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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER">“<b>TWO
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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>AUG
5 - JEREMIAH 30-33 - RESTORATION PROMISES</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.
30:11 (30, ESV) RESTORATION: THROUGH REGATHERING. <font size="3">“For
I am with you to save you, declares the LORD; I will make a full end
of all the nations among whom I scattered you, but of you I will not
make a full end. I will discipline you in just measure, and I will by
no means leave you unpunished.” </font></b><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal">Father,
Your rule is supreme, Your justice right, and Your mercy so full!
</span></span><b><i>Hallowed be your :name.</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>2.
31:3 (31:1-22) RESTORATION: THROUGH CONVERSION. <font size="3">“The
LORD appeared to him from far away. I have loved you with an
everlasting love; therefore I have continued my faithfulness to you.”
</font></b><span style="font-weight:normal">Father, You humble our
hearts with such expressions of Your great love and faithfulness.
Forgive us for walking afar off so often. </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.
31:26 (31:23-30) RESTORATION: THROUGH REBUILDING OF ISRAEL. <font size="3">“At
this I awoke and looked, and my sleep was pleasant to me.” </font></b><span style="font-weight:normal">Father,
we thank You for this prophetic dream of restoration given to
Jeremiah. Yet we come to appreciate </span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">You</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
more than Your promises of blessing to us. Yes, for </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">Your</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
pleasure, we are created! </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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<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">4.
31:33 (31:31-37) RESTORATION: THROUGH THE NEW COVENANT. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“But
this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after
those days, declares the LORD: I will put my law within them, and I
will write it on their hearts. </span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">And
I will be their God, and they shall be my people.” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Ah,
Jehovah Father, we rejoice in Your plan of the New Covenant for the
church, composed of Jew and Gentile. We bless You for Your provision
of a heart-change! What bounty and grace! </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.
31:38 (31:38-40) RESTORATION: THROUGH JERUSALEM CONFIRMED.
</span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“Behold,
the days are coming, declares the LORD, when the city shall be
rebuilt for the LORD from the Tower of Hananel to the Corner Gate.”
</span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">What
powerful words of Restoration-Promise You give us, O Father! What You
ordered for Israel of old, You oversaw that it was done! In Your
mercy deal gently with us. </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;font-style:normal" align="LEFT">
<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">6.
32:17 (32) RESTORATION: SIGN OF KINSMAN-REDEMPTION! </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“Ah,
Lord GOD! It is you who have made the heavens and the earth by your
great power and by your outstretched arm! </span></font><font size="3"><u>Nothing</u></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">
is too hard for you.” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Praise,
blessing, honor and adoration be unto You O Father, world without
end. Amen! You are all-powerful, and worthy to be praised. </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.
33:3 (33) RESTORATION: THROUGH DAVIDIC KINGDOM. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“Call
to me and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden
things that you have not known.” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">What
a great Father You are! There is </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">nothing</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
too hard for You! As we fill our minds and hearts with all You are
and do, we are forced to confirm these truths again and again! </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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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal" align="LEFT">
<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><u><b>NOTE</b></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>:
31:34 (31:31-37) RESTORATION: UNDER THE NEW COVENANT! </b></span><b><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“And
no longer shall each one teach his neighbor and each his brother,
saying, ‘Know the LORD,’ for they shall all know me, from the
least of them to the greatest, declares the LORD. For I will forgive
their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">The
day comes O Father, when Your glory shall cover the earth as the
waters cover the sea. And Jesus Your Son has revealed You unto us,
and </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">You</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
are in </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">Him</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">,
and </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">He</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
in </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">You</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">!</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">C.H.
Spurgeon Quotes: </span></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">What
is heaven? It is the place which his love suggested, which his genius
invented, which his bounty provided, which his royalty has adorned,
which his wisdom has prepared, which he himself glorifies; in that
heaven you are to be with him for ever.</span></span></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">Our
Psalm for the day: 35:13 (35) </span><span style="text-decoration:none">GREAT
IS THE LORD. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“But
I, when they were sick - I wor</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">e</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">
sackcloth; I afflicted myself with fasting; I prayed with head bowed
on my chest.” </span></font><span style="text-decoration:none">
</span></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Here
we see You by prophecy, as the Lamb of God, seeking the welfare of
Your persecutors. Here we see the self-</span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">life</span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
sublimated to the will of God! No wonder we </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">,
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"><span style="font-weight:normal">Title:
</span></span><b><span style="text-decoration:none">“A Psalm of
David.” </span></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Here
is all we know concerning the Psalm, but internal evidence seems to
fix the date of its composition in those troublous times when Saul
hunted David over hill and dale and when whose who fawned upon the
cruel king slandered the innocent object of his wrath, or it may be
referred to the unquiet days of frequent insurrections in David’s
old age. The whole Psalm is the appeal to heaven of a bold heart and
a clear conscience irritated beyond measure by oppression and malice.
Beyond a doubt, David’s Lord may be seen here by the spiritual eye.</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">35:3.
</span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">Draw out
also the spear, and stop the way against them that persecute me</span></i></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">.
To stave off trouble is no mean act of lovingkindness. As when some
valiant warrior with his lance blocks up a defile, and keeps back a
host until his weaker brethren have made good their escape, so does
the Lord often hold the believer’s foes at bay until the good man
has taken breath, or clean fled from his foes.</span></span></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"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">35:4.
</span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">Let them be
confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul. </span></i></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">There
is nothing malicious here; the slandered man simply craves for
justice, and the petition is natural and justifiable. Guided by </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">God’s
good Spirit, the Psalmist foretells the everlasting confusion of all
the haters of the righteous. Shameful disappointment shall be
the portion of the enemies of the gospel, nor would the most
tender-hearted Christian have it otherwise; viewing sinners as men,
we love them and seek their good, but regarding them as enemies of
God, we cannot think of them with anything but detestation and a
loyal desire for the confusion of their devices. No loyal
subject can wish well to rebels. Squeamish sentimentality may object
to the strong language here used, but in their hearts all good men
wish confusion to mischief-makers.</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">35:7.
For</span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none"> without
cause have they hid from me their net in a pit, which without cause
they have digged for my soul. </span></i></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Twice
does David assert in one verse that his adversaries plotted against
him </span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">without
cause</span></i></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">.
Net-making and pit-digging require time and labor, and both of these
the wicked will expend cheerfully if they may but overthrow the
people of God.</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">35:8.
</span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">And let his
net that he has hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him
fall</span></i></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">.
There is a </span></span><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">lex
talionis</span></span></i><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
with God which often works most wonderfully. Men set traps and catch
their own fingers. They throw up stones, and they fall upon their own
heads. How often Satan outwits himself and burns his fingers with his
own coals! This will doubtless be one of the aggravations of
hell, that men will torment themselves with what were once the fond
devices of their rebellious minds. They curse and are cursed; they
kick the pricks and tear themselves; they pour forth floods of fire,
and it burns them within and without.</span></span></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"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">35:11.
</span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">False
witnesses did rise up. </span></i></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">This
is the old device of the ungodly, and we must not wonder if it be
used against us as against our Master. To please Saul, there were
always men to be found mean enough to impeach David. </span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">They
laid to my charge things that I knew not</span></i></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">.
He had not even a thought of sedition; he was loyal even to excess;
yet they accused him of conspiring against the Lord’s anointed. He
was not only innocent but ignorant of the fault alleged. It is well
when our hands are so clean that no trace of dirt is upon 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">35:12.
</span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">And my
prayer returned into my own bosom. </span></i></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Prayer
is never lost: if it bless not those for whom intercession is made it
shall bless the intercessors. Clouds do not always descend in showers
upon the same spot from w</span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">hich</span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
the vapors ascended, but they come down somewhere and even so do
supplications in some place or other yield their showers of mercy. If
our dove find no rest for the sole of her foot among our enemies, it
shall fly into our bosoms and bring an olive branch of peace.</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">35:21.
</span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">And said,
Aha, aha, our eye has seen it. </span></i></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Glad
to find out a fault for a misfortune or to swear they had seen evil
where there was none. Malice has but one eye; it is blind to all
virtue in its enemy. Eyes can generally see what hearts wish. A man
with a mote in his eye sees a spot in the sun. How like a man to an
ass when he brays over another’s misfortunes! How like to a devil
when he laughs a hyena-laugh over a good man’s slip!</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">35:23.
</span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">My God and
my Lord. </span></i></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">The
cry of Thomas when he saw the wounds of Jesus. If he did not count
our Lord to be divine, neither does David here ascribe deity to
Jehovah, for there is no difference except in the order of the words
and the tongue in which they were spoken; the meaning is identical.
What words they are, with their two eyes seeing Jehovah in two
aspects, yet as one, grasping him with two hands in the double “my”
to one heart, for the word is but one, bowing before him on both
knees to worship him in lowliest reverence. Well might Nouet, in
his exposition of the words as used by Thomas, exclaim, “O sweet
word, I will say it all my life long; I will say it in the house of
death; I will say it in eternity.” </span></span><b><span style="text-decoration:none">(From
“The Treasury of David” by C.H. Spurgeon, abridged by D.O.
Fuller)</span></b></font></font></p>
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