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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"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b>JUL
20 - ISAIAH 49-53 - ISRAEL THE TYPE: CHRIST THE FULFILLMENT</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.
49:5-6 (49:1-12, ESV) MESSIAH: HIS CALL AND MINISTRY. <font size="3">And
now the LORD says, he who formed me from the womb to be his servant,
to bring Jacob back to him; and that Israel might be gathered to him
- for I am honored in the eyes of the LORD, and my God has become my
strength - </font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">6 </font><font size="3">he
says: “It is too light a thing that you should be my servant to
raise up the tribes of Jacob and to bring back the preserved of
Israel; I will make you as a light for the nations, that my salvation
may reach to the end of the earth.” </font></b><span style="font-weight:normal">Father,
</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.
49:25 (49:13-26) ISRAEL: RESTORATION AND DELIVERANCE. <font size="3">For
thus says the LORD: “Even the captives of the mighty shall be
taken, and the prey of the tyrant be rescued, for I will contend with
those who contend with you, </font><font size="3"><u>and I will save
your children</u></font><font size="3">.” </font></b><span style="font-weight:normal">O
Father, who is like unto You, fearful in praises, doing wonders? Your
promises are so great - even the saving of our sons! </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.
50:4 (50) MESSIAH: ABLE TO REDEEM DIVORCED ISRAEL. <font size="3">“The
Lord GOD has given me the tongue of those who are taught, that I </font><font size="3">ma</font><font size="3">y
know how to sustain with a word him who is weary. Morning by morning
he awakens; he awakens my ear to hear as those who are taught.”
</font></b><span style="font-weight:normal">Father, You supplied all
needs of Messiah. So shall You do with the members of His body. </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.
51:11 (51) JEHOVAH: HIS OFFER OF COMFORT. <font size="3">“And the
ransomed of the LORD shall return and come to Zion with singing;
everlasting joy shall be upon their heads; they shall obtain gladness
and joy, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.” </font></b><span style="font-weight:normal">O
our Father, in the light of Your great mercies to </span><span style="font-weight:normal">I</span><span style="font-weight:normal">srael
and Your Church, our heart is humbled! We come in contrition and
repentance to You. Reconcile us! </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.
52:7 (52:1-12) JEHOVAH: CALLS ZION TO COMFORT AND RESTORATION.
<font size="3">“How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him
who brings good news, who publishes peace, who brings good news of
happiness, who publishes salvation, who says to Zion, ‘Your God
reigns.’” </font></b><span style="font-weight:normal">Blessed,
O Father, is he who through intercession, the first step of
evangelism, announces in the unseen world the Good News of
Redemption. </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.
52:13 (52:13-53:1) MESSIAH: JEHOVAH INTRODUCES HIS SERVANT.
<font size="3">“Behold, my servant shall act wisely; he shall be high
and lifted up, and shall be exalted.” </font></b><span style="font-weight:normal">Father,
thi</span><span style="font-weight:normal">s </span><span style="font-weight:normal">is
Your Word concerning Jesus, Your only begotten Son, our Messiah!
Blessed be Your Name for granting us Him Who is Jehovah the Savior!
Your Name is written upon Him. </span><b><i>And bring us not into
temptation!</i></b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b>7.
53:4-5 (53:2-12) MESSIAH: HIS WORK OF PROPITIATION. <font size="3">“Surely
he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed him
stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted. </font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">5
</font><font size="3">But he was wounded for our transgressions; he was
crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that
brought us peace, and with his stripes we are healed.” </font></b><span style="font-weight:normal">Father,
Your love for us in Jesus crushes our soul; brings us to deep
contrition </span><span style="font-weight:normal">and</span><span style="font-weight:normal">
repentance. Your Goodness in Christ leads us to repentance! </span><b><i>But
deliver us from the evil </i>one!</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>:
53:6 (53:2-12) </b></span><b><span style="text-decoration:none">MESSIAH:
BORE OUR INIQUITY! </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“All
we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned - every one - to his
own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all.”
</span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Jesus,
the last Adam, You have overturned the work of the first Adam!</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: 20:1-4 (20) TRUST IN THE NAME OF THE LORD OUR
GOD! </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“May
the LORD answer you in the day of trouble! May the name of the God of
Jacob protect you! </span></font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none">2
</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">May he
send you help from the sanctuary and give you support from Zion! </span></font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none">3
</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">May he
remember all your offerings and regard with favor your burnt
sacrifices! </span></font><font size="3"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">Selah
</span></i></font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none">4
</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">May he
grant you your heart’s desire and fulfill all your plans! </span></font><i><span style="text-decoration:none">Hallowed
be your :name,</span></i></b><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
</span></span></i><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">O
Jehovah Father!</span></span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">Subject:
We have before us a national anthem fitted to be sung at the outbreak
of war, when the monarch was girding on his sword for the fight. If
David had not been vexed with wars, we might never have been favored
with many such Psalms as this. There is a needs-be for the trials of
one saint, that he may yield consolation to others.</span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">20:1
</span><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>The Lord hear you
in the day of trouble. </b></span></i><span style="text-decoration:none">What
a mercy that we may pray in the day of trouble, and what a still more
blessed privilege that no trouble can prevent the Lord from hearing
us! Troubles roar like thunder, but the believer’s voice will be
heard above all the storm.</span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">20:2
</span><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>Send you help from
the sanctuary. </b></span></i><span style="text-decoration:none">Men
of the world despise sanctuary help, but our hearts have learned to
prize it beyond all material aid. They seek help out of the armory,
or the treasury, or the b</span><span style="text-decoration:none">a</span><span style="text-decoration:none">ttery,
but we turn to the sanctuary.</span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">20:3
</span><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>Remember all your
offerings, and accept you</b></span></i><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>r</b></span></i><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>
burnt sacrifice. Selah. </b></span></i><span style="text-decoration:none">Before
war kings offered sacrifice, upon the acceptance of which they
depended for success; our blessed Lord presented Himself as a victim,
and was a sweet savor unto the Most High, and then He met and routed
the embattled legions of hell.</span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">20:5
</span><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>We will rejoice in
Your salvation. </b></span></i><span style="text-decoration:none">We
should fixedly resolve that come what may, </span><span style="text-decoration:none">we
will rejoice in the saving arm of the Lord Jesus. The people in this
Psalm, before their king went to battle, felt sure of victory, and
therefore began to rejoice beforehand; how much more ought we to do
this who have seen the victory completely won! Unbelief begins
weeping for the funeral before the man is dead; why should not faith
command piping before the dance of victory begins?</span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">20:7
</span><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>Some trust in
chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the Name of the
Lord our God.</b></span></i><span style="text-decoration:none">
Chariots and horses make an imposing show, and with their rattling
an</span><span style="text-decoration:none">d</span><span style="text-decoration:none">
dust and fine caparisons make so great a figure that vain man is much
taken with them; yet the discerning eye of faith sees more in an
invisible God than in all these. The most dread war-engine of David’s
day was the war-chariot, armed with scythes, which mowed down men
like grass: this was the boast and glory of the neighboring nations;
but the saint considered the name of Jehovah to be a far better
defense. The name of our God is Jehovah, and this should never
be forgotten; the self-existent, independent, immutable,
ever-present, all-filling I AM. Let us adore that matchless Name and
never dishonor it by distrust or creature confidence.</span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">20:8.
</span><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>They are brought
down and fallen. </b></span></i><span style="text-decoration:none">The
world, death, Satan, and sin, shall be trampled beneath the feet of
the champions of faith; while those who rely upon an arm of flesh
shall be ashamed and confounded forever. (From “The Treasur</span><span style="text-decoration:none">y</span><span style="text-decoration:none">
of David” by C. H. Spurgeon, abridged by D. O. Fuller)</span></font></font></p>
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