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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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<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">November 14, 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 style="font-size:11pt"><b>JUL
2 - ROMANS 16:25-27 - GLORY TO GOD FOR JUSTIFICATION</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"><b>1.
16:25a (NNT) GOSPEL: POWER TO ESTABLISH. <font size="3">“Now to
the one able to establish you according to my :gospel and the
preaching of Jesus Christ,” </font></b><span style="font-weight:normal">Father,
we acknowledge that the Good News that Paul preached about Jesus
Christ, is the </span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">true</span></u><span style="font-weight:normal">
Gospel. We declare without compromise that Jesus </span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">is</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
the Gospel, and that </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">He</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
is mediated by His blood and the Holy Spirit. We release Your Gospel
of the Kingdom in us this day! </span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">Hallowed
be your :name!</span></i></b></font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal" align="LEFT">
<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">2.
16:25b GOSPEL: UNTIL CHRIST </span><span style="text-decoration:none">-
</span><span style="text-decoration:none">WAS A MYSTERY. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“according
to revelation of </span></font><font size="3"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">the</span></i></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">
mystery kept silent through the times of ages,” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Father,
only through a revelation of the mystery of the Gospel, can we
understand it. Your Holy </span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">S</span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">pirit
in us in His fullness, teaches us and grants us understanding to
comprehend this. By an act of faith we release You blessed Holy
Spirit, to show us our inheritance in Christ Jesus (John 16:14).
</span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">Your :kingdom
come!</span></i></b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">3.
16:26a GOSPEL MYSTERY: NOW REVEALED. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“but
now is manifested, and through </span></font><font size="3"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">the
</span></i></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">prophetic
scriptures,” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Father,
we are no longer in darkness concerning the </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">mystery</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
of Christ in the Gospel of the Kingdom! Your Holy Spirit witnesses
this truth in our hearts according to Your Word! Through this
revelation, You meet our need daily - both spiritually and naturally.
Praise be unto You, O God! </span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">Your
:will be done, As in heaven, so on earth!</span></i></b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">4.
16:26b GOSPEL: REVEALED BY PROPHETIC COMMAND. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“according
to commandment of the eternal God,” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Father,
it is according to Your will that we walk in this grace; it is now
Your time for us to understand and experience Your grace. Through the
Finished Atoning Work of Your Son - You have granted us full
forgiveness of sin through Adam, and our individual sins through
Christ as our Trespass Offering. Praise be unto You, O God! </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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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">5.
16:26c GOSPEL MYSTERY: NOW OPEN TO NATIONS. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“is
made known unto all the nations unto </span></font><font size="3"><u>obedience
of faith</u></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">:”
</span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">You
end Father, where You begin. You are the Alpha and Omega. When we
receive the gift of repentance and faith, it is that </span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">we
</span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">might
obey You according to Your word and Spirit. No anti-nomianism here!
We praise You Father, for this experience of obedience according to
faith. We embrace it. </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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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">6.
16:27a GOSPEL: GLORY TO GOD THROUGH JESUS CHRIST. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“to
</span></font><font size="3"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">the</span></i></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">
only wise God, through Jesus Christ, to whom the glory unto the
ages.” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Father,
we acknowledge You as the only wise God; we acknowledge that we can
only glorify You this way through the all-powerful, redeeming blood
of Christ. Only through the gift of the Holy Spirit Who follows the
blood, have we insight and strength to praise You. </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;font-style:normal" align="LEFT">
<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">7.
16:27b AMEN! TO GOSPEL BLESSING. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“Amen.”
</span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">We
heartily agree with this epistle. We concur completely that here,
Your way of man becoming righteous is laid out. We see clearly that
we are not only legally righteous through the blood, but we are
</span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">vitally</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
righteous through the Holy Spirit. We are the righteousness of God in
Christ (2 Corinthians 5:21). </span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">But
deliver us from the evil </span></i><span style="text-decoration:none">one!</span></b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><u><b>NOTE</b></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>:
</b></span><b><span style="text-decoration:none">Psalm 2:6-8 (2,
ESV) GOD’S DECREE FOR HIS SON! </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">As
for me, I have set my King on Zion, my holy hill.” </span></font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none">7
</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">I will
tell of the decree: The LORD said to me, “You are my Son; today I
have begotten you. </span></font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none">8
</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">Ask of
me, and I will make the nations your heritage, and the ends of the
earth your possession.” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">O
the mystery in You Father, and in your Son, and in Your Spirit.
Father, You are our Great Jehovah, and have given Your Name to Jesus:
</span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">Jehovah</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
the Savior! What a fitting ending to this epistle. How worthy Christ
is to receive this promise. How full of grace that He shares it with
us as Heirs of You Father, and Joint-heirs with Himself!</span></span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Spurgeon
says </span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">-
“We shall not greatly err in our summary of this sublime Psalm if
we call it ‘The Psalm of Messiah The Prince,’ for it sets forth,
as in a wondrous vision, the tumult of the people against the Lord’s
anointed, the determinate purpose of God to exalt His own Son, and
the ultimate reign of that Son over all His enemies.</span></span></font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal" align="LEFT">
<span style="text-decoration:none">“</span><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">T</span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">his
decree is directly in conflict with the device of man, for its tenor
is the establishment of the very dominion against which the nations
are raving. </span></span></font></font>
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<span style="text-decoration:none">“<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-weight:normal">The
dispute concerning the eternal filiation of our Lord betrays more of
presumptuous curiosity than of reverent faith. It is an attempt to
explain where it is far better to adore. We could give rival
expositions of this verse, but we forbear. The controversy is one of
the most unprofitable which ever engaged the pens of theologians.</span></font></font></span></p>
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<span style="text-decoration:none">“<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-weight:normal">In
the First Psalm, we saw the wicked driven away like chaff; in the
Second Psalm, we see them broken in pieces like a potter’s vessel.
In the First Psalm, we beheld the righteous like a tree planted by
the rivers of water; and here, we contemplate Christ the Covenant
Head of the righteous, made better than a tree planted by the rivers
of water, for He is made </span></font></font></span><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">K</span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">ing
of all the islands, and all the heathen bow before Him and kiss the
dust; while He Himself gives a blessing to all those who put their
trust in Him.”</span></span></font></font></p>
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