PCC Sermons Podcast · Pompey Community Church

Seeking God's Kingdom

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"This night, your soul is required of you."

Pompey Community Church begins with Jesus in the middle of a public dispute over an inheritance. He does not act as judge or arbitrator. Instead, he warns the crowd to guard against covetousness. The sermon keeps the point plain: life does not consist in the abundance of possessions. A parable then puts that warning into concrete form. A rich man's land produces abundantly. He looks at more grain than he can store and asks what he should do with it. His answer is to tear down his barns and build larger ones. He imagines a future of ease, eating, drinking, and being merry. God cuts through that confidence with a sharp verdict. The man is called a fool because his soul is required that very night. The sermon stresses that the issue is not work or earning itself. The issue is treating wealth like a safe place to rest. From there, the message turns to Job and asks about the hope of the godless. It moves to Ecclesiastes to show how toil loses its point when it cannot be kept. Jesus' own question about gaining the whole world and forfeiting the soul comes in as the final witness. All of those voices point the same way. Earthly treasure does not travel with you. The sermon keeps returning to how temporary stored up goods really are, and to the deeper question of where hope is placed. The close shifts from warning to invitation. Listeners are asked where their treasure is, because that answer exposes where the heart is. The message ends by urging the church to seek God's kingdom first, and to trust a Father who cares and a treasure no rust, moth, or thief can touch.

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A sober look at wealth, worry, and what lasts when the barn is empty.

Luke 12 is handled with a clear sense of stakes, tracing the rich man’s parable and then widening to Job, Ecclesiastes, and Jesus’ warning about gaining the world and losing the soul.

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When your bank balance feels like a plan for peace.

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