What stood out to me in today's passage was neither the life-after-death deal nor greed/money. I remembered reading this passage before and noticing the two instances when the rich man requests Abraham to send Lazarus to do something for him. "Send Lazarus". The rich man thought that, even in the afterlife, Lazarus was inferior to him. He obviously doesn't know what kind of situation he's in, since he's the one simmering in hell while the beggar is the one elevated to the side of the great patriarch.
"Send Lazarus". How do we think of ourselves with respect to nonchristians? With Christians? Do we consider ourselves as being, in any way, superior to them, thus legitimizing our condescending actions towards them? Jesus said that, in heaven, the last shall be first and the first shall be last. How much do we humble ourselves? Are we guilty of elevating ourselves with respect to those around us? Are we guilty of pride?
I am.
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