{"id":353,"date":"2024-06-26T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-26T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reflectivebiblestudy.com\/gospeladventure\/?p=353&2024"},"modified":"2024-06-24T18:00:24","modified_gmt":"2024-06-25T00:00:24","slug":"does-god-hate-fame-luke-16-1-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reflectivebiblestudy.com\/gospeladventure\/does-god-hate-fame-luke-16-1-18\/","title":{"rendered":"Does God Hate Fame: Luke 16:1-18"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"spoiler spoiler-style-2\"><div class=\"spoiler-title\">Focus Passage: Luke 16:1-18 (NCV)<\/div><div class=\"spoiler-content\"><p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <sup class=\"versenum\">1<\/sup> Jesus also said to his followers, \u201cOnce there was a rich man who had a manager to take care of his business. This manager was accused of cheating him. <sup class=\"versenum\">2<\/sup> So he called the manager in and said to him, \u2018What is this I hear about you? Give me a report of what you have done with my money, because you can\u2019t be my manager any longer.\u2019 <sup class=\"versenum\">3<\/sup> The manager thought to himself, \u2018What will I do since my master is taking my job away from me? I am not strong enough to dig ditches, and I am ashamed to beg. <sup class=\"versenum\">4<\/sup> I know what I\u2019ll do so that when I lose my job people will welcome me into their homes.\u2019 <\/p>\r\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <sup class=\"versenum\">5<\/sup> \u201cSo the manager called in everyone who owed the master any money. He asked the first one, \u2018How much do you owe?\u2019 <sup class=\"versenum\">6<\/sup> He answered, \u2018Eight hundred gallons of olive oil.\u2019 The manager said to him, \u2018Take your bill, sit down quickly, and write four hundred gallons.\u2019 <sup class=\"versenum\">7<\/sup> Then the manager asked another one, \u2018How much do you owe?\u2019 He answered, \u2018One thousand bushels of wheat.\u2019 Then the manager said to him, \u2018Take your bill and write eight hundred bushels.\u2019 <sup class=\"versenum\">8<\/sup> So, the master praised the dishonest manager for being clever. Yes, worldly people are more clever with their own kind than spiritual people are. <\/p>\r\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <sup class=\"versenum\">9<\/sup> \u201cI tell you, make friends for yourselves using worldly riches so that when those riches are gone, you will be welcomed in those homes that continue forever. <sup class=\"versenum\">10<\/sup> Whoever can be trusted with a little can also be trusted with a lot, and whoever is dishonest with a little is dishonest with a lot.\u00a0<sup class=\"versenum\">11<\/sup> If you cannot be trusted with worldly riches, then who will trust you with true riches? <sup class=\"versenum\">12<\/sup> And if you cannot be trusted with things that belong to someone else, who will give you things of your own? <\/p>\r\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <sup class=\"versenum\">13<\/sup> \u201cNo servant can serve two masters. The servant will hate one master and love the other, or will follow one master and refuse to follow the other. You cannot serve both God and worldly riches.\u201d <\/p>\r\n<p>\u00a0<sup class=\"versenum\">14<\/sup> The Pharisees, who loved money, were listening to all these things and made fun of Jesus. <sup class=\"versenum\">15<\/sup> He said to them, \u201cYou make yourselves look good in front of people, but God knows what is really in your hearts. What is important to people is hateful in God\u2019s sight. <\/p>\r\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <sup class=\"versenum\">16<\/sup> \u201cThe law of Moses and the writings of the prophets were preached until John came. Since then the Good News about the kingdom of God is being told, and everyone tries to enter it by force.  <sup class=\"versenum\">17<\/sup> It would be easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for the smallest part of a letter in the law to be changed.<\/p>\r\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0  <sup class=\"versenum\">18<\/sup> \u201cIf a man divorces his wife and marries another woman, he is guilty of adultery, and the man who marries a divorced woman is also guilty of adultery.\u201d<\/p><p class=\"passage-read-more\">Read <a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Luke 16:1-18&amp;version=ncv\" title=\"Read the passage on BibleGateway.com\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"hyperlink-underlined\">Luke 16:1-18<\/a> in context and\/or in other translations on BibleGateway.com!<\/p><\/div><\/div>\r\n<p>Every so often, a phrase jumps out at me while reading a  passage I have read dozens of times before. Perhaps this has happened to you.  You are leisurely reading through the Bible when <em>bam,<\/em> some phrase hits you in a new way and shifts your thinking.<\/p>\r\n<p>This passage holds one of these \u201cbam\u201d-moments for me. While  most of the time we read these verses, we focus in on the parable, the verse  that jumped off the page at me comes after the story, and in Jesus\u2019 direct  words to the Pharisees. Verse 15 says, \u201cHe said to them, \u2018<strong>You make yourselves look good in front of people, but God knows what is  really in your hearts. What is important to people is hateful in God\u2019s sight.<\/strong>\u2019\u201d<\/p>\r\n<p>Prior readings of this verse never really jumped out at me,  probably because the verses on either side of this one have powerful messages  as well, but the last sentence of this verse hit me in a new way: \u201c<strong>What is important to people is hateful in  God\u2019s sight.<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\r\n<p>In the context, Jesus is challenging the Pharisees on their  view of money and the priority they have placed on it, and in the sentence just  before this one (verse 15a), sets the stage for a broader focus than on money.  Making oneself look good in front of people may come because one has some money,  but it is the desire for fame and status. Desiring fame and status is one  subtle foothold for pride to enter our lives. Pride wants the focus to be  turned towards me, and desiring fame and status, is similar because it wants  the spotlight and the stage \u2013 specifically the attention.<\/p>\r\n<p>But Jesus says, \u201c<strong>What  is important to people is hateful in God\u2019s sight.<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\r\n<p>This truth is both powerful and challenging.<\/p>\r\n<p>Is God saying that He hates money, fame, status, and stuff?<\/p>\r\n<p>While it might appear like this on the surface, Jesus is  touching on a deeper truth: <em>Where is your  heart at?<\/em><\/p>\r\n<p>Is your heart focused on acquiring money, stuff, status,  etc. or is it focused on Jesus?<\/p>\r\n<p>Can it be both? Perhaps one could have both sides of this dilemma,  but there must be a priority that is visible in your life. If Jesus is first,  then it must be visible to others through with where we put our money, time,  talents, and other resources. If we are not intentionally placing Jesus first  in our lives, all the stuff that crowds out God will crowd out God.<\/p>\r\n<p><em>All the stuff that is  important to people is hateful in God\u2019s sight because it feeds pride in one\u2019s  heart, and because it crowds out God from being the primary focus.<\/em> <strong>God doesn\u2019t hate fame, status, or stuff; He  wants us to have righteous priorities.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<div id=\"aj-wrap-up--353\" class=\"aj-wrap-up\"><p><em>This thought was inspired by studying the <strong>Walking With Jesus<\/strong> \u201cReflective Bible Study\u201d package. 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