Having Money is Not the Good Life

Don Calvert ~ April 14, 2024
Luke 12:13-21

Eternal Reason: God wants His people to have His

on

Reveal Answer

and the

Reveal Answer

of it.
(Bible/Notes)

Pastoral Experience: The vast majority of God’s people trust His Word, but they want to ignore, dismiss, or

about His written perspective on

Reveal Answer

and the

Reveal Answer

of it.
(Bible/Notes)

Caution: If you are doing well in being a good steward of God’s resources,

deeper; don’t

Reveal Answer

the

Reveal Answer

!
(Bible/Notes)

Luke’s Point: He wants to show us the distinguishing difference between Jesus’

perspectives and the

Reveal Answer

,

Reveal Answer

concerns of His followers.
(Bible/Notes)

Reality #1 – Any desire for wealth that causes you to

or

Reveal Answer

building God’s kingdom, is NOT the good life, it’s

Reveal Answer

.
(Bible/Notes)

Reality #2 – Pursuing money and possessions as a means of

your

Reveal Answer

desires, is NOT the good life, it’s

Reveal Answer

.
(Bible/Notes)

ὁράω (Watch Out!) horáō: To take

for

Reveal Answer

, for

Reveal Answer

something to happen.

πλεονεξία (Greed) playo-nex-sía: The desire for more and more, to

away money, the

Reveal Answer

of money,

Reveal Answer

.
(Bible/Notes)

1st Upside-Down Thinking –

to

Reveal Answer

who IS the LORD of the

Reveal Answer

is not the good life.
(Bible/Notes)

2nd Upside-Down Thinking – Store up lots of

and possessions for yourself,

Reveal Answer

early and

Reveal Answer

large is not the good life.
(Bible/Notes)

God’s Thinking – Anyone lifestyle that doesn’t align with God’s priorities won’t hold up after

, they will be called

Reveal Answer

for

Reveal Answer

.
(Bible/Notes)

ἀπαιτέω [will be demanded] apaitéō: To

something back, to

Reveal Answer

to the one who has

Reveal Answer

.
(Bible/Notes)

Implication #1 – The rich fool

the

Reveal Answer

of

Reveal Answer

; you don’t have to.
(Bible/Notes)

Implication #2 – People who are satisfied with things that money can buy are in great danger of

the

Reveal Answer

thing that

Reveal Answer

cannot buy.
(Bible/Notes)

Implication #3 – God takes our

or

Reveal Answer

Reveal Answer

… we are choosing this daily.
(Bible/Notes)