1 00:00:02,700 --> 00:00:08,220 Speaker 1: Life Audio. Hi, from the Salvation Army, you're listening to 2 00:00:08,560 --> 00:00:09,300 Speaker 1: Words of Life. 3 00:00:09,340 --> 00:00:30,920 Speaker 2: Welcome back to Words of Life. This is our final 4 00:00:30,980 --> 00:00:33,559 Speaker 2: episode of our series on the parables of Jesus with 5 00:00:33,620 --> 00:00:36,870 Speaker 2: Major Cam Henderson. We've really enjoyed having him on the show. 6 00:00:36,890 --> 00:00:39,510 Speaker 2: So Major, thank you so much for bringing us this series. 7 00:00:40,190 --> 00:00:42,710 Speaker 2: If you've enjoyed it, please take a moment and leave 8 00:00:42,750 --> 00:00:45,530 Speaker 2: us a rating or review wherever you listen to podcasts. 9 00:00:45,870 --> 00:00:48,980 Speaker 2: It really helps others discover Words of Life. Check out 10 00:00:49,020 --> 00:00:53,740 Speaker 2: the show notes for some additional resources and visit wordsoflifepodcast.org 11 00:00:53,900 --> 00:00:54,860 Speaker 2: to learn more about the show. 12 00:01:17,440 --> 00:01:21,920 Speaker 3: Well, hello, and welcome to our fifth segment on the 13 00:01:22,420 --> 00:01:27,289 Speaker 3: parables of Jesus. And this one is a strange parable. 14 00:01:27,330 --> 00:01:30,990 Speaker 3: In fact, I marked it as the strangest parable. So 15 00:01:31,010 --> 00:01:33,990 Speaker 3: we'll get into it and see if you agree with 16 00:01:34,030 --> 00:01:41,699 Speaker 3: me that this is an odd one. One of our 17 00:01:41,740 --> 00:01:45,020 Speaker 3: favorite passages in all the New Testament, maybe the whole Bible, 18 00:01:45,280 --> 00:01:48,730 Speaker 3: is in Luke chapter 15. We love to remember the 19 00:01:48,790 --> 00:01:52,270 Speaker 3: beautiful and true story of the lost sheep. It's true 20 00:01:52,310 --> 00:01:54,690 Speaker 3: in my life. What does he say? The shepherd will 21 00:01:54,710 --> 00:01:57,230 Speaker 3: leave the 99 others and go search for the one 22 00:01:57,270 --> 00:02:00,669 Speaker 3: who is lost. We know about the lost coin. But 23 00:02:00,710 --> 00:02:04,250 Speaker 3: then comes the ultimate parable, maybe. The lost son who 24 00:02:04,290 --> 00:02:08,470 Speaker 3: squanders his inheritance, his father's generosity to him. And he 25 00:02:08,530 --> 00:02:11,160 Speaker 3: comes home and is forgiven, while the older son wants 26 00:02:11,200 --> 00:02:13,840 Speaker 3: to ruin the story with his anger and his jealousy. 27 00:02:14,139 --> 00:02:16,810 Speaker 3: I've been here the whole time, slaving away for you, 28 00:02:16,880 --> 00:02:19,030 Speaker 3: and you haven't done one good thing for me and 29 00:02:19,070 --> 00:02:22,290 Speaker 3: my friends. He complains to his dad. Do you remember 30 00:02:22,330 --> 00:02:25,470 Speaker 3: who Jesus told these stories to? If we look at 31 00:02:25,550 --> 00:02:29,510 Speaker 3: Luke chapter 15, verses 1 through 3, the very first, 32 00:02:29,730 --> 00:02:33,920 Speaker 3: he says, Tax collectors and other notorious sinners often came 33 00:02:33,960 --> 00:02:37,000 Speaker 3: to listen to Jesus teach. And this made the Pharisees 34 00:02:37,060 --> 00:02:40,340 Speaker 3: and teachers of the religious law complain that he was 35 00:02:40,380 --> 00:02:45,400 Speaker 3: associating with such sinful people. even eating with them. And 36 00:02:45,460 --> 00:02:49,600 Speaker 3: so Jesus told them this story. I think Jesus is 37 00:02:49,710 --> 00:02:53,110 Speaker 3: talking to the Pharisees and the religious leaders, talking to 38 00:02:53,150 --> 00:02:57,070 Speaker 3: them about the lost sheep and the lost son. He's 39 00:02:57,130 --> 00:03:00,630 Speaker 3: indicating something to them about why he came. He's also 40 00:03:00,669 --> 00:03:06,240 Speaker 3: indicating what our attitude is, that rejoicing happens when those returned. 41 00:03:06,800 --> 00:03:10,320 Speaker 3: He even says we had to celebrate. We must. It's 42 00:03:10,500 --> 00:03:13,870 Speaker 3: necessary that we celebrate This happy day when your brother, 43 00:03:14,370 --> 00:03:17,130 Speaker 3: my son, comes back to life when he's lost but 44 00:03:17,190 --> 00:03:21,109 Speaker 3: is now found. The stories are told to Pharisees and 45 00:03:21,150 --> 00:03:25,350 Speaker 3: religious leaders about celebrating when his most precious things are found. 46 00:03:26,270 --> 00:03:30,390 Speaker 3: And then he begins what we have as chapter 16. 47 00:03:30,389 --> 00:03:33,209 Speaker 3: Knowing that the Pharisees and religious leaders are still there 48 00:03:33,310 --> 00:03:36,630 Speaker 3: and still listening, but it's as if Jesus literally turns 49 00:03:36,670 --> 00:03:39,390 Speaker 3: his body now to tell a story to his disciples 50 00:03:39,870 --> 00:03:42,510 Speaker 3: about a man that was ruined. This might be the 51 00:03:42,670 --> 00:03:46,930 Speaker 3: weirdest parable of them all. In fact, the interpreter's commentary 52 00:03:46,990 --> 00:03:49,930 Speaker 3: says that while other parables teach and encourage a high 53 00:03:49,990 --> 00:03:55,630 Speaker 3: quality of behavior, in this parable, there's nothing edifying. The 54 00:03:55,670 --> 00:03:59,510 Speaker 3: man in this story, in this beginning, is incompetent, and 55 00:03:59,530 --> 00:04:04,890 Speaker 3: by the end, he shows flagrant dishonesty. So, in Luke 16, 56 00:04:04,880 --> 00:04:07,220 Speaker 3: Jesus tells the story of a man who was a 57 00:04:07,320 --> 00:04:10,890 Speaker 3: cheat and wasted his master's money. So the boss told 58 00:04:10,930 --> 00:04:13,830 Speaker 3: him he was going to fire him. So let's look 59 00:04:13,850 --> 00:04:29,739 Speaker 3: at that. Just a moment here. There was a certain 60 00:04:29,779 --> 00:04:33,160 Speaker 3: rich man who had a manager handling his affairs. One 61 00:04:33,200 --> 00:04:35,720 Speaker 3: day a report came that the manager was wasting his 62 00:04:35,760 --> 00:04:38,360 Speaker 3: employer's money. So the employer called him in and said, 63 00:04:38,740 --> 00:04:41,190 Speaker 3: what's this I hear about you? Get your report in 64 00:04:41,290 --> 00:04:44,609 Speaker 3: order because you are going to be fired. So the 65 00:04:44,650 --> 00:04:48,390 Speaker 3: manager thought to himself, now what? My boss has fired me. 66 00:04:48,620 --> 00:04:50,600 Speaker 3: I don't have the strength to dig ditches and I'm 67 00:04:50,680 --> 00:04:53,800 Speaker 3: too proud to beg. I know how to ensure I'll 68 00:04:53,839 --> 00:04:56,860 Speaker 3: have plenty of friends. They'll give me a home when 69 00:04:56,940 --> 00:05:02,789 Speaker 3: I'm fired. So he's devising this plan. He panics. The 70 00:05:02,830 --> 00:05:06,080 Speaker 3: swindler decides quickly that he needs to make friends. He 71 00:05:06,100 --> 00:05:08,860 Speaker 3: doesn't like to dig ditches and he doesn't want to 72 00:05:08,920 --> 00:05:11,880 Speaker 3: beg for money. He's too proud. So he's going to 73 00:05:11,900 --> 00:05:16,250 Speaker 3: make friends. He cheats his master again, though, by helping 74 00:05:16,290 --> 00:05:19,630 Speaker 3: the people reduce their debts to the master. He says, here, 75 00:05:19,870 --> 00:05:22,450 Speaker 3: change that 100 measures of oil. Now you only owe 76 00:05:22,470 --> 00:05:25,909 Speaker 3: him 50. And you change that 100 loads of wheat 77 00:05:25,930 --> 00:05:29,450 Speaker 3: to only 80. And remember, I'm the one who helped you, 78 00:05:29,490 --> 00:05:32,159 Speaker 3: he might be saying. When the master heard of it, 79 00:05:32,190 --> 00:05:35,330 Speaker 3: he was kind of impressed and surprised with the man's shrewdness. 80 00:05:35,370 --> 00:05:37,890 Speaker 3: I wonder if he thought, where was this ingenuity when 81 00:05:37,910 --> 00:05:40,909 Speaker 3: you were working for me? Oh, he's probably still fired. 82 00:05:41,430 --> 00:05:44,440 Speaker 3: He's wasting money and cheating. But it taught him a lesson, 83 00:05:45,020 --> 00:05:48,940 Speaker 3: even from this snake of a man. Use what resources 84 00:05:48,980 --> 00:05:54,340 Speaker 3: you have to benefit others and make friends. Okay, that's 85 00:05:54,380 --> 00:05:57,630 Speaker 3: a very simple lesson. It makes sense. It seems obvious. 86 00:05:58,270 --> 00:06:01,120 Speaker 3: You can imagine the disciples over here nodding their heads 87 00:06:01,180 --> 00:06:03,940 Speaker 3: in agreement, learning what to do with their wealth and 88 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:07,200 Speaker 3: any status and power they may have. And the Pharisees 89 00:06:07,240 --> 00:06:14,930 Speaker 3: and the religious leaders are nodding their heads too. Slowly, suspiciously. Yes, true, 90 00:06:15,050 --> 00:06:19,950 Speaker 3: we agree with this, I guess. Use the resources given 91 00:06:20,029 --> 00:06:24,330 Speaker 3: to us to benefit others and make friends. Sure, we agree. Well, 92 00:06:24,350 --> 00:06:28,550 Speaker 3: then why weren't the religious people doing that? God had 93 00:06:28,589 --> 00:06:32,770 Speaker 3: given them such wealth and power, and they were keeping 94 00:06:32,830 --> 00:06:36,590 Speaker 3: it to themselves. They were making it so hard on 95 00:06:36,690 --> 00:06:40,650 Speaker 3: others to understand and follow God. They were arrogant and 96 00:06:40,770 --> 00:06:43,450 Speaker 3: sneering at the poor rather than using their wealth to 97 00:06:43,529 --> 00:06:46,610 Speaker 3: care for them and bless them. They should be making 98 00:06:46,730 --> 00:06:49,830 Speaker 3: friends with them and blessing them and making more joy. 99 00:06:49,850 --> 00:06:55,030 Speaker 3: If only they were faithful and could be trusted. Listen 100 00:06:55,050 --> 00:06:57,849 Speaker 3: now to what Jesus is saying to those religious leaders. 101 00:07:02,290 --> 00:07:05,650 Speaker 3: Use your worldly resources to benefit others and make friends, 102 00:07:06,140 --> 00:07:08,840 Speaker 3: and then when your possessions are gone, they'll welcome you 103 00:07:08,880 --> 00:07:12,280 Speaker 3: into an eternal home. If you're faithful in little things, 104 00:07:12,660 --> 00:07:15,480 Speaker 3: you'll be faithful in large ones. But if you're dishonest 105 00:07:15,520 --> 00:07:18,900 Speaker 3: in the little things, you won't be honest with greater responsibilities. 106 00:07:19,740 --> 00:07:23,760 Speaker 3: And if you're untrustworthy about worldly wealth, who will trust 107 00:07:23,820 --> 00:07:26,320 Speaker 3: you with the true riches of heaven? And if you're 108 00:07:26,370 --> 00:07:29,550 Speaker 3: not faithful with other people's things, Why should you be 109 00:07:29,610 --> 00:07:36,980 Speaker 3: trusted with things of your own? So Jesus speaks to 110 00:07:37,040 --> 00:07:40,640 Speaker 3: them very clearly about what their problem is. They've been 111 00:07:40,660 --> 00:07:43,740 Speaker 3: given so much worldly good and they did so little 112 00:07:43,820 --> 00:07:47,230 Speaker 3: good with it. How could God give them spiritual good 113 00:07:47,350 --> 00:07:51,429 Speaker 3: things too? They would just waste it. And actually he had. 114 00:07:52,050 --> 00:07:54,390 Speaker 3: God had given them light so they could be a 115 00:07:54,450 --> 00:07:58,800 Speaker 3: light to nations. In Isaiah chapter 42 and in 49 116 00:07:58,800 --> 00:08:01,480 Speaker 3: and 60, over and over again, it says, so that 117 00:08:01,760 --> 00:08:05,200 Speaker 3: all may come to the light and come to God. 118 00:08:05,980 --> 00:08:08,660 Speaker 3: But they hoarded the blessings of God and instead they 119 00:08:08,740 --> 00:08:12,040 Speaker 3: kept it for themselves, thinking that they were given it 120 00:08:12,160 --> 00:08:14,560 Speaker 3: as a gift to be held on to and savored 121 00:08:14,620 --> 00:08:18,310 Speaker 3: and enjoyed themselves. Well, I guess others could come and 122 00:08:18,350 --> 00:08:21,560 Speaker 3: enjoy the most favored things with them, But to take 123 00:08:21,600 --> 00:08:24,120 Speaker 3: that blessing of God out to others and give it 124 00:08:24,180 --> 00:08:27,420 Speaker 3: away to benefit others and make friends, that was not 125 00:08:27,500 --> 00:08:32,780 Speaker 3: going to happen. So instead, in Acts 13, 47, God 126 00:08:32,920 --> 00:08:35,660 Speaker 3: saw that they weren't doing this and God fired them. 127 00:08:36,400 --> 00:08:38,719 Speaker 3: That promise to take light to the nations and to 128 00:08:38,760 --> 00:08:40,900 Speaker 3: take salvation to the ends of the earth was given 129 00:08:40,960 --> 00:08:43,420 Speaker 3: away to Paul and to others who would preach the 130 00:08:43,460 --> 00:08:47,500 Speaker 3: good news. So here's how Jesus ends this part in 131 00:08:47,520 --> 00:08:53,260 Speaker 3: verse 13. No one can serve two masters, for you 132 00:08:53,300 --> 00:08:55,880 Speaker 3: will hate one and love the other. You will be 133 00:08:55,920 --> 00:08:59,570 Speaker 3: devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve 134 00:08:59,630 --> 00:09:06,690 Speaker 3: God and be enslaved to money. So Luke helps us 135 00:09:06,730 --> 00:09:10,530 Speaker 3: get the connection in verse 14. So we just read that, 136 00:09:10,740 --> 00:09:14,620 Speaker 3: and then verse 14 says, The Pharisees, who dearly loved 137 00:09:14,700 --> 00:09:18,420 Speaker 3: their money, heard all of this and scoffed at him. 138 00:09:19,370 --> 00:09:22,199 Speaker 3: but Jesus was ready for that too. Do you remember 139 00:09:22,250 --> 00:09:24,980 Speaker 3: what the swindler did to the master, hoping to take 140 00:09:25,059 --> 00:09:28,179 Speaker 3: care of himself and take care of his friends by 141 00:09:28,260 --> 00:09:31,100 Speaker 3: cutting off parts of what the master was due? Now 142 00:09:31,179 --> 00:09:34,780 Speaker 3: Jesus goes directly at the religious leaders. Because all of 143 00:09:34,820 --> 00:09:37,790 Speaker 3: a sudden, since John the Baptist began preaching the kingdom, 144 00:09:37,910 --> 00:09:40,650 Speaker 3: people are eager to get in on the kingdom. It 145 00:09:40,690 --> 00:09:44,550 Speaker 3: has freedom and good news of forgiveness from sin. But 146 00:09:44,700 --> 00:09:47,460 Speaker 3: don't think for a minute that all those words in 147 00:09:47,480 --> 00:09:50,880 Speaker 3: the law of Moses are forgotten or abolished. Do you 148 00:09:50,900 --> 00:09:54,120 Speaker 3: want just one example, he says? Any man here is 149 00:09:54,210 --> 00:09:58,390 Speaker 3: committing adultery who is married and divorced or married to 150 00:09:58,429 --> 00:10:01,620 Speaker 3: a divorced woman. So you ignore parts of God's law 151 00:10:01,970 --> 00:10:05,210 Speaker 3: that are inconvenient to you and make it easier to follow. 152 00:10:05,790 --> 00:10:09,050 Speaker 3: But that's just one example. Perhaps because of the person 153 00:10:09,090 --> 00:10:11,330 Speaker 3: who is standing near who needed to hear that one. 154 00:10:11,929 --> 00:10:14,689 Speaker 3: But do you remember Malachi? The people were cutting corners 155 00:10:15,110 --> 00:10:17,310 Speaker 3: and they had ignored the warning to bring in the 156 00:10:17,350 --> 00:10:20,360 Speaker 3: whole tithe. And remember, too, that he wished they'd stop 157 00:10:20,400 --> 00:10:23,240 Speaker 3: the sacrifices because they were bringing their worst and offering 158 00:10:23,260 --> 00:10:26,220 Speaker 3: it as a sacrifice rather than giving God their first 159 00:10:26,380 --> 00:10:29,660 Speaker 3: and their best. Remember Hosea 6 when God said to 160 00:10:29,700 --> 00:10:34,780 Speaker 3: the leaders, I desire mercy, not sacrifices. You cut corners 161 00:10:35,260 --> 00:10:39,110 Speaker 3: thinking you appease me by offering sacrifices, all the while 162 00:10:39,250 --> 00:10:43,130 Speaker 3: ignoring what I really desire, that you would show mercy. 163 00:10:44,270 --> 00:10:47,130 Speaker 3: Put your heart on your people. and you cheat God 164 00:10:47,210 --> 00:10:54,550 Speaker 3: out of obedience to His law and His desires. This 165 00:10:54,840 --> 00:10:57,840 Speaker 3: odd parable, it may be the only one of its kind, 166 00:10:57,880 --> 00:11:01,200 Speaker 3: was told by Jesus in order to instruct bad actors, 167 00:11:01,640 --> 00:11:04,340 Speaker 3: who we know were listening, to use what they know 168 00:11:04,440 --> 00:11:06,620 Speaker 3: of how the world works to get ready for when 169 00:11:06,660 --> 00:11:10,530 Speaker 3: they lose it all. Warning, you better start finding another job. 170 00:11:11,450 --> 00:11:14,750 Speaker 3: Remember how parables work. One group is being taught, and 171 00:11:14,770 --> 00:11:18,830 Speaker 3: the others are being confused. In something of a miraculous work, 172 00:11:18,929 --> 00:11:23,030 Speaker 3: Jesus was revealing truth and warnings and instructions to some, 173 00:11:23,670 --> 00:11:26,910 Speaker 3: and at the exact same time was keeping mysteries locked 174 00:11:26,990 --> 00:11:30,680 Speaker 3: up to others. In considering this strange parable, as if 175 00:11:30,740 --> 00:11:33,640 Speaker 3: the interpreter commentary just can't help but do what us 176 00:11:33,700 --> 00:11:36,640 Speaker 3: preachers do, they just can't help but expound on something 177 00:11:36,679 --> 00:11:38,939 Speaker 3: beyond the text, and I'm glad they did because it 178 00:11:38,980 --> 00:11:42,079 Speaker 3: was a challenge in considering myself and the people of 179 00:11:42,140 --> 00:11:45,740 Speaker 3: my core or my church here in Atlanta. Jesus' comment 180 00:11:45,760 --> 00:11:48,020 Speaker 3: in verse 8 that the children of this world are 181 00:11:48,160 --> 00:11:50,800 Speaker 3: better at something than the children of light must have 182 00:11:50,870 --> 00:11:54,750 Speaker 3: intrigued the commentators. What could they be better at? Well, 183 00:11:54,770 --> 00:11:58,190 Speaker 3: let me just read what they said. The worldly thoroughly 184 00:11:58,450 --> 00:12:02,070 Speaker 3: cares for his senses, while the follower of Christ becomes 185 00:12:02,210 --> 00:12:06,470 Speaker 3: casual about his soul. The golfer takes lessons and read books, 186 00:12:07,230 --> 00:12:11,369 Speaker 3: but the religious man forgets prayers. The salesman becomes an 187 00:12:11,429 --> 00:12:15,230 Speaker 3: evangelist for some gadget, while the disciple of Jesus rarely 188 00:12:15,330 --> 00:12:18,870 Speaker 3: mentions the Savior of the world. The steward of this 189 00:12:18,950 --> 00:12:23,050 Speaker 3: story has lost foresight. He planned an earthly future because 190 00:12:23,080 --> 00:12:25,980 Speaker 3: he saw what was coming. Do the followers of Christ 191 00:12:26,059 --> 00:12:29,179 Speaker 3: realize the way Jesus' teachings stress the end that is 192 00:12:29,300 --> 00:12:33,340 Speaker 3: coming and plan for an eternal destiny? Most men believe 193 00:12:33,380 --> 00:12:36,800 Speaker 3: in savings accounts and pension plans and annuities and insurance, 194 00:12:37,120 --> 00:12:40,210 Speaker 3: preparations for this world, but what about a home in 195 00:12:40,230 --> 00:12:43,569 Speaker 3: the hidden land? Jesus says, I go to prepare a 196 00:12:43,630 --> 00:12:46,540 Speaker 3: place for you. But those who most profess to love 197 00:12:46,600 --> 00:12:51,600 Speaker 3: him are sometimes careless about that welcome home. These examples 198 00:12:51,640 --> 00:12:53,579 Speaker 3: they give are not intended to be true of every 199 00:12:53,660 --> 00:12:56,480 Speaker 3: person in the world, not every person of the light, 200 00:12:57,120 --> 00:13:00,140 Speaker 3: but they're good reminders to be as careful in heavenly things, 201 00:13:00,860 --> 00:13:03,320 Speaker 3: just as the worldly might be to teach us to 202 00:13:03,340 --> 00:13:07,219 Speaker 3: be careful in these worldly, albeit temporary things. It's a 203 00:13:07,240 --> 00:13:10,440 Speaker 3: neat parable, very strange. I hope we've understood it well 204 00:13:10,480 --> 00:13:14,220 Speaker 3: enough together. This strange parable, if our ears are perceiving 205 00:13:14,280 --> 00:13:16,740 Speaker 3: it correctly, can invite us first to consider if there's 206 00:13:16,960 --> 00:13:20,000 Speaker 3: any way we're cutting corners on worship and obedience to God. 207 00:13:21,230 --> 00:13:23,730 Speaker 3: And then secondly, if we're using what we've been given 208 00:13:23,770 --> 00:13:28,230 Speaker 3: to care for others, are we keeping it for ourselves? Third, 209 00:13:28,730 --> 00:13:31,569 Speaker 3: are we considering the spiritual part of our lives as 210 00:13:31,630 --> 00:13:35,650 Speaker 3: intently or more as our worldly care for our lives? 211 00:13:38,309 --> 00:13:41,839 Speaker 3: Heavenly Father, Thank you for this series on the parables. 212 00:13:42,660 --> 00:13:45,580 Speaker 3: They teach us so much if we have ears to hear. 213 00:13:46,320 --> 00:13:49,040 Speaker 3: We love you. We praise you. 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