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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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<a href="http://www.2rbetter.org/">www.2rbetter.org</a></b></font></p><p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="CENTER">April 1, 2011<br></p><p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="CENTER">
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="CENTER"><b>JAN
3 - GENESIS 1-2 - GOD AND CREATION</b></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="LEFT"><b>1.
1:1, 3 (1:1-5) CREATION: FIRST DAY, LIGHT. “In the beginning God
created the heavens and the earth. <font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1">3</font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">
And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.” (ASV '01)
</font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">Father,
You have given us light in the face of Jesus. We who know Jesus, know
You; for You were in Christ reconciling the world to Yourself. So in
the words of Jesus - to you we pray - </span></font><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i>Hallowed
be Your Name.</i></font></b></p>
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<b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">2. 1:6 (1:6-8) SECOND DAY:
THE DIVIDING FIRMAMENT. “And God said, Let there be a firmament in
the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the
waters.” </font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">Father,
You are a God Who divides between the waters, between flesh and
spirit, between clean and unclean, between holy and unholy. By Your
Word You divide between soul and spirit. </span></font><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i>Your
:kingdom come.</i></font></b></p>
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<b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">3. 1:9, 11a (1:9-13) THIRD
DAY: EARTH AND VEGETATION. “And God said, Let the waters under the
heavens be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land
appear: and it was so. </font><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1">11a</font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">
And God said, Let the earth put forth grass, herbs yielding seed, </font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i>and</i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">
fruit-trees bearing fruit after their kind.” </font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">In
Your work of restoration, Father, You provided for man by vegetation
before You created him. How we can trust You! </span></font><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i>Your
:will be done, As in heaven, so on earth.</i></font></b></p>
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<h1 class="western" style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font face="Nimbus Roman No9 L, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">4.
1:14-15 (1:14-19) FOURTH DAY: LIGHTS. “And God said, Let there
be lights in the firmament of heaven to divide the day from the
night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and
years: </font></font>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font face="Nimbus Roman No9 L, serif"><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><b>15<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">
and let them be for lights in the firmament of heaven to give light
upon the earth: and it was so.” </font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">Father,
we marvel at Your power. We worship You in Your wisdom and love. You
provide all of our needs. </span></font><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i>Our
:daily bread Give us this day</i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">.</font></b></font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font face="Nimbus Roman No9 L, serif"><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">5.
1:20 (1:20-23) FIFTH DAY: FISH AND FOWL. “And God said, Let the
waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above
the earth in the open firmament of heaven.” </font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">And
still You ready earth for man! Before we ask, You have already
anticipated our every need! How truly You are God alone! </span></font><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i>And
forgive us our :debts, as we also have forgiven our :debtors.</i></font></b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Nimbus Roman No9 L, serif"><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">6.
1:24, 26a (1:24-31) SIXTH DAY: CATTLE AND MAN. “And God said,
Let the earth bring forth living creatures after their kind, cattle,
and creeping things, and beasts of the earth after their kind: and it
was so. </font>26a<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"> And God said,
Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have
dominion...” </font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">Here
You have set forth Your eternal purpose, Father. You are bringing
many sons into Glory! In Christ You are now perfecting Your character
likeness into Your created beings. </span></font><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i>And
bring us not into temptation.</i></font></b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Nimbus Roman No9 L, serif"><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">7.
2:2 (2:1-25) SEVENTH DAY: REST AND RECAPITULATION. “And on the
seventh day God finished his work which he had made; and he rested on
the seventh day from all his work which he had made.” </font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">Now
Father, You are teaching us to enter into Your eternal Sabbath of
rest. You desire us to rest as Christ perfects through us Your
perfect will. </span></font><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i>But
deliver us from the evil one!</i></font></b></font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font face="Nimbus Roman No9 L, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><u><b>NOTE</b></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>:
</b></span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Notice
that God starts out His Bible in Genesis by portraying Himself as the
Mighty Numberer! He has seven days in creation. And these 7 days link
up with many other combinations of seven throughout Scripture. And
even underneath the surface in the original Hebrew and Greek
languages - yet many more </span></span><u><span style="">hidden</span></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
sevens lie. We could even call this - God's Bible Numerics! This so
protects His Name, that through such numbers - neither His Name - nor
His Bible - can be counterfeited. No other god or bible in the world
can match this! </span></span></font></font>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font face="Nimbus Roman No9 L, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">There
are seven pieces of furniture in the tabernacle in the Wilderness;
seven pieces of clothing for Aaron the High Priest; seven steps of
preparation for Solomon's Temple by his father David - and many, many
more.</span></span></font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font face="Nimbus Roman No9 L, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">How
favored God has made man. And when man fell, which God in His
foreknowledge knew he would do - yet in previous ages He had already
planned His Redemption, Reconciliation and Restoration - through the
coming sacrificial death of His only begotten Son.</span></span></font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font face="Nimbus Roman No9 L, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">And
though this restored earth as recorded in Genesis 1 - fell through
the sin and disobedience of the first Adam - God's second Adam would
not only provide restoration for the human race - whosoever will -
but also restoration for the physical creation!</span></span></font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font face="Nimbus Roman No9 L, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Do
not all of these truths cause you to glorify God - as it does me?
What a wonderful God we serve: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. And yet
God is also </span></span><u><span style="">one</span></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">!
The word one in Hebrew is </span></span><u><span style="">eCHAD</span></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
- the same word used of husband and wife becoming </span></span><u><span style="">one</span></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
flesh. Are they not still two? Yes - but they are </span></span><u><span style="">one</span></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
in unity as is our triune God. Can we mentally understand this? No -
but we </span></span><u><span style="">can</span></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
receive it by faith. Billy Graham sets us an example here. He
confessed that much in the Bible he did not understand - but at one
time, by an act of obedience and faith - he accepted it </span></span><u><span style="">all</span></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
by faith - and in his preaching from then on could boldly say - </span></span><u><b>The
Bible says</b></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">!</span></span></font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font face="Nimbus Roman No9 L, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">This
is also my stance. I accept the whole of God and the whole of His
Bible by faith - and in the same example as of Billy Graham I say -
“</span></span><u><span style="">The Bible
says</span></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">!”
J.A.W.</span></span></font></font></p><p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br><font face="Nimbus Roman No9 L, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style=""></span></span></font></font></p>
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