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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER"><b>Jim
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>WEEK
4 - JAN 22-28 - MATTHEW - JESUS: THE MESSIAH KING</b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>JAN
22. 3:11 (1:1-4:16) PREPARATION FOR JESUS. <font size="3">“I
indeed baptize you in water unto repentance: but who comes after me
is mightier that I: whose :shoes I am not fit to bear: HE shall
baptize you in </font><font size="3"><i>the </i></font><font size="3"><span style="font-style:normal">Holy
Spirit and fire”</span></font><span style="font-style:normal">
</span><span style="font-style:normal">(NNT). </span><span style="font-style:normal">
</span></b><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal">What
a Kingdom! We praise You that You have made </span></span><span style="font-style:normal"><u><span style="font-weight:normal">Jesus</span></u></span><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal">
the Way, and that none comes to You except through Him, our Mediator.
</span></span><b><i>Hallowed be Your</i></b><i><span style="font-weight:normal">
</span></i><b><i>:name. </i></b></font></font>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b><span style="font-style:normal">JAN
2</span><span style="font-style:normal">3</span><span style="font-style:normal">.
7:28-29 (4:17-7:29) TEACHING OF JESUS. </span><font size="3"><span style="font-style:normal">
“And it came to pass, when :Jesus ended these :words, the crowds
were astonished at his :teaching: </span></font></b><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal">29
</span></span></font><b><font size="3"><span style="font-style:normal">for
he was teaching them as having authority, and not as the scribes.” </span></font><span style="font-style:normal">
</span></b><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal">Father,
we choose the Narrow Gate and the </span></span><span style="font-style:normal"><u><span style="font-weight:normal">straitened</span></u></span><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal">
way into Your Kingdom. </span></span><b><i>Your :kingdom come.</i></b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b><span style="font-style:normal">JAN
2</span><span style="font-style:normal">4</span><span style="font-style:normal">.
10:34-36 (8:1-11:1) MIRACLES OF JESUS. </span><font size="3"><span style="font-style:normal">
“Think not that I came to bring peace on the earth: I came not to
bring peace, but a sword. </span></font></b><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal">35</span></span></font><b><font size="3"><span style="font-style:normal">
For I came to set a man at variance against his :father, and a
daughter against her :mother, and a bride against her :mother in law:</span></font></b><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal">
36 </span></span></font><b><font size="3"><span style="font-style:normal">and
the man's foes </span></font><font size="3"><i>are</i></font><font size="3"><span style="font-style:normal">
they of his household.” </span></font><span style="font-style:normal">
</span></b><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal">How
many of us have not experienced this - upon our individual
conversion? </span></span><b><i>Your :will be done, As in heaven, so
on earth.</i></b></font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in"><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b><span style="font-style:normal">JAN
2</span><span style="font-style:normal">5</span><span style="font-style:normal">.
18:19-20 (11:2-18:35) CONTROVERSY OVER JESUS. </span><font size="3"><span style="font-style:normal">“Again,
Amen, I say unto you, that if two of you shall agree on :earth as
touching anything they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my
:Father who </span></font><font size="3"><i>is </i></font><font size="3"><span style="font-style:normal">in
the heavens. </span></font></b><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal">20
</span></span></font><b><font size="3"><span style="font-style:normal">For
where two or three are gathered unto my :name, there am I in their
midst.” </span></font><span style="font-style:normal"> </span></b><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal">Father,
in Messiah You are present to help us handle all interpersonal
problems according to Matthew 18:15-17. </span></span><b><i>Our
:daily :bread Give us this day.</i></b></font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b><span style="font-style:normal">JAN
2</span><span style="font-style:normal">6</span><span style="font-style:normal">.
23:37 (19-23) CHALLENGE OF JESUS IN JUDEA. </span><font size="3"><span style="font-style:normal">“Jerusalem,
Jerusalem, that kills the prophets, and stones th</span></font><font size="3"><i>os</i></font><font size="3"><span style="font-style:normal">e
sent unto her! how oft would I have gathered your :children together,
even as a hen gathers her :chicks under the wings, and you would
not!” </span></font><span style="font-style:normal"> </span></b><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal">Father,
we receive and act upon the invitation of </span></span><span style="font-style:normal"><u><span style="font-weight:normal">Jesus</span></u></span><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">.
</span></span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">And
forgive us our :debts, As we also have forgiven our :debtors.</span></i></b></font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">JAN
2</span></span><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">7</span></span><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">.
24:30 (24-25) COMING AGAIN OF JESUS. </span></span><font size="3"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">
“And then shall appear the sign of the Son of :man in heaven: and
then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and shall see the Son
of :man</span></span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-style:normal">
coming on the clouds of the heaven with power and great glory.” </span></font></b><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal">The
Second Coming of Jesus has a two-fold effect: For believers - it is a
time of great joy! For unbelievers - it is a time of great distress!
</span></span><b><i>And</i><span style="font-style:normal"> </span><i>bring
us not into temptation.</i></b></font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in"><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b><span style="font-style:normal">JAN
</span><span style="font-style:normal">28</span><span style="font-style:normal">.
27:51-53 (26-28) CRUCIFIXION AND RESURRECTION OF JESUS. </span><font size="3"><span style="font-style:normal">“And
lo, the veil of the temple was rent in two from top to bottom; and
the earth shook; and the rocks were rent; </span></font></b><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal">52</span></span></font><b><font size="3"><span style="font-style:normal">
and the tombs were opened; and many bodies of the saints that had
fallen asleep were raised; </span></font></b><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal">53</span></span></font><b><font size="3"><span style="font-style:normal">
and coming forth from the tombs after his :resurrection entered into
the holy city and appeared unto many.” </span></font><span style="font-style:normal">
</span></b><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal">This
is one of the many portions of he Bible which we can easily slip
over. But the Holy Spirit causes no Bible writer to record </span></span><span style="font-style:normal"><u><span style="font-weight:normal">anything</span></u></span><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
from the mind of God, except He desires us to search out and
understand its significance from </span></span></span><span style="font-style:normal"><u><span style="font-weight:normal">His</span></u></span><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
point of view! </span></span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">But
deliver us from the evil </span></i><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">one.</span></span></b></font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in"><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><u><b><span style="font-style:normal">NOTE:</span></b></u><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
There are two portions in this Gospel that link together related
Greek words: the Beatitudes and the Lord's Prayer. I link the
Beatitudes with the tribe of “Asher,” and the Lord's Prayer with
the tribe of Ephraim. Asher means “Blessed”, or “Happy;” so
the linkage is clear. Ephraim means “double fruitfulness”,
according to the prophecy over him by his grandfather Jacob. When one
understands the prayer Jesus gave His disciples at their request,
that one becomes </span></span></span><u><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal">indeed</span></span></u><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
</span></span></i><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">a
fruitful person. Rees Howells epitomizes such a one. Joshua, the
servant of Moses, the man of God, was of this tribe. Consider his
life as recounted in the book of Joshua.</span></span></span></font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in"><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">The
Gospel of Matthew sets forth Jesus as </span></span></span><u><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal">King</span></span></u><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">.
He is the King of the Jews, Himself a Jew through his mother after
the flesh, Mary. He is the Lion of the tribe of Judah! This Gospel
quotes portions from the Old Testament in such a manner that all
open-hearted Jews can easily discern Him as the promised Messiah!
Anna and Simeon were two who so recognized Him at the time of His
birth, when Joseph and Mary presented Him at the Temple. The Holy
Spirit alerted both of them to this significant time.</span></span></span></font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in"><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Matthew,
Mark and Luke are listed as synoptic gospels, as distinct from John,
the Gospel setting Jesus forth in a special way as the Son of God.
Some think God has not a Son! They are wrong! Jesus is God's
only-begotten Son! Three times God voiced from heaven His approval of
Jesus, the Son of God! He exhorted us to </span></span></span><u><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal">hear</span></span></u><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
His Son, obey Him, and become exceedingly intimate with Him. Jesus is
the God-man from God on our behalf. Redemption and Reconciliation
come only through Him! </span></span></span></font></font>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in"><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">There
are mysteries here - but God has promised insight on our behalf as we
meditate, </span></span></span><u><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal">obey</span></span></u><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">,
and walk in loving and joyous discipleship on His behalf. This is </span></span></span><u><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal">all</span></span></u><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
voluntary on our part. We don't </span></span></span><u><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal">have</span></span></u><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
to - but we have the privilege of doing so if we w</span></span></span><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">ish</span></span></span><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
to! </span></span></span></font></font>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in"><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">P.S.
With not too much extra work - these 52 weekly lessons can be
updated for printing. They will enable readers world-wide - to have a
very brief daily devotional for the year, which will link perhaps
millions throughout the earth to move unitedly in spirit. To </span></span><u><span style="font-style:normal">meditate</span></u><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">
together on the same verse each day, will open the door to use the
“Outlined Interlinear New Testament” in a coordinated manner.
This too will then open up to effective </span></span><u><span style="font-style:normal">meditation</span></u><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">,
worship and intercession. It will become like a magnifying glass to
take the rays of the Son of God, and allow </span></span><u><span style="font-style:normal">Him</span></u><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">
to focus on His target. Then with His “Organic Laser-Telescope” -
of an Eldership in the Gate of each </span></span></b></font></font>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in"><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">City
Church - He can target and remove Satanic hindrances over cities,
regions and nations at His will! Revival will follow.</span></span></b></font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in"><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">Pray
for the City Church of Gig Harbor, Washington, and the functioning
Eldership in its Gate. God could use it as His break-through for
countless other cities in Washington, Cascadia, Canada, the United
States, and the nations of the world. </span></span></b><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
</span></span></span><b><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">
J.A.Watt</span></span></b></font></font></p>
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