534th Post Jesus Said Concerning Parables Con't. - Parable of the Clever But Evil Steward Con't. 6th Post. - Luke 16: 1 - 13.

Luke 16: 1 - 13 Continued, Parable of the Clever But Evil Steward, 6th post.
Jesus now starts talking about unrighteous mammon.  If you are evil, you cannot be totally evil to everyone.  For if you are, you will find yourself completely alone.  If you are evil to everyone, they will understand that you cannot be trusted.  In order to survive in life, you have to do some things right.  In our parable spoken by Jesus, the steward had only cheated his master.  After he was found out, and before he was fired, the steward cheated the master again.  He was nice to the master's debtor's in the hope that they would in turn be nice to him.  What the steward did to the debtor's, would fall within the teaching of Jesus, "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you." (The Golden Rule).  Clearly, this steward knows the teaching, but only practices it when it will benefit him.  Jesus teaches us to apply this rule to every one, at all times.  This is what Jesus meant by the phrase, "Make friends for yourselves by unrighteous mammon, that when you fail, they may receive you into an everlasting home."  This is not Heaven, only God has the power to determine where you will end up.  I have run out of room again, continued next post.