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Correspondence: 1 Cor. 11:30; Luke 16:1-12
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Young Christian: Volume 10, 1920
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Ques. Please explain, "For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep."
1 Cor. 11:30
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For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep. (1 Corinthians 11:30)
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Ans.
These persons had failed to judge themselves-failed to discern the Lord's body in the broken bread-they had eaten in an unworthy manner, though they were true Christians, and hence God, in His government of His house, had to chasten them by bodily sickness even unto death, in order that they might not be condemned with the world. No doubt others were called to learn and take warning from the discipline exercised upon those erring ones.
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Luke 16:1-12
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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.
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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.
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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.
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I am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses.
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So he called every one of his lord's debtors unto him, and said unto the first, How much owest thou unto my lord?
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And he said, An hundred measures of oil. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and sit down quickly, and write fifty.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?
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And if ye have not been faithful in that which is another man's, who shall give you that which is your own? (Luke 16:1‑12)
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UK 16:1-12{
Ans.
As to the parable of the unjust steward, the moral is this-use the present with an eye to the future-"The Lord commends the unjust steward" not for his honesty surely, but because he had dealt wisely; and the wisdom consists simply in providing for the future. This is the point of the parable. The lesson it teaches us is to use this world's riches-which are not what properly belong to us, as Christians-in the service of Christ-to do good-to distribute and communicate-to open our hands wide to every form of human need-to lay up in store a good foundation against the time to come (
1 Tim. 6:17-19
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Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;
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That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate;
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Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life. (1 Timothy 6:17‑19)
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