Aug. 20, 2025

When It's Too Late to Repent

Send us a text Have you ever considered what regret sounds like after death? In Luke 16:27-31, Jesus delivers one of Scripture's most sobering warnings through the parable of the rich man and Lazarus. This episode dives deep into this passage where we witness a chilling reality: a man who ignored God during life suddenly becomes desperately evangelistic after death—when it's eternally too late. We're living in days where eternity feels distant. Our culture drowns in distractions, from endles...

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Have you ever considered what regret sounds like after death? In Luke 16:27-31, Jesus delivers one of Scripture's most sobering warnings through the parable of the rich man and Lazarus. This episode dives deep into this passage where we witness a chilling reality: a man who ignored God during life suddenly becomes desperately evangelistic after death—when it's eternally too late.

We're living in days where eternity feels distant. Our culture drowns in distractions, from endless scrolling to binge-watching, creating generations more concerned with screen time reports than their eternal destination. The delusion of delay has become Satan's masterful weapon. If he can't make you reject God outright, he'll convince you to postpone Him until tomorrow—a tomorrow that's never guaranteed.

What's particularly striking about Jesus' teaching is His emphasis on Scripture's sufficiency. When the rich man begs for a supernatural sign to convince his brothers, Abraham's response is direct: "If they won't listen to Moses and the prophets, they won't listen even if someone rises from the dead." This prophetic statement foreshadowed how many would reject Jesus despite His resurrection. Today, people trust AI over Scripture, read horoscopes before opening their Bibles, and chase emotional experiences while neglecting God's written Word. In these end times, miracles don't convert hard hearts—only the Word of God, believed and received, brings salvation.

This message carries urgent weight for believers and unbelievers alike. The door of grace remains open today, but Scripture warns repeatedly about its eventual closing. Are you building your life on the steady rock of God's Word or on shifting sands of signs, feelings, and experiences? Are you ready for eternity, or are you gambling with forever? Listen now and share this truth while there's still time—because once eternity begins, the opportunity for choice ends.

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Be An Encourager...Not A Discourager!

Chapters

00:00 - Introduction to Luke 16 Warning

01:30 - The Rich Man's Plea from Hell

03:42 - God's Word Is Enough

06:07 - The Delusion of Delay

07:52 - Urgency for the End Times

12:28 - Closing Prayer and Personal Confession

14:26 - Outro and Call to Share

Transcript

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Welcome to Renewed Mindsets, where we dig into God's Word with urgency for the days we're living in.

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Today we're looking at Luke, chapter 16, where Jesus warns that once eternity begins, it's too late to repent.

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This message will challenge you to live ready, stay faithful and hold fast the truth.

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In these end times.

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Let's go, boys.

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Hey, welcome back to Renewed Mindsets.

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I'm Rick and I'm so glad you're here.

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Today we're focusing on one of the heaviest passages in the entire New Testament Luke, chapter 16, verses 27 through 31.

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It's the conclusion of the parable of the rich man and Lazarus, and it's devastating because in these verses, Jesus shows us what eternity looks like for the unrepentant, he shows us what regret sounds like in hell and he shows us the sufficiency of God's word, even when people demand signs.

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And here's why this matters for us in the end times.

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We're living in a generation that craves signs, feelings and experiences but ignores the word of God.

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A generation drowning in distraction, lulled to sleep by entertainment and convinced that tomorrow is guaranteed.

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But Jesus' words cut through the noise.

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They remind us tomorrow is not promised and once eternity begins, it's too late.

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So let's read together.

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Then the rich man said Please, Father Abraham, at least send him to my father's house, for I have five brothers and I want him to warn them so that they don't end up in this place of torment.

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But Abraham said Moses and the prophets have warned them.

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Your brothers can read what they wrote.

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The rich man replied no, Father Abraham, but if someone is sent to them from the dead, then they will repent for their sins and turn to God.

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But Abraham said If they won't listen to Moses and the prophets, they won't listen even if someone rises from the dead.

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That's Luke, chapter 16, verses 27 through 31 from the New Living Translation, and it's sobering and it's unavoidable and it's truth.

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The rich man who had everything in life suddenly finds himself in torment and notice in eternity.

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He finally gets concerned for others, he becomes evangelistic, he pleads for his brothers, but it's too late.

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There's a chilling irony here People who never cared about eternity and life suddenly care once they step into it.

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But the moment of choice is gone.

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Hebrews 9.27 says Each person is destined to die once, and after that comes judgment.

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And listeners, friends, family here's the end times connection.

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Our culture thinks that death is distant, that life's a game and we have endless tomorrows.

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But the suddenness is the theme of judgment.

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Whether it was the flood in Noah's days, the fire in Lot's day or the trumpet in the days to come, modern culture distracts us from eternity.

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Think about it.

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Your phone you got endless scrolling.

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You got binge watching on Netflix, digital worlds that we live in.

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We're a generation that spends more time worrying about their screen time report than their eternity report.

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It's a generation that spends more time worrying about their screen time report than their eternity report.

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Who in your life needs to hear the gospel while there's still time?

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Abraham's answer is sharp, though.

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Moses and the prophets have warned them.

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Your brothers can read what they wrote.

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In other words, the word of God is enough.

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We live in a time when people are saying if God would just give me a sign, I'd believe, but scripture says otherwise.

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The Pharisees saw Jesus perform miracles every day and they still demanded another sign, and when he rose from the dead, they didn't believe anyway.

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Today, it's the same.

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People chase the supernatural, but they ignore the word.

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They consult psychics, they read horoscopes, they trust AI predictions and believe the conspiracy YouTubers, but they dismiss the Bible as outdated.

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Even in the church, people are craving emotional highs, goosebumps, smoke machines, but they neglect the written word that's been preserved for centuries Roman 10, 7.

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So faith comes from hearing.

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9107, so faith comes from hearing, that is, hearing the good news about Christ.

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Faith is not born from fireworks, it's born from Scripture.

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Are you building a life on the steady rock of God's Word or on signs, feelings and experiences?

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The rich man begged Abraham for one more chance for his brothers to see something supernatural so that they would repent, but Abraham said no.

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Now this is where many people live today.

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They live in the delusion that God will always give them one more chance.

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I'll repent tomorrow.

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I'll get serious about God when I'm older.

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I'll start following him after I've lived a little, but tomorrow it's not guaranteed.

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And delay is disobedience.

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Think of our culture.

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Death is treated as entertainment.

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We watch movies, play video games.

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We scroll past real war and violence like it's background noise.

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Death seems distant, but it's not.

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Every day, thousands of people enter eternity, and most of them without Christ, In other words, most of them in hell.

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Hebrews 3.15 says Today, when you hear his voice, don't harden your hearts as Israel did when they rebelled.

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The delusion of delay is one of Satan's greatest weapons.

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If he can't get you to reject God outright, he'll convince you to postpone him?

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Are you living with a false sense of tomorrow?

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Jesus closes this parable by saying if they won't listen to Moses and the prophets, they won't listen, even if, and the prophets, they won't listen, even if somebody rises from the dead.

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Now that is prophetic, because in just a short time, Jesus himself would rise from the dead and the religious elite, the very ones who demanded a sign, still refused to refuse to believe.

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This exposes a terrifying truth about the end times.

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Miracles don't convert hard hearts, yeah, Signs don't transform rebellion.

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Only the word of God, believed and received, brings salvation.

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And Revelation shows us what happens when people reject that word.

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Even as God's judgments fall, plagues and earthquakes and fire, people shake their fists at heaven and curse God instead of repenting.

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This is our world now.

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We've seen miracles of medicine, technology, protection.

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We've watched Israel restored as a nation, prophecy fulfilled before our eyes, and still the world mocks.

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They mock God.

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Think about it.

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Now People trust the voice of AI over the voice of Scripture.

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It now People trust the voice of AI over the voice of scripture.

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They'll read their horoscope before they open their Bible.

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They'll repost spiritual quotes from Instagram, but reject the red letters of Jesus Christ.

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Paul warns us in 2 Thessalonians 2, verses 10 and 11,.

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They perish because they refuse to love the truth and so be saved.

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So God will cause them to be greatly deceived and they will believe these lies.

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This is the hour that we're in people.

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Truth is available, but people are choosing deception.

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But people are choosing deception.

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Are you clinging to the truth or are you drifting with the lies of today?

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The warning of Luke 16, 27 through 31 is this Once eternity begins, there's no second chances.

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The cries of the lost come too late.

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The promise is this right now, the word of God is still speaking, the spirit of God is still drawing and the door of grace is still open.

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John 5, 24 says I tell you the truth those who listen to my message and believe in God who sent me, have eternal life.

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They will never be condemned for their sins, but they have already passed from death to life.

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Right now you can cross over from death to life, but don't wait, Don't play games, Don't assume you have another tomorrow.

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So what does this passage teach us for the end times?

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Well, the cries of the lost come too late.

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The word of God is enough.

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The delusion of delay is deadly.

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And in the last days, the days that we're living in, only those who love the truth will be saved.

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This isn't just theology, Hear me.

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This is urgency.

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If you've been drifting, you need to repent right now.

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If you've been delaying surrender, right now.

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If you've been chasing signs, fall in love with God's word right now.

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Luke 12, 35 and 36 says Be dressed for service and keep your lamps burning, as though you were waiting for your master to return from the wedding feast.

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Then you will be ready to open the door and let him in the moment he arrives and knocks.

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Stay dressed, Stay burning, Stay ready.

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Pray with me.

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Father, God, we hear your warning in this passage.

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We feel the weight of eternity.

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Forgive us for delay, Forgive us for distraction, Forgive us for chasing signs and neglecting your word.

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Today we choose to repent.

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Today we choose to repent.

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Today we choose to love the truth.

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Today we ask you to use us as messengers before the door of grace closes.

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Strengthen us to live urgent, holy, uncompromised lives in these end times.

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We ask this in Jesus' mighty name, Amen.

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So I got a confession to make here about this episode.

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I have been bogged down at work.

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You know what?

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I got a million excuses on why there hasn't been a new episode in the last couple weeks, and they all are worthless.

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They're worthless excuses.

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I want to thank Kimmy for encouraging me with tough love today to listen to God, to listen to his voice, so that I could prepare this message for this week.

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I've been putting it off because the world was making so many demands on my time, but her words reminded me that obedience to God can't wait and that the message that he gives us has to come before everything else.

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So for that challenge and that encouragement, Kimmy, I am truly grateful.

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The executive producer of Renewed Mindsets is Christy McCurry.

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That's all for today, but I'll be back with more unfiltered biblical truth and undeniable prophecy.

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The time to wake up is now.

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If today's episode challenged you, don't keep it to yourself.

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Tell someone.

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Please.

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Text them a link.

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Share the truth while there's still time.

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Jesus is coming soon.

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Stay watchful, Stay holy, Stay renewed Until next week.

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I'm Rick.

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Be an encourager, not a discourager.

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I love you, See ya.

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