But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be required of you. Then who will own what you have accumulated?’“But God said to him, ‘You foolish one, tonight your soul is required of you. The things which you have prepared—whose will they be?’But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?But God said unto him, Thou foolish one, this night is thy soul required of thee; and the things which thou hast prepared, whose shall they be?
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… Eat, drink, be merry. But God said to him, you fool, this very night your life will be demanded from you. Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself? This is how it will be with whoever stores up things for themselves but is not rich towards God. Write down point number three today. You and I need to be rich towards God. He is showing us what greed could do in our life. He's using an illustration. He says, this man has a big old barn, and he's already blessed. But God sends him more surplus, and God sends him more blessing. And now he's blessed beyond his wildest dreams. And he thinks to himself, what am I going to do with all this blessing? I know what I'll do. I'll build a bigger barn. And because I just want to accumulate, and I just want more possession. See, I want to preach to somebody today. God's already blessed you beyond your wildest dreams. God's already hooked you up beyond anything you prayed for. …
… And so is the one who lays up treasure for himself, is not rich toward God. Luke chapter 12, verses 20 to 21. So imagine standing before heaven and asking, so what's a place like that cost? Yes, since we're curious, what is the price of eternal life and the perfection of heaven? Well, it's certainly beyond all our calculations. Any price we might imagine will be both too high and too low. The price of eternal life is too high for us to ever pay. And whatever price we might imagine will be too small and too low for who of us can imagine the true value of eternal life in heaven. So is it best that we never look up, never dream of heaven and eternal life, since we can never pay that price? Well, left to ourselves, it is hopeless. but it's not impossible for God. When we couldn't pay the price of our redemption, God did so completely by the life of Jesus. As Jesus said, contrasting his power and purpose, even as the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many, Matthew 20, verse 28. …
… the subtleness of pleonexia. But God said to him, you fool, this very night, your life will be demanded from you. Wait, wait, that's not possible. Have you seen how much grain I have? Have you not seen how much I have yet to consume? I have so much stuff, doesn't more stuff equals more life? No, of course it doesn't. You fool, you fool. God said to him, you fool this very night, your life will be demanded from you. And then Jesus presses in with this amazing question. Then who, then who will get what you have prepared for yourself? Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself? And it's like, oh, I know the answer to that. someone else. But not because he was generous. Because he was dead. And then the punchline or the punch in the gut line for me and the punch in the gut line for us, Jesus gives us the punchline. This is the wake up call. This is why, this is why you've gotta discover something outside of you that breaks your heart. …
… 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. If only it were that easy. …
… 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. If only it were that easy. …