Luke 16: HG Bishop Youssef
Introduction
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- In Luke 15, the Lord showed clearly the love of God through three parables - the Lost Sheep, the Lost Coin, the Lost Son
- This awesome love has to be met (from our side) with love and wisdom
- God created us in His own image
- He gave us a perfect free will
- We should, by our own free will, accept this fellowship with God and use our wisdom and intellect to understand that one day we will give an account of our stewardship
- In this chapter, the Lord offers a parable and a real story that urge us to accept His fellowship by our free will
- The parable is the Unjust Steward
- The story is Lazarus and the rich man
- Teachings about:
- Use and abuse of money and wealth
- Accountability and judgment in the last day
- The Parable and story are separated by four verses in which the Lord condemns the Pharisees for their love of money and gives a quick teaching about the Law
Outline
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- 1-13 The Parable of the Unjust Steward
- 14-18 The Teaching of the Lord about the Law, the Prophets and the Kingdom
- 19-31 The Story of the Rich Man and Lazarus
The Parable of the Lost Sheep
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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 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 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, 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.”