Wise Stewardship
Speaker: Jay Pound Series: Living With the Benjamins Scripture: Luke 16:1–9
God & Money: A New Paradigm
Unpacking the Parable: Luke 16.1-9
- A steward is caught squandering what has been entrusted to him (1-2)
- Knowing he will soon be fired, what can he do now? (3-4)
- He will use his current, temporary resources to secure his future (5-7)
- His master, seeing what he has done, praises the steward for acting shrewdly (8)
- His actions were unjust but effective (8)
Interpreting the Parable
- We, like the steward, face a radical change in our circumstances in the near future
- We too would be wise to use our current, temporary resources to secure a warm welcome into God’s eternal Kingdom (9)
Applying the Parable: The Taxation Paradigm v. the Stewardship Paradigm
- A good steward manages all of his resources wisely
- A wise steward manages with an eye to the future (Eternity!)
Take Home Idea: All we have actually belongs to God, so like stewards, we should manage all of it wisely in view of our eternal destination.
other sermons in this series
Mar 8
2020
The Grace of Giving
Speaker: Joel Sutton Scripture: 2 Corinthians 8:1–15 Series: Living With the Benjamins
Feb 23
2020
Stepping Out of the Debt Hole
Speaker: Joel Sutton Series: Living With the Benjamins
Feb 16
2020
Treasure Chest
Speaker: Joel Sutton Scripture: Matthew 6:19–24 Series: Living With the Benjamins