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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>LUKE
14-24 - OVERVIEW - T1001R</b></u></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="center"><font size="3"><u><b>JESUS:
VERY MAN OF VERY MAN</b></u></font></p>
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<font size="3"><b>1. 14:23-24 (14:1-35) TIME: IN GALILEE, PRIOR TO
JERUSALEM. "And the lord said unto the bondman, Go out into the
highways and hedges, and compel <i>them</i><span style="font-style: normal;">
to come in, that my :house be filled. </span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="font-style: normal;">24</span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;">
</span></font><span style="font-style: normal;">For I say </span><i>un</i><span style="font-style: normal;">to
you, that none of those :men :bidden shall taste of my :supper."
</span></b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">Help
us to be clear, Father, not deluded or deceived. My we understand
Your purposes and rule. </span></span><b><i>Hallowed be your :name.</i></b></font></p>
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<font size="3"><b><span style="font-style: normal;">2. 15:21 (15:1-32)
THE LOST: VALUABLE IN GOD'S SIGHT. "And the son said to him,
Father, I have sinned against :heaven, and in your sight: I am no
more worthy to be called your son, make me as one of your hired
:servants." </span></b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">We
bless You Father for Your heart toward the prodigal. May we not
squander our inheritance. May we not be hard-hearted as the older
brother. </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. 16:11
(16:1-17:10) PARABLES: SNARE OF RICHES. "If therefore you have
not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your
trust the true </span><i>riches</i><span style="font-style: normal;">?"
</span></b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">Good
stewardship in the natural prepares us to offer good stewardship,
Father, in the spiritual. Help us to see natural law in the spiritual
world. Help us to so honor You, that you can relate to us with joy!
</span></span><b><i>Your :will be done, As in heaven, so on earth.</i></b></font></p>
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<font size="3"><b><span style="font-style: normal;">4. 19:45-46
(17:11-19:48) SUNDAY: TRIUMPHAL ENTRY. "And he entered into the
temple, </span><i>and</i><span style="font-style: normal;"> began to
cast out them that sold, </span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="font-style: normal;">46
</span></font><span style="font-style: normal;">saying to them, It is
written, And my :house shall be a house of prayer: but YOU have made
it a den of robbers." Father, we submit to Your Son to cleanse
our bodies,Your outer temple.</span></b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">
We would not defile them by inappropriate things, but cleanse our
flesh from all defilement, perfecting holiness in Your fear (2
Corinthians 7:1). </span></span><b><i>Our :daily :bread Give us this
day.</i></b></font></p>
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<font size="3"><b><span style="font-style: normal;">5. 21:17-19 (20-21)
MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. "And you shall be hated of all because
of my name. </span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="font-style: normal;">18
</span></font><span style="font-style: normal;">And not a hair of your
:head shall perish. </span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="font-style: normal;">19
</span></font><span style="font-style: normal;">In your :patience you
shall win your :souls." </span></b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">What
a marvelous promise! Hidden from the storm in the cleft of the Rock!
Safe in You, Father, in the eye of the storm! 1000 falling at our
side and 10,000 at our right hand, but not touching us! </span></span><b><i>And
forgive us our :debts, As we also have forgiven our :debtors. </i></b></font>
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<font size="3"><b><span style="font-style: normal;">6. 23:45b-46
(22:1-23:56a) FRIDAY: TRIAL AND CRUCIFIXION. "And the veil of the
sanctuary was rent amidst. </span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="font-style: normal;">46
</span></font><span style="font-style: normal;">And :Jesus cried with
a loud voice, </span><i>and</i><span style="font-style: normal;">
said, Father, into your hands I commend my :spirit: and having said
this, he breathed </span><i>his </i><span style="font-style: normal;">last."
</span></b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">Here
is a sign on earth signifying by You, O Father in heaven, the</span></span></font></p>
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<font size="3"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">open
way to reconciliation with You through the death of Your Son! </span></span><b><i>And
bring us not into temptation.</i></b></font></p>
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<font size="3"><b><span style="font-style: normal;">7. 24:44
(23:56b-24:53) SUNDAY: THE RESURRECTION. "And he said unto them, </span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="font-style: normal;">
</span></font><span style="font-style: normal;">These </span><i>are</i><span style="font-style: normal;">
my :words which I spoke unto you, while I was yet with you, that all
the </span><i>things</i><span style="font-style: normal;"> written in
the law of Moses, and the Prophets, and the :Psalms, concerning me
must be fulfilled." </span></b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">What
a Bible lesson of understanding and interpretation this must have
been from Your resurrected Son, Father! </span></span><b><i>But
deliver us from the evil</i><span style="font-style: normal;"> one.</span></b></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><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="">
And who among men can understand the </span></span></span><u><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">mystery</span></span></u><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
of the Godhead? Who can understand how Jesus can be perfect Son of
God and at the same time perfect son of man? Paul effectively states
it this way,</span></span></span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="center"><font size="3"><b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Who
was manifested in </span></span><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">the</span></i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
flesh,</span></span></b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="center"><font size="3"><b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Justified
in </span></span><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">the</span></i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
spirit,</span></span></b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="center"><font size="3"><b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Seen
of angels,</span></span></b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="center"><font size="3"><b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Preached
among nations,</span></span></b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="center"><font size="3"><b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Believed
on in </span></span><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">the</span></i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
world,</span></span></b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="center"><font size="3"><b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Received
up into glory (1 Timothy 3:16).</span></span></b></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font size="3"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">The
word "mystery" in the Bible lists a number of such mysteries. It
is </span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>#3466</b></span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
in Strong's Concordance, and appears 27 times in the New Testament.
</span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>MusT</b></span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><b>E</b></u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>ri-on
</b></span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">in
the New Testament denotes not the mysterious (as with the English
word,) but that which, being outside the range of unassisted natural
apprehension, can be made known </span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>only</u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
by divine revelation, and is made known in a manner and at a time
appointed by God, and to </span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>those
only</u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
who are illumined by His Spirit. ... The definition given above may
be best illustrated by the following passage: "</span></span><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">Even</span></i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
the </span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>mystery</u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
:hid from the ages and from the generations, but </span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>now</u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
has it been manifested to his :saints" (Colossians 1:26). Link this
with Ephesians 3:1-13, and you will see how God chose Paul to reveal
to the church this extraordinary revelation of the </span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>mystery</u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
of the "One New Man". It took the God-man and man-God Christ
Jesus to bring this </span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>mystery</u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
into reality and fulfillment.</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;">Note
especially how Luke gives such a large portion of his gospel in
setting forth the last week of Jesus. And it was </span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>really</u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
the Holy Spirit through Luke, Matthew, Mark and John who majored on
this last</span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u> </u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">week.
Because of His Redemptive, Reconciling and Atoning work as Son of
Man, Jesus following His Resurrection and Ascension, took back the
glory He had temporarily laid aside on our behalf.</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;">Jim
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