Broke Theology: Pay Bills

How does the world look at their money?

Genesis 1:1 tells us that in the beginning God created EVERYTHING!

“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.”

“GOD MADE IT ALL… IT ALL BELONGS TO HIM!!!”

“Then God said, “Let us make human beings in our image, to be like us. They will reign over the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, the livestock, all the wild animals on the earth, and the small animals that scurry along the ground.” 27 So God created human beings in his own image. In the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.” Genesis 1:26-27 NLT

A Steward simply means to manage, to be a caretaker.

Then God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and multiply. Fill the earth and govern it. Reign over the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, and all the animals that scurry along the ground.” Genesis 1:28 NLT

“The LORD God placed the man in the Garden of Eden to tend and watch over it.” Genesis 2:15 NLT

What was God calling man and woman to do? To be FRUITFUL STEWARDS.

stewardship is an act of WORSHIP

“Moreover, it is required of stewards that they be found faithful.” — 1 Cor 4:2

How can WE live blessed as stewards of HIS resources?

Luke 14:25-30 NLT

“A large crowd was following Jesus. He turned around and said to them, 26 “If you want to be my disciple, you must, by comparison, hate everyone else-your father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters-yes, even your own life. Otherwise, you cannot be my disciple. 27 And if you do not carry your own cross and follow me, you cannot be my disciple. 28 “But don’t begin until you count the cost. For who would begin construction of a building without first calculating the cost to see if there is enough money to finish it? 29 Otherwise, you might complete only the foundation before running out of money, and then everyone would laugh at you. 30 They would say, ‘There’s the person who started that building and couldn’t afford to finish it!’”