<style type="text/css">p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }</style>
<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>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER"><b>Tel:
<a href="tel:253-517-9195" target="_blank">253-517-9195</a> - Email:
<a href="mailto:jmbetter@gmail.com" target="_blank">jmbetter@gmail.com</a></b></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER"><b>Web:
<a href="http://www.2rbetter.org/" target="_blank">www.2rbetter.org</a></b></p><p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER"><br></p><p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER"><br></p><p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER">
</p>
<style type="text/css">p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }</style>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER"><u>“<b>THE
SEVEN I AM's OF JESUS”</b></u></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<b>(RESULT: OVERCOMERS THROUGH THE PRE-EMINENT ONE)</b></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"><u><b>NOTE</b></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>:
</b></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>It
is important to see Jesus as God sees Him for us. Jesus of course
understands the high calling and privilege God has given Him as the
Son of Man. But - He is also - Son of God! And at His Resurrection
and Ascension, the Father </span></span><u><span style>proclaimed</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>
Him as Lord (Jehovah) and Christ (Messiah)! There is a </span></span><u><span style>man</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>
upon the Throne, at the right hand of the Father. He is both Son of
Man and Son of God. The fullness of the Godhead dwells bodily in Him!
When He has completed His Millennial reign as Lord of lords and King
of kings, He will as Son of Man turn all things back to the Father,
that God might be all things in all.</span></span></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"><span style>Jesus
said - Before Abraham was, </span></span><u><span style>“I
AM</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>.”
</span></span><b><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>The
seven I AM's of Jesus in the Gospel of John make this point
abundantly clear. It is because of this that He makes the statement
recorded in Matthew 23:39 (37-39) </span></span><b><span style="text-decoration:none">“You
(Jerusalem) shall in no wise see me henceforth, till you shall say,
'Blessed who comes in </span><i><span style="text-decoration:none">the</span></i><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">
Lord's (Jehovah's) name.'”</span></span></b></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="LEFT">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>Check
our Archives July 14, 2009, Numbers 6:22-27 (It will later be posted
on our Website under “Hebrew.”) Here we see how the Holy Spirit
links </span></span></span><b><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">“I
AM” </span></span></b><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>with
the 7 areas in which He serves as Son of Man, He is recognizing His
pre-incarnate state with the Father. At His Bar Mitzvah at the age of
12, He was presented by His parents at the Temple, and 3 days after
being missing asked, “Didn't you know I had to be about My Father's
business?” Joseph was His step-father. His true Father was His
Heavenly Father, making Him both Son of Man and Son of God.</span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="LEFT">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>Then
He was born to die! Where Adam as the first man failed and brought
the whole human race into a fallen state and separated from God -
Jesus, the last Adam - yielded </span></span></span><u><span style="font-style:normal"><span style>not</span></span></u><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>
to temptation, and as a perfect, sinless sacrifice, died on the Cross
at Calvary, and reconciled by His Redemption, all who would believe
on Him and receive Him - back to God! No wonder the theme of Oswald
Chambers for both himself and us is: </span></span></span><b><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">“Personal,
</span></span><u><span style="font-style:normal">Passionate</span></u><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">
</span></span><u><span style="font-style:normal">Devotion</span></u><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">
to Jesus!</span></span></b><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>
</span></span></span>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="LEFT">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>I
wrote the following “Seven I Am's of Jesus” back in 1967. With
but slight editing, I present them to you again! May we by them
become </span></span></span><b><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">“Overcomers
through the Pre-Eminent One!” - J</span></span></b><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>.A.W.</span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="LEFT">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER"><u><b><span style="font-style:normal">SURVEY
VIII</span></b></u><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>.
</span></span></span><b><u><span style="font-style:normal">OVERCOMERS
THROUGH THE PRE-EMINENT ONE</span></u></b></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><b><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">1.
John 6:35 (22-40) THE </span></span><u><span style="font-style:normal">BREAD</span></u><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">
OF LIFE.</span></span></b></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><b>m. 6:35 JESUS CLEARLY
ANSWERS THEIR QUESTIONING</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font size="3"><b>:Jesus said to them,<u> I am the bread of :life</u>:</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">EIpen auTOIS ho I<u>e</u>SOUS,
E-G<u>O</u> ei-mi ho ARtos t<u>e</u>s z<u>o</u>-<u>E</u>S:</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font size="3"><b>who comes unto me shall in nowise hunger, and who
believes unto me shall in nowise ever thirst.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">ho erCHOme-nos pros eME ou m<u>e</u>
peiNAs<u>e</u>, kai ho piSTEU<u>o</u>n eis eME ou m<u>e</u> diPS<u>E</u>sei
P<u>O</u>po-te.</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><b>i.
6:48 </b></font><font size="3"><b> </b></font><font size="3"><u><b>I am
the bread of :life</b></u></font><font size="3"><b>. </b></font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><b>
</b></font>eG<u>O</u> ei-mi ho ARtos t<u>e</u>s z<u>o</u>-<u>E</u>S.</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="LEFT">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="LEFT">
- The Bread, ARtos, 100x, Strong 740.</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="LEFT">
- The 'breaking of bread' became the name for the institution
breaking (not cutting) the loaf at Lord's Supper, Acts 2:43, 20:7; 1
Corinthians 10:16, 11:23.</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="LEFT">
- Metaphorically, Christ is known as the bread of God, John 6:33, 35.</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="LEFT">
- George Muller partook of the Word as Soul-food before he prayed.</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="LEFT">
- Priests ate this bread in type, Bread of Presence, Lev. 24:9.</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="LEFT">
- We minister the living Word by revelation, Romans 8:14.</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="LEFT">
- See the Table of Shewbread in the Tabernacle - 2 piles of six
loaves each representing the 12 tribes of Israel. See our Website
under “Embryonics” - here the 12 tribes are linked with the 12
Revival Principles from 1948.</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="LEFT">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="LEFT">
<b>2. John 8:12 (8:12-20) and 9:5 (1-7) THE <u>LIGHT</u> OF THE
WORLD.</b></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in">- Light, ph<u>o</u>s,
70x - (from PHA<u>o</u>, to shine, Strong 5457.</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><b>E. 8:12-20 FATHER WHO
WITNESSES OF JESUS - UNKNOWN TO JEWS</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><b>a. 8:12 CHRIST THE LIGHT OF
THE WORLD</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font size="3"><b>Again therefore :Jesus spoke to them, saying, <u>I am
the light of the world</u>:</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">PAlin oun auTOIS eLAl<u>e</u>-sen
ho I<u>e</u>SOUS, LEg<u>o</u>n, E-G<u>O</u> ei-mi to ph<u>o</u>s
<font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">[5457]</font> tou KOSmou <font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">[2889]</font>:</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font size="3"><b>who follows me shall in no wise walk in the darkness,
but shall have the light of :life.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">ho a-ko-louTH<u>O</u>N <font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">[190]</font>
moi ou m<u>e</u> pe-ri-paT<u>E</u>s<u>e</u> en t<u>e</u> skoTIa
<font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">[4653]</font>, all' HExei to ph<u>o</u>s
t<u>e</u>s z<u>o</u>-<u>E</u>S.</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">e.
9:5 </span></span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">While
I am in the world, </span></span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-style:normal"><u>I
am Light of the world.</u></span></font></b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">HOtan en t<u>o</u> KOSm<u>o</u>
<u>o</u>, PH<u>O</u>S <font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">[5457]</font>
ei-mi tou KOSmou.</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in"><br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="LEFT">
- Metaphorically, the truth in Christ reaching the mind.</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="LEFT">
- Natural man is incapable of receiving spiritual light, 1 Co 1:14.</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="LEFT">
- Believers become 'sons of light' through the New Birth, receiving
spiritual capacity for revelation from God, Luke 16:8.</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="LEFT">
- See Candlestick (Menorah) in Tabernacle: gifts of Spirit for light,
1 Co 12:8-11. (Tongues and Interpretation = Prophecy, explaining the
7-fold light.</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="LEFT">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="LEFT">
<b>3. John 10:7 (7-18) THE <u>DOOR</u>.</b></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="LEFT">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>John 10:7: “<u>I am the
gate</u> for the sheep” -</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><b>6. 10:7-18 JESUS EXPLAINS
PARABLE OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><b>a. 10:7 <font size="3"> :Jesus
therefore said again, Amen, Amen, I say unto you, </font><font size="3"><u>I
am the door </u></font><font size="3">of the sheep.</font></b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">EIpen oun PAlin ho I<u>e</u>SOUS,
A-M<u>E</u>N, aM<u>E</u>N, LEg<u>o</u> huMIN, eG<u>O</u> ei-mi h<u>e</u>
THUra t<u>o</u>n proBAt<u>o</u>n.</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="LEFT">
- The Door, THUra, 39x, Strong 2374.</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="LEFT">
- Metaphorically, of Christ, John 10:7, 9.</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="LEFT">
- Metaphorically of faith, by acceptance of the Gospel, Acts 14:27.</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="LEFT">
- Also of entrance into the Kingdom of God, Mt 25:10, Lu 13:24-25.</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="LEFT">
- Christ's entrance into a repentant believer's heart, Re 3:20.</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="LEFT">
- Access to behold visions relative to purposes of God, Re 4:1.</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="LEFT">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="LEFT">
<b>4. John 10:11-15 (10:7-18) THE <u>SHEPHERD.</u></b></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><b>e. 10:11 THE PURPOSE OF THE
GOOD SHEPHERD</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font size="3"><b><u>I am the good :shepherd</u>:</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">E-G<u>O</u> ei-mi ho poiM<u>E</u>N
<font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">[4166]</font> ho kaLOS <font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">[2570]</font>:</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font size="3"><b>the good :shepherd lays down his :life for the sheep.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">ho poiM<u>E</u>N ho kaLOS t<u>e</u>n
psuCH<u>E</u>N <font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">[5590]</font>
auTOU TIth<u>e</u>-sin <font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">[5087]</font>
huPER t<u>o</u>n proBAt<u>o</u>n.</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><b>f. 10:12-13 THE NATURE OF
THE HIRELING</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font size="3"><b>Who is a hireling, and not a shepherd, whose own the
sheep are not,</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">ho mis-th<u>o</u>TOS <font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">[3411]</font>,
kai ouk <u>o</u>n poiM<u>E</u>N, hou ouk EStin ta PROba-ta Idi-a,</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font size="3"><b>beholds the wolf coming, and leaves the sheep, and
flees</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">the-<u>o</u>REI ton LUkon <font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">[3074]</font>
erCHOme-non, kai aPHI<u>e</u>-sin <font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">[863]</font>
ta PROba-ta, kai PHEUgei <font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">[5343]</font></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font size="3"><b>(and the wolf snatches them, and scatters):</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">(kai ho LUkos harPAzei <font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">[726]</font>
auTA, kai skorPIzei <font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">[4650]</font>):</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font size="3"><b><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">13</font> because
he is a hireling, and cares not for the sheep.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">HOti mis-th<u>o</u>TOS es-tin,
kai ou MElei <font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">[3411]</font> auT<u>O</u>
peRI t<u>o</u>n proBAt<u>o</u>n.</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><b>g. 10:14-15 THE KNOWLEDGE
THAT EXISTS BETWEEN CHRIST AND HIS SHEEP</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font size="4"><b><u>I am the good :shepherd</u>; and I know :mine, and
:mine know me,</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">eG<u>O</u> ei-mi ho poiM<u>E</u>N
ho kaLOS; kai giN<u>O</u>sk<u>o</u> ta eMA, kai giN<u>O</u>skouSI me
ta eMA,</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><b>15<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">
</font><font size="3">even as the Father knows me, and I know the
Father;</font></b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">kaTH<u>O</u>S giN<u>O</u>skei me
ho paT<u>E</u>R, ka' 'G<u>O</u> giN<u>O</u>sk<u>o</u> ton paTEra;</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font size="3"><b>and I lay down my :life for the sheep.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font size="3">kai t<u>e</u>n psuCH<u>E</u>N mou TIth<u>e</u>-mi huPER
t<u>o</u>n proBAt<u>o</u>n.</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="LEFT">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="LEFT">
- The Shepherd, poiM<u>E</u>N, 18x, Strong 4166. See Strong 4165,
poiMAIn<u>o</u>, 11x, to feed or rule.</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="LEFT">
- Metaphorically of Christ, Mt 26:31, Mk 14:27, Jn 10:11, 14, 16, He
13:20, 1 Pe 2:25.</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="LEFT">
- Pastors tend (guide and oversee) as well as feed flock, Acts 10:17,
28.</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="LEFT">
- It was this service committed to elders (overseers or bishops).</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="LEFT">
- Jesus Christ alone is the chief shepherd, 1 Pe 5:4.</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="LEFT">
- Aaron, a type of Christ, faithful over Tabernacle.</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="LEFT">
- King David shepherded God's people Israel, Ps 23.</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="LEFT">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="LEFT">
<b>5. John 11:25-26 (17-44) THE <u>RESURRECTION</u>.</b></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><b>h. 11:25-26a CHRIST - THE
RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font size="3"><b>:Jesus said to her, I am the resurrection, and the
life:</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">EIpen auT<u>E</u> ho I<u>e</u>SOUS,
E-G<u>O</u> ei-mi h<u>e</u> aNAsta-sis, kai h<u>e</u> z<u>o</u>-<u>E</u>
<font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">[2222]</font>:</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font size="3"><b>who believes unto me shall live, even if he die; <font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">26a</font>
and every one</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">ho piSTEU<u>o</u>n eis eME, ka'
'n a-poTHAn<u>e</u> Z<u>E</u>se-tai <font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">[2198]</font>;
kai pas</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font size="3"><b>who lives and believes unto me shall nowise die unto
the age.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">ho z<u>o</u>n kai PiSTEU<u>o</u>n
eis eME ou m<u>e</u> a-poTHAn<u>e</u> <font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">[599]</font>
eis ton ai<u>O</u>na.</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="LEFT">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="LEFT">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">- The Resurrection, aNASta-sis,
42x, Strong 386.</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="LEFT">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">- By metonymy, of Christ as the
Author of resurrection.</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="LEFT">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">- Many found in Christ strength
and firmness, a means of their salvation and spiritual life, Lu 2:34;
but also a stone of offense, causing many in Israel to stumble.</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="LEFT">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">- God made Aaron's budding rod
bring forth almonds, symbol of resurrection.</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="LEFT">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">- Christ Jesus raised Lazarus,
and will raise us too, 2 Thess 4:13-18.</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="LEFT">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in"><b><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">6.
John 14:6 (5-7) THE </font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><u>WAY</u></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">.</font></b></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER"><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><b>b.
14:6 NO WAY TO GOD BUT THROUGH CHRIST</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER"><font size="3"><b>Jesus
says to him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life:</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">LEgei
auT</font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><u>O</u></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">
I</font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><u>e</u></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">SOUS,
E-G</font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><u>O</u></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">
ei-mi h</font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><u>e</u></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">
hoDOS </font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">[3598]</font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">,
kai h</font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><u>e</u></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">
aL</font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><u>E</u></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">thei-a
</font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">[225]</font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">,
kai h</font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><u>e</u></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">
z</font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><u>o</u></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none">-</span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><u>E</u></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">
</font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">[2222]</font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">:</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER"><font size="3"><b>no
one comes unto the Father, but through me.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">ouDEIS ERche-tai pros ton
paTEra, ei m</font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><u>e</u></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">
di’ eMOU.</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in"><br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">- The Way, hoDOS, 102x, Strong
3598.</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">- Metaphorically, a course of
conduct, or way of thinking.</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">- The way instructed and
approved of God, Ac 18:26, He 3:10.</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">- Paul's ways in Christ, 1 Co
4:17.</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">- The more excellent way of
love, 1 Co 12:31.</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">- Personified of Christ as means
of access to the Father, Jn 14:6.</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">- The course followed and
characterized by followers of Christ, Ac 9:2, 19:9, 23; 24:22.</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">- Christ in Tabernacle:
Blood-sprinkled mercy seat on the Ark, which led Israel in her
goings.</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in"><b><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">7.
John 15:1 (1-16) THE </font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><u>VINE</u></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none">.</span></font></b></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER"><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><b>C.
15:1-16:33 RESULTS FROM THE SPIRIT’S COMING</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER"><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><b>3.
15:1-16 FRUIT: PURPOSE OF THE SPIRIT</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER"><font size="3"><b>a.
15:1 I am the true :vine, and my :Father is the husbandman.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none">E-G</span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><u>O</u></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none">
ei-mi h</span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><u>e</u></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none">
AMpe-los </span></font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none">[288]
</span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none">h</span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><u>e</u></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none">
a-l</span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><u>e</u></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none">-thiN</span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><u>E</u></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none">,
kai ho paT</span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><u>E</u></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none">R
mou ho ge-</span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><u>o</u></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none">rGOS
</span></font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none">[1092]
</span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none">es-tin.</span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;text-decoration:none">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;text-decoration:none">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">- The Vine, AMpe-los, 8x, Strong
288.</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;text-decoration:none">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">- Used figuratively of Christ,
Jn 15:1, 4, 5.</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;text-decoration:none">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">- A true vine shelters, as
4-fold covering of Tabernacle: badger skins, rams dyed red, goat
hairs (humanity), white linen.</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;text-decoration:none">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">- Father prunes branches, as
they receive life from the true vine.</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;text-decoration:none">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><u><b>NOTE</b></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>:
</b></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>There
are 14 natural Greek word series in the NT that are related to the 12
tribes of Israel, plus Joseph's two sons. I have linked the Seven I
Am's of Jesus from the Gospel of John with the tribe of Judah, the
tribe of “Praise” and of “The Heavenly Choir”.</span></span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;text-decoration:none">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>The
verse selections are from the “Outlined Interlinear NT” which are
arranged in a poetical clause form rather than in prose. Winston
Churchill in his speeches and Peter Marshall in his sermons used this
format. This makes it easier to meditate on such words, much in the
spirit that God commanded Joshua to speak, meditate and </span></span><u><span style>do</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>
the Word of God. Joshua 1:8. We can do much better than Joshua as NT
saints, when we remember that God has constituted the NT as Torah -
equal in authority to the entire OT. (Hebrews 8:6.) Dr. David Stern
made this discovery, and deals with it in his “Jewish NT
Commentary”. Try meditating over these 7 sections to test such
helpfulness. J.A.W.</span></span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in"><br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in"><br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in"><br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in"><br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in"><br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font size="3"><b>TO
SUBSCRIBE - Please Email: <a href="mailto:mailing-subscribe@2rbetter.org" target="_blank">mailing-subscribe@2rbetter.org</a></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"><b>TO
UNSUBSCRIBE - Please Email: <a href="mailto:mailing-unsubscribe@2rbetter.org" target="_blank">mailing-unsubscribe@2rbetter.org</a></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"><b>FOR
ARCHIVE ARTICLES - Web:<a href="http://2rbetter.org/pipermail/mailing/" target="_blank">http://2rbetter.org/pipermail/mailing/</a></b></font></p>
<style type="text/css">p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }</style>