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Money can quietly become a master, vows can feel negotiable, and comfort can blind us to the person at our gate. Luke 16 brings all of that into focus with a shrewd manager who plans for tomorrow, a stark reminder that we cannot serve two masters, and a haunting story of the rich man and Lazarus that places justice beyond the reach of last-minute deals. We walk through the chapter’s structure and ask honest questions about how budgets, promises, and daily habits signal where our hope really lives.

We unpack the “dishonest manager” without excusing his ethics, drawing out the surprising lesson Jesus commends: urgency. If people pour energy into short-term security, how much more should we steward temporary wealth for eternal good? That means funding the poor, strengthening the local church, and backing credible mission work where the gospel is seldom heard. We talk candidly about retirement, generosity that stings just enough to grow our trust, and exposing ourselves to need so our hearts do not harden behind safe routines.

The conversation then turns to law, kingdom, and the gravity of covenant. Jesus’ line on marriage lands like a plumb line in a culture that treats vows as terms to renegotiate. We wrestle with biblical provision and pastoral care around divorce and remarriage, while holding the core principle: pursue faithfulness and reconciliation with integrity and help. Finally, we face the fixed chasm of the afterlife. The rich man and Lazarus refuses sentimental comfort: revelation is sufficient, time is limited, and habits now echo forever. We close with concrete applications—being faithful in little, serving without grumbling, giving with purpose, and fighting the good fight with prayerful resolve—because eternity dignifies small acts done in love.

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