Daily Devotions
My Song In The Night (Gospel of Luke)
我夜间的歌曲《路加福音》
Text: Luke 16: 10-12
LESSONS ABOUT FAITHFULNESS
“He who is faithful in what is least is faithful also in much; and he who is unjust in what is least is unjust also in much. Therefore if you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches? And if you have not been faithful in what is another man’s, who will give you what is your own?”
Luke 16:10-12
1. An important quality that needs to be learned is “faithfulness”.
a. A person who is faithful in little things.
b. He would also be faithful in much (Luke 16:10a).
2. An important truth is one that concerns “unrighteousness” or being “unjust”.
a. A person who is unjust or unrighteous in little things.
b. He is going to be unrighteous also in much (Luke 16:10b).
3. The Application is to be carefully noted.
a. One must learn how to be faithful in money-matters (in unrighteous mammon).
b. If we cannot be faithful in little things (like money),
c. How could we be entrusted in “true riches?”
d. The Psalmist speaks of the Word of God is to be desired more than gold (Psalm 19:10).
4. We learn how “to be faithful in what is another man’s (money).
a. We learn how to work for others faithfully.
b. Only when we learn how to exercise faithfulness that we learn how to be truly faithful.
c. The person who learns how to handle the ropes well would be able to manage his own business one day.
5. In time to come, he would have his own.
a. The individual has now learned vital lessons about handling money.
b. When it comes to having his own money, he would be able to do well
i. He has learned how to be faithful.
ii. He has learned to be responsible.
iii. He has learned to conduct himself honourably.
iv. People would trust him for his sense of responsibility.
经文：路加福音 16：10-12
关于忠心的教训
“人在最小的事上忠心，在大事上也忠心；在最小的事上不义，在大事上也不义。 倘若你们在不义的钱财上不忠心，谁还把那真实的钱财托付你们呢？ 倘若你们在别人的东西上不忠心，谁还把你们自己的东西给你们呢？”
《路加福音 16：10-12》