Unjust Steward: A Summary Analysis

As a group, we had a very difficult parable, however, with research, help from others, and critical thinking as a team, we were able to analyze it very well. A great parable should consist of things like a life lesson, paradox, something that represents our Kingdom of God, our relationship with God/others, and overall something that can teach us a valuable lesson that we can apply to our everyday lives and help us in the future of our lives. These elements make a parable great because without them there would be no lesson we learn from and it wouldn't affect us any. The parable I had was The Unjust Steward, it had some good valuable lessons to learn from, however, it was a bit of a challenge to understand when reading it for the first time.
The Unjust Steward had a pretty obvious paradox, which all great parables must have. In ours, it was the master of the store praising his manager for being dishonest. Right away this begins to build up suspense and gets our audience thinking. Without the paradox that was in my parable there would really be no lesson that God was showing us. The whole point of it was to show us that we need to know how to take care of ourselves and God will always let us into his Kingdom if we at one point in our life know what is right. I also think that this parable was great because it shows us a bit of our relationship with God and others. We see that when you give to someone and are kind to them, you will be rewarded back, and in this case, it was being able to have a home. In a great parable there also must be a way you can apply it to your everyday life and now I’ll tell you how we can do that. In the Unjust Steward, the manager who lost his job he got back up on his feet and did whatever he could that would help satisfy his necessity in life which was a house. So, that gives us the message that the decisions we chose to make are always in our hands and if we ever get into a bad situation in life we need to do what we can to make things right. For example, if you get a bad mark on a test, don’t give up, study hard and work on how you can improve for the next test. All in all, this is why I think
I acknowledged that you should never give up, whenever you are in a bad situation never let it get worse. Just like what the manager did in the parable you must know what’s right and take care of yourself. As we all know that’s what the manager was getting praised for. So, in our own everyday lives, we have to take a look at the bigger picture and realize that at the end of the day the important thing in life is our afterlife with God in heaven and not the money. We cannot serve both money and God. Even though for some people who think money is the more important thing right now they will realize eventually money will only help you short term, but will not benefit you later in life when you want to be with God. If you have money, be wise, share the wealth, and help others who then can later return a favour for you in the future. Do not be greedy or selfish, money without friends and family means nothing and will get you nowhere. At the end, we also learn that even at the end of our life, if we know what is right God will allow us in his home, The Kingdom of God/Heaven, which is our ultimate goal to be in as humans. Being able to know what is right for yourself is very important in this