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Tuesday, September 17, 2013

What is the Stewardship of the Grace of God in Ephesians 3:2?

     What is  the stewardship of the grace of God in Ephesians 3:2? Without some background it's hard to understand many New Testament verses. A lot of times if I'm reading a section of the word that I don't get, I'll just gloss over it. Witness Lee loved the Bible, and when you listen to him on the Life Study of the Bible or read the Life-Studies, you'll see what a student of the word he was. He didn't gloss over anything. And because of that he was able to completely open up Paul's realization in Ephesians 3:2 which says, If you have heard of the stewardship of the grace of God which was given to me for you.  

    Here's a part from the message that helped me see we are all stewards of this grace! This is from chapter 28 Life Study of Ephesians, pages 244-246:
The Stewardship of the grace is the dispensing of the riches of Christ. According to the context of chapter 3, grace refers to the riches of Christ....When the riches of Christ are enjoyed by you, they become grace. The desire of God's heart is to dispense Himself into man...This is the central point of the whole Bible....God's economy is to carry out the dispensing  of Himself into man.  We share in this economy through our stewardship, our ministry of dispensing the riches of Christ... Go to school or to work for the purpose of carrying out your stewardship according to God's  economy for His dispensation. (Lee, Witness. Life-Study of Ephesians. Anaheim: Living Stream Ministry, 1978. Print). 
God needs all of us to enjoy the riches of His grace every day so we can carry out this stewardship.  And even that takes grace!

You can listen to excerpts of  these Ephesians Life Study messages on Life Study of the Bible with Witness Lee.

Other blog posts on the Life Study of Ephesians:

What is the Subject of Paul's Epistle to the Ephesians?

What is the Mystery of God's Will Revealed in Ephesians 1:9?
How Does God Head Up All Things in Christ in Ephesians 1:10?
How Does the Spirit Seal us in Ephesians 1:13-14?
What is the Surpassing Greatness of His Power in Ephesians 1:19?
From the Life Study of Ephesians: How Electricity Illustrates God's Purpose to Reach Man
What is the One New Man in Ephesians 2:15?
What is the Stewardship of the Grace of God in Ephesians 3:2?
Do You Know What the Multifarious Wisdom of God is in Ephesians 3:10?
What's God's Calling for in Ephesians 4:1?
What Does It Mean to Learn Christ in Ephesians 4:20?
Seeing the Church as the Bride of Christ in Ephesians 5:32
Seeing the Church as the Warrior in Ephesians 6
How Do We Apply the Armor of God in Ephesians 6?
What are the Seven Aspects of the Church Seen in Ephesians?
Why Did God Abolish the Ordinances in Ephesians 2:15?
Why is the Spirit Mentioned in Every Chapter of Ephesians?

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