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YellowStone:
Hey Joe, :)

You posted while I was responding.

Yes, you said: facetious or tongue in cheek and I said: play on words.

We are in agrreement brother :)

Love Darren

hillsbororiver:
Hi Darren,

The wonderful feeling of like mindedness  ;D

His Peace to you,

Joe

hillsbororiver:

--- Quote from: TimothyVI on May 08, 2007, 09:30:27 PM ---
--- Quote from: hillsbororiver on May 08, 2007, 09:15:02 PM ---Hello all,

Perhaps sarcastic is not quite the description of this parable, maybe facetious or tongue in cheek may be a better way to phrase His Words.

In the worldly way of doing things a moral person has less options on how to gain money than an immoral person.

An immoral person might use stealing, lying, prostitution, conning, selling contraband, etc. These are not options for a moral God obeying person. So in that regard a worldly, immoral person is wiser if the only goal is temporal and their only god is money/worldly gain.

That is my take on this.

His Peace to you,

Joe

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Thanks Joe,
Perhaps sarcastic was not the right word to use.
Your definition of wise may explain why the wisdom of the world is foolishness in the eyes of God.

Tim

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AMEN! To that Tim.

His Peace to you,

Joe

Chris R:
Hello,


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 [fn1] 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 [fn2] 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.

It certainly wasn't Christ who "commended" this deed, Rather it was the Master of the steward.

And yes, The sons of this world are more shrewd, but only in "their" generation.

And yes we are to be "friends"..or associates..with unrighteous mammon...but we are warned we will fail. why do we fail? because many are called, few are chosen.

hope this is of some help

Chris R

Kat:

Hi Chris,

Thank you for your reply, you have given me the key to understanding this parable.  The master was not Christ.  I had always just asummed it was talking about Christ, and could never get it.  Now with that it mind it all falls in place.

mercy, peace, and love
Kat

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