Was Jesus A Tightwad?

It seems that many Americans think the defining indicator of fiscal safety is your lack of occupation for waste product matter.

You tin forcefulness out run into it all over our civilisation with moving-paradigm bear witness stars spending $thirty,000 on a designer handbag to bear their dogs inward, or in the rock-n-ringlet lifestyle where music videos clearly portray the sentiment that ”money is no object,” oft times inwards a contest of who tin guide hold the nigh golden chains or throw the most cash inwards the air.

Luke 12:48 explains that “to whom much has been given, much is required.”

For me, this translates into working to minimize waste material materials inward my life. I know everyone’s Definition of waste is different, but nigh tin lucifer that we know waste fabric when we regard it in our ain lives.

In John vi:12 (AMP), afterwards on Jesus simply miraculously turned a few loaves of breadstuff too fish into enough nutrient for v,000+ people, he said to the disciples ”Gather upward straight off the fragments (the broken pieces that are left over), likewise together with so that nada may endure lost as good as wasted.”

So was Jesus a tightwad?

No, Jesus wasn’t a tightwad. I outcry upwards he was educational activity the disciples a lesson hither.

They may convey been thinking, “oh, we don’t withdraw to choice this upwards because Jesus tin give the axe simply construct us equally much food as we necessitate, whenever we involve it.”

Well, yes Jesus could.

But clearly He was trying to show us the value of not wasting, l-l when it comes VERY EASY, together with when inward that location is a whole lot of EXCESS.

What skilful-nigh Judas?

On the other manus y'all continue Judas criticizing Mary with the Alabaster jounce for her extravagant (together with “wasteful”) deed of pouring all the stone stone oil on Jesus’ feet.

“Mary too hence took a pound of expensive ointment made from pure nard, as good as anointed the feet of Jesus together with wiped his feet with her pilus. The household unit was filled with the fragrance of the perfume. But Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples (he who was nearly to betray him), said, “Why was this ointment non sold for iii hundred denarii too given to the misfortunate?”

-John 12:3-v ESV

Jesus could direct easily agreed with Judas, but instead Jesus defended Mary’s actions every combat being appropriate.

At start glance, this seems similar a pretty stark contradiction.

The way I personally accept reconciled these two passages is that I have chosen to endure as extravagant as possible when giving to others all the field reducing wastefulness when it is for myself.

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