The Test of Prosperity

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Speaker: Dave Royes
Scripture: Luke 12:13-21
April 4, 2025

Luke 12:13-21: Someone in the crowd said to [Jesus], “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.” But he said to him, “Man, who made me a judge or arbiter over you?” And he said to them, “Take care, and be on your guard against all covetousness, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.” And he told them a parable, saying, “The land of a rich man produced plentifully, and he thought to himself, ‘What shall I do, for I have nowhere to store my crops?’ 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. And I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; relax, eat drink, and be merry.”’ But God said to him, ‘Fool! This night your soul is required of you, and the things you have prepared, whose will they be?’ So is the one who lays up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God.”

Sermon Outline

1. The main point

2. The shocking exhortation

• A particularly blinding sin

• A particularly captivating sin

3. The exposing parable

• Our delight is in God

• Our security comes from God

• Our eternity is with God

4. The truth about treasure

The Test of Prosperity

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Speaker: Dave Royes
Scripture: Luke 12:13-21
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Speaker: Steve Estes
Scripture: Luke 12:13-21
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