“Beware of Wealth toward Self” - Luke 12:13-21

Today’s study considers the place of earthly wealth and kingdom values. Luke recounts Christ’s foundational teaching regarding persecution, kingdom values, and God’s meeting of human needs in order that ‘God lovers’ may overcome darkness while living and declaring the Gospel. The text proper describes Jesus’ teaching about greed in response to a demand that he arbitrate a dispute over an inheritance. In so doing, Luke seeks to achieve the purpose of his writing, which is to steady the wobbly faith of ‘God lovers’ as they invest their life in eternal ends (cf. Luke 1:3-4).