Friday, June 12, 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?
Dear young reader, do you remember the Greek word for “dispensation?” It is “oikonomia,” as in “house laws.” A related term is “oikonomos,” or “house-distributor” or “steward,” the employer who dispenses provisions throughout his master’s estate as that boss directs—allotting funds to this location, assigning food to that area, allocating supplies here or there, and so on. Luke 16:1-4 illustrates this, with the “stewardship” there also being “oikonomia.” In Luke 12:42, we read: “And the Lord said, Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom his lord shall make ruler over his household, to give them their portion of meat in due season?” As in the previous references, “steward” is the title of one who “give[s] them their portion of meat in due season [appropriate time].”
According to 1 Corinthians 4:1,2, Paul is a “steward” (“oikonomos”), as the beginning of his ministry is the “due season [proper point]” to reveal “the dispensation [“oikonomia”] of the grace of God” (Ephesians 3:2). To wit, Paul is the “house-distributor” as the resurrected, ascended, and glorified Lord Jesus Christ directed him (showing him what information he would then teach the world through preaching and penning 13 Bible Books, Romans to Philemon). Paul is our “apostle” (Romans 11:13), as in our “sent one” (Acts 26:17) or messenger from Christ. As Paul speaks and writes, so the Lord Jesus Christ Himself speaks and writes: “If any man think himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things that I write unto you are the commandments of the Lord. But if any man be ignorant, let him be ignorant” (1 Corinthians 14:37,38).
Denominationalists wholly object to dispensational Bible study because it prevents them from grabbing verses out of context, and it thereby exposes as faulty and false their theological systems built on countless verses lifted from their contexts. Therefore, unfortunately, willful/deliberate ignorance abounds: “Not only do I not know, I do not care to know!” Unless we start using God’s Word God’s way (not man’s way), we have neither hope nor prayer in the world of ever understanding or enjoying it….
333 Words of Grace 