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Originally Posted by Melo
Is God's economy a concept that is mentioned in other denominations and translations of the Bible aside from Lee's writings? A simple Google search for God's economy sent me to literature all stemming from LSM, but I just wanted to make sure. While I'm not here to debate the validity of the term 'God's economy', to me that illustration has helped clarify God's dispensing and doesn't seem overtly offensive to me.
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The only place Jesus used the word 'oikonomeia' in the gospels is a parable in Luke 16:1-13, where it's translated 'stewardship', i.e. 'position of responsibility' (vv.2,3). There, the focus isn't on dispensing per se, but on obedience to God's command to manage one's duties well. And one of the main duties, of course, is to help others, to 'do unto others', to give out or to dispense; Jesus taught, "Blessed is that one who, when the Master comes, finds him so doing." (Matt 24:26; Lu 12:43).
In Lee's hands, "God's economy" meant go to meetings, sit in a chair, and listen to messages; then one left with "more God" than when they arrived. I heard it put just that plainly.