Luke 16:1-2 KJVS
“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.”
Jesus was talking here in Luke chapter 16 to His disciples, and within an earshot of the Pharisees. We see in this parable a rich man entrusted his steward with his goods, however the steward which is a house manager wasted those goods.
Luke 16:3 KJVS
[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.”
Luke 16:4 KJVS
“I am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses.
Instead of seeking God and being honest in this situation, this steward that has been unfaithful and dishonest in the rich man’s goods looked within himself as to what he should do; so that they, when he is put out of his stewardship, may receive him in their houses.
Luke 16:5-6 KJVS
“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.”
Luke 16:7 KJVS
“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.”
Luke 16:8 KJVS
“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.
What does our Heavenly Father think of the wisdom of this world?
1 Corinthians 3:18-20 KJVS
[18] “Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise. [19] For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness. [20] And again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain.”
Luke 16:9 KJVS
“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.”
In the Companions Bible on page 1482 in the note section on verse 9, Jesus was really asking “Do I say unto you, make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness ; that, when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations?
I’m certain the answer is no, and what does our Lord think of friendship to this world?
James 4:4 KJVS
[4] “Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.”
Luke 16:10 KJVS
“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.”
As Christians living in this world age especially during this final generation, we deal and live with the mammon (wealth) of this world that is of course under Kenite control, and that wealth is least and in no way in comparison to that which is much and is given to us from our Heavenly Father from above. If we cannot be honest and do it Gods way in the mammon which is least, how can we be faithful in our Lord’s riches which are so much more?
Luke 16:11 KJVS
“If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches ?”
The true riches that we receive as Christians, or you can say Christian stewards is wisdom and knowledge (Proverbs chapter 2 verses 1 through 5) that is from above, and within that wisdom lie the mysteries of God, as Paul spoke about in 1st Corinthians Chapter 4.
1 Corinthians 4:1-2 KJVS
[1] Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God. [2] Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.
Whatever of those true riches that we are given from above according to our capacity, we must be found faithful in them (Luke chapter 12 verses 47-48) when our Lord returns at the Seventh Trumpet. Be faithful in those riches unlike the last steward who received one talent in Matthew Chapter 25 verse 24 through 30.
Luke 16:12 KJVS
“And if ye have not been faithful in that which is another man’s, who shall give you that which is your own?”
In this parable we see this unjust steward was not faithful with the oil and wheat that was his lord’s, however our Lord who is in Heaven gives us as Christians the true oil which is truth (Matthew Chapter 25 verses 1 through 13), so we may be used to produce wheat (Matthew chapter 13, 1st Corinthians chapter 15 verse 37) for His Kingdom. Each are given to their own capacity of course, as we see within the parable of the talents that are given in Matthew chapter 25 verses 14 through 30). It is through this stewardship in which we must be found faithful, that we commit our righteous acts so we may receive our clean and white fine linen upon our Lord and saviors return. These are the true riches we receive from our Heavenly Father to serve Him, that are the opposite of the unrighteous mammon, which is the wealth and the ill gotten gains of this world.
Luke 16:13 KJVS
“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.”
You cannot effectively serve God if you mainly have your heart set on the riches of this world (Matthew Chapter 6 verse 19 through 21), and looking forward prophetically (if i may), you will cease the serve your true master and will love another master if you become adorned with Satan’s riches which is his deception when the Sixth Trumpet sounds (Revelation Chapter 17 verses 1 through 5).
Luke 16:14 KJVS
[14] And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him.
Luke 16:15 KJVS
[15] And he said unto them, Ye are they are which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.
The Pharisees were, for the most part, Kenites back in Christ’s day and they loved to appear righteous before the people, however what they truly were on the inside was an abomination in the sight of God.
Matthew 23:25-28 KJVS
[25] “Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess. [26] Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also. [27] Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men’s bones, and of all uncleanness. [28] Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.”
Abominable in God’s sight, the Kenites still to this day and onward are full of detestable things just like their father (satan) who will appear as the abomination of desolation in the middle of the five-month long hour of temptation when the sixth angel sounds.
Luke 16:16-17 KJVS
[16] The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it. [17] And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail.
The Law and the Prophets in the Old Testament foretold in many places of our Lord Jesus Christ’s first advent; and we see in John Chapter 1 that John the Baptist was the forerunner to Jesus Christ, and in Luke Chapter 3 we see John was sent to make the pathway straight by preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins. Through their baptism of repentance, many were already in the press to enter the kingdom upon Jesus Christs fulfillment of the cross (John Chapter 3 verse 5) however the Pharisees rejected it.
Luke 3:16 KJVS
[16]” John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire:”
The Law will not fail because the Law and the Prophets were fulfilled by our Lords first advent; and because of that fulfillment we can receive understanding from not only the Law and the Prophets, but also the Gospels and Epistles as to how all things will be fulfilled before this second world age in which we are living in now comes to its completion: which again are the true riches that we should seek, and the true riches in which Christ fulfills.
Matthew 5:17-18 KJVS
[17] “Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. [18] For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.”
Luke 16:18 KJVS
[18] Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery.
The Pharisees who ( for the most part) were Kenites made void the Law and the Prophets by their traditions, evading Deuteronomy Chapter 22 verse 22, and their “scandalous license” regarding Deuteronomy Chapter 24 verse 1. Using the bill of divorcement as Moses suffered them to use because of the hardness of their hearts (Matthew Chapter 19 verses 3 through 9); the Pharisees who were of the lineage that infiltrated the priesthood specifically in Ezra Chapter 8 (430 years prior to Christ’s first advent), and who were put in charge of the priesthood (not by God) back in Christ’s time were not being good stewards in the Law and the Prophets (Matthew Chapter 23 verse 23) in which Christ (who they rejected) fulfilled.
What did Christ say to the multitude in Matthew Chapter 5 ?
Matthew 5:17-20 KJVS
[17] “Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. [18] For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. [19] Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. [20] For I say unto you, that except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.”
Next, we will look at the second parable that Christ taught of a certain rich man, and a certain beggar as we continue in Luke Chapter 16, and we will see within this parable one’s righteousness exceed ones worldly stature that was and still to this day is detestable in the sight of our Heavenly Father.
To be continued.
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