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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 28, 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
10 - ISAIAH 1-6 - THE DAY OF THE LORD, AND JUDAH</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.
1:18 (1:1-23) JUDAH: GOD’S CASE AGAINST HER. <font size="3">“Come
now, let us reason together, says the LORD: though your sins are like
scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like
crimson, they shall become like wool.” </font></b><span style="font-weight:normal">No
matter how far we stray from You in coldness, Father - if we think
back upon Your goodness, reason correctly, and make right decisions -
You will restore us in fullness! </span><b><i>Hallowed be your
:name!</i></b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b>2.
1:27 (1:24-31) JUDAH: RESTORATION AND JUDGMENT. <font size="3">“Zion
shall be redeemed by justice, and those in her who repent, by
righteousness.” </font></b><span style="font-weight:normal">Father,
You have a point of no-return with sin - a point where the die is
cast! Judgment is then inevitable; but following this purging - is
restoration and reconciliation! O let our Zion, our spirit, be purged
- and be Your dwelling place (2 Corinthians 7:1)! </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"><b>3.
2:3 (2-4) PROPHECIES FOR THE THE LAST DAYS. <font size="3">And many
peoples shall come, and say: “Come, let us go up to the mountain of
the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob, that he may teach us his
ways and that we may walk in his paths.” For out of Zion shall go
the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. </font></b><span style="font-weight:normal">What
promises! What prophecies - and for the Church also which has been
“gratefully grafted”! </span><b><i>Your :will be done, As in
heaven, so on earth!</i></b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b>4.
5:7 (5:1-7) ISAIAH’S SONG TO THE LORD AND HIS VINEYARD. <font size="3">“For
the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men
of Judah are his pleasant planting; and he looked for justice, but
behold, bloodshed; for righteousness, and behold, an outcry! </font></b><span style="font-weight:normal">Father,
we today are not better than Israel of old. Forgive us for our
apathy, our rebellion, our disobedience, our leaving our first love.
</span><b><i>Our :daily :bread Give us this day.</i></b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b>5.
5:16, 21 (5:8-23) JUDAH: SIX WOES. <font size="3">“But the LORD of
hosts is exalted in justice, and the Holy God shows himself holy in
righteousness. </font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">21 </font><font size="3">Woe
to those who are wise in their own eyes, and shrewd in their own
sight!” </font></b><span style="font-weight:normal">Father,
forgive us for our hardness and deception. Judgment hangs over Your
church today - for the sins of Israel are our sins too! </span><span style="font-weight:normal">If
necessary, lead us into the purge of testing, that we may become
mature sons and daughters of glory. </span><b><i>And forgive us our
:debts, As we also have forgiven our :debtors.</i></b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b>6.
5:24b-25a (5:24-30) JUDAH: REASON FOR COMING JUDGMENT. <font size="3">“</font><font size="3">For
they have rejected the law of the LORD of hosts, and have despised
the word of the Holy One of Israel. </font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">25a
</font><font size="3">Therefore the anger of the LORD was kindled
against his people, and he stretched out his hand against them and
struck them, and the mountains quaked.” </font></b><span style="font-weight:normal">Father,
You are righteous and just in bringing judgment both upon Israel of
old and the church today, for we have followed in their footsteps. In
wrath remember mercy! </span><b><i>And bring us not into temptation.</i></b></font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font style="font-size:11pt"><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><span style="font-style:normal"><b>7.
6:6-7 (6:1-13) ISAIAH: HIS NEW VISION AND CALL. </b></span></font><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font size="3"><span style="font-style:normal"><b>“Then
one of the seraphim flew to me, having in his hand a burning coal
that he had taken with tongs from the altar. </b></span></font></font><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="font-style:normal"><b>7
</b></span></font></font><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font size="3"><span style="font-style:normal"><b>And
he touched my mouth and said: ‘Behold, this has touched your lips;
your guilt is taken away, and your sin atoned for.’” </b></span></font></font><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal">Father,
You need servants who have themselves been cleansed before they speak
Your judgments to Your people. Too many of Your ministers today are
like Your people. </span></span></font><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><i><b>But
deliver us from the evil </b></i></font><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><span style="font-style:normal"><b>one.</b></span></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><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">This
passage tears us up Father, and shows us how similar is today’s
church to Old Covenant Israel. How can Your New Covenant church
escape the judgment of God? Do what is right in Your sight.</span></span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">Our
Psalm for the day: 10:5 (10) WHY DO YOU HIDE YOURSELF? </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“His
ways prosper at all times; your judgments are on high, out of his
sight; as for all his foes, he puffs at them.” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Father,
write on our heart these lessons. Pride keeps us from You.
Prayerlessness, little profitable time in Your Word, lack of
obedience: all signs of pride and self-realization. O let us </span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">Hallow
Your :name</span></i></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
in fact and not in lip service. Let us have you lead in all our
thoughts and schemes.</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">10:1
</span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">Why do You
stand afar off, O LORD? </span></i></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">The
presence of God is the joy of His people, but any suspicion of His
absence is distracting beyond measure. Let us, then, ever remember
that the Lord is nigh us. The refiner is never far from the mouth of
the furnace when his gold is in the fire, and the Son of God is
always walking in the midst of the flames when His holy children are
cast into them!</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">10:2
</span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">The wicked
in his pride does persecute the poor.</span></i></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
The accusation divides itself into two distinct charges - pride and
tyranny; the one the root and cause of the other. Pride is the egg of
persecution.</span></span></font></font></p>
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<span style="text-decoration:none"> </span><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">Let
them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.</span></i></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
Even our enemies themselves being judges, it is but right that men
should be done by as they wished to do to others. We only weigh you
in your own scales, and measure your corn with your own bushel. There
are none who will dispute the justice of God when He shall hang every
Haman on his own gallows and cast all the enemies of His Daniels into
their own den of lions.</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">10:4
</span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">The wicked,
through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God.</span></i></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
A brazen face and a broken heart never go together. We are not quite
sure that the Athenians were wise when they ordained that men should
be tried in the dark lest their countenances should weigh with the
judges; for there is much more to be learned from the motions of the
muscles of the face than from the words of the lips. Honesty shines
in the face, but villainy peeps out at the eyes.</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">4:11
</span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">He has said
in his heart, God has forgotten: He hides His face: He will never see
it.</span></i></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
As upon the former count, so upon this one; a witness is forthcoming
who has been listening at the keyhole of the heart. This cruel man
comforts himself with the idea that God is blind, or at least
forgetful: a fond and foolish fancy, indeed!</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">4:13.
</span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">Wherefore
does the wicked condemn God? </span></i></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
In these verses the description of the wicked is condensed, and the
evil of his character is traced to its source, viz., atheistic ideas
with regard to the government of the world. </span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">He
has said in his heart, You will not require it. </span></i></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">If
there were no hell for other men, there ought to be one for those who
question the justice of it.</span></span></font></font></p>
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