Day 301 (Luke 16-17) - Year 5

The Bible Recap

Tara-Leigh Cobble

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality:christianity

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🗓️ 28 October 2023

⏱️ 10 minutes

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0:00.0	Hey Bible readers, I'm Tara Lee Cobble, and I'm your host for the Bible recap.
0:13.3	Jesus opens today by telling his disciples a parable, but apparently the Pharisees are
0:17.3	still in the crowd listening.
0:19.1	In my opinion, this is one of his most confusing parables, in part because of his use of irony.
0:24.3	A rich man's household manager has slacked on collecting money people owe his boss.
0:28.6	He gets fired, but his pride and entitlement motivate him to action.
0:32.6	He hustles in a last-ditch effort to reclaim his job, and he manages to collect most of the money.
0:38.2	Being fair to the boss isn't his goal, but it all works out in his favor.
0:42.1	Jesus calls him shrewd.
0:44.0	Thord shrewd in itself isn't good or bad, but the tone of the parable seems to convey that
0:48.7	Jesus isn't on board with his methods.
0:50.7	He uses this guy as an illustration, showing how the worldly are wiser in worldly matters
0:55.6	than the disciples are in eternal matters.
0:57.8	He wants them to wise up, and this is where Jesus inserts some irony.
1:02.0	In verse 9, it seems like he's saying,
1:04.4	this guy is so concerned about being welcomed into people's homes that he's willing to be dishonest.
1:09.2	If you attempt that with my eternal dwelling place, you will fail.
1:13.0	No amount of wealth or shrewdness can get you there.
1:16.4	Jesus implores them to value true things, eternal things.
1:20.4	True riches are eternal riches.
1:22.7	Jesus reiterates the point by saying,
1:25.1	you can need to be a slave to your bank account or you can be a slave to God,
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