Really Rich

Follow Along with the Message

RICH!

The RICH young ruler (Luke 18); the parable of the RICH farmer (Luke 12); God is RICH in mercy (Ephesians 2)

In every age (ours included) some have more.

"Truly I say to you, it is hard for a RICH man to enter the kingdom of heaven."--Matthew 19:23.

 He is talking to us.

--REALLY RICH PEOPLE ARE GODLY--v. 6

     eusebomai (eu, well; sebomai,  to worship)

--REALLY RICH PEOPLE ARE CONTENT--v. 6

     autoarkeo (auto, self; arkeo, to have enough)

     "She smiles at the future."--Proverbs 31:25

--REALLY RICH PEOPLE ARE JOYFUL--v. 17

     "Fix their hope. . .on God, who richly supplies us with all things to enjoy."

--REALLY RICH PEOPLE ARE SERVANTS--v. 18

     "Well done, good and faithful servant."--Matthew 25:23

     "I have not found your deeds completed in the sight of My God."--Revelation 3:2

     "I gave her time to repent, and she does not want to repent of her immorality."--Revelation 2:21

     RICH in good WORKS. . .the work of prayer, the work of ministry, the work of encouragement, the work of generosity.

     "I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I know; the only ones among you who will be truly happy are those who have sought and found how to serve."--Albert Schweitzer

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18 million millionaires in America.  Or is it 6 million?

Forbes Magazine, "The World's Billionaires".  Ranking published annually

"But the brother in humble circumstances is to glory in his high position; and the rich man is to glory in his humiliation, because like flowering grass he will pass away.  For the sun rises with a scorching wind and withers the grass; and its flower falls off and the beauty of its appearance is destroyed; so too the rich man in the midst of his pursuits will fade away."--James 1:9-11