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Basic Principles Of Biblical Stewardship - Part 2 |
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Zigfred Diaz |
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Basic Principles Of Biblical Stewardship - Part 2
Zigfred Diaz
The first three principles of stewardship as taught by Jesus Christ in Mathew 25:14-27 was discussed in part 1 of this article. We bring this topic into conclusion by tackling the last 4 principles. Please visit my blog if you want to see the entire article.
4.) THE PRINCIPLE OF ACCOUNTABILITY - We can see in verses 19 to 25 of our text that each servant was accountable how he handled the goods entrusted to him.
Pay day may not come today, but it will surely come someday. The servants never knew when the Master was coming. One day we are all going to give an account to God on what we did with the stewardship that he has entrusted to us.
5.) PROFIT - Verse 26 tells us that each servant was expected to gain.
Each and everyone of us is asked by God to at least "gain" from the stewardship that he has given us. We are to give our best in everything that we do. We are to live a life that bears fruit. It does not follow that our lives should be free from diseases, financial, emotional or any kind of problems. What God wants is that we live life to the fullest. The Bible is filled with instructions for Christians to bear fruit (John 15:16) Take note that "fruit"does not only refer to the souls of men. Fruit also refers to the development of godliness and christian character. Examples of such are the Fruit of the Spirit as discusssed by Paul in Galatians chapter 5 verse 22. We are to live every day of our lives giving our best always for God's glory.
6.) FAIRNESS - Verses 20 to 23 shows us that the same commendation and reward were given to all servants irregardless of how many talents they had gained.
It does not matter how many gifts we have, or what our our abilities or what our economic status in life is. Everyone of us is equal before God. Those who are considered very famous in the eyes of men because they have done things of great magnitude making an impact on the world has the same reward as those who are only known in their local church but has been doing his or her best to for God's honor and glory.
7.) PRINCIPLE OF PUNISHMENT - The servant who did not make use of the talent that was given to him suffered penalties, the talent that was given to him was taken away, he was rejected from even being a servant and he was killed or cast into outer darkness.
This verse does not teach that as Christians we will loose our salvation if we do not produce good works or live our very lives to the fullest as God wants. The doctrine that, once a person is always saved is saved forever is clearly established in the Bible. This verse is showing us that a person who "professed" to be a Christian but is still living a life that does not bear any fruit or does not even attempt to live a life as God intended for him to live is in all probability not saved at all. He may appear to be saved or be a Christian only by mouth but deep inside he has never experienced what it means to be truly born again. This type of people will just be surprised because they thought they were a Christian as they have gone through the religious exercise, but in eternity it will be discovered that they really were not who they thought or said they were.
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