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Originally Posted by TulsaDavid
It is NOT a parable. The Gospels are explicit to let you know when it is a parable. "And He spoke a parable", or "the kingdom is likened", etc.
When Jesus said "there was a certain rich man" and "there was a certain beggar", He did not lie. And if by some off chance it was a parable (most unlikely, still), Jesus would not have falsified the rich man's condition in hell fire nor lead us down some unrealistic path.
The last thing any of us want is to be lost. But we also certainly don't want to hedge our bets with something like annihilation of the wicked.
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Hedge our bets? How so? If we dont want to be lost the key is to abide in Jesus. Make sure our works are perfect. Anything short of that leads to destruction.