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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="center">"<font size="3"><b>TWO
ARE BETTER THAN ONE" MINISTRIES</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="center"><font size="3"><b>Jim
& Marie Watt</b></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="center"><font size="3"><u><b>MATTHEW
- OVERVIEW - T0401R</b></u></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="center"><font size="3"><u><b>JESUS:
THE MESSIAH KING</b></u></font></p>
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<font size="3"><b>1. 3:11 (1:1-4:16) PREPARATION FOR JESUS. "I
indeed baptize you in water unto repentance: but who comes after me
is mightier that I: whose :shoes I am not fit to bear: HE shall
baptize you in <i>the </i><span style="font-style: normal;">Holy
Spirit and fire." </span></b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">What
a Kingdom! We praise You that You have made </span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="">Jesus</span></u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">
the Way, and that none comes to You except through Him, our Mediator.
</span></span><b><i>Hallowed be Your</i></b><i><span style="">
</span></i><b><i>:name. </i></b></font>
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<font size="3"><b><span style="font-style: normal;">2. 7:28-29
(4:17-7:29) TEACHING OF JESUS. "And it came to pass, when :Jesus
ended these :words, the crowds were astonished at his :teaching: </span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="font-style: normal;">29
</span></font><span style="font-style: normal;">for he was teaching
them as having authority, and not as the scribes. </span></b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">Father,
we choose the Narrow Gate and the </span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="">straitened</span></u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">
way into Your Kingdom. </span></span><b><i>Your :kingdom come.</i></b></font></p>
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<font size="3"><b><span style="font-style: normal;">3. 10:34-36
(8:1-11:1) MIRACLES OF JESUS. "Think not that I came to bring
peace on the earth: I came not to bring peace, but a sword. </span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="font-style: normal;">35
</span></font><span style="font-style: normal;">For I came to set a
man at variance against his :father, and a daughter against her
:mother, and a bride against her :mother in law: </span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="font-style: normal;">36
</span></font><span style="font-style: normal;">and the man's foes </span><i>are</i><span style="font-style: normal;">
they of his household." </span><i>Your :will be done, As in
heaven, so on earth.</i></b></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font size="3"><b><span style="font-style: normal;">4.
18:19-20 (11:2-18:35) CONTROVERSY OVER JESUS. "Again, Amen, I
say unto you, that if two of you shall agree on :earth as touching
anything they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my :Father who
</span><i>is </i><span style="font-style: normal;">in the heavens. </span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="font-style: normal;">20
</span></font><span style="font-style: normal;">For where two or three
are gathered unto my :name, there am I in their midst." </span></b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">Father,
in Messiah You are present to help us handle all interpersonal
problems according to Matthew 18:15-17. </span></span><b><i>Our
:daily :bread Give us this day.</i></b></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="justify"><font size="3"><b><span style="font-style: normal;">5.
23:37 (19-23) CHALLENGE OF JESUS IN JUDEA. "Jerusalem,
Jerusalem, that kills the prophets, and stones th</span><i>os</i><span style="font-style: normal;">e
sent unto her! how oft would I have gathered your :children together,
even as a hen gathers her :chicks under the wings, and you would
not!" </span></b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">Father,
we receive and act upon the invitation of </span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="">Jesus</span></u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">.
</span></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></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="justify"><font size="3"><b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">6.
24:30 (24-25) COMING AGAIN OF JESUS. "And then shall appear the
sign of the Son of :man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of
the earth mourn, and shall see the Son of :man</span></span><span style="font-style: normal;">
coming on the clouds of the heaven with power and great glory." </span><i>And</i><span style="font-style: normal;">
</span><i>bring us not into temptation.</i></b></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font size="3"><b><span style="font-style: normal;">7.
27:51-53 (26-28) CRUCIFIXION AND RESURRECTION OF JESUS. "And lo,
the veil of the temple was rent in two from top to bottom; and the
earth shook; and the rocks were rent; </span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="font-style: normal;">52</span></font><span style="font-style: normal;">
and the tombs were opened; and many bodies of the saints that had
fallen asleep were raised; </span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="font-style: normal;">53</span></font><span style="font-style: normal;">
and coming forth from the tombs after his :resurrection entered into
the holy city and appeared unto many." </span></b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">This
is one of the many portions of he Bible which we can easily slip
over. But the Holy Spirit causes no Bible writer to record </span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="">anything</span></u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
from the mind of God, except He desires us to search out and
understand its significance from </span></span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="">His</span></u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
point of view! </span></span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">But
deliver us from the evil </span></i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">one.</span></span></b></font></p><p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font size="3"><b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><br>
</span></span></b></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font size="3"><u><b><span style="font-style: normal;">NOTE:</span></b></u><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
There are two portions in this Gospel that link together related
Greek words: the Beatitudes and the Lord's Prayer. I link the
Beatitudes with the tribe of "Asher," and the Lord's Prayer with
the tribe of Ephraim. Asher means "Blessed", or "Happy;" so
the linkage is clear. Ephraim means "double fruitfulness",
according to the prophecy over him by his grandfather Jacob. When one
understands the prayer Jesus gave His disciples at their request,
that one becomes </span></span></span><u><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">indeed</span></span></u><i><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
</span></span></i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">a
fruitful person. Rees Howells epitomizes such a one. Joshua, the
servant of Moses, the man of God, was of this tribe. Consider his
life as recounted in the book of Joshua.</span></span></span></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font size="3"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">The
Gospel of Matthew sets forth Jesus as </span></span></span><u><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">King</span></span></u><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">.
He is the King of the Jews, Himself a Jew through his mother after
the flesh, Mary. He is the Lion of the tribe of Judah! This Gospel
quotes portions from the Old Testament in such a manner that all
open-hearted Jews can easily discern Him as the promised Messiah!
Anna and Simeon were two who so recognized Him at the time of His
birth, when Joseph and Mary presented Him at the Temple. The Holy
Spirit alerted both of them to this significant time.</span></span></span></font></p>
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<font size="3">Matthew, Mark and Luke are listed as synoptic gospels,
as distinct from John, the Gospel setting Jesus forth in a special
way as the Son of God. Some think God has not a Son! They are wrong!
Jesus is God's only-begotten Son! Three times God voiced from heaven
His approval of Jesus, the Son of God! </font>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font size="3"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">He
exhorted us to </span></span></span><u><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">hear</span></span></u><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
His Son, obey Him, and become exceedingly intimate with Him. Jesus
is the God-man from God on our behalf. Redemption and Reconciliation
come only through Him! </span></span></span></font>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font size="3"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">There
are mysteries here - but God has promised insight on our behalf as we
meditate, </span></span></span><u><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">obey</span></span></u><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">,
and walk in loving and joyous discipleship on His behalf. This is </span></span></span><u><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">all</span></span></u><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
voluntary on our part. We don't </span></span></span><u><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">have</span></span></u><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
to - but we have the privilege of doing so if we want to! Under
"</span></span></span><u><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">sevens</span></span></u><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">"
on our Website, insights from J. Rufus Moseley appear that will aid
the truly desirous soul in this direction.</span></span></span></font></p>
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