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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>Jim & Marie Watt</b></font></p>
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26 - JOHN 10:22-12:50 - JESUS: ENEMIES PLAN HIS DEATH</b></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="LEFT"><b>1.
10:27-28 (10:22-39) JESUS: SECURITY FOR HIS SHEEP. “:My :sheep
hear my :voice, and I know them, and they follow me: <font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1">28</font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">
and I give them eternal life; and they shall never perish, and no one
shall snatch them out of my :hand” (NNT). </font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">In
Your eternal purpose and plan Father, we are in Your Son, the last
Adam, the Head of Your </span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><u><span style="">new
creation</span></u></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">.
You were in Christ reconciling the world to Yourself. In this we see
Your Majesty! </span></span></font><b>Hallowed be your :name!</b></p>
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<b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">2. 10:41-42 (10:40-42)
JESUS: MANY BELIEVE ON HIM. “And many came unto him, and they said
[that], John indeed did no sign: but all </font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i>things</i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">
whatever John spoke of this </font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i>man</i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">
were true. </font><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1">42</font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">
And many believed unto him there.” </font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">How
wonderful is Your Son Jesus, Father! We magnify You for Him, and You
</span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><u><span style="">in
Him</span></u></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">!
We too believe in Him. </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. 11:25-26 (11:1-53)
JESUS: RESURRECTS LAZARUS! “:Jesus said to her, I am the
resurrection, and the life: who believes unto me shall live, even if
he die; </font><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1">26</font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">
and every one who lives and believes unto me shall nowise die unto
the age.” </font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">Father,
Jesus is in You, and You are in Your </span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><u><span style="">fullness</span></u></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">
in Your Son! Resurrection Life flows out of this union in tremendous
power! Your Son granted Lazarus life from the dead. </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. 11:57 (11:54-57) JESUS:
HIS LIFE THREATENED. “Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had
given orders, that, if any knew where he was, he should show </font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i>it</i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">,
that they might take him.” </font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">The
Jewish rulers could not stand Jesus. They did not know You Father,
and in their fear of man they feared for their carnal position in
Israel. O forgive us, that this same spirit sometimes permeates us
also! </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. 12:3 (12:1-11) JESUS:
HIS DEATH CONSULTED. “:Mariam therefore took a pound of ointment
of pure nard, very precious, </font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i>and</i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">
anointed the feet of :Jesus, and wiped his :feet with her :hair: and
the house was filled with the odor of the ointment.” </font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">Father,
we bless You that Your Son received this sacrifice with approval. How
it showed up the evil heart of Judas and the lack in the rest of the
disciples! </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. 12:13 (12:12-19) JESUS:
HIS TRIUMPHAL ENTRY. “[As Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, the great
crowd] took the branches of the palm trees, and went out to meet him,
and shouted, Hosanna: Blessed who comes in </font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i>the</i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">
Lord's Name, Even the King of :Israel.” </font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">Yes
Father, we join the multitude in glorifying Your Son Jesus, Your
chosen. In Him all Your purposes find fulfillment! </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. 12:23-24 (12:20-50)
JESUS: GREEKS PRECIPITATE HIS DEATH. “And :Jesus answers them,
saying, The hours is come, that the Son of :man should be glorified.
</font><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1">24</font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">
Amen, Amen, I say unto you, Except the grain of the wheat fall into
the earth </font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i>and</i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">
die, it abides by itself alone; but if it die, it bears much fruit.”</font></b></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">This is the secret of Your
Kingdom, Father: Out of death comes life. We identify ourselves with
Christ by denying ourselves and taking up our cross. </font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><b>But
deliver us from the evil </b></i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>one!</b></font></p>
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<u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>NOTE</b></font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>:
12:49 (12:20-50) JESUS: SPOKE ONLY FROM THE FATHER. “Because I
spoke not from myself; but the Father that sent me, HE has given me
commandment, what I should say, and what I shall speak.” </b></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">O
Father, we magnify You in Your Son for His great faithfulness! May we
too glorify You in like measure.</span></font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">The Raising of Lazarus from the
dead, was followed soon by the Palm Sunday accolades and
glorification of Jesus. These two events in the mind of the Pharisees
absolutely required the death of Jesus. They felt their whole
position in Israel was in jeopardy because of Jesus, and therefore He
had to go. It was just finding the proper time and occasion. Judas
provided the latter.</font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">Then when Jesus heard from
Philip that Greeks were seeking Him - He knew that He could not
produce the church, the One New Man, composed of Jew and Gentile in a
new Covenant - namely Himself through His blood! - except through His
immediate death. Therefore John 12 points out His full understanding
that He as a kernel of wheat must fall into the ground and die. Then
in His Resurrected form, He would be able to bear much fruit, and as
Head of this spiritual body, He could in the Father bring each one of
us into His Kingdom; and upon His return we would each one receive
resurrected bodies like His!</font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">As
the Great High Priest of our </span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">confession</font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
- after the order of Melchizedek - He also as our Great Intercessor -
is about to pray through and into effect all things foretold in
Scripture.</span></font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Also,
the end of this section opens up for us John 13-17 - one unit,
majoring on the Paraclete - the coming Holy Spirit - to take Jesus'
place during the church age. </span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">Better</font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
the Holy spirit abiding </span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">within</font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
us, than Jesus being </span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">with
us</font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">!
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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>86:8-9
(86:1-17) GREAT IS YOUR STEADFAST LOVE - YOUR </b></span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>CHE</b></font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>SED!
“There is none like you among the gods, O Lord, nor are there any
works like yours. </b></span></font><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>9</b></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>
All the nations you have made shall come and worship before you, O
LORD, and glorify your name.” </b></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">In
this prayer of David, we see also the prayer of his Greater Son: son
of David, Son of God, Messiah. We honor You Father, for Your
faithfulness, and </span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>Hallow
your :name!</b></span></i></font></p>
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