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“STEWARDSHIP OF ALL” UNDER THE LORDHIP OF THE JESUS 1. Use the MEANS for Spiritual ends:
LIFE – God is the first CLAIM of every part of our lives. Use the resources with the view of the glory of God and the good of others.
Acronym of CLAIM 2. Issue of Faithfulness
CALENDAR- TIME- Making the most of every OPPORTUNITY- Ephesians 5:16 Faithfulness in the little is connected with faithfulness in much.
Love- Matthew 22:37- Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your If you are dishonest in a very small matter, and you get by with it and
heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. you repeat it, you will develop a habit that will enable you to one day to
ASSOCIATIONS- God must be the center of every relationship. steal a lot.
INTERESTS- Put God first in your hobbies, your career, your recreation, and 3. Choose God over wealth or possession.
your problems. Consider God first in your every decision. The Christian decides that God is far more important to him than things,
MONEY- Proverbs 3:9-10 honor God with your wealth or possession. than wealth.
Jesus says, “You can't serve both God and things.” Jesus says the steward
What Kind of manager are You? has deliberately chosen God over things. God is not a means to an end. God
is the end, everything else the means.
"Our problem is that we love the world, and we use the Lord." We've got it
II. THE PROGRAM OF STEWARDSHIP IS FOR THE PROMOTION OF completely backwards. We need to love the Lord, and use the world. In
THE MASTR’S KINGDOM. other words, the worldly things, the temporal things, the resources that God
Stewardship is for the advancements of God’s Kingdom. has given to us, those are simply means to be used. The thing that we really
Matthew 25:14-30 love is the Lord.
This parable taught by Jesus to His disciples; Now, can we say that? Is that our priority? Have we so realized our
1. To accept the call to discipleship is to accept responsibility to stewardship, have we so realized that everything we have comes from God,
use whatever we have in the interests of God’s Kingdom. have we so rightly valued worldly wealth that we can say that we love the
2. To accept the call to discipleship is to accept the reality that it Lord and we use the world? It is amazing how Christians want ease and
all belongs to the Lord. blessing and they want the Lord to provide it, but they're not ready to
We have been given resources of money, ability and time and entrusted commit themselves radically in stewardship with the Lord.
with the responsibility to use these resources for the good of God’s
kingdom, for the good of our brethren and for the good of the society. The priority of stewardship:
1. Make God’s agenda, your Agenda.
Stewardship involves 2 things 2. Make God’s will, your will
1. The submission to the master. 3. Care about what God cares about.
2. Prioritizing your work or job.-
The main business of steward is the Master and His business.
The work of steward is for the master and not for itself. (Selfish purpose)
It is the quality of the stewards that the master seeks to measure.