Luke 16:1-4 Part 1 of 2

Jesus told this story to his disciples: "There was a certain rich man who had a manager handling his affairs. One day a report came that the manager was wasting his employer's money. So the employer called him in and said, 'What's this I hear about you? Get your report in order, because you are going to be fired.' The manager thought to himself, 'Now what? My boss has fired me. I don't have the strength to dig ditches, and I'm too proud to beg. Ah, I know how to ensure that I'll have plenty of friends who will give me a home when I am fired.' "

"There was a certain rich man who had a manager handling his affairs. One day a report came that the manager was wasting his employer's money."

Luke 15:13  "A few days later this younger son packed all his belongings and moved to a distant land, and there he wasted all his money in wild living."

Luke 15:30  " 'Yet when this son of yours comes back after squandering your money on prostitutes, you celebrate by killing the fattened calf!' " (see verses 11-32) 

1 Corinthians 4:1-2  So look at Apollos and me as mere servants of Christ who have been put in charge of explaining God's mysteries. Now a person who is put in charge as a manager must be faithful.

 

"So the employer called him in and said, 'What's this I hear about you? Get your report in order, because you are going to be fired.' " 

Joshua 18:4  "Select three men from each tribe, and I will send them out to explore the land and map it out. They will then return to me with a written report of their proposed divisions of their new homeland." (see verses 1-10) 

1 Samuel 2:22-24  Now Eli was very old, but he was aware of what his sons were doing to the people of Israel. He knew, for instance, that his sons were seducing the young women who assisted at the entrance of the Tabernacle. Eli said to them, "I have been hearing reports from all the people about the wicked things you are doing. Why do you keep sinning? You must stop, my sons! The reports I hear among the LORD's people are not good." (see verses 12-25) 

 

"The manager thought to himself, 'Now what? My boss has fired me. I don't have the strength to dig ditches, and I'm too proud to beg.' " 

Proverbs 19:3  People ruin their lives by their own foolishness and then are angry at the LORD.

Proverbs 16:18  Pride goes before destruction, and haughtiness before a fall.      

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