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</a> – </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">December 20, 2007</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"></span></b></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><font face="Times New Roman">At the end of last month I mailed out 4 sets of notes following John 13-14. Now I am mailing out the notes to John 15-17.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><font face="Times New Roman">These 5 chapters intimately tie together Jesus' teaching on the Holy Spirit, and how His coming as the Paraclete is related to the "Finished Work" of Christ.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">The Gift of the Holy Spirit as part of "The Peter Package" of Acts 2:38, does not require "tarrying" since the day of Pentecost.
J.E. Stiles in his book on this subject, deals with this. This is one of the 12 Embryonic Revival Principles restored in the1948 Northern Canada Visitation. </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">February 11, 2008</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">
is the 60<sup>th</sup> Anniversary of this event, and will be celebrated at St. Luke's Episcopal Church of Seattle February 10<sup>th</sup> and 11<sup>th</sup>. Marie and I as the last living elder and wife have been invited to take part.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Simeon is the 2<sup>nd</sup> tribe of </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Israel</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">
in the prophetic chapter of Genesis 49, when Jacob prophesied over his 12 sons. Just as God "heard" Leah's prayer for another son, so the Holy Spirit "hears" from the Father and the Son for the testimony God has for Jesus.
</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">South Korea</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> is a nation that through Dr. David Younggi Cho has made real the Gift of the Holy Spirit, and is noted for pasturing the largest church in the world – some 750,000 members.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: right 6.0in"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><font face="Times New Roman">May these words lead us all to understand the deep regard God has for these 5 chapters.</font>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: right 6.0in"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><font face="Times New Roman">Jim Watt</font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: right 6.0in"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><font face="Times New Roman">John 15:1-16 </font></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><u><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">NOTE:</span></u></b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>12 Embryonic Revival Principles came together in 1948 as Restoration Truths – 7 of them through George R. Hawtin. God started to form them in his life in a specific manner in 1935 in </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">
Star City</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">, </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Saskatchewan</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">. One of them is in our text – John 15:5b – "For apart from Me you can do nothing!"</span>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">In 1945 God sovereignly led me following my Navy discharge to Bethel Bible Institute of Saskatoon, </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">
Saskatchewan</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">, founded by George R. Hawtin. Often Brother Hawtin led the Chapel worship in the morning. One of his favorite choruses was –</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><font face="Times New Roman">Without You – we can do nothing;</font>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><font face="Times New Roman">This was the heart of Brother Hawtin, and like King David of old, he desired to walk in an abiding relationship with Jesus. Did David walk perfectly in this relationship? No – and neither did George Hawtin or any other human being.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">J. Hudson Taylor, founder of the China Inland Mission and close friend of George Muller – was another who treasured the truth of this verse. But it didn't happen until 20 years after he started walking with the Lord. Then one day he was ascending the
</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Yangtze River</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> on a Chinese Junk. And as he sat on the deck watching the passing mountains – without warning the Lord dropped into his heart the absolute truth of John 15:1-16. Mrs. Howard Taylor wrote "Hudson Taylor's Spiritual Secret" on the basis of this revelation. Scarce a letter he wrote following this revelation, but he did not challenge his readers to receive and walk in the truth of us as branches – effortlessly bearing fruit by abiding in the Vine! Following this revelation, he saw the Lord through him accomplish 2-3 times the fruitfulness of the past through him, with but one half the effort on his part.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">And finally, John </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">15:16</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> is probably the key verse to this passage. Dr. E. Stanley Jones released God to move through him each time he preached – on the basis of the truth of this verse. It is NOT US – but JESUS who initiates His plan through us – and uses us. And our abiding fruitfulness is because of HIM, not us. Oswald Chambers effectively and powerfully sets forth this truth in his writings.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><font face="Times New Roman">For me then – THIS PASSAGE shines forth as a powerful example of how Jesus releases the Holy Spirit through us to accomplish His Father's purposes and to let His Glory shine forth.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><u><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">NOTE:</span></u></b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Jesus gives us an insight concerning the true cause of persecution. In ten sentences from various aspects for our information and understanding – He CLEARLY reveals its cause.</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><font face="Times New Roman">Then suddenly – He moves back to the coming ministry of the Holy Spirit. Through signs and wonders, and through His gifts, the Holy Spirit shall effectively make the true nature of Jesus known, and His relationship to the Father. THIS shall be the main witness of the Holy Spirit on Jesus' behalf.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><font face="Times New Roman">And with scarcely a pause, Jesus immediately commissions His 12 disciples to do the same also – because of their relationship with Him from the beginning.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><font face="Times New Roman">And how does THIS relate to us? By going back to the Great Commission in Matthew 28:18-20, we clearly understand that these words in John 13 – 17 to the 12, are to be passed along to US. Then we too are to carry on an effective witness to Jesus through the Mighty and Effective Enablement of the Holy Spirit -- our Comforter!
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><font face="Times New Roman">John 16:1-15</font></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><u><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">NOTE:</span></u></b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>This passage sets forth the truth that the coming of the COMFORTER – the Spirit of Truth – is directly dependant upon the "Finished Work" of Christ. He Himself says so!</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">"Expediency" nails down the absolute necessity for </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Calvary</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">
and the Ascension. It is FAR BETTER for the Holy Spirit to be IN us, that for Jesus to be WITH us.</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><font face="Times New Roman">Some have sentimentally expressed the wish that they could have lived on earth during the days of Jesus. He explicitly states that we today live in a better day than back then.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><font face="Times New Roman">Rees Howells testifies to this truth through his experience in Intercession. By all means read his biography by Norman P. Grubb, "Rees Howells, Intercessor." Many have found this reading a life-transforming experience. One brother has read it each month since 1975.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><font face="Times New Roman">In verse 13 Jesus shows that the Holy Spirit in us guides us into ALL Truth, and that He does NOT speak FROM Himself. He represents Jesus, just as Jesus represented the Father.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><font face="Times New Roman">These fifteen verses are so rich, that one can read and reread them – meditate on their truths – pray over them, and trust the Holy Spirit to do within us just what Jesus has proclaimed. And still their riches will be unexhausted!
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">See the progression from John 13 to this point. The ultimate comes when we reach John 17. Dr. A.W. Tozer preached from this last chapter for many, many weeks in his
</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Chicago</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> church on Sunday mornings, back in the early '50's. Marie and I traveled south in </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Chicago</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">
to hear him on a number of occasions.</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><font face="Times New Roman">To be inwardly aware and intimate with God in His Spirit – is to be rich even as Jesus was as Son of Man in the days of His earthly life.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><u><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">NOTE:</span></u></b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>This passage sets forth the truth that the coming of the COMFORTER – the Spirit of Truth – is directly dependant upon the "Finished Work" of Christ. He Himself says so!</span></font></p>
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and the Ascension. It is FAR BETTER for the Holy Spirit to be IN us, that for Jesus to be WITH us.</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><font face="Times New Roman">Some have sentimentally expressed the wish that they could have lived on earth during the days of Jesus. He explicitly states that we today live in a better day than back then.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><font face="Times New Roman">Rees Howells testifies to this truth through his experience in Intercession. By all means read his biography by Norman P. Grubb, "Rees Howells, Intercessor." Many have found this reading a life-transforming experience. One brother has read it each month since 1975.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><font face="Times New Roman">In verse 13 Jesus shows that the Holy Spirit in us guides us into ALL Truth, and that He does NOT speak FROM Himself. He represents Jesus, just as Jesus represented the Father.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><font face="Times New Roman">These fifteen verses are so rich, that one can read and reread them – meditate on their truths – pray over them, and trust the Holy Spirit to do within us just what Jesus has proclaimed. And still their riches will be unexhausted!
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">See the progression from John 13 to this point. The ultimate comes when we reach John 17. Dr. A.W. Tozer preached from this last chapter for many, many weeks in his
</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Chicago</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> church on Sunday mornings, back in the early '50's. Marie and I traveled south in </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Chicago</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">
to hear him on a number of occasions.</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><font face="Times New Roman">To be inwardly aware and intimate with God in His Spirit – is to be rich even as Jesus was as Son of Man in the days of His earthly life.
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</span>This is such a high and holy chapter – that it is with trepidation that I approach to add a word. Perhaps what impels me to do so, is the knowledge that God through Bible Numerics, as uncovered in large measure by Ivan Panin – has made possible a new insight into "God's New Testament."
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">God sovereignly dropped into my life the knowledge of His Bible Numerics in the summer of 1944 in </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">
Victoria</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">, </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">BC</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">. I was but a few months old in the New Birth, which He again had sovereignly led in. God used Dr. Jewell, a Russian Jew, to introduce me to His unusual authentication to the Divine Inspiration of the Scriptures. I shortly ordered all of Panin's works from
</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Toronto</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">, and when I read his introduction to the Numeric Greek New Testament, I was captivated. The fact that Numerics not only establishes both the original Hebrew and Greek Testament texts, but also established the sentence, paragraph and chapter equivalents, cemented this captivation.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><font face="Times New Roman">I have outlined the entire New Testament Greek and English texts of Panin on this basis, and have completed an Interlinear Greek New Testament manuscript. I believed God spoke to me in 1967 with these words –
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">"Get My New Testament done!" </b>With the fear of God and a holy reverential awe, I have sought to obey. The final format for preparing this work for our Website came this year. I have spent at least 40,000 hours of prayer and labor on this work. Panin refused the offer of help from "Jehovah's Witnesses" to make an Interlinear Greek New Testament using his two texts – after the order of their "Emphatic Diaglott." I am unworthily filling this gap after 65 years.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><font face="Times New Roman">John 17 is the 17<sup>th</sup> chapter readied to go on the Website. As I today revised the sentence and paragraph summaries, I realized again that I stand on holy ground. Like Moses and Joshua, I would loose my sandals, and bow before Him on my face.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><font face="Times New Roman">The transliterated Greek text and the English translation only deviate from Panin's work where English changes from 1905 demand it.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><font face="Times New Roman">I cannot say anything on this chapter itself. May the words of Jesus Himself, with the very brief sentence and paragraph summaries stand sufficient for His Words.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><font face="Times New Roman">Your humble and unworthy servant – Jim Watt</font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><font face="Times New Roman">P.S.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>For those of you who are interested, you can check out my article entitled "Reaching Unbelievers through Bible Numerics" and published by "The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada." Click on the following URL to get on their Website:
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><a href="http://www.christianity.ca/NetCommunity/Page.aspx?pid=4553&srcid=1979">http://www.christianity.ca/NetCommunity/Page.aspx?pid=4553&srcid=1979 </a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></b>You will find 5 links in this article which have helped many others who have clicked on them. J.W.</font></span></p>
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