THE PARABLE OF THE RICH FOOL
Luke 12:13-21
Key Verse 12:21 “This is how it will be with whoever stores up things for themselves but is not rich toward God.”
1. What issue did someone bring to Jesus and what impact did it have on the relationship between brothers? (13) How did Jesus respond and why? (14)
2. What warning did Jesus give? (15) What does “all kinds of greed” mean? (cf. Colossians 3:5) What deception that accompanies greed did Jesus expose? (cf. Ecclesiastes 5:10)
3. What plan did the rich man make with his abundant harvest and with what motive? (16-19) (Note his use of personal pronouns and verb tense.) What would you have done in this man’s place?
4. What was missing in his calculation? (20) In what sense was he a fool? (cf. Psalm 14:1)
5. What general application did Jesus make? (21) What does it mean to be “rich toward God”?
(cf. 1 Timothy 6:17-19)