Jesus advocates using material wealth on earth (unrighteous mammon) to gain true riches in heaven. How can you do this?
He who is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much. He who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much. Therefore if you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches? If you have not been faithful in that which is another's , who will give you that which is your own? No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one, and love the other, or else he will hold to one, and despise the other. You aren't able to serve God and mammon. By: Kah Bik Cheong - December 26, 2007 - Public Category: The Parable of the Shrewd Manager
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Jesus advocates using material wealth on earth (unrighteous mammon) to gain true riches in heaven. How can you do this?
Being honest and to love God with all your hear is the best way through anything in your life. By: Myra Gonzalez - November 23, 2007 - Public Category: The Parable of the Shrewd Manager
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One being honest is the best thing so far. For if one is not honest that means tcheating himself through omission while the bible said that omission is a sin, what you suposed to do and fails to do that is a sin, like the Pharisees who omissionally neglected what they must do.If I am in Christ shoes stressed the question I would have move directly to tell them their sin, instead of using indirect statement to achieve my result.Christ did it leaving examples for we men to follow. By: Evangelist Victor Okeke - November 23, 2007 - Public Category: The Parable of the Shrewd Manager
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Be generous to others, don't be miser for what on earth is temporal and what's in heaven is eternal. Serve God the Father and do His will He will have abundance for us in store in heaven. By: Allen Yong - November 22, 2007 - Public Category: The Parable of the Shrewd Manager
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Jesus advocates using material wealth on earth (unrighteous mammon) to gain true riches in heaven. How can you do this?
I have always believed that Honestly is the best policy. Jesus says if you are honest with a little then you can be trusted with a lot more. But if you are dishonest with a little then you can't be trusted at all. So be careful how you handle your day to day affairs or deals. Because he knows what kind of person you are and if he can trust you in heaven. Thank You! Heavenly Father for all your blessings and may God truly bless each and every one who believes in his Son. JESUS HAPPY THANKSGIVING! Jesus is Lord!
By: Al Benavides - November 22, 2007 - Public Category: The Parable of the Shrewd Manager
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Jesus advocates using material wealth on earth (unrighteous mammon) to gain true riches in heaven. How can you do this?
I can avoid using unrighteous money to gain riches in heaven. Jesus is teaching us that we should be faithfull to little money we have in order to receive much from Him. When belivers are dishonest in the little thing, God will minimise the reward. Belivers are urged to invest in the lord by being faithfull in tithes and offerings ( Malach 3 Vs 10) . Believers should also serve God and refrain from the love of God. Indeed it is difficult to serve two masters at one time. Let us allow the will of God to be done upon our lives and let God be our master. Amen! URL: http://www jesuscentral .com By: Christopher Banda - November 22, 2007 - Public Category: The Parable of the Shrewd Manager
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Jesus advocates using material wealth on earth (unrighteous mammon) to gain true riches in heaven. How can you do this?
Realize that every good thing is the perfect gift from God and our attitude to our financial blessings is the attitude of an "open hand". We be obedient to God in the giving of our tithes and offerings and our investments in Kingdom of God is to be charitable however that would be in meeting the needs of others and in presenting the gospel to all the nations. In so doing you are demonstrating great God's love and the attitude of a servant in the image of Christ. As it says in Philipians 2:3-4, "Do nothing from selfish ambition or empty conceit, but with humility of mind let each one of you regard one another as more important than yourselves, do not merely look for your own personal interests, but also for the interest of others."
By: Peggy Bishop - November 19, 2007 - Public Category: The Parable of the Shrewd Manager
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Jesus advocates using material wealth on earth (unrighteous mammon) to gain true riches in heaven. How can you do this?
Charitably to help others. Riches are on loan from God and need to be used to do good to our fellow beings. Keep what we need but not worship them and be overeliant. Avoid getting addicted to storing which would blind us to the others - step over their rights to wellbeing etc in order to gain more to ourselves. arn righteously and if you fhaven`t put it back in the common pot investing in a good charitable cause or give something unnecessary superfluous away or use yoour skills and talents to do something for the others. The Exchange Rate is Riches stored in heaven - a Discount in Purgatory? By: Alessandra Parrini - November 20, 2006 - Public Category: The Parable of the Shrewd Manager
He also said to his
disciples, "There was a certain rich man who had a
manager. An accusation was made to him that this man was wasting his
possessions. He called
him, and said to him, 'What is this that I hear about you? Give an
accounting of your management, for you can no longer be manager.'
"The manager said within
himself, 'What will I do, seeing that my lord is taking away the
management position from me? I don't have strength to dig. I am ashamed to
beg. I know what I will
do, so that when I am removed from management, they may receive me into
their houses.' Calling
each one of his lord's debtors to him, he said to the first, 'How much do
you owe to my lord?' He
said, 'A hundred batos of oil.' He said to him, 'Take
your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.' Then said he to another, 'How
much do you owe?' He said, 'A hundred cors of wheat.'
He said to him, 'Take your bill, and write eighty.'
"His lord commended the
dishonest manager because he had done wisely, for the children of this
world are, in their own generation, wiser than the children of the light.
I tell you, make for
yourselves friends by means of unrighteous mammon, so that when you fail,
they may receive you into the eternal tents. He who is faithful in a very
little is faithful also in much. He who is dishonest in a very little is
also dishonest in much. If therefore you have not been
faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true
riches? If you have not
been faithful in that which is another's, who will give you that which is
your own? No servant can
serve two masters, for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or
else he will hold to one, and despise the other. You aren't able to serve
God and mammon." The Pharisees, who
were lovers of money, also heard all these things, and they scoffed at
him. He said to them,
"You are those who justify yourselves in the sight of
men, but God knows your hearts. For that which is exalted among men is an
abomination in the sight of God.
