 When you look at Paul's writing to Timothy about riches, his advice to those who are blessed is to be very careful because wealth can kill your soul. It may be you and I are not rich in that sense, but we may have even more opportunity to encourage, lift, and help others than the rich man. It would be difficult for me to read about the rich man in Lazarus and not question the lesson it teaches about what is important if we have something, and that lesson is we do not need a closed heart or fist.