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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>Jim & Marie Watt</b></font></p>
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16 - NUMBERS 15-16 - THE NUMBERING</b></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="LEFT"><b>1.
15:15 (15) LAW OF OFFERINGS AND REMEMBRANCES. “For the assembly,
there shall be one statute for you and for the stranger who sojourns
with you, a statute forever throughout your generations. You and the
sojourner shall be alike before the LORD” (ESV). </b><span style="">The
last shall be first, and the first last. The Gentile follows the Jew,
but now is favored. Both come into the Kingdom through the blood of
the Lamb. Both now follow the word of Jesus over and above the word
of Moses. We submit to your ways Father, and say, </span><b><i>Hallowed
be your :name!</i></b></p>
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<b>2. 16:28, 30 (16) KORAH, DATHAN AND ABIRAM. And Moses said,
“Hereby you shall know that the LORD has sent me to do all these
works, and that it has not been of my own accord. 30 But if the LORD
creates something new, and the ground opens its mouth and swallows
them up with all that <font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">belongs to
them, and they go down alive into Sheol, then you shall know that
these men have despised the LORD.” </font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">We
quake before Your judgments Father, and say, </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. 17:5 (17) AARON'S ROD.
“And the staff of the man whom I choose shall sprout. Thus I will
make to cease from the the grumblings of the people of Israel, which
they grumble against you.” </font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">Your
sign Father, confirmed Your choice of Aaron from among the sons of
Levi - as priest! </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. 18:19 (18) CHARGE FOR
PRIESTS AND LEVITES. “All the holy contributions that the people
of Israel present to the LORD I give to you, and to your sons and
daughters with you, as a perpetual due. It is a covenant of salt
forever before the LORD for you and for your offspring with you.”
</font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">Father,
You adequately reward those who serve You. O forgive us that we often
doubt You concerning provisions. </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. 19:20 (19) WATER OF
SEPARATION. “If the man who is unclean does not cleanse himself,
that person shall be cut off from the midst of the assembly, since he
has defiled the sanctuary of the LORD, Because the water for impurity
has not been thrown on him, he is unclean.” </font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">Inadvertent
sin requires this cleansing under OT law for Israel. Be with us
Father, in times of temptation, and may we keep our vessels holy for
Your Name's sake. </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. 20:12 (20:1-21) MOSES'
FAILURE. And the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “Because you did
not believe in me, to uphold me as holy in the eyes of the people of
Israel, therefore you shall not bring this assembly into the land
that I have given them.” </font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">May
Your fear grip our hearts because of this instance, Father! You are a
</span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><u><span style="">holy</span></u></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
God, requiring the obedience of faith in all of Your words, and You
are no respecter of persons! </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.
20:24 (20:22-29) DEATH OF AARON. “Let Aaron be gathered to his
people, for he shall not enter the land that I have given to the
people of Israel, because you rebelled against my command at the
waters of Meribah.” </span></font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Aaron
shared guilt with Moses in the smiting of the Rock, instead of
speaking to it. How dreadful is Your fear, O LORD! </span></span></font><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">But
deliver 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>:
18:28 (18) THE LORD'S TITHE: FOR THE 5-FOLD MINISTRY. “So you
shall also present a contribution to the LORD from all your tithes,
which you receive from the people of Israel. And from it you shall
give the LORD'S contribution to Aaron the priest.” </b></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">The
12 tribes tithe to the Levites; the Levites tithe to the priests; and
the priests tithe to the LORD! In all things Father, You have
remembered to provide.</span></span></font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">The
following by Oswald Chambers is not only important to understand, but
necessary. There is too often a failure to understand the true place
of the Atonement of Jesus Christ - and how repentance and believing
properly relate to this event orchestrated by the Father. </span></span></font>
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<b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">JUSTIFICATION
BY FAITH - Oswald Chambers, October 28, MUFHH</span></font></b></p>
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<span style="text-decoration: none;">“<b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">If
when we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of
His Son, </font></b></span><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"></font></b>
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<b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">much
more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life.”
Romans 5:10.</span></font></b></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">I
am not saved by believing - I simply realize I am saved by believing.
And it is not repentance that saves me - repentance is only the sign
that I realize what God has done through Christ Jesus. The danger
here is putting the emphasis on the </span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">effect</font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">,
instead of on the </span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">cause</font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">.
Is it my obedience, consecration, and dedication that make me right
with God? It is </span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">never</font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
that! I am made right with God because, </span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">prior
to all of that</font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">,
</span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">Christ died</font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">.
When I turn to God and by belief accept what God reveals, the
miraculous atonement by the Cross of Christ instantly places me into
a right relationship with God. And as a result of the supernatural
miracle of God's grace I stand justified, not because I am sorry for
my sin, or because I have repented, but </span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">because
of what Jesus has done</font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">.
The Spirit of God brings justification with a shattering, radiant
light, and I know that I am saved, even though I don't know how it
was accomplished.</span></font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">The
salvation that comes from God is not based on human logic, but on the
sacrificial death of Jesus. We can be born again solely because of
the atonement of our Lord. Sinful men and women can be changed into
new creations, not through their repentance or their belief, but
through the wonderful work of God in Christ Jesus which preceded all
of our experience (see 2 Corinthians 5:17-19). The unconquerable
safety of justification and sanctification is </span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">God
Himself</font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">.
We do not have to accomplish these things ourselves - they have been
accomplished through the atonement of the Cross of Christ. The
supernatural becomes natural to us through the miracle of what Jesus
Christ has already done - </span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>“It
is finished!” </b></span></i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">(John
19:30).</span></font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">And
now - our Psalm for the day! </span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>76:1-2
(76:1-12) WHO CAN STAND BEFORE YOU? “In Judah God is known; his
name is great in Israel. </b></span></font><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>2</b></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>
His abode has been established in Salem, his dwelling place in Zion.”
</b></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">You
are a fearful God O Father, and Your Name Jehovah is awesome and
majestic. Your dwelling place is sanctified by Your presence.
</span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b> </b></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>Hallowed
be your :name!</b></span></i></font></p>
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