A Steward of God's Grace 

(1Pe 4:7-11) 



God is the Lord of grace(2Ch 30:9). 

Grace comes from Him(Jn 1:16) and 

Those who know grace He puts in charge of more things(Mt 25:21; Lk 19:16). 



Faith is receiving grace, and 

The life of this faith is knowing the things that one is in charge of as grace, and putting effort to carry them out until he receives greater things to be put in charge of. 



When one confers his belonging to someone else, 

Be it his clothes, money, children, national matters or even life, 

The more precious it is the more thought he gives in trusting that person. 



God made all things and 

Put man in charge of them(Ge 1:28). 

God made the Garden of Eden and 

Put Adam in charge of it(Ge 2:8). 

However, he ate the forbidden fruit and 

God banished him from the Garden(Ge 3:23). 



The will of God to put man in charge of better things 

Began to be fulfilled when God called Moses. 



Moses was in charge of the people of God, Israel(Ex 3:9-10), and 

He brought them out of Egypt. 

Furthermore, he built the sanctuary and 

Taught them the Law to serve God(Ex 35:1-Ex 40:33). 

While he was a faithful servant in all God's house(He 3:5), 

He could not enter the Promised Land for he was just a servant. 



Jesus, on the other hand, came as the son over God's house, 

Worthy of greater honor than Moses(He 3:3-4). 

He said, "Destroy this temple and I will raise it in three days(Jn 2:19-21), 

Because through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body, 

He would build God's house for 

The Temple of Jerusalem was just a copy of the true one to come(He 9:23-24). 



As He died, Jesus said, "It is finished(Jn 19:30), declaring that He: 

1. Laid down His life and was faithful to the Father(Jn 10:18; He 3:2-6); 

2. Condemned the devil who was unfaithful(Is 14:12-15; Eze 28:14-17); and 

3. With His blood redeemed men, of whom He was put in charge(Mt 1:21; Jn 3:16), so they can serve Him. 

Jesus died and rose, and ascended to heaven where 

He is receiving glory on the throne since 

The builder of the house has greater honor than the house itself(He 3:3-4). 



The Holy Spirit comes to those who 

Received the works of Jesus as grace and have become God's temple(1Co 3:16), and 

He lets them know the things that God freely gave(1Co 2:12). 



The man of the Spirit is 

A steward put in charge of God's grace(1Pe 4:10), and 

He is conferred a kingdom from Jesus as 

Jesus was conferred a kingdom from the Father(Lk 22:29). 

Therefore, he is in charge of feeding the Lord's lambs(Mt 24:45; Jn 21:15), 

Carrying out his duties(1Ti 1:12), and 

Using his time, materials and talents(Mt 25:14-21), 

Doing them all by being faithful to the One who appointed him for 

He longs for the greater heavenly throne. 



O Lord, 

We say, "Grace, grace but 

We did not cherish the souls You cherish. 

We neglected our duties. 

We were greedy about using our time, materials and talents as though they were ours. 

Let us deeply think about You for 

You trusted us and put us in charge of all these things. 

Let us be faithful until death! Amen.