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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>Jim & Marie Watt</b></font></p>
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20 - JOHN 1:1-2:11 - JESUS: ETERNAL WORD AND MESSIAH!</b></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="LEFT"><b>1.
1:1-2 (1:1-13) JESUS THE WORD: LIGHT AND LIFE. “In <i>the</i><span style="font-style: normal;">
beginning the Word was, and the Word was with :God, and the Word was
God. </span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="font-style: normal;">2</span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;">
The same was in </span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i>the</i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;">
beginning with :God” (NNT). </span></font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">According
to Your eternal Word Father, You created all things by Him! You gave
Christ as the last Adam to head up Your New Creation. You enfleshed
Your Word with Him. </span></span></font><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i>Hallowed
be your :name.</i></font></b></p>
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<b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">2. 1:16-17 (1:14-18) JESUS
MADE FLESH: GRACE AND TRUTH. “Because of his :fullness we all
received, and grace upon grace. </font><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1">17</font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">
Because the law was given through Moses; the grace and the truth came
to be through Jesus Christ.” </font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><u><span style="">Jesus
came to die</span></u></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">!
Through His Atoning work, reconciliation with You Father, is
possible. He was the pure and spotless Lamb of God. We fall at Your
feet. </span></span></font><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">Your
:kingdom come!</span></i></font></b></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>3. 1:23 (1:19-28) JESUS:
WITNESSED TO BY JOHN. What do you say of yourself? He said, “I <i>am</i>
a voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of <i>the</i>
Lord, as said Isaiah the prophet.” (Isaiah 40:3) </b><span style="">Jesus
bears Your Name Father, Adonai Jehovah the Savior. John prepared His
way by proclaiming repentance and the Kingdom of God at hand. We make
straight Your way in Jesus. </span><b><i>Your :will be done, As in
heaven, so on earth.</i></b></font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>4. 1:29 (1:29-34) JESUS:
LAMB OF GOD AND SON OF GOD. “On the morrow he sees :Jesus coming
unto him, and says, See, the lamb of :God, that takes away the sin of
the world!” </b><span style="">John knew Your
Son Jesus Father, because of the sign of the Spirit-dove. And he
boldly witnessed concerning Him as Your Lamb and Son. O forgive us
that we so often lack boldness in proclaiming the same message. </span><b><i>Our
:daily :bread Give us this day.</i></b></font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>5. 1:35-36 (1:35-42) JESUS:
GATHERS DISCIPLES. “Again on the morrow John was standing, and two
of his disciples; <font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1">36</font> and
he looked upon :Jesus as he walked, <i>and</i> says, “See, the Lamb
of :God!” </b><span style="">Again because of
John's bold witness concerning Jesus, he lost two of his disciples.
May we too have boldness to proclaim the truth, no matter what the
cost. </span><b><i>And forgive us our :debts, As we also have
forgiven our :debtors.</i></b></font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>6. 1:51 (1:43-51) JESUS:
REVEALS HIMSELF TO NATHANAEL. And he [Jesus] says to him, Amen,
Amen, I say unto you, “You shall see the heaven opened, and the
angels of :God ascending and descending upon the Son of :man.”
</b><span style="">This is what Jacob saw at
Bethel (Genesis 28:12). Now Your Son Jesus Father, promises it to
this new disciple. Give us an open heaven too, </span><b><i>And
bring us not into temptation.</i></b></font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>7. 2:11(2:1-11) JESUS'
FIRST MIRACLE. “This beginning of :signs did :Jesus in Cana of
:Galilee, and manifested his :glory; and his disciples believed on
him.” </b><span style="">The fullness of the
Godhead bodily dwelt in Jesus, and shone forth glorifying You Father,
at this first Sign. O may we be one in You as You and Jesus are one.
</span><b><i>But deliver us from the evil </i>one!</b></font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><u><b>NOTE</b></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>:
1:12-13 (1:1-13) JESUS: THE NATURE OF THE NEW BIRTH HE GIVES. “But
as many as received him, to them gave he authority to become children
of God, </b></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">even</span></i><span style="text-decoration: none;">
to them that believe unto his :name: </span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">13</span></font><span style="text-decoration: none;">
who were begotten, not of bloods, nor of </span><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">the</span></i><span style="text-decoration: none;">
will of flesh, nor of man's will, but of God.” </span></b><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Father,
Your Son was the Lamb of God, given by You to take away the sins of
the world! </span></span><u><span style="">You</span></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
accepted His Redemptive act, His Propitiatory act, and made Him Lord
and Christ (Acts 2:36), giving Him a Name above every Name. You give
us the new birth through our faith in Him. Thank You, Father!</span></span></font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Back
in the 1950's I was working on the Interlinear Greek NT MS, and came
to John 1:1. It was important for me to see that </span></span><u><span style="">Jesus</span></u><i><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
</span></span></i><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">is
the </span></span><u><span style="">Word</span></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
- the </span></span><u><span style="">LOgos</span></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">,
praying it back to God in our own words - something </span></span><u><span style="">miraculous</span></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
takes place. The LOgos becomes something </span></span><u><span style="">living</span></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
in our spirit - a R</span></span><u><span style="">E</span></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">ma
word!</span></span></font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">It
all started out this way as a </span></span><u><span style="">Living
Word</span></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">,
a R</span></span><u><span style="">E</span></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">ma
. Then over time it settled down, was written, and the entire Bible
became a LOgos word. But Jesus in John 6:63 says - “The words -
R</span></span><u><span style="">E</span></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">ma-ta
- I have spoken to you are </span></span><u><span style="">spirit</span></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">,
and are </span></span><u><span style="">life</span></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">!
</span></span><u><span style="">MEDITATION</span></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
over the LOgos transforms it back into the R</span></span><u><span style="">E</span></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">ma!</span></span></font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">The
Word of God is </span></span><u><span style="">dynamic</span></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">.
It moves back and forth from LOgos to R</span></span><u><span style="">E</span></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">ma,
as believers by faith wait upon God in a meditative stance. Joshua,
David, Jeremiah, George Whitefield and George Muller were but a few
who discovered this secret, mastered it, and entered into a dominion
of victory and overcoming life!</span></span></font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">LOgos
and R</span></span><u><span style="">E</span></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">ma
are but 2 aspects of the same word of God, but in different states!
You and I have the privilege of transforming the LOgos into a R</span></span><u><span style="">E</span></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">ma
through meditation. In the 10</span></span><sup><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">th</span></span></sup><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
year of George Muller's Christian life he learned this secret by
reading the biography of George Whitefield. From that year on, he
left the “yo-yo” type of his first 10 Christian years - and
entered into that dynamic life that to this day is yet speaking to
believers like you and me.</span></span></font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">So
for me - John 1:1 became one of the significant verses of the Bible.
It also became a verse to help me witness effectively to Jehovah's
Witnesses - a cult. They point out in this verse that the definite
article “the” does not appear before the second reference to
“God”, where Jesus is called “a” god, not “the” God. I
challenged a Jehovah's Witness leader: “If I could show you from
the Bible that Jesus is referred to as “</span></span><u><span style="">the</span></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">”
God” - would you acknowledge that you have been in error?” He
confessed that he would, but that it was impossible for me to find
such a verse.</span></span></font></p>
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<span style="text-decoration: none;">“<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">Turn
with me to John 20:28, I challenged, where Thomas on seeing Jesus
following His Resurrection said, 'My “the” Lord and my “</span></font></span><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><u><span style="">the</span></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">”
God.'”</span></span></font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">This young JW leader
capitulated, and confessed that he was in error - and our church
member attending his classes had her eyes fully opened, and was
delivered from this cultic error.</font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">But
think - </span></span><u><span style="">this</span></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
is only </span></span><u><span style="">one</span></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
verse from this section with these astounding nuggets. What will we
find as we continue on in meditation - verse by verse? J.A.Watt</span></span></font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">And
now - our Psalm for the Day! </span></span><b><span style="text-decoration: none;">80:1
(80:1-19) RESTORE US, O GOD! “Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, you
who lead Joseph like a flock! You who are enthroned upon the
cherubim, shine forth” (ESV). </span></b><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
Father, we hear the cry of Your people Israel in their tribulation.
And though they brought their troubles upon themselves - still You
have pity upon them, and for Your covenant love (CHEsed), hear them.
No wonder we </span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">Hallow
Your Name!</span></i></b></font></p>
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