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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER">“<b>TWO
ARE BETTER THAN ONE” MINISTRIES</b></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER"><b>Jim
& Marie Watt</b></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER"><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><b>(From:
2 CORINTHIANS #5 - 5:11-21)</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER"><br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER">
<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">H.
5:11-21 FURTHER MOTIVATION TO MINISTER</font></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER">
<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">1.
5:11-15 CONSTRAINT: BY FEAR OF LORD AND LOVE OF SOULS</font></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER">
<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">a.
5:11 THE FEAR OF THE LORD AND SOUL-WINNERS</font></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER"><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font size="3"><b>Knowing
therefore the fear of the Lord,</b><span style>
</span><b><span style="text-decoration:none">we persuade men, but we
are manifested to God;</span></b></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER">
<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">EiDOtes
oun ton PHObon<font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"> </font>tou KuRIou,
anTHR<u>O</u><span style="text-decoration:none">pous PEItho-men,
The</span><u>O</u><span style="text-decoration:none"> de
pe-pha-neR</span><u>O</u><span style="text-decoration:none">me-tha;</span></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font size="3"><b>and I hope that
we are manifested also in your :consciences.</b></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER">
<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none">elPIz</span><u>o</u><span style="text-decoration:none">
</span><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none">[1679]</span></font><span style="text-decoration:none">
de kai en tais su-neiD</span><u>E</u><span style="text-decoration:none">se-sin
</span><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none">[4893]</span></font><span style="text-decoration:none">
huM</span><u>O</u><span style="text-decoration:none">N
pe-pha-neR</span><u>O</u><span style="text-decoration:none">Sthai
</span><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none">[5319]</span></font><span style="text-decoration:none">.</span></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">b.
5:12 CONTRAST OF TWO TYPES OF SOUL-WINNERS</font></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font size="3"><b>We are not
again commending ourselves to you,</b></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">ou
PAlin he-auTOUS su-nisTAno-men<font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">
[4921]</font> huMIN,</font></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font size="3"><b>but as giving
you occasion of glorying on our behalf,</b></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER"><span style="text-decoration:none">
</span><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>alLA
a-phorM</span></span><u><span style>E</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>N
</span></span><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>[874]</span></span></font><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>
diDONtes huMIN kauCH</span></span><u><span style>E</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>ma-tos
</span></span><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>[2745]</span></span></font><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>
huPER h</span></span><u><span style>e</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>M</span></span><u><span style>O</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>N,</span></span></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font size="3"><b>that you may
have toward th<i>os</i><span style="font-style:normal">e glorying in
face, and not in heart.</span></b></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER">
<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none">HIna
Ech</span><u>e</u><span style="text-decoration:none">-te pros tous
en proS</span><u>O</u><span style="text-decoration:none">p</span><u>o</u><span style="text-decoration:none">
</span><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none">[4383]</span></font><span style="text-decoration:none">
kau-ch</span><u>o</u><span style="text-decoration:none">MEnous
</span><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none">[2744]</span></font><span style="text-decoration:none">,
kai m</span><u>e</u><span style="text-decoration:none"> en karDIa.</span></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">c.
5:13 A WISE CONTRAST</font></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font size="3"><b>For whether we
were beside ourselves, <i>it is </i>to God;</b></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">EIte
gar eXESt<u>e</u>-men <font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">[1839]</font>,
The<u>O</u>; </font></font>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font size="3"><b>whether we are
of sober mind, <i>it is</i> to you.</b></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER">
<span style="text-decoration:none"> <font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal">EIte
s</span></font></font></span><span style="font-style:normal"><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><u>o</u></font></font></span><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">-phroNOUmen
</font></font></span></span><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">[4993]</span></span></font><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">,
huMIN.</span></span></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">d.
5:14-15 LOVE OF CHRIST: CONSTRAINT FOR PAUL</font></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font size="3"><b>For the love of
the Christ constrains us;</b></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER">
<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">h</span></span><span style="font-style:normal"><u>e</u></span><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">
gar aGAp</span></span><span style="font-style:normal"><u>e</u></span><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">
tou ChrisTOU suNEchei </span></span><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">[4912]</span></span></font><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">
h</span></span><span style="font-style:normal"><u>e</u></span><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">MAS;</span></span></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font size="3"><b>having thus
judged, that one died for all, therefore :all died;</b></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER">
<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">KRInan-tas
</span></span><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">[2919]</span></span></font><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">
TOUto, HOti eis huPER PANt</span></span><span style="font-style:normal"><u>o</u></span><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">n
aPEtha-nen </span></span><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">[599]</span></span></font><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">,
Ara hoi PANtes aPEtha-non;</span></span></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font size="3"><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style>15</span></font><b>
and he died for all, that they that live should no longer live to
themselves,</b></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER">
<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">kai
huPER panT</span></span><span style="font-style:normal"><u>O</u></span><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">N
aPEtha-nen, HIna hoi Z</span></span><span style="font-style:normal"><u>O</u></span><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">Ntes
m</span></span><span style="font-style:normal"><u>e</u></span><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">KEti
he-auTOIS Z</span></span><span style="font-style:normal"><u>O</u></span><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">sin,</span></span></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font size="3"><b>but to him who
for their sakes died and rose again.</b></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER">
<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">alLA
t</span></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><u>o</u></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">
huPER auT</span></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><u>O</u></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">N
a-po-thaNONti kai e-gerTHENti </span></span></font><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">[1453]</span></span><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">.</span></span></font></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">2.
5:16-19 FOR THE MINISTRY OF RECONCILIATION</font></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">a.
5:16 EVEN CHRIST AFTER THE FLESH: NOT KNOWN</font></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font size="3"><b><span style="font-style:normal">So
that we from :now on know no </span><i>one</i><span style="font-style:normal">
after </span><i>the</i><span style="font-style:normal"> flesh:</span></b></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal">H</span><span style="font-style:normal"><u>O</u></span><span style="font-style:normal">ste
h</span><span style="font-style:normal"><u>e</u></span><span style="font-style:normal">MEIS
aPO tou nun ouDEna OIda-men kaTA SARka </span><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="font-style:normal">[4561]</span></font><span style="font-style:normal">:</span></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font size="3"><b><span style="font-style:normal">even
though we have known Christ after </span><i>the</i><span style="font-style:normal">
flesh, yet now we know </span><i>him so </i><span style="font-style:normal">no
more.</span></b></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal">ei
kai egN</span><span style="font-style:normal"><u>O</u></span><span style="font-style:normal">ka-men
</span><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="font-style:normal">[1097]</span></font><span style="font-style:normal">
kaTA SARka ChrisTON, alLA nun ouKEti giN</span><span style="font-style:normal"><u>O</u></span><span style="font-style:normal">Sko-men.</span></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">b.
5:17 A VERY TRUE DESCRIPTION </font></font>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font size="3"><b>So that if any
<i>is</i> in Christ, <i>he is</i> a new creature: </b></font></font>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">H<u>O</u>Ste
EI tis en ChrisT<u>O</u>, kaiN<u>E</u> KTIsis <font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">[2937]</font>:
</font></font>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font size="3"><b>the old <i>are</i>
passed away; lo, they are become new.</b></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal">ta
arCHAIa </span><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="font-style:normal">[744]</span></font><span style="font-style:normal">
paR</span><span style="font-style:normal"><u>E</u></span><span style="font-style:normal">Lthen
</span><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="font-style:normal">[3928]</span></font><span style="font-style:normal">;
iDOU, GEgo-nen kaiNA.</span></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">c.
5:18-19 GOD: THE BASIS OF CHRIST'S RECONCILIATION</font></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font size="3"><b>But all the
<i>things</i> are of :God, who reconciled us to himself through
Christ, </b></font></font>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">ta
de PANta ek tou TheOU, tou ka-talLAxan-tos <font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">[2644]</font>
h<u>e</u>MAS he-auT<u>O</u> diA ChrisTOU,</font></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font size="3"><b>and gave to us
the ministry of :reconciliation;</b></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">kai
DONtos h<u>e</u>MIN t<u>e</u>n di-a-koNIan <font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">[1248]</font>
t<u>e</u>s ka-tal-laG<u>E</u>S <font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">[2643]</font>;</font></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font size="3"><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style>19
</span></font><b>to wit, that God was in Christ reconciling the world
to himself,</b></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">h<u>o</u>s,
HOti TheOS <u>e</u>n en ChrisT<u>O</u> KOSmon ka-talLASs<u>o</u>n<font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">
[2644] </font>he-auT<u>O</u>,</font></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font size="3"><b>not reckoning
to them their :trespasses,</b></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">m</font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><u>e</u></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">
lo-giZOme-nous </font>[3049]<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">
auTOIS ta pa-rapT</font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><u>O</u></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">ma-ta
</font>[3900]<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"> auT</font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><u>O</u></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">N,</font></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font size="3"><b>and having
committed to us the word of :reconciliation.</b></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">kai
THEme-nos </font>[5087]<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"> en h</font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><u>e</u></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">MIN
ton LOgon t</font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><u>e</u></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">s
ka-tal-laG</font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><u>E</u></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">S.</font></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">3.
5:20-21 BECAUSE OF HIGH CALLING: AMBASSADORS OF CHRIST</font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">a.
5:20 GOD WORKS RECONCILIATION THROUGH MEN</font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font size="3"><b>We are
ambassadors therefore on behalf of Christ, as though :God were
entreating by us:</b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">HuPER
ChrisTOU oun presBEUo-men <font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">[4243]</font>,
h<u>o</u>s tou TheOU pa-ra-kaLOUNtos di' h<u>e</u>M<u>O</u>N:</font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font size="3"><b>we beseech on
behalf of Christ, be reconciled to :God.</b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">deOme-tha
<font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">[1189]</font> huPER ChrisTOU,
ka-talLAg<u>e</u>-te <font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">[2644]</font>
t<u>o</u> The<u>O</u>.</font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">b.
5:21 CHRIST OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS: THE MESSAGE OF RECONCILIATION</font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font size="3"><b>Him who knew no
sin he made sin on our behalf;</b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">ton
m<u>e</u> GNONta ha-marTIan huPER h<u>e</u>M<u>O</u>N ha-marTIan
ePOI<u>e</u>-sen;</font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font size="3"><b>that WE might
become righteousness of God in him.</b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">HIna
h<u>e</u>MEIS geN<u>O</u>me-tha <font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">[1096]</font>
di-kai-oSUn<u>e</u> <font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">[1343]</font>
TheOU en auT<u>O</u>.</font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><u><b>NOTE</b></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>:</b></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>
There are 3 verses in this passage that stand out to me: 5:13 - For
the sake of winning souls, Paul restrained himself before them, lest
they be turned off by his exorbitant love to God. When alone with
God, he showed no restraints.</span></span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">To
me, this is a good example for us today. In revivals, some seem to be
unaware of Paul's wisdom at this point, and turn off unbelievers with
their unrestrained emotional joy. God loves us to be as little
children before Him - but for the sake of souls - He desires us to
restrain ourselves before them, but give Him their unrestrained love
in private. Are we willing to walk in this wisdom of the Spirit
through the apostle Paul?</font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">Then
consider 5:17. I memorized this soon after my conversion 65 years
ago, and have blessed God for the truth and reality found here. It is
difficult to plumb the depths of this verse; but as we meditate upon
it, and pray it back to God in our own words with thanksgiving, then
the Spirit opens it up like a rose bud, or peels it back layer by
layer as in an onion.</font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>Lastly
there is 5:21. It is </span></span><u><span style>God</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>
who made Jesus His only begotten Son </span></span><u><span style>sin</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>
on our behalf. Jesus was born to die! Had Satan insight on this
beforehand, he would never have permitted Calvary to take place! It
was his undoing. He is an entirely defeated foe since the death,
resurrection and ascension of Jesus! Peter's sermon in Acts 2 at
Pentecost is evident proof of this. God as the Master chess-player
effectively defeated the devil.</span></span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>Oswald
Chambers in his various writings, especially “My Utmost for His
Highest”, points out that Jesus at Calvary effected the right for
Him from the throne of God following His Ascension, to place His very
nature into us by the Holy Spirit. We are a </span></span><u><span style>new
creation</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>.
Christ in us, according to Galatians 2:20, was the sublime secret of
Paul's effectiveness. It really wasn't Paul - it was </span></span><u><span style>Christ</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>
living out </span></span><u><span style>His
Life</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>
through Paul! Rees Howells in his biography by Norman P. Grubb
effectively points out this same truth!</span></span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>What
nuggets of almighty revelation lie in the Bible, God's Word! Let us
not leave it to remain as the </span></span><u><span style>letter</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>,
but through faith, obedience and full discipleship in meditation, let
us permit God to make His Son </span></span><u><span style>supreme</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>
in us, to the pulling down of strongholds! - J.A.Watt</span></span></font></font></p>
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