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Page 1 of 11 Your money is not your own
Modern Day Parables 7.0
Luke 12:13-21
by Eric Stillman
August 5th, 2007
 | Play |  | Download mp3 | There is a famous objection when it comes to churches that churches talk about money too much. There are few things more off-putting then showing up at a church for the first time, looking for spiritual guidance, and hearing a sermon on tithing. Beneath that assumption about churches and money is probably the feeling that the spiritual and the material are separate things, and that church should be about morals and values and praying and worship, not about earthly things like money. After all, everyone else wants your money; shouldn’t the church be different? Unfortunately, that sounds nice in theory until you start reading the life of Jesus, and notice that surprisingly he talks about money and possessions even more than he talks about things like praying, or heaven and hell. Why is that? Was Jesus looking for people to give to him financially? No! It’s because Jesus knew that our use of money and possessions is very much a spiritual matter, that few things reveal our heart, our values, our morals, and ultimately our trust and faith in God more than how we handle money and possessions. So, as I’ve been going through this series on the parables of Jesus, it was only a matter of time before I got to one that deals with our attitudes towards money, and today is that day. This morning we’re looking at a story Jesus told in Luke 12:13-21, which is part of a longer section where Jesus talks about money, greed, and our attitudes towards material possessions. Luke 12:13-31 Someone in the crowd said to him, "Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me." 14 Jesus replied, "Man, who appointed me a judge or an arbiter between you?"
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