But every day the rich man passed by Lazarus without even giving him a thought. He was hoping that the rich man might have pity on him and that he might be able to satisfy his hunger with the leftovers from the rich man's table. Lazarus was hungry and his body was covered with sores. A beggar named Lazarus lay outside the rich man's gate. After his death, Lazarus is carried away to an honored. Conversely, Lazarus was covered with sores, was hungry, and had only dogs to lick his sores. In his lifetime, the rich man ostentatiously displayed his wealth with beautiful clothes and lavish feasts. Jesus told a story about a rich man who wore the finest clothes and lived in luxury. The story begins with a drastic reversal that happens after these two men die (16:19-23). That is what happened in our Bible story today. And at his gatewas laid a poor man named Lazarus, covered. When they finally wake up, they find out that it is too late. There was a rich man who was clothed inpurple and fine linen andwho feasted sumptuously every day. The second problem is that if you keep hitting the snooze button, you may get so used to the sound of the alarm that you don’t even hear it at all and you will sleep right through the alarm.ĭid you know that God sometimes sounds a 'wake up' alarm in our lives? He speaks to our heart and says, 'It is time to wake up and follow Me.' Some people hit the snooze button and say, 'Not now Lord, call me again - a little bit later.' Some people hit that 'snooze button' so many times that they get to where they don’t even hear God’s voice. The first is that if you keep on hitting the snooze button, you may be late or miss out on something completely. Maybe it is nice to get that extra sleep, but there are two problems with snooze buttons. You can just keep on doing this and go right on sleeping. In about 10 minutes, the alarm will go off again. (Show snooze button.) When your alarm goes off, you can hit that button and go back to sleep. Children's Sermon: The Rich Man and Lazarus (Luke 16:19-31)ĭo you use an alarm clock to wake you up in the morning? A lot of alarm clocks have a button on them called a snooze button.

Bible story about rich man and lazarus