Dear t,

Grace unto you, and peace,
from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

There's nothing literal about a parable, which is allegoric. Eg: the field mentioned in one parable is the world. There is, however, a spiritual moral to be learned from "allegory", which is also "mystery", as noted over 20 times in the NT.
http://www.godshew.org/Allegory.htm

You seem to be stuck on two laws, think yourself right, even righteous, via the better of such good/better Rom 8 law law. But before Rom 8:2 we have in Rom 7:6 flat stating "we are delivered from the law"; And after Rom 8:2 we have Rom 9:31 flat out stating those who diligently tried to be righteous by the law all failed to attain it, obviously since there is no righteousness in such lefteousness. Not to mention we have two laws noted in Mt 22:36-40, which flat out states the second(law) is like the first(law), and in Rom 8 law law the first is sin and death.
http://www.godshew.org/TwainShew4.htm#Laws

So the life in Christ Jesus, of the Spirit (of error: the antichrist spirit mentioned in 1John4), is indeed life, but it's life + death(added), via grace + law(added). Not to mention CJ is mirrorly reverse of JC, and JC is flat out stated as the only foundation laid to build on. Both peace with God and eternal salvation are notably "through Jesus -> Christ", which ends with "Christ": "the end of the law" (Romans 10:4). Paul speaks of both CJ and JC, but always clarifies he is an apostle of JC. Paul also opens and closes epistles with JC.
http://www.godshew.org/ChristJesus.htm
God given victory is "through" Jesus -> Christ
http://www.godshew.org/through.htm

Every good mystery has lots of twists to it. And of the two options noted: "escape" and "no escape", escape is notably via "give more earnest heed" to what's been said: Hebrews.
http://www.godshew.org/Hebrews3.htm

As for the Lazarus parable, mention of "torment" should ring a bell about "fear hath torment" in 1John, and about God is love being perfect love (Mt 5:48; 1John 4:1 , perfected love having no fear at all. That God is light having no darkness at all. The God of all grace is grace having no law at all. Being perfect(Mt 5:4 is also merciful(Lk 6:36), and mercy full (James 3) is mercy having no sacrifice at all (Ps 40:6; Ps 51:16; Hos 6:6; Mt 9:13; Mt 12:7; Heb 10), which is grace having no law at all (Heb 10), or having no fault (Heb .

But "comparing spiritual things (laws) with spiritual (grace)" is notably comparing "spiritual" with "spiritual", not natural law with spiritual law. Those in natural/spiritual Adams are law law, but self righteously partial to the 2nd law, and also seem to also believe life + death(added) ends with life, even the eternal sort. To them it is said: search the scriptures, for in them(Adam: Gen 5) ye(do err) think ye have eternal life.

t, law is mortal of mortal/immortal: 1Cor 15, whether a 1st or 2nd law (another law = evil concupiscence);
http://www.godshew.org/AnotherLaw.htm
http://www.godshew.org/Concupiscence.htm

Try comparing two Gods:
God in "heaven": "higher than the heavens"... Grace Us
God on "high" in divided "heavens"... Awful Lawful
http://www.godshew.org/TwoGods.htm

Law had an expiry date: "fulness of the time": Gal 4.
http://www.godshew.org/ShewBread9.htm#Expired

t, this morning I had two dumps, as if to dump both laws of law law, so my day would be more grace us.

God did not even send his Son till law expired: Gal 4; And God did not send his Son to condemn (law) the world: Jn 3:17, but rather than through him (through Jesus -> Christ) the world might be saved(graced; And notably saved(delivered) from the law: Romans 7:6, as if answered prayer: deliver us from evil: Mt 6:13.

So endure unto to the end to be saved: saved(only) by grace(only), rather than saved + destroyed after by grace + law, as noted in Jude 5, which happened to all them who followed Moses. Numbers gives the accounting. Not one of those saved out of Egypt got to enter, not even Moses. Selah.

The GRACE of our Lord Jesus Christ WITH YOU ALL. AMEN.

DM