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Originally Posted by Ohio
Paul said that he planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth. Dispensing is God giving the growth. God's dispensing really needs our cooperation. Lee felt that most of Christianity was entirely focused on man's doings and not on God's, hence his teaching about dispensing. If we only look at archaic ecclesiologies and liturgies like that of Rome and the state churches, he might be right, but the body of Christ is far bigger than just those.
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Ohio, is it too presumptous to say God can't give the growth apart from MOTA? I personally haven't witnessed any planting in years. When was the last time you were at a LC meeting that was focused on the gospel to and for the unsaved? Yes, there may be some watering, but as far as the growth, that can happen anywhere and anytime God gives the growth.