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'''''The Economy of God''''', published in 1968, is one of the principal books by [[Witness Lee]], a late Christian preacher. Witness Lee, formally known as Changshou Li, was a Chinese citizen.
'''''The Economy of God''''', first published in 1968, is one of the principal books by [[Witness Lee]], a late Christian preacher. Witness Lee, formally known as Changshou Li, was a Chinese citizen.


The subject of Witness Lee's book is that the central revelation of the [[Bible]] is God's economy which is the way God carries out His heart's desire to impart Himself into man for His full expression. Witness Lee also reveals practical ways for believers to cooperate with God for the fulfilment of God's eternal purpose.
The subject of Witness Lee's book is that the central revelation of the [[Bible]] is God's economy which is the way God carries out His heart's desire to impart Himself into man for His full expression. Witness Lee also reveals practical ways for believers to cooperate with God for the fulfilment of God's eternal purpose.

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File:The Economy of God LSM.jpg
The Economy of God by LSM Mass-Distribution Edition (2004)
AuthorWitness Lee
LanguageEnglish
SubjectCentral Revelation of The Bible
GenreChristianity
PublisherLiving Stream Ministry
Publication date
1968
Publication placeUnited States of America
Pages216
ISBN0-87083-415-0
OCLC39149123

The Economy of God, first published in 1968, is one of the principal books by Witness Lee, a late Christian preacher. Witness Lee, formally known as Changshou Li, was a Chinese citizen.

The subject of Witness Lee's book is that the central revelation of the Bible is God's economy which is the way God carries out His heart's desire to impart Himself into man for His full expression. Witness Lee also reveals practical ways for believers to cooperate with God for the fulfilment of God's eternal purpose.

In the book, "the economy of God" is a quotation from 1 Timothy 1:4, according to the Greek. "Economy" is the Greek word "oikonomia", which primarily signifies the household management, housekeeping or arrangement, and distribution or dispensation. The word "economy" is used with the intention of stressing the focal point of God's divine enterprise, which is to distribute, or dispense, Himself into man.[1] The key verses are 1 Timothy chapter one, verses 3 through 7: "...that you might charge certain ones not to teach different things, not to give heed to myths and unending genealogies, which produce questionings rather than a dispensation of God (Gk. God's Economy) which is in faith. But the end of the charge is love out of a pure heart and out of a good conscience and out of unfeigned faith; from which things some, having misaimed (Gk. missed the mark), have turned aside to vain talking; desiring to be the teachers of the law..."

References

  1. ^ Lee, Witness. The Economy of God. Anaheim: Living Stream Ministry, 1968. Print.

See also