The Shrewd Manager

Luke 16:1-13

Sermon Notes

1) The Dishonest Manager Who Used Money Shrewdly, 1-9

2) God’s People Should Use Money to Make Everlasting Friends, 1-9

3) God’s People Should Use Money to Receive Something Greater, 10-12

4) God’s People Should Use Money, so that Money Doesn’t Use Them, 13

Reflection questions:

1) Are there things we can learn from people who are unrighteous, dishonest, or dishonorable? Why? Has God given them some gifts, as well? See Matthew 5:45 and Matthew 10:16.

2) What does it look like to make friends who can receive you into eternal dwellings (v9)? Compare to Matthew 6:19-21.

3) Thomas Chalmers once preached a sermon titled, “The Expulsive Power of a New Affection.” What do you think he meant? What was the expulsive power he was talking about? Compare Luke 16:13 and 2 Corinthians 5:14-15.