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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
11 - LUKE 22:1-23:56a - FRIDAY: TRIAL & CRUCIFIXION</b></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="LEFT"><b>1.
22:3-4 (22:1-6) JESUS: HIS BETRAYAL PLANNED. “And Satan entered
into Judas, the <i>one</i><span style="font-style: normal;"> called
Iscariot, being of the number of the twelve. </span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="font-style: normal;">4</span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;">
And he went away, </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;">
conversed with the chief priests and captains, :how he might deliver
him to them.” </span></font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">Satan
was created by You Father, as Your servant! You created the waster to
destroy! But as in the days of Job, </span></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="">he
can go no further</span></u></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
than You permit, yet </span></span></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="">always</span></u></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
furthers Your purposes (Romans 8:28)! </span></span></span></font><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">Hallowed
be your :name!</span></i></font></b></p>
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<b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">2.
22:20 (22:7-38) JESUS: HIS LAST SUPPER. “And the cup in like
manner after :supper, saying, This :cup is the new covenant in my
:blood, :shed for you.” </span></font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Atonement
of Jesus cannot be understood in fullness apart form </span></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><u><span style="">Passover</span></u></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
and its fulfillment in Jesus in the Lord's supper. Father, we bless
you for </span></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><u><span style="">Jesus
our Passover</span></u></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
(1 Corinthians 5:7). We identify with Him completely (Romans 5:5-7).
</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.
22:41-42 (22:39-53) JESUS: AGONY AND BETRAYAL. “'And HE was
parted from them about a stone's throw; and he knelt </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;">
prayed, </span></font><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">42</span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
saying, Father, if you will, remove this :cup from me: nevertheless
not my :will, but :yours, be done.” </span></font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Father,
our heart is broken when we see what Jesus had to endure to effect
reconciliation between us and You. We are humbled and chastened.
</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.
22:61-62 (22:54-65) JESUS: DENIED BY PETER. “And the Lord
turned, and looked upon :Peter. And :Peter remembered the word of the
Lord, how that he said to him [that], Before </span></font><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;">
cock crow this day you shall deny me thrice. </span></font><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">62</span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
And going [out] outside he wept bitterly.” </span></font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Peter
presumptuously thought he could stand, apart from watching and
praying. O forgive us Father, for </span></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><u><span style="">our</span></u></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
presumption! </span></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><u><span style="">Only</span></u></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
</span></span></i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">in
the </span></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><u><span style="">exchanged
life</span></u></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
can we stand (Galatians 2:20). </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.
23:22-23 (22:66-23:25) JESUS: DELIVERED TO PILATE. “And he said
unto them a third </span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">time</span></i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">,
<br>Why, what evil has this </span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">man</span></i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
done? I have found no cause of death in him: I will therefore
chastise </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;">
release him. </span></font><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">23</span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
But they were urgent with loud voices, asking that he be crucified.
And their :voices prevailed.” </span></font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">What
a miscarriage of justice! But we too reject Your Son Jesus, Father,
when we have areas of our life we refuse Him the right to reign over!
O be with us in our temptation of judging others in the very area
that we also transgress! </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.
23:34 (23:26-49) JESUS: HIS CRUCIFIXION. “And Jesus said,
Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And parting his
:garments among </span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">them</span></i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">,
they cast a lot.” </span></font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Father,
we thank You for this request of Jesus, for we sense that we too are
included. Show us by Your Spirit that no good thing dwells in our
flesh. We need this spirit of humility on our part! </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.
23:55-56a (23:50-56a) JESUS: HIS BURIAL. “And the women, who had
come with him out of :Galilee, followed after </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;">
beheld the tomb, and how his :body was laid. </span></font><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">56a</span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
And they returned, </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;">
prepared spices and ointments.” </span></font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Thank
God this was </span></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><u><span style="">not</span></u></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
the end! Father, You raised Your Son Jesus on the third day! </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>:
22:28-30 (22:7-38) JESUS: FORETELLS HIS KINGDOM! “But YOU are
they that have continued with me in my :trials; </b></span></font><b><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">29</span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
and I appoint </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, even as my :father appointed </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
me, a kingdom, </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;">
that you may eat and drink at my :table in my :kingdom and shall sit
on thrones judging the twelve tribes of :Israel.” </span></font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Israel
will be grafted back (Romans 11:13-36). Could the 24 elders of
Revelation be here? </span></span></font>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">What
does the Spirit share with us as we read the above passage? Is it
about Judas, and the prophetic part of the Psalms that foretell what
this man did? And the judgment pronounced upon him?</span></span></font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Or
does He make more real to us what our Savior went through in
accomplishing plenteous redemption for us? And how Mel Gibson majored
on His physical suffering, but missed the horrendous soul travail
through which He endured unto death?</span></span></font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">And
what of Pilate - who </span></span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">three
times</span></font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
testified that he found </span></span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">no
evil</span></font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
in this Man? And the horrendous miscarriage of justice that took
place on the part of the Jewish leaders - the Jewish people - and the
Roman governor?</span></span></font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Oswald
Chambers exhorts us to enter into travail and agony of soul on Jesus
behalf. Some are offended at such exhortation. But true repentance
enables us to more fully understand the extraordinary cost Jesus
endured to accomplish Reconciliation through Redemption for us of
Adam's race.</span></span></font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">We
honor our Father for us to understand a little more the cost of this
by His Son. God </span></span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">does</span></font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
want us to understand that Jesus appreciated those who continued with
Him in His temptation! He indeed wanted His 3 close disciples to
watch with Him for that last hour in the Garden of Gethsemane.</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;">71:16-17
(71:1-24) FORSAKE ME NOT WHEN MY STRENGTH IS SPENT. “With the
mighty deeds of the Lord GOD I will come; I will remind them of your
righteousness, yours alone. </span></font><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">17</span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
O God, from my youth you have taught me, and I still proclaim your
wondrous deeds.” </span></font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">This
is the way Your Son Jesus walked toward Calvary, Father! You
</span></span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">delivered</span></font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
Him from </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="">
His enemies. Satan became a squatter indeed after this hour! </span></span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">It
was finished</span></font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">! J.A.Watt</span></span></font></p>
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