弗三2　 谅必你们曾听见那为着你们所赐给我，神恩典的管家职分。

　　西一25　 我照神为你们所赐我的管家职分，作了召会的执事……。

　　神的分赐完全是祂经纶中的一件事：是在祂的经纶中，是在祂的计划、打算、安排之下，把这个分赐实行出来。为着实行这个分赐，祂这位三一神就选召祂所喜欢的人，能用的人，安排他们作祂的分赐者，把祂的恩典丰厚地给他们；这班人里头因着神丰厚的恩典，就有神的大能在他们里头运作。这些使徒和申言者就照着神的运作来尽他们的职事。在这种情形之下，他们的职事就称作管家的职事。他们是管家，因为他们要实行神的分赐（李文集一九九○年第三册，六○九页）。

　　Eph. 3:2 If indeed you have heard of the stewardship of the grace of God which was given to me for you.

　　Col. 1:25 …I became a minister according to the stewardship of God, which was given to me for you…

　　God’s dispensing is fully something that is in His economy, something in His plan, something in His purpose and arrangement. In order to carry out this dispensing and for the execution of this dispensing, the Triune God selected some with whom He was pleased and whom He could use and made them His dispensers, richly bestowing upon them His grace. Through God’s rich grace there was an operation of God’s power within these people. These apostles and prophets then fulfilled their ministry according to the operation of God. Under such circumstances the ministry of these ones is called the stewardship. They are the stewards because they are there to execute God’s dispensing. (CWWL, 1990, vol. 3, “A Deeper Study of the Divine Dispensing,” p. 499)

　　“经纶”这辞在希腊文的意思是家庭律法，就是指着家庭行政说的。……神……安排一班又一班使徒和申言者来作祂这个家政的管家，来分配这大家庭里的丰富，叫有分于这个家的每一分子，就是家人，个个都能分享这个大家庭家主的丰富，满足家主的心意。

　　保罗实在是这样一个管家，执行他的管家职分，把神丰富的恩典，就是基督那无限量的丰富分赐出去。所以保罗的管家职分就是神经纶的实行。经纶这辞在以弗所三章九节翻作经纶，但是在二节却翻作管家职分。……神的家政，就是神在宇宙家族中的这一个行政，乃是要来分赐神在基督里那无限量的丰富。保罗蒙了特别的恩典，受了特别的托付，也从神得到了特别的

　　运作，就把基督追测不尽的丰富，传给神所拣选的外邦人，这个就是他的管家职分。所以管家的职分就是神的经纶。……召会乃是建造在使徒和申言者的根基上，就是在他们所看见的启示，所看见的异象上。如同主耶稣在马太十六章所说的话一样，主要把祂的召会建造在这磐石上〔18〕，这磐石还不重在这磐石的本身，乃是重在所看见的那个磐石的异象。彼得回答主说，“你是基督，是活神的儿子。”（16）……使徒们所看见的异象、启示乃是召会被建造的基础。在这个基础上以基督各面的丰富，就是基督无限量的丰富来建造；基督那无限量的丰富，就是神无限量的恩典（李文集一九九○年第三册，六○九至六一一页）。

　　每一肢体都得了恩典〔参弗四7，罗十二6上〕。……所有的肢体都是神诸般恩典的管家〔彼前四10〕。……神的恩典不是只有一面，乃是有许多面。……新约给我们看见，用一杯凉水服事圣徒也是恩典的一面。……一位弟兄若因着某种情形非常受困扰，我去同他祷告，那又是恩典的另一方面。神的恩典是多方面的。我们可以用许多方式向圣徒说明这点。

　　所有圣徒作为基督身体的肢体，乃是神诸般恩典的管家。一面，我们是基督身体上的肢体；另一面，我们是神的管家。……管家总是供应人某些需要。所以我们必须帮助圣徒们看见，今天在召会生活中，每一位弟兄和姊妹，作为基督的肢体，都该是神所选定、任命、嘱咐的管家，用祂恩典的某些方面来服事人，给人供应（李文集一九七九年第二册，一一四至一一五页）。

　　参读：神的经纶与分赐，第七篇；哥林多前书生命读经，第三十四篇；腓立比书生命读经，第七篇。

　　In Greek the word for economy (oikonomia) denotes a household law, a household administration…God has arranged to have many apostles and prophets to be stewards in His household management to manage the distribution of the riches of His great family so that all the members of His family, that is, those who have a part in this family, will be able to share in the riches of God’s great household and thus satisfy His desire.

　　The apostle Paul was indeed such a steward. He exercised his stewardship to dispense God’s rich grace, that is, the unsearchable riches of Christ, to others. Hence, Paul’s stewardship was the execution of God’s economy. In Ephesians 3:9 the word oikonomia is translated “economy,” whereas in 3:2 it is translated “stewardship.”…God’s economy, God’s universal household administration, is to distribute God’s unlimited riches in Christ. Paul says that he received a special commission, a special grace, and a special operation to transmit the unsearchable riches of Christ to the Gentiles chosen by God. This was his stewardship. Hence, the stewardship is God’s economy…The church is built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets. This means that it is built on the revelation and the vision that they saw. This is similar to what the Lord Jesus said in Matthew 16:18. He would build His church upon “this rock.” That rock is not mainly the rock itself but the revelation concerning the rock. Peter told the Lord, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God” (v. 16)…The revelation and vision that the apostles saw is the foundation for the building up of the church. Upon this foundation are built all the riches of Christ. These are the unsearchable riches of Christ. The unsearchable riches of Christ are the unlimited grace of God. (CWWL, 1990, vol. 3, “A Deeper Study of the Divine Dispensing,” p. 500)

　　Every member has been given grace [cf. Eph. 4:7; Rom. 12:6a]…All the members are stewards of the varied, or manifold, grace of God [1 Pet. 4:10]… God’s grace is not only of one aspect; it has manifold aspects…The New Testament shows us that to serve the saints with a cup of cold water is…an aspect of grace…If a brother is very bothered by a certain situation, and I go to pray with him, that is still another aspect of grace. God’s grace is manifold. We can illustrate this point to the saints in many ways.

　　All the saints as members of the Body of Christ are stewards of the manifold grace of God. On the one hand, we are members of the Body of Christ, and on the other hand, we are stewards of God…A steward is one who always supplies others with certain needs, so we have to help the saints realize that every brother and every sister today in the church life as a member of Christ should be a steward of God assigned by God, commissioned by God, charged by God, with some aspect of His grace to minister to others for their supply. (CWWL, 1979, vol. 2, “Basic Lessons on Service,” pp. 92-93)

　　Further Reading: CWWL, 1990, vol. 3, “The Economy and Dispensing of God,” ch. 7; Life-study of 1 Corinthians, msg. 34; Life-study of Philippians, msg. 7