This week is Session #3 of our series on The Parables of Jesus and Brian talks about the Parable of the Shrewd Manager

2. G’DAY

3. the parable

4. The Parable
He also said to the disciples,
“There was a rich man who had
a manager, and charges were
brought to him that this man was
wasting his possessions.

5. The Parable
And he called him and said to
him, „What is this that I hear
about you? Turn in the account
of your management, for you
can no longer be manager. ‟

6. The Parable
And the manager said to himself,
„What shall I do, since my master
is taking the management away
from me? I am not strong enough
to dig, and I am ashamed to beg.

7. The Parable
I have decided what to do, so that
when I am removed from
management, people may receive
me into their houses. ‟

8. The Parable
So, summoning his master's
debtors one by one, he said to the
first, „How much do you owe my
master? ‟ He said, „A hundred
measures of oil. ‟ He said to him,
„Take your bill, and sit down
quickly and write fifty. ‟

9. The Parable
Then he said to another, „And how
much do you owe? ‟ He said, „A
hundred measures of wheat. ‟ He
said to him, „Take your bill, and
write eighty. ‟

10. The Parable
The master commended the
dishonest manager for his
shrewdness.

11. The Parable
For the sons of this world are
more shrewd in dealing with their
own generation than the sons of
light.

12. The Parable
And I tell you, make friends for
yourselves by means of
unrighteous wealth, so that when
it fails they may receive you into
the eternal dwellings.

13. The Parable
“One who is faithful in a very
little is also faithful in much, and
one who is dishonest in a very
little is also dishonest in much.

14. The Parable
If then you have not been faithful
in the unrighteous wealth, who will
entrust to you the true riches? And
if you have not been faithful in that
which is another's, who will give
you that which is your own?

15. The Parable
No servant can serve two
masters, for either he will hate
the one and love the other, or he
will be devoted to the one and
despise the other. You cannot
serve God and money

16. WHAT‟S THE BIG IDEA ?

17. THE BEGINNING OF THIS STORY
LUKE 15:1
Now the tax collectors and sinners were all
drawing near to hear him. And the Pharisees
and the scribes grumbled, saying, “This man
receives sinners and eats with them.”
So he told them this parable.......

18. THE MIDDLE OF THIS STORY
1. THE PARABLE OF THE LOST
SHEEP
2. THE PARABLE OF THE LOST COIN
3. THE PARABLE OF THE LOST SONS
THEN: THE SHREWD MANAGER

19. THE FOLLOW UP TO THIS STORY
1. THE PARABLE OF THE LOST SHEEP
2. THE PARABLE OF THE LOST COIN
3. THE PARABLE OF THE LOST SONS
THEN: PHARISEES RIDICULE AND JESUS
EXPOSES THEIR HEART CONDITION
THEN: COMMENT ON DIVORCE AS ANOTHER
SAMPLE OF HEART CONDITION
THEN: THE RICH MAN AND LAZARUS
THE SHREWD MANAGER

20. WHO IS THE STORY FOR???
He also said
to the disciples,
“There was a rich man
who had a manager

21. WHY DID JESUS NEED TO TELL THIS STORY
???
For the sons of this world are more shrewd
in dealing with their own generation than the
sons of light.

22. THE BIG IDEA OF THE STORY ???
And I tell you, make friends for yourselves
by means of unrighteous wealth, so that
when it fails they may receive you into the
eternal dwellings

23. ITS NOT ABOUT
• BUSINESS PRINCIPLES
• COMMENDING DISHONESTY
• FINDING A PARALLEL FOR
EVERY PLAYER AND EVERY
ASPECT

24. IT IS ABOUT
KINGDOM OF GOD PEOPLE LEARNING
HOW TO BE
SHREWD
kingdom style

25. SHREWDNESS
kingdom style

26. The Parable
And I tell you, make friends for
yourselves by means of
unrighteous wealth, so that when
it fails they may receive you into
the eternal dwellings.

27. SHREWDNESS
kingdom style
living
NOW
but thinking
THEN

28. SHREWDNESS
kingdom style
using what you HAVE
for when you
DON‟T HAVE IT

29. SHREWDNESS
kingdom style
Understanding the natureof
material wealth
« i.e. unrighteous
« i.e. a temporary shadow

30. The Parable
“One who is faithful in a very
little is also faithful in much, and
one who is dishonest in a very
little is also dishonest in much.

31. SHREWDNESS
kingdom style
A way to
DEMONSTRATE TRUST
with small things
to show yourself
WORTHY OF TRUST
with big things

32. The Parable
If then you have not been faithful
in the unrighteous wealth, who will
entrust to you the true riches?

33. SHREWDNESS
kingdom style
showing how you can use
TRUE RICHES
because you know how to use
FALSE RICHES

34. The Parable
And if you have not been faithful
in that which is another's, who will
give you that which is your own?

35. SHREWDNESS
kingdom style
Showing yourself to be worthy to
USE YOUR OWN
POSSESSIONS
Because you know how to use
OTHER‟S POSSESSIONS

36. SHREWDNESS
It’s a HEART thing

37. SHREWDNESS
it’s a BELONGING thing

38. The Parable
No servant can serve two
masters, for either he will hate
the one and love the other, or he
will be devoted to the one and
despise the other. You cannot
serve God and money

39. What is inside your HEART
WHO do you really BELONG TO
Who are you SERVING?