After comparing the dispensation given to Paul and the dispensation of the fulness of times, we arrive at a scriptural definition of what a dispensation may be. Although this definition will require further scrutiny and discussion, it is based only on the Word of God, and ignores the wisdom of man’s created definitions.

The Theological definition of ‘dispensation’ can’t stand up to the scrutiny of scripture alone. One has to create what isn’t found in the Word of God to get the standard definition. Even then, there are dozens, if not hundreds of definitions of the word. But if we leave Theology behind and use only scripture to find a definition, a clearer picture begins…

In I Corinthians 9:17, Paul says that “a dispensation of the gospel is committed unto me.” How is that gospel any different from other gospels? Why is it a dispensation of the gospel and why was it committed only to Paul. Every gospel mentioned in the scripture always comes down to faith. Believing what God has revealed to man is always the…

If the theological definition of “a dispensation,” that it is how God is dealing with mankind during a certain age or period of time, then from Adam until the resurrection of Christ would have to be called the dispensation of the forbearance of God. Romans 3:24-25 Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: 25 Whom…

What if the theological definition of dispensation is wrong? What if there are actually only two dispensations, and both are revealed to us in God’s Word? If we aren’t going to add or take away from His words, couldn’t that be true? What if Paul’s office as the apostle of the Gentiles was to dispense the gospel of grace to the heathen,…