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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><p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER"><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b>SEP
29 - MICAH 6-7 - EXHORTATIONS WITH PROMISED RESTORATION</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.
6:5 (6:1-5, ESV) THE NEED OF RESTORATION. <font style="font-size:13pt" size="3">“O
my people, remember what Balak king of Moab devised, and what Balaam
the son of Beor answered him, and what happened from Shittim to
Gilgal, that you may know the saving acts of the LORD.”</font></b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt">Your
Kingdom of <u>Righteousness</u>, Joy and Peace was known Father, even
in Your dealings with Israel, Balaam and Balak! We rejoice that You
are Jehovah of both covenants. <i><b>Hallowed be your :name. </b></i></font></font>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b>2.
6:8 (6:6-8) THE REQUIREMENTS OF RESTORATION. </b><font size="3"><b>“He
has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of
you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with
your God?” </b></font>It is not our outward service and lip
worship that delights You Father, but what proceeds out of our heart
in oneness with You through Christ. <u>This</u><span style="text-decoration:none">
we aspire after! A heart like David’s, after Your heart! </span><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>Your
:kingdom come!</b></span></i></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>3.
6:9 (6:9-16) JUDGMENTS LEADING TO RESTORATION. </b></span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>“The
voice of the LORD cries to the city - and it is sound wisdom to fear
your name: ‘Hear of the rod and of him who appointed it!’” </b></span></font><span style="text-decoration:none">The
sin of Samaria has contaminated and polluted Judah. A little leaven
leavens the whole lump. Nothing for Judah at this time can hold back
Your judgment, Father! Write this truth on our hearts. We would not
walk carelessly or high-minded. </span><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>Your
:will be done, As in heaven, so on earth.</b></span></i></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>4.
7:5-6 (7:1-6) DESOLATIONS ARGUING FOR RESTORATION. </b></span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>“Put
no trust in a neighbor; have no confidence in a friend; guard the
doors of your mouth from her who lies in your arms; </b></span></font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>6
</b></span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>for
the son treats the father with contempt, the daughter rises up
against her mother, the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; a
man’s enemies are the men of his own house.” </b></span></font><u>Woe</u><span style="text-decoration:none">
is upon us when we turn from You Father, and walk in our own sinful
ways. </span><u>All</u><span style="text-decoration:none"> betray
us, and You engineer it, and let it be so. We deserve it, and yet
more. But in wrath You remember mercy. Awaken us to our senses
through Your judgments. Make us wise like the prodigal. </span><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>Our
:daily :bread Give us this day.</b></span></i></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>5.
7:8 (7:7-10) REPENTANCE LEADING TO RESTORATION. </b></span><font style="font-size:13pt" size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>“Rejoice
not over me, O my enemy; when I fall, I shall rise; when I sit in
darkness, the LORD will be a light to me.” </b></span></font><span style="text-decoration:none">We
bless You Father, with all our hearts: for when we repent and turn to
You, You draw nigh to us! </span><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>And
forgive us our :debts, As we also have forgiven our :debtors!</b></span></i></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>6.
7:11 (7:11-17) ISRAEL’S REGATHERING: SIGN OF RESTORATION. </b></span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>“A
day for the building of your walls! In that day the boundary shall be
far extended.” </b></span></font><span style="text-decoration:none">O
Your Majesty Father, in the day You restore Your people! Your fear
then comes upon the peoples! </span><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>And
bring us not into temptation!</b></span></i></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>7.
7:18 (7:18-20) THE GOD OF RESTORATION! </b></span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>“Who
is a God like you, pardoning iniquity and passing over transgression
for the remnant of his inheritance? He does not retain his anger
forever, because he delights in steadfast love (CHEsed).” </b></span></font><span style="text-decoration:none">O
Father, our hearts </span><span style="text-decoration:none">are
overwhelmed at this revelation of Your heart! </span><u>You</u><span style="text-decoration:none">
are our great Jehovah Father! </span><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>But
deliver us from the evil </b></span></i><span style="text-decoration:none"><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>:
7:19-20 (7:18-20) GOD’S COMPASSION LEADING TO RESTORATION. </b></span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>“He
will again have compassion on us; he will tread our iniquities
underfoot. You will cast all our sins into the depths of the sea. </b></span></font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>20
</b></span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>You
will show faithfulness to Jacob and steadfast love to Abraham, as you
have sworn to our fathers from the days of old.” </b></span></font><span style="text-decoration:none">O
Father, our hearts are melted at Your grace! </span></font></font>
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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: 89:3, 33-34 (89) </span><span style="text-decoration:none">I
WILL SING OF THE STEADFAST LOVE OF THE LORD. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">You
have said, “I have made a covenant with my chosen one; I have sworn
to David my servant: </span></font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none">33
</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">but I
will not remove from him my steadfast love or be false to my
faithfulness. </span></font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none">34
</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">I will
not violate my covenant or alter the word that went forth from my
lips.” </span></font></b><u><span style="font-weight:normal">Great</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
is Your faithfulness, O God our Father! What goes forth out of Your
mouth, You bring to pass.</span></span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt">We
have now reached the majestic Covenant Psalm, which, according to the
Jewish arrangement, closes the third book of the Psalms. It is the
utterance of a believer in presence of great national disaster,
pleading with his God, urging the grand argument of covenant
engagements and expecting deliverance and help because of the
faithfulness of Jehovah.</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">89:3.
</span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">I have made
a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant. </span></i></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">In
Christ Jesus, there is a covenant established with all the Lord’s
chosen, and they are by grace led to be the Lord’s servants and
then are ordained kings and priests by Christ Jesus. How sweet it is
to see the Lord, not only making a covenant but owning to it in after
days, and bearing witness to His own oath; this ought to be solid
ground for faith, and Ethan, the Ezrahite, evidently thought it so.</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">89:14.
</span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">Mercy and
truth shall go before Your face. </span></i><span style="text-decoration:none">
</span></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Thus
has the poet sung the glories of the covenant God. It was meet that
before he poured forth his lament he should record his praise, lest
his sorrow should seem to have withered his faith. Before we argue
our case before the Lord, it is most becoming to acknowledge that we
know Him to be supremely great and good, whatever may be the
appearance of His providence; this is such a course as every wise man
will take who desires to have an answer of peace in the day of
trouble.</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">89:19.
</span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">I have
exalted one chose</span></i><i><span style="text-decoration:none">n</span></i><i><span style="text-decoration:none">
out of the people. </span></i></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">David
was God’s elect, elect out of the people as one of themselves, and
elect to the highest position in the state. In his extraction,
election, and exaltation, he was an eminent type of the Lord Jesus,
Who is the Man of the people, the chosen of God, and the King of His
church. Whom God exalts, let us exalt. Woe unto those who
despise him; they are guilty of contempt of court before the Lord of
Hosts, as well as of rejecting the Son 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">89:29.
</span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">His seed
also will I make to endure forever</span></i></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">.
David’s seed lives on in the person of the Lord Jesus, and the
seed of Jesus in the persons of believers. Saints are a race that
neither death nor hell can kill. Rome and its priests, with their
inquisition and other infernal cruelties, have labored to exterminate
the covenant seed, but “vain is their rage, their efforts vain.”
As long as God lives, His people must live.</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">89:51.
</span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">Wherewith
they have reproached the footsteps of Your anointed. </span></i></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Tracking
Him and finding occasion to blaspheme at every turn; not only
watching His words and actions, but even His harmless steps. Neither
Christ nor His church can please the world, whichever way we turn
scoffers will rail.</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">
Does this verse refer to the oft-repeated sarcasm, “Where is the
promise of His coming?” Is the reproach aimed at the delays of the
Messiah, those long-expected footfalls which as yet are unheard?” O
Lord, how long shall this threadbare taunt continue? How long? How
long? </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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ENDS BOOK III OF THE BOOK OF PSALMS</b></font></font></p>
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