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The Savior’s stewards. What is a “Steward”?. Someone who manages property or other affairs for someone else. Someone who takes care of something of value and protects it. A person morally responsible for the careful use of money, time, talents, or other resources . Our Wealthy Master.
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What is a “Steward”? • Someone who manages property or other affairs for someone else. • Someone who takes care of something of value and protects it. • A person morally responsible for the careful use of money, time, talents, or other resources.
Our Wealthy Master • The _____ is the _______, and the fullness thereof; the world, and ____ that dwell therein.Psalms 24:1 earth LORD'S they
Why does God claim ownership? • Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. • God that made the world and all things therein . . . he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things. • For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's. Psalms 100:3 Acts 17:24, 25 1 Corinthians 6:20
Temple Trustees • Know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which you have of God, and you are not your own? • Eat and Drink is for God. • It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep. body own 1Corinthians 6:19 Eat Drink 1Corinthians 10:31 sleep Psalms 127:2
Sacred Trust • Job10:12 • Psalms 89:47 • 1Corithinans 7:7 Life Time Gifts or Talents
We should not be prideful All gifts are from God. • 1Corinthians 4:7 • Luke 12:48 The more Gifts God gives us, the more God requires from us.
Money Managers • Haggai 2:8 • Genesis 28:22 • 1 Corinthians 9:13,14 • Malachi 3:10
Faithful Stewards Mathew 25:14-28