I am using the daily Bible reading schedule from “The Bible.net” for my daily Bible reading.

Today, I am reading and commenting on Luke 14-16

As I was reading this I considered writing about various elements of this passage: Jesus’ teaching about humility, His parables about seeking the lost, His parable about the fired manager, and such.  However, when I got to the end, to the end of His story about Lazarus and the rich man, I was truly struck by what He said Abraham told the rich man.  Jesus said that when the rich man asked Abraham to send someone back from the dead, Abraham responded by telling him that if they won’t listen to Moses and the prophets, they won’t listen if someone comes back from the dead.  That concluding statement reminds me of something I heard a Christian apologist say once.  When someone asks for proof of God’s existence, before trying to offer them proof, ask them what would constitute proof for them.  Jesus made the point that God has revealed Himself.  Those insisting that they need more proof do not want to believe that God exists; they want to believe that He does not exist.