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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">February 6, 2013</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>AUG
31 - GALATIANS 3:7-4:7 - TWO CONTRASTS</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
3:7 (3:7-9, NNT) FAITH: LINKS NATIONS WITH ABRAHAM. <font size="3">“Know
then that who </font><font size="3"><i>are</i></font><font size="3"><span style="font-style:normal">
from faith, these are sons of Abraham.” </span></font></b><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal">Father,
You have grafted us into Jesus, the Root and Trunk of Israel, and
made us living wild olive branches because of our faith </span></span><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal">and
Your foreknowledge</span></span><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal">!
Your Kingdom of righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit has
come. May it openly manifest itself throughout all the earth among
all nations! </span></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.
3:11-13 (3:10-14) FAITH AND WORKS OF LAW CONTRASTED. <font size="3">“Now
that no one is justified by law before :God, </font><font size="3"><i>is</i></font><font size="3">
evident: because, The righteous shall live by faith; </font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">12
</font><font size="3">and the law is not of faith: but, Who does them
shall live in them. </font></b><span style="font-weight:normal">We
commit ourselves to the Gospel of God by Grace through faith, with
works following to prove our faith. </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.
3:17 (3:15-18) COVENANT: BASIS FOR PROMISE OF SPIRIT. <font size="3">Now
this I say: A covenant confirmed before by :God, the law, which came
to be four hundred and thirty years after, does not disannul, to make
the promise void.” </font></b><span style="font-weight:normal">We
hear and receive this word, Father! We do not receive it in vain.
</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.
3:19 (3:19-22) LAW: CONTROLLED SIN TILL FAITH CAME. <font size="3">“</font><font size="3">What
therefore is the law? It was added because of transgressions, till
the seed come to whom the promise has been made: ordained through
angels by a mediator’s hand.” </font></b><font size="3"><span style="font-weight:normal">We
bless You Father, for the law, Your Plumbline, Your Schoolmaster, to
convict us of our sin! Because of this grace, we can look to Christ’s
Atoning work and pray! </span></font><b><font size="3"><i>Our :daily
:bread Give us this day.</i></font></b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b>5.
3:24-25 (3:23-25) LAW: SCHOOLMASTER LEADING TO CHRIST AND FAITH.
<font size="3">“</font><font size="3">So that the law is become our
tutor unto Christ, that we be justified from faith. </font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">25
</font><font size="3">But the faith having come, we are no more under a
tutor.” </font></b><span style="font-weight:normal">The law of
the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has </span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">freed</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
us from the law of sin and death! We glorify You for this, Father!
</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.
3:29 (3:26-29) FAITH IN CHRIST: BRINGS ONENESS TO ABRAHAM’S SEED.
</span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">And
if you are Christ’s, then are you :Abraham’s seed, heirs
according to promise.” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Your
Covenant Father, has placed us Gentiles into the root of Israel, into
Christ, into Abraham. How privileged we are! What grace on our
behalf! </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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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">7.
4:4-5 (4:1-7) CHILD UNDER LAW CONTRASTED WITH SONSHIP THROUGH
SPIRIT. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">But
when the fullness of time came, :God sent forth his :son, born of
woman, born of law, </span></font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none">5
</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">that
he might redeem th</span></font><font size="3"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">os</span></i></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">e
under law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Father,
we can scarce believe and receive such grace! How You have favored
us! Jew and Gentile are now equal in Christ! No wall of partition! </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"><b><u>NOTE</u><span style="text-decoration:none">:
3:13-14 (3:10-14) THE NECESSITY OF CHRIST BECOMING A CURSE.
</span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“Christ
redeemed us from the curse of he law, having become a curse for us;
because it is written, Accursed every one hanging on a tree: </span></font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none">14
</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">that
unto the nations might come the blessing of Abraham in Christ Jesus;
that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through :faith.”
</span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Our
souls are chastened before this revelation of the </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">great
grace</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
of our Lord Jesus. Father, receive our humble thanks! </span></span><b><span style="text-decoration:none">4:6-7
(4:1-7) GENTILE BLESSING THROUGH CHRIST. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“And
because you are sons, :God sent forth the Spirit of his :Son into our
:hearts, crying, Abba, the Father. </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">So
that you are no longer bondman, but son; and if son, then heir
through God.” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Sonship
equals heirship. Sonship qualifies us for warfare. Sonship comes with
the seventh beatitude. For sonship Father, we </span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">hallow
your :name!</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">C.H.
Spurgeon Quotes - “Believe in the Bible” - </span></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">I
am perfectly satisfied myself to believe what he writes to me; and if
it be so written in his Book, it seems to me to be quite as true and
sure as if he had actually come from heaven, and had talked with me,
or had appeared to me in the visions of the night.</span></span></font></font></p>
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