Sermon Tone Analysis

What is Stewardship?

definitions:

The careful use, control and management of the possessions of another person that have been entrusted to you.

Stewardship means to hold something in trust for someone else.

For the Christian it means that all that we possess we hold in trust for God to whom we shall one day have to give an account of our stewardship.

stewardship is from the word steward:

word Study:

The root word: oikonomos

has 3 major translations in the bible:it carries the meaning of

a manager,

an administrator and

a treasurer

For instance:

in , it carries the meaning of a household manager.

someone who manages the affairs of the house on behalf of the head of the family to maintain order.

In It could also mean Public treasurer or just a treasurer

Someone who is entrusted with the care of the money that belong to the city

An Administrator

Examples of lives who clearly represent what it means to be a steward:

Some examples of people in the scripture that we can use to further explain the meaning of stewardship:

Adam in the garden of Eden:

Gen2:15 – God created him, and placed him in the garden as the first steward...

Joseph in the house of Potiphar – God used circumstances to guide him into is stewardship office.

He began his trainning in his father house; then he moved into the house of portipher; he moved again to the dungeon, and then he became the stewards of the king in charge of the whole nation.

Daniel as administrator in Babylon – Another example of God using circumstances to guide a man into his stewardship office, he and his team came to babylon as slaves, but yet God Chose them.

The seven Deacons in the book of acts – They were appointed by the church to become stewards, in the midst of crisis, so as to help the apostles.

Wherever we are as children of God we need to always remember that we are stewards -

– God created him, and placed him in the garden as the first steward...

Joseph in the house of Potiphar

– God used circumstances to guide him into is stewardship office.

He began his trainning in his father house; then he moved into the house of portipher; he moved again to the dungeon, and then he became the stewards of the king in charge of the whole nation.

Daniel as administrator in Babylon – Another example of God using circumstances to guide a man into his stewardship office, he and his team came to babylon as slaves, but yet God Chose them.

The seven Deacons in the book of acts – They were appointed by the church to become stewards, in the midst of crisis, so as to help the apostles.

Wherever we are as children of God we need to always remember that we are stewards -

– God used circumstances to guide him into is stewardship office.

He began his trainning in his father house; then he moved into the house of portipher; he moved again to the dungeon, and then he became the stewards of the king in charge of the whole nation.

Daniel as administrator in Babylon

– Another example of God using circumstances to guide a man into his stewardship office, he and his team came to babylon as slaves, but yet God Chose them.

The seven Deacons in the book of acts

– They were appointed by the church to become stewards, in the midst of crisis, so as to help the apostles.

Wherever we are as children of God we need to always remember that we are stewards of some sort

There are different areas of stewardship:

Stewardship of Time

– devotional life in terms of (quatity, quality and depth)

Stewardship of Talent and gifts - (aholiab, jeduthun, etc)

Stewardship as Mnistry

- (aholiab, jeduthun, etc) , Steardship as Mnistry - (serving in the church, deacon, bishop etc) Stewardship of Money – (first fruit, offerings, tithe, special seeds) Stewardship of the gospel ;

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stewardship as service:

- (serving in the church, deacon, bishop etc)

Stewardship of Money – (first fruit, offerings, tithe, special seeds)

Stewardship of the gospel

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The Teaching of Christ on stewardship

The parable of the Talents:

mat 25: 14-30; luke 12:48 ( take note of what the parable emphasises)

luke 12:48

it emphasized: 1) the various degreee of stewardship that represent varied degree of expectation; the need to do business with what you have - that is, there is no excuse for idleness; the time of reckoning is coming when we shall all give account; in luke, if you fail to discover the purpose of god for your life and you are caught up in the wrong business, the bible says, you will still be beaten.

( take note of what the parable emphasises)

What is the reason for our stewardship: understanding purposeful stewardship:

Daniel: that the king may suffer no loss

Joseph: to preserve a generation

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Adam: to keep from decadence

to prevent decadence in the garden of the Lord

Asaph and Jeduthune: to ensure continuous worship of the Lord

Stewardship of money: To make sure there is meat in the house of the Lord

–Pastoral and ministry sustenance and continuity The deacons: Church administration and smooth running

The qualities necessary in stewardship:

Faithfulness

Integrity

Accountability

Knowlegiable about what is required of thee

>>You will give account of yourself at the appearing of your king

about what is required of thee You will give account of yourself at the appearing of your king

Salient Qualities that we found in the lives of Joseph and Daniel:

they were both slaves

both bounded to their master

both were appointed and placed in charge by their masters

they were appointed to oversee

both exhibited certain uncommon qualities:

the fear of the Lord

the wisdom of God

they were me who work hard

they were men with ability.

the spirit of the holy God was upon them

they both had a political seat in their nations

recall, that moses was advice to choose stewards based on these uncommon characters

The most important key indicator of stewardship is

Sharing.

Jesus taught on sharing The church shared their possessions The Israrelites were to share their possession The apostles taught of cheerful given

The certainty of rewards in stewardship:

1.

The Garden became the possesion of Adam

2. Joseph, The slave boy, became a great leader in egypt

3. Another slave, daniel, became a great political Leader in babylon

4. Tithing attracts blessings from God - God said, put me to test with this, and see if i will not pour out for you a blessing...

Jesus said:

esus said: if you are faithful in the little you will be given much A man that is faithful in keeping the things of another man, will be given his own to keep Failure to do what is expected will lead to beating and disgrace at the end of time

- if you are faithful in the little you will be given much

if you are faithful in the little you will be given much

- A man that is faithful in keeping the things of another man, will be given his own to keep

- Failure to do what is expected will lead to beating and disgrace at the end of time