October 3, 2011

[Jim Watt]

“*TWO ARE BETTER THAN ONE” MINISTRIES*

*Jim & Marie Watt*

*Tel: 253-517-9195 - Email: jmbetter at gmail.com*

*Web: www.2rbetter.org*

October 3, 2011


 *(From: ACTS #21 - 13:1-12)*


 *XV. 13:1-14:28 SPIRITUAL PRINCIPLES OF CHURCH EXTENSION*

*A. 13:1-3 THE HOLY SPIRIT AND MISSIONS*

*a. 13:1 PROPHETS AND TEACHERS AT ANTIOCH*

*Now in the church that was at Antioch were prophets*

*E*san de en An-ti-oCHEIa kaTA t*e*n OUsan ek-kl*e*SIan proPH*E*tai [4396]

*and teachers, both :Barnabas and Symeon :called Niger,*

kai diDAska-loi [1320], ho te BarNAbas kai Su-me*O*N ho kaLOUme-nos NIger,

*and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen foster-brother of Herod the tetrarch, and
Saul.*

kai LOUki-os ho Ku-r*e*NAIos, Ma-na*E*N te H*e*R*O*dou tou teTRAar-chou
SUNtro-phos, kai SAUlos.


 *b. 13:2 WORSHIP AND FASTING RELEASES THE HOLY SPIRIT*

*And as they ministered to the Lord, and fasted,*

lei-tourGOUNt*o*n [3008] de auT*O*N t*o* KuRI*o*, kai n*e*-steuONt*o*n
[3522],

*the Holy :Spirit said, Separate me then :Barnabas and Saul*

EIpen to PNEUma to HAgi-on, A-phoRIsa-te [873] d*e* moi ton BarNAban kai
SAUlon

*for the work unto which I have called them.*

eis to ERgon ho proSKEkl*e*-mai [4341] auTOUS.


 *c. 13:3 Then, having fasted and prayed and laid their hands on them, they
sent them away.*

TOte, n*e*STEUsan-tes kai pro-seuXAme-noi [4336] kai e-piTHENtes tas CHEIras
auTOIS, aPElu-san.


 *B. 13:4-12 ACTIVITIES OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IN MISSIONS*

*1. 13:4-5 MESSENGERS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT*

*a. 13:4 INITIAL OBEDIENCE TO LEADING OF HOLY SPIRIT*

*THEY therefore, being sent forth by the Holy Spirit,*

AuTOI men oun, ek-pemphTHENtes [1599] huPO tou HaGIou PNEUma-tos,

*went down to Selucia; and from there they sailed to Cyprus.*

kaT*E*Lthon [2718] eis Se-leuKIan; eKEI-THEN te aPEpleu-san [636] eis
KUpron.


 *b. 13:5 GOD'S WORD PROCLAIMED IN SYNAGOGUES*

*And when they were at Salamis, *

kai geNOme-noi en Sa-laMIni,

*they proclaimed the word of :God in the synagogues of the Jews:*

kaT*E*Ggel-lon ton LOgon tou TheOU en tais su-na-g*o*GAIS t*o*n IouDAI*o*n:

*and they had also John as attendant.*

EIchon de kai I*o*ANn*e*n hu-p*e*REt*e*n [5257].


 *2. 13:6-12 JUDGMENT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT*

*a. 13:6-7a BAR-JESUS: A FALSE PROPHET TO THE PROCONSUL*

*And having gone through the whole island unto Paphos,*

Di-elTHONtes [1330] de HOl*e*n t*e*n N*E*son Achri PAphou,

*they found a certain man, a sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name
was Bar-Jesus*

HEUron ANdra tiNA, MAgon [3097], pseu-do-proPH*E*t*e*n [5578], IouDAIon, h*o
* Ono-ma Bar-I*e*SOUS;

*7a who was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, a man of understanding.*

hos *e*n sun t*o* an-thuPAt*o* [446], SerGI*o* PAUl*o*, anDRI su-neT*O*
[5908].


 *b. 13:7b HE called unto him Barnabas and Saul, and sought to hear the word
of :God.*

HOUtos pro-ska-leSAme-nos BarNAban kai SAUlon, e-peZEte-sen aKOUsai ton
LOgon tou TheOU.


 *c. 13:8 ELYMAS OPERATES AS A SORCERER*

*But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his :name interpreted) withstood them, *

anTHIsta-to de auTOIS E-LUmas ho MAgos (HOUt*o*s gar me-ther-m*e*NEUe-tai to
Ono-ma auTOU),

*seeking to turn aside the proconsul from the faith.*

z*e*T*O*N di-aSTREpsai [1294] ton anTHUpa-ton aPO t*e*s PIste-*o*s.


 *d. 13:9-10 PAUL STRONGLY CONFRONTS THIS TOOL OF SATAN*

*But Saul, who is also called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit,*

SAUlos de, ho kai PAUlos, pl*e*sTHEIS [4130] PNEUma-tos HaGIou,

*fixed his eyes on him, 10 and said, O, Devil's son,*

a-teNIsas [816] eis auTON, EIpen, *O*, PL*E*r*e*s [4134] panTOS DOlou [1388]

*full of all guile and all villainy, enemy of all righteousness,*

kai PAs*e*s 'ra-di-ourGIas [3973], huiE di-aBOlou [1228], echTHRE [2190] PAs
*e*s di-kai-oSUn*e*s,

*will you not cease to pervert the right :ways of the Lord?*

ou PAUs*e* di-aSTREph*o*n [1294] tas hoDOUS tou KuRIou tas euTHEIas?


 *e. 13:11a PAUL PRONOUNCES GOD'S JUDGMENT*

*And now, lo, the Lord's hand is upon you, *

kai nun, iDOU, cheir KuRIou ePI se,

*and you shall be blind, not seeing the sun for a season.*

kai Ese tuphLOS [5185], me BLEpon ton HEli-on Achri kaiROU.


 *d. 13:11b JUDGMENT IMMEDIATELY CONSUMMATED!*

*And immediately a mist fell on him and darkness;*

pa-raCHR*E*ma [3916] de Epe-sen ep' auTON achLUS [887] kai SKOtos [4655];

*and he went about seeking some to lead him by the hand.*

kai pe-riAg*o*n [4013] eZ*E*tei [2212] chei-ra-g*o*GOUS [5497].


 *g. 13:12 THE EFFECT OF THIS JUDGMENT UPON THE PROCONSUL*

*Then the proconsul, when he saw what was done, believed,*

TOte iD*O*N ho anTHUpa-tos [446] to ge-goNOS, ePIsteu-sen,

*being astonished at the teaching of the Lord.*

ek-pl*e*sSOme-nos [1805] ePI t*e* di-daCH*E* [1322] tou KuRIou.


 *NOTE**: *This mailing commences the beginning of the second half of the
Book of Acts. Chapters 1-12 dealt primarily with the ministry of Peter -
apostle to the circumcision. Chapters 13-28 deal primarily with the ministry
of the Holy Spirit through the Apostle Paul to the Gentiles, the
uncircumcision.


 It starts out in 13:1-3 with the Holy Spirit inaugurating the beginning of
a wider mission through the Presbytery of the church of Antioch, composed of
Prophets and Teachers. In February of 1948, this “Presbytery Concept” was
restored in a clearer manner after some 1900 years, in the North Battleford,
Saskatchewan Visitation. Concomitant, or along with this restoration, came
the restoration of the 5-fold equipping ministry of Ephesians 4:11-12,
majoring on Apostles and Prophets. Three of the five Presbytery members
present, obeyed the Holy Spirit by first checking, but then launching
Barnabas and Saul upon Paul's first missionary journey. Notice the word
“lei-tourGOUNton: - “ministered”. This was one of the 5 chief callings for
the OT Levitical ministry in type and shadows. Now it takes on a NT “One New
Man” mystery importance. It has been said by some that the church today has
lost the secret working of the Holy Spirit in this concept, and often it is
but empty hands on empty heads. But it was not this way in the beginning. We
need to add to these 2 restored revival principles of 1948 with the other
10, - the 12 altogether linked with the 12 tribes of Israel, and the12
world-wide cultural groups. (To follow through on these 12 Revival
Principles brought together in the 1948 Visitation, please turn to our
Website <*www.2rbetter.org* <http://www.2rbetter.org/>>. Click on
“Embryonics”, and there you will find this triple listing of twelves.)


 The First Nations People I see linked with the tribe of Issachar, and the
“Sensitivity, Faithfulness and Obedience”, as one of the 12 Embryonic
Revival Principles which today need to be brought to maturity. 7 of these 12
principles were strongly exemplified in the life of George Hawtin, who God
was pleased to use to spearhead this 1948 Visitation; and this third one
mentioned, appeared again and again in his life.


 Was he perfect? Of course not. None is perfect but God manifested in Jesus
Christ, who is pleased to live out His perfect, resurrected life through all
surrendered disciples. Paul makes this explicitly clear in Galatians 2:20.


 Acts 13:4-12 illustrates how the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of Jesus - used
Saul and Barnabas in Cyprus. J.A.Watt


*PS.  As many of your are aware, a number of us have felt the Lord leading
to reverse the order of Dr. Panin's 2 Bible Numeric texts: so that English
is above the Greek. It is true that this is not the normal order for
Interlinear Greek NT's - but because of the nature of his transliterated
Greek text, and the fact that English words do not appear directly under
their corresponding Greek words - this added divergence will help Laymen to
make use of this type of Interlinear more efficiently.*


*For those of you who are Greek scholars, we ask for your forbearance for
the sake of greater ease for Layfolk. J.*



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