Leonardo Von Posted August 7, 2021 Group: Royal Member Followers: 5 Topic Count: 1,265 Topics Per Day: 0.44 Content Count: 2,637 Content Per Day: 0.92 Reputation: 760 Days Won: 0 Joined: 07/06/2016 Status: Offline Birthday: 02/04/1972 Share Posted August 7, 2021 Luk 16:1 -8 -> "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. 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. 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. I am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses. So he called every one of his lord's debtors unto him, and said unto the first, How much owest thou unto my lord? And he said, An hundred measures of oil. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and sit down quickly, and write fifty. 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. 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.". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Who me Posted August 7, 2021 Group: Royal Member Followers: 5 Topic Count: 17 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 3,300 Content Per Day: 1.72 Reputation: 1,685 Days Won: 0 Joined: 01/27/2019 Status: Offline Share Posted August 7, 2021 15 minutes ago, Leonardo Von said: And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser Remember this is a story told to illustrate a point. The steward used his knowledge of accounting and of people to make a favourable impression of himself , so they would remember him and be kind towards him. His comment is do we use our wisdom, intelligence to favourably impress those around us of Christians and of Christianity or do we turn people away because they see nothing admirable about us? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deborah_ Posted August 8, 2021 Group: Senior Member Followers: 6 Topic Count: 13 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 790 Content Per Day: 0.25 Reputation: 878 Days Won: 0 Joined: 07/07/2015 Status: Offline Share Posted August 8, 2021 The steward took action in his present "life" (employment) to ensure his wellbeing in the next "life" (unemployment) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonardo Von Posted August 9, 2021 Group: Royal Member Followers: 5 Topic Count: 1,265 Topics Per Day: 0.44 Content Count: 2,637 Content Per Day: 0.92 Reputation: 760 Days Won: 0 Joined: 07/06/2016 Status: Offline Birthday: 02/04/1972 Author Share Posted August 9, 2021 On 8/7/2021 at 10:19 AM, Who me said: Remember this is a story told to illustrate a point. At no moment the Holy Scripture says that this passage is a story (or parable) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R. Hartono Posted August 9, 2021 Group: Royal Member Followers: 0 Topic Count: 771 Topics Per Day: 0.34 Content Count: 6,938 Content Per Day: 3.06 Reputation: 1,979 Days Won: 1 Joined: 02/15/2018 Status: Offline Share Posted August 9, 2021 4 minutes ago, Leonardo Von said: At no moment the Holy Scripture says that this passage is a story (or parable) This story might teach us to use mammon / money to help people in debt n to make people owe your favour for good relation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael37 Posted August 9, 2021 Group: Servant Followers: 21 Topic Count: 241 Topics Per Day: 0.11 Content Count: 6,946 Content Per Day: 3.27 Reputation: 4,869 Days Won: 2 Joined: 07/05/2018 Status: Offline Birthday: 09/23/1954 Share Posted August 9, 2021 2 hours ago, Leonardo Von said: At no moment the Holy Scripture says that this passage is a story (or parable) True stories make the best illustrations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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