Hey Bible readers, I'm Tara Lee Cobble, and I'm your host for the Bible recap.

One day, Jesus is preaching a public sermon about trusting God and not man, about God's

provision, when he gets heckled by a man in the audience who appears to have totally missed

the point.

He asked Jesus to settle a family financial dispute, and Jesus is like, that's not really

what I'm here for, but since you brought it up, you need to check yourself, because

it sounds like you might be putting your hopes in money, and that doesn't go well in the

long run.

This question serves as the launching pad for the parable of the rich fool.

It's about a man who has built new barns to hold all his wealth, and he preaches the false

gospel to himself being comforted by all his worldly possessions.

Wealth and possessions are blessings, but they have to be viewed rightly.

In light of eternity, his possessions are worthless, and his perspective is wicked,

because putting your hope in financial security is the anti-gospel.

Jesus continues by saying the man will die that night, and all the things he's stored

up will be divided among other people.

He's stored up treasure on earth, but he did not store up God.

He points out that death can come at any moment, and for those of us born post-resurrection,

he says to be mindful of the fact that we have no idea when he's going to return.

So he says to be prepared for that, preparation can only mean one thing.

Do we know him or not?

This is all about relationship.

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