What you do with your body in the present matters because God has a good future in store for it.” If the resurrection does anything it affirms the importance of this world and of the material. I quoted NT Wright when he said, “The point of the resurrection is that the present bodily life is not valueless just because it will die. We talked about the fact that if he rose bodily from the dead, than that means that there is something important about our bodies. Jesus bodily died and he bodily rose from the dead. Last week we celebrated the resurrection of Jesus from the dead (Do you know that Easter is not just a one week celebration in the Christian church and the Christian calendar? It is a 7 week celebration called Eastertide running from Easter to Pentecost.). Now before we jump too much into this text, there are a few things that I need to say regarding stewardship of our bodies. Let’s first look at 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 which says, “Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own you were bought at a price. The first one being 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 and the second being 1 Timothy 4:8. To do that we’ll look at two passages of Scripture. Have you? But today, maybe for the first time, we’ll unpack and dig into what it looks like to live a generous life in relation to our bodies. I’m not sure if I have ever heard a sermon revolving around being good stewards of our bodies or not. The first thing that we’ll be talking about in relation to stewardship is stewardship of our bodies. We’ll learn what it looks like to steward these things well so that not only will our lives be changed but also how the world around us can be changed by followers of Jesus stewarding their resources (time, talent, relationship, environment, bodies, and yes money as well). So for the next few weeks we’ll be covering all of these things and learning what it means to be a good steward. Yes, it includes begin a good steward of money, but it also covers our bodies, the environment, our time, our talents, and our relationships. But there is so much more to stewardship than just money. So often when churches and pastors begin to talk about stewardship, everyone thinks that we will be just talking about money. Stewardship is defined as the conducting, supervising, or managing of something especially : the careful and responsible management of something entrusted to one's care.
STEWARD DEFINITION BIBLE SERIES
Today we begin a new series entitled “The Generous Life” in which we will be talking about the biblical concept of stewardship.
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