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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER">“<b>TWO
ARE BETTER THAN ONE” MINISTRIES</b></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER"><b>Jim
& Marie Watt</b></p>
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<a href="http://www.2rbetter.org/" target="_blank">www.2rbetter.org</a></b></p><p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER">September 5, 2012</p><p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER">
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</p><p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER"><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>MAY
10 - JAMES 2 - WISDOM IN THE CHURCH</b></font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>1.
2:1 (2:1-13) FAITH AND RESPECT OF PERSONS: A CONTRADICTION. <font size="3">“My
brethren, are you holding the faith of Jesus Christ our :lord of the
glory with respect of persons” (NNT)?</font></b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">Why
is it Father, that we toady to the rich? They are usually rich at the
expense of the poor, and do not normally come through with help from
the heart. O give us a heart for the poor, the orphan and the widow!
<i><b>Hallowed be your :name.</b></i></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>2.
2:14 (2:14-17) FAITH AND WORKS. </b><font size="3"><b>“What
profits </b></font><font size="3"><i><b>it, </b></i></font><font size="3"><b>my
brethren, if one say he has faith, but have not works? can the faith
save him?” </b></font>Faith and works are two sides of the same
coin! True saving faith always issues forth in helpful works. Works
that please God always flow out of living faith. Why do we theologize
over them Father, splitting the infinite and unscrewing the
inscrutable? <i><b>Your :kingdom come!</b></i></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>3.
2:18 FAITH SHOWN BY WORKS. </b><font size="3"><b>“But one will
say, YOU have faith, and I have works: show me your :faith apart from
the works, and I by my :works will show you the faith.” </b></font>Now
we get down to the practicals! Faith is <u>not</u><span style="text-decoration:none">
an assertion: it is a </span><u>demonstration</u><span style="text-decoration:none">!
James saw this clearly. We embrace this definition, Father. </span><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>Your
:will be done, As in heaven, so on earth.</b></span></i></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>4.
2:19-20 FAITH WITHOUT WORKS. </b></span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>“YOU
believe that God is one; you do well: the demons also believe, and
shudder. </b></span></font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>20
</b></span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>But
will you know, O vain man, that the faith apart from the works is
barren?” </b></span></font><span style="text-decoration:none">Demons
have no works, just faith. They are </span><u>not</u><span style="text-decoration:none">
committed to please You, Father; they </span><span style="text-decoration:none">under
Satan </span><span style="text-decoration:none">oppose You. They
believe in You and Your word more clearly than many believers, but
have no </span><u>follow-through</u><span style="text-decoration:none">.
</span><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>Our :daily :bread
Give us this day!</b></span></i></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>5.
2:21-22 (2:21-24) ABRAHAM’S FAITH AND WORKS. </b></span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>“Was
not Abraham our :father justified by works, in that he offered up
Isaac his :son upon the altar? </b></span></font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>22
</b></span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>You
see that the faith worked with the works, and by the works was the
faith perfected.” </b></span></font><span style="text-decoration:none">Now
here is a further word and clear revelation stating the close
relationship between faith and works. James has </span><u>not</u><span style="text-decoration:none">
written a “right strawy” epistle, as one theologian opined! </span><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>And
forgive us our :debts, As we also have forgiven our :debtors!</b></span></i></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>6.
2:25 RAHAB’S FAITH AND WORKS. </b></span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>“And
likewise was not also Raab the harlot justified by works, in that she
received the messengers, and sent </b></span></font><font size="3"><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>them</b></span></i></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>
out another way?” </b></span></font><span style="text-decoration:none">Justification
is based on living faith integrally bound up with works that
demonstrate it. Father, write this truth strong on our hearts.
</span><u>Circumcise</u><span style="text-decoration:none"> our
hearts with it! </span><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>And
bring us not into temptation!</b></span></i></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>7.
2:26 FAITH IS TO WORKS - AS SPIRIT </b></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>IS
</b></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>TO BODY. </b></span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>“Just
as the body apart from spirit is dead, even so :faith apart from
works is dead.” </b></span></font><span style="text-decoration:none">Here
is the conclusion of the matter. Living faith is </span><u>always</u><span style="text-decoration:none">
demonstrated by works that follow. We bless You for this principle
Father, and strongly acknowledge its truth. </span><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>But
deliver us from the evil </b></span></i><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>one!</b></span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><u><b>NOTE</b></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>:
2:5-6a (2:1-13) THE POOR: GOD’S CHOICE! </b></span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>“Hearken,
my beloved brethren; did not :God choose the poor as to the world </b></span></font><font size="3"><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>to
be</b></span></i></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>
rich in faith, and heir of the kingdom which he promised to them that
love him? </b></span></font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>6a
</b></span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>But
YOU have dishonored the poor </b></span></font><font size="3"><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>man</b></span></i></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>.”
</b></span></font><span style="text-decoration:none">The majority
of Kingdom members are from among the poor! It is far more difficult
for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of God. Only God can help the
rich!</span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">It
is interesting how so many believers have difficulty with the book of
James. James wants us all to look at this subject as “both/and”!
Both faith </span><u>and</u><span style="text-decoration:none">
works! While so many believers want to separate them into “faith </span><u>or</u><span style="text-decoration:none">
works”! Luther had this same problem way back in his day - and saw
only “Justification by Faith!”</span></b></font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal" align="LEFT">
<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">If
we accept the book of James as “canonical” - then we have no
problem! And if we see “God’s Bible Numerics” through Ivan
Panin confirming James as canonical - then - we have no choice! We
must then, “Let the Word mean what </span><u>it</u><span style="text-decoration:none">
wants to mean” - and “let God say what </span><u>He</u><span style="text-decoration:none">
wants to say!”</span></b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><u><b>This</b></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>
is my position, and I find that it solves so many problems! The
upcoming “Outlined Interlinear New Testament” based on God’s
Bible Numerics through the discovery of Ivan Pain - is </b></span><b><u>such</u><span style="text-decoration:none">
a major break-through in the field of “Textual Criticism”. It
enables us to remove up to 60% of all the material in Bible
Commentaries, and their reasoning trying to establish the original
text.</span></b></font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal" align="LEFT">
<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><u><b>That</b></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>
is already </b></span><b><u>solved</u><span style="text-decoration:none">
through “Bible Numerics”.</span></b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">For
those of you who would like some extra proof on this, turn to our
Website <<a href="http://www.2rbetter.org">www.2rbetter.org</a>> and click on “Archives”. Then
scroll down to 2011.01.02 - “Cutting Edge Ministries” on Panin.
This is one of the better articles giving a clear insight into “God’s
Astounding Bible Numerics” as unfolded by Ivan Panin. It is indeed
“Russia’s Gift to Christianity”!</span></b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">Our
Psalm for the day: 130:7-8 </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“O
Israel, hope in the LORD! For with the LORD there is steadfast love
(CHEsed), and with him is plentiful redemption. </span></font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none">8
</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">And he
will redeem Israel from all his iniquities” </span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">(</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">ESV).
</span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Again
Father, we bear witness that You deal with us </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">not</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
according to our worthiness or works, but according to Your Covenant
Love! O, we bless You for Your wisdom and mercy in this! </span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">Hallowed
be your :name!</span></i></b></font></font></p>
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