Jesus condemns jewry in Luke 16: A Sermon

This sermon will cover Luke chapter 16 from verse 1 to verse 17. I am using the KJV and biblegateway for screen grabs. Welcome everyone. Let us open in prayer:

Lord Jesus, thank you for mercy and salvation. Help us to learn from the scripture, and to deal rightly with others and with you. Help us to avoid pride, and to repent of our sins continually, so that we may always rely on you for everything.

Amen.

In Luke chapter 16: 1-13, Jesus Christ tells the parable of the unrighteous steward. In verses 14-17 we see the reaction and Jesus statement to those present as well as his application of the parable's meaning.

A steward would be similar to a hedge fund manager to make it relevant to today.

1 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.

2 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.

The steward was a thief, and when he hears that he will lose his job, he screws with his employers accounts again by going to his debtors and illegitimately writing off debt so that he can make friends when he becomes unemployed. This is a specific accusation pertaining to jewry, which we will see later in the passage, but amounts to them misusing their covenent to be unrighteous, and to hurt others. And then misrepresenting the bible to ingratiate themselves to non-christians, and foolish church bodies and nominal christians after the jews forthcoming murder of Jesus.

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The steward is very stereotypically jewish, saying in verse 3

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.

Ashamed to beg and work, but not to steal. Very telling.

Notice he never considers repenting, or doing anything honest. He is "above" doing labour. It's funny because it is cliche', and it makes us laugh because of the irony.

4 I am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses.

5 So he called every one of his lord's debtors unto him, and said unto the first, How much owest thou unto my lord?

6 And he said, An hundred measures of oil. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and sit down quickly, and write fifty.

7 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.

So, money? Is that what he is getting at? No. It is a parable about what is owed to God.

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The steward is going to people who are endebted to God, sinners, and engaging them in the lie that, on his own authority, they do not owe what they owe. This has religious and physical angles.

The first is the debt of oil, oil being a religious artifact to jewry, also used in lamps in and for the rich to see by. The implication being that in religious matters they don't owe 100%, only half. The second is wheat, used for bread and the main sustaining food of the people. In both cases the steward is willing to cheat his master, and entice others to do the same thing.

The parable is a metaphor for jewish sin, as they had been entrusted with responsibilities but never obeyed the Lord or behaved righteously. It can be seen in the teaching of the jews that they likewise disregarded what was owed to God, and taught others to steal from God, in both disobedience and by teaching that sin is in fact righteousness.

The jewish ritual of tikun olam is an example of jews teaching and practicing evil, in order to ingratiate themselves to the world, and to attempt to rule the world. The 13 point creed of Moses Maimonades, 13 being symbolic of rebellion ironically, is a 12th century jewish declaration of rejection of Jesus Christ and rejection of the judgement of God, whom they intend to hold to their own version of the old covenent. The teachings of Sabbatai Zevi, to do evil as a means of accomplishing their own ends, is another permutation of the rebellion illustrated by Jesus in the parable of the unrighteous steward, as well as the parable of the vinyard owner, and others.

8 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.

9 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.

Jesus is saying that the man is going to join the dishonest people whom joined in ripping off the rich man in hell. Jesus is saying that the steward isn't fooling anybody, and neither are the jews.

10 He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.

11 If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?

The true riches are the things of God. Righteousness, joy, peace, love, friendship, compassion, forgiveness, reconcilliation, everlasting life; the fruits of the spirit.
The steward is in a similar position to the servant who buried his talents, and to the unforgiving debtor who had been forgiven. He had every opportunity to do something with the gifts of God, and he squandered them. He had life and ability and intelligence and resources, and he wasted it all, then he demonstrated his disdain for his ruler, God, by cheating him one last time.

12 And if ye have not been faithful in that which is another man's, who shall give you that which is your own?

If he wasted his finite human life, which was a gift from God, why should he expect eternal life, which would last him forever, but which he must have given to him, likewise, by God? He wasn't grateful for one, he won't be grateful for the other. He may as well go to hell, there is no place for him in heaven.

13 No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

Beware the love of money. It cannot save you and is not God. If you make an idol of gain and wealth and power it will cause you to turn away from God, because your own rebellious heart will displace the love of God to make room for the love of material possession. If you find that you are coveting, you should pray for honesty and contentment, so that you don't fall into temptation. Your prayer will be answered, and the Holy Spirit will help you.

14 And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him.

The pharisees, self appointed leaders, were so sinful they got angry about everything Jesus said. It was not thin skinned of them, they were, rather guilty of every crime imaginable, and intelligent enough to realize the implication of what Jesus taught. There was no place for them to hide their sins, and they were not sorry, so the derided Jesus instead of repent. People haven't changed much since then.

15 And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.

The things in the Pharisees hearts were idolotry, sins, lusts, and self righteousness.

"Good without god" would have been their motto, as is the case with silverman today.

Obviously. Christianity calls to confront evil and depose of the wicked. Evil and wickedness are founded on rejection of Christ. Jews who did not convert and dilute their bloodline base their entire identity off rejection of Christ, they are objectively evil as a result based on Christian doctrine.

What the hell are you talking about?

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.

Luke 16:8-9 KJVAAE

This is a parable not being too harsh against fellow sinners, because the rulers of this world will persecute the disciples and harshness will not benefit them when that happens.

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There it is.

They used the scripture to control and extort the people, but they did not fear God, and they did not love him. It should be no surprise that Jesus would tell them, in so many words and parables, that their entire race, their religion, their country, their people were going to be judged and rejected for their sins, past, present and future.

The steward is a metaphor for the whole people of Israel, which collectively, had behaved just as the steward. Even when they are foretold of judgement, they used their final moments to entice others to sin, i.e. roping the Romans into the murder of Jesus.

16 The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it.

The old testament spoke about events which culminated with John the baptist. In the wake of his ministry, the Messiah had come in Jesus.

The old testament law was abrogated on the cross.

The jews were no longer in a covenant with God after murdering Jesus.

Now the jews would spend their time in sabotaging the agenda of God, by ingratiating themselves to the world, and by lying about the purpose of the scriptures.

Despite their many punishments, the jews have never ceased this work of sabotage and deceit. Christians are therefore obliged to be on guard against the message of the jews, and their teachings.

beware the leaven of the pharisees.

beware the teachings of the pharisees.

Listeing to jews about the meaning of the bible is like letting the steward write off your debt. They don't have the authority to do what they claim, and they hate God.

17 And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail.

The jews were already under the law and wouldn't keep any of it. But they rejected the only person who could have freed them from their obligation. Their obligation remains, and their disobedience condemns them.

The jews, or hebrews or israelites or whatever, they failed, and the deal is off.

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