The way of the world

Luke 16:1-13

The Parable of the Unjust Steward

1 He also said to His disciples: “There was a certain rich man who had a steward, and an accusation was brought to him that this man was wasting his goods. 2 So he called him and said to him, ‘What is this I hear about you? Give an account of your stewardship, for you can no longer be steward.’
3 “Then the steward said within himself, ‘What shall I do? For my master is taking the stewardship away from me. I cannot dig; I am ashamed to beg. 4 I have 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 master’s debtors to him, and said to the first, ‘How much do you owe my master?’ 6 And he said, ‘A hundred measures[a] of oil.’ So he said to him, ‘Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.’ 7 Then he said to another, ‘And how much do you owe?’ So he said, ‘A hundred measures[b] of wheat.’ And he said to him, ‘Take your bill, and write eighty.’ 8 So the master commended the unjust steward because he had dealt shrewdly. For the sons of this world are more shrewd in their generation than the sons of light.
9 “And I say to you, make friends for yourselves by unrighteous mammon, that when you fail,[c] they may receive you into an everlasting home. 10 He who is faithful in what is least is faithful also in much; and he who is unjust in what is least is unjust also in much. 11 Therefore if you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches? 12 And if you have not been faithful in what is another man’s, who will give you what 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 be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.”

I am surprised after reading this for my quiet time on Mon that I would have an encounter that enforces this. A day after reading.

I am not recollecting here what happened just that it peeves my heart to see people stooping so low to con money from people. I didn't take the offer simply because I don't see the thing as a need. I guess I have always remind myself not to commit to things easily without careful deliberation. I discover about this scam only later through checking on the internet.The scam is a very smart scam coz I spoke to my friend at CAD about the whole thing and he said the way the company do it, they seems to have cover the legal loopholes not to get caught.

Well, Luke 16 is a interesting passage. It speaks of an unjust steward who uses his wisdom, and his wisdom is a scheme to gain his own advantange that he would still find favour among other even when he get the sack. v8a tells us the master is like the steward as he approves his doing. And Christ made a comment that "For the sons of this world are more shrewd in their generation than the sons of light." He contrasts an evil master and his steward using the lure of money to do things that are not ethical and in this case use money to buy their own favour. But Christ exalts believer to be different in that we will use our wealth for a good reason and even be wise about it, that is that our stewardship of our wealth should be for righteous purposes, and that the eventuality is to bring people to Christ. v10-13 encourage that we must be faithful and faith is to be singular. Man are so prone to temptation that he is toss through and fro by temptation and especially our heart is easily divided. And Christ directed our heart to this deceit. Abide in the temporal will see the death of self. So it must as Christian, as Christ calls out to everyone who believe in Him to follow Him, we must work our heart towards that singular pursuit.

In the book of James says in James 4:4, "You adulterous people, don't you know that friendship with the world is hatred toward God? Anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God." The lesson that I encounter peeves my heart to realise how man when left to their own viles can stoop to such deceit and allow their greed of money to be their means to their ends. They follow their heart, their flesh, their desires, the ways of the world and be rule under the dominion of the evil one. Sad. O Christ, if not for thy grace will I see thy light and to know thy mercy.

What a grief to realise what people do. Sad.