Davar Kingdom Of God

Now if we are children, then we are heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory (Rom 8:17). In order to know what sufferings we need to share with Christ as heirs of God, we are now looking at the stories in Luke 16. Jesus had just finished telling his disciples the Parable of the Shrewd Manager and teaching them the importance of living for the benefits of other people. There among the listeners were the Pharisees, and: The Pharisees, who loved money, heard all this and were sneering at Jesus (v. 14). It is interesting to guess what the Pharisees thought about the Parable of the Shrewd Manager. They were mostly rich people, and were so eager to keep the Law. Therefore, it must have been almost impossible for them to identify themselves with the shrewd manager as the disciples did. They rather saw themselves as “the rich man,” “the master.” So, for them, what the shrewd manager did was very wrong, and they probably tho