Bible Question:
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 |
Bible Answer: 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 |