1 00:00:00,600 --> 00:00:03,680 This is City Post Church. We're about three things. 2 00:00:03,960 --> 00:00:07,680 Build equipped and send. All under the Lordship. 3 00:00:07,680 --> 00:00:11,000 Of Jesus Christ, a small church plant in Fort Worth, TX. 4 00:00:11,080 --> 00:00:13,320 Who decided to do things a little differently? 5 00:00:14,080 --> 00:00:18,480 Adoramos, Ajesu Cristo. I love City Post because of the 6 00:00:18,480 --> 00:00:20,480 people. It's where I belong. 7 00:00:20,640 --> 00:00:23,640 We truly preach the word. I love City Post because of the 8 00:00:23,640 --> 00:00:25,000 community we've been able to build. 9 00:00:25,240 --> 00:00:27,760 To do ministry. Like Jesus for light to push. 10 00:00:27,760 --> 00:00:30,440 Back darkness. This. 11 00:00:30,440 --> 00:00:39,410 Is City Post podcast. So Jesus, we. 12 00:00:39,410 --> 00:00:41,850 Love you and we praise you. For such a beautiful. 13 00:00:41,850 --> 00:00:44,170 Day. Amen all. 14 00:00:44,210 --> 00:00:46,410 Right, so let's go Luke chapter 12 and. 15 00:00:46,410 --> 00:00:48,410 We're starting verse 13. I'll read a few. 16 00:00:48,410 --> 00:00:50,450 Verses. And then let's talk about it. 17 00:00:51,000 --> 00:00:54,120 So starting on verse 13, it says someone in the crowd said to 18 00:00:54,120 --> 00:00:56,880 him, teacher tell my. Brother to divide. 19 00:00:56,880 --> 00:00:59,000 The inheritance with me. Jesus. 20 00:00:59,000 --> 00:01:02,000 Replied man who appointed me a judge or an. 21 00:01:02,160 --> 00:01:03,560 Arbitrator. Between you all right. 22 00:01:04,440 --> 00:01:07,480 We got to stop right there. All right, so Jesus. 23 00:01:07,480 --> 00:01:11,120 Is if you read Luke 12, Jesus is giving. 24 00:01:11,120 --> 00:01:12,960 Like one of the. Richest Teachings. 25 00:01:13,520 --> 00:01:15,920 And he's talking to everyone and and he's telling. 26 00:01:15,920 --> 00:01:19,800 Everybody about why it's so important, why it's so. 27 00:01:19,800 --> 00:01:22,040 Important to stand for. Christ. 28 00:01:22,760 --> 00:01:25,760 And, and, and if you just read it on your own time, it's it's 29 00:01:25,760 --> 00:01:29,960 incredible. And then something odd happens. 30 00:01:29,960 --> 00:01:33,480 It's it's almost like an oddball question that has nothing to. 31 00:01:33,480 --> 00:01:36,720 Do with what Jesus talked about. And he's saying, man, if you 32 00:01:36,720 --> 00:01:40,640 deny me here on this earth, then I will deny you in heaven. 33 00:01:40,920 --> 00:01:43,320 If you stand for me in this Earth, I'm going to stand for 34 00:01:43,320 --> 00:01:45,120 you. And I will be with you. 35 00:01:45,120 --> 00:01:48,280 It's just this. Rich teaching and then out of 36 00:01:48,280 --> 00:01:49,680 nowhere. Out of the crowd. 37 00:01:49,680 --> 00:01:53,000 Someone yells out teacher tell my brother to divide the 38 00:01:53,080 --> 00:01:56,280 inheritance with me. That's just a little. 39 00:01:56,280 --> 00:01:59,720 Bit off. And even to the point as I. 40 00:01:59,720 --> 00:02:02,280 Read this. It's almost like a little bit. 41 00:02:02,280 --> 00:02:03,880 Disrespectful. Like put some. 42 00:02:03,880 --> 00:02:05,640 Respect on my. Name like you know I am like. 43 00:02:05,840 --> 00:02:07,800 Like, it's almost like. Teacher like just yelling. 44 00:02:07,800 --> 00:02:10,400 It out and that's what I want to point out if you. 45 00:02:10,400 --> 00:02:13,440 Look at the text. Someone in the crowd. 46 00:02:13,440 --> 00:02:15,280 So we don't know who this man was. 47 00:02:15,440 --> 00:02:17,800 We don't know where he's from. We don't know what. 48 00:02:17,800 --> 00:02:20,480 He's asking, but. We have some context. 49 00:02:20,480 --> 00:02:22,840 Clues here. Based on the question that. 50 00:02:22,840 --> 00:02:26,760 He asks Christ, so he says. Teacher, so he knows. 51 00:02:26,760 --> 00:02:28,960 That Jesus is. Is a good teacher. 52 00:02:28,960 --> 00:02:30,560 He must have been following him around. 53 00:02:30,560 --> 00:02:33,040 He must have heard what he said in the past. 54 00:02:33,480 --> 00:02:36,920 Or what he just said in Luke 12. And then he says tell my. 55 00:02:36,920 --> 00:02:39,560 Brother to divide. The inheritance with me. 56 00:02:40,840 --> 00:02:42,680 So. What we do know? 57 00:02:42,680 --> 00:02:45,880 Is that there is. Something with inheritance and 58 00:02:45,880 --> 00:02:47,320 families. If you look at. 59 00:02:47,320 --> 00:02:51,120 Deuteronomy 2117 it talks. About that the first born. 60 00:02:51,280 --> 00:02:54,760 Gets a double portion and then the second born and the. 61 00:02:54,760 --> 00:02:58,000 Third born they get. A percentage so this. 62 00:02:58,000 --> 00:03:03,680 Is this is very cultural here and he wants Jesus to take his 63 00:03:03,680 --> 00:03:05,400 side? In this financial. 64 00:03:05,400 --> 00:03:09,680 Dispute and look how he asks. He doesn't say Jesus. 65 00:03:09,680 --> 00:03:12,640 Like I want you to hear both. Sides or Jesus, tell me what's 66 00:03:12,640 --> 00:03:15,720 wise. No, he is being demanding and 67 00:03:15,720 --> 00:03:19,360 very privileged right now for you to interrupt. 68 00:03:19,640 --> 00:03:21,800 The savior of the world, if you could. 69 00:03:21,800 --> 00:03:24,080 Ask him anything. What you're going to bring to 70 00:03:24,080 --> 00:03:25,280 him is. Your issue. 71 00:03:25,480 --> 00:03:29,200 And not even ask him about what? Wisdom to use, you're going to 72 00:03:29,200 --> 00:03:31,320 demand. Like I want you to take my side 73 00:03:31,320 --> 00:03:35,920 in this. And this is where Christ kind of 74 00:03:35,920 --> 00:03:37,840 looks at him and says that's not how this. 75 00:03:37,840 --> 00:03:43,000 Works he. Says tell my brother So what? 76 00:03:43,000 --> 00:03:45,040 We do know, maybe. This guy. 77 00:03:45,200 --> 00:03:48,720 Was the younger brother. Cause the eldest probably. 78 00:03:48,720 --> 00:03:50,680 Got the inheritance and he's complaining. 79 00:03:50,680 --> 00:03:53,480 About it maybe you get away with. 80 00:03:53,480 --> 00:03:56,720 It but look how Jesus. Responds. 81 00:03:56,720 --> 00:03:59,880 I think man, you could. Do a whole sermon on 14. 82 00:04:00,280 --> 00:04:05,560 Jesus replied man. Who appointed me a judge or an 83 00:04:05,560 --> 00:04:11,600 arbitrator between you? So man, for me that pulls me. 84 00:04:12,160 --> 00:04:15,000 Because this guy think about all the people that sought out 85 00:04:15,040 --> 00:04:17,000 Jesus. And. 86 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:19,320 Jesus looks at this. Guy and he calls a man. 87 00:04:20,320 --> 00:04:21,959 He doesn't. Call him his name. 88 00:04:22,240 --> 00:04:24,840 He doesn't. Call him son or he. 89 00:04:24,840 --> 00:04:26,680 He doesn't call him. He says man. 90 00:04:26,960 --> 00:04:31,320 And what that signifies is that. This was a stranger to Christ, 91 00:04:32,120 --> 00:04:33,160 but. Isn't it interesting? 92 00:04:33,160 --> 00:04:35,960 Wasn't. Zacchaeus a stranger, but 93 00:04:35,960 --> 00:04:39,040 because he wanted to see Jesus, he climbed a tree and Jesus. 94 00:04:39,040 --> 00:04:41,200 Saw him and said Zacchaeus, I'm coming. 95 00:04:41,200 --> 00:04:43,200 He didn't say, man, I'm going to your house. 96 00:04:44,320 --> 00:04:46,200 The woman that the issue. Of blood like. 97 00:04:46,520 --> 00:04:48,120 Like. She grabbed his cloak. 98 00:04:48,600 --> 00:04:50,200 And he turns around and he says, what? 99 00:04:50,360 --> 00:04:53,120 Like he looks right at her, he identifies her. 100 00:04:54,120 --> 00:04:56,640 What is it about this guy where he looks? 101 00:04:56,640 --> 00:04:58,240 At him, he's like, what do you want? 102 00:04:58,240 --> 00:05:00,880 Man, he didn't call. Him. 103 00:05:00,880 --> 00:05:02,920 His name? He's not a disciple. 104 00:05:02,920 --> 00:05:05,160 He's he's not a. Follower of Christ. 105 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:09,360 He's not a Pharisee. See, The thing is. 106 00:05:09,360 --> 00:05:10,960 The Bible. Is very clear. 107 00:05:11,320 --> 00:05:12,840 That when you see. Christ. 108 00:05:13,680 --> 00:05:16,360 You don't find him. And what? 109 00:05:16,360 --> 00:05:18,280 This man was doing. He wasn't seeking. 110 00:05:18,280 --> 00:05:20,040 Christ for Christ. He was. 111 00:05:20,040 --> 00:05:24,880 Seeking Christ for himself. He wanted stuff he wanted to 112 00:05:24,880 --> 00:05:26,520 use. Jesus for his. 113 00:05:26,520 --> 00:05:30,720 Own personal gain and news. Flash this is. 114 00:05:31,400 --> 00:05:34,280 God in the flesh. He's the savior of the world. 115 00:05:34,760 --> 00:05:36,560 That's not going to. That's not going to work. 116 00:05:36,680 --> 00:05:39,360 So Jesus looks at him. And he's like, man. 117 00:05:39,680 --> 00:05:41,240 Who? Appointed me a judge. 118 00:05:41,240 --> 00:05:46,600 Who do you think this is? People's Court Judge Joe. 119 00:05:46,600 --> 00:05:49,280 Brown. Sal de parejas. 120 00:05:51,560 --> 00:05:53,680 That lady's so mean. I'm just saying I don't know 121 00:05:53,680 --> 00:05:57,040 anyway. Like what do you like what do 122 00:05:57,040 --> 00:05:59,120 you? Think this is and listen the 123 00:05:59,120 --> 00:06:03,680 rhetorical question. That Jesus gives like this, this 124 00:06:04,160 --> 00:06:09,720 emphatic refusal. To answer him and listen. 125 00:06:09,720 --> 00:06:11,840 It's not. Because the request. 126 00:06:11,840 --> 00:06:14,000 Of the man. Is outside of the. 127 00:06:14,000 --> 00:06:19,320 Sovereignty and authority of. Christ it's because it's outside 128 00:06:19,320 --> 00:06:22,520 of his redemptive purposes this has. 129 00:06:22,520 --> 00:06:25,160 Nothing to. Do with what Jesus came here 130 00:06:25,160 --> 00:06:27,320 for. Jesus did not come to bring 131 00:06:27,320 --> 00:06:29,800 property to man, He came to bring God to man. 132 00:06:31,320 --> 00:06:34,160 And he reads it. He sees exactly where this guy 133 00:06:34,160 --> 00:06:35,880 is. Going So what? 134 00:06:35,920 --> 00:06:38,000 Jesus. Does here is that he? 135 00:06:38,000 --> 00:06:41,280 Understands what the man is asking, and he understands the 136 00:06:41,280 --> 00:06:43,960 posture of his. Heart so he's going to use this 137 00:06:44,080 --> 00:06:46,600 as a. Teachable moment for his. 138 00:06:46,600 --> 00:06:50,160 Disciples and all those. Around him and for us. 139 00:06:50,960 --> 00:06:53,920 He's going to use it as a teachable moment, so. 140 00:06:53,920 --> 00:06:57,880 Look at verse 15. I like to think of Mystical 141 00:06:57,880 --> 00:06:59,800 Watch. Self like that's. 142 00:06:59,800 --> 00:07:02,120 Kind of how it translates, it's an. 143 00:07:02,120 --> 00:07:04,440 Emphatic like, like he's, he's kind of like. 144 00:07:04,440 --> 00:07:08,320 Watch out. He says watch out, it's a. 145 00:07:08,320 --> 00:07:11,920 Stern warning, he's driving that point. 146 00:07:11,920 --> 00:07:16,000 He's saying watch out and then he uses military language. 147 00:07:16,360 --> 00:07:18,480 It's the same language that when you read the the. 148 00:07:18,480 --> 00:07:21,560 Hebrew or the Greek? In the New Testament, it's the 149 00:07:21,560 --> 00:07:23,440 same words that Paul uses all the time. 150 00:07:23,720 --> 00:07:26,880 Be. On your what guard? 151 00:07:27,320 --> 00:07:30,760 Be on your guard. Jesus says watch yourself. 152 00:07:31,040 --> 00:07:34,800 Be on your guard. Why does he have? 153 00:07:34,800 --> 00:07:38,400 To be on your guard the military language the term be on your 154 00:07:38,400 --> 00:07:41,280 guard it means to defend yourself against a. 155 00:07:41,360 --> 00:07:43,920 Threat or attack? Of the enemy. 156 00:07:45,320 --> 00:07:46,600 So you say. Listen, I need you to watch 157 00:07:46,600 --> 00:07:50,400 yourself be on your guard. Be aware that the. 158 00:07:50,400 --> 00:07:51,720 Enemy's going to use this to attack. 159 00:07:52,000 --> 00:07:53,920 Be. On like get ready. 160 00:07:55,360 --> 00:07:58,560 For what he tells you right in the text. 161 00:07:59,000 --> 00:08:01,720 Against all. Kinds of greed. 162 00:08:02,760 --> 00:08:05,280 Another translation might say Covenant. 163 00:08:05,600 --> 00:08:09,320 Covetousness. God takes covetousness, so. 164 00:08:09,320 --> 00:08:10,920 Seriously. That he puts. 165 00:08:10,920 --> 00:08:13,280 It in the 10 commandments thou shalt not covet. 166 00:08:14,960 --> 00:08:18,480 Jesus is issuing this serious warning here. 167 00:08:19,680 --> 00:08:22,920 And covetousness is more than envy or jealousy. 168 00:08:23,720 --> 00:08:26,360 It's something worse. And I like the NIVI mean. 169 00:08:26,360 --> 00:08:29,440 It's greed, so go and put. Up the definition of 170 00:08:29,440 --> 00:08:30,680 covetousness. Because I. 171 00:08:30,680 --> 00:08:34,159 Like this is something I learned in Bible study on Wednesday in 172 00:08:34,159 --> 00:08:36,720 Colossians. Colossians 3, five. 173 00:08:37,480 --> 00:08:39,000 It's pretty much what Paul is saying. 174 00:08:39,000 --> 00:08:40,080 Covetousness. It's. 175 00:08:40,080 --> 00:08:43,480 Thing worship. It. 176 00:08:43,480 --> 00:08:45,720 Leads greed and coveted it Leads. 177 00:08:45,720 --> 00:08:49,560 To idolatry, it's the worship of stuff. 178 00:08:50,240 --> 00:08:51,760 To the. Point where you will do. 179 00:08:51,760 --> 00:08:55,800 Anything to? Get what you need to define 180 00:08:55,800 --> 00:08:57,360 greed. Greed is an intense and. 181 00:08:57,360 --> 00:09:00,200 Selfish desire. For something, especially 182 00:09:00,200 --> 00:09:05,000 wealth. Power or food covetousness? 183 00:09:05,360 --> 00:09:08,160 Is exercising like this excessive? 184 00:09:08,160 --> 00:09:10,560 Desire for something. Other that that the. 185 00:09:10,560 --> 00:09:14,200 Person has so when I'm looking at what somebody. 186 00:09:14,200 --> 00:09:17,160 Has I have this? Strong desire. 187 00:09:17,400 --> 00:09:19,360 To have that. Same exact thing. 188 00:09:19,440 --> 00:09:20,760 Whether it's wealth, whether it's. 189 00:09:20,760 --> 00:09:23,680 Positions whether it's status. Whatever it is, I. 190 00:09:23,680 --> 00:09:28,320 Want what they have to the point where it becomes sinful. 191 00:09:29,120 --> 00:09:31,520 And I'm willing to give. Up and do anything. 192 00:09:32,480 --> 00:09:39,760 It is thing worship. The problem with this is in the 193 00:09:39,760 --> 00:09:42,720 text he says I want you to. Watch yourself. 194 00:09:44,040 --> 00:09:46,960 Be on. Guard protect Get ready for the. 195 00:09:46,960 --> 00:09:49,960 Threat against what? All kinds of greed. 196 00:09:49,960 --> 00:09:52,720 Why? Because life, and this is in 197 00:09:52,720 --> 00:09:56,440 verse 15. Life does not consist in an 198 00:09:56,440 --> 00:09:58,760 abundance of. Possessions. 199 00:10:00,520 --> 00:10:02,160 What Jesus is saying is like when we. 200 00:10:02,160 --> 00:10:05,240 Fall. Into covenantess or greed? 201 00:10:06,360 --> 00:10:08,880 It is the the. Wrong definition of life. 202 00:10:10,160 --> 00:10:12,000 We are called. Human beings. 203 00:10:12,280 --> 00:10:17,400 Not human Havers our. Life is not made. 204 00:10:17,920 --> 00:10:22,760 To gather things up and find our identity and anything else. 205 00:10:22,760 --> 00:10:26,800 That's not Christ. You are more than what? 206 00:10:26,800 --> 00:10:27,920 You have. You are more than your. 207 00:10:27,920 --> 00:10:30,560 Job you are. More than your position. 208 00:10:30,560 --> 00:10:32,440 You are more than where you graduated from. 209 00:10:32,600 --> 00:10:34,840 You are more than where you. Live you are you. 210 00:10:34,840 --> 00:10:39,880 Are more than who you know you are more than all these things 211 00:10:39,880 --> 00:10:44,040 your life does not is not considered based on what you. 212 00:10:44,040 --> 00:10:46,240 Have. And what? 213 00:10:46,240 --> 00:10:47,680 This does. Is it like I said it? 214 00:10:47,680 --> 00:10:49,920 Causes this faulty definition. Of. 215 00:10:49,920 --> 00:10:54,400 Life, it causes us to be confused. 216 00:10:54,480 --> 00:10:57,040 With the. Blessings of God versus. 217 00:10:57,560 --> 00:10:59,520 The things that pull us away from God. 218 00:11:00,480 --> 00:11:04,720 And we reach for. Those So what Jesus does here is 219 00:11:04,720 --> 00:11:07,000 he's. Pretty much saying fight 220 00:11:07,200 --> 00:11:12,320 materialism at all costs, fight it now. 221 00:11:12,880 --> 00:11:17,200 Things are not bad the. Problem is is that. 222 00:11:17,200 --> 00:11:20,480 When your heart aligns with the things of this. 223 00:11:20,480 --> 00:11:21,720 World. When your. 224 00:11:21,720 --> 00:11:24,240 Heart aligns with materialism to the point. 225 00:11:24,320 --> 00:11:27,440 That you rather have. These things other than the. 226 00:11:27,440 --> 00:11:29,920 Relationship with Jesus, that's the issue. 227 00:11:30,560 --> 00:11:34,600 It's a heart issue with Christ he always talks about. 228 00:11:34,600 --> 00:11:37,440 This and Jesus. Is going to use this as a. 229 00:11:37,440 --> 00:11:40,480 Teaching moment. So he's about to show us a 230 00:11:40,480 --> 00:11:43,360 parable here. And to paraphrase this parable, 231 00:11:43,720 --> 00:11:46,760 he's pretty much saying you cannot live for God and live for 232 00:11:46,760 --> 00:11:49,040 greed. You can't do both. 233 00:11:49,120 --> 00:11:50,000 It's. Impossible. 234 00:11:52,280 --> 00:11:55,040 So this parable is called the Rich Fool. 235 00:11:56,320 --> 00:11:57,600 This is the. Parable that Jesus is going to 236 00:11:57,600 --> 00:11:58,480 teach us, we're going to walk through. 237 00:11:58,480 --> 00:12:01,280 This thing. Why the rich fool? 238 00:12:02,720 --> 00:12:08,040 Well, it's because he had a bad. Solution for a good. 239 00:12:08,040 --> 00:12:13,680 Problem kind of weird. So the rich fool has a, has a, 240 00:12:13,800 --> 00:12:15,400 has a good. Problem that we're going to. 241 00:12:15,400 --> 00:12:18,720 See but. His solution to his problem is 242 00:12:18,720 --> 00:12:22,080 terrible. And it kind of aligns with. 243 00:12:22,080 --> 00:12:23,440 A lot of. What we do here? 244 00:12:24,320 --> 00:12:26,080 So let's start with the good. Problem. 245 00:12:26,080 --> 00:12:29,760 Look at verse 16 and this is. What it says? 246 00:12:29,760 --> 00:12:32,280 And he told. Them this parable, this is a 247 00:12:32,280 --> 00:12:36,880 teaching of Christ. The ground of a certain rich man 248 00:12:36,880 --> 00:12:42,240 yielded an abundant harvest. And he thought to. 249 00:12:42,240 --> 00:12:45,640 Himself What shall I do? I have no place to store my. 250 00:12:45,640 --> 00:12:48,360 Crops. All right, so what's a good? 251 00:12:48,360 --> 00:12:53,640 Problem for this guy. Well, his field like he had a 252 00:12:53,640 --> 00:12:57,000 great harvest. That's a good problem to have. 253 00:12:57,600 --> 00:13:00,360 He got a lot more than what he anticipated. 254 00:13:01,000 --> 00:13:03,720 He probably worked hard. He probably. 255 00:13:03,720 --> 00:13:06,320 Did what he was supposed to, but what I love. 256 00:13:06,320 --> 00:13:10,440 About this story and don't miss. This Jesus does not. 257 00:13:10,440 --> 00:13:14,520 Give the rich man props for him giving the harvest. 258 00:13:14,960 --> 00:13:17,040 Remember Psalms 20? 4 The earth is the law. 259 00:13:17,200 --> 00:13:20,680 And everything in it. It was God who. 260 00:13:20,680 --> 00:13:22,160 Blessed. This man. 261 00:13:22,440 --> 00:13:25,680 With his fields it. Wasn't him, It wasn't. 262 00:13:25,680 --> 00:13:28,200 Anything that he did, it was the Lord. 263 00:13:28,200 --> 00:13:30,560 He did the work. But God blessed him. 264 00:13:30,920 --> 00:13:33,360 With it, it was. Abundant. 265 00:13:33,600 --> 00:13:36,600 He gave him an abundant. Harvest This is awesome. 266 00:13:37,400 --> 00:13:40,600 But then the problem is, is that it was too much. 267 00:13:41,360 --> 00:13:43,760 He got way too much stuff. What do I do? 268 00:13:43,760 --> 00:13:47,600 With it, and then we're going to look at problem, the good 269 00:13:47,600 --> 00:13:49,800 problem number. Two look what it. 270 00:13:49,800 --> 00:13:51,880 Says in verse, he thought to himself, what shall I do? 271 00:13:51,880 --> 00:13:56,840 I have no place to store my crops, so problem number one was 272 00:13:56,840 --> 00:14:00,480 that he got too much problem #2 is that he had limited space. 273 00:14:01,800 --> 00:14:03,600 That don't seem. Like that bad for us, huh? 274 00:14:05,560 --> 00:14:07,120 But it's how he. Saw everything. 275 00:14:08,360 --> 00:14:12,240 Because the truth is that God blessed him, but because. 276 00:14:12,240 --> 00:14:14,520 He was so in love. With what he had. 277 00:14:15,160 --> 00:14:17,120 That blessing now became a curse. 278 00:14:18,520 --> 00:14:20,720 Now he's trying to figure out how do I manage? 279 00:14:20,720 --> 00:14:23,720 All of this all. Of this is mine. 280 00:14:24,040 --> 00:14:27,000 All look what I got. I don't even have room for 281 00:14:27,080 --> 00:14:28,880 everything. I have he's. 282 00:14:28,880 --> 00:14:33,160 Forgetting and listen. Proverbs 10/22 The blessing of 283 00:14:33,160 --> 00:14:36,760 the Lord makes a man rich, and he adds no. 284 00:14:36,760 --> 00:14:38,760 Sorrow to it. So what? 285 00:14:38,760 --> 00:14:39,760 The Bible. Is saying is. 286 00:14:39,760 --> 00:14:42,360 Good for you, you got all this stuff, but what does all this 287 00:14:42,360 --> 00:14:44,520 stuff matter if you can't even? Sleep at night. 288 00:14:46,280 --> 00:14:47,840 Jesus says it this way. What? 289 00:14:47,840 --> 00:14:50,880 Does it mean for you to gain? The whole world and lose your 290 00:14:50,880 --> 00:14:53,800 soul. And the blessings of God. 291 00:14:53,800 --> 00:14:56,560 When God blesses you with something, you know what comes 292 00:14:56,560 --> 00:14:58,480 with that blessing. Peace. 293 00:15:00,160 --> 00:15:03,480 And sometimes when we think that God is blessing us with stuff 294 00:15:03,840 --> 00:15:06,040 and we don't rely on God or we don't lie on. 295 00:15:06,040 --> 00:15:09,800 Christ to manage it, you don't get peace, you get. 296 00:15:09,800 --> 00:15:13,880 Worry, you get anxiety, you start freaking out a little bit 297 00:15:13,880 --> 00:15:15,760 like. What am I going to do with all 298 00:15:15,760 --> 00:15:18,320 of this? And listen this man. 299 00:15:18,320 --> 00:15:19,880 He could have helped the poor. He could. 300 00:15:19,880 --> 00:15:21,200 Help the needy he could have done. 301 00:15:21,200 --> 00:15:24,280 So many things and. Still would have been. 302 00:15:24,480 --> 00:15:27,840 Rich. But what does he do instead? 303 00:15:28,160 --> 00:15:30,800 He starts thinking, How do I? Keep all this. 304 00:15:30,800 --> 00:15:33,080 Stuff to myself. So look at the. 305 00:15:33,080 --> 00:15:35,120 Solution SO. This man, what he? 306 00:15:35,120 --> 00:15:39,720 Does is that he goes to his board of advisors, his executive 307 00:15:39,720 --> 00:15:43,440 board, his favorite people. To help himself make decisions. 308 00:15:43,440 --> 00:15:44,960 You know who his board of advisors are? 309 00:15:45,360 --> 00:15:49,520 Me, myself and I. Look at the text. 310 00:15:50,280 --> 00:15:53,400 Look at verse 18. So he's like, I need to do, we 311 00:15:53,400 --> 00:15:54,680 got to do a. Construction project. 312 00:15:54,680 --> 00:15:56,520 Let me bring some people around me to help. 313 00:15:56,520 --> 00:15:57,920 Build this thing. All right, let me talk to 314 00:15:57,920 --> 00:15:58,880 myself. Look what it. 315 00:15:58,880 --> 00:16:01,640 Says then he said, This is what I'll do. 316 00:16:02,160 --> 00:16:06,600 I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones there and 317 00:16:06,600 --> 00:16:07,920 there. I will. 318 00:16:07,920 --> 00:16:10,320 Store up my surplus. Look at all the. 319 00:16:10,320 --> 00:16:14,880 Personal pronouns. He's pointed to himself the 320 00:16:14,880 --> 00:16:18,880 whole time, and I know. That we're a culture. 321 00:16:18,880 --> 00:16:23,600 That loves some pronouns. Except here. 322 00:16:23,680 --> 00:16:26,800 Except when you realized your stuff, you're like, oh, oh. 323 00:16:28,000 --> 00:16:30,640 What do you identify? With I mean my, I mean I. 324 00:16:30,640 --> 00:16:32,920 Just like what he's saying, like he's like I need. 325 00:16:32,920 --> 00:16:34,600 To talk to myself. About this. 326 00:16:36,080 --> 00:16:39,640 I need to tear my barns down and my grains and my. 327 00:16:39,640 --> 00:16:44,480 Goods and and I I. I you see, the problem was that 328 00:16:44,480 --> 00:16:46,160 he forgot. Who was the? 329 00:16:46,160 --> 00:16:48,840 One that made his fields abundant. 330 00:16:49,880 --> 00:16:52,760 The Lord was. The one who blessed it, the Lord 331 00:16:52,760 --> 00:16:53,600 was. The one who? 332 00:16:53,760 --> 00:16:56,640 Who allowed his? Fields to grow. 333 00:16:57,040 --> 00:16:59,720 And when he saw the abundance. Of it and remember. 334 00:16:59,720 --> 00:17:01,920 We talked about this. You cannot. 335 00:17:02,080 --> 00:17:05,119 Serve the Lord with tight fists. You got to. 336 00:17:05,119 --> 00:17:07,440 Do it open hands so that. Way he could just. 337 00:17:07,440 --> 00:17:09,760 Continue to bless. Through us and use. 338 00:17:09,760 --> 00:17:11,560 Us for his glory and for his Kingdom. 339 00:17:11,680 --> 00:17:13,079 And what this man does, he's like. 340 00:17:13,200 --> 00:17:15,680 Instead of opening his hands, he's like, How do I close? 341 00:17:15,680 --> 00:17:18,000 Them. How do I build bigger? 342 00:17:18,000 --> 00:17:20,560 Barns, the man's blessing became a curse. 343 00:17:20,560 --> 00:17:23,920 Because of his self. Centeredness, he started 344 00:17:23,920 --> 00:17:27,520 thinking of only about himself and that. 345 00:17:27,520 --> 00:17:30,480 Was where the issue was. How do I? 346 00:17:30,760 --> 00:17:33,320 And then this is even. Crazier, he doesn't say. 347 00:17:33,320 --> 00:17:35,400 How do I? Add on to my barns. 348 00:17:36,440 --> 00:17:39,000 He doesn't say how do. I like added another let. 349 00:17:39,000 --> 00:17:42,960 No, he's like, I need to break them all the way down and I need 350 00:17:42,960 --> 00:17:47,560 to build myself. Brand new ones, so it's not 351 00:17:47,560 --> 00:17:50,120 just. More room it has to look. 352 00:17:51,560 --> 00:17:56,280 Like why I got I need more room. All of this stuff. 353 00:17:57,000 --> 00:18:02,240 When I read this. This is the prototype to. 354 00:18:02,240 --> 00:18:07,640 What we call the American Dream, There's a saying. 355 00:18:08,320 --> 00:18:12,360 It says give all you. Can can all you get then you sit 356 00:18:12,360 --> 00:18:13,880 on the cans so that way you don't. 357 00:18:13,880 --> 00:18:17,240 Share it with nobody. We. 358 00:18:17,240 --> 00:18:20,920 Live in a world. And I'm like, we live in a world 359 00:18:20,920 --> 00:18:22,160 where everything is like, you got to. 360 00:18:22,400 --> 00:18:23,360 You got a hoard. You got to. 361 00:18:23,560 --> 00:18:24,600 You got to keep. You got to get. 362 00:18:24,600 --> 00:18:25,520 Stuff. You got to get stuff. 363 00:18:25,520 --> 00:18:26,880 You got to get stuff. You got to get. 364 00:18:26,880 --> 00:18:29,160 Stuff. When you have stuff, you need 365 00:18:29,160 --> 00:18:30,280 more stuff. You need better stuff. 366 00:18:30,280 --> 00:18:32,880 You need bigger stuff. All this stuff you. 367 00:18:32,880 --> 00:18:37,280 Continue to build and listen. This is the American Dream. 368 00:18:37,280 --> 00:18:40,360 Prototype right here. Don't share with nobody. 369 00:18:41,400 --> 00:18:44,320 Look at verse 19 and I'll. Say to who? 370 00:18:46,120 --> 00:18:49,160 Myself. So now he's like, I had a 371 00:18:49,160 --> 00:18:50,840 meeting with my board. Of directors. 372 00:18:51,040 --> 00:18:53,360 Me, myself and I. And what they decided. 373 00:18:53,360 --> 00:18:54,840 Was that we're going to build bigger. 374 00:18:54,840 --> 00:18:58,880 Barns And then I need to talk to my soul, so let me talk to 375 00:18:58,880 --> 00:19:01,800 myself. Real quick, you have. 376 00:19:01,800 --> 00:19:04,240 Plenty of grain laid up for many years. 377 00:19:04,600 --> 00:19:09,200 Take life easy, Eat. Drink and be merry. 378 00:19:11,400 --> 00:19:13,760 I think this is the first time we see in scripture a retirement 379 00:19:13,760 --> 00:19:16,960 plan so we don't just see the American Dream. 380 00:19:18,040 --> 00:19:20,000 This is what it should look like to retire. 381 00:19:20,560 --> 00:19:22,960 Like I'm trying to get. To a place where I could just 382 00:19:22,960 --> 00:19:24,400 eat. Be merry. 383 00:19:24,400 --> 00:19:26,760 I don't have to work anymore. I don't have to do anything 384 00:19:26,760 --> 00:19:29,200 anymore. Yeah, I remember there was a 385 00:19:29,200 --> 00:19:32,600 church. I was talking to some senior 386 00:19:32,600 --> 00:19:36,880 adults and one of the things that somebody told me, they 387 00:19:36,880 --> 00:19:38,280 said, you know, Ricky. I feel like we. 388 00:19:38,280 --> 00:19:41,920 Didn't just retire from life, but we retired from Christianity 389 00:19:44,120 --> 00:19:48,360 and sometimes when we think about retirement we think that 390 00:19:48,360 --> 00:19:51,840 is the end all. Be all that is the goal of life 391 00:19:52,520 --> 00:19:56,600 is to get to a place where. I don't have to do anything ever 392 00:19:56,920 --> 00:20:00,840 again. The problem with this notion? 393 00:20:01,360 --> 00:20:05,240 Is that that ticket to? Retirement is connected to 394 00:20:05,240 --> 00:20:10,360 hedonism and retirement. Should be a. 395 00:20:10,360 --> 00:20:13,800 Gift from God to allow you to do now whatever the heck you want, 396 00:20:14,760 --> 00:20:18,800 but continue to serve the Lord. That's the goal. 397 00:20:18,800 --> 00:20:22,640 That's the plan. And also when we think about 398 00:20:22,640 --> 00:20:25,640 when you look at Scripture and you hear things like. 399 00:20:25,640 --> 00:20:28,000 Eat, drink, be merry. Listen that that's a. 400 00:20:29,720 --> 00:20:31,440 That that's kind of a saying for. 401 00:20:31,440 --> 00:20:32,680 Be decadent. Have a. 402 00:20:32,680 --> 00:20:39,800 Sinful life of debauchery. That that is not kind of like 403 00:20:39,800 --> 00:20:42,280 what we think of here in the United States when you look at. 404 00:20:42,560 --> 00:20:46,640 The scriptures first. Corinthians chapter 1530. 2 Even 405 00:20:46,640 --> 00:20:48,480 Paul says he goes. Man, listen if the. 406 00:20:48,480 --> 00:20:50,720 Dead are not raised. Then let us just. 407 00:20:50,720 --> 00:20:54,560 Eat, drink, for tomorrow we die. So if your. 408 00:20:54,560 --> 00:20:56,400 Goal in life. Is to get to a place where you 409 00:20:56,400 --> 00:20:58,880 can just. Eat, drink and be merry and do 410 00:20:58,880 --> 00:21:01,640 whatever you want. What you're thinking is, listen, 411 00:21:01,640 --> 00:21:04,160 I'm going to just stop and I'm just going to just take in and 412 00:21:04,160 --> 00:21:05,920 do it. I'm not going to help nobody 413 00:21:05,920 --> 00:21:08,160 else. I am done living. 414 00:21:11,320 --> 00:21:12,800 But that's not what the Bible says. 415 00:21:14,200 --> 00:21:16,040 Because if that was the truth, if life. 416 00:21:16,200 --> 00:21:18,320 Was only. Here on this earth. 417 00:21:18,680 --> 00:21:21,080 If that's all that you have to live for. 418 00:21:21,520 --> 00:21:25,040 Is the moment right now if you don't live for eternity? 419 00:21:26,480 --> 00:21:28,080 That's. Not what I see in Scripture, 420 00:21:29,200 --> 00:21:31,920 'cause when you look at Hebrews 926 I'm just going. 421 00:21:32,120 --> 00:21:33,280 To read this real. Quickly. 422 00:21:33,280 --> 00:21:35,200 That's not that's not what it. Says. 423 00:21:36,040 --> 00:21:38,280 Because what we see in Hebrews 9 it says well. 424 00:21:38,440 --> 00:21:40,360 I'll. Start in verse 20. 7 Just as 425 00:21:40,360 --> 00:21:43,880 people are. Destined to die once and after 426 00:21:43,880 --> 00:21:48,880 that face judgment so. Christ was sacrificed once. 427 00:21:48,880 --> 00:21:51,440 To take away the sins of many. And he will. 428 00:21:51,440 --> 00:21:56,320 Appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation 429 00:21:56,320 --> 00:21:58,360 to those who are waiting for him. 430 00:21:59,560 --> 00:22:02,040 You don't just live. Here on this world and do 431 00:22:02,040 --> 00:22:05,120 whatever you want and then once you're dead, it's over. 432 00:22:05,480 --> 00:22:07,280 No what I. See in the. 433 00:22:07,280 --> 00:22:10,920 Scripture is that Christ when you pass away here. 434 00:22:10,960 --> 00:22:13,040 You're going to be standing right in judgment. 435 00:22:13,040 --> 00:22:14,360 You're. Going to. 436 00:22:14,360 --> 00:22:17,760 Be in his presence there's. No purgatory like you don't. 437 00:22:17,760 --> 00:22:20,120 Float around till you decide what you want to do. 438 00:22:21,120 --> 00:22:22,920 You pass away here, you're. Going to. 439 00:22:22,920 --> 00:22:25,440 Straight to the judgment. And you're going to have to give 440 00:22:25,440 --> 00:22:28,520 an account. To a holy, unrighteous God of 441 00:22:28,520 --> 00:22:32,480 what you did with Jesus, what did you do with the things that 442 00:22:32,480 --> 00:22:35,640 He allowed you to steward while you were here on this earth? 443 00:22:36,120 --> 00:22:37,320 What? Did you do with your time? 444 00:22:37,320 --> 00:22:38,840 Your relationships. How did you? 445 00:22:38,840 --> 00:22:43,000 Steward things Well, we're going to have to give an account. 446 00:22:43,600 --> 00:22:47,960 To Christ. So it's not just live and be 447 00:22:47,960 --> 00:22:50,880 merry and no, it's you continue to. 448 00:22:50,880 --> 00:22:54,040 Serve the Lord you. Continue to invest in Christ you 449 00:22:54,040 --> 00:22:57,320 you continue to invest in Kingdom, and Jesus is pointing 450 00:22:57,320 --> 00:22:58,400 this out. He's like this. 451 00:22:58,400 --> 00:23:01,280 Guy's got it wrong. He wants bigger barns, he wants 452 00:23:01,280 --> 00:23:02,560 more stuff. He wants to just. 453 00:23:02,560 --> 00:23:05,080 Chill in life. And and just do nothing the rest 454 00:23:05,080 --> 00:23:06,320 of. His life and look at. 455 00:23:06,320 --> 00:23:08,440 The answer that Jesus says in this. 456 00:23:08,440 --> 00:23:11,120 Story verse 20 but. God said to him. 457 00:23:11,320 --> 00:23:16,160 You fool. Can I get a little bit more? 458 00:23:16,160 --> 00:23:19,280 Explicit the real. Translation, you damn fool. 459 00:23:22,280 --> 00:23:26,040 You look at Psalms. 20. 4. Psalms 24 one it says. 460 00:23:27,000 --> 00:23:28,480 For only a fool says in his heart. 461 00:23:28,480 --> 00:23:33,200 There is no God Psalms. 15 Psalms 25. 462 00:23:33,200 --> 00:23:38,360 Also, why did Jesus say it like this? 463 00:23:39,680 --> 00:23:43,440 The problem was that this man's riches caused him to live in a 464 00:23:43,440 --> 00:23:45,960 way. That God. 465 00:23:46,040 --> 00:23:47,360 Was not part. Of the picture. 466 00:23:48,640 --> 00:23:50,480 God gave him everything. He's like, yeah, whatever. 467 00:23:50,480 --> 00:23:53,040 I'm the one that. Did it, God blessed. 468 00:23:53,040 --> 00:23:55,360 Him I need bigger barns, I need bigger stuff, I need more 469 00:23:55,360 --> 00:23:57,360 things. What should I do? 470 00:23:57,720 --> 00:23:59,280 Instead of consulting with God, what's he doing? 471 00:23:59,280 --> 00:24:01,920 I'm going to take it upon myself and God's like, you're a fool. 472 00:24:03,760 --> 00:24:05,440 It's funny because this man sure didn't have a. 473 00:24:05,440 --> 00:24:07,600 Lot to say. But you know who has the last 474 00:24:07,600 --> 00:24:13,200 word? God, and this is scary, He says 475 00:24:13,200 --> 00:24:15,600 this. Very night your life will be 476 00:24:15,600 --> 00:24:18,600 demanded from you. Then who? 477 00:24:18,640 --> 00:24:21,520 Will get what you have prepared for yourself. 478 00:24:22,880 --> 00:24:25,640 Uh oh. You know why this man was a 479 00:24:25,640 --> 00:24:26,200 fool? Because. 480 00:24:26,640 --> 00:24:31,000 He didn't know how to tell time. This whole time he thought he 481 00:24:31,000 --> 00:24:33,960 had all the time in the world to do whatever he wanted. 482 00:24:35,120 --> 00:24:36,440 And God's like. Wait, wait, wait. 483 00:24:37,760 --> 00:24:44,560 Remember who's in control here? I am, you know, there's nothing 484 00:24:44,560 --> 00:24:48,400 in this life that has caused more division in families. 485 00:24:49,120 --> 00:24:51,920 And I would even say. In church bodies than the game 486 00:24:51,920 --> 00:24:55,960 of Monopoly. Anybody ever played Monopoly? 487 00:24:55,960 --> 00:24:58,560 With family before. Speaking of Thanksgiving, 488 00:25:00,680 --> 00:25:03,880 listen, we were at a camp years ago and we busted out with 489 00:25:03,880 --> 00:25:07,240 Monopoly and it was the most outrageous extreme game of 490 00:25:07,240 --> 00:25:09,440 Monopoly. That I've ever played. 491 00:25:09,960 --> 00:25:12,200 It was awesome. We were cutting deals under the. 492 00:25:12,200 --> 00:25:17,080 Table we had. Contracts we did immunity. 493 00:25:17,080 --> 00:25:21,640 Deals we did, percentages we were storing, we were putting 494 00:25:21,640 --> 00:25:25,200 houses. And hotels and all that. 495 00:25:25,200 --> 00:25:26,760 Stuff. Like man, I took it. 496 00:25:26,760 --> 00:25:27,920 We took a. Dollar Bill I. 497 00:25:27,920 --> 00:25:29,320 Stood on the table and I was like. 498 00:25:29,680 --> 00:25:32,760 The helicopter I'm looking. At all my properties. 499 00:25:32,960 --> 00:25:34,960 You know what that does to somebody that's losing? 500 00:25:37,920 --> 00:25:39,880 People were mad. They were crying. 501 00:25:39,880 --> 00:25:43,800 It, it was awesome. Monopoly Will. 502 00:25:44,120 --> 00:25:46,360 They will do that. Tables can flip. 503 00:25:48,000 --> 00:25:50,960 What I love about Monopoly is that there's some people that 504 00:25:50,960 --> 00:25:51,880 really. Really. 505 00:25:51,880 --> 00:25:56,040 Take it serious. And they start collecting that 506 00:25:56,040 --> 00:25:57,520 money and you land on that hotel. 507 00:25:57,520 --> 00:26:00,000 Especially Boardwalk, I was like. 508 00:26:00,000 --> 00:26:01,680 Man, just give me your property right now. 509 00:26:02,240 --> 00:26:05,880 I got a hotel on that thing and you start, oh man, let me get a 510 00:26:05,880 --> 00:26:08,000 500. He almost exchanged my ones. 511 00:26:08,280 --> 00:26:09,640 So I can flex a little bit harder. 512 00:26:10,160 --> 00:26:11,480 Let me. Let you borrow some money 'cause 513 00:26:11,480 --> 00:26:15,080 I got too much. That's what Monopoly does to 514 00:26:15,080 --> 00:26:18,160 families. But you know what's wild? 515 00:26:18,160 --> 00:26:20,800 Is at the end. Of the game, whether it's at 516 00:26:20,800 --> 00:26:25,240 4:00 in the morning or three days later, it it does get like 517 00:26:25,240 --> 00:26:28,640 that sometimes. You have to take. 518 00:26:28,720 --> 00:26:30,360 All of that stuff and put it back in the. 519 00:26:30,360 --> 00:26:33,720 Box. Close the box. 520 00:26:35,960 --> 00:26:37,720 And you have to get back to normal life again. 521 00:26:39,000 --> 00:26:41,760 None of that stuff mattered because it was just a game. 522 00:26:43,000 --> 00:26:46,800 There was an end to it. And guys, as we live in this 523 00:26:46,800 --> 00:26:49,600 world, many of us are living our life like we're playing 524 00:26:49,600 --> 00:26:53,160 Monopoly. We're doing all these things, 525 00:26:53,720 --> 00:26:56,360 we're boasting, we're bragging, we're having fun with our 526 00:26:56,360 --> 00:27:00,080 things, not thinking. About the future. 527 00:27:00,760 --> 00:27:02,720 And what God is saying is like, don't be a fool. 528 00:27:04,200 --> 00:27:07,680 Your time is going to be up and at the end of the day, you're 529 00:27:07,680 --> 00:27:09,640 going to take. All that stuff that you have. 530 00:27:10,680 --> 00:27:12,320 And he's going to. Close that box. 531 00:27:13,440 --> 00:27:15,000 And it's not going to be relevant. 532 00:27:15,600 --> 00:27:19,320 And listen, when you die here on this earth, the only thing going 533 00:27:19,320 --> 00:27:23,880 in a box are your bones or your ashes in an urn, and you're 534 00:27:23,880 --> 00:27:26,960 going to stand in front of a holy and righteous God and 535 00:27:26,960 --> 00:27:30,240 having to explain. What you have to show forth? 536 00:27:30,240 --> 00:27:32,800 What? He's giving you God is saying 537 00:27:32,800 --> 00:27:35,080 you're. Fool, and also whenever Jesus 538 00:27:35,080 --> 00:27:39,840 talks about a parable. And Jesus infuses God in the 539 00:27:39,840 --> 00:27:42,760 story. It's not because it's a 540 00:27:42,760 --> 00:27:43,920 character. No, it is. 541 00:27:43,920 --> 00:27:46,080 God the Father. And God the Father has a 542 00:27:46,080 --> 00:27:49,720 message. This isn't like, oh, part of the 543 00:27:49,720 --> 00:27:52,760 no, no, this is God. God is saying this. 544 00:27:52,760 --> 00:27:54,760 Remember seeing John where Jesus? 545 00:27:54,760 --> 00:27:57,720 Is I only say the things that my father tells me to say. 546 00:27:58,440 --> 00:28:00,520 If you want to see what the Father's like, look at me. 547 00:28:01,400 --> 00:28:03,120 So. Jesus is like, listen, these are 548 00:28:03,120 --> 00:28:03,640 the. Things that. 549 00:28:03,960 --> 00:28:08,600 Like my father saying to you, he's warning you, don't be a 550 00:28:08,600 --> 00:28:11,360 fool. This very night your life will 551 00:28:11,360 --> 00:28:13,840 be demanded from you. Then who will get everything 552 00:28:13,840 --> 00:28:15,200 that you? Have prepared for yourself. 553 00:28:17,040 --> 00:28:18,360 And then look. At 21 how it ends? 554 00:28:18,800 --> 00:28:21,920 This is how it will be with whoever stores up. 555 00:28:21,920 --> 00:28:25,520 Things for themselves, but. Is not. 556 00:28:25,520 --> 00:28:28,520 Rich toward God. See you guys. 557 00:28:28,520 --> 00:28:30,320 It's the. Problem is not things. 558 00:28:30,800 --> 00:28:33,720 It's not our stuff. It's our. 559 00:28:33,720 --> 00:28:36,120 View of God when it comes to. Our stuff. 560 00:28:38,040 --> 00:28:38,680 So what do I? Do is. 561 00:28:38,680 --> 00:28:40,800 Just kind of end our time here. Just with a few. 562 00:28:41,080 --> 00:28:43,480 Teachings that. We could take from this parable. 563 00:28:44,840 --> 00:28:46,320 And then we'll be out and we'll be done. 564 00:28:47,800 --> 00:28:50,640 So I think these are just simple lessons for us to. 565 00:28:50,640 --> 00:28:54,520 Take with us. So #1 your time on this. 566 00:28:54,520 --> 00:28:59,040 Earth is limited, period. Your time on this earth is 567 00:28:59,040 --> 00:29:02,600 limited. Well, you don't know when God is 568 00:29:02,600 --> 00:29:05,480 going to say I'm done, you're done. 569 00:29:06,120 --> 00:29:07,680 You don't know what's going to happen. 570 00:29:07,960 --> 00:29:10,840 We don't know. The Bible says that nobody knows 571 00:29:10,840 --> 00:29:13,120 when Christ is going to return in all his. 572 00:29:13,120 --> 00:29:17,840 Glory. So why live a life? 573 00:29:17,840 --> 00:29:20,880 Thinking that you're going to stick around here forever when 574 00:29:20,880 --> 00:29:26,160 you're not the rich man was the main character in this story. 575 00:29:26,160 --> 00:29:27,200 Everything. Was. 576 00:29:27,200 --> 00:29:34,200 About what he was. Doing and he missed it and he 577 00:29:34,200 --> 00:29:35,600 was a. Fool, because he didn't. 578 00:29:35,800 --> 00:29:39,160 Know how to tell time, but he. Also missed the opportunity. 579 00:29:39,160 --> 00:29:41,680 To use what was. Blessed from the field. 580 00:29:41,880 --> 00:29:44,160 To give to others. And to build the Kingdom of. 581 00:29:44,160 --> 00:29:48,000 God and he kept. It all to himself, he didn't 582 00:29:48,000 --> 00:29:52,160 know another I think I think something else that we could 583 00:29:52,160 --> 00:29:57,000 take from this number 2 and this is a hard one for many of us. 584 00:29:57,280 --> 00:29:58,880 Life is out of. Your control. 585 00:30:00,960 --> 00:30:05,640 Listen, your decisions have consequences and the things that 586 00:30:05,640 --> 00:30:08,920 you do in life, the things that you chase in life are going to 587 00:30:08,920 --> 00:30:13,040 drag consequences. But what you need to understand? 588 00:30:13,040 --> 00:30:15,760 Is that? As we tight knuckle. 589 00:30:15,760 --> 00:30:17,600 Things and as we try to make things. 590 00:30:17,840 --> 00:30:19,960 Our own like thinking that we. Can do it. 591 00:30:20,160 --> 00:30:22,480 God is out there. Laughing, saying no, no. 592 00:30:22,480 --> 00:30:25,480 I'm the one that is making this thing work. 593 00:30:26,280 --> 00:30:27,920 I'm the one that makes it. Grow. 594 00:30:28,200 --> 00:30:30,880 I'm the one that blesses. The field everything you. 595 00:30:30,880 --> 00:30:33,920 Have does not belong to you. Everything you have, you only 596 00:30:33,920 --> 00:30:36,040 have it because I've allowed you to have it. 597 00:30:37,560 --> 00:30:39,840 You don't have that kind of control in life. 598 00:30:41,760 --> 00:30:44,360 Psalms 90. I think this is something great 599 00:30:44,360 --> 00:30:47,480 for us, man, for us to. Learn, say, teach us, Lord. 600 00:30:47,840 --> 00:30:53,560 To number our days, not to live life thinking that we have all 601 00:30:53,560 --> 00:30:55,120 the time in the world. That we could do. 602 00:30:55,120 --> 00:30:56,960 Whatever we want with God's stuff. 603 00:30:57,160 --> 00:30:59,000 But to. Live life thinking like God is 604 00:30:59,000 --> 00:31:01,000 in control. Of everything and everything. 605 00:31:01,000 --> 00:31:03,520 He has. Given me, I'm going to use it. 606 00:31:03,760 --> 00:31:04,760 For his. Kingdom. 607 00:31:05,760 --> 00:31:10,080 That is what he's. Getting at but also I think this 608 00:31:10,080 --> 00:31:11,280 is another. Truth that we see. 609 00:31:11,280 --> 00:31:14,640 With the rich man. That you can be wise before man, 610 00:31:14,640 --> 00:31:16,120 but you could be a fool. Before God. 611 00:31:17,800 --> 00:31:25,000 It's so easy to show to be wise. Many people might look at you 612 00:31:25,000 --> 00:31:26,920 and be like, man, look at, look at all the stuff. 613 00:31:26,920 --> 00:31:29,320 He has. Man, he must got it going on. 614 00:31:29,320 --> 00:31:31,560 Everything is awesome. But God can look at that. 615 00:31:31,560 --> 00:31:33,520 Same heart and be like you. Are a fool. 616 00:31:34,000 --> 00:31:36,160 'Cause you are. Living like I don't exist. 617 00:31:37,360 --> 00:31:39,840 For a fool says in his. Heart, there is no God. 618 00:31:41,360 --> 00:31:43,520 It's really easy for us to be wise. 619 00:31:43,520 --> 00:31:46,720 Listen this rich man. He was. 620 00:31:46,720 --> 00:31:48,920 Flexing with all his stuff, he's like, you know, I'm going to 621 00:31:48,920 --> 00:31:51,880 build bigger barns that way. I could. 622 00:31:51,880 --> 00:31:53,680 I could just really. Pack it in. 623 00:31:53,960 --> 00:31:56,280 I'm going to tear them all down. And I'm going to. 624 00:31:56,280 --> 00:31:57,880 Build in all. The way back up. 625 00:32:00,120 --> 00:32:03,000 And God's like you're a fool. But you know what? 626 00:32:03,440 --> 00:32:06,520 I bet you everybody else. Around called him a trailblazer. 627 00:32:06,680 --> 00:32:10,720 He sure does hustle. He's brilliant, smart. 628 00:32:11,480 --> 00:32:12,880 I want to be like. That. 629 00:32:14,120 --> 00:32:15,600 I want my life to look like that. 630 00:32:15,600 --> 00:32:16,800 That would be awesome if I could have. 631 00:32:16,800 --> 00:32:18,560 All that stuff. And God's like. 632 00:32:18,800 --> 00:32:26,240 You're a fool. So be aware and make sure that 633 00:32:26,240 --> 00:32:27,600 you don't waste. Your life. 634 00:32:28,040 --> 00:32:31,840 Accumulating things and listen, the things that we accumulate 635 00:32:31,840 --> 00:32:33,120 will not save. You. 636 00:32:33,840 --> 00:32:36,120 It won't save you. You can't store it. 637 00:32:36,360 --> 00:32:38,200 And this is the biggest thing right here. 638 00:32:38,480 --> 00:32:42,600 Everything that you have will never satisfy you. 639 00:32:43,760 --> 00:32:45,680 You're always going to lead a little bit more. 640 00:32:47,720 --> 00:32:50,320 So it's never going to satisfy. So what do we do? 641 00:32:50,360 --> 00:32:52,720 What do we do here? So our time is limited. 642 00:32:52,720 --> 00:32:54,640 God is in control. It's really. 643 00:32:54,640 --> 00:32:57,840 Easy to fake the funk, right? Like man, people look at you 644 00:32:57,840 --> 00:32:59,960 like that dude is bro and God's like now he's a fool. 645 00:32:59,960 --> 00:33:02,240 Because of how he's. Using all this stuff. 646 00:33:02,600 --> 00:33:05,560 So how do we conclude then like? What do we do? 647 00:33:07,440 --> 00:33:09,800 If you choose Jesus, you get it all. 648 00:33:11,240 --> 00:33:12,800 If you choose Jesus, you get it all. 649 00:33:13,800 --> 00:33:17,760 My question As I read the text I'm like well then how do you? 650 00:33:17,760 --> 00:33:20,640 Be rich toward God. Like how do I? 651 00:33:20,640 --> 00:33:21,840 How am I rich? Toward God. 652 00:33:21,960 --> 00:33:24,840 Jesus says this. In the Sermon of the Mount 653 00:33:25,560 --> 00:33:28,400 Matthew. Five, he says. 654 00:33:28,400 --> 00:33:31,040 Blessed. Are the poor in? 655 00:33:31,040 --> 00:33:34,760 Spirit, how do I? Become rich in God. 656 00:33:35,200 --> 00:33:38,320 I confess my spiritual bankruptcy to him. 657 00:33:39,360 --> 00:33:44,200 I recognize that I have sinned. I have fallen short. 658 00:33:44,760 --> 00:33:46,280 I am nothing. Without him. 659 00:33:46,520 --> 00:33:49,480 I want to put my faith. And trust in Christ, I want to 660 00:33:49,480 --> 00:33:50,840 be. Forgiven. 661 00:33:52,120 --> 00:33:53,440 Because I have fallen short of the glory. 662 00:33:53,440 --> 00:33:57,800 Of God. And when I surrender my life to 663 00:33:57,800 --> 00:34:02,320 him and I experience true forgiveness, then I become. 664 00:34:02,320 --> 00:34:05,760 Rich toward God because. My life is no longer mine, 665 00:34:07,080 --> 00:34:08,800 remember? We talked about where your heart 666 00:34:08,800 --> 00:34:10,440 is also. That's where you store your 667 00:34:10,440 --> 00:34:13,239 treasure. And when you give your life to 668 00:34:13,280 --> 00:34:16,480 Jesus, your treasure changes. It's not about things anymore, 669 00:34:16,480 --> 00:34:19,719 it's about Him. My treasure is Christ. 670 00:34:21,040 --> 00:34:22,040 I want to. Live for. 671 00:34:22,040 --> 00:34:22,920 Him I want to. Follow. 672 00:34:22,920 --> 00:34:24,280 Him. Everything I do, I want to, I 673 00:34:24,280 --> 00:34:26,480 want to pursue him. Am I going to mess it? 674 00:34:26,480 --> 00:34:28,000 Up of course I. Am I'm not? 675 00:34:28,360 --> 00:34:33,800 I'm a terrible person, that's why I need him, so I'm going. 676 00:34:33,800 --> 00:34:36,480 To go after Christ. I'm going to chase after him 677 00:34:37,239 --> 00:34:39,560 because I know that if I. Choose Jesus. 678 00:34:40,400 --> 00:34:43,040 No matter all the stuff I have, no matter what I have in my 679 00:34:43,040 --> 00:34:43,920 life. I get it. 680 00:34:43,920 --> 00:34:47,880 All I have him and that's all I need. 681 00:34:49,280 --> 00:34:52,400 So I want to close like this. Can you say? 682 00:34:52,400 --> 00:34:57,280 You have it all. Have you chosen Christ? 683 00:34:59,360 --> 00:35:00,160 Do I have it? All. 684 00:35:00,160 --> 00:35:02,680 Do I have everything or? Do I just have stuff? 685 00:35:04,080 --> 00:35:11,040 Jesus wants to give everything he is to you, to experience 686 00:35:11,040 --> 00:35:14,320 forgiveness, grace, mercy. He loves us so much. 687 00:35:15,360 --> 00:35:19,720 All you have to do is accept it. So as we sing, as we close in 688 00:35:19,720 --> 00:35:22,680 song, we're going to have some brothers and sisters up here in 689 00:35:22,680 --> 00:35:25,120 the front corners, man, if you want to make a decision. 690 00:35:25,120 --> 00:35:28,320 For Christ talk to. Somebody if you want somebody to 691 00:35:28,320 --> 00:35:30,400 pray with. We're here to pray for you. 692 00:35:31,080 --> 00:35:34,280 Don't be shy, but don't let. This time go by. 693 00:35:35,480 --> 00:35:36,440 So let's pray together so.