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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER">“<b>TWO
ARE BETTER THAN ONE” MINISTRIES</b></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER"><b>Jim
& Marie Watt</b></p>
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<a href="http://www.2rbetter.org/">www.2rbetter.</a></b></p><p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER">January 12, 2012</p><p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER"><br></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER"><b>APR
13 - ACTS 6-8 - CHURCH GROWTH: DEACONS AND STEPHEN</b></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><b>1.
6:3-4 (6:1-6) STEPHEN: ONE OF SEVEN CITY DEACONS. “But brethren,
Look out from among you seven men of good report, full of <i>the
</i><span style="font-style:normal">Spirit and wisdom, whom we shall
appoint over this :business. </span><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="font-style:normal">4</span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal">
But WE will continue steadfastly in :prayer, and in the ministry of
the word” (NNT). </span></font></b><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style>Note
the apostolic priority: </span></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><u><span style>prayer</span></u></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>
first; </span></span></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><u><span style>then</span></u></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>
the ministry of the Word! Burn this upon our heart, Father. Amplify
for us the importance of the city church deacons for this purpose.
How </span></span></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><u><span style>wise</span></u></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>
Your Kingdom principles and priorities. </span></span></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>H</span></span></i></font><b><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">allowed
be your :name!</span></i></font></b></p>
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<b><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none">2.
6:7 DEACONS: SOLUTION LEADING TO FRUITFULNESS. “And the word of
:God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied in
Jerusalem exceedingly; and a great crowd of the priests were obedient
to the faith.” </span></font></b><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>Here
is proof that the obedience of faith to Your Kingdom principles
produces divine fruitfulness, Father. May we too be wise and
experience such fruitfulness. </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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<b><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none">3.
6:8, 10 (6:8-15) STEPHEN: FALSELY ACCUSED. “And Stephen, full of
grace and power, did great wonders and signs among the people. </span></font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none">10</span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none">
And they could not withstand the wisdom and the Spirit by which he
spoke.” </span></font></b><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>When
stirred up, men cannot confront Your servants in honorable ways,
Father; they resort to subterfuge, lies and violence. But </span></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><u><span style>in
you</span></u></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>
we are safe! </span></span></font><b><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">Your
:will be done, As in heaven, so on earth!</span></i></font></b></p>
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<b><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none">4.
7:59-60 (7:1-8:1a) STEPHEN: DEFENSE AND CONFRONTATION. “And they
stoned :Stephen, calling upon </span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">the
Lord</span></i></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none">,
and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my :spirit. </span></font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none">60</span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none">
And he kneeled, </span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">and</span></i></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none">
cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this :sin to their charge. And
when he had said this, he fell asleep.” </span></font></b><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>O
our Father, forgive us that we sometimes have the same spirit of
anger and murder in our hearts. Cleanse us from all bitterness and
anger. Grant us the same spirit of forgiveness that is here
manifested in Your martyr Stephen, and in Your Son our Lord Jesus!
</span></span></font><b><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">Our
:daily :bread, Give us this day.</span></i></font></b></p>
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<b><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none">5.
8:1b (8:1b-3) SAUL: RINGLEADER IN CHURCH PERSECUTION. “And Saul
was consenting to his :death. And a great persecution arose on that
:day against the church :in Jerusalem; and all were scattered abroad
throughout the regions of :Judea and Samaria, except the apostles.”
</span></font></b><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>What
a contrast between the peace of Your martyr Stephen and the
persecuting Saul, Father! We would have all such spirit of Saul
purged from our hearts. </span></span></font><b><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">And
forgive us our :debts, As we also have forgiven our :debtors.</span></i></font></b></p>
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<b><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none">6.
8:12 (8:4-25) PHILIP: ASSISTED BY PETER AND JOHN. “But when they
believed :Philip preaching good tidings concerning the kingdom of
:God and the name of Jesus Christ, both men and women were baptized.”
</span></font></b><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>We
note the two priorities preached by Philip, Father: Your </span></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><u><span style>Kingdom</span></u></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>,
and the </span></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><u><span style>Name</span></u></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>
of Your Son! It is all wrapped up in Jesus and Calvary. Father, we
thank You for this message of Philip. </span></span></font><b><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">And
bring us not into temptation.</span></i></font></b></p>
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<b><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none">7.
8:35 (8:26-40) PHILIP: WINS THE ETHIOPIAN EUNUCH. “And :Philip
opened his :mouth, and beginning from this :scripture, preached </span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">the</span></i></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none">
gospel to him, :Jesus.” </span></font></b><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>Ah,
here is the message of the Kingdom; here is the Good News for all
mankind! It is all wrapped up in </span></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><u><span style>Jesus</span></u></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>
and Calvary. Father, we thank You for this message of Philip! </span></span></font><b><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">But
deliver us from the evil </span></i></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none">one!</span></font></b></p>
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<u><b><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">NOTE</font></b></u><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>:
8:20 (8:4-25) PETER: REBUKES SIMON THE SORCERER! “But Peter said
unto him, Your :silver perish with you, because you have thought to
obtain the gift (d</b></span></font><b><u><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">o</font></u><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none">-reA)
of :God with money.” </span></font></b><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>It
cost </span></span></font><u><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style>Jesus</span></font></u><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>
His life to provide the Gift of the Holy Spirit for us. The Promise
of the Father flows out of Calvary. May we not make the mistake of
Simon, and lightly esteem this great gift!</span></span></font></p>
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<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>We
should note that the first 7 deacons were for the entire City Church
of Jerusalem - composed of hundreds of local churches in the home. At
one time I ministered in one </span></span></font><u><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style>local
church</span></font></u><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>
with 24 deacons and deaconesses, 7 elders, 7 trustees, 20 Committee
Chairmen, and a Christian School! It is difficult for such a local
church to adjust and move into a City Church context. It is
comparable to the difficulty of </span></span></font><u><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style>remodeling</span></font></u><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>
a house, and building it from scratch as the apostle Paul did with 14
City Churches, each composed of scores and even hundreds of local
churches.</span></span></font></p>
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<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>A
Greek Word-Study on “church” (ek-kl</span></span></font><u><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style>e</span></font></u><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>SIa)
throws more light on this problem. Out of 114 NT references, </span></span></font><u><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style>once</span></font></u><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>
church refers to Israel as the church in the wilderness (Acts 7); 3
times to the secular city gathering in Ephesus (Acts 19:23-41); 14
times to a local church in the home such as led by Aquila and
Priscilla in Rome, Corinth and Ephesus; 15 times to the universal
church of believers of all time, Jew and Gentile; </span></span></font><u><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style>but</span></font></u><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>
- </span></span></font><u><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style>81
times</span></font></u><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>
to the City Church - each composed of many local churches in the
home. 14 of these latter are found in Revelation 2 and 3.</span></span></font></p>
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<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">It is the City Church concept
that God indicated is the Pedestal or Stand - that in the vision of
the Organic Laser-Telescope - supports the “Outlined Interlinear
NT” using Ivan Panin's two texts; plus the many Greek Word Studies
again prepared largely on the basis of Panin's discoveries starting
in 1890.</font></p>
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“<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>On the American Campus”
- after 6 years in China - starting p. 99</b></font></p>
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<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>(from “C.T. Studd: Athlete
& Pioneer” by Norman P. Grubb)</b></font></p>
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<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">Knoxville Students' Conference,
June 21. After I had returned to my room (writes C.T.) and just upon
10 p.m., in rushed a student and said, “Since hearing you this
morning, I have thought of nothing but hell, because I have not and
cannot surrender,” (though I had not spoken of hell or anything
like it). I said, “Why can't you surrender?” “I don't know.”
“Do you want to?” “Oh, yes.” “Well, do it now, get down
here on your knees and tell God you will give Him all.” “I think
I may have been unwilling to do as He told me.” “Well, are you
willing now to leave all sin and do His will?” “Yes.” “Then
just give yourself to Him.” He knelt down, and after a short time
gave himself right up, and immediately arose with such a joyful,
beaming face and said, “It's all right now.” He needn't have told
me. </font>
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<span style="text-decoration:none">“<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">Spirituality
is much needed here; there is a great lack of it, too much laughing
and chaffing, not a real deep spiritual power. And why? Because they
are </font></span><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">afraid</span></i></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none">
of it. Fancy! They are afraid of minds getting strained, and so
instead of giving them fewer meetings, they dilute with the
ditch-water of nonsense too often.</span></font></p>
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“<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">In the afternoon I read and
prayed: the others had gone on a boat for an outing and ice creams.
Missed tea on purpose, and took the evening meeting. We had a great
time. I spoke for an hour and forty minutes. The fellows were quieter
at the end than even at the beginning. The Lord was with us in power.
Many stayed to speak or arrange interviews. Two came that night. One
medical student, uncertain about being a volunteer; he has a mother
and sister dependent on him, and he wept as he spoke of leaving them.
I took him over the old ground. He saw the love of God, surrendered
and left bright. I don't tell these fellows to volunteer; I tell them
to surrender to God and to go away rejoicing in Him, and He will in
His own way make all plain. Oh, there is no joy in the world like
being used of God to bless others. The place is now just on fire, and
one so regrets now that this break didn't come earlier, as it might
have done, had the talks been more spiritual and appealing to the
heart.</font></p>
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<span style="text-decoration:none">“<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">Next
day I had interviews all the afternoon and evening, a real glory
time. One man told me as I began to probe him - for something seemed
wrong - that he had been converted, was saved, and was an
Episcopalian. So I said, 'Are all your sins forgiven?' 'No, not all.'
'Ain't it rather dangerous to have any unforgiven?' 'I suppose it
is.' 'Do you want them forgiven?' 'Yes.' I explained a bit to him and
then he got down on his knees to confess; he was going to confess out
loud to me the sins he had committed, but I stopped him and said I
didn't want to hear them, but he had better tell them to God. So we
knelt and he told them to God, and then out aloud he asked for
forgiveness. I asked, 'Has He forgiven you?' quoting, 'If we
confess,' etc. 'Yes, He has.' 'Then thank Him.' And he did so. Then
he surrendered and asked for the Holy Ghost, and thanked, and
afterwards when I had prayed, he rose up with tears in his eyes,
pressed my hand and said, 'I never had such an experience as this
before.' Glory be to God! You can imagine I went off to supper as
full of joy as a gas balloon. Oh my, these souls are indeed more than
diamonds - I'd far sooner save one soul than be Queen Victoria.</font></span></p>
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“<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">As I came away from supper, a
man with such a sad face came to me and wanted an interview. He told
me he could not conquer a certain kind of sin. I took him off to my
room. He said he was a Ministerial Student; he had been converted but
had lately fallen into this sin and it had mastered him. We talked
long; he loathed it and wanted to quit. He saw his own utter
impotence. I said, 'Have you surrendered?' 'Yes, I have, yet sinned
again.' 'Have you since that asked forgiveness?' 'No.' 'Well, that
comes first.' 'Will you do so now?' 'Yes.' We got on our knees and he
confessed and asked forgiveness and receive it and that consciously;
then he again made a full surrender, and I said, 'Now ask for the
Holy Ghost.' But he did not understand and argued about the Baptism
of the Holy Ghost, while we were on our knees. I showed him the
difference between Apostles before and after Pentecost. He owned that
if he was filled with the Holy Ghost, he would not be committing the
sin. At last he asked to be filled, and then I prayed and asked God
to take out the desire and let it no more enter in: oh, his whole
heart went out into it, and he got up anew, and said, 'I know, for I
feel He has given me the victory.' So I said, 'Then get down on your
knees again and thank Him' and he did. His face had before had
despair as black as night written on it, but now it was all changed.
He was in tears of joy and went away rejoicing.</font></p>
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“<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">(Next day) Last night I saw -
and had a talk with him. He is the one who had become a slave to a
sin. He said it was all right, God has given him complete victory and
he was a new being; we went under a tree and kneeling down, had some
prayer.</font></p>
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“<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">H. was next, and the Lord led
me in a strange way. After a bit he said he was saved, sins forgiven.
“Why do you think so?' 'Oh, I feel so.' 'What makes you feel so?'
'Oh, I am trying to make Jesus my example.' 'Oh,' said I, 'then you
are quite sure to be damned.' It slipped out before I knew it, and it
did the Lord's work, for the fellow was perfectly astounded and asked
me again and I repeated it: it so astonished and convicted him, that
he asked in the exact words of the Philippian jailer, 'Then what must
I do to be saved?' So I showed him. After a while he got down and
confessed, received salvation as a gift, then surrendered and asked
for the Holy Ghost, and went away quite different.”</font></p>
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“<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">Monmouth, Nov. 19. Had a
splendid time all yesterday with souls, interviews all day long, and
in the last case a backslider who had fallen into deep sin. He looked
as black and sullen as despair, but a three hours' fight gave
complete victory. I had him an hour and then had to rush off straight
to a meeting: another student took him on till I came back, and I
returned two hours afterwards to find he had got the victory just
before. You should have seen his face, oh, so bright; it was
marvelous.</font></p>
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“<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">After tea the leader of the
College Y.M.C.A. came and made a full surrender, asked for the gift
of the Holy Spirit and went away knowing he had received, so bright
and believing and set on doing personal soul-saving work. There is
such a lack of this. It seemed the same tale every place, spiritual
darkness because of this not doing personal work. You should have
seen the shining face yesterday of the President of the College
Y.M.C.A. He had been a Christian two years and had never won one
soul. He won his first the night before at my meeting, and yesterday
he said he had never been so happy and never believed he could be so
happy - too happy to sleep.</font></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in"><span style="text-decoration:none">“<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">The
same evening S. came round and said he had been asked to speak at
chapel next day. The Lord at once seemed to tell me that I should
have to speak, but I said nothing. God stopped S. speaking ten
minutes or more before the end of the time; he could not think of
another word, though he had prepared to speak for 25 minutes; every
word left him and he had to sit down. I was thereupon asked if I
would speak, although I was sitting at the back of the building. I
walked up as fast as I could lay legs to the ground and began right
away. I prayed first just these words, 'Oh, Lord, may my tongue go as
fast as my heart, for Jesus Christ's sake,' and He answered
abundantly. I spoke with all the gusto of making a century at cricket
against the Australians. Oh, it is so good to know the Lord is with
one.</font></span></p>
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“<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">Then S. came to my room with
me for a talk. He came right full out, confessing, surrendering, and
receiving the Holy Ghost. Oh, such a change as you cannot understand,
he is unrecognizable; we are just about drunk with the Spirit. Oh,
such freedom in prayer. We just laughed and thanked and prayed before
God.</font></p>
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“<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">God has made things so plain
to me and enables me to put it plainly to others. Here is the gist of
what I tell them. Assurance of salvation depends on the fact that
Jesus paid the penalty of your sin, not on any feeling of yours. As
Christ died for you, you belong by rights to Him. After further
explanation I say, 'Will you not in a practical business way on your
knees yield yourself and all to Jesus?' 'Yes.' Then he or she does
it, and I ask if Jesus has accepted him. If they do not know, I
simply ask if God is a liar, which at once produces the required
assurance, as it is impossible for God to have lied. Then I tell the
inquirer to ask in one sentence for the Holy Ghost, and he does it.
Then I ask, 'Has He been given?' By the same method the answer comes
back 'Yes'; then I tell him to thank God for (1) having accepted him,
(2) having given the Holy Ghost. Then I say, 'Don't worry or fret, or
think, or try, but just be careful for nothing, only trust and obey
His voice. Rejoice and be glad in Jesus always. The feeling will come
in due course, but it is a fact that God has given the Holy Ghost. Do
not hinder God by helping Him, but quit hindering Him.' They come
long-faced, and go away sparkling and beaming.”</font></p>
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