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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And he spake a parable unto them, saying,.... He supposed the following case, and made use of it by way of illustration of what he had said: the ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully; who notwithstanding his riches, was but a fool, as the sequel shows; rich men are not always wise in things natural and civil; and very few of them...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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 alt my fruits and my goods. And I will say...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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? He did not enquire, “Where can I find a needy case in which I may use my superfluity for charity?” Oh, no! “How can I hoard it? How can I...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And, he thought within himself,.... And foolish thoughts they were; he did not think of God, or that there was one, and much less that he was the author, of all his outward prosperity and plenty; and was still further off of thinking of returning thanks to God for it: or of asking counsel of him, what he should do with it; but he consults himself...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And he said, this will I do,.... This was the resolution he came to, and which he took up, without consulting God, or asking leave of him: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; which was not a very wise one; for he might have let his present barns have stood, and have added new ones to them: and there will I bestow all my fruits and my...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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, — Which was the last thing he thought, he imagined that he was a...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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, — It is “my” all through, — my fruits, my barns, my goods. The man was eaten up with selfishness, and did not recognize the fact of his stewardship. He did not know that even his own soul did not...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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 case, eat, drink, and be merry. But God said unto him, Thou fool, Other men said of him, “This is a wise man; he minds the main...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And I will say to my soul,.... Himself, see Psalms 49:18 or to his sensual appetite, which he sought to indulge and gratify, for he was wholly a sensual and carnal man: soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years: he foolishly promises himself a long life, when no man can boast of tomorrow, or knows what a day will bring forth; or can assure...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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? “Thou fool.” That is God’s opinion of the man who means to build bigger barns in order that he may himself enjoy...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
But God said unto him,.... He determined within himself he should die that night; for the time of a man's death, as well as of his birth, is fixed by God; or he sent the messenger of death, some disease or another, the language of which was, immediate death, or death in a very short time; or spoke to his conscience, and impressed it on his mind,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
This night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided? So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God. Here our Saviour shows us the frail nature of the tenure upon which we hold all earthly goods, and how it is not worth while to make these the chief things of our life;...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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? This may also be said to any one of you; where would you be if the Lord did say to you, “This night thy soul shall he required of thee”?
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
This night thy soul shall be required of thee: I should like you to set that up as the counter picture to the one that we had this morning, “Today shalt thou be with me in Paradise.” That was said by Christ to the penitent thief, but to this impenitent rich man, God said, “This night thy soul shall be required of thee.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided? So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God. “He that layeth up treasure for himself.” That was the chief point of this man’s wrong-doing, his selfishness. His charity began at home, and ended there; he lived only for himself.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
So is he that layeth up treasure for himself,.... This is the accommodation of the parable. Just such a fool is he, and this will be the end or him, who employs all his thoughts, and spends all his time, in amassing to himself worldly riches and wealth, in laying up treasures on earth for himself, for futurity: and makes no use of his earthly...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God. And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought — It really means, “Make it not a matter of anxious care. Take no inordinate thought” —
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God. And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body, what ye shall put on. The life is more than meat, and the body is more than raiment. Do not spend your care on the lower things; care most for...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And he said unto his disciples,.... Having finished the parable which he spake to the whole audience in common, he directed himself to his disciples, who were poor, and apt to be over anxious about their living in the world: therefore I say unto you, take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat. The Ethiopic version adds, "and what ye shall...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought — No undue, anxious thought, for such is the meaning of the word used here: “Take no thought” —