W2 2009-02-03 (路16:1-17:21)
經文: 路加福音 16:8
默想: 求主幫助我，能夠謙卑的從不義的管家與今世之子身上，學會寶貴的屬靈功課，同時又能夠保守自己，不被他們同化。
題目: 你對不義管家的故事有何感想？
2009年2月2日 星期一
三年讀經默想與題目 (草戊尚土) 090203
經文: 路加福音 16:8
默想: 求主幫助我，能夠謙卑的從不義的管家與今世之子身上，學會寶貴的屬靈功課，同時又能夠保守自己，不被他們同化。
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We, the people of this world, are all God’s managers. The parable tells us that if we cannot fulfill the duties as the manager, God will discharge us from everything we deserve. What we can take charge of in the world include not only wealth or property but also our gifts, health, time, and opportunities. Yet, we are only the manager, not the master. In the end, we all have to give an account of our management to God. Whatever we do is detestable in God’s sight, so we should not behave like this shrewd manager, who was simply concerned about his life under unemployment instead of reflecting on himself or begging for forgiveness. Our Father in Heaven, please teach me to be a wise daughter who can be trusted with very little as well as with much…
回覆刪除草戊尚土 牧師和各位俱樂部的兄姐，平安：
回覆刪除這故事在之前牧師的管家系列裡面有詳盡的解說，也蠻有意思的。
我的感想是如果這管家是幫人放高利貸，那他也算是在地下錢莊混的惡霸吧，當他的老闆（應該是老大）因為一封黑函要來和他算帳，他沒有想要找那發黑函的報復，反而想到之前被他欺壓的那些窮人，趁著自己還有能力時免了他們大部分的債，從這樣的表現來看確實又是另一個浪子回頭的故事。
但是，這樣做就比那些虔誠的信徒（光明之子）來的聰明嗎？
我想要出於真心去免人的債應該是夠聰明的人才能做的到吧。
親愛的主，我知道在世事上有許多人、許多事都值得我去學習，尤其是對於金錢的處理與對待，請您憐憫我，教導我，讓我有智慧去明白這樣的祕訣，讓我知道怎樣處卑賤，也知道怎樣處豐富；或飽足，或飢餓；或有餘，或缺乏，隨事隨在，我都得了祕訣。
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回覆刪除或許這位不義的管家,動機不純正,但是他所做的"事情"(免人的債)是主所稱讚為聰明的.讓我想到許多公益機構,主理的單位或許不是來自教會,但他們所做的事也有我們該學習的地方.
"不貪愛錢財,又要會理財",求神幫助我在這事上討神喜悅.
坦白說，我真的不懂這個故事。
回覆刪除為什麼一個浪費主人財物的僕人，在主人要他交帳時，他篡改債務人的帳條，主人還誇獎他作事機警?這是反諷嗎?因為他知道主人會辭退他，所以他趕快準備後路? 施惠於人。是這樣嗎?
Dear YiTing, Peng An,
回覆刪除Steward was a new theological term used to describe this newly found meaning of Genesis 1:26, which was traditionally translated to be dominion.
You might want to check the following url,
http://theologytoday.ptsem.edu/jan1994/v50-4-article4.htm
Dear Mou, Peng An,
Cleverness could co-exist with Unrighteousness. Jesus taught his disciples to be pure as dove, and shrewd as snake. But, alas, we often took it wrong, we became as dumb as dove, and as evil as snake. How sad!!!
Dear JBC, Peng An,
I loved your hermeneutic. Yeah, I was certain that if we were humble enough, we could learn lots of spiritual lessons from non-Christians....
Dear YuZe, Peng An,
Yeah, this was one of the most difficult sayings of Jesus Christ. We must know the cultural background of Jesus' era before we could try to decipher the underlying teaching of this parable.