Unrighteousness
May 5, 2011
Luke 16
A Manager calls for an account on how his employee is managing his money:assets
Employee: thinks to himself, he is about to lose his job, and doesn’t want to be jobless doing something he doesn’t want to do for less money
Employee: I know what to do so, if i am fired from my job as a broker i will have gained favor with those i helped and have a home/position with my managers debtors.
Employee: goes to the managers debtors and asked how much do you owe and the first one says a hundred measures of oil, employee says take your check book and sit down quickly and pay 50 measures of oil
Employee: goes to the other managers debtors and asked how much do you owe and the other says a hundred measures of wheat, steward says take your check book and pay 80 measures of wheat.
Manager: Says i am impressed, you not only showed me your able to get my debts before you got fired, you also are also wise.
The Lord: tells the disciples to make friends with the unrighteous love of money; so that when it fails you will have a eternal place to go to.
vs 8 Highlights the fact that the employee was unjust
vs12 communicates about what the plumb line for responsibility “if you can not take care of what is not yours, how you will be responsible for your own?.
vs13 talks about loving GOD or Mammon in which the earlier text tells the disciples to make friends with. The key is that we are to fellowship with the world in such a way that the Light and grace of GOD in our lives is to be seen winning them to HIS kingdom, but not to love there ways or practices. This is the closest verse i have seen to the comment about to be in the world but not of the world explained.
Religion loves money and will mock you when you walk in the understanding of your purpose in the world, we are not to pridefully think that our self-righteousness is purity before GOD, but rather see the world, make friends with it to win them to CHRIST our LORD. Love not the things of this world and hate sin, but our mission is right standing before GOD and men and how will they know if we parade ourselves in buildings made with brick and mortar. The first part of this chapter eludes to a unrighteous employee being used as an example on how a wise practice can be obtained.
Thank you Olga for asking the question it inspired me.
