I Believe the Gospel, So Why Do I Still Struggle with Codependency?
Core Christianity
Aaron Simon
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🗓️ 6 July 2022
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Episode 1004 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions.
Questions in this Episode
1. What does the parable about the manager in Luke 16 mean?
2. Why are more and more Christians becoming universalists?
3. My fiance and I have developed a lot of codependency. We have been working on it and going to therapy, but biblically speaking, what is your advice on how to replace that codependency with a fear and reverence of the Lord?
4. Was my baptism in the Assemblies of God Church valid?
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| 0:00.0 | If God is all I need, then why am I so reliant on other people? |
| 0:11.7 | That's just one of the questions we'll be answering on today's edition of Core Christianity. |
| 0:16.6 | Well, hi, I'm Bill Meyer, along with Pastor Adriel Sanchez. |
| 0:19.5 | This is the radio program where we answer your |
| 0:21.9 | questions about the Bible and the Christian life every day. Our phone lines are open right now, |
| 0:27.2 | and we'll be taking your calls for the next 25 minutes or so. Here's the number. You might want to jot this down. |
| 0:32.9 | It's 833 The Core. That's 1, 833, 83-2673. You can also post your question on one of our social media sites. |
| 0:42.7 | You can watch Adrile Live in the studio right now on YouTube. We have a YouTube channel, and you can message him that way with your question. |
| 0:49.4 | And, of course, you can always email us at Questions at CoreChristianity.com. |
| 0:55.3 | First up today, here is a voicemail from one of our listeners named Gregory. |
| 0:59.9 | Hi there. |
| 1:00.8 | My question is around Luke 16, verse 1 through 13. |
| 1:05.8 | There's a parable there. |
| 1:06.7 | Excuse me. |
| 1:07.6 | You could explain to me what that means. I'd really appreciate it. Bless you guys. Thanks. |
| 1:15.3 | Hey, Gregory, thank you for that question. So Luke 16, you know, this is notoriously one of the most |
| 1:21.5 | difficult parables in the gospel of Luke to interpret. It's the parable of the dishonest manager. |
| 1:30.1 | I'm not going to read the entire parable, but basically the gist is you have an individual who's being accused of mishandling his master's |
| 1:37.8 | resources. And so he's about to lose his job. He's this manager, this household manager, |
| 1:43.1 | who's about to be fired because he's been mishandling the finances. And so he comes up with a plan. He's this manager, this household manager who's about to be fired because he's been |
| 1:44.6 | mishandling the finances. And so he comes up with a plan. He doesn't want to beg. He's he's embarrassed |
| 1:50.4 | to beg. So he says, what I'm going to do is I'm going to go to the people that owe my master |
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