Sermon Outlines - The Wicked Stewards 3-21-2010

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Posted by: Pastor Van Buskirk	3/20/2010 5:35 PM
Luke 20:9-20 The Wicked Stewards If you have ever rented out property, you know the value of a good tenant, a good steward of your property. Wicked stewards destroy property. God gave the Jews a wonderful inheritance. He brought them out of Egypt, out of their slavery to sin, and gave them the Promised Land. Yet, they were not good stewards. They did not produce the fruits of righteousness, good works, by loving God and loving neighbor. Instead, they self-dealt and worshiped false gods. God grieved. He sent Jesus to save them, but many rejected His message of repentance and salvation through faith. He told a parable about tenants who were wicked stewards (Luke 20:9-20). The owner put them in charge of a vineyard, but they would not give his agents any fruit. In fact, they abused the owner’s messengers. Finally, the owner sent his son: “’Perhaps they will respect him.' But when the tenants saw him, they said to themselves, 'This is the heir. Let us kill him, so that the inheritance may be ours.'” So, they killed the son. We also are wicked stewards when we act like life is all about us, when we refuse to serve God and neighbor. God calls us to bear good fruit, to do His work of carrying the message of repentance and salvation in the name of Jesus Christ. Jesus bore our wickedness on the cross. When we repent, the Father in heaven restores us to the glorious inheritance of heaven for the sake of the blood of the Son. Having been forgiven, bear good fruit in His name. Amen. Pastor Raymond Van Buskirk, Redeemer Lutheran Church, Baytown, TX www.rlcbaytown.org
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