"'Whoever can be trusted in little things can also be trusted in great ones; whoever is dishonest in slight matters will also be dishonest in greater ones. So, if you have been dishonest in handling filthy money, who would entrust you with true wealth? And if you have been dishonest with things that are not really yours, who will give you that wealth which is truly your own?
No servant can serve two masters. Either he does not like the one and is fond of the other, or he regards one highly and the other with contempt. You cannot give yourself both to GOD and to Money.'" - Luke 16:10-13
(We are not owners, but administrators of our wealth and we must administer it for the good of all. Money is not a bad thing as long as we use it as a means to facilitate exchanges. JESUS, however, calls it "unjust" [we use the word filthy] because money is not a true good [it is not money that makes us just before GOD]; and because it is impossible to accumulate money without failing in trust in the FATHER and without hurting our neighbors.
Money is something that people acquire and lose; it does not make anyone greater. Therefore, money is not part of the goods that are our own.)
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