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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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</p><p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER"><b>2212-07-26
- GAL 5:22-23 - Fruit of the Spirit Overview - UGWS</b></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>As
the visible expressions of hidden lusts are the works of the flesh,
so the invisible power of the Holy Spirit in those who are brought
into living union with Christ (John 15:2-8, 16) produces “the fruit
of the Spirit”, the <u>singular</u><span style="text-decoration:none">
form suggesting the unity of the character of the Lord as produced in
them, all in contrast with the confused and often mutually
antagonistic “works of the flesh”. </span><span style="text-decoration:none">Some
n</span><span style="text-decoration:none">otes from John Stegenga,
and Vine’s “Expository Dictionary”.</span></b></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font size="3"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">1.
LOVE - aGAp</span><u>e</u><span style="text-decoration:none"> from
a-gaPA</span><u>o</u><span style="text-decoration:none">* - 116
(320) references</span></b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;text-decoration:none" align="LEFT">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>- Identifies the believer
with God in character.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;text-decoration:none" align="LEFT">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>- We are to love in this
world as Christ loved.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;text-decoration:none" align="LEFT">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>- Love is the cure to pride,
1 Corinthians 13:4; 8:1.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">-
See John 21 for a contrast between “aGAp</span><u>e</u><span style="text-decoration:none">”,
the Love of God - and PHIl</span><u>e</u><span style="text-decoration:none">
- human love.</span></b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;text-decoration:none" align="LEFT">
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</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font size="3"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">2.
JOY - chaRA from CHAIr</span><u>o</u><span style="text-decoration:none">*
- 59 (401) references</span></b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;text-decoration:none" align="LEFT">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>- Joy is associated with life
1 Thessalonians 3:8-9.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;text-decoration:none" align="LEFT">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>- Sorrow - enlarges capacity
for joy, John 16:20.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;text-decoration:none" align="LEFT">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>- Persecution for Christ’s
sake enhances joy, Matthew 5:11-12.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;text-decoration:none" align="LEFT">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>- God Himself is the ground
and object of the believer’s joy, Romans 5:11.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">-
Nehemiah told Israel that the </span><u>joy of the Lord</u><span style="text-decoration:none">
is their strength, 8:10.</span></b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;text-decoration:none" align="LEFT">
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</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font style="font-size:13pt" size="3"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">3.
PEACE - eiR</span><u>E</u><span style="text-decoration:none">n</span><u>e</u><span style="text-decoration:none">
from eRE</span><u>o</u><span style="text-decoration:none">* - 92
(4076) references</span></b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;text-decoration:none" align="LEFT">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>- The word for harmonious
relationships.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;text-decoration:none" align="LEFT">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>- Rest and contentment from
peaceful conditions, Matthew 10:13.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;text-decoration:none" align="LEFT">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>- Like the Hebrew “shalom”
- means wholeness or salvation.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;text-decoration:none" align="LEFT">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>- The peace of Jesus is
entirely different from that of the world!</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;text-decoration:none" align="LEFT">
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</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font size="3"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">4.
LONGSUFFERING - ma-kro-thuMIa from THU</span><u>o</u><span style="text-decoration:none">*
- 14 (264) references</span></b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;text-decoration:none" align="LEFT">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>- Does not hastily retaliate
in the face of provocation.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;text-decoration:none" align="LEFT">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>- Opposite of anger, and
associated with God’s mercy.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;text-decoration:none" align="LEFT">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>- Does not surrender to
circumstances or succumb under trial.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;text-decoration:none" align="LEFT">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>- Opposite of despondency,
and associated with hope, 1 Thessalonians 1:3.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;text-decoration:none" align="LEFT">
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</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font size="3"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">5.
KINDNESS - chresTOtes from CHRA</span><u>o</u><span style="text-decoration:none">*
- 10 (138) references</span></b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">-
Love is kind, 1 Corinthians 13:4 - and </span><u>God</u><span style="text-decoration:none">
is love!</span></b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;text-decoration:none" align="LEFT">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>- Goodness of heart.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;text-decoration:none" align="LEFT">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>- One of the synonyms for
Christian, pronounced as “anointed”.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;text-decoration:none" align="LEFT">
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</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font size="3"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">6.
GOODNESS - a-ga-thoSUn</span><u>e</u><span style="text-decoration:none">
from a-gaTHOS* - 4 (122) references</span></b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;text-decoration:none" align="LEFT">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>- A moral quality of
regenerate persons, Romans 15:14.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;text-decoration:none" align="LEFT">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>- Desire after goodness - to
be and do good.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;text-decoration:none" align="LEFT">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>- When God is in us, we
partake of His goodness.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;text-decoration:none" align="LEFT">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>- Readiness to do good to all
as we have opportunity. Barnabas was a “good” man.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;text-decoration:none" align="LEFT">
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</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font size="3"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">7.
FAITHFULNESS - PIStis from PEIth</span><u>o</u><span style="text-decoration:none">*
- 244 (711) references</span></b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;text-decoration:none" align="LEFT">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>- Comes from a personal
surrender to God, John 1:12.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;text-decoration:none" align="LEFT">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>- Conduct inspired by such
surrender, 2 Corinthians 5:7.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">-
Dependability: </span><u>this</u><span style="text-decoration:none">
is the nature of God!</span></b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;text-decoration:none" align="LEFT">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>- Fidelity in engagements,
promises and trusts.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">-
Solomon in Proverbs asks - “A </span><u>faithful</u><span style="text-decoration:none">
man - who can find?”</span></b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;text-decoration:none" align="LEFT">
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font size="3"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">8.
GENTLENESS - praOt</span><u>e</u><span style="text-decoration:none">s
from PRAus* - 9 (16) references</span></b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;text-decoration:none" align="LEFT">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>- Inwrought grace of soul
towards God.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;text-decoration:none" align="LEFT">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>- Acceptance of God’s
dealings, not disputing or resisting.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;text-decoration:none" align="LEFT">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>- Faces evil men with inward
strength.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;text-decoration:none" align="LEFT">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>- Gentleness of Meekness is
the fruit of Power.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;text-decoration:none" align="LEFT">
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;text-decoration:none" align="LEFT">
<font size="3"><b>9. SELF-CONTROL - egKRAtei-a from KRAtos* - 4 (102)
references</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">-
Temperance is limited to one form of self-control; the </span><u>latter</u><span style="text-decoration:none">
is better.</span></b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;text-decoration:none" align="LEFT">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>- Exercised by the will under
control of God’s Spirit, Galatians 2:20.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;text-decoration:none" align="LEFT">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>- A working of strength into
us - enabling us to overcome.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;text-decoration:none" align="LEFT">
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</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><u><b>NOTE</b></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>:
</b></span><b><span style="text-decoration:none">There is a
relationship between the Gifts and the Fruit of the Spirit. They both
have nine in number. I sometimes link them with the bottom 9 human
vertebrae. Some of them fuse, </span><span style="text-decoration:none">as</span><span style="text-decoration:none">
the child grows older. The nerves that spread out from the spinal
cord at this place control human walking ability, reproduction and
elimination. It produces a serious problem should nerve signals be
disrupted in this area of the human body.</span></b></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">As
noted in connection with the fruit of the Spirit, the gifts of the
Spirit can be immediately manifested in a new believer according to
the “Peter-package” of Acts 2:38: repentance; baptism; reception
of the gift (d</span><u>o</u><span style="text-decoration:none">-reA)
of the Holy Spirit.</span></b></font></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"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">But
it is a lifetime development to see the character of Jesus worked
into us through the </span><u>fruit</u><span style="text-decoration:none">
of the Spirit. And - it is </span><u>one</u><span style="text-decoration:none">
9-fold fruit, with 9 segments like an orange. God would have us
manifest His Son in us in a balanced 9-fold manner.</span></b></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;text-decoration:none" align="LEFT">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>I like to link the fruit of
the Spirit with the tribe of Issachar, the wise, patient, faithful
“donkey” tribe. In the Near East, kings rode on donkeys.</b></font></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"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">Also,
I like to link the fruit of the Spirit with the “First Nations
People” in a cultural sense. In them I see the potential of
faithfulness, </span><u>sensitivity</u><span style="text-decoration:none">
and obedience. See “Dances with Wolves” as an illustration of
this. If you visit our Website <<a href="http://www.2rbetter.org">www.2rbetter.org</a>> and click on
“Embryonics” - you will find all 12 tribes listed, with the 12
Embryonic Revival Principles that came together in 1948 in Northern
Canada, as well as the 12 world cultural divisions. I do not say a
“Thus says the Lord” for these linkages - but I believe they are
suggestive, and perhaps some of you would want to try your hand at
developing your own links.</span></b></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;text-decoration:none" align="LEFT">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>I like to use the analogy of
the tribe of Benjamin in the last few chapters of the book of Judges.
Because of sin this tribe was nearly wiped out by the other 11
tribes. But instead of rejoicing that there were but 600 young men
left - they mourned and strategized, and worked out a plan to obtain
wives for these 600 to start the tribe up again. Otherwise we would
not have had the Apostle Paul - a Benjamite - and 14 of the 27 books
of the New Testament!</b></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;text-decoration:none" align="LEFT">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>Just so - we need the First
Nations People receiving and giving their unique contribution to the
other major cultural divisions of our earth. Presently, but 3% of the
First Nations People have made believer status. That is starting to
change - but our prayers, understanding and concern could speed up
the process. </b></font>
</p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">So
- Fruit of the Spirit? All of earth’s segments desperately need to
avail themselves of this plan of God on our behalf. Availing
ourselves of George Muller’s “Soul Nourishment First” will
greatly expedite this possibility. And upon the soon publication of
Ivan Panin’s Bible Numeric “Outlined Interlinear New Testament”
- all we as believers will find it much simpler and effective for
daily </span><u>meditation</u><span style="text-decoration:none">
upon God’s Word. And when we </span><u>do</u><span style="text-decoration:none">
so,, because Jesus and this Word (LOgos) are </span><u>one</u><span style="text-decoration:none">
- then it becomes transformed in us into the living ‘R</span><u>E</u><span style="text-decoration:none">ma
word! Then </span><u>indeed</u><span style="text-decoration:none">
we are on the way!</span></b></font></p>
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