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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="center">"<font size="3"><b>TWO
ARE BETTER THAN ONE" MINISTRIES</b></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="center"><font size="3"><u><b>JOHN
1-12 - OVERVIEW - T1201R</b></u></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="center"><font size="3"><u><b>JESUS:
ETERNAL SON OF GOD</b></u></font></p>
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<font size="3"><b>1. 1:33b-34 (1:1-2:11) JESUS: ETERNAL WORD AND
MESSIAH. "Upon whoever you shall see the Spirit descending, and
abiding upon him, the same is he that baptizes in the Holy Spirit. <font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1">34</font>
And I have seen, and have witnessed that this is the Son of :God."
</b><span style="">Father, it was </span><u><span style="">You</span></u><span style="">
who revealed to John the Baptizer the identity of Your Son, the Son
of God, and the Baptizer with the Holy Spirit and fire! </span><u><span style="">You</span></u><span style="">
orchestrated all of these things according to Your eternal LOgos!
</span><b><i>Hallowed be your :name.</i></b></font></p>
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<font size="3"><b>2. 3:18 (2:12-3:21) JESUS: NEW BIRTH AND ITS
NECESSITY. "Who believes unto him is not judged: who believes not
has been judged already, because he has not believed unto the name of
the only begotten Son of :God." </b><span style="">Your
Name Father, </span><u><span style="">Jehovah</span></u><span style="">
the Savior, was given to Your only begotten Son - the meaning of His
Name, </span><u><span style="">Jesus</span></u><span style="">.
You have made Him the </span><u><span style="">only</span></u><span style="">
mediator between God and man, the man Christ Jesus. </span><b><i>Your
:kingdom come.</i></b></font></p>
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<font size="3"><b>3. 4:25-26 (3:22-4:54) JESUS: REVEALS HOLY SPIRIT,
TRUE DRINK. "The woman says to him, I know that Messiah comes that
is called Christ: when HE is come, he will declare to us all <i>things</i>.
<font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1">26 </font>:Jesus says to her, I
that speak to you am <i>he</i>." </b><span style="">What
a revelation:" that Jesus is Your promised Messiah, and that He is
the Baptizer in Holy Spirit! You, O </span><u><span style="">Jehovah</span></u><span style="">
Father, designed it so. </span><b><i>Your :will be done, As in
heaven, so on earth.</i></b></font></p>
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<font size="3"><b>4. 5:18 (5:1-47) JESUS: CONTROVERSY THROUGH A
HEALING. "For this therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him,
because he not only broke the sabbath, but also said :God <i>was</i>
his own Father, making himself equal with :God." </b><span style="">Jesus
was both Son of God and son of man. He is unique above all other men,
the only begotten of </span><u><span style="">You</span></u><span style="">,
Father. May we diligently seek to understand in Your Word exactly
what You say concerning Your Son! </span><b><i>Our :daily :bread
Give us this day.</i></b></font></p>
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<font size="3"><b>5. 6:37-38 (6:1-71) JESUS: THE TRUE MANNA.
"Everything that the Father gives me shall come unto me; and him
that comes unto me I will in nowise cast out; <font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1">38
</font>because I am come down from :heaven, not to do :my :will, but
the will of him that sent me." </b><span style="">Father,
we want to be like Jesus: fully submitted and conformed to </span><u><span style="">Your</span></u><span style="">
will, not ours. We are weak, but </span><u><span style="">You</span></u><span style="">
are strong. O by Your Spirit within us, be our strength. </span><b><i>And
forgive us our :debts, As we also have forgiven our :debtors.</i></b></font></p>
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<font size="3"><b>6. 10:7-8 (7:1-10:21) JESUS: CAUSES BITTER
OPPOSITION. ":Jesus therefore said again, Amen, Amen, I say unto
you, I am the door of the sheep. <font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1">8</font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">
</font>All that came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep
did not hear them." </b><span style="">There
never was a Mediator or a Savior before Your Son Jesus, Father! He
</span><u><span style="">alone</span></u><span style="">
and You in Him, are the Ones to whom we look for our Salvation. </span><b><i>And
bring us not into temptation.</i></b></font></p>
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<font size="3"><b>7. 12:27-28 (10:22-12:50) JESUS: ENEMIES PLAN HIS
DEATH. "Now is my :soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father,
save me from this :hour? But for this <i>cause</i> came I unto this
:hour. <font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1">28 </font>Father, glorify
your :name. A voice therefore came out of :heaven: I both have
glorified, and will glorify <i>it </i>again." </b><span style="">Father,
You </span><u><span style="">have</span></u><span style="">
glorified Your Name in Jesus, and given Him a Name above </span><u><span style="">every</span></u><span style="">
Name! </span><b><i>But deliver us from the evil </i>one.</b></font></p>
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<font size="3"><u><b>NOTE</b></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">:
Of all the four gospels - none is more spiritual and none more
difficult to understand than John's Gospel. It has the breath of
heaven upon it. It proceeds forth by the Spirit from the mind of God.
It accords with and fits into the renewed mind of Romans 12:2!</span></span></font></p>
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<font size="3"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Note
also that God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, our one Triune God,
has the family name of Jehovah. Jesus in Revelation 1:8 says - </span></span><b><span style="text-decoration: none;">"I
am the Alpha and the </span><u>O</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">,
says </span><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">the</span></i><span style="text-decoration: none;">
Lord :God, who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty."
</span></b><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">The
3 tenses of the verb "to be", compose the tetragram - the 4
consonants making up this 3-fold name. We being made in the image of
God, are </span></span><u><span style="">also</span></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
a triunity: body, soul and spirit.</span></span></font></p>
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<font size="3">For New Testament quotations on this Website, I use Ivan
Panin's Bible Numeric English New Testament, translated
scientifically from his Bible Numeric Greek New Testament. For Old
Testament quotations, I use the ASV '01 (American Standard Version
1901). This latter was the favorite translation of C. T. Studd,
famous English cricketer, and missionary to China, India and Africa.</font></p>
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<font size="3">Ivan Panin up to the time of his death in 1942, cited
the ASV '01 as the closest of all translations to the Numeric
Phenomenon of the Bible. I highly recommend that those interested
read the "Preface" to this Version written by the American
Revisers. Note especially their remarks on p. iv under "I":</font></p>
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"<font size="3"><b>The change first proposed in the Appendix - </b></font>
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<font size="3"><b>that which substitutes "Jehovah" for "Lord"
and "God" </b></font>
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<font size="3"><b>(printed in small capitals) - </b></font>
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<font size="3"><b>is one which will be unwelcome to many, </b></font>
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<font size="3"><b>because of the frequency and familiarity of the terms
displaced.</b></font></p>
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<font size="3"><b>But the American Revisers, after a careful
consideration,</b></font></p>
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<font size="3"><b>brought forth the unanimous conviction that a Jewish
superstition,</b></font></p>
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<font size="3"><b>which regarded the Divine Name as too sacred to be
uttered,</b></font></p>
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<font size="3"><b>ought no longer to dominate in the English </b></font>
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<font size="3"><b>or any other version of the Old Testament,</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font size="3"><b>as it unfortunately does not in the numerous versions
made by the missionaries.</b></font></p>
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<font size="3"><b>This Memorial Name, explained in Exodus 3:14-15,</b></font></p>
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<font size="3"><b>and emphasized as such over and over in the original
text of the Old Testament,</b></font></p>
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<font size="3"><b>designates God as the personal God,</b></font></p>
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<font size="3"><b>as the covenant God,</b></font></p>
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<font size="3"><b>the God of revelation,</b></font></p>
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<font size="3"><b>the Deliverer,</b></font></p>
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<font size="3"><b>the Friend of his people;-</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font size="3"><b>not merely the abstractly "Eternal One" of many
French translations,</b></font></p>
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<font size="3"><b>but the ever living Helper of those who are in
trouble.</b></font></p>
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<font size="3"><b>This personal name, with its wealth of sacred
associations, </b></font>
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<font size="3"><b>is now restored to the place in the sacred text</b></font></p>
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<font size="3"><b>to which it has an unquestionable claim."</b></font></p>
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<font size="3">It seems appropriate that the spiritual gospel of John
should have its roots in God's Personal Name that He gave to Moses
in Exodus, the second book of the Old Testament.</font></p>
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