Rich Toward God — Erlo Stegen

Rich Toward God Rather Than Worldly Wealth

And this man was called a fool because he wasn't rich concerning the things of God. Last night I had a service in Durham. If I'm not mistaken that service was arranged by Muslims. But in spite of that they asked me to be the main preacher.

Spiritual Prosperity Beyond Financial Success

So it was a great privilege for me to greet them in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. And that it was a great joy for me to preach to them. It's always a great privilege and joy to speak about Jesus to people who don't know Him.

And then I spoke to them about the late Harry Oppenheimer. He was once addressing a meeting about his financial progress of his companies and he told the people it had been a very prosperous and a good successful year financially.

But then he said something that shook me to the core. I never expected to hear such words from such a man being the richest man in South Africa. He said financially it went very well. But then he carried on and said he wonders whether he has made as much spiritual progress in the same year as he did financially.

Whether his soul had prospered as much as his companies. That was amazing to me. I never expected it from a man like Oppenheimer, the richest man in South Africa. That this man had this spiritual insight.

This is a rare quality indeed. The Bible speaks about a man who had prospered with his crops to such an extent that he said to himself, you have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take it easy.

The Rich Fool and the Demand of the Soul

Eat, drink and be merry. But God said to him, you fool. This very night your soul will be required of you. The Lord used harsh words concerning this man. He said tonight, you fool, your soul will be required of you.

Then who will own what you have accumulated? Then he said, it will be the same for everyone who stores a treasure for himself but is not rich toward God. Jesus ended by saying, and this is applicable to all of us, so is the one who lays up treasures for himself and is not rich toward God.

Jesus said to him, you fool, your soul will be required of you. He said, it will be the same for everyone who stores a treasure for himself but is not rich toward God. He said, it will be the same for everyone who stores a treasure for himself but is not rich toward God.

Treasures on Earth and Spiritual Poverty

It is like that Jesus Christ is saying to all of us here. It will be like that to everyone who stores riches for himself here on earth but not in heaven. This parable is eternally true, even for us right here, right now.

I wonder whether we are busy with the things of the world only. Busy with the things of this world and not with spiritual things. That we are spiritually poor in God's eyes, we are paupers. It is known that some habitually fall asleep during a long sermon, but at the beginning.

A Distracted Hearer of the Gospel

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