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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">May 3, 2011</p><p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="CENTER"><br>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="CENTER"><b>JAN
28 - MATTHEW 19-23 - CHALLENGE OF JESUS IN JUDEA</b></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="LEFT"><b>1.
19:9 (19:1-12) JESUS ON DIVORCE. “And I say unto you [that]
Whoever shall put away his :wife, except for fornication, and shall
marry another, commits adultery” (NNT). </b><span style="">We
should not make more nor less of the words of Jesus, which are really
Your Words, Father. We will walk in Kingdom Principles! </span><b><i>Hallowed
be Your Name!</i></b></p>
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<b>2. 19:14-15 (19:13-15) JESUS AND CHILDREN. “But :Jesus said,
Suffer the little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for
of such is the kingdom of the heavens. <font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1">15</font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">
And he laid :hands on them, </font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i>and</i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">
departed from there.” </font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">We
should memorize and meditate on these words till they are part of the
warp and woof of our being! </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. 19:28 (19:16-20:16)
JESUS ON WEALTH. “And :Jesus said to them, Amen I say </font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i>un</i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">to
you, that you who have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son
of :man shall sit on a throne of his glory, YOU also shall sit upon
twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of :Israel.” </font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">This
follows a new heaven and a new earth; this follows Your coming in
Glory, Lord Jesus. May we not water this saying down. </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. 20:26b-28 (20:17-21:11)
JESUS ENTERS JERUSALEM. “But who would become great among you
shall be your servant; </font><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1">27</font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">
and who would be first among you shall be your bondman: </font><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1">28</font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">
even as the Son of :man came not to be served, but to serve, and to
give his :life a ransom for many.” </font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">O
Father, write this Kingdom principle deep on our heart. Circumcise
our hearts from all that is contrary to this spirit of :Jesus!
Forgive us for having such a desire for recognition, pre-eminence and
wealth. May we be willing to settle for what You appoint for us. </span></font><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i>Our
:daily bread give us this day!</i></font></b></p>
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<b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">5. 21:13 (21:12-22:14)
JESUS ON JEWRY. “And Jesus said to them, It is written, My :house
shall be called a house of prayer: but you make it a den of robbers.”
</font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">Prayer
or Profit? Father, we have defiled Your house by putting the emphasis
on the latter. Forgive us this sin and wrong priority. Wealth is
neutral, but our attitude contaminates. </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></p>
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<b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">6. 22:22, 33, 46 (22:15-46)
JESUS SILENCES ENEMIES. “And when they heard </font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i>it</i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">,
they marveled, and left him, </font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i>and</i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">
went away. </font><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1">33</font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">
And the crowds heard </font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i>and</i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">
were astonished at his :teaching. </font><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1">46</font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">
And no one could answer him a word, neither dared any </font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i>man</i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">
from that :day question him any more.” </font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">Pharisees,
Herodians, Sadducees, lawyers and multitudes: all marveled at Jesus'
teaching. Yes, Satan too is silenced by the words of wisdom in Jesus.
</span></font><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i>And bring
us not into temptation!</i></font></b></p>
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<b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">7. 23:23-24 (23) JESUS
DENOUNCES LEADERS. “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!
because you tithe :mint and :anise and :cummin, and have left the
weightier</font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">
</span></font><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i>matters</i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">
of the law: :judgment and :mercy, and :faith; but these you ought to
have done, and not to have left those. </font><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1">24</font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">
Blind guides, straining out the gnat, and swallowing the camel!”
</font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">What
a denunciation: but You in Jesus have this right, Father! </span></font><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i>But
deliver us from the evil one!</i></font></b></p>
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<u><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">NOTE</font></b></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="">21:43-44
(21:12-22:14) </span></span></font><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">“Therefore
I say </span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">un</span></i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">to
you [that], The kingdom of :God shall be taken away from you, and
shall be given to a nation bringing forth its :fruits. </span></font><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">44</span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
And who falls on this :stone shall be broken to pieces: but on
whoever it shall fall, it will scatter him as dust.” </span></font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
We ponder well these words Father, for we who stand in pride shall
surely fall.</span></span></font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">We
here enter into the last week of Jesus! </span></span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">This</span></font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
is the real purpose of Jesus' coming as Son of :man - God's
only-begotten Son - who in His pre-incarnate state was an integral
part of the Tri-unity of the Godhead. For us to fully understand the
magnitude of this, it seems that we of the redeemed part of the human
race, will have to await our resurrection at the return of our Lord
Jesus - or our departure from this life to join the redeemed and the
angels and God in heaven!</span></span></font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">What Jesus taught in this last
week leading up to His Passion, especially Matthew 23 - ensured that
nothing could prevent our Redemption and Reconciliation by Jesus at
Calvary.</font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">From
one fifth to one third of the 4 Gospels: Matthew, Mark, Luke and John
- </span></span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">major</span></font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
on this last week. </span></span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">This</span></font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
shows what God thinks is the key part of the Gospels. The apostle
Paul well understood the centrality of the Cross. He determined in
his preaching and teaching to know as the core: Jesus Christ and </span></span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">Him
crucified</span></font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">.
We would do well to join Paul in this emphasis.</span></span></font></p>
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<u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">Jesus</span></font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
is King David's </span></span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">Greater
Son</span></font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">!
As a prophet, David continually points forward to Jesus. He must have
seen in vision much of what would take place in the coming Abraham's
seed and his seed in the humanity of Jesus, the Son of :man. Both
Joseph the step-father of Jesus and Mary His actual mother - were of
the seed of David. Joseph gave to Jesus the legal right to the Throne
of David; Mary gave Him the actual right.</span></span></font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">We
should again and again read and meditate upon this last week of Jesus
on earth leading up to the supreme purpose of His coming. It was </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="">
primarily as a great teacher; nor our prime example! It was to undo
the damage wrought by Adam in yielding to Satan's temptation through
Eve. If we take our gaze from this primary purpose - we miss the
Father's primary thinking on the whole Bible. </span></span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">Covenant</span></font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
is the basis to give us understanding on this; and the </span></span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">New
Covenant</span></font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
is based on Jesus' blood! For - the life is in the blood!</span></span></font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">In
Psalm 28:6-7 David 1000 years before the coming of his Greater Son -
voices the following words: </span></span></font><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">“Blessed
be Jehovah, Because he has heard the voice of my supplications. </span></font><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">7</span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
Jehovah is my strength and my </span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">shield</font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">;
My heart has trusted in him, and I am helped: Therefore my heart
greatly rejoices; And with my song will I praise him.”</span></font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">David, Isaiah and the other
Biblical prophets all spoke and wrote consistently on the theme of
this last week of Jesus. Isaiah 53 is still rejected by those who
cannot receive God Almighty's thinking on all of this! J.A.Watt</font></p>
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