Wednesday, June 10, 2026
“Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word” (Psalm 119:9 KJV).
If our physical posterity could augment its spiritual dexterity, exactly what would that entail?
“Dispensation” is an important word in Scripture, and you need a King James Bible to have it all four times (1 Corinthians 9:17; Ephesians 1:10; Ephesians 3:2; Colossians 1:25). We want to pay extra close attention to the latter two references.
Observe: “For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles, If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to you-ward: How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words, Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ) Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit;…” (Ephesians 3:1-5). “Whereof I am made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which is given to me for you, to fulfil the word of God; Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints: To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:…” (Colossians 1:25-27).
The noun form of the verb “dispense,” a “dispensation” is simply “a body of truth/data/information God distributes to man for his faith and obedience during an age or time period.” “Dispensation” in Greek is “oikonomia,” from which “economy” is derived (their pronunciations are extremely similar). How is God managing His household today? To wit, what are His house rules or house laws (“oikos,” “house;” “nomia,” “rules/laws”)? From heaven’s glory, the resurrected and ascended Lord Jesus Christ gave to the Apostle Paul the instructions or blueprints that govern what the God of the Bible is doing today in “but now” (cf. Romans 16:25,26; Ephesians 2:13; Titus 1:1-3).
Again, it is not enough for us to be Scriptural or Biblical, for we must also be dispensational….
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