Thoughts From the Bible

Read Luke 16: 1- 13-   This is a parable Jesus shared of stewardship and how money can drive people. Jesus wants us to see that we must be consistent in how we live our lives and not let something like money make principle decisions for us. In verse 10 we read, "(10) He who is faithful in what is least is faithful also in much; and he who is unjust in what is least is unjust also in much." Jesus finishes in verse 13 by saying, " (13) No servant can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon."   Whatever the valuable currency of the time was, Jesus knew that would drive many people if not obsess them. This is one of the greatest things in life we need to be aware of and guard against, being o bsessed with the currency of the world. Taken a step further, Jesus is showing we must be consistently and uprightly responsible in taking care of the respon...

Matthew 6: 24 - “No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.” I personally think one of the greatest problems we have in this world is greed. Whether it is greed for money, influence, power, or recognition, I think greed drives too many people. Jesus saw the problem associated with money in these verses, but we can let power, influence, or celebrity drive a wedge between us and God also. It is so good to see people who have earne d large sums of money and have used that money as a tool to help other people. We still have people who have not learned the lesson Jesus is speaking about as they use their great sums of money to push their non- Biblical philosophies or use it to gain influence and power to control people. Throughout all the Beatitudes, Jesus is working to help us live our best lives and sometimes that best life runs contrary to what non-believer...