Luke 16:9-12

"And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations.
He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.
If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?
And if ye have not been faithful in that which is another man's, who shall give you that which is your own?"
Luke 16:9-12


I don't think that I really understand everything that is going on here, so if anyone wants to help me out, write me. :)  I looked up mammon in the dictionary and it tells me that mammon means riches.  so, the scripture that tells us that we can't serve God and Mammon has that meaning... of course, since the word is personified... make friends with, that they may receive you... so, it could be signifying people as well.  overall though, it seems to me that God is saying here... take care of the things that are merely earthly, because that is part of the test... and it will show us how you will stand when presented with heavenly things.  Take care of your finances, show that you can care for your friends... give and love and offer yourself to build other people, to do a good job at whatever your chosen career is... be a faithful and wise amnesiac earth-dweller, and you will show God that you can take care of things when you have your memory restored and have the universe at your fingertips. :)  I don't get the fail and receive into everlasting habitations part though... does anyone else?  Maybe if you fail a different class, doing good in this class will help you graduate anyway. :)  I like the last part... it seems to say that basically we are down here in school... and Dad is keeping track of our progress.  Away at School, we learn a whole bunch of new things... sometimes we make bad choices when we are confronted with new things, but we call Dad and he gives us his advice... even drives down when things are really bad.  Things here matter to us a lot, tuition, our minimum wage job, whether to do homework or go dancing... but when we graduate and return home, none of that counts.  It's an awesome school though, and how we do here will pretty much tell Dad how we are going to do in the Family business.  It is designed to teach us things that we are going to need to know when we graduate.  Teaching us how to be a good person, how to play nice, and ultimately, how to take care of the Family business of salvation. :)  That is life in the "real world." :)  If we can't learn how to take care of the things that we have here, then how will we ever deal with the inheritance that we receive at graduation?