Tenchi
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I am talking about the mysteries made known in the Bible they are not made known to any outside of Christ.
Okay. But these "mysteries" aren't in view in the parables in Luke 15 and 16.
A person cannot make up their own.
Sure they can. You seem to me to be doing this very thing in your analysis of the parables of Luke 15 and 16. Of course, people shouldn't make up their own spiritual mysteries but "shouldn't" implies that they can, right?
But of what value to Christ our spiritual understanding is limited to sola scriptura all things written in the law and prophets (Bible)
Not sure what you're saying here...
Mammon worldly riches in four different parables with the same conclusion (sheep . woman losing silver, rich father in that series is compared to the Riches of the Bible all things written in Moses and the prophets on like other parables
??? Jesus explained what the point of each of his parables was. Do you know his meaning better than he does? Here's what Christ himself indicated was the point of each of his parables:
The Lost Sheep
Luke 15:7
7 I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner who repents, more than over ninety and nine just persons, who need no repentance.
The Lost Coin
Luke 15:9-10
9 And when she has found it, she calls her friends and her neighbours together, saying, Rejoice with me; for I have found the piece which I had lost.
10 Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.
The Prodigal Son
Luke 15:20-24
20 And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.
21 And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in your sight, and am no more worthy to be called your son.
22 But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet:
23 And bring here the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry:
24 For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.
The Unfaithful Steward
Luke 16:8-14
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.
9 And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when you fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations.
10 He who is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he who is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.
11 If therefore you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?
12 And if you have not been faithful in that which is another man's, who shall give you that which is your own?
13 No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.
14 And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him.
Lazarus and the Rich Man
Luke 16:27-31
27 Then he said, I pray you therefore, father, that you would send him to my father's house:
28 For I have five brothers; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.
29 Abraham said unto him, "They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them."
30 And he said, No, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent."
31 And he said unto him, "If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead."
What Jesus meant to teach in each of these parables is very clear, it seems to me. In none but one of his parables does he mention "mammon" and then he does so only to make a point about the faithlessness of the Pharisees who, though stewards of the Law of God, were servants of mammon (...the Pharisees, who were covetous... Luke 16:13). In all of the parables of Luke 15, Christ points to the heavenly joy over a lost sinner coming to repentance, not to a contrast between mammon "wisdom" and godly wisdom. And in the parables of Luke 16, Christ was driving at the covetousness, faithlessness, hypocrisy and hardness of heart of the Pharisees, not "mammon wisdom."
I'm being very direct in my responses to you, not couching my remarks in soft, tender language, because you seem to be trying to teach from God's word rather than just inquiring about, and discovering, it's truth. I hold those who propose to teach from Scripture, to tell others what it means, to a very high standard, however; and if they are in obvious error, I don't pussyfoot around the fact that they are. God's word is serious business and so I have little grace for poor teaching from it. In this, I emulate Paul, Peter, John and Christ himself. My directness isn't to make you feel offended but to treat God's word with the seriousness and carefulness it deserves.
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