Oakwood Church
Stewardship - Matthew 25:14-30
Locations & Times
Oakwood Community Church
11209 Casey Rd, Tampa, FL 33618, USA
Sunday 8:00 AM
“Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. And God is able to make all grace abound to you…”
2 Corinthians 9:6-8
2 Corinthians 9:6-8
Stewardship: faithful Management of everything God has entrusted to you
“For it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted to them his property.”
Matthew 25:14
“For it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted to them his property.”
Matthew 25:14
Principles of Stewardship:
1. Everything you have is God’s not yours
“For it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted to them his property.”
Matthew 25:14
1. Everything you have is God’s not yours
“For it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted to them his property.”
Matthew 25:14
Principles of Stewardship:
1. Everything you have is God’s not yours
“...Entrusted to them his property. To one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one.”
Matthew 25:14-15
1. Everything you have is God’s not yours
“...Entrusted to them his property. To one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one.”
Matthew 25:14-15
Principles of Stewardship:
2. The details and Proportions are set by Him
“To one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one, to each according to his ability.”
Matthew 25:14-15
2. The details and Proportions are set by Him
“To one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one, to each according to his ability.”
Matthew 25:14-15
Principles of Stewardship:
3. When the Master returns, He will Evaluate how you invested your time, talent, and treasure
“Now after a long time the master of those servants came and settled accounts with them.”
Matthew 25:19
3. When the Master returns, He will Evaluate how you invested your time, talent, and treasure
“Now after a long time the master of those servants came and settled accounts with them.”
Matthew 25:19
3. When the Master returns, He will Evaluate how you invested your time, talent, and treasure
“Now if anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw— each one's work will become manifest, for the Day will disclose it, because it will be revealed by fire, and the fire will test what sort of work each one has done.”
1 Corinthians 3:12-13
“Now if anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw— each one's work will become manifest, for the Day will disclose it, because it will be revealed by fire, and the fire will test what sort of work each one has done.”
1 Corinthians 3:12-13
3. When the Master returns, He will Evaluate how you invested your time, talent, and treasure
“If the work that anyone has built on the foundation survives, he will receive a reward. If anyone's work is burned up, he will suffer loss, though he himself will be saved, but only as through fire.”
1 Corinthians 3:14-15
“If the work that anyone has built on the foundation survives, he will receive a reward. If anyone's work is burned up, he will suffer loss, though he himself will be saved, but only as through fire.”
1 Corinthians 3:14-15
3. When the Master returns, He will Evaluate how you invested your time, talent, and treasure
• There will be rejoicing and Reward for good stewards
“And he who had received the five talents came forward, bringing five talents more, saying, ‘Master, you delivered to me five talents; here, I have made five talents more.’”
Matthew 25:20
• There will be rejoicing and Reward for good stewards
“And he who had received the five talents came forward, bringing five talents more, saying, ‘Master, you delivered to me five talents; here, I have made five talents more.’”
Matthew 25:20
3. When the Master returns, He will Evaluate how you invested your time, talent, and treasure
• There will be rejoicing and Reward for good stewards
“His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a little; I will set you over much. Enter into the joy of your master.’”
Matthew 25:21
• There will be rejoicing and Reward for good stewards
“His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a little; I will set you over much. Enter into the joy of your master.’”
Matthew 25:21
• There will be rejoicing and Reward for good stewards
o Quality matters much more than quantity
“His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a little; I will set you over much. Enter into the joy of your master.’” Matthew 25:23
o Quality matters much more than quantity
“His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a little; I will set you over much. Enter into the joy of your master.’” Matthew 25:23
• There will be Regret and rebuke for poor stewards
“You wicked and slothful servant! …You ought to have invested my money with the bankers…”
Matthew 25:26-27
“You wicked and slothful servant! …You ought to have invested my money with the bankers…”
Matthew 25:26-27
• There will be Regret and rebuke for poor stewards
o Worldly priorities reveal the absence of Genuine Faith in Jesus
“Cast the worthless servant into the outer darkness. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”
Matthew 25:30
o Worldly priorities reveal the absence of Genuine Faith in Jesus
“Cast the worthless servant into the outer darkness. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”
Matthew 25:30
• There will be Regret and rebuke for poor stewards
o What does your life reveal about your Priorities?
“Cast the worthless servant into the outer darkness. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”
Matthew 25:30
o What does your life reveal about your Priorities?
“Cast the worthless servant into the outer darkness. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”
Matthew 25:30
“I never think about ‘what if.’ I don’t think ‘what if’ is in God’s vocabulary. So I don’t even think about what I might be doing instead of changing her diaper or what I might be doing instead of spending two hours feeding her. It’s the grace of God, I’m sure.”
~ Robertson McQuilkin
~ Robertson McQuilkin
“I don’t feel like I’ve given anything up. Our life is not the way we plot it or plan it... All along I’ve just accepted whatever assignment the Lord gave me.
This was his assignment.”
~ Robertson McQuilkin
This was his assignment.”
~ Robertson McQuilkin