…
and times when he
afflicts the comfortable.

5. THE COMING
GREAT
REVERSAL
The Gospel of Luke
16:19-31

6. 1 Now the tax collectors and sinners
were all drawing near to him. 2 And the
Pharisees and the scribes grumbled,
saying, “This man receives sinners and
eats with them….”
CONTEXT: Luke 15:1-2

7. 13 “No servant can serve two masters,
for either he will hate the one and love
the other, or he will be devoted to the one
and despise the other. You cannot serve
God and money.”
CONTEXT: Luke 16:13-16

8. 14 The Pharisees, who were lovers of
money, heard all these things, and they
ridiculed him. 15 And he said to them,
you are those who justify yourselves
before men, but God knows your hearts.
For what is exalted among men is an
abomination in the sight of God.
CONTEXT: Luke 16:13-16

9. 16 “The Law and the Prophets were until
John; since then the good news of the
kingdom of God is preached, and every-
one is forcing his way into it….”
CONTEXT: Luke 16:13-16

10. 19 “There was a rich man who was
clothed in purple and fine linen and who
feasted sumptuously every day….”
Luke 16:19-31

11. “Rich Man & Lazarus” by Eugene Bernand (1850-1921)

12. 20 “And at his gate was laid a poor man
named Lazarus, covered with sores, 21
who desired to be fed with what fell from
the rich man’s table. Moreover, even the
dogs came and licked his sores….”
Luke 16:19-31

13. “Rich Man & Lazarus” by Eugene Bernand (1850-1921)

14. 22 “The poor man died and was carried
by the angels to Abraham’s side. The
rich man also died and was buried, 23
and in Hades, being in torment, he lifted
his eyes and saw Abraham far off and
Lazarus at his side.…”
Luke 16:19-31

15. 24 “And he called out, ‘Father Abraham,
have mercy on me, and send Lazarus to
dip the end of his finger in water and cool
my tongue, for I am in anguish in this
flame.’”
Luke 16:19-31

16. 25 “But Abraham said, ‘Child, remember
that in your lifetime you received your
good things, and Lazarus in like manner
bad things; but now he is comforted here,
and you are in anguish.
Luke 16:19-31

17. 26 “And besides all this, between us and
you a great chasm has been fixed, in
order that those who would pass from
here to you may not be able, and none
may cross from there to us….”
Luke 16:19-31

19. “…the chasm is a boundary that protects
Lazarus from the destructive power of the
rich man’s sin. No longer will God let the
rich man treat Lazarus like a dog. No longer
will the bully rule the play-ground, the
husband beat his family, the superpower
exploit the developing world. When God
establishes his new creation, he will protect
it from hell’s invasion.”

20. “…the boundary does something more,
however, than simply prevent hell from
invading the new creation. It also prevents
the new creation from being dragged into
hell. God will not let the rich man drag
Lazarus down with him. No longer will God
let the warlord recruit the child soldier into a
living hell, the rapist lure the drunk girl into
his burning bed, the terrorist inflict his
vindictive flames on innocent families….
God protects his new world by banishing
the tyranny of the old world.”

21. 27 “And he said, ‘Then I beg you, father,
to send him to my father’s house—28 for
I have five brothers—so that he may warn
them, lest they come into this place of
torment….’”
Luke 16:19-31

22. 29 “But Abraham said, ‘They have Moses
and the Prophets; let them hear them….’”
Luke 16:19-31

23. “The Law and the
Prophets were until
John; since then the
good news of the
kingdom of God is
preached, and
everyone forces his
way into it.”
~ Jesus of Nazareth in
The Gospel of Luke 16:16

24. 30 “And he said, ‘No, father Abraham, but
if someone goes to them from the dead,
they will repent….’
Luke 16:19-31

25. 31 And he said to him, ‘If they do not
hear Moses and the Prophets, neither
will they be convinced if someone
should rise from the dead.’”
Luke 16:19-31

26. “So the chief priest and the
Pharisees gathered the
Council and said, ‘What are we
to do? For this man performs
many signs. If we let him go on
like this, everyone will believe
in him, and the Romans will
come and take away both our
place and our nation…’ So
from that day on, they made
plans to put him to death.”
~ The Gospel of John 11:47ff.

28. The coming of God’s Kingdom
means a great reversal is coming.

29. HEED THE
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30. “I tell you, many will come from the east and west
and recline at table with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob
in the kingdom of heaven, while the sons of the
kingdom will be thrown into outer darkness. In that
place, there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”
~ Jesus of Nazareth in the Gospel of Matthew 8:11-12

31. Hell is simply one’s
freely chosen identity
apart from God on a
trajectory into infinity.
~ Tim Keller, Pastor
Redeemer NYC

32. ~ Jesus of Nazareth in
The Gospel of John 5:24
“Truly, truly, I say to you,
whoever hears my word
and believes him who sent
me has eternal life. He
does not come into
judgment, but has passed
from death to life.”

33. Remember, you are
blessed to be a blessing.

34. “For you know the grace
of our Lord Jesus Christ,
that though he was rich,
yet for your sake he
became poor, so that
you by his poverty might
become rich.”
~ The Apostle Paul in
2 Corinthians 8:9

35. “If anyone has material
possessions and sees his
brother in need but has no
pity on him, how can the
love of God be in him?”
~ The Apostle John
in1 John 3:17

36. ~ James 2:14-17
“What good is it, my brothers, is someone says he
has faith but does not have works? Can that faith
save him? If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and
lacking in jail food, and one of you says to them, ‘Go
in peace, be warmed and filled,’ without giving them
the things needed for the body, what good is that? So
also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.”

37. May you be a people
who know the coming
of God’s Kingdom means
a great reversal is coming,
and may you use your
blessings to be a blessing.

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