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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>Jim & Marie Watt</b></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="CENTER"><b>MAR
6 - LUKE 14 - TIME: IN GALILEE, PRIOR TO JERUSALEM</b></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="LEFT"><b>1.
14:4b-6 (14:1-6) PHARISEES: OPPOSE SABBATH HEALING. “And he
[Jesus] took <i>him</i><span style="font-style: normal;">, </span><i>and</i><span style="font-style: normal;">
healed him, and let </span><i>him</i><span style="font-style: normal;">
go. </span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="font-style: normal;">5</span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;">
And he said unto them, Which of you shall have a son or an ox fallen
into a well, and will not straightway draw him up on the sabbath day?
</span></font><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="font-style: normal;">6</span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;">
And they could not answer again unto these </span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i>things</i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;">”
(NNT). </span></font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">Father,
forgive us for the spirit of quibbling over the letter of the law,
and forgetting the Justice and Mercy of Your Kingdom! </span></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. 14:11 (14:7-11)
PHARISEES: PRIDE VERSUS HUMILITY. “For every one that exalts
himself shall be humbled; and who humbles himself shall be exalted.”
</font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><u><span style="">Humility</span></u></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">:
a </span></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><u><span style="">true</span></u></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
mark of Your Kingdom Father, along with a servant spirit! We see this
</span></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><u><span style="">highly</span></u></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
exemplified in the life of Your only begotten Son </span></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><u><span style="">Jesus</span></u></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">.
</span></span></font><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">Your
:kingdom come.</span></i></font></b></p>
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<b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">3.
14:12 (14:12-14) PHARISEES: SHOULD MINISTER TO POOR! “And he
said to him also that had bidden him, When you make a dinner or
supper, call not your :friends, nor your :brethren, nor your
:kinsmen, nor rich neighbors; lest haply they also bid you again, and
recompense be made you.” </span></font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">We
bless You Father, for considering the daily food of the poor. Make us
like Yourself in this: sensitive; considerate: generous. </span></span></font><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">Your
:will be done, As in heaven, so on earth.</span></i></font></b></p>
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<b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">4.
14:21b (14:15-24) PHARISEES: EXCLUDED FROM THE KINGDOM! “Then
the house-master being angry said to his :bondman, Go out quickly
into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in here the poor
and maimed and blind and lame.” </span></font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Not
all will sit down and eat bread in Your Kingdom Father. Many of us
</span></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><u><span style="">think</span></u></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
we will, but the love of riches and pleasure and things will choke
out the seed of Your Kingdom. O forgive us for our carelessness, and
optimism without foundation! </span></span></font><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">Our
:daily :bread Give us this day.</span></i></font></b></p>
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<b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">5.
14:26-27 (14:25-27) DISCIPLESHIP: ITS DEFINITION. “If any comes
unto me, and hates not his own :father, and :mother, and :wife, and
:children, and :brethren, and :sisters, yes, and his own :life also,
he cannot be my disciple. </span></font><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">27</span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
Whoever does not bear his own :cross, and come after me, cannot be my
disciple.” </span></font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">How
clear and uncompromising was Your Son concerning discipleship and
Kingdom issues, Father!</span></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
</span></span></i></font><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">And
forgive us our :debts, As we also have forgiven our :debtors.</span></i></font></b></p>
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<b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">6.
14:33 (14:28-33) DISCIPLESHIP: ITS ILLUSTRATION. “So therefore
whoever of you renounces not all that he has, cannot be my disciple.”
</span></font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Have
we forgotten that this saying of Jesus is a word that came from </span></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><u><span style="">You</span></u></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
Father? A simple life with giving to the poor will greatly enrich us
in Your Kingdom! </span></span></font><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">And
bring us not into temptation!</span></i></font></b></p>
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<b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">7.
14:34-35 DISCIPLESHIP: A WARNING. “:Salt therefore is good: but
if the salt also have lost savor, with what shall it be seasoned? </span></font><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">35</span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
It is fit for neither land nor dunghill: </span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">men</span></i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
cast it out. Who has ears to hear, let him hear.” </span></font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Only
disciples who have the true tang of the Kingdom (See Romans 14:17)
will be accepted by You Father! </span></span></font><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">But
deliver us from the evil </span></i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">one!</span></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>:
14:13-14 (14:12-14) HOW TO MAKE A FEAST! “But when you make a
feast, bid </b></span></font><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">the</span></i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
poor, maimed, lame, blind: </span></font><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">14</span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
and you shall be blessed; because they have not </span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">with
which</span></i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
to recompense you: for you shall be recompensed in the resurrection
of the just.” </span></font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">This
expresses Your heart, Father. All through Scripture we see Your heart
in this. We would be like You!</span></span></font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">The
Galilee ministry of Jesus is most significant. Here He performed His
first miracle. Here He preached the Sermon on the Mount. Here He fed
the 5000 and the 4000. Here He clearly set forth the principles of
God's Kingdom!</span></span></font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">In
Luke 14:13-14 He sets forth how to conduct a feast. Make it for the
poor who will be unable to recompense you, He said!</span></span></font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Smith
Wigglesworth took this challenge of Jesus quite literally. So in
Bradford, England back in the early part of the last century - as a
plumber - once a week he would put on a banquet. He collected all the
sick and poor of his city and served up a wonderful free banquet for
them. Then he had entertainment for them! All those of the previous
week who had been sick; but prayed for and healed - gave their
testimonies of the goodness of the Lord.</span></span></font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Then
all the present ones at the banquet who had their faith rise by these
testimonies came forward, and through </span></span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">their</span></font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
healing, became the entertainment and testimonies for the succeeding
week!</span></span></font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">I
am sure the Lord looked down from heaven at His entertaining servant,
and was well pleased!</span></span></font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Just
look at all the other Kingdom lessons that flow out of this chapter!</span></span></font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">And
now - our Psalm for the day! </span></span></font><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">66:18-20
(66:1-20) HOW AWESOME ARE YOUR DEEDS! “If I had cherished
iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened. </span></font><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">19</span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
But truly God has listened; he has attended to the voice of my
prayer. </span></font><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">20</span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
Blessed be God, because he has not rejected my prayer or removed his
steadfast love [CHEsed] from me” (ESV) </span></font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Father,
we thank You for the forgiveness of sin in Jesus. We thank You for
answers to prayer from forgiven hearts. We bless You for Your
Covenant love, binding us to You and one another! J.A.Watt</span></span></font></p>
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