Sermo Dei: Trinity 9, on the Parable of the Unjust Steward
Posted on August 6th, 2012
God made man to give him gifts. All that exists was made by God, and it was made for man. Man is the crown of God’s creation, and to him God gave everything in the creation, for the man’s enjoyment, but also that he should be steward of the earth. As God’s steward, or chief manager, the man would exercise dominion, Godly rule in the earth. As God’s steward the man would exercise dominion, Godly rule in the earth. Be fruitful and multiply, fill the earth and subdue it, have dominion over every living creature. One thing alone was held back from the man: the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. Why? Because God wished the man to know good alone, and…
Tagged: Adam, Baptism, Creation, Katherine Hudnall, Mammon, Money, Steward, Teacher, Trinity 9, Unjust Steward
