新约 - 路加福音(Luke)第16章

Jesus told his disciples: "There was a rich man whose manager was accused of wasting his possessions.
"The manager said to himself, 'What shall I do now? My master is taking away my job. I'm not strong enough to dig, and I'm ashamed to beg--
I know what I'll do so that, when I lose my job here, people will welcome me into their houses.'
"So he called in each one of his master's debtors. He asked the first, 'How much do you owe my master?'
"'Eight hundred gallons of olive oil,' he replied. "The manager told him, 'Take your bill, sit down quickly, and make it four hundred.'
"Then he asked the second, 'And how much do you owe?' "'A thousand bushels of wheat,' he replied. "He told him, 'Take your bill and make it eight hundred.'
"The master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly. For the people of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their own kind than are the people of the light.
I tell you, use worldly wealth to gain friends for yourselves, so that when it is gone, you will be welcomed into eternal dwellings.
"Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much.
So if you have not been trustworthy in handling worldly wealth, who will trust you with true riches?
And if you have not been trustworthy with someone else's property, who will give you property of your own?
"No servant can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money."
The Pharisees, who loved money, heard all this and were sneering at Jesus.
He said to them, "You are the ones who justify yourselves in the eyes of men, but God knows your hearts. What is highly valued among men is detestable in God's sight.
"The Law and the Prophets were proclaimed until John. Since that time, the good news of the kingdom of God is being preached, and everyone is forcing his way into it.
It is easier for heaven and earth to disappear than for the least stroke of a pen to drop out of the Law.
"Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery, and the man who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.
"There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and lived in luxury every day.
At his gate was laid a beggar named Lazarus, covered with sores
and longing to eat what fell from the rich man's table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores.
"The time came when the beggar died and the angels carried him to Abraham's side. The rich man also died and was buried.
In hell, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far away, with Lazarus by his side.
So he called to him, 'Father Abraham, have pity on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in agony in this fire.'
"But Abraham replied, 'Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things, but now he is comforted here and you are in agony.
And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been fixed, so that those who want to go from here to you cannot, nor can anyone cross over from there to us.'
"He answered, 'Then I beg you, father, send Lazarus to my father's house,
for I have five brothers. Let him warn them, so that they will not also come to this place of torment.'
"Abraham replied, 'They have Moses and the Prophets; let them listen to them.'
"'No, father Abraham,' he said, 'but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.'
"He said to him, 'If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.'"
路加福音第十六章   第 16 章 

  路 16:1-8> 那个管家其实很不义,不明白神要用此说明什么?是关于…… 

  16:1-8 如何理解这难解的故事,以下是其中几个解释:( 1 )不要浪费你所有的金钱财富,因为它是属于神而不是属于你的;( 2 )钱可以用来作善事或恶事,你要用你的钱来作善事;( 3 )钱具有很大的力量,因此你要小心谨慎地使用;( 4 )我们必须好好地使用我们钱财,来孕育我们的信心和顺服的心( 12:33-34 )。 

  路 16:10-11> 干大事嘛,何理小节?只在大事上忠心不就可以吗? 

  16:10-11 神呼召我们即使在小事上、在一些我们很容易便可以解释过去的事情上也要诚实。天上的财富远较地上的钱财珍贵,但假如我们不能忠诚地处理地上的钱财(不论我们有多少),我们便不配处理神国中无穷尽的财富。在小事上不失去你的忠实,在大事上你也不会失败。 

  路 16:13> 你很会运用金钱,也珍惜它,如果有一天,神要你变卖家财分给穷人,你可舍得? 

  16:13 金钱有能力取代神在你生命中的地位。如何分辨自己究竟是不是金钱的奴隶呢:( 1 )你是否经常为金钱担忧?( 2 )你是否为了有更多金钱而放弃做你应该做或喜欢做的事情呢?( 3 )你是否经常为你所拥有的东西发愁?( 4 )你是否很不愿意把钱施舍出去?( 5 )你是否欠债?金钱是一个刻薄的主人,也是靠不住的。金钱能够给你权力,也能把你的心牢牢抓住。你可以在一夜之间得到或失去一大笔财富,任何数目的金钱都不能给你健康、喜乐或永恒的生命。让神作你的主人就好多了,祂的仆人现在和永远都有平安的心灵和保障。 

  路 16:14> 我会专心事奉神,也想要金钱,不会不可能吧?耶稣所讲的也太绝对了…… 

  16:14 法利赛人喜爱金钱,不同意耶稣的教导。我们也喜爱金钱,我们是否也嘲笑耶稣所说的有关事奉金钱的警告?我们是否把这警告只用在别人身上?除非我们认真听取耶稣的话,否则我们自己也会像法利赛人一样。 

  路 16:15> 有虔诚就有人家的赞美,你会如我一样,“努力”在人前表现得好一点? 

  16:15 法利赛人装作虔诚以博取别人的赞赏,但神知道他们心里想些什么。你的属灵表现是真的呢,还是只想引人注意呢?要记着,神厌恶人装假。 

  路 16:18> 神的路与别不同,连对婚姻的看法也与世间不同,你预备好走这样的一条路没有? 

  16:18 在耶稣的时代,大多数宗教领袖都容许男人以任何理由跟妻子离婚。耶稣的话超越摩西所说的话(参申 24:1-4 ),比当时流行的任何一派的观念都严格,祂的话叫听众震惊(参太 19:10 ),就如叫今天的读者震惊一样。耶稣清楚明确地说明结婚是终生的委身,你为了另一个人离开你的配偶,虽然得到律法的允许,但在神眼中却是奸淫。当你想到婚姻,就要牢记神把它看作是永恒的盟约。 

  路 16:19-31> 穷人得福,富人衰败,故事总是这样发展的;可是谁得福谁衰败的真正关键却是…… 

  16:19-31 法利赛人认为财富是公义的证明,耶稣这个故事叫他们惊讶。一个患病的乞丐得到奖赏,一个财主受罚。财主下地狱,不是因他的财富,而是因为自私,他没有给拉撒路食物。尽管他得到很大的祝福,但心却是硬的。我们如何用钱,远较我们有多少钱重要。富有的人可能是慷慨或是吝啬的,穷人也一样。你对所拥有的财富抱什么态度呢?是自私地留给自己还是用它们来帮助别人?这个拉撒路不是约翰福音十一章里耶稣叫他从死里复活的那个拉撒路。 

  路 16:29-31> 人心顽固,见了神迹又如何?是耶稣没有给人机会?或是…… 

  16:29-31 这个财主以为他的兄弟必定相信一位从死里复活的使者,但耶稣说,若他们不信摩西和先知的话(他们常说要关心穷苦的人),就是一个从死里复活的人也不能叫他们相信。注意,耶稣的话里预示了祂自己从死里复活之后,大多数的宗教领袖仍然不会接受祂。他们的思想冥顽不灵,就是圣灵或神的儿子也不能改变他们。──《灵修版圣经注释》