Secrets of the secret place 1

People of understanding -God seekers-have come to understand the nature of spiritual treasure. The wise know where the "real money" is! By looking at what Jesus means by "true riches", I hope I can stir your heart to pursue the greatest riches of the kingdom.
Jesus talks about these "true riches" when He says, "Therefore if you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?" Like 16:11. In the surrounding verses, Jesus is calling His followers to responsible management of financial resources. He is saying that if we are not found faithful in our handling of unrighteous earthly money then God will not entrust us with true riches. So the question is what are those "true riches?" Are they the entrustment of oversight over eternally precious human souls? These answers hold portions of truth but they are not the highest answer.

The highest answer is found later on in the new testament when Paul wrote under divine inspiration, "For it is the God who commanded light to shine out of darkness, who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the Glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God and not of us" 2Cor 4:6-7. So what is "this treasure " to which Paul refers? It is, "the light of the knowledge of the Glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. " Simply put, the treasure is the knowledge of Christ. This is affirmed in Colossians 2:3 when Paul speaking of Christ wrote, "In whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. " So the "true riy" of Luke 16:11 are the wisdom and knowledge of Christ.

Excerpts from Secrets of the secret place by Bob Sorge. It is worth the read for every Christian seeking depths