Then I will say to myself, “You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take it easy. Eat, drink, and be merry!”’I will tell my soul, “Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years. Take your ease, eat, drink, and be merry.”’And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, be merry.
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… And there I will store all my crops and my goods. He went on to say, I will say to my soul. That's a bad thing, to self-counsel. I will say to my soul, soul, you have many goods laid up for many years. Take your ease. Eat, drink, and be merry. Verse 20. But God said to him, Fool, this night your soul is required of you. Then whose will those things be which you have provided? So is he who lays up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God. Wow. Oh, I got so much stuff, I got to get more room. God is saying, I've given you so much, you got to get rid of it. Donate it. Real quick. Have you heard about the farmer? This is famous. I shouldn't be talking about this because I don't have the time. But it kind of jives in. It went in with my head and it's scary, but I've never held anything back from you before. …
… 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. Craig got it. There you go. Easy peasy, lemon squeezy, don't forget to pick up a pledge card on your way out the door, because, as we all know, you can't take it with you. …
… 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. Craig got it. There you go. Easy peasy, lemon squeezy, don't forget to pick up a pledge card on your way out the door because, as we all know, you can't take it with you. …