1st Sunday after Trinity + Luke 16:19-31
Grace and Peace be unto you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. The rich man dies and goes to hell. He goes to Hell not because he’s rich but because he’s set his heart on his riches. He found his joy in his wealth. He lived for the sake of accumulating and enjoying the best things this life could offer. Consider how Christ describes him. He “ was clothed in purple and fine linen and fared sumptuously every day .” He word the most expensive color of clothing, the color of kings. He fared sumptuously every day. His table was set with the richest foods and the finest wines, not once a month, not once a week, but every day. This man was the epitome of wealth. There’s nothing wrong with wealth. It isn’t sinful to be rich. Look at the saints of the Old Testament. Abraham was quite wealthy. He acquired “ sheep, oxen, male donkeys, male and female servants, female donkeys, and camels” from Pharaoh (Genesis 12:16). He had “ three hundred and eighteen trained servants who