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Originally Posted by Nell
Yes please. Quote the verses, not Lee.
In addition, please give us a brief, clear and concise (not wordy) definition of “God’s economy”.
Nell
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Ephesians 3:9 And to enlighten all that they may see what the
economy of the mystery is, which throughout the ages has been hidden in God, who created all things
Ephesians 1:10 Unto the
economy of the fullness of the times, to head up all things in the heavens and the things on the earth, in him
1 Timothy 1:4 Nor to give heed to myths and unending genealogies, which produce questionings rather than God's
economy, which is in faith
1 Timothy 2:4 [God] desires all men to be saved and to come to the full knowledge of the truth
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Economy is a Greek word meaning household law, implying distribution (the base of this word is of the same origin as that for pasture in John 10:9, implying a distribution of the pasture to the flock). It denotes a household management, a household administration, a household government, and, derivatively, a dispensation, a plan, or an economy for administration (distribution); hence, it is also a household economy. God's economy in faith is his household economy, his household administration, which is to dispense himself in Christ into his chosen people that he may have a house to express himself, which house is the church (1 Timothy 3:15), the body of Christ. The apostle's ministry (Paul) was centered on this economy (Colossians 1:25; 1 Corinthians 9:17), whereas the different teachings of the dissenting ones were used by God's enemy to distract his people away from this economy. In the administration and shepherding of a local church, this divine economy must be made fully clear to the saints- Witness Lee, 1 Timothy 1:4 footnote
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As I said in my last post in this thread; God is concerned with our eating. In his economy God has given us Christ as the center of his distribution, for us to eat spiritually (John 6:57, John 4:24). This is the core theme of the Bible. God wants an expression on the earth, and he gains it through willful assimilation of his spirit. This is the point and goal of salvation and regeneration of our human spirit, not simply works