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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">October 14, 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"><b>JUN
9 - 2 JOHN - CONTINUANCE IN THE TRUTH</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"><b>1.
1-2 (1-3, NNT) TRUTH: THE WAY TO LOVE. <font size="3">“The elder
to elect Kyria and her :children, whom I love in truth; and not I
only, but also all that know the truth; </font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">2
</font><font size="3">for the truth’s sake which abides in us, and
shall be with us unto the age.” </font></b><span style="font-weight:normal">Truth
in us, and we in Truth - is the mature way of Your Kingdom, Father!
Your Son - is Truth Incarnate! </span><b><i>Hallowed be your :name.</i></b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b>2.
4 TRUTH: THE WAY TO WALK. <font size="3">“I rejoice greatly that I
have found </font><font size="3"><i>certain </i></font><font size="3">of
your :children wal</font><font size="3">k</font><font size="3">ing in </font><font size="3"><i>the</i></font><font size="3">
truth even as we received commandment from the Father.” </font></b><span style="font-weight:normal">A
true saint reproduces in the Spirit those like herself. This is proof
of our genuine relationship with You, Father! You are glorified by
</span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">much</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
fruit on our part. </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"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">3.
5 (5-6) TRUTH: LOVE BY COMMAND. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“And
now I request you, Kyria, not as though I wrote to you a new
commandment, but which we had from </span></font><font size="3"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">the</span></i></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">
beginning, that we love one another.” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">This
is the perennial message of John the beloved apostle. Genuine love to
saints, believers and unbelievers: in short, to </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">all</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
mankind - is Your commandment, Father. We receive it! </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"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">4.
7 TRUTH: THREATENED BY DECEIVERS. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">For
many deceivers are gone forth into the world: they that confess not
Jesus Christ coming in </span></font><font size="3"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">the</span></i></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">
flesh. This is the deceiver and the antichrist.” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">This
is </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">so</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
contrary to truth. Please give us keen discernment in this area,
Father. O forgive us that so many of us fail to realize the great
importance of this revelation. </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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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">5.
8 TRUTH: CAN BE LOST THROUGH CARELESSNESS. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“Look
to yourselves, that you lose not what </span></font><font size="3"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">things</span></i></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">
we have wrought, but that you receive a full reward.” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">He
who endures to the </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">end</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
shall be saved! The </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">end</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
of a matter is better than the beginning. The glory of the Latter
House shall be greater than the </span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">F</span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">ormer!
Teach us the importance of this Father, and strengthen us when we are
tempted to grow careless. </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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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">6.
9 (9-11) TRUTH: HOW TO GUARD </span><span style="text-decoration:none">IT</span><span style="text-decoration:none">.
</span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“Whoever
goes onward and abides not in the teaching of the Christ, </span></font><font size="3"><u>has
not God</u></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">:
who abides in the teaching, the same has both the Father and the
Son.” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Do
we believe this? Yes: but help our unbelief, Father! How important it
is that we thoroughly understand the significance of this revelation!
</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"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">7.
12 (12-13) TRUTH: BRINGS JOY WHEN ESTABLISHED. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">Having
many </span></font><font size="3"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">things</span></i></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">
to write to you, I would not with paper and ink: but hope to come
unto you, and speak face to face, that your :joy be made full.”
</span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">How
much a personal visit supersedes the value of a letter. John knew
this; may we also practice this principle whenever possible. </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"><u><b>NOTE</b></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>:
6 (5-6) TRUTH AND LOVE: A WALK ACCORDING TO COMMANDMENTS! </b></span><b><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“And
this is :love, that we should walk after his :commandments. This is
the commandment, even as you heard from </span></font><font size="3"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">the</span></i></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">
beginning, that you should walk in it.” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">If
we have </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">love</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
for You Father, we will walk consistently in love one </span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">to
</span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">another!
Yes!</span></span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">I
like the derivation of the word “truth”! It comes from two Greek
words - “a” - meaning “off of” or “from” - and “L</span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">E</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">th</span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">o</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">”
- “to hide”. Putting them together - it means “taking </span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">the
lid </span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">off
of that which was hidden.” Solomon in Proverbs 25:2 writes - </span></span><b><span style="text-decoration:none">“It
is the glory of God to </span><u>conceal</u><span style="text-decoration:none">
things, but the glory of kings is to search them out!” </span></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">And
</span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">we</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
are a </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">kingdom</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
of priests, so this privilege belongs to each of us! So - as kings we
are to take the cover off of what was concealed, so it can </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">now</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
be seen and understood!</span></span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Jesus
is “the Truth”! While on earth as the Son of Man, God concealed
His Son. It was only by the Father’s Spirit that Peter understood
that Jesus was the Christ - the Messiah promised by Moses and all the
OT prophets. Have you searched Him out - so that like Peter by God’s
Spirit - you can confidently say - Jesus </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">is</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
the Christ, the Anointed One, the Messiah promised of old, the Savior
of the world?</span></span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">We
should not rest, till the 27 mysteries of God, of which </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">Jesus</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
is the Chief - are uncovered and revealed in clarity and Majesty!</span></span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">John
in this short epistle </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">majors</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
on </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">Jesus</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
as the Truth. In John 14:6 he is equally clear on this revelation.
And - except the Spirit of God opens our understanding to this
revelation - it remains a hidden mystery.</span></span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">From
the age of 10 to 20 I desired to understand this mystery of Jesus as
the Hidden Truth. I even thought of going to England to find Him
there when I grew up, because of 48 stories I read from 10-14 about
individuals who in England found Jesus as the Truth. I hadn’t found
any in my church in Canada who kn</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">w
Jesus this way! So when I was 19 God </span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">assuring
my heart said, “Join the Navy, and I’ll reveal Myself to you.”
So in July of ‘43 I did so - and on Passover of ‘44 </span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">-
</span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
</span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">He</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
did so! And it gets better year by year since then!</span></span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Yes
- Jesus </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">is</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
the Truth. He </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">is</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
the Son of God! He </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">is</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
the Christ, God’s Messiah! He </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">is</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
the Savior of the world through His redemptive act on Calvary. He </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">is</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
Lord of lords and King of kings! The Spirit of God by revelation
makes all of these attributes of Jesus - abundantly clear!</span></span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">And
- because God is no respecter of persons - what He has done for me
and countless others - if you have not yet received Peter’s
revelation - then seek Him with </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">all</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
your heart - hunger and thirst after Him as your Righteousness! - and
you </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">shall be
filled</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
- you </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">shall </span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">by
God have your heart’s desire met!</span></span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt">I
am not an evangelist, yet Marie and I together have seen thousands
come into the Kingdom of God through preaching and teaching “Clan &
Household Salvation”. Again - you can share in similar rewards by
entering into these together. My 3 close family members all came into
the Kingdom of God as I claimed these promises. Marie has seen some
40 of her household members do likewise (French Canadians have larger
households than Scottish background families.)</font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">So
- be sure you know </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">intimately</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
Jesus as the Truth - and then continue </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">ardently</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
in Him!</span></span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">Our
chapter of Proverbs for today: 9:8-9 (9, ESV) </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“Do
not reprove a scoffer, or he will hate you; reprove a wise man, and
he will love you. </span></font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none">9
</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">Give
instruction to a wise man, and he will be still wiser; teach a
righteous man, and he will increase in learning.” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">This
is a good word: </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">wise</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
men regard wisdom’s correction, exhortation and encouragement.
Something in human nature is repelled by this, but </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">You</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
in us Father, responds to it! </span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">Hallowed
be your :name!</span></i></b></font></font></p>
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