Today, Jesus tells the parable of the unjust steward and how he cooked the books of his master in order to help himself out after the master fired him from his job of being the steward. Luke 16:13 tells us, "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."
Chuck Smith says in his commentary, "God, I am certain, keeps a very interesting set of books. Paul the apostle, when he was writing to the Philippians, thanked them for the gift that they sent to him. He said, "Not that I particularly needed it, but I desire that fruit might abound to your account" (Philippians 4:17). Thank you for what you sent to me. I wasn't particularly in need, but I'm grateful for it because the fruit of my labor. Those people that I won to Christ will abound to your account because of the fact that you supported my ministry there. So money is a tremendous outlet of spiritual power if we use it right. Money can be a blessing; it can be curse. It all depends on how a person uses it. It can be the closest thing to omnipotence that man possesses but so often creates impotence. Jesus is warning here against that impotence that money often creates with a person. Make use of the unrighteousness of mammon, so that when you fail they might receive you under the everlasting kingdoms."
I encourage you to read his commentary on this entire chapter, click here.
Blessings to all
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