February 12, 2020
February 12, 2020
Stewardship
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Prov. 18:9 ¶ He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that
is a great waster.
I. Stewardship – slothful, Diligence
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A. Slothfulness
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1. Physical Rest is not the same as slothfulness.
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- The Bible gives us provision for rest… matter of fact, God rested
on the 7^th^ day as an example to man.
- The law even provided times for the fields to be left to ‘rest’.
- Gen. 2:2 And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had
made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he
had made.
- Mark 6:31 And he said unto them, Come ye yourselves apart into a
desert place, and rest a while: for there were many coming and
going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat.
- Matt. 11:28 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy
laden, and I will give you rest.
2. Sin of laziness (How does God view laziness)
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- Slothful – inactive; sluggish; lazy; indolent; idle
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- We live in a lazy society… $50 an hour, no work.
- People are lazy spiritually… Bible reading… too much work….
They have time for a ball game, friends, and all kinds of other
activities. - Preaching to the choir
- If we are not careful, laziness can creep into every one of our
lives! - boiling frogs… (Gibbs)
- Rom. 12:11 Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the
Lord;
- May we not become slothful in our spiritual business.
B. Waster
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- Waster – one who squanders, consumes or expends extravagantly a
prodigal.
- Prodigal – given to extravagant expenditure expending money or other
things without necessity; recklessly or viciously profuse; lavish;
wasteful
- Luke 15:11-13 - “wasted his substance with riotous living”
- Everyone of us know that is not right.
C. Brother – similarities
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May 4, 2025
May 4, 2025
Making Wise Decisions
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Joshua 9:3-16
Deut 20:16-18
Introduction
I have been preaching a mini series on stewardship. Part of stewardship
is making wise decisions. This passage is not a passage about finances,
but it is an important passage about making life changing decisions! We
are not talking about what color shirt to wear, or what to eat for
lunch, we are talking about serious life changing decisions. Where you
work, where you live.
April 27, 2025
April 27, 2025
Sound Stewardship
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Matthew 25:14-19, 30
Introduction
I want to deal with the verse 30 right at the onset, so we are not
pondering how this is going to end up. This is a parable, that I full
hearted believe is for our time right now.
First this is a parable about stewardship or servant-ship, not
salvation, or sonship. Let’s revisit a very important verse that is
foundational to the doctrine of salvation:
April 13, 2025
April 13, 2025
Stewardship - Rich in Faith
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Luke 12:13-21
Introduction
I want to continue our series on Stewardship tonight. The Bible has a
lot to say about stewardship. I would remind us that we last week, we
mentioned this verse:
1Cor. 4:2 Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found
faithful.
The Bible talks a lot about our finances, our responsibility as stewards
of God’s things. We also considered last week, that we have been bought
with a price, God owns us!
April 6, 2025
April 6, 2025
Stewardship
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Luke 16:1-4
Introduction
I wanted to start a series on stewardship. What is stewardship? What is
expected of a steward.
Many times Jesus clarifies when he is telling a parable. This is not
specified as a parable. It could have been a real life account that the
Lord used as an illustration. Often real life stories make great
illustrations.
This account is also unique to the Gospel of Luke. It doesn’t show up in
any of the other Gospels. This doesn’t make it less Bible. It is simply
the only account we have to draw information from.