Friday, June 27th

Opening Question: What would you do if you became the richest person in the world?

Read Luke 12:13-21 as a group, and then again by yourselves:

13 Someone in the crowd spoke to Jesus. "Teacher," he said, "tell my brother to divide the family property with me." 14 Jesus replied, "Friend, who made me a judge between you and your brother?" 15 Then he said to them, "Watch out! Be on your guard against wanting to have more and more things. Life is not made up of how much a person has." 16 Then Jesus told them a story. He said, "A certain rich man's land produced a good crop. 17 He thought to himself, 'What should I do? I don't have any place to store my crops.' 18 "Then he said, 'This is what I'll do. I will tear down my storerooms and build bigger ones. I will store all my grain and my other things in them. 19 I'll say to myself, "You have plenty of good things stored away for many years. Take life easy. Eat, drink and have a good time." ' 20 "But God said to him, 'You foolish man! This very night I will take your life away from you. Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?' 21 "That is how it will be for anyone who stores things away for himself but is not rich in God's eyes."


Discuss the following questions:
1. What did the person in verse 13 want?
2. Does verse 15 agree with today’s world of advertising? Explain.
3. How would you describe the rich man in the story?
4. Was Jesus teaching that it’s wrong to be rich, save money or enjoy life?
5. What does it mean to be “rich in God’s eyes” and how can that happen?