No One Likes To Be Called A Fool
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And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully: And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits? And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods. And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.
But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?
A farmer had a very good year.
His crops did exceptionally well and gave the farmer much prosperity.
But all he thought of was buildings and banqueting.
God in judgment will cause him to think otherwise.
FIRST—THE DESCRIPTION OF THE FARMER
Man’s description...
They would call him successful, impressive. a genius etc.
He doing good.
He’s the man.
He’s got it put together.
Man is a different story.
Men would call this farmer anything but a fool.
For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the Lord abhorreth.
Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and men will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself.
“Thou fool.”
God called the farmer a “fool.”
God is in the habit of labeling people and practices with proper names.
But though the farmer would be praised by the world he was condemned by God.
Note two main reasons why God condemned the man.
• His Interests.
In the previous verse the farmer was only interested in buildings and banqueting, or you can say prosperity and partying.
That is all the world seems to be interested in today.
They only pursue temporal pleasure.
This man’s interests were very low.
They were not noble, there is no charity.
He was selfish, just interested in self.
God rightly called him a “fool.”
• His indifference.
He had no interest in eternity.
He was indifferent to the fact of his eternal destiny.
He lived for today and was indifferent to the future beyond the grave.
Most people are in that category.
They are indifferent to the things that matter the most in life.
They care not about their soul.
God is not in their thoughts.
They have no time for the Bible or church.
Such people are indeed fools.
SECOND—THE DEATH OF THE FARMER
And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.
What a shock that would be to the farmer and his family.
He was preparing for a life of “ease, eat drink and be merry”.
God had a different plan but the farmer never gave God the time of day so he was unprepared for death.
There are two things about death in this statement that are very instructive.
• The journey of death.
“Thy soul shall be required of thee” Death is certain.
And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:
Few people are adequately prepared for death.
• The judgment after death.
“Required.” reminds us of judgment after death. “But after this [death] the judgment”.
THIRD—THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE FARMER’S WEALTH
“Then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?”
The farmer cannot take it with him, so somebody else will get all his wealth (in our day the government will get most of it).
The farmer will leave it all behind.
His entire interests were only in what he would leave behind.
No wonder he is called a “fool.”