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Luke 12:13-21

Listen to Luke 12:13-21

The Parable of the Rich Fool

13 Someone from the crowd said to Him, "Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me."
14 "Friend," [a] He said to him, "who appointed Me a judge or arbitrator over you?"
15 He then told them, "Watch out and be on guard against all greed because one's life is not in the abundance of his possessions."
16 Then He told them a parable: "A rich man's land was very productive.
17 He thought to himself, 'What should I do, since I don't have anywhere to store my crops?
18 I will do this,' he said. 'I'll tear down my barns and build bigger ones and store all my grain and my goods there.
19 Then I'll say to myself, "You [b] have many goods stored up for many years. Take it easy; eat, drink, and enjoy yourself." '
20 "But God said to him, 'You fool! This very night your life is demanded of you. And the things you have prepared-whose will they be?'
21 "That's how it is with the one who stores up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God."

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What Is Hell?
What Is Hell?
Jill Briscoe

What is hell? How could a loving God create such a horrible place and then be willing to send His creation there? Jill agrees that these are normal thoughts to have, but she uses a number of passages to change our perspective on the matter.The greatest fall came when God’s highest angel wanted to take His place and therefore was thrown out of heaven; hell was created as this angel’s new home. Hell was never created by God for man, but if we choose to reject Him, this dreadful place becomes our eternal home.This message includes Jill’s poem “The Wish Wand.”

What Is Hell?
What Is Hell?
Jill Briscoe

What is hell? How could a loving God create such a horrible place and then be willing to send His creation there? Jill agrees that these are normal thoughts to have, but she uses a number of passages to change our perspective on the matter. The greatest fall came when God’s highest angel wanted to take His place and therefore was thrown out of heaven; hell was created as this angel’s new home. Hell was never created by God for man, but if we choose to reject Him, this dreadful place becomes our eternal home. This is message includes Jill’s poem “The Wish Wand.”

What Did Jesus Say About Things?
What Did Jesus Say About Things?
Stuart and Jill Briscoe

We all are looking for financial and material success. Who wouldn't want a bigger house, nicer car, maybe a boat or some extra zeros in the bank account. All these things in themselves aren't bad—yet they become "bad" when we look for satisfaction in these material things or when we start to think that we deserve them. Jesus warned against such greed when He told the parable of the rich fool—a man who saw his success as the result of his own actions instead of acknowledging that it was a gift from God.  In this message, Stuart Briscoe teaches us what Jesus had to say about the amassing of wealth and encourages us to keep sight of the eternal and not the temporal.

What Is Hell?
What Is Hell?
Jill Briscoe

What is hell? How could a loving God create such a horrible place and then be willing to send His creation there? Jill agrees that these are normal thoughts to have, but she uses a number of passages to change our perspective on the matter. The greatest fall came when God's highest angel wanted to take His place and therefore was thrown out of heaven; hell was created as this angel's new home. Hell was never created by God for man, but if we choose to reject Him, this dreadful place becomes our eternal home. This is message includes Jill's poem "The Wish Wand."

Footnotes 2

  • [a] Lit Man
  • [b] Lit say to my soul, "Soul, you
Holman Christian Standard Bible ® Copyright © 2003, 2002, 2000, 1999 by Holman Bible Publishers.  Used by permission.  All rights reserved.

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