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1 | rich and poor in proverbs | Proverbs | azurelaw | 205205 | ||
Hi Chesshores, You say: "...so money is important and an answer to everything in a very central sense." How is money an answer to everything? How are worldly treasures and materials used as the standard to gauge wealth against spirituality? Can you elaborate more? Matt 6:24 No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will stand by and be devoted to the one and despise and be against the other. You cannot serve God and mammon (deceitful riches, money, possessions, or whatever is trusted in). Shalom Azure |
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2 | Jesus symbolism in parable, how else | Proverbs | chesshores | 205216 | ||
Luke 16:2-14 2 And he called him, and said unto him, How is it that I hear this of thee? give an account of thy stewardship; for thou mayest be no longer steward. 3 Then the steward said within himself, What shall I do? for my lord taketh away from me the stewardship: I cannot dig; to beg I am ashamed. 4 I am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses. 5 So he called every one of his lord's debtors unto him, and said unto the first, How much owest thou unto my lord? 6 And he said, An hundred measures of oil. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and sit down quickly, and write fifty. 7 Then said he to another, And how much owest thou? And he said, An hundred measures of wheat. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and write fourscore. 8 And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light. 9 And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations. 10 He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much. 11 If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches? 12 And if ye have not been faithful in that which is another man's, who shall give you that which is your own? 13 No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. 14 And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him. (KJV) i think you have a very different reading of all this, please reply, i am making this a question the key thing here i believe is Master. God is Master or Lord. Money is an answer, though it need not be THE answer for everything (see NKJV Ecc) i have not heard any sermon on this passage. From the way i see it, the dishonest manager was careless b4 accounting to his Master. Now though he cannot remember the details, his generosity in representation and compensation for his Master wins back, redeems favour from the debtors it has spiritual meaning if taken symbolically. how would you interpret this literalistically, as you say, adhering to the terms of this forum? i have made effort to ensure what i answer here is pure |
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3 | Jesus symbolism in parable, how else | Proverbs | Tamara Brewington | 205217 | ||
Dear chessshores, See verse 11 where it makes clear why Jesus was saying the whole thing in the first place? Jesus was talking about the whole matter of being good stewardsof money in order to make far more important ont about being entrusted as good stewards of the true righes... The riches that you are to accumulate as part of your reward in heaven, as Jesus says elsewhere, store up for yourselves treasure in heaven. You have to get the context of these passages about money correct in the parables to understand why Jesus was saying what he was saying in the first place. God's day to you, Tamara |
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4 | the q of Scrptrl interpretation, again | Proverbs | chesshores | 205220 | ||
11 If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches? kjv i take it you read this kjv verse as saying, the fact that the junior manager was entrusted with the Masters wealth in the first place shows that he was at one point in time in the past faithful and deserved his stewardship? i however see it as surprisingly symbolic of many Financial Managers today, like central bank governors. i come from the world of finance. i have been given tasks to estimate values which are subjective. but other peers of mine take short cuts and undeservedly impress the bosses more. this explains market shocks and crashes. jesus in my pondering this passage was sounding a warning, the fact you have reached a high position in this worldly life does not merit you the garments and passport to Paradise clarify if you wish to |
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5 | the q of Scrptrl interpretation, again | Proverbs | Searcher56 | 205223 | ||
You take Luke 16:11 out of context, start reading in verse 1 and continue at least until verse 13 ... then explain what the verse means in the context, as well as the context. |
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6 | what kind of Bible reading qualifies? | Proverbs | chesshores | 205225 | ||
Jam 4:3 Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume [it] upon your lusts. the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, First Printed or Internet (blueletterbible.org) Edition was compiled in the belief that Bible verses from elsewhere within the Protestant canon best explain and illustrate more obscure verses i began my teenage Christian exploration of life with the Revised and Expanded Second Edition of the TSK, which is an improvement by a later author who taught many Bible classes, is respected by both evangelical-Protestant and charismatic-Pentecostal(such as Jack Hayford) pastors from his accolades. Jam 4:3 Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume [it] upon your lusts. kjv this verse was used by TSK First Edition to illustrate Luke 16:11 there are many possible contexts, but TSK1Ed and the other Bible translations except one translation and blueletterbible seems to suggest either negligence, sloppiness or deliberate cheating the odd one out translates scattering this is my enhanced understanding after consultation of blb.org how accurate am i in trying to comply with your code of conduct, terms etc remember i am from a foreign Asian culture |
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7 | what kind of Bible reading qualifies? | Proverbs | Tamara Brewington | 205232 | ||
Dear chessshores, I respect that you are from another culture, so are others here, we are all from slightly different cultures even those of us from the USA in here are not all from the same exact culture or church denominations. I think you are doing just fine my dear in following the guide lines. You are including scripture, you are either posting a note to something that interested you, or you are asking a question as best you can in language that is not your first language, and you think from a different point of view coming from a different culture and heritage. I have had friends from many different cultures and from different countries and understand that it can be difficult to understand what people see things like who are different than I am. I myself am of mixed heritage, culture and background and my family is slightly mixed up. I love knowing people who are different than I am, its a big big world, and a big big body of Christ. I have Pentacostal friends, which you would not have guessed from my posts back to you, I have a Catholic friend from childhood, which you would not have guessed from my posts, and I have unbelievers for friends that you would not have guessed from my posts to you. I had the priveledge of teaching jewelers from Japan, South America, and a deaf person how to make jewelry without any of us speaking the same language. We resorted to a kind of made up sign language for one year and tried to understand one another to do things together on the job. At the end of one year, with the exception of the deaf man, they all were able to speak a form of English enough to communicate differently. I think, folks from different religious cultures have something higher in common by which they can communicate, the Bible, and this can cross cultures and backgrounds and heritages, and bring us together as one. I think that according to the type of questions you will ask and the texts from the Bible you will pick folks in here will slowly get to know you. And if you remain open to correction sometimes and being taught something scripturaly sound by those who have been around in the Lord for a while in here, you might really grow in your walk with Christ. The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge is not a Bible I am familiar with, I will have to get familiar with it. From the sounds of it, it encouraged you a great deal. I would like to know, how that Bible works. Is it that this Bible has verses in the referrence column that refer back to the orginal verses? Or is it that this Bible has verses right alongside the text in the margins? Or is it that this Bible has verses right in the text after the original verse, another verse from another part of the Bible following the original? James 4:3 You ask and do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it on your pleasures. This is not about negligence, or sloppiness, or deliberat cheating. It is about verses 1 and 2 which say that people are quarreling and having conflicts with one another and that this is the source of their lustful desires for things causing wrong conduct. This is about the lust for things that one does not have that are causing one to commit murder to get something and to be envious of others and fight with them to get things and that one does not get things because one has not asked the with the right motive asking the right way to God. Verse 3 goes on in the same theme that because one has the wrong motive one does not receive because the motive is to spend the answer to the prayer on selfish pleasures. As you can see that is not negligence, or sloppiness, or deliberate cheatting, it is about selfishness, asking for things for the wrong reasons, harming others in order to get things, and is about doing things the wrong way being a source of the mind and actions of the flesh which wage war against the spirit. Keep asking questions my dear. By His Grace, Tamara |
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8 | what kind of Bible reading qualifies? | Proverbs | Searcher56 | 205263 | ||
God's day to you, Hat Lady, Thank you for pointing out that this one doesn't look at the context. S |
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