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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"><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>MAY
15 - 1 PETER 1:1-2 - THE APOSTLE’S BLESSING</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.
1:1a (1:1-2) PETER: HIS TITLE. <font size="3">“Peter, apostle of
Jesus Christ” (NNT). </font></b><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-weight:normal">You
set in the church apostles, prophets and teacher</span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-weight:normal">s</span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-weight:normal">,
Father (1 Corinthians 12:28). Through </span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><u><span style="font-weight:normal">Jesus</span></u></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
You gave the 5-fold ministries of Ephesians 4:11. It is all a
sovereign act of Yourself. Peter is one of Your chosen, elect ones.
We submit to Your right in this (Acts 20:28). </span></span></font><b><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">Hallowed
be your :name!</span></i></font></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><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none">2.
1:1b (1:1-2) SUBJECT: ELECT SOJOURNERS OF THE DISPERSION. </span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“To
the elect sojourners of </span></font><font size="3"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">the</span></i></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">
Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia.”
</span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Peter
knew the value of these dispersed people to You, Father. As a true
shepherd he writes under Your direction, that they might be
encouraged. We bless You for Your faithful servant! </span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">Your
:kingdom come!</span></i></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">3.
1:2</span><span style="text-decoration:none">a</span><span style="text-decoration:none">
(1:1-2) FOREKNOWLEDGE: BASIS OF ELECTION. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“According
to </span></font><font size="3"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">the</span></i></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">
foreknowledge of God </span></font><font size="3"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">the</span></i></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">
Father.” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">You
Father, are the One Who calls the things that are not as though they
were! You called Jeremiah before he was born, even before he was
conceived! You name</span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">d</span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
8 men by name even before their birth; one, centuries in advance!
</span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">Your :will be
done, As in heaven, so on earth.</span></i></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">4.
1:2b (1:1-2) SANCTIFICATION OF SPIRIT: THE WORKING OF ELECTION.
</span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“In
sanctification of </span></font><font size="3"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">the</span></i></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">
Spirit.” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Objectively,
You work by foreknowledge, Father; subjectively, You work in
sanctification of the Spirit. We are those in Christ because of
Calvary; we are conformed unto His image through the Holy Spirit.
First the blood - then the oil! </span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">Our
:daily :bread Give us this day.</span></i></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">5.
1:2c (1:1-2) OBEDIENCE AND BLOOD SPRINKLING: GOAL OF ELECTION.
</span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“Unto
obedience and sprinkling of Jesus Christ’s blood.” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">The
obedience to the faith for all nations (ROM 1:5; 16:26), is Your goal
for us, Father. In </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">this</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
way we are made conformable unto </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">Jesus</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">,
and are brought into Glory! Then the travail of His soul is </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">not</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
in vain (ISA 53:11). </span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">And
forgive us our :debts, As we also have forgiven our :debtors!</span></i></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">6.
1:2d (1:1-2) MULTIPLICATION OF GRACE: DESIRE OF THE APOSTLE.
</span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“Grace to
you.” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Grace
is very close to the covenant love (CHEsed) of the Old Covenant. It
is more than the unmerited favor of God. And Peter’s prayer is that
this grace might be </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">multiplied</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
so that one drives 1000 to flight, and two drive 10,000 (DEUT 32:30)!
</span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">And bring us
not into temptation.</span></i></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">7.
1:2</span><span style="text-decoration:none">e</span><span style="text-decoration:none">
(1:1-2) MULTIPLICATION OF PEACE: DESIRE OF THE APOSTLE. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“And
</span></font><font size="3"><u>peace</u></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">
be multiplied.” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Old
Covenant peace is </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">Shalom</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">.
It speaks of </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">wholeness</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">,
well</span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">-</span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">being,
spiritual prosperity, our ideal state in God. It is the desire and
greeting of Israelis one to another. We </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">bless
You</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
for Shalom, Father. </span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">But
deliver us from the evil </span></i><span style="text-decoration:none">one!</span></b></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>:
Psalm 135: 19-21. YOUR NAME, O LORD, ENDURES FOREVER. </b></span><b><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“O
house of Israel, bless the LORD! O house of Aaron, bless the LORD! </span></font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none">20
</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">O
house of Levi, bless the LORD! You who fear the LORD, bless the LORD!
</span></font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none">21
</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">Bless</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">ed</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">
be the LORD from Zion, he who dwells in Jerusalem! Praise the LORD”
</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">(ESV)!</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">
</span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Israel,
priests, Levites and Gentiles: all are to bless You, O great Jehovah
Father. We bless You in Your dwelling place!</span></span></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"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">I
have divided 1 & 2 Peter into 7 sections for daily Bible
readings. These sections have been set forth by Ivan Panin according
to God’s Bible Numerics, which He revealed to Panin in 1890.
Panin’s discovery included the “sentence, sub-paragraph,
paragraph and section structure”, also set forth by Bible Numerics.
1 Peter 1:1-2 is the first significant paragraph of these 2 books.</span></span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">What
a wealth of spiritual lessons appear in these 2 verses of this first
paragraph! One of these lessons has to do with the Sovereign right of
our God to </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">elect</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
the Jewish sojourners in the Diaspora (or Dispersion). George Muller
started out his Christian life at the age of 20 in Germany. Then he
came to England. In one of his early sermons, he referred to the
doctrine of “election” as a “devilish doctrine”. A lady
challenged him: “Have you eve</span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">r</span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
done a th</span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">o</span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">rough
study of the Bible on the doctrine of Election?” He acknowledge
that he had not. </span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">She
then said: “Then please do not make conclusions on this doctrine,
until you have done so.” </span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">So
instead of taking offense at this challenge, he went verse by verse
through the entire Bible, especially in the New Testament. To his
amazement he found that fully 80% of the verses relating to this
doctrine, were positive in this regard. Then as he matured as a
Christian, he found the other 20% started to fit in to the teaching
of the 80%. Muller was proficient in 7 languages, including Greek,
Hebrew, German, French and English. He often studied the Bible in its
original languages. Charles Haddon Spurgeon and Stephen Tregelles
held similar views as Muller.</span></span></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"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Like
Muller I started my Christian life at 21 in 1944 as “Arm</span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">i</span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">nian”
in doctrine. But also like Muller, I study the Bible in Hebrew and
Greek. I have completely outlined the entire Bible in 366 daily
reading</span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">s</span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
of 9 verses each, using God’s Bible Numeric pattern as discovered
by Ivan Panin. I have also take</span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">n</span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
Panin’s two Bible Numeric New Testament texts, and put them
together in an </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">Outlined</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
Interlinear Format. In the process of over 40,000 hours of labor in
these areas, I like Muller, have moved from the Arminian position, to
that held by him, George Whitefield, Spurgeon and Tregelles.</span></span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">I
have no problem fellowshipping fully with friends who still hold the
original position of Muller and myself. George Whitefield also held
this same openness.</span></span></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"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">There
is no doubt that when we all get to heaven - each one of us will
still have areas of adjustment to make in our understanding of the
Bible, especially the New Testament. So it behooves all of us down
here to have an openness to one another in spit</span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">e</span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
of differing opinions and interpretations. I have preached in
churches of over 40 different denomination</span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">s</span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">.
Among these, we have areas of difference. But - these differing
view-points do </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">not</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
hinder good fellowship! I invite you to join with me and George
Whitefield in being open to one an</span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">o</span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">ther
in differing doctrinal viewpoints, as long as </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">essentials</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
are not involved. In essentials: unity. In non-essential</span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">s</span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">:
tolerance. In all things: charity - or love! </span></span></font></font>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Our
Psalm for the day: </span></span><b><span style="text-decoration:none">135:12
YOUR NAME, O LORD, ENDURES FOREVER! </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">The
LORD gave the land of the nations as a heritage, a heritage to his
people Israel!” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">How
Sovereign You are, Father! The land You promised Abraham, but
withheld until the cup of the iniquity of the Amorite was full: </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">that
land</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
came to Israel under Joshua. What is a 400 year delay to You?
</span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">Hallowed be
your :name! </span></i></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Jim
Watt</span></span></font></font></p>
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