Lazarus vs Rich Man

Happy Sunday to all of you out there.
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Today's teaching in the church is really great. The priest touched my heart because what he has said is reality that we everyday do. The priest stressed on the phrase, "You cannot see the beautiful mercy of God unless you experienced the misery of sin."
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It's true and I totally agree with it. We human tend not to appreciate things until we realize that we are losing it. God was always with us no matter during happy time or hard time. But us human, will only look for God when we are in hard time. We should reconsider that kind of attitude if we really wanted to be saved.
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Denial. That was the word used by the priest in his sermon. We always hide ourselves from realizing that we are actually committing sin. It is just because of the comfortable and temporary happiness that make us purposely forget things that we should or should not do. Those free thinkers are one of the example given of self denial people. They think that they are the God to themselves. They think too high of themselves which will lead to a lot of bad habits due to pride. When we always remind ourselves that there are greater power taking care of us, automatically humbleness will comes in.
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We will reap the same things that we have planted. If you planted corn, in the end, you will reap corn. There is no way for you to plant grape and reaping apple during harvest time. Same concept applied to our life. If we are planting mercy in our life, we will also obtain mercy from God. So be careful on what you are planting today. If you think that what you are planting is not good, better start to re-plant it. Change to better things. It will never be too late as long as you are still breathing.
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Our soul will feel intense pain even more than our physical body can experience. Pain in our flesh is just temporary but pain in our soul will remain forever. Being in hell will give the pain to our soul. So do you want to go there?
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Repentance starts from our heart and soul. When we repent for all the sin we have done, we should feel sorrow in our heart. Tears will surely coming out from our eyes thinking of all the bad things we had done. Remember this, if we are not crying in this world, we will cry later in hell. Tears is not allowed in Heaven so if you are crying after-death, you know where is your location at that time.
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You can still choose your path NOW. Young age does not mean that you have more time to enjoy before getting back on track. Death can come anytime. We cannot escape death, judgment, heaven or hell. So stop being denial. Open your blind eyes and see.
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It's time for us to calibrate our destination in life.
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Regards,
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Timben