Levi Lusko - Fresh Life Church
Luke 12:15-21
Learning to live on a higher level.
It won't be polished and pretty, it's going to be honest and gritty.
Backstory : Luke 12:13
There's an interruption. Jesus is in the middle of a sermon about Heaven, judgement, etc. A man shouts out, "tell my brother to give me my rightful share of my inheritance."
Jesus tells the people really listening to his sermon that they should not let their physical earthly possessions take over their life. Covetousness.
Verse 16 Jesus tells a parable of a man who was rich and became richer. He had nowhere to put his abundant crop. His question was how can I keep it all and profit from it?
Verse 20 God says, "Fool! You will die, and your riches don't go with you!"
You don't want to go to Heaven "bankrupt."
1. The issue is not what you have in life, but how you view it.
You don't want to shrug it off just because you don't feel rich so you think it doesn't apply to you.
What you have is either God's or it is my god. Either it's a tool or an idol.
Worshipping the creature, not the creator.
2. When the lights go out value gets changed!
When you die things that you thought meant so much probably won't matter anymore.
Death either takes you from your treasure or to it.
3. Nothing matters more than what God thinks about you!
God thought this rich man was a fool.
4. All sales are final!
The finality of this story is troubling.
This is not a wake up call, it's a curtain call.
Once you arrive in Hell or Heaven, you cannot leave.
5. Death doesn't always call ahead!
Death is often a surprise with no time to prepare.
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