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9 - LUKE 17:11-19:48 - SUNDAY: TRIUMPHAL ENTRY</b></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="LEFT"><b>1.
17:17-19 (17:11-19) JESUS: TEACHES THANKSGIVING. “And :Jesus
answered, <i>and</i><span style="font-style: normal;"> said, Were not
the ten cleansed? but where </span><i>are</i><span style="font-style: normal;">
the nine? </span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="font-style: normal;">18</span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;">
Were none found that returned to give glory to :God, save this alien?
</span></font><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="font-style: normal;">19</span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;">
And he said to him, Arise </span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i>and</i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;">
go: your :faith has made you whole.” </span></font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">Faith
is the key to release the healing power of God. Thanksgiving for what
You do for us gladdens Your heart, Father! O let us always have
grateful hearts! </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. 17:20-21 (17:20-37)
JESUS' INWARD NATURE OF KINGDOM. “And asked by the Pharisees, when
the kingdom of :God comes, he answered them and said, The kingdom of
:God comes not with observation: </font><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1">21</font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">
neither shall they say, Lo, here! or, There! for lo, the kingdom of
:God is </font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><u>among</u></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
you.” </span></font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">There
is a </span></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><u><span style="">now</span></u></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
Kingdom of manifesting Your Son through us, Father! At His Coming it
will be manifested openly in all the earth! </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.
18:6-8a (18:1-14) JESUS: NATURE OF PRAYER. “And the Lord said,
Hear what the judge of :unrighteousness said. </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;">
And shall not :God avenge his :elect, that cry to him day and night,
and he long suffering over them? </span></font><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">8a</span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
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 he will avenge them speedily.” </span></font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Importunity
is shameless faith! As little children Father, we shamelessly come
and call on You! </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.
18:29-30 (18:15-34) JESUS: ENTERING THE KINGDOM. “And he [Jesus]
said to them, Amen 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 </span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">there</span></i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
is none that has left house, or wife, or brethren, or parents, or
children, for the kingdom of :God's sake, </span></font><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">30</span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
who shall not receive manifold more in this :season, and the age to
:come eternal life.” </span></font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Father,
we would deny ourselves and take up our cross daily, that Christ
might reign </span></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><u><span style="">supremely</span></u></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
in us today! Forgive us, Sovereign Lord, that we so often hold back
some part of ourselves from You! </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.
18:42-43 (18:35-43) JESUS: RELATION OF FAITH AND HEALING. “And
:Jesus said to him, Look up: your :faith has made you whole. </span></font><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">43</span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
And immediately he looked up, and followed him, glorifying :God: and
all the people seeing </span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">it</span></i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
gave praise to :God.” </span></font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">The
“obedience of faith” is the Key to release Your healing through
Jesus, Father! </span></span></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.
19:9-10 (19:1-10) JESUS: TEACHES THROUGH ZACHAEUS. “And :Jesus
said unto him [that], today is salvation come to this :house,
inasmuch as he also is Abraham's son. </span></font><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">10</span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
For the Son of :man came to seek and to save what is lost.” </span></font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Not
the self-righteous, but the </span></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><u><span style="">lost</span></u></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">,
You seek O Father. You also seek worshipers. For Your sake, we seek
what </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="">
seek! </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.
19:26 (19:11-28) JESUS: DELAY OF THE KINGDOM. “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 to every one that has shall be given, but from him that has
not, even what he has shall be taken away.” </span></font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">We
see the long time lapse Father, between Your invisible Kingdom </span></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><u><span style="">now</span></u></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
within us, and its open manifestation at Christ's coming. Both
aspects are important. </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>:
19:39b-40 (19:29-48) JESUS: TRIUMPHAL ENTRY. “Teacher, rebuke
your :disciples. </b></span></font><b><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">40</span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
And he answered </span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">and</span></i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
said, I tell you if these shall be silent, the stones will cry out.”
</span></font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Jesus
wept over the unbelieving city, Father. Give us tears for </span></span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">our</span></font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
cities, and prayers for </span></span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">Your</span></font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
city churches, that they be </span></span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">salt</span></font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
and </span></span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">light</span></font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">.</span></span></font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">The
Scriptures are </span></span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">so
rich</span></font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">,
and have </span></span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">so
many nuggets</span></font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">,
that it is difficult at times to fix on what to emphathize! Just look
at the above selected portions. Each one could receive complete
emphasis.</span></span></font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">But
the last week of Jesus on earth in His humanity commences with this
day - Palm Sunday. Between one fifth and one third of the 4 Gospels
major on this last week of Jesus - starting with this day. By
quantity of space, God shows us what is important in </span></span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">His</span></font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
sight! He and the Eternal Word, Jesus in His pre-incarnate state -
planned His coming to earth in human form to redeem Adam's lost race
through his sin of disobedience. He allowed Satan to give him that
subversive nature - that has infected every member of the human race
ever since.</span></span></font></p>
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<u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">But</span></font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
- as by </span></span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">one
man</span></font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
sin entered the world - by </span></span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">one
man</span></font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">,
the </span></span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">second
Adam</span></font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">,
at Calvary, the penalty of the first disobedience was paid for. - </span></span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">“It
is finished!”</span></font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
Satan's stratagem has been broken over the human race. All who
believe and receive Jesus as their Atonement, also receive a </span></span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">new
heritage</span></font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">,
the nature of the Son of God - the Holy Spirit - and though
redemption is not complete till the resurrection at Christ's return -
</span></span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">yet</span></font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
- the “arB</span></span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">O</span></font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">na”
the “d</span></span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">o</span></font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">-reA”
- the third part of the “Peter Package” (Acts 2:38) - allows us
to be “overcomers” </span></span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">now</span></font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">,
even though </span></span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">not
yet</span></font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
sinlessly perfect.</span></span></font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">And
the last week of this mighty victory of our Christ - commences with
this day! Palm Sunday. And we must </span></span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">not
forget</span></font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
that like Jeremiah was chosen for this prior to his conception
(Jeremiah 1:5), and before the apostle Paul was separated from his
mother's womb (Galatians 1:15-16) - so the Lord </span></span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">called</span></font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
him - and just so - because God is no respecter of persons - from
eternity past He has foreknown each one of us - who He has
effectively called into His Kingdom!</span></span></font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">George
Muller of the Bristol Orphanage of England - at first called this a
devilish doctrine. Then being challenged to see what </span></span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">God</span></font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
said concerning it - verse by verse and word by word he searched out
this doctrine in the New Testament. To his great surprise and
chagrin, for every 5 verses on this subject, 4 out of the 5 clearly
confirmed for each of us what also happened to Jeremiah and Paul! And
once Mr. Muller was convinced of God's thinking on this, he learned
that with study and meditation, the other one out of five really said
the same thing.</span></span></font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">George
Muller was proficient in Greek and Hebrew, as well as German, and
French. The last 10 years of his life he read the Bible on his knees
4 to 5 times a year! He has had 50,000 distinct answers to prayer to
meet the needs of 10,000 orphans, plus 180 missionaries a year, plus
some 4 other challenging projects - totaling over $8 million - all
before 1900! On the teaching of the Second Coming of Christ as the
Blessed Hope - he </span></span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">also</span></font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
was forced to change his mind in the light of careful and prayerful
Bible study and meditation. His book “Answers to Prayer” - a
Moody Colportage edition, was placed in my hands in 1944 - the year
God revealed Himself to me. I have made Mr. Muller one of my chief 3
mentors. All 3 put God and His Word supreme in their lives. I do too.
I encourage each of you as readers - let God and His Word be the
touchstone in solving </span></span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">all</span></font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
problems and controversies. It is interesting to note that George
Muller in the 1800's held exactly the same view on “Torah
Observance” as I sent out yesterday. </span></span></font>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Our
Psalm for the day - 69:8-9 (69:1-36) </span></span></font><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">JESUS:
ASSUMED THE REPROACHES OF HIS FATHER! “I have become a stranger to
my brothers, an alien to my mother's sons. </span></font><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">9</span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
For zeal of your house has consumed me, and the reproaches of those
who reproach you have fallen on me.” </span></font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Father,
Your Son our Lord Jesus, perfectly identified Himself with You and
with us. We marvel at His humility and condescension! J.A.Watt</span></span></font></p>
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