Luke 12:13-21
Jesus responds curtly because he doesn’t brook fools easily.
“Doesn’t brook fools easily” is a more formal way of saying someone is impatient and intolerant of people they perceive as foolish, stupid, or ignorant. The phrase highlights that a person has little patience for foolish behavior and does not willingly tolerate it.
Charles Spurgeon – “IF ANY MAN THINKS ILL OF YOU, DO NOT BE ANGRY WITH HIM; FOR YOU ARE WORSE THAN HE THINKS YOU TO BE.”
And he said to them, “Take care, and be on your guard against all covetousness, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”
“How stupid to plan out the years that lie ahead when you are not even master of tomorrow. What madness to start out with long-term hopes, thinking, ‘I’ll buy and sell and build. I’ll lend money and take back more, and I’ll gain positions of honor. And when I’m too old and tired, I’ll retire.’ Believe me when I tell you everything is unsure, even for the most fortunate.”
“Greed is like drinking salt water…the more you drink, the thirstier you get.”
“The land of a rich man produced plentifully, and he thought to himself, ‘What shall I do, for I have nowhere to store my crops?’”
The earth is the Lord’s and the fullness thereof, the world and those who dwell therein,
for he has founded it upon the seas
and established it upon the rivers.
Who shall ascend the hill of the Lord?
And who shall stand in his holy place?
He who has clean hands and a pure heart,
who does not lift up his soul to what is false
and does not swear deceitfully.
He will receive blessing from the Lord
and righteousness from the God of his salvation.
Such is the generation of those who seek him,
who seek the face of the God of Jacob.
Lift up your heads, O gates!
And be lifted up, O ancient doors,
that the King of glory may come in.
Who is this King of glory?
The Lord, strong and mighty,
the Lord, mighty in battle!
Lift up your heads, O gates!
And lift them up, O ancient doors,
that the King of glory may come in.
Who is this King of glory?
The Lord of hosts,
he is the King of glory!
- The sin is not having more; the sin is being discontent.
- The sin is not in having wealth; the sin is in what you do with it.The sin is not in celebrating your bounty; the sin is not giving
zoē
euphoreō
THE FARMER’S PROBLEM IS A MORAL DILEMMA.
Jeremiah 17:9-11
1 Corinthians 15:32-34
Matthew 6:19-21