Christians should always be asking, how does my use of money relate to eternity?

As Christians, we need to make sure we frequently stop to ask,

how does our use of money relate to eternity? It's really too

important of a question for us to neglect. I'm Dan Kroover. In this episode of Light and Truth,

John Piper opens Luke 16 to help us rethink money in light of forever.

This message was originally delivered at Bethlehem Baptist Church on Sunday evening, October 16th, 1983.

Let's turn to Luke chapter 16.

Last time we looked at Luke 15 and the prodigal son and the elder brother.

And tonight we move into the next chapter, verses 1 to 13 of chapter 16.

Let's read them together.

And then my first question is going to be whether you see any relationships between

this and what went before in chapter 15 in the parable of the prodigal son. Jesus said also to the

disciples, there was a rich man who had a steward and charges were brought to him that this man was wasting his goods.

And he called him and said to him, what is this that I hear about you?

Turn in the account of your stewardship, for you can no longer be a steward.

And the steward said to himself, what shall I do, since my master is taking the stewardship away from me?

I'm not strong enough to dig.

I'm ashamed to beg.

I've decided what to do so that people may receive me into their houses when I am put out of the stewardship.

So summoning his master's debtors, one by one, he said to the first,

how much do you owe my master?

He said, a hundred measures of oil. And he said to him, take your bill and sit down quickly and write 50. And then he said to another, how much do you owe? And he said, a hundred measures

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