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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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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER"><b>2012-03-15
- SEVEN I AM'S FROM JOHN - Link with Judah</b></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><b>1.
BREAD. R.P. #145, p. 80, I.H. ARtos, from Ar<u>o</u><span style="text-decoration:none">*,
99 (296) references</span></b></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><b>John
6:35 and 48: “<u>I am the bread of life</u></b><u><span style>”</span></u></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">m. 6:35 JESUS CLEARLY ANSWERS
THEIR QUESTIONING</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 me
peiNAse, kai ho piSTEUon eis eME ou me diPS<u>E</u>sei P<u>O</u>po-te.</font></p>
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<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"><u><b> I am the bread of :life.</b></u></font><font size="3"><b>
</b></font><b> </b>eG<u>O</u> ei-mi ho ARtos t<u>e</u>s z<u>o</u>-<u>E</u>S.</font></p>
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<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 “breaking of bread”
became the name for the institution breaking (not cutting) the loaf
at the Lord's Supper, Acts 2:42, 20:7; 1 Corinthians 10:16, 11:23.
Metaphorically, Christ is known as the bread of God, John 6:33, 35.
George Muller partook of the Word as Soul-food before he prayed.
Priests ate this bread in type! Bread of Presence, Leviticus 24:9. We
minister the living Word by revelation, Romans 8:14.</font></p>
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<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>2. LIGHT. R.P. #1512, p.
783, I.L. PH<u>O</u>S, from PHA<u>o</u>*, 70 (255) references</b></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"><b>of the WORLD. R.P. #717, p.
429, A, KOSmos*, 187 (202) references</b></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"><b>John 8:12 and 9:5: “<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:8pt" size="1">E. 8:12-20 FATHER WHO WITNESSES
OF JESUS - UNKNOWN TO JEWS</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">a. 8:12 CHRIST THE LIGHT OF THE
WORLD</font></p>
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<font size="3"><b>Again therefore :Jesus spoke to them, saying, <u>I am
the light of the world</u>:</b></font></p>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="LEFT">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">Metaphorically, the truth in
Christ reaching the mind. Natural man is incapable of receiving
spiritual light, 1 Corinthians 2:14. Believers become “sons of
light” through the New Birth, receiving spiritual capacity for
revelation from God, Luke 16:8. It was <u>this</u> that Thomas
Kinkaid sought to portray in his paintings, and which the world could
not grasp. See the candlestick in the Tabernacle: here the “gifts
of the Spirit” are for <u>light</u>, 1 Corinthians 12:8-11.</font></p>
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<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>3. DOOR. R.P. #544, p. 355,
I.G., THUra, from THU<u>o</u>*, 39 (265) references </b></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"><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">6. 10:7-18 JESUS EXPLAINS
PARABLE OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD</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>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="LEFT">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">Metaphorically, of Christ, John
10:7, 9. Metaphorically of faith, by acceptance of the Gospel, Acts
14:27. Also of entrance into the Kingdom of God, Matthew 25:10, Luke
13:24-25. Christ's entrance into a repentant believer's heart,
Revelation 3:20. Access to behold visions relative to the purposes of
God, Revelation 4:1.</font></p>
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<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>4. SHEPHERD. R.P. #1158, p.
657, A, poiM<u>E</u>N*, 18 (40) references, John 10:11</b></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"><b>GOOD. R.P. #625, p.
395, A., kaLOS*, 102 (142) references.</b></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"><b>John 10:11-15: “<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:8pt" size="1">e. 10:11 THE PURPOSE OF THE
GOOD SHEPHERD</font></p>
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<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>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">f. 10:12-13 THE NATURE OF THE
HIRELING</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>
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<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>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">g. 10:14-15 THE KNOWLEDGE THAT
EXISTS BETWEEN CHRIST AND HIS SHEEP</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>; 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 style="font-size:11pt" size="2">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="CENTER">
<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">Metaphorically of Christ,
Matthew 26:31; Mark 14:27; John 10:11, 14, 16; Hebrews 13:20; 1 Peter
2:25. Pastors tend, guide and oversee, as well as feed the flock,
Acts 20:17, 28. It was this service committed to elders (overseers or
bishops). Jesus Christ alone is the chief shepherd, 1 Peter 5:4.
Aaron, a type of Christ, was faithful over the Tabernacle. King David
shepherded God's people Israel, Psalm 23.</font></p>
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<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>5. RESURRECTION. R.P. #595,
p. 371, II.B, aNAsta-sis, from HISt<u>e</u>-mi*, 42 (648) references.</b></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"><b>John 11:25: “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:8pt" size="1">h. 11:25-26a CHRIST - THE
RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE</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; </b><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style>26a</span></font><b>
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="CENTER">
<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">By metonymy, of Christ as the
Author of resurrection, John 11:25. Many found in Christ strength and
firmness, a means of their salvation - many in Israel to stumble. God
made Aaron's budding rod bring forth almonds, symbol of resurrection.
Christ Jesus raised Lazarus, and will raise us too, 1 Thessalonians
4:13-18.</font></p>
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<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>6. WAY. R.P. #999, p. 554,
I.A, hoDOS, 102 (137) references.</b></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"><b>TRUTH. R.P. #792, p.
464, II.B, a-l<u>e</u>THEIa, from a + L<u>E</u>th<u>o</u>*, 107 (203)
references.</b></font></p>
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<font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">JOHN b. 14:6 NO WAY TO GOD
BUT THROUGH CHRIST</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;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">ouDEIS ERche-tai pros ton
paTEra, ei m<u>e</u> di’ eMOU.</font></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="LEFT">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">Metaphorically, a course of
conduct, or way of thinking. The way instructed and approved of God,
Acts 18:26, Hebrews 3:10. Paul's way in Christ, 1 Corinthians 4:17.
The more excellent way of love, 1 Corinthians 12:31. Personified of
Christ as means of access to the Father, John 14:6. The course
followed and characterized by followers of Christ, Acts 9:2, 19:9,
23; 24:22. Christ in the Tabernacle: Blood-sprinkled mercy seat on
the Ark, which led Israel in her goings.</font></p>
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<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>7. VINE. R.P. #82, p. 53,
A, AMpe-los*, 8 (32) references. - John 15:1</b></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"><b>TRUE vine. R.P. #792,
p. 464, II.D, a-l<u>e</u>-thiNOS, a + L<u>E</u>th<u>o</u>*, 27 (203)
references.</b></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">John
C. 15:1-16:33 RESULTS FROM THE SPIRIT’S COMING</font></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER">
<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">3.
15:1-16 FRUIT: PURPOSE OF THE SPIRIT</font></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER"><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font size="3"><b><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">a.
15:1</font> I am the true :vine, and my :Father is the husbandman.</b></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">E-G<u>O</u>
ei-mi h<u>e</u> AMpe-los <font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">[288] </font>h<u>e</u>
a-l<u>e</u>-thiN<u>E</u>, kai ho paT<u>E</u>R mou ho ge-<u>o</u>rGOS
<font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">[1092] </font>es-tin.</font></font></p>
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<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">Used figuratively of Christ,
John 15:1, 4, 5. A true vine shelters, as 4-fold covering of
Tabernacle: badger skins, rams dyed red, goat hairs (humanity), white
linen. Father pruned branches, as they receive life from the true
vine.</font></p>
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<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><u>NOTE</u><span style="text-decoration:none">:
Here we have a 7-fold picture of Christ - yet </span><u>much more</u><span style="text-decoration:none">
than this! For our Lord Jesus uses the peculiar meaning of “Jehovah”
in each of these 7 references: “</span><u>I am</u><span style="text-decoration:none">”
- E-G</span><u>O</u><span style="text-decoration:none"> ei-mi. In
the Pentateuch (Torah), Moses points out that the essence of the
meaning of the Tetragrammaton: Jehovah - is “</span><u>I am</u><span style="text-decoration:none">”
- E-G</span><u>O</u><span style="text-decoration:none"> ei-mi! It
was Jesus' use of this - that so enraged the Jewish leaders of His
day. They termed it “blasphemy” and took up rocks to stone Him.</span></font></p>
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<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><u>But</u><span style="text-decoration:none">
- He </span><u>was</u><span style="text-decoration:none"> all He
said! He came from the Father, </span><u>knew</u><span style="text-decoration:none">
His Father - and as Son of man - was the perfect servant to His
Father. He spoke </span><u>only</u><span style="text-decoration:none">
His Father's words as Son of man, and did </span><u>only</u><span style="text-decoration:none">
His deeds as signs and wonders. Just as these are 7 “I AM's” in
the Gospel of John, so John by the Spirit selects 7 of Jesus' signs
to portray aspects of His character.</span></font></p>
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<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none">In
Isaiah there are 4 “Servant Songs” prophetically looking forward
to the Messiah to come: Jesus! The prophetic device Isaiah uses here
- the Catholic theologians called the “sensus plenior” - the
</span><u>fuller</u><span style="text-decoration:none"> sense!
Modernists </span><u>hate</u><span style="text-decoration:none">
this term - but it is </span><u>true</u><span style="text-decoration:none">,
nonetheless!</span></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal" align="LEFT">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none">I
originally wrote the above outline in 1967, and now 45 years later -
the day before Resurrection Sunday - the </span><u>first</u><span style="text-decoration:none">
day of the week - I find we are celebrating Jesus' resurrection
(2012-04-07). Paul in 1 Corinthians 15 lays out how important and
necessary is the death </span><u>and Resurrection</u><span style="text-decoration:none">
of our Lord Jesus! Had He </span><u>not</u><span style="text-decoration:none">
risen, we would be yet dead in our trespasses and sins. But He </span><u>has</u><span style="text-decoration:none">
risen, and His “finished work” on Calvary is now </span><u>abundantly
justified</u><span style="text-decoration:none">! We </span><u>are</u><span style="text-decoration:none">
redeemed. We </span><u>have been</u><span style="text-decoration:none">
reconciled! He purchased the Presence of the Father, His heredity of
the indwelling Holy Spirit to </span><u>also</u><span style="text-decoration:none">
indwell us! Now </span><u>our</u><span style="text-decoration:none">
resurrection is assured at His Second Coming! </span><u>This</u><span style="text-decoration:none">
is the </span><u>Blessed Hope</u><span style="text-decoration:none">
of the believer! </span></font>
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<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none">Our
Lord Jesus in His resurrection became the First Fruit! We will join
Him in Resurrection Bodies like His present Glorified Body when He
returns in Glory with His holy angels (not His saints yet). He will
following our resurrection give out awards to saints at His B</span><u>E</u><span style="text-decoration:none">ma
(Judgment Seat) - and 1000 years later declare final judgment on all
who rejected Him - who is God's </span><u>only</u><span style="text-decoration:none">
selection for man's salvation! No wonder Felix trembled when Paul
reasoned of these things! J.A.Watt</span></font></p>
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