1. SHREWD MANAGEMENT Luke 16:1-14

2. A Parable About Mission A Parable About Money
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Provocative Story
verses 1-8
Direct Teaching
verses 9-13

3. “Give me an account” “What shall I do?”
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“What shall I do?”

4. “I know what I'll do so that, when I lose my job here, people will welcome me into their houses”
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5. Looked ahead Seen what the future holds Acted shrewdly
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Acted shrewdly

6. “The master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly”
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7. “For the people of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their own kind than are the people of the light”
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8. Looked ahead Seen what the future holds Acted shrewdly
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Acted shrewdly

9. Direct Teaching Be shrewd (9) Be trustworthy (10-12)
verses 9-13
In the use of worldly wealth:
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Be shrewd (9)
Be trustworthy (10-12)
Be wholehearted (13)

10. Direct Teaching Be shrewd (verse 9) verses 9-13 SHREWD MANAGEMENT
“I tell you, use worldly wealth to gain friends for yourselves, so that when it is gone, you will be welcomed into eternal dwellings”
Be shrewd
(verse 9)

11. Direct Teaching Be trustworthy (verses 10-12) verses 9-13
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“if you have not been trustworthy in handling worldly wealth, who will trust you with true riches?”
Be trustworthy
(verses 10-12)

12. “You cannot serve both God and Money”
Direct Teaching
verses 9-13
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“You cannot serve both God and Money”
Be wholehearted
(verse 13)

13. Direct Teaching Be shrewd (9) Be trustworthy (10-12)
verses 9-13
In the use of worldly wealth:
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Be shrewd (9)
Be trustworthy (10-12)
Be wholehearted (13)

14. “The Pharisees,
who loved money,
heard all this
and were sneering at Jesus”
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15. “I tell you, use worldly wealth to gain friends for yourselves, so that when it is gone, you will be welcomed into eternal dwellings”
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