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<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"><b>JAN
10 - GENESIS 12-15 - ABRAM AND GOD</b></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="LEFT"><b>1.
12:1-2 (12:1-3) ABRAM: PROPHETICALLY BLESSED BY GOD. “Now Jehovah
said unto Abram, Get out of your country, and from your kindred, and
from your father's house, unto the land that I will show you: <font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1">2</font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">
and I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make
your name great; and you be a blessing” (ASV, '01) </font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">Before
blessing must first come separation! Abram had seven of these!
</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. 12:7 (12:4-9) ABRAM IN
CANAAN: PROMISED LAND. “And Jehovah appeared unto Abram, and said,
Unto your seed will I give this land: and there he built an altar
unto Jehovah, who appeared unto him.” </font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">Abram's
life: one altar after another to You, O Father! O may we all have
worship to You as a foundation of our life! </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. 12:10 (12:10-20) ABRAM'S
LAPSE IN EGYPT. “And there was a famine in the land: and Abram
went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was severe in
the land.” </font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">This
was a violation of the obedience of faith; for Your blessing, Father,
was in remaining in the land. Yet, You still looked after Abram in
his disobedience! </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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<b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">4. 13:14-15 (13) ABRAM AND
LOT. “And Jehovah said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated
from him, Lift up now your eyes, and look from the place where you
are, northward and southward and eastward and westward: </font><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1">15</font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">
for all the land which you see, to you will I give it, and to your
seed for ever.”</font></b></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">We see Your promise Father,
after another separation. </font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><b>Our
:daily bread Give us this day.</b></i></font></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"><b>5.
14:18-20 (14) ABRAM: SODOM, MAMRE AND MELCHIZEDEK. “And
Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was
priest of God Most High. </b></font><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><b>19</b></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>
And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of God Most High,
possessor of heaven and earth: </b></font><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><b>20</b></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>
and blessed be God Most High, who has delivered your enemies into
your hand. And Abram gave him a tenth of all.” </b></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">Abram
gave him a tenth of everything. Father, when we are tempted to doubt
You, may we remember that You are greater than Melchizedek! </span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><b>And
forgive us our :debts, as we also have forgiven our :debtors.</b></i></font></font></h1>
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<font face="Nimbus Roman No9 L, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>6.
15:1, 6 (15:1-6) ABRAM: PROMISE OF THE SEED. “After these things
the word of Jehovah came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear Not,
Abram: I am your shield, </b></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><b>and</b></i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>
your exceeding great reward. </b></font><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><b>6</b></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>
And Abram believed in Jehovah; and he reckoned it to him for
righteousness.” </b></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">This
is one of the most significant statements in the Bible! Write it deep
on our hearts, Father! Show us the true perception of these things.
</span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><b>And bring us
not into temptation.</b></i></font></font></p>
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<font face="Nimbus Roman No9 L, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>7.
15:7, 18 (15:7-21) ABRAM: COVENANT CONFIRMED. “And he said unto
him, I am Jehovah that brought you out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give
you this land to inherit it. </b></font><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><b>18</b></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>
In that day Jehovah made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto your
seed have I given this land from the river of Egypt unto the great
river, the river Euphrates.” </b></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">You
Father brought Abram from Ur; You called him from Haran, and You
began a nation from him in Canaan. </span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><b>But
deliver us from the evil one.</b></i></font></font></p>
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<font face="Nimbus Roman No9 L, serif"><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>NOTE</b></font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>:
</b></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">God
through His Bible Numerics as revealed to Ivan Panin and others -
makes Genesis 12-20 on <br>Abraham, one of the three or four most
significant readings in all of Scripture. It will pay any of us to
master this section of the Bible.</span></span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Nimbus Roman No9 L, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Notice
that before God could use Abraham according to His purposes, that
first He had to lead him in making a 3-fold separation. And - there
are applicable lessons in this for you and me.</span></span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Nimbus Roman No9 L, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Once
Abram had obeyed and arrived in Canaanland, God revealed to him the
importance and extent of the land: from the river Nile to the
Euphrates. David and Solomon saw this promise fulfilled, but not till
the return of the Lord Jesus will its final fulfillment take place.</span></span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Nimbus Roman No9 L, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Then,
look at the tithe Abram gave to Melchizedek. Again - rich lessons lie
in this segment of history. We as Gentiles are grafted into Israel
through Abraham. If our father Abraham tithed to the type of Jesus -
should not we also? George Muller and LeTourneau each gave over 90%
of their income to God. They lived on the bare necessities, and
directed all else into the Kingdom of God. We have many testimonies
for both those who obey as well as those who disobey this example. My
wife Marie and I have consistently been on the former side, having
but one lapse on my part - but which we soon made up.</span></span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Nimbus Roman No9 L, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">When
a nation like Sodom and Gomorrah slip into pride and homosexuality,
we soon see God's thinking on this. Our nation - the United States -
is fast falling into the dangerous syndrome of Sodom! And God is no
respecter of nations. Our nation is playing foot-loose-and-fancy-free
- and for such there is always pay-day some day!</span></span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Nimbus Roman No9 L, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">It
is important to note however, that Genesis 12 and 15 are </span></span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">not</span></font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
the covenant chapter. That awaits chapter 17 in the next reading. And
yet, it is important to see in chapter 15 that God reveals Himself to
Abram as His </span></span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">shield</span></font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
and exceeding great reward. God is for each one of us a 7-fold shield
and a 7-fold hedge. Pastor Mike Servello has written a book on this -
“God's Shield of Protection - Learning to Pray Seven Powerful
Shields of Protection Around Your Life” - </span></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b><<a href="http://www.mzm.org/">www.mzm.org</a>>
</b></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">.
My wife Marie has helped scores to receive this most helpful volume.</span></span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Nimbus Roman No9 L, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">May
the Lord use the life of Abraham for each one of us to move into a
higher realm of faith. J.A.W.</span></span></font></font></p>
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