My soul is more important than my stuff. This message was given on November 22, 2015 at New City Church in Calgary by Pastor John Ferguson. For more info, please visit: www.newcitychurch.ca

1. The Good Life?
The Gospel of Luke 12:13-21

2. God Gives Us His Words of Eternal Life
Luke 12:13-21
Found on page 871 in our guest Bibles.
Today’s Scripture:

3. Why is my life
stuffed
with stuff ?

4. The Good Life?
The Gospel of Luke 12:13-21

5. 13 Someone in the crowd said to him,
Luke 12:13-21
“Teacher, tell my brother to divide the
inheritance with me.” 14 But he said to
him, “Man, who made me a judge or
aribtrator over you?”

6. 15 And he said to them, “Take care, and
Luke 12:13-21
be on your guard….

7. 15 And he said to them, “Take care, and
Luke 12:13-21
be on your guard against all covetous-
ness…

8. If only I had _________,
then I would be happy.

9. 15 And he said to them, “Take care, and
Luke 12:13-21
be on your guard against all covetous-
ness, for one’s life does not consist in
the abundance of possessions.”

10. $33,500+
=
Top 5% wealthiest
on the planet.
worldwealthcalculator.org

11. “He who loves money
will not be satisfied
with money, nor he
who loves wealth
with his income.”~ King Solomon in
Ecclesiastes 5:10

12. 16 And he told them a parable, saying,
Luke 12:13-21
“The land of a rich man produced plenti-
fully, 17 and he thought to himself, ‘What
shall I do, for I have nowhere to store my
crops?’ 18 And he said, ‘I will do this: I
will tear down my barns and build larger
ones, and there I will store all my grain
and my goods.’

13. “Take care lest you forget the Lord your
God….lest when you have eaten and are full
and have built good houses and live in
them, and when…your silver and gold is
multiplied and all that you have is multiplied,
then your heart will be lifted up, and you
forget the Lord your God….”
~ The Prophet Moses in Deuteronomy 8:11-14

14. Beware lest you say in your heart, ‘My
power and the might of my hand have gotten
me this wealth.’ You shall remember the
Lord your God, for it is he who gives you
power to get wealth….”
~ The Prophet Moses in Deuteronomy 8:11-14

15. 19 “‘And I will say to my soul, Soul, you
Luke 12:13-21
have ample goods laid up for many years;
relax, eat, drink, be merry.’

16. “In his pride the
wicked man does not
seek him; in all his
thoughts there is no
room for God.”
~ Psalm 10:4 (NIV)

17. “The fool says
in his heart,
‘There is no God.’”
~ Psalm 14:1

18. 20 “But God said to him, ‘Fool! This night
Luke 12:13-21
your soul is required of you, and the things
you have prepared, whose will they be?’
21 So is the one who lays up treasure for
himself and is not rich toward God.

19. “What will it profit
someone if they
gain the whole
world, yet forfeit
their soul?
~ Jesus of Nazareth in
The Gospel of Matthew 16:26

20. Why does Luke record this
account in his historical
biography of Jesus?
Important Question

21. My soul
is more important than
my stuff.

22. “You know the grace of
our Lord Jesus Christ,
that though he was
rich, yet for your sake
he became poor, so
that you by his poverty
might become rich.”
~ The Apostle Paul in
2 Corinthians 8:9

23. “When you see him dying to make you his treasure,
that will make him yours. Money will cease to be
the currency of your significance and security,
and you will want to bless others with what
you have. To the degree you
grasp the gospel, money
will have no dominion
over you. ”
~ Tim Keller, The King’s Cross

25. “You worship money….
You’re part of a culture
where everything is
measured by money.
It’s a religion.”

26. No servant can serve two masters, for either he
will hate the one and love the other, or he will
be devoted to the one and despise the other.
You cannot serve God and money.
~ Jesus of Nazareth in the Gospel of Luke 16:13

27. Choose your definition
of the good life.
Application

28. image credit
Shutterstock // Image ID: 324565841