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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER">“<b>TWO
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER"><b>Jim
& Marie Watt</b></p>
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<a href="http://www.2rbetter.org/" target="_blank">www.2rbetter.org</a></b></p><p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER">July 12, 2012</p><p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER">
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</p><p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER"><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font size="3"><b>WEEK
7 - FEB 12-18 - MARK - THE GOSPEL OF SERVICE AND POWER</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 size="3"><b>FEB
12. 1:3, 8 (1:1-8) JOHN THE BAPTIZER INTRODUCES JESUS. “A voice
of one crying in the wilderness, Make you ready the way of <i>the</i><span style="font-style:normal">
Lord, Make his :paths straight; ... </span><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="font-style:normal">8
</span></font><span style="font-style:normal">I baptized you with
water; but he shall baptize you with </span><i>the</i><span style="font-style:normal">
Holy Spirit” </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">Father,
we find here Your Kingdom and rule in Jesus, Jehovah our Savior. You
have given Him Your Name and all the fullness of the Godhead bodily
dwells in Him.</span></span><b><span style="font-style:normal">
</span><i>Hallowed be your :name.</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 size="3"><b><span style="font-style:normal">FEB
13</span><span style="font-style:normal">. 2:10-11 (1:9-3:35) THE
GOSPEL OF POWER AND JESUS. “And straightway coming up out of the
water, he saw the heavens being rent, and the Spirit as a dove
descending upon him: </span><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="font-style:normal">11</span></font><span style="font-style:normal">
and a voice came out of the heavens, You are my :beloved :son, in you
I am well pleased.” </span></b><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal">Your
will Father, is that we might believe and obey Your Son! </span></span><b><i>Your
:kingdom come.</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 size="3"><b><span style="font-style:normal">FEB
14</span><span style="font-style:normal">. 4:13 (4:1-6:29) KINGDOM
TEACHING OF JESUS. “And he says to them, Know you not this
:parable? and how shall you know all the parables?” </span></b><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal">Father,
we receive the Kingdom teaching of Jesus through parable. We bless
You for Your Holy Spirit and His enlightenment. </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" align="LEFT"><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font size="3"><b><span style="font-style:normal">FEB
15</span><span style="font-style:normal">. 6:45-46 (6:30-10:31)
COST OF THE KINGDOM AND JESUS. “And straightway he constrained his
:disciples to enter into the boat, and to go before </span><i>him</i><span style="font-style:normal">
unto the other side unto Bethsaida, while he himself sends the crowd
away. </span><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="font-style:normal">46</span></font><span style="font-style:normal">
And after he had taken leave of them, he departed into the mountain
to pray.” </span></b><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal">Thank
You Father, for Your Son of </span></span><span style="font-style:normal"><u><span style="font-weight:normal">prayer</span></u></span><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">.
It led to His atonement and all forthcoming blessings. </span></span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">Our
:daily :bread Give us this day.</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 size="3"><b><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">FEB
16</span></span><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">.
12:36-37 (10:32-13:37) TEACHING PRECEDING BETRAYAL OF JESUS.
“David himself said in the Holy :Spirit, </span></span><i><span style="text-decoration:none">The</span></i><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">
Lord said unto my :Lord, Sit you on my right, Till I put your
:enemies underneath your :feet. </span></span><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">37
</span></span></font><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">David
himself calls him Lord: and whence is he his son?” </span></span></b><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Lord
Jesus, David's greater son, and only begotten of the Father, we bless
You. Father, we see You in Your Son! </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 size="3"><b><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">FEB
17</span></span><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">.
15:37-38 (14:1-16:8) CRUCIFIXION AND RESURRECTION OF JESUS. “And
:Jesus uttered a loud voice, </span></span><i><span style="text-decoration:none">and</span></i><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">
expired. </span></span><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">38
</span></span></font><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">And
the veil of the sanctuary was rent in two from top to bottom.” </span></span></b><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">We
are in Your presence Father, through the riven veil. You, the Greater
One, are also in us! </span></span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">And
bring us not into temptation.</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 size="3"><b><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">FEB
18</span></span><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">.
16:15-16 (16:9-20) GREAT COMMISSION: GIVEN BY JESUS. “And he
said to them, Go into all the world, </span></span><i><span style="text-decoration:none">and
</span></i><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">preach
the gospel to the whole creation. </span></span><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">16
</span></span></font><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">Who
has believed and is baptized shall be saved; but who has disbelieved
shall be condemned.” </span></span></b><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Father,
the day comes when Your Son will turn all things back to You. </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" align="LEFT"><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font size="3"><u><b><span style="font-style:normal">NOTE</span></b></u><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>:
</b></span></span><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Jesus
is the theme of Mark. The gospel of the Kingdom is personified in
Jesus. Here Jesus is pictured as God’s perfect servant,
pictorialized as the ox, one of the four faces of the cherubim seen
by Ezekiel. Jesus would live out His servant-spirit through each one
of us by the power of the Holy Spirit.</span></span></span></font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font size="3"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Mark
is the shortest of the 4 Gospels. Issachar is the tribe of Israel
represented by the donkey, a faithful and valued animal in the Middle
East - wise and sure-footed in the dark. Faithfulness, sensitivity
and obedience are attributes of the First Nations People, who relate
to Issachar. All 12 tribes and all 12 related peoples are necessary
for the fulfillment of God's purposes. Remember Judges 19-21. </span></span></span></font></font>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font size="3">Jesus divides up
His 12 major attributes among the 12 tribes and the 12 apostles, but
especially the 4 major heads of Ezekiel and the 4 Gospels: Matthew
the lion; Mark the ox; Luke the man; and John the eagle.</font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font size="3">Matthew is
designed to reach the Jews; Mark the Romans; Luke the Greeks; and
John all spiritually inclined souls who truly seek, hunger and thirst
after God. Like David, they want to be people after God's own heart,
and to have intimacy with Him.</font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font size="3">The word
“immediate” or “straightway” are key words in Mark's gospel.
Mark is often the Gospel chosen in Bible Colleges and seminaries to
study intensively, possibly because it is the shortest of the four
gospels.</font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none" align="LEFT">
<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font size="3">Mark 16:9-20 is
perhaps the most controversial portion of the New Testament for
Textual critics. However, Dr. Ivan Panin through Bible Numerics has
proven that if any portion of Scriptures must be retained as part of
the Bible, this stands out above all others! It seems that Satan has
a special vendetta to have this portion omitted.</font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font size="3"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Mr.
Tasker, a missionary from India, brought forth Mark 4:13 in 1946 at
the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon to some 100 members of
the Intervarsity Christian Fellowship. According to this verse, he
set forth this parable as the </span></span></span><u><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal">key</span></span></u><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
parable. To understand it is to have the </span></span></span><u><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal">key</span></span></u><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
to understand all other parables. I believe it. </span></span></span></font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font size="3"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">We
should each one develop a deliberate, personal passionate devotion to
Jesus. Jesus love</span></span></span><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">r</span></span></span><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
of my soul; let me to Thy bosom fly!</span></span></span></font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font size="3"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Memory
verse: Mark 10:45 </span></span></span><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">“For
the Son of :man also came not to be ministered unto, but to minister,
and to give his :life a ransom for many.”</span></span></b></font></font></p>
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