CHAPTER 13 THE UNJUST STEWARD Luke 16:1-13. “ _And He continued to speak to His disciples_, _There was a certain rich man who had a steward_, _and he was falsely accused to him as wasting his goods_.” A. The word here _dieblethe_, “accused,” E. V., is the strongest word in the Greek language for... [ Continue Reading ]
PRIDE Luke 16:14-15. _“And the Pharisees, being money lovers, were hearing all these things, and murmuring against Him.”_ If you preach holiness like lightning, as Jesus did, money-loving Church members will raise a lugubrious howl. _“He said to them, You are those justifying yourselves before men,... [ Continue Reading ]
THE KINGDOM OF GOD Luke 16:16-18. _“The law and the prophets were till John; since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every one passeth into it.”_ These Pharisees hung on His track like lightning on the skirts of the clouds, barking and snapping at everything He said; because the red-hot... [ Continue Reading ]
THE RICH MAN AND LAZARUS Luke 16:19-31. _“And there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, faring sumptuously every day.”_ A. This was a rich Jew, living like a king at his own expense, daily wearing a royal scarlet robe, manufactured by the Syrians for the especial... [ Continue Reading ]