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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.org</a></b></p><p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER">January 31, 2012</p><p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER"><br></p>
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& Marie Watt – Beth Chesed, Tacoma</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>December
7, 2006)</b></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER"><u>“<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>THE
RETURN OF GOD’S GLORY” – Bakht Singh</b></font></u><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>Samuel:
The Second Divine Principle</b></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>INTRODUCTION:
</b></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">In a former mailing
we looked at “Hannah: the first Divine Principle” in the progress
of the Return of God’s Glory. Through Eli and his lack of
discipline towards his two wicked sons – God lifted His Glory off
of Israel when the Ark of the Covenant was taken by the Philistines.
The wife of one of the slain sons of Eli named her firstborn
“Ichabod,” – The Glory has departed. But in God’s thinking He
desired to return His Glory to His people again, and initiated His
desire through Hannah, a woman. Then He followed up with three more
Divine Principles, starting with Samuel. And what is the Divine
Principle that God used through Samuel? Read on as Bakht Singh
unfolds the revelation that God gave him.</font></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in">“<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>And
the Lord appeared again in Shiloh: for the Lord revealed Himself to
Samuel in Shiloh, by the Word of the Lord.” 1 Samuel 3:21</b></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"> This
is the second divine principle which has to be fulfilled if we want
God to send His glory into our midst, if we are going to allow God to
reveal Himself. We need the fearless, faithful witness of men like
Samuel. We have good Bible teachers, and many scholars who can write
very good books and some very good preachers also – but not many
Samuels.</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"> We
want men of God, men who are actually the mouthpiece of God; Men who
can say boldly and freely: “Hear ye what God says,” and “Thus
says the Lord.”</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"> God’s
Word came to Samuel as a small boy. God first told him, “You go and
tell Eli.” How could he, a small boy, go to an old man – his
master, and give him God’s message? But even though it was a
difficult and terrible message, he obeyed God and gave it.</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"> We
find that there are very few people who are prepared to give God’s
message. We think we have to be so polite and diplomatic in what we
say, so that no one knows what we are talking about!</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"> There
was a man in England, known as Lord Asquith, a very fine speaker, and
with a fine command of language. Yet he spoke in such a way, that no
one knew what his views were!</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"> Some
years ago, I was in Ahmedabad. One Saturday night I began to pray for
God’s message. Very clearly God spoke to me saying, "You have
to speak on the blood of Christ tomorrow morning.” I said, “Lord,
I will do it on Monday, because there is one leading person on the
committee who is a staunch member of the Oxford Group.” There were
pastors and missionaries as well as myself invited to dinner on this
occasion. I said, “Lord, if I give that message they will be so
angry that they may even cancel the dinner: so let me have the
dinner, and I will give the message on Monday.” But God would not
leave me! So when the time came, I gave what God had given to me –
and that day they gave me no food! They were so angry with me that
they left me without any food the whole evening.</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"> The
third day, the same person came to me. I asked, “Are you a member
of the Oxford Group?” “Yes,” he answered. “And why were you
so angry with me?” I asked. He said, “Because you spoke those
things so bluntly.” I said, “Don’t you believe in perfect love?
Is it not one of the rules of the Oxford Group, to love your enemies?
And if I be your enemy, you must love me also. You invited me here
yourself, and I accepted your invitation – why don’t you love
your enemy?”</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"> He
saw the point – that he needed practice and not only theory. They
all repented, and the Lord saved them.</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"> Now
unless we give God‘s message at the proper time, the enemy will
gain ground. We have a desire to be very polite lest we lose a chance
to speak again. We reason this way: If I give God’s full message
they will never ask me again. Does it matter? It doesn’t matter.
Are we here just to be popular speakers, or do we want to be God’s
messengers with God’s message? God wants a man who will be His
mouthpiece, who will not be afraid of any man’s face. I feel that
in these days there is a serious need for a man like Samuel.</font></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"> Before
the work began in Madras, I prayed for a whole month, and God would
not speak to me. I fasted too, but still no answer came. One night, I
said, “Lord, I promise Thee I will pay the price, even though I get
no more invitations to speak anywhere, I don’t care!” I had been
saying, “Lord, now I have four hundred invitations for campaigns in
India, Burma and Ceylon. See Lord, there is an open door in every
part of India – they are all asking me for meetings. I can go
anywhere now with the message and somebody else can do the
follow-up.” But God would give me no message. Now I prayed, “Lord,
I will be satisfied even if you keep me in one lonely place. I don’t
want big campaigns, I only want to be sure I am in Thy will. Nothing
else will satisfy me.” When I said that, like a flash God spoke to
me, “Behold, I make a covenant; I will do marvels.” And from that
day He gave me more than seventy verses of assurances of how He would
work.</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"> I
believe with all my heart that unless we are men like Samuel, we will
not see God’s power fully manifested. He may use us, but not fully;
He may bless us, but not fully; He may work among us, but not deeply;
unless, we are men like Samuel, and God’s Word can come and go out
freely as He gives it.</font></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"> In
1 Samuel 13:5-14, we see how God used Samuel when His people were in
trouble. Reading this passage, you will agree by human reasoning that
Saul was justified in his action. </font>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"> Their
enemies had gathered in large numbers; and all Saul’s men were
trembling in fear. Samuel had said that he would come within seven
days. But they could not wait. Saul had waited seven full days but
still Samuel did not come; so he forced himself to offer a sacrifice,
which he had no right to do. He ignored the law of God. He knew full
well that he had no business to offer a sacrifice. That was Samuel’s
job, not his. So Samuel had to rebuke Saul and at great cost.</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"> Many
of us may demand that God must work, or answer our prayer within a
certain period, perhaps within seven days. God will not work
according to our plan. In the first place, it was God that delayed
Samuel in coming. We do not know the details; but God was evidently
proving and testing Saul. He wanted to show Saul what was in man’s
heart; and also that a man like Samuel would implicitly obey God.</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"> When
we find the enemies coming against us like Saul did, and when we find
things becoming very difficult to bear, we often go against the mind
of God. Our argument may be: It is the work of God; -- it must not
suffer for want of money. Now we have prayed with faith for so many
months and no money has come in. So let us go and beg for it!</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"> Even
in groups who began on a faith basis I find they have started begging
and giving many hints for money. Why is it? Because the work is
great?</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"> “In
the olden days there was not so much work,” we say; “but now with
so many missionaries throughout the world, the work has grown great.
We must have more money and thus there is no harm in begging for it!”</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"> CAN
GOD NOT WORK TODAY? Why did Samuel delay his coming? At God’s
command, he delayed. God may delay in sending help for some time. We
cannot change the divine principle – Faith means faith! If we say
we have faith – it must be living faith.</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"> Now
Saul knew full well that God was going to deliver them through
Samuel. This was not the first time God had worked such a miracle.
Saul knew that Samuel was God’s prophet and that in the Name of God
he would defeat the enemy, and not by their own strength. But the
people trembled and were so frightened when Samuel delayed to come,
that Saul forced himself, and offered the sacrifice.</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"> Now
we want men like Samuel, that whenever God’s people depart from the
truth, whenever they are acting against God’s Word, God’s servant
will have courage to say: “You are wrong, brother; do not depart
from your first vision.”</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"> We
find that God has prophets, and even today, through His prophets His
mind is revealed, and we must obey His word even though it may be
hard and faithful.</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"> In
1 Samuel 15:23-31 and 16:1, you will see that Samuel had to say a
hard thing to King Saul:</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"> “Because
you have rejected the word of the Lord, He also has rejected you from
being king.”</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"> You
will see also from these verses that Saul shed tears over his sin, so
much so, that Samuel, even though he was a prophet of God, mourned
for him and pleaded to God for him. But it was of no use. God had
refused him!</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"> You
have very false hopes if you think you will bring reformation among
the denominations. You may argue about it as much as you like.</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"> Let
us learn the lesson God wants to teach us in this passage: His
command to Saul had been to destroy the enemy utterly, but Saul had
spared Agag and the choice of the flock and thus he failed God.</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"> God
had to refuse Saul for two great failures. Firstly, he changed God’s
order for sacrifice. Secondly, he gave partial obedience to His
command.</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"> The
very same thing is happening also among the people of the
denominations – a continual change of God’s order. They think
that there is no harm in having some human way in their church life.</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"> For
example, it is entirely unscriptural to appoint elders by vote. They
all know that by having elections in their system they bring strife
in the churches. It begins by election. One party wins, the other
party loses. How can we justify that practice when we know it is
unscriptural. Also, in this way, ungodly men are elected to hold
offices!</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"> That
is why God does not work fully in these groups. There can be
blessing; no doubt God can use them to save souls, and spread the
Gospel. But He cannot fully bless them. In the same way God allowed
Saul to remain as king for some time; but he was no longer really His
anointed vessel.</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"> And
Samuel began to weep, being an old man. He felt sorry for him, and he
must have prayed: “Lord, please forgive him – forgive Saul. I
know he has done wrong: but he has done good also.” But God said to
him, “How long will you mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected
him?” (16:1).</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"> You
may think that by giving some cooperation to the denominations, you
can bring more light and help to them. It will never work. You may
see some blessing but you will never see God’s glory, as the
Scriptures show.</font></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"> We
see further what God was looking for. He wanted the people to come to
His full glory. He not only wanted them to overcome the Philistines,
which would be for only a short time, but He had a far greater plan
for Israel as a nation. They must be brought into their full
inheritance in Canaan, and they must see God working fully in their
midst. This was God’s purpose. God wants men after His own heart,
and even Samuel himself had to learn this lesson.</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"> In
1 Samuel 16:2-3 he said: “If Saul hears it, he will kill me.” And
the Lord said, “I will show you what you shall do: and you shall
anoint unto Me him whom I name unto you.”</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"> Here
is another reason why God wanted Samuel – that God’s anointed
vessel might be found. Even though Samuel wanted by human wisdom to
give Saul one more chance, God refused it. God wants those whom He
has called and prepared for a particular service. And you are not
likely to find this happening in a group who depend upon election –
they only want the persons of the preference to be the ones appointed
for this or that.</font></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"> Now
please note verse 4: “And Samuel did that which the Lord spoke, and
came to Bethlehem. And the elders of the town trembled at his coming,
and said, Do you come peaceably?”</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"> Why
did the elders tremble at the coming of Samuel? He did not go with a
sword or a stick. He was not going to say what they thought he was
going to say. He would say what God told him, for he was a man of God
– God’s prophet. And whatever they had done wrong, it would be
uncovered by his coming. This is why they were trembling. If we had
men like Samuel, we would find this type of thing happening today and
men would be trembling. But while we remain so careful and so
diplomatic and so cautious of every word, lest we hurt someone, we
will not see anything happing – There will be no conviction! Samuel
was a man of God who brought conviction wherever he went. He went
peaceably; yet, MEN TREMBLED.</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"> Let
us look further at verses 16 and 17 of the same chapter where we are
shown the divine principle of choosing leaders: “for the Lord sees
not as man sees: for man looks on the outward appearance. But the
Lord looks on the heart.”</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"> In
the work of the Lord we have to be very, very careful never to be
governed by nationality, nor by appearances of any kind.</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"> Now
it is possible that you have appointed a man as leader of your
mission, who has never been called of God, -- and now you are paying
the price for it! You may have said, “He is a very nice man, a
qualified man, let him be our leader, preacher or co-worker,” but
you have gone only by outward appearance – NOT BY GOD’S CHOICE.</font></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><u><b>NOTE:</b></u></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>
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House, 4003 N. Liberty Street, Jacksonville, FL 32206 – Call:
1-800-Act-Book – </b></font><font color="#0000ff"><u><a href="http://www.seedsowers.com/"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>www.seedsowers.com</b></font></a></u></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b> They
have recently announced the Biography of Bakht Singh. </b></font>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b> </b></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">Bakht
Singh was, perhaps, the greatest Christian worker ever to emerge
outside the traditional church. This is ironic in that he is
virtually unknown in the West.</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"> When
Bakht Singh died in 2003, at the age of 96, some 600,000 people
attended his funeral. In his lifetime he raised up over 60,000
churches, the total number of believers in these assemblies running
in the millions!</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"> It
is important to know the Bakht Singh story and </font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><i>how
</i></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">he did what he did!
Such biographies have been key influences which have changed great
men’s lives and are absolutely necessary for the passing of the
torch from one century to another.</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"> If
you come across some hot-hearted man or woman who does not quite “fit
in” to the way things are, please pass this book on to him or her.
As surely as Watchman Nee and Singh were affected by the lives of men
who came before them, so the story of men like Nee, Singh and T.
Austin-Sparks will light a fire in the hearts of young men and women
of whom we have not yet heard.</font></p>
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