Ziggy
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I see the rich man as the old man, and the poor man as the new man.No, look at the descriptions
Luke 16:20
And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores,
John 11:1
Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha.
And you hear it the way God has you hear it.
Pro 29:13
The poor and the deceitful man meet together: the LORD lighteneth both their eyes.
Eph 4:22
That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;
Eph 4:23
And be renewed in the spirit of your mind;
Eph 4:24
And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.
Jhn 11:1
Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha.
Jhn 11:2
(It was that Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick. )
Jhn 11:3
Therefore his sisters sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick.
Jhn 11:6
When he had heard therefore that he was sick, he abode two days still in the same place where he was.
Jhn 11:9
Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world.
Jhn 11:10
But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because there is no light in him.
Jhn 11:11
These things said he: and after that he saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep.
1Th 5:4
But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.
1Th 5:5
Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.
1Th 5:6
Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.
1Th 5:7
For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.
1Th 5:8
But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.
1Th 5:9
For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,
1Th 5:10
Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.
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