Luke 12:13-21
The Rich Fool Find others to do this study with you — friends, family members or coworkers — or join an existing group. You will understand more of God and better arrange your life around God’s Word as you pursue Him with others. This week we are going to focus on the parable of the rich fool.
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Hear God’s Story READ LUKE 12:13-21 Read the passage together, and discuss the following questions, paying particular attention to the context and author’s intent. One of Jesus’s hearers was having trouble with his brother about the proper division of an inheritance. … The man simply called on Jesus to intervene on his behalf. In this he is taking Jesus as a typical rabbi, for the rabbis customarily gave decision on disputed points of law. Jesus, however, refused to have anything to do with it. His form of address, “Man’ s far from cordial (cf. Bengel, ‘He addresses him as a stranger’). He came to bring men to God, not to bring property to men. In this situation He was concerned with the attitudes of the people involved, not with who got what.” — “Tyndale New Testament Commentaries”
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Why do you think Jesus’ response to the young man was so harsh? What warning does Jesus give to the crowd before telling another parable? What do the statements of the rich man in the parable indicate about his understanding of or perspective on life?
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What do you think Jesus was trying to teach the crowd?
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Have there been times when your relationship with Jesus was utilitarian, when you saw Him as a means to an end? What have you learned in following Jesus about the true meaning and purpose of life? What are the things that cause you to lose sight of life’s fuller purpose? How can your group live in the light of this knowledge?
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JULY 15-17, 2017
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