stewardship meaning and principles
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STEWARDSHIP
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• Why are these calamities happening in our world today?
• How can we prevent or minimize these situations?
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STEWARDSHIP
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The Meaning of the word “STEWARD”
• Old English - stiward, stigweard "house guardian," from stig "hall, pen" + weard "guard."
• French - seneschal, meaning "overseer of workmen“
• The title of a class of high officers of the state in early England and Scotland,- "one who manages affairs of an estate on behalf of his employer"
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Indication:
• A steward is a manager of whatever has been entrusted to him
• A CEO of an estate or a large household• One whose duties include most often responsibility
over fellow employees, finances, purchasing and agricultural production
• Moreover, this implies COMPETENCE (to adequately do the tasks and responsibility) and COMMITMENT (to owner/master and to the good of all under his responsibility - fellows)
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Ancient Hebrew and Greek Meaning of Steward
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“Ben Beith” – the Hebrew equivalent
• Literally translated as “the son of the house” – it could mean son or steward, i.e
• a trusted slave set by the master over the household.
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“Oikonomos” – the Greek equivalent:
• The person in charge of a household.
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Christian Meaning of Steward in the New Testament
• St. Paul – a trustworthy manager or steward of the divine mysteries
• St. Peter – steward of God’s gifts
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CHRISTIAN STEWARDSHIP: A WAY OF LIFE
• "As each one has received a gift, use it to serve one another as good stewards of God's varied grace" (1 Pt 4:10).
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Who is a Christian Steward?
• One who receives God’s gifts gratefully, cherishes and tends them in a responsible and
accountable manner, shares them in justice and love with all, and return them with increase to the Lord.
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Therefore stewardship is a complete lifestyle / A way of life that:
• Draws us closer to the love of God• Fosters accountability and responsibility• Acknowledges God as Creator and owner of all.
(Recognize that everything belongs to God.)• believes resources must be used for His glory and
the common good. • cultivates solidarity is the fruit of stewardship.
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Stewardship demands a way of life that encourages virtue and bears the
fruit of solidarity among peoples.
• Stewardship is responsible management of our God-given resources of time, talent, and treasure. It enhances our relationships with God and one another.
• Stewardship is living out a commitment to be Christ-centered rather than self-centered and involves a conversion of the heart.
• Stewardship is a lifelong journey with each person at a different place on the path.
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Activity:
• Discuss specific situations where we show responsible management of our God-given resources• Present it in a creative manner
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Stewardship affects every part of our lives:
• We feel not right - If we have wasted a talent, or dawdle our time away with worthless pursuits, or squander our resources. That’s because our inner compass senses the right direction, even when we sometimes wander off course.
• We feel in balance, in tune with God - If we are using our time, our talents and our material resources well, We realize we have been generously given those gifts and, in turn, we are using them for good purposes.
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FOUR IMPORTANT PRINCIPLES ABOUT BIBLICAL STEWARDSHIP:
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1. The principle of ownership.
• psalm 24 The earth is the LORD’s, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it.
• In the beginning of Genesis, God creates everything and puts Adam in the Garden to work it and to take care of it. It is clear that man was created to work and that work is the stewardship of all of the creation that God has given him.
• Ownership ( fundamental principle of biblical stewardship)
• God owns everything, we are simply managers or administrators acting on his behalf.
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Therefore,
• stewardship expresses our obedience regarding the administration of everything God has placed under our control, which is all encompassing.
• Stewardship is the commitment of one’s self and possessions to God’s service, recognizing that we do not have the right of control over our property or ourselves.
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Echoing Deuteronomy 8:17, we might say: “My power and the strength of my
hands have produced this wealth for me.” But Deuteronomy 8:18 counsels us to think otherwise:Remember the LORD your God, for it is he who gives
you the ability to produce wealth.
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2. The principle of responsibility.
• Although God gives us “all things richly to enjoy,” nothing is ours. Nothing really belongs to us. • God owns everything; we’re responsible
for how we treat it and what we do with it.
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Responsibility:
• We are called to manage HIS holdings well and according to his desires and purposes.
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3. The principle of accountability.
• A steward is one who manages the possessions of another.
• We are all stewards of the resources, abilities and opportunities that God has entrusted to our care, and one day each one of us will be called to give an account for how we have managed what the Master has given us.
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Parable of the Talents.(Matt. 25:13-30)
• God has entrusted authority over the creation to us and we are not allowed to rule over it as we see fit. We are called to exercise our dominion under the watchful eye of the Creator managing his creation in accord with the principles he has established.
• Like the servants in the Parable of the Talents, we will be called to give an account of how we have administered everything we have been given, including our time, money, abilities, information, wisdom, relationships, and authority.
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Accountability:
• We will all give account to the rightful owner as to how well we managed the things he has entrusted to us.
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4. The principle of reward
• Colossians 3:23-24 • Whatever you do, work at it with all your
heart, as working for the Lord, not for men, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.
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• The Bible shows us in the parables of the Kingdom that faithful stewards who do the master’s will with the master’s resources can expect to be rewarded incompletely in this life, but fully in the next.
• We all should long to hear the master say what he exclaims in Matthew 25:21:
• Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master’s happiness!
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Reward
• We need to be faithful stewards of all God has given us within the opportunities presented through his providence to glorify him, serve the common good and further his Kingdom.
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Personal Reflection
• What are your personal God-given resources?
• How can you become stewards of that resources?
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ASSIGNMENT
• Have an internet search on the people who are models of stewardship and point out ways why they become models of stewardship