The Unjust Steward

The Unjust Steward
Luke 16:1-9

The Parable of the Unjust Steward is
recorded in Luke 16:1-9, and opens as follows:
“And he said also unto his disciples,
There was a certain rich man,
which had a steward; and the same
was accused unto him that he had
wasted his goods.”

The “certain rich man” in this Parable
is the Lord. “The steward” was the scribes
and Pharisees who, as Jesus said, “sit in
Moses' seat” and were, as Paul wrote
(Romans 3:1-2) — in possession of the
oracles of God — the religious ordinances
as well as the civil and moral laws of God.
They wasted the Lord's goods in that
they made the Word of God of none effect
by their traditions.

In Matthew 15:1,3,6, we read, “Then
came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees,
which were of Jerusalem, saying, Why
do thy disciples transgress the tradition
of the elders? for they wash not
their hands when they eat bread.
“But Jesus answered and said unto
them, Why do ye also transgress the
commandment of God by your tradition?
... Thus have ye made the commandment
of God of none effect by
your tradition.”

Verse 2 in the Parable of the Unjust
Steward states, “And he called him,
and said unto him, How is it that I
hear this of thee? give an account of
thy stewardship; for thou mayest be
no longer steward.”
“Thou mayest be no longer steward"
is in effect the same statement as
we found in the Parable of the
Husbandmen where Jesus said to the
chief priests and Pharisees, "The
kingdom of God shall be taken from
you, and given to a nation bringing
forth the fruits thereof.”
With these facts in mind we shall read
the balance of the Parable of the Unjust
Steward: “Then the steward said within
himself, What shall I do? for my
lord taketh away from me the stewardship:
I cannot dig; to beg I am
ashamed. I am resolved what to do,
that, when I am put out of the stewardship,
they may receive me into
their houses.
“So he called every one of his lord's
debtors unto him, and said unto the
first, How much owest thou unto my
lord? And he said, An hundred measures
of oil. And he said unto him,
Take thy bill, and sit down quickly,
and write fifty. Then said he to another,
And how much owest thou And he
said, An hundred measures of wheat.
And he said unto him, Take thy bill,
and write fourscore.
“And the lord commended the unjust
steward, because he had done wisely:
for the children of this world are in
their generation wiser than the children
of light.”

"And I say unto you, Make to yourselves
friends of the mammon of
unrighteousness; that, when ye fail,
they may receive you into everlasting
habitations."

When the Lord in this parable said the
unjust steward would neither dig (produce)
nor beg, but rather manipulate
debts, He spoke volumes in a few words,
giving the history of the unjust steward
from that day to the present time.
The Lord did not commend the unjust
steward because he had done the right
thing, but rather the wise thing: “for the
children of this world are in their
generation wiser than the children of
light.”

And how true that has been due to
Christendom's ignorance and disregard
for the economic laws of God. The enemies
of Christ and Christendom, through the
use of their unscriptural debt money system,
have gained entrance and control of
all of our houses - houses of government,
houses of religion and education, as well
as our houses of business and finance.
This is the mammon of unrighteousness
Jesus referred to in the last verse of the
Parable of the Unjust Steward.
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