Then he said, ‘This is what I will do: I will tear down my barns and will build bigger ones, and there I will store up all my grain and my goods.He said, ‘This is what I will do. I will pull down my barns, build bigger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods.And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods.And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my grain and my goods.
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… 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. And the things you have prepared, whose will they be? So it is with those who store up treasures for themselves, but are not rich toward God. Friends, this is the word of God for you, the people of God. Thanks be to God. Well, whew, finally an easy one. The meaning of this parable is simple. You can't take it with you. You can fill up silos, store sacks of grain in barns, but when that day comes, when the grim reaper swings his sickle, you exit the world with the same gear in your backpack that you had when you arrived, which is to say, nothing. …
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. And the things you have prepared, whose will they be? So it is with those who store up treasures for themselves, but are not rich toward God. Friends, this is the word of God for you, the people of God. Thanks be to God. Well, whew, finally an easy one. The meaning of this parable is simple. You can't take it with you. You can fill up silos, store sacks of grain in barns, but when that day comes, when the grim reaper swings his sickle, you exit the world with the same gear in your backpack that you had when you arrived, which is to say, nothing. …
This is how it's going to be with anyone who stores up things for themselves. but not rich towards God. Some cynic has described preaching as the fine art of talking in someone else's sleep. I think it's a bit severe, but certainly one of the occupational hazards of being a preacher is you keep losing people's attention. When I was a young man, first starting in this business of preaching, it disturbed me deeply when people went off to sleep when I got up to preach. And for those of you who are settling down for a little autumn nap, I tell you, it still bothers me. But I've taken some consolation from the fact that even when Jesus was here on earth, there were those who were part of his congregation who heard him preach, but didn't really listen to what he had to say. That's true here in the 12th chapter of the gospel. of Luke. We're told that another huge crowd had come to hear him. In fact, people were in danger of trampling each other. And Jesus spoke to them. He talked to them about heaven and hell and hypocrisy. And in the course of his sermon, evidently a man came to the front, elbowed his way to the head of the crowd. And he said, teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me. …