Luke 16:8. "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." The meaning is, that the children of this world are wiser in their generation than the children of light are in theirs - _i.e._... [ Continue Reading ]
Luke 16:12 Luke 16:12. "And if ye have not been faithful in that which is another man's, who shall give you that which is your own?" By that which is another man's is represented this world's goods. The same with the "unrighteous mammon," as it is called in the foregoing verse; and by that which is... [ Continue Reading ]
Luke 16:16. "The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it." Here I would observe, that when universal terms are used about redemption, they do not prove universal redemption, any more than the universal term here used proves... [ Continue Reading ]