Broke Theology: Stewardship

God Owns Everything

Genesis 1:1 (NIV)
“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.”

We Were Made to Steward

Gen 1:24-28 (NIV)

And God said, “Let the land produce living creatures according to their kinds: the livestock, the creatures that move along the ground, and the wild animals, each according to its kind.” And it was so. 25 God made the wild animals according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.

26 Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals,[a] and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”

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So God created mankind in his own image,
in the image of God he created them;
male and female he created them.

28 God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.”

Stewardship Requires Surrender

Luke 14:25–30 (NLT)
“If you want to be my disciple… you must carry your cross… count the cost…”

Money Reveals Your Master

Matthew 6:24

“You cannot serve both God and money.”

Matthew 6:24
“You cannot serve both God and money.”