Someone in the crowd said to Him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.”One of the multitude said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.”And one of the company said unto him, Master, speak to my brother, that he divide the inheritance with me.And one out of the multitude said unto him, Teacher, bid my brother divide the inheritance with me.
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… stingy, selfish. In Luke chapter 12, verse 13, the Bible says, then someone called from the crowd, teacher, please tell my brother to divide our father's estate, the inheritance. Jesus replied, friend, who made me a judge over you to decide such things as that. Then he said, beware. Guard against every kind of greed. Life is not measured by how much you own, says Jesus Christ. Wow. Wow. Don't be a hoarder. Not exactly sure what that means, but I know what the word hoard means. Don't heap up stuff all over yourself. Don't fill your rooms with stuff. And then you have to go rent a facility to hoard more of your stuff. In Luke chapter 12, verse 16, listen to this. Then Jesus spoke a parable to them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man yielded plentiful. And he thought within himself, this is what he told himself, What shall I do, since I have no room to store my crops? So he said, I will do this. …
… The sermon was called How to Be a Fool. someone in the crowd said to him, Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me. But he said to him, Man, who made me a judge or arbiter over you? An arbitrator over you. And he said to them, Take care. So here comes his summary statement. And be on your guard against all covetousness. Interesting choice of words. For one's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions. let's let that sink in I promise if I am on average five, six hours on this screen a day it is going to do everything it can to convince me that my life consists of the sum of my possessions that my life equates where I live what I have, what I earn what I wear, what I experience, how much money I've got in the bank, what kind of stocks I've got, and how good they're doing, that my life is basically the sum of what I possess. But Jesus is saying, I've got a different recommendation for everybody. Put this in the algorithm. I guess you're listening to this whole sermon, so that's good. Send me more stuff like this, if you will, that one's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions. …
… teacher, just out of the blue, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me. I mean, I was like, what? I mean, why are we talking about that? Because, I mean, this guy couldn't get this resolved and hey, maybe this guy can help. Teacher, you know, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me. A reasonable request, but this was not Jesus' agenda. And Jesus paused, stopped and yelled back and replied to the man, hey, who appointed me a judge or an arbiter between you, between the two of you? In other words, hey, who said I'm the mediator? I'm not gonna get involved in your family issue. I mean, why are you choosing me? And then Jesus does what Jesus does. Jesus sees an opening, an opportunity, a teachable moment. And he takes hold of something woven into this question and he turns the corner and changes the subject to address something he wanted to talk about that fit his agenda. So apparently he stops, has everybody sit down and he begins to teach. …
… Someone in the crowd while Jesus was teaching said to him, teacher, tell my brother to divide the family inheritance with me. Now, that's interesting. How many times maybe you've seen, I've seen many, many times families who ended up torn apart because a parent or a grandparent did a lousy job of preparing the family for the inheritance and what was going to happen and who was going to manage it and whether it was distributed fairly, all of these things. And so brother or sister, brothers and brothers come to hate each other, or at least dislike each other, no longer talk to each other because the inheritance, that's what's happening right here too. Tell my brother to divide the family inheritance with me. To the man who shouted, Jesus offered these words of warning. Take care, be on your guard against all kinds of greed, for one's life does not consist in the abundance of possessions. I'll leave that on the screen for a moment, if you'll put it back up there for a moment. And I'd like for you to say that last part with me, what's in capitalized? One's life does not consist in the abundance of possessions. See, Jesus is trying to make something really clear to us about where life is found. I memorized that scripture probably 35 or 40 years ago because I never wanted to forget this truth, that one's life, my life, does not consist in the abundance of my possessions. …
… Listen now to this parable from Luke, chapter 12, beginning with the 13th verse. Someone in the crowd said to Jesus, Teacher, tell my brother to divide the family inheritance with me. But Jesus said to him, Friend, who set me to be a judge or arbiter over you? And Jesus said to them, Take care. Be on your guard against all kinds of greed, for one's life does not consist in the abundance of possessions. And then he told them a parable. The land of a rich man produced abundantly. And the rich man thought to himself, what should I do, for I have no place to store my crops? Then he said, I will do this. I will pull down my barns and build larger ones. And there I will store all my grain and my goods. And I will say to my soul, soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years. Relax, eat, drink, be merry. But God said to him, you fool. This very night, your life is being demanded of you. …
Listen now to this parable from Luke, chapter 12, beginning with the 13th verse. Someone in the crowd said to Jesus, Teacher, tell my brother to divide the family inheritance with me. But Jesus said to him, Friend, who set me to be a judge or arbiter over you? And Jesus said to them, Take care. Be on your guard against all kinds of greed, for one's life does not consist in the abundance of possessions. And then he told them a parable. The land of a rich man produced abundantly. And the rich man thought to himself, what should I do, for I have no place to store my crops? Then he said, I will do this. I will pull down my barns and build larger ones. And there I will store all my grain and my goods. And I will say to my soul, soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years. Relax, eat, drink, be merry. But God said to him, you fool. This very night, your life is being demanded of you. …