The Parable of the Rich Fool

“The Parable of the Rich Fool”

Luke 12:13-21

Pastor Duane Cross | 06.03.2012

“Someone in the crowd said to him, ‘Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.’ Jesus replied, ‘Man, who appointed me a judge or an arbiter between you?’ Then he said to them, ‘Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; a man’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.’ And he told them this parable: ‘The ground of a certain rich man produced a good crop. He thought to himself, ‘What shall I do? I have no place to store my crops.’ Then he said, ‘This is what I’ll do. I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. And I’ll say to myself, ‘You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and 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 anyone who stores up things for himself but is not rich toward God.” Luke 12:13-21(NIV)

I. DON’T LET MONEY DRIVE YOU.

“In this way they will lay up treasure for themselves as a firm foundation for the coming age, so that they may take hold of the life that is truly life.” (I Timothy 1:19)

II. DON’T LET MONEY DECEIVE YOU.

RICH & POOR:

1) Righteous Rich.

2) Unrighteous Rich.

3) Righteous Rich.

4) Unrighteous Poor.

III. DON’T LET MONEY DESTROY YOU.

“WHAT ARE YOU LIVING FOR?”