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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>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="center"><font size="3"><b>Jim
& Marie Watt</b></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="center"><font size="3"><b>(From:
“Visions Beyond the Veil” by H.A. Baker)</b></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="center"><font size="3"><b>Chapter
12 - THE WAY</b></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left">
<font size="3">There is only one way. Christ is the way. <b>“No one
comes unto the Father but by me.”</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left">
<font size="3">Man is not the way; man can never make a way; nor does
man ever know the way to the golden city. The city and the way to the
city are altogether revelations from above. Man's self constructed
bridge of good works and so called good living will prove worthless
and break beneath him <b>“in the day when God shall judge the
secrets of men.” </b>This is the end of the self made moral man.</font></p>
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<br>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left">
<font size="3">Christ, who is the way, is not from below. He is from
above. It is <b>“He that descended out of heaven, even the Son of
man who is in heaven,” who is “the Great God, our Savior Jesus
Christ.” John 3:13, Titus 2:13.</b></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left">
<font size="3">Man does not travel toward the happy city of pure
delight. He travels away from it. The longer he walks the farther he
gets away from the heavenly city. Children belong to the Kingdom of
God. They play and frolic at the gates of the city. When they begin
to walk alone they always walk away from the city, away from this
happy Eden home. The farther they wander and the more they reason -
whether they walk alone or follow the crowd - the farther they get
from the city, until its light is but dimly seen or lost forever. The
only way to reach the city is to <b>turn back</b>. <b>“Except you
</b><u><b>turn</b></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>, and
become as little children, you shall in no wise enter the Kingdom of
Heaven!” Matthew 18:3.</b></span><span style="text-decoration: none;">
But the farther man walks alone, the older he gets, the richer he
becomes; the more he studies with his natural mind, the more he
passes turnstiles in his self-conceited course until, at last, the
farther turnstiles refuse to move, that should turn him back to a
simple faith. He finds no way of returning to a heart like </span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>“a
little child.”</b></span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="left">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><span style="text-decoration: none;">“<font size="3"><b>The
world through its wisdom did not know God.” 1 Corinthians 1:21. </b></font></span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Man
by study will never find God. The man who trusts the workings of his
own mind or the minds of other men will never see the city of God.</span></span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="left">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Man
on the merits of his character will never walk the golden streets.
What a man is, what a man does, or how a man lives has nothing to do
with his salvation. On the basis of how </span></span><b><span style="text-decoration: none;">“good”
</span></b><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">he
is, the best man on earth has no more hope of heaven than the worst
man on earth. Man who trusts in his own character, his own moral
goodness, is only a modern Pharisee with eyes blinded to the truth.
The publican, the drunkard, the harlot will enter the city of God,
while that </span></span><b><span style="text-decoration: none;">“good”</span></b><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
man will be cast into outer darkness where is weeping and gnashing of
teeth.</span></span></font></p>
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<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><span style="text-decoration: none;">“<font size="3"><b>By
grace” </b></font></span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">we
are saved, </span></span><b><span style="text-decoration: none;">“apart
from works.” </span></b><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
Salvation is something God gives. It is not something man is or is
not. Salvation is from above. It is not from below, or from within,
or from among men.</span></span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="left">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">That
which is born from below is flesh and born by the will of man. Those
born from below, no matter how wise or good or bad they may become,
must be born again from above. They become the children of God </span></span><b><span style="text-decoration: none;">“who
were born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will
of man, but of God.” John 1:18. “Except one be born anew he
cannot see the kingdom of God.” John 3:3.</span></b><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
This birth, that every accountable man must have who will ever see
God or sing the songs of the redeemed in the city beyond the sky, is
a </span></span><b><span style="text-decoration: none;">supernatural</span></b><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
birth. It is altogether from above. Joining Church, singing hymns,
reading or saying prayers, working in or for the church, preaching
from the pulpit, or giving all one's body to be burned has nothing
whatever to do with the new birth. The new birth is something that
God gives regardless of works.</span></span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="left">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">The
finest pulpit orator, the most formal churchman, the most protesting
protestant has no more hope of heaven than the most reckless sinner,
unless he be </span></span><b><span style="text-decoration: none;">born
again.</span></b></font></p>
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<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font size="3"><b>How to Find the Way Back Home</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left">
<font size="3"><span style="text-decoration: none;">The Lord was so
anxious to have me return that He made the way simple and plain. I
was a sinner living selfishly and not alone for the glory of God. I
had turned to </span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>my own</b></span><span style="text-decoration: none;">
way. </span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>“All have sinned
and fallen short of the glory of God.” Romans 3:23. “There is
none righteous - no not one.” “They have all turned aside.”
Romans 3:11, 12. </b></span><span style="text-decoration: none;">I
was among that number.</span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="left">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left">
<font size="3"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Jesus came from
heaven to save “sinners,” not “righteous people” with good
characters. Thus I had my chance. I should have suffered the penalty
of my sin, but Christ loved me and died in my stead. He bore my </span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>“sins
in his body upon the tree.” 1 Peter 2:24.</b></span><span style="text-decoration: none;">
Christ died on the Cross the Sinless One instead of the sinner. He
</span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>“who knew no sin”</b></span><span style="text-decoration: none;">
died in my place on the cross where I should have died. I, the
sinning Barabbas, the punishment deserving sinner, was set absolutely
and unconditionally free.</span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>
“He who knew no sin was made sin in our behalf.” 2 Corinthians
5:21. </b></span><span style="text-decoration: none;">God punished
Jesus, so He will not punish me. Because He forsook Jesus He will not
forsake me. All I had to </span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>be</b></span><span style="text-decoration: none;">
was to </span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>be</b></span><span style="text-decoration: none;">
a sinner. All I had to </span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>do</b></span><span style="text-decoration: none;">
was to </span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>do nothing.</b></span></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left">
<font size="3"><span style="text-decoration: none;">I simply </span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>believed</b></span><span style="text-decoration: none;">
that Jesus did it all. </span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>“He
that believes has eternal life.” John 6:47. “He that believes has
passed out of death into life.” John 5:24. </b></span><span style="text-decoration: none;">To
them that believe he gives </span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>“the
right to become sons of God.” John 1:12.</b></span><span style="text-decoration: none;">
Having believed that Jesus did what He said He did, and having
accepted Him as my substitute and as my sin-bearer, He accepted me as
His child. He sent His Holy Spirit into my heart, so that I was </span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>born
from above.</b></span><span style="text-decoration: none;"> The Holy
Spirit in my heart bore witness, crying, </span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>“Abba
Father.” Romans 8:15-16.</b></span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="left">
<br>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="left">
<font size="3">Before that, I had worked. Now God worked in me to will
and do His good will. The things I once loved I now hated, and the
things I once hated I now loved. Now the more I try to be good the
worse it goes. The more I believe God works in me and for me the
better it goes. </font>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="left">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left">
<font size="3"><span style="text-decoration: none;">The Lord has shown
me the light of the city ahead. </span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>“I
know Him whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that He is able to
keep that which I have committed unto Him against that day.” 2
Timothy 1:12. </b></span><span style="text-decoration: none;">I shall
surely enter by the gates into the city to share the joys of those
who overcome by simple faith because of the blood of the Lamb.</span></font></p>
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<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left">
<font size="3"><span style="text-decoration: none;">The way to come back
to the Father's house is the humble way the prodigal son returned
after his wanderings in the iniquity of his own proud self-willed
way. Every man who has </span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>“come
to himself” </b></span><span style="text-decoration: none;">so that
he really knows his own selfish heart, can honestly come as the
prodigal came saying, </span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>“Father,
I have sinned against heaven and in your sight: I am no more worthy
to called your son.”</b></span><span style="text-decoration: none;">
</span></font>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="left">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left">
<font size="3"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Christ finished
salvation. He died for the sins of the whole world. Eternal life is a
</span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>“gift”.</b></span><span style="text-decoration: none;">
</span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>“The free gift of God
is eternal life.” Romans 6:23. </b></span><span style="text-decoration: none;">This
gift is free. All we have to do is accept it or reject it, take it or
ignore it. We must be like one or other of the thieves on the cross:
either believe that Jesus is God and can save a sinner who
acknowledges his condition, and spend eternity with Christ in
Paradise, or be like the other thief and disbelieve that Jesus is
God, and die in our unrepented and unforgiven sins away from God.</span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="left">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left">
<font size="3"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Christ saves any and
all who are saved </span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>because
of their belief</b></span><span style="text-decoration: none;">.
</span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>“Whoever believes in
Him shall not perish but have eternal life.” John 3:16. </b></span><span style="text-decoration: none;">Those
who believe and are thus saved, Christ keeps. They hold not the Rock,
but the Rock holds them. They do not hold Christ; Christ holds them.
They are </span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>saved</b></span><span style="text-decoration: none;">
by grace through faith apart from works. They will be </span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>kept</b></span><span style="text-decoration: none;">
by grace through faith apart from works. </span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>“This
is the victory that overcomes the world </b></span><u><b>even our
faith</b></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>. Who is he that
overcomes the world but he that </b></span><u><b>believes</b></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>
that Jesus is the Son of God.” 1 John 5:4-5. </b></span></font>
</p>
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<br>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left">
<font size="3"><span style="text-decoration: none;">The saved by grace
and the kept by grace live lives of repentance, do the works of
righteousness, and perform religious duties because they are saved
already, but not in order to get saved. The work of value they do is
because of what God has put </span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>in</b></span><span style="text-decoration: none;">
them from </span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>above</b></span><span style="text-decoration: none;">.
The saved have become </span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>“partakers
of the divine nature.” 2 Peter 1:4. “If any man has not the
Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.” Romans 8:9. </b></span><span style="text-decoration: none;">All
of Christ's children have the Holy Spirit in their bodies and hearts
and have been </span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>born
again</b></span><span style="text-decoration: none;">. </span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>“I
no longer live but Christ lives in me.” Galatians 2:20. </b></span><span style="text-decoration: none;">Christ
within causes all my works that please him, </span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>“For
it is God who works in you both to will and to work for his good
pleasure.” Philippians 2:13. </b></span></font>
</p>
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<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left">
<font size="3"><span style="text-decoration: none;">The saved are
heavenly citizens who love not the world nor the things of the world.
They have as much of the “heaven life” now as they have of the
Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is the heaven life, the life of God, the
eternal life. We have the </span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>“earnest,”
</b></span><span style="text-decoration: none;">or down payment, of
heaven.</span></font></p>
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<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="left">
<font size="3">Through the deeper experiences of the Holy Spirit,
heaven may become more real than earth, so that the child of God may,
at times, almost walk by sight as well as by faith on his pilgrim
journey to the city whose builder and maker is God.</font></p>
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<br>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left">
<font size="3"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Our Adullam message
is now complete. This testimony is sent forth, not because of any
natural superior knowledge, but because of these things that have
happened among us as </span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>“God
revealed them through the Spirit.” 1 Corinthians 2:10.</b></span><span style="text-decoration: none;">
</span></font>
</p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left">
<font size="3"><span style="text-decoration: none;">The best we know we
cannot write. The best to be known can only be known directly through
the revelations of the Holy Spirit to one's own self.. More we would
write, but more we cannot now write. But what has been written, we
have written that you may believe and that </span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>“believing
you have have life in His name” </b></span><span style="text-decoration: none;">
Or, having life, that you may be encouraged to press onward until you
receive more and more of the abundant life, the life through the
baptism and fullness of the Holy Spirit, the life the Lord has
planned for each of His children, the foretaste and fore-life of the
Great City of the King, the city of God where all things are made
new. </span></font>
</p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font size="3"><u><b>NOTE</b></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>:</b></span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
This book was placed in my hands in 1944, shortly after the Lord
revealed Himself to me as a sailor during World War II. It has had a
profound influence upon my life, and the Lord </span></span><u><span style="">has</span></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
used it, and is still using it. May this final chapter - “The Way”
- be used by each one of us to win many souls to Christ.</span></span></font></p>
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<br>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="left">
<font size="3">Harold Baker won some 200 souls to Christ in Buffalo NY
shortly after graduating from a College to prepare ministers. It was
his first pastorate. In China he saw numbers come into God's Kingdom
while he was yet learning the language. In Tibet for 7 years, he saw
a remarkable number come to Christ in a very difficult field.''</font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="left">
<br>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="left">
<font size="3">After a brief interlude back in the US, he and Mrs.
Baker returned to China, and the Adullam Family of orphan and beggar
children - and God's visitation upon them - is the basis for this
book and its final chapter.</font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="left">
<br>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="left">
<font size="3">From there God led him among poor mountain tribal people
of SW China in Ka Do land, and again over 6000 from many tribes came
to the Lord. When the communists took over he was forced back to the
US, and with Mrs. Baker had a fruitful ministry among the Navajos of
our South West for 2 years. Then again as a Pioneer, on to Formosa
among the Hakkas - and again a fruitful soul-winning and
soul-building ministry until their Heavenly Home-call.</font></p>
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<font size="3">This Chapter - The Way - constantly undergirded him in
personal soul-winning and evangelistic meetings. We cannot go astray
to follow in his steps. J.A.W.</font></p>
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