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To: MHGinTN
You have lost me in jumping to "... talking to His Disciples

The parable of the unjust steward Luke 16:1

I was responding to "How do you determine which parts of scripture are satire?"

What if this parable isn't satire?

24 posted on 09/22/2010 10:56:59 PM PDT by Seven_0 (You cannot fool all of the people, ever!)
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To: Seven_0
The parable is not satire, IMHO. Jesus is teaching His Disciples, bue also expecting them to carry the learned message forward when He is no longer physically present. The following is the story in verses 1 thru 13: 1 And he said also unto his disciples, There was a certain rich man, which had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he had wasted his goods.
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.

In which verse(s) do you see the gist of the lesson? Or do you catch the gist of the lesson or gists of the teaching?

25 posted on 09/23/2010 3:09:08 PM PDT by MHGinTN (Dems, believing they cannot be deceived, it's nye impossible to convince them when they're deceived.)
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To: Seven_0

From the posted material, “ ...if you hope to come to a happy ending when (not if) your luck in this world runs out, then you should do your best to get in good with the ones with whom the Judge will consult when He is deliberating His verdict about you on That Day: the hungry, thirsty, sick, naked, and imprisoned. If you come with tip-top recommendations from the upper-crust citizens of hell, but don’t have the least of these to put in a good word for you, then Heaven help you, brother, because the hope of your salvation is hidden indeed.” Recall that Jesus taught some would asked ‘when did we feed you, or when did we give you shelter’, and He replied that ‘in as much as you have done this to the least, you have done it unto Me.’


28 posted on 09/23/2010 3:19:59 PM PDT by MHGinTN (Dems, believing they cannot be deceived, it's nye impossible to convince them when they're deceived.)
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