"He also said to His disciples: 'There was a certain rich man who had a steward, and an accusation was brought to him that this man was wasting his goods. So he called him and said to him, '''What is this I hear about you? Give an account of your stewardship, for you can no longer be steward.''' Then the steward said within himself, '''What shall I do? For my master is taking the stewardship away from me. I cannot dig; I am ashamed to beg. I have resolved what to do, that when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses.''' '
"So he called every one of his master's debtors to him, and said to the first, 'How much do you owe my master?' And he said, 'A hundred measures of oil.' So he said to him, 'Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.' Then he said to another, 'And how much do you owe?' So he said, 'A hundred measures of wheat.' And he said to him, 'Take your bill, and write eighty.' “
(Luke 16:1-7)
Who did these discounts help? Those who don't want to pay the entire price.
"Again, the kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and hid; and for joy over it he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.” (Matthew 13:44)
With this parable, Jesus warns the Pharisees, and now the body of Christ regarding short-selling the kingdom of heaven for what serves as temporal comfort. This approach will fail - you cannot serve God and anything else. Single-minded faith in Jesus Christ receives wisdom from God. Double-mindedness requires repentance, back to the simplicity of the truth: Jesus Christ and His body, crucified and risen.
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