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1 | What's Jesus Luke 16.1-18 parable mean? | Luke 16:1 | Jacoba | 72746 | ||
What point was Jesus making with this parable? (Luke 16.1-18) Someone said to me that he was condoning stealing, but that CAN'T be right (see v17). As near as I can tell, Jesus was saying that it was shrewd to correct past wrongs to ingratiate oneself. | ||||||
2 | What's Jesus Luke 16.1-18 parable mean? | Luke 16:1 | Searcher56 | 72752 | ||
Scripture ... Luke 16:1-15 ... There are several views if this is right, inHis eyes or not. Look at verse 15 - I think He is rebuking the leaders. They were setting themselves up for the future, only on earth. |
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3 | What's Jesus Luke 16.1-18 parable mean? | Luke 16:1 | Jacoba | 72753 | ||
But what about the stealing? Unless the steward had previously inflated the debtors' balances, it was wrong to "cook the books". But the lord in the parable commended the unjust steward (v8). | ||||||
4 | What's Jesus Luke 16.1-18 parable mean? | Luke 16:1 | Searcher56 | 72793 | ||
It wasn't the steward who previously inflated the debtors' balances ... but his boss. Soem think he was correcting a wrong. | ||||||
5 | What's Jesus Luke 16.1-18 parable mean? | Luke 16:1 | Jacoba | 72890 | ||
The reason I'm still on this is I haven't gotten that feeling I get when God's word is opened to me, and I want to provide a definitive interpretation to some others who heard the comment who may be weakened and/or confused. v1 says that word got back to the rich man that the manager was squandering his (meaning the master's) possessions. That tells me the manager was stealing. It wasn't the manager's job to correct the wrong of usury, but the rich man if the latter had inflated the debtor's balances. Also later in the parable the rich man praised the manager, and I think he did that because the manager had corrected the manager's own wrong. In light of the recent American corporate scandals, I think Christians should have it clear about good and bad stewardship. It's my prayer that God will make His people light and salt in whatever avenue we find ourselves. |
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