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Jesus and Our Stuff. Our Eternal Endowments. Luke 16:1-7 (NET Bible).
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Luke 16:1-7 (NET Bible) • 1 Jesus also said to the disciples, “There was a rich man who was informed of accusations that his manager was wasting his assets. 2 So he called the manager in and said to him, ‘What is this I hear about you? Turn in the account of your administration, because you can no longer be my manager.’ 3 Then the manager said to himself, ‘What should I do, since my master is taking my position away from me? I’m not strong enough to dig, and I’m too ashamed to beg.
Luke 16:1-7 (NET Bible) • 4 I know what to do so that when I am put out of management, people will welcome me into their homes.’ 5 So he contacted his master’s debtors one by one. He asked the first, ‘How much do you owe my master?’ 6 The man replied, ‘A hundred measures of olive oil.’ The manager said to him, ‘Take your bill, sit down quickly, and write fifty.’ 7 Then he said to another, ‘And how much do you owe?’ The second man replied, ‘A hundred measures of wheat.’ The manager said to him, ‘Take your bill, and write eighty.’”
Our Eternal Endowments First Debt = $150,000 Second Debt = $450,000
Our Eternal Endowments First Debt = $150,000, $75,000 Second Debt = $450,000, $360,000
Our Eternal Endowments Invest your resources Intelligently
Luke 16:8 (NET Bible) • 8 The master commended the dishonest manager because he acted shrewdly. For the people of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their contemporaries than the people of light.
Our Eternal Endowments Invest your resources Intelligently
Our Eternal Endowments Invest your resources Intelligently Invest your resources Eternally
Luke 16:9 (NET Bible) • 9 And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by how you use worldly wealth, so that when it runs out you will be welcomed into the eternal homes.
Luke 16:4 (NET Bible) • 4 I know what to do so that when I am put out of management, people will welcome me into their homes. Luke 16:9 (NET Bible) • 9 And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by how you use worldly wealth, so that when it runs out you will be welcomed into the eternal homes.
Luke 16:4 (NET Bible) • 4 I know what to do so that when I am put out of management, people will welcome me into their homes. Luke 16:9 (NET Bible) • 9 And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by how you use worldly wealth,so that when it runs out you will be welcomed into the eternal homes.
Our Eternal Endowments “Jesus told this Parable of the Unjust Manager to teach that His disciples must use their wealth for kingdom purposes.” –John Martin
Our Eternal Endowments “The disciples were to use wealth to gain friends, the same reason the dishonest manager used the rich man’s wealth. The disciples would then be welcomed into eternal dwellings. The disciples’ wise use of wealth would help lead others to believe the message of the kingdom and bring them to accept that message.” –John Martin
Our Eternal Endowments $oul winning