CHAPTER FOUR

SOME IMPORTANT ITEMS OF THE TRUTH THAT HAVE BEEN MISUNDERSTOOD

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Scripture Reading: 1 Tim. 1:4; Eph. 3:9-11; 1:9-10; 3:2-4; Col. 1:25-27; Eph. 3:8; 2 Cor. 13:14; Eph. 3:10; 1:23; 3:19

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3. Some important items of the truth that have been misunderstood:
   1. God’s economy-1 Tim. 1:4:
      1. God’s household administration, arrangement, and plan-Eph. 3:9-11.
      2. The stewardship of God’s household administration:
         1. Understanding the mystery of Christ (the church)-Eph. 3:2-4.
         2. Completing the word of God, that is, the mystery which has been hidden from the ages and from the generations, the glory of which is Christ in the believers, the hope of glory-Col. 1:25-27.
         3. Preaching to people the unsearchable riches of Christ-Eph. 3:8.
   2. God’s dispensing:
      1. The goal of God’s economy.
      2. In the rich operation of the Triune God, to dispense the unsearchable riches of Christ to the believers-Eph. 3:8; 2 Cor. 13:14.
      3. For the producing of the church-Eph. 3:10.
      4. To become the fullness of Christ and the fullness of God, to be the expression of God-Eph. 1:23; 3:19.