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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><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
19 - </b><b>2 PETER 1.1-21 </b><b>-</b><b> THE TRUE KNOWLEDGE </b></font></font>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in"><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>1.
</b></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b> 1:4 (1:1-4)
THESE PROMISES: LEAD TO PARTAKING OF DIVINE NATURE. </b></font><b>
“Whereby he has granted us the precious and exceeding great
promises; that through these you may become partakers of </b><i><b>the</b></i><b>
divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that </b><i><b>is</b></i><b>
in the world by lust” </b><b>(NNT). </b><b> </b><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">What
a blessedness You have ordained for us Father, through the Promises
of Your Word! </font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">We marvel
at the extent of Your plan. </font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><u>We</u></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none">
are a new creation in Christ Jesus! </span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">
</font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><i><b>Hallowed be your
:name.</b></i></font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in"><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>2.</b></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>
1:5-7 THESE THINGS: TO BE DILIGENTLY ADDED. </b></font><b>“Yes,
and for this very cause adding on your part all diligence, in your
:faith supply :</b><u><b>virtue</b></u><b>; and in :virtue
:</b><u><b>knowledge</b></u><b>; </b><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><b>6</b></font><b>
and in :knowledge :</b><u><b>self-control</b></u><b>; and in
self-control :</b><u><b>patience</b></u><b>; and in :patience
:</b><u><b>godliness</b></u><b>; </b><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><b>7</b></font><b>
and in :godliness </b><u><b>brotherly :kindness</b></u><b>; and in
</b><i><b>your </b></i><b> brotherly :kindness :</b><u><b>love</b></u><b>.”
</b><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><i><b>Your :kingdom come.</b></i></font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in"><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>3.</b></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>
1:8 THESE THINGS ABOUNDING: PRODUCE FRUITFUL KNOWLEDGE.</b></font><b>
“For if </b><u><b>these </b></u><i><u><b>things</b></u></i><b> are
yours and abound, they make </b><i><b>you</b></i><b> to be not idle
nor unfruitful unto the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.”
</b><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">Fruitfulness in Christ Jesus
is absolutely depend</font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">e</font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">nt
upon understanding this truth and walking in it by your grace,
Father! </font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><i><b>Your :will
be done, As in heaven, so on earth.</b></i></font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in"><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>1.</b></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>
1:9 THESE THINGS LACKING: PRODUCE SPIRITUAL BLINDNESS.</b></font><b>
“For who lacks </b><u><b>these</b></u><b> is blind, short-sighted,
having forgotten the cleansing from his old :sins.” </b><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">We
lose true apprehension of Your Gospel Father, if we fail to walk in
</font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><u>these things</u></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">.
O forgive us our partial blindness in Your true purposes for us Your
Church, because we have been robbed of true understanding concerning
</font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><u>these things</u></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">.
</font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b> </b></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><i><b>Our
:daily :bread Give us this day.</b></i></font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in"><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>Five.
1:10-11 THESE THINGS DONE: PROVIDE ABUNDANT HEAVENL</b></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>Y</b></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in"><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>ENTRANCE.
</b></font><b> “Wherefore, brothers give </b><i><b>the more</b></i><b>
diligence to make your calling and election sure: for in doing </b><u><b>these</b></u><b>
you shall never stumble: </b><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><b>11</b></font><b>
for </b><u><b>thus</b></u><b> shall be richly supplied to you the
entrance into the eternal kingdom of our :Lord and Savior Jesus
Christ.” </b><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">No stumbling,
but </font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><u>abundant victory</u></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">:
this is the fruit of walking in </font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><u>these
things</u></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">. </font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><i><b>And
forgive us our :debts, As we also have forgiven our :debtors.</b></i></font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in"><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>6</b></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>.
1:12 (12-18) THESE THINGS REMEMBERED: PETER’S DYING GOAL.</b></font><b>
“Wherefore I shall be ready always to remind you of </b><u><b>these
</b></u><i><u><b>things</b></u></i><b>, though you know and are
stablished in the truth which is with </b><i><b>you</b></i><b>.”
</b><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">We bless You Father, for the
faithfulness of Your servant Peter, who encouraged Your Church to
walk in </font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><u>these things</u></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">.
</font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><i><b>And bring us not
into temptation.</b></i></font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in"><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>7</b></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>.
1:19 (19-21) THESE THINGS: SURER THAN VISIONS AN</b></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>D
</b></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>INTERPRETATIONS.</b></font><b>
“And we have the word of prophecy more sure; whereto you do well to
take heed, as to a lamp shining in a murky place, until day dawn, and
</b><i><b>the</b></i><b> day-star arise in your :hearts.” </b><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">Walking
in Your Word is a clearer word than dreams and visions, which is not
to decry the latter! Father, we bless You for this clear statement.
</font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><i><b>But deliver us from
the evil </b></i></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>one.</b></font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in"><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><u><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>NOTE</b></font></u><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>:
1:20-21 (1:19-21) HOW ALL PROPHECY FIRST CAME! </b></span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>“Knowing
this first, that no prophecy of scripture is of </b></span></font><font size="3"><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>its</b></span></i></font><font size="3"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>
own interpretation. </b></span></span></font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>7
</b></span></span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>For
</b></span></span></font><u><font size="3"><span style="font-style:normal"><b>no
prophecy</b></span></font></u><font size="3"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>
was ever borne by man’s will; but men spoke from God, being borne
</b></span></span></font><font size="3"><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>on</b></span></i></font><font size="3"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>
by </b></span></span></font><font size="3"><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>the</b></span></i></font><font size="3"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>
Holy Spirit.” </b></span></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">So
Peter says the same thing as Paul in 1 Corinthians 14:37. The Bible
is </span></span></span></font><u><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal">not</span></span></font></u><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
the word of man, but is </span></span></span></font><u><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal">Your
Word</span></span></font></u><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
Father, given through men by Your Spirit! What a shock this will be
to unbelievers when they appear before Your Son at the Great White
Throne Judgment!</span></span></span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">This
passage is truly one of the significant ones in the whole of
Scripture. Many have memorized portions of it, if not the entire
chapter. Early in my Christian life it was quickened to me, and now
68 years later, it is just as significant as it was back in 1944.</font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in"><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Peter
emphasizes its importance by repeating again and again the words -
</span></span></span></font><u><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal">these
things</span></span></font></u><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">!
The 7 things to add to faith, are </span></span></span></font><u><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal">extremely</span></span></font></u><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
important. I memorized them in my spiritual beginning, and
continually go over them. Some have linked them with the 7 pieces of
furniture in Moses’ Tabernacle.</span></span></span></font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in"><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">1:20-21
should be written o</span></span></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">n</span></span></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
our hearts by the Spirit like 1 Corinthians 14:37, and </span></span></span></font><u><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal">never</span></span></font></u><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
forgotten. For - the Bible is </span></span></span></font><u><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal">not</span></span></font></u><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
the work of man and its 33 known writers - but as is clearly stated -
the </span></span></span></font><u><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal">Book
of God</span></span></font></u><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">.
God’s Bible Numerics </span></span></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">a</span></span></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">s
discovered by Ivan Panin in 1890 - clearly attest</span></span></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">s</span></span></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
to this fact. Man world-wide may dismiss this fact - but it </span></span></span></font><u><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal">will</span></span></font></u><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
come back to haunt them at the Great White </span></span></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">T</span></span></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">hrone
Judgment. </span></span></span></font><u><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal">All</span></span></font></u><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
mankind of </span></span></span></font><u><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal">all</span></span></font></u><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
time will </span></span></span></font><u><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal">then</span></span></font></u><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
be judged according to </span></span></span></font><u><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal">God’s
Book</span></span></font></u><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">,
not by his preconceived ideas or any other holy book.</span></span></span></font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in"><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">See
John 14:6 (14:5-7) </span></span></span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>“Jesus
said to Thomas, </b></span></span></font><u><font size="3"><span style="font-style:normal"><b>I
am the way</b></span></font></u><font size="3"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>,
</b></span></span></font><u><font size="3"><span style="font-style:normal"><b>and
the truth</b></span></font></u><font size="3"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>,
</b></span></span></font><u><font size="3"><span style="font-style:normal"><b>and
the life</b></span></font></u><font size="3"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>:
</b></span></span></font><u><font size="3"><span style="font-style:normal"><b>no
one</b></span></font></u><font size="3"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>
comes unto the Father, </b></span></span></font><u><font size="3"><span style="font-style:normal"><b>but
through me</b></span></font></u><font size="3"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>.”
</b></span></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">How
the majority of mankind </span></span></span></font><u><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal">hate</span></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal">s</span></span></font></u><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
this verse - and anything else of God’s Word in the Bible. Such
matters not! In the end - </span></span></span></font><u><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal">all
mankind</span></span></font></u><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
will be judged by </span></span></span></font><u><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal">this
Word</span></span></font></u><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">,
and no other.</span></span></span></font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in"><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">I,
like Billy Graham, have taken the entire Bible by faith, and declare
it </span></span></span></font><u><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal">all</span></span></font></u><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
to be God’s Word, whether I fully understand it all or not! I
invite you to join me in a similar step of faith, and make it your
declaration too! Jim Watt</span></span></span></font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in"><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Our
Psalm for the day: </span></span></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>139:15-16
SEARCH ME, O GOD, AND KNOW MY HEART. </b></span></span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>“My
frame was not hidden from you, when I was being made in secret,
intricately woven in the depths of the earth. </b></span></span></font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>16
</b></span></span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>Your
eyes saw my unformed substance; in your book were written, every one
of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was none
of them” (ESV). </b></span></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">This
was one of the favorite Psalms of Dr. J. Edwin Orr. </span></span></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>Hallowed
be Your :Name!</b></span></i></font></font></p>
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