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SECRET” - March 21, 2011</b></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="LEFT"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b> “It
is, Madame, because you seek without what you have within. Accustom
yourself to seek God in your heart, and you will there find Him.”
</b></font>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="LEFT"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>The
above words were given to Madame Guyon at a time when she was at the
end of herself - in the depths of frustration. Her life was futility
and failure from her point of view. But from the day of the above
insight, she started upwards in understanding, victory and success! -
though through many dangers, toils and snares.</b></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="LEFT"><font size="3"><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">Should
you wish to review a bit of the autobiography of Madame Guyon, you
can turn to our “Archives”, 2001-05-19 - on our Website
<<a href="http://www.2rbetter.org/">www.2rbetter.org</a>> .</font></b></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="LEFT"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>350
years ago Madame Guyon painfully picked up these words, and within
time had people throughout Europe beating a path to her door, to
learn her secret of victorious Christian living. Archbishop Fenelon
of France was one of these.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="LEFT"><br>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="LEFT"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>But,
centuries ago, the apostle Paul spelled out this same “secret”.
In Galatians 2:20 he tells of his secret - “I have been crucified
with Christ; and <u>no longer I live</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">,
but Christ</span><u> lives in me</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">:
and what I now live in </span><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">the</span></i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
flesh I live </span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>by
faith which is in the Son of :God</u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">,
who loved me, and gave himself up for me.” Death to self-ways
through crucifixion with Christ explains it. Baptism was an analogy
making this concept clear. And the literal coming into his life with
the very faith of the Son of God Himself, explains the extraordinary
fruitfulness of the life of this apostle. What else could explain
such a transformed life?</span></span></b></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="LEFT"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Oswald
Chambers after six years of struggle nearly leading to loss of mind -
parallels what Paul the apostle discovered and experienced.</span></span></b></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Perhaps
this word from James 1:17-18 will shed further light on this secret.
</span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>Every</u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
good giving and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from
</span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>the Father of the
lights</u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">,
with whom is no variation, neither shadow </span></span><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">cast</span></i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
by turning. </span></span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">18</span></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
</span></span></font><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">With
intent </span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>he</u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
brought us forth by </span></span><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">the
</span></i><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>word of truth</u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">,
that we be a kind of firstfruits of his :creatures.” Just as
Gabriel informed Mary of how physical conception would miraculously
take place prior to marriage - so the Father here is seen as
initiating the same on a spiritual level in the life of every member
of Christ's spiritual body! Jesus is the LOgos according to John 1:1.
The Father of lights initiates each one of us into His Kingdom
through “the </span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>word</u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
of truth” (LOg</span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>o</u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
a-l</span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>e</u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">THEIas).
Just as Jesus came as the babe of Bethlehem through heavenly
conception, so each one of us come through heavenly conception into
God's Kingdom by having Christ </span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>born
in us</u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">!
</span></span></b>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">But
- do we feed Him in the Word, prayer, devotion and obedience? Jesus
as the Son of man met regularly early each morning to commune with
His Heavenly Father! We should be doing the same with the Father and
the Son in the power of the Holy Spirit. Paul did. Oswald Chambers
did. Madame Guyon did.</span></span></b></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">See
again the word Madame Guyon received from the Franciscan monk that
started her on her way. “It is, Madame, because you seek </span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>without</u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
what you have within. Accustom yourself to seek God in your heart,
and you will there find Him.”</span></span></b></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">And
is He also in heaven? Assuredly! But when we invite Jesus into our
hearts for salvation, He comes! The Father initiates this. The Holy
Spirit enables it. Christ comes with </span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>His</u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
faith at our disposal. Are these truths realities in our lives? Is
Madame Guyon's secret our secret too? Are people trekking to our
spiritual doorstep to discover Christ in our spiritual heart? It </span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>can</u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
happen!</span></span></b></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">In
1967 the Lord gave me a vision of an organic Laser-Telescope composed
of 7 component parts. The first part was “God's Bible Numeric
</span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>Outlined</u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
Interlinear Greek NT, whose two texts were prepared in a life time
work of 50 years following Ivan Panin's discovery of Bible Numerics
in 1890 in Boston.</span></span></b></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">And
what is inherently the </span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>nature</u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
of this Interlinear NT? It is the LOgos of God (John 1:1) - Jesus is
the Living LOgos - and the Bible is His </span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>written</u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
LOgos. When like George Muller we daily kneel before this written
Word - and read and pray it aloud back to God - the Holy Spirit takes
hold of it and transforms it back to a R</span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>E</u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">ma
word, a Living Word - and God in our heart starts to commune with us
- speak to us - just like spiritual Urim and Thummim. He also </span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>guides</u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
us and </span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>protects</u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
us. See Proverbs 6:20-22, for a 3-fold description of what the
spiritual Urim and Thummim does for us! This revelation was given to
me in 1944 as a new convert - by a Jewish missionary to her own
people. She had literally memorized the entire Bible in English, and
much in Hebrew too. She was my first true mentor.</span></span></b></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">So
- Jesus is the </span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>Alpha</u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
of the spiritual Laser-Telescope. But as the 7</span></span><sup><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">th</span></span></sup><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
Component - He is also the Omega. “Focus on the </span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>Word</u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">”
was the victorious secret of Oswald Chambers, and for the last 16
years of his short life, he fruitfully proved the secret of sharing
Christ through his life.</span></span></b></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">So
those who hear the Word of the Lord concerning the 7-fold Component
Parts of God's Organic Laser-Telescope, will also find Christ as the
Alpha and Omega of this creation - the Interlinear LOgos of the NT -
as well as the 7</span></span><sup><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">th</span></span></sup><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
Part - the Focal Point of Christ as Oswald Chamber's Secret. See the
very title of his “My Utmost for </span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>His
Highest</u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">!
- and - Personal, Passionate devotion to Jesus!” These two
statements alone show what Oswald found in Jesus! </span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>He</u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
was his </span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>all in all</u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">!</span></span></b></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">So
- I invite you with me - </span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>find</u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
in </span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>reality</u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
the presence of the Abiding Christ in your heart, as I have
discovered Him in mine! Yes - He is in heaven too! But God is in our
hearts also. As we </span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>meditate</u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
vocally on God's Word - and </span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>obey</u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
what the Spirit quickens to us - then Christ grows in our hearts -
just as in the flesh He advanced in wisdom and stature, and favor
with God and man” (Luke 2:52). </span></span></b>
</p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">A
prerequisite to all of this to simplify it all, is to see our lives
in the picture of the Tabernacle in the Wilderness. Let us advance
from the Outer Court with its Brazen Altar representing Christ's
Finished Atoning Work on Calvary - followed by the Laver - where we
are </span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>buried</u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
with Christ unto death through baptism.</span></span></b></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Then
in the Holy Place, we find the Menorah representing Gifts and Fruit
of the Spirit - the Table of Bread representing the 12 loaves for the
12 tribes of Israel; and the Table of Incense, where we worship in
Spirit and in Truth.</span></span></b></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">The
Outer Court represents our body, in which the the Holy Spirit dwells.
The Holy Place represents our soul, for whom Christ died. Here - our
Mind, Emotions and Will figure largely.</span></span></b></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">But
when we pass on through the Riven Veil into the Holy of Holies, there
like David we kneel in awe before the Ark of the Covenant, and above
the Mercy Seat and between the Cherubim, commune with our Heavenly
Father Himself. Here our human spirit finds union with the Spirit of
God Himself.</span></span></b></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">But
even all of this is insufficient. David in Psalm 86:11b fervently
prays - “</span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>Unite my
heart</u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
to fear your Name!” When our human spirit is resurrected through
the new birth, it needs to be united with the “mind” of the soul!
See Romans 12:2 - “And be </span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>not</u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
fashioned according to this age: but be </span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>transformed</u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
(metamorphosized) by the </span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>renewing</u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
of the </span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>mind</u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
-” Then the resurrected spirit can unite with the </span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>renewed
mind</u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
to form a </span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>UNITED
HEART</u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">.
This is what God longs for in each of us. This is what David longed
for.</span></span></b></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">And
lastly - the blessing that flows from Madame Guyon's spiritual secret
- so that we embrace Mark 8:34 - “And Jesus called to </span></span><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">him</span></i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
the crowd with his :disciples, </span></span><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">and
</span></i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">said
to them, If </span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>any</u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
would come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his :cross,
</span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>and follow me</u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">.”
This is the secret of discipleship. It is </span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>not</u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
being discipled unto a man, a movement or a denomination. It is being
discipled to </span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>Jesus
only</u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">!
He didn't in the Great Commission tell us top make converts, but to
</span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>make disciples</u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">,
and Mark 8:34 clearly and succinctly sets out the three conditions:
</span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>Denial of self</u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">,
so that our will is yielded completely to </span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>His</u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
will; taking up our cross - which is the will of God, especially as
it cuts across our will! Remember Jesus in the Garden - “Father if
it be possible, let this cup pass from me - nevertheless - </span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>not</u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
my will, but </span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>Yours</u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
be done! There it is as an example for us in a nutshell! </span></span></b>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">And
lastly - “Follow Me.” We will follow Him in the Gospels. And we
will follow Him in the epistles - for in the Epistles it is </span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>not</u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
James, Peter, John, Jude or Paul talking - but our </span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>Lord
Jesus</u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">!
See Paul in 1 Corinthians 14:37 and Peter in 2 Peter 1:21. There are
some in evangelical churches today who feel that “custom” takes
precedence over what Jesus taught through His eight NT apostles!
Wrong! Doubly wrong! The weakness of the church today is that we have
watered down the </span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>Word
of God</u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
to the level of the mere </span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>word
of man</u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">!
</span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>Not so</u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">!
We </span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>all</u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
have to answer to Christ at the B</span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>E</u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">ma
throne of Judgment upon His return! </span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>How</u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
will we answer for our deeds done in the body if we have to confess
that we watered Christ's word through apostles down according to
“custom”. God have mercy on our souls! J.A.W</span></span></b></p><p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><br></span></span></b></p>
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