Faithful Stewardship: What Is The Lesson Here? Full Accountability

[Mr. M]

Luke 16:

1 He also said to His disciples: “There was a certain rich man who had a steward,

and an accusation was brought to him that this man was wasting his goods. 

2 So he called him and said to him, ‘What is this I hear about you? Give an account of your stewardship,

for you can no longer be steward.’

3 “Then the steward said within himself, ‘What shall I do? For my master is taking the stewardship away from me.

I cannot dig; I am ashamed to beg. 

4 I have resolved what to do, that when I am put out of the stewardship,

they may receive me into their houses.’

5 “So he called every one of his master’s debtors to him, 

and said to the first, ‘How much do you owe my master?’ 

6 And he said, ‘A hundred measures of oil.’ So he said to him,

‘Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.’ 

7 Then he said to another, ‘And how much do you owe?’ So he said, ‘A hundred measures of wheat.’

And he said to him, ‘Take your bill, and write eighty.’ 

8 So the master commended the unjust steward because he had dealt shrewdly.

For the sons of this world are more shrewd in their generation than the sons of light.

9 “And I say to you, make friends for yourselves by unrighteous mammon,

that when you fail, they may receive you into an everlasting home. 

10 He who is faithful in what is least is faithful also in much;

and he who is unjust in what is least is unjust also in much. 

11 Therefore if you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon,

who will commit to your trust the true riches? 

12 And if you have not been faithful in what is another man’s,

who will give you what is your own?

13 “No servant can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other,

or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.”

 

Full Accountability,

1 Corinthians 9:

17 For if I do this willingly, I have a reward; but if against my will, 

I have been entrusted with a stewardship. 18 What is my reward then?

That when I preach the gospel, I may present the gospel of Christ without charge,

that I may not abuse my authority in the gospel.

19 For though I am free from all men, I have made myself a servant to all,

 that I might win the more...

 

Full Reward???

Matthew 12:

36 But I say to you that for every idle word men may speak,

they will give account of it in the day of judgment. 

37 For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”

 

2 Corinthians 5:10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; 

that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, 

whether it be good or bad.

 

2 John 1:8 Look to yourselves, that we do not lose those things we worked for,

but that we may receive a full reward.

[Mr. M]

6 hours ago, Mr. M said:

Matthew 12:

36 But I say to you that for every idle word men may speak,

they will give account of it in the day of judgment. 

37 For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”

 

2 Corinthians 5:10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; 

that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, 

whether it be good or bad.

Deuteronomy 18:

18 I will raise up for them a Prophet like you

from among their brethren,

and will put My words in His mouth, and He shall speak to them

all that I command Him. 

19 And it shall be that whoever will not hear My words,

which He speaks in My name, I will require it of him. 

20 But the prophet who presumes to speak a word in My name,

which I have not commanded him to speak, or who speaks in

the name of other gods, that prophet shall die.’ 

21 And if you say in your heart, ‘How shall we know the word

which the Lord has not spoken?’

22 when a prophet speaks in the name of the Lord, 

if the thing does not happen or come to pass,

that is the thing which the Lord has not spoken;

the prophet has spoken it presumptuously;

you shall not be afraid of him.

[Mr. M]

Faith and Duty

5 And the apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith.”

6 So the Lord said, “If you have faith as a mustard seed,

you can say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be pulled up by the roots

and be planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you. 

7 And which of you, having a servant plowing or tending sheep,

will say to him when he has come in from the field,

‘Come at once and sit down to eat’? 

8 But will he not rather say to him, ‘Prepare something for my supper,

and gird yourself and serve me till I have eaten and drunk,

and afterward you will eat and drink’? 

9 Does he thank that servant because he did the things

that were commanded him? I think not. 

10 So likewise you, when you have done all those things which

you are commanded, say, ‘We are unprofitable servants.

We have done what was our duty to do.’ ”

Luke 17