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**Luke 12:13–21**  
**13** Someone in the crowd said to Him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the _family_ inheritance with me.”
 
**14** But He said to him, “Man, who appointed Me a judge or arbitrator over you?”
 
**15** Then He said to them, “Beware, and be on your guard against every form of greed; for not _even_ when one has an abundance does his life consist of his possessions.”
 
**16** And He told them a parable, saying, “The land of a rich man was very productive.
 
**17** “And he began reasoning to himself, saying, ‘What shall I do, since I have no place to store my crops?’
 
**18** “Then he said, ‘This is what I will do: I will tear down my barns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods.
 
**19** ‘And I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years _to come;_ take your ease, eat, drink _and_ be merry.” ’
 
**20** “But God said to him, ‘You fool! This _very_ night your soul is required of you; and _now_ who will own what you have prepared?’
 
**21** “So is the man who stores up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.”

Bible Chapel of Shawnee  
October 1st, 2017  
Part of Life of Christ series
 
**Outline**

1. Question and Response (13-15)
    
    1. Question from man in the crowd (v13)
    2. Jesus cannot answer (v14)
    3. Jesus warns against greed (v15)
        
        1. Warning: be on your guard against greed
        2. Reason: our lives never consist of our possessions
2. A Parable (16-20)
    
    1. A rich man's land was productive (v16)
    2. The rich man reasoned with himself what to do with the extra produce (v17)
    3. The rich man decides to build bigger barns (v18)
    4. The rich man comforts himself (v19)
    5. God requires the rich man's soul that night (v20)
3. Summary (21)