The Delight in Spending Someone Else’s Money

The Delight in Spending Someone Else’s Money
Pastor Blake Hanson | 9.4.22

Luke 16:1–9 (NLT)

1 Jesus told this story to his disciples: “There was a certain rich man who had a manager handling his affairs. One day a report came that the manager was wasting his employer’s money. 

2 So the employer called him in and said, ‘What’s this I hear about you? Get your report in order, because you are going to be fired.’ 

3 “The manager thought to himself, ‘Now what? My boss has fired me. I don’t have the strength to dig ditches, and I’m too proud to beg. 

4 Ah, I know how to ensure that I’ll have plenty of friends who will give me a home when I am fired.’ 

5 “So he invited each person who owed money to his employer to come and discuss the situation. He asked the first one, ‘How much do you owe him?’ 

6 The man replied, ‘I owe him 800 gallons of olive oil.’ So the manager told him, ‘Take the bill and quickly change it to 400 gallons.’ 

7 “ ‘And how much do you owe my employer?’ he asked the next man. ‘I owe him 1,000 bushels of wheat,’ was the reply. ‘Here,’ the manager said, ‘take the bill and change it to 800 bushels.’ 

8 “The rich man had to admire the dishonest rascal for being so shrewd. And it is true that the children of this world are more shrewd in dealing with the world around them than are the children of the light. 

9 Here’s the lesson: Use your worldly resources to benefit others and make friends. Then, when your possessions are gone, they will welcome you to an eternal home.

How to find delight in spending someone else’s money… 

1) Realize we’re and not owners.  

Luke 16:1 (NLT)

1 “There was a certain rich man who had a manager handling his affairs…

Deuteronomy 8:17–18 (ESV)

17 Beware lest you say in your heart, ‘My power and the might of my hand have gotten me this wealth.’ 

18 You shall remember the Lord your God, for it is he who gives you power to get wealth, that he may confirm his covenant that he swore to your fathers, as it is this day.

2) Invest in purposes. 

Luke 16:11–13 (NLT)

11 And if you are untrustworthy about worldly wealth, who will trust you with the true riches of heaven? 

12 And if you are not faithful with other people’s things, why should you be trusted with things of your own? 

13 “No one can serve two masters. For you will hate one and love the other; you will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and be enslaved to money.”

3) Use the available resources to be generous now.

Luke 16:6–7 (ESV)

6 He said, ‘A hundred measures of oil.’ He said to him, ‘Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.’ 

7 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.’

Luke 16:10 (NLT)

10 “If you are faithful in little things, you will be faithful in large ones. But if you are dishonest in little things, you won’t be honest with greater responsibilities.

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