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308 "THIS MEANS EVERLASTING LIFE"
to pursue the fleeting things which the doomed
world pursues and which can never give everlasting
life. Do not be lured into piling up material
wealth with its supposed security, for neither it
nor the commercial system which encourages
accumulating it can guarantee your life for one
night . Take Jesus' illustration to heart : "The land
of a certain rich man produced well . Consequently,
he began reasoning within himself, saying : What
shall I do, now that I have nowhere to gather my
crops?' So he said : I will do this : I will tear down
my storehouses and build bigger ones, and there
I will gather all my grain and all my good things,
and I will say to my soul : "Soul, you have many
good things laid up for many years ; take your
ease, eat, drink, enjoy yourself ."' But God said
to him : Unreasonable one, this night they are
demanding your soul from you. Who, then, is to
have the things you stored up?' So it goes with
the man that lays up treasure for himself but is
not rich toward God ."-Luke 12 :16-21, NW.
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It is not the greedy acquiring of any of the
wealth which this world has to offer that brings
real happiness, contentment and profit in this life .
Nor can you buy life in the future by such riches .
Only our unselfish devotion to God through Jesus
Christ proves healthful and profitable in every
way in this world and only it gives sure hope of
life in the world to come. How true it is: "Those
who are determined to be rich fall into temptation
and a snare and many senseless and hurtful
desires which plunge men into destruction and
ruin. For the love of money is a root of all sorts
3 . Why does the acquiring of worldly wealth not bring
real profit? But what does give hope of life in the world
to come?