Luke 12:16-21
[16] And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully:
[17] And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits?
[18] And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods.
[19] And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.
[20] But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?
[21] So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.
This verse is one of the parables of Jesus. A parable is not a true story but it has a spiritual lesson that a Christian must apply to themselves.
This Parable is all about a rich man who owns a big portion of land, his land bearing plentifully that its fruit is not fitted on his barn.
This rich man-made solution for the problem he is facing.
First, he plans for a new barn.
Secondly, he destroys the old barn
Thirdly, he built a new improved barn. Much larger than the old one.
What happens next? He did what he planned and after he said to himself: Luke 12:19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.
What the rich man deed did not give pleased to the Lord. As a consequence of what he did the Lord made a judgment for this man. Luke 12:20 But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?
NOW, LETS FACE THE REALITY
We cannot deny the fact that the riches here on earth are good and fascinating in the eyes. Riches is one of the tactics of the devil. Hence, the devil always has its victory because many Christians and non-Christians eyes are fix\set on the riches of this world.
The rich man in the parable is a representation of men who are lovers of riches.
Believe it or not, This parable is not only preached by Jesus because he just wants this to share with people but because even in His days here on earth He already showed all people are lovers of riches.
In this was verified by Apostle Paul to Pastor Timothy in 2 Timothy 3:2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
Covetous in this verse means a lover of money, and greedy to money. Money is considered as riches. If you have plenty of money or if someone has a wage that is bigger than the normal wage people think and says that man is lucky and rich. Do you also think that way?
If in the days of Jesus, covetousness is publicly express and manifested, in these last days this spirit is more manifested and publicly shown in the life of all men.
Disclaimer: I am not against who has a job, I am not against those who work for their family, I am not against them who has work to provide the needs of their family. (If it is your excuse to me.)
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