INTRODUCING BIBLICAL STEWARDSHIP 

I. THE ______________________ OF STEWARDSHIP
A. THE BASIC IDEA

1. A steward: A person who ___________________.

II. THE ____________________ OF STEWARDSHIP
A. A DISTINCTLY BIBLICAL IDEA
1. Various translations of oikonomia:

• _________________ (Luke 12:42; 16:1).

• _________________ (Rom. 16:23).

• ________________ are stewards (1 Cor. 4:1).

• ________________ are stewards (Tit. 1:7).

• Every ________________ is a steward.

“As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God’s varied grace”
(1 Peter 4:10, ESV)

III. THE ________________ OF STEWARDSHIP
A. 4 DEFINING MARKS

1. ____________________________.

2. ____________________________.

3. _____________________________.

4. _______________________________________.

IV. THE MAGNITUDE OF STEWARDSHIP
A. A LIFE CHANGING PERSPECTIVE

1. God graciously _______________________ gifts.

2. God _________________ these gifts.

3. We are _________________________ to be good stewards.