Here is what John Wesley preached about stewardship:
And, first, we are to inquire, in what respects we are now God’s stewards. We are now indebted to Him for all we have; but although a debtor is obliged to return what he has received, yet until the time of payment comes, he is at liberty to use it as he pleases. It is not so with a steward; he is not at liberty to use what is lodged in his hands as he pleases, but as his master pleases. He has no right to dispose of anything which is in his hands, but according to the will of his lord. For he is not the proprietor of any of these things, but barely entrusted with them by another; and entrusted on this express condition, — that he shall dispose of all as his master orders. Now, this is exactly the case of every man, with relation to God.
Interestingly, he notes that “steward” is the best of all descriptions of the relationship between humans and their God. It is not sinner or servant – although they do describe humanity well – but as stewards that we are best understood. Given Wesley’s emphasis on evangelical repentance, justification, and new birth, I found this assertion by Wesley catching me off guard.
His forthrightness is not surprising. Wesley’s “stewardship” sermon is not a mild appeal to us that our life will be better adjusted or more in tune with God’s purposes if we just increase our giving by 1 percent this year.
None of that for John Wesley. Your soul, your body, your money, your talents, your health, your very thoughts are on loan from God. You do not own any of them. You have no freedom to use them as you like. You may only use them as God has given you leave to use them.
Wow. And just in case you thought Wesley – ha, ha – was laid back about that implications of being a steward, think again.
[T]here is no employment of our time, no action or conversation, that is purely indifferent. All is good or bad, because all our time, as everything we have, is not our own. All these are, as our Lord speaks, ta allotria – the property of another;of God our Creator. Now, these either are or are not employed according to his will. If they are so employed, all is good; if they are not, all is evil. Again: it is His will, that we should continually grow in grace, and in the living knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. Consequently, every thought, word, and work, whereby this knowledge is increased, whereby we grow in grace, is good; and every one whereby this knowledge is not increased, is truly and properly evil.
If we agree with Wesley that all we have is a gift from God, do we walk with him to the end of this line of thinking? Is everything we do at every moment either in keeping with God’s will or rejecting it? Are there indifferent actions? If so, what is the Scriptural guidance for telling the line between the good and the evil?
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The doctrine of original sin is surely more humbling to man than the opposite: And I know not what honour we can pay to God, if we think man came out of His hands in the condition wherein he is now.
