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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">December 28, 2012</p><p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER">
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font size="3"><u><b>JOSHUA 1:8
(1:1-9, AV) - “JEHOVAH'S CHARGE TO JOSHUA”</b></u></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt">(Parallel
to Psalm 1:2)</font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font size="3"><b>This book of
the law shall not depart out of your mouth,</b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal">l</span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal"><u>o</u></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal">
- yaM</span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal"><u>U</u></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal">SH
</span></font><span style="font-style:normal">[4185]</span><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal">
s</span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal"><u>e</u></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal">PHER
</span></font><span style="font-style:normal">[5612]</span><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal">
ha-t</span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal"><u>o</u></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal">R</span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal"><u>A</u></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal">H
</span></font><span style="font-style:normal">[8451]</span><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal">
hazZEH mipP</span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal"><u>I</u></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal">Yc</span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal"><u>a</u></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal">
</span></font><span style="font-style:normal">[6310]</span><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal">,</span></font></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font size="3"><b>but you shall
meditate on it day and night,</b></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal">ve-h</span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal"><u>a</u></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal">G</span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal"><u>I</u></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal">Ytha
</span></font><span style="font-style:normal">[1847]</span><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal">
b</span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal"><u>o</u></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal">
y</span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal"><u>o</u></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal">M</span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal"><u>A</u></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal">M
veLAYlah,</span></font></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font size="3"><b>that you may
observe to do according to all that is written in it:</b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal">leMAan
tishM</span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal"><u>O</u></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal">R
</span></font><span style="font-style:normal">[8104]</span><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal">
la-aS</span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal"><u>O</u></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal">TH
</span></font><span style="font-style:normal">[6213]</span><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal">
ce-c</span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal"><u>a</u></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal">l
- hac-c</span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal"><u>a</u></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal">TH</span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal"><u>U</u></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal">B
</span></font><span style="font-style:normal">[3789]</span><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal">
b</span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal"><u>o</u></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal">:</span></font></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font size="3"><b>for then you
shall make your way prosperous,</b></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal">c</span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal"><u>i</u></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal">y
- </span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal"><u>a</u></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal">z
tatzL</span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal"><u>I</u></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal">Yach
</span></font><span style="font-style:normal">[6743]</span><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal">
eth - de-r</span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal"><u>a</u></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal">CEca
</span></font><span style="font-style:normal">[1870]</span><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal">,</span></font></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font size="3"><b>and then you
shall have good success.</b></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal">veAZ
tasC</span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal"><u>I</u></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal">YL
</span></font><span style="font-style:normal">[7919]</span><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal">.</span></font></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt">The
“Outlined Interlinear New Testament” is a project initiated by
God 4000 years ago in Hebrew and 3000 years ago in Greek. Then in
1890 He allowed Russian Ivan Panin to discover His Bible Numeric
phenomenon, incorporated in both Hebrew and Greek in their
beginnings. A few years later, when the Bible Numeric Greek text went
to Oxford Press, England for printing, he discovered the Bible
Numeric sentence and paragraph structure, but too late to incorporate
it into the Greek text. However, in the Bible Numeric English
translation, he did make this incorporation.</font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt">Panin
died in 1942. At the same time while I was yet an unbeliever - God
spoke to me through His word in Psalm 107 to join the Navy, where he
promised to reveal Himself to me. I did so in July of 1943, and on
Passover of 1944, He indeed did reveal Himself to me, and brought me
powerfully into His Kingdom. In July of that year, He had Russian Jew
Dr. Jewell reveal the works of Ivan Pan to me. In 1945 I ordered all
the books and booklets either by or on Panin. It was then through
Panin’s Introduction to his Bible Numeric Greek Text that I
understood the significance of the sentence and paragraph structure
of this text.</font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none" align="LEFT">
<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal">I
am an “outliner”. I immediately outlined the book of Ephesians
according to this format. It was so different and illuminating from
other outlines, that I, with God’s encouragement, commenced the
Outlining of the entire work of Panin in an Interlinear arrangement.
</span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal">The
very format I chose to prepare this project in: was to put the
English text first, in a clausal and sentence format. I then set the
Greek text beneath, not word for word, but again clause be clause or
sentence by sentence. Above both of these these texts, sentence by
sentence I put an 8-word or less summary - gathering these summaries
into subparagraph summaries; these int</span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal">o</span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal">
paragraphs; these into section or chapter equivalents; and these into
the 27 NT book summaries.</span></font></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt">I
have use this project in both a Modernistic and Evangelical Seminary
- and have found that it surpasses the best of scholarship I came
across there.</font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-weight:normal" align="LEFT">
<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><u><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal">However</span></font></u><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">
- this “Outlined Interlinear NT” does </span></span></font><u><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal">not</span></font></u><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">
automatically open its secrets to the reader. A believer must </span></span></font><u><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal">first</span></font></u><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">
press into a “discipleship posture” challenged by Jesus in the
Great Commission of Matthew 28:18-20. As a disciple, one has
identified himself with Jesus in His death, burial and resurrection
of Romans 6. Then as he initially entered God’s Kingdom “by </span></span></font><u><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal">grace</span></font></u><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">
through faith” - he now identifies himself with Jesus as the vine
and himself as the branch of John 15:1-16. He recognizes the </span></span></font><u><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal">he</span></font></u><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">
has not chosen Christ, but </span></span></font><u><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal">Christ</span></font></u><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">
has chosen him - to allow the sap of the Holy Spirit to flow through
him, making him a fruitful branch, pruned by the Father. This is a
picture of the “Exchanged Life” of Galatians 2:20 that Hudson
Taylor moved into some 20 years after his conversion, making him the
extraordinary, fruitful founder and director of the China Inland
Mission.</span></span></font></font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-weight:normal" align="LEFT">
<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">Why
do I labor the above? Because this “Outlined Interlinear NT” is
</span></span></font><u><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal">not</span></font></u><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">
a secret in itself of the “Overcoming Life” promised in God’s
Bible. It only opens its secrets through meditation when </span></span></font><u><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal">first</span></font></u><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">
one has entered the doors of the “Exchanged Life.” It is Jesus by
His Spirit, by His Heredity, bringing out His life through us - that
brings us into the successful conditions to release the blessing of
this Introduction.</span></span></font></font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-weight:normal" align="LEFT">
<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><u><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal">Then</span></font></u><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">
one in the New Testament can go </span></span></font><u><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal">beyond</span></font></u><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">
Joshua in the Old Testament in chapter 1:8! </span></span></font></font></font>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-weight:normal" align="LEFT">
<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">And
what did God do in preparation to make Joshua so fruitful as a Bible
Mediator? First of all, He chose him as the servant of Moses when he
was 40, and Moses 80. Under Moses, He trained him as a true servant
for 40 years. </span></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">He
and Caleb were the 2 faithful spies out of the 12 who retained with a
good report of Canaan-land. Then when Moses would leave the Tent
outside the camp - Joshua often remained in the presence of the LORD.
Then when God appointed Joshua as Moses’ successor, He had Moses
lay hands on Joshua; who received </span></span></font><u><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal">not</span></font></u><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">
just the gift of wisdom - but the </span></span></font><u><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal">spirit</span></font></u><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">
of wisdom!</span></span></font></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt">Once
Joshua led Israel across the Jordan for the conquest of Canaan-land,
he only missed God twice! Once he failed to consult Urim and Thummim
concerning the problem with Achan at Ai; and secondly he failed to
consult Urim and Thummim when the Gibeonites deceived him concerning
being neighbors slated for destruction. Aside from these 2 lapses,
Joshua successfully led Israel in the conquest of the 7 nations of
Canaan, plus the successful division of the land for the 9 ˝ tribes
west of Jordan.</font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-weight:normal" align="LEFT">
<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">And
</span></span></font><u><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal">how</span></font></u><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">
did Joshua 1:8 figure into all of this? </span></span></font><u><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal">One</span></font></u><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">.
Joshua anticipated David and how he kept the Word of God continually
in his mouth. </span></span></font><u><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal">This</span></font></u><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">
makes a man after God’s own heart! Just look at the “Treasury of
David” in the Psalms! David did not depart from God’s Word as a
rule. Joshua walked in the same rule.</span></span></font></font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-weight:normal" align="LEFT">
<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">Daniel
and Isaiah walked this same walk. Look at Isaiah 66:2b. The LORD
says, </span></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>“But
this is the one to whom I will look: he who is </b></span></span></font><u><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal"><b>humble</b></span></font></u><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>
and </b></span></span></font><u><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal"><b>contrite</b></span></font></u><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>
in spirit and </b></span></span></font><u><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal"><b>trembles
at my word</b></span></font></u><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>!”
</b></span></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">This
too is a picture of Joshua. It is </span></span></font><u><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal">not</span></font></u><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">
what we know that counts; it is </span></span></font><u><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal">what
we do</span></font></u><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">
with what we know - that counts! Jesus said so at the close of His
Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5-7).</span></span></font></font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-weight:normal" align="LEFT">
<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><u><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal">Two</span></font></u><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">.
Then upon this word not departing out of his mouth, Joshua </span></span></font><u><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal">meditated</span></font></u><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">
upon it </span></span></font><u><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal">day
and night</span></font></u><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">!</span></span></font></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">It
is </span></span></font><u><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal">at
this point</span></font></u><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">
that the “Outlined Interlinear NT” becomes of </span></span></font><u><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal">inestimable</span></font></u><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">
value to the believer! The “LOgos word” of John 1:1 - through
meditation - is then </span></span></font><u><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal">transformed</span></font></u><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">
into the “R</span></span></font><u><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal">E</span></font></u><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">ma-word”
of Luke 1:37-38 and John 6:63. The written word (LOgos) means little
to the unbeliever, and to the undiscipled believer, it is </span></span></font><u><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal">not</span></font></u><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">
a “living-word”. But to the believer who has been identified with
Jesus in His death, burial </span></span></font><u><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal">and
resurrection</span></font></u><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">
of Romans 6; and has received the Gift (d</span></span></font><u><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal">o</span></font></u><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">-reA)
of the Holy Spirit (Acts 2:28) following baptism - </span></span></font><u><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal">then</span></font></u><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">
Bible Meditation becomes a delight! George Muller discovered this
secret at the approximate age of 37 - and from then on - like Hudson
Taylor, his life took a dimension of </span></span></font><u><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal">exceeding</span></font></u><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">
fruitfulness. They fulfilled John 15:16! </span></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>“You
di</b></span></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>d</b></span></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>
not choose me, but </b></span></span></font><u><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal"><b>I
chose you, and appointed you</b></span></font></u><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>,
that you go and bear fruit, and </b></span></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>that</b></span></i></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>
</b></span></span></font><u><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal"><b>your
:fruit abide</b></span></font></u><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>:
that whatever you shall ask of the Father in my :name, </b></span></span></font><u><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal"><b>he
give you</b></span></font></u><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>.”</b></span></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">
Each believer has the potential of this </span></span></font><u><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal">same</span></font></u><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">
promise! Holy Ann</span></span></font></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt">from
Ireland entered fully into this. So did Billy Bray of Cornwall,
England. </font></font>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt">In
Psalm 19:14 David entreats the LORD - that the <u>words of his mouth</u>,
and the <u>meditation</u> of his heart should prove acceptable to Him
- His strength and Redeemer! Joshua no doubt had exactly <u>the same</u>
heart desire!</font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt">You
and I through the “Outlined Interlinear NT” can have an even
greater access into the NT blessings of God. Look at Matthew 5:3-12 -
the Beatitudes of the Sermon on the Mount! Use <u>them</u> as you
initiate the area of meditation. Follow this up with Matthew 6:5-15 -
the Lord’s Prayer. Meditating on these 2 portions of the NT will
certainly put you into orbit, transforming the LOgos word into the
R<u>E</u>ma word! The Holy Spirit may then lead you into other
portions of the NT to meditate upon. See 2 Peter 1:5-7 as a third
possibility. I have 20 of these natural Bible “word” series that
moves one into fruitfulness!</font></font></p>
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<br>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt">For
those interested more in “digital E-books” over and above written
books, this is about to become available in the “Outlined
Interlinear NT”. Check <b><www.btjoh</b><b>n</b><b><a href="http://sonpublishing.com">sonpublishing.com</a>></b>
for its soon appearance.</font></font></p>
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<br>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><u>Third</u><span style="text-decoration:none">.
Knowledge puffs up - but love (aGAp</span><u>e</u><span style="text-decoration:none">)
builds up! And how does one effect this transformation? By </span><u>acting
upon</u><span style="text-decoration:none"> the Word of God. By
hearing and </span><u>doing</u><span style="text-decoration:none">
the words of Jesus both directly and through His apostles. Trust and
</span><u>obey</u><span style="text-decoration:none"> - for there’s
</span><u>no other way</u><span style="text-decoration:none"> - To
be happy in Jesus - but to trust and obey!</span></font></font></p>
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<br>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">It
is very difficult for our human nature to come to the conclusion that
</span><u>only</u><span style="text-decoration:none"> by having a
“White Funeral” for our “self-life” - and then letting </span><u>Jesus</u><span style="text-decoration:none">
take over and run our life by the Holy Spirit - can one be complete
and satisfied in this life. Only then can “Bible meditation”
become viable and fruitful! There’s no other way! All the great
saints of the past came to this conclusion - and made this drastic
decision. See John Bunyan’s “Pilgrim Progress”! Do we and they
do it perfectly? No - not till the resurrection at Jesus' Second
Coming will we be perfected. But - the possibility - the advance -
the difference between a disciple and a non-disciple down here - is
</span><u>enormous</u><span style="text-decoration:none">! John
Wesley, Charles Spurgeon, George Whitefield, George Muller, Rees
Howells - a</span><span style="text-decoration:none">re</span><span style="text-decoration:none">
but a few who portray the extraordinary success that comes to those
who decide to make this transition!</span></font></font></p>
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<br>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal" align="LEFT">
<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">And
- it isn’t achieved by “good works”! It is achieved by </span><u>grace</u><span style="text-decoration:none">
through faith - both to initially enter the Kingdom of God, and then
to become a full-fledged disciple! As you received Christ Jesus the
Lord (by grace through faith) - </span><u>so</u><span style="text-decoration:none">
</span><u>walk in Him</u><span style="text-decoration:none"> (by
grace through faith!) It is our Sovereign God who sees us through -
</span><u>not</u><span style="text-decoration:none"> we ourselves!</span></font></font></p>
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<br>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><u>Four</u><span style="text-decoration:none">.
And what is the result of fulfilling the above 3 conditions in our
test? - Two outstanding promises of God! </span><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>For
</b></span><u><b>then</b></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>
you shall make your way prosperous</b></span><span style="text-decoration:none">
- and </span><u><b>then</b></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>
you will have good success.</b></span></font></font></p>
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<br>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">True
prosperity and true success is eternal - and is absolutely dependent
upon fulfilling the above 3 conditions! See the prosperity and
success of Joshua! Amazing! See the same for David! for Daniel! for
Jesus! for Job!</span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><u>Conclusion</u><span style="text-decoration:none">:
So this text - Joshua 1:8 - though given to an OT saint - is
perfectly adaptable for us as NT saints.</span></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal" align="LEFT">
<br>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal" align="LEFT">
<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">And
the “Outlined Interlinear NT” then becomes a fitting tool -
designed and brought forth by God - to meet the need of NT saints, in
a most practical and fruitful manner!</span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">I
have over 40 on a special prayer list, including myself - that I pray
for daily. I pray that we will each one individually - and together
corporately - realize the above truths of our text given by God to
Joshua some 3500 years ago.</span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">I
for one, am absolutely convinced of the truthfulness of this concept
in our text. I fully and completely encourage each one of you to join
with us - and enter into the above “halls of highest human
happiness”!</span></font></font></p>
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