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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>OCT
26 - HEBREWS 7-10 - MELCHIZEDEK: SUPERIOR TO AARON</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.
7:25 (7, NNT) JESUS: NATURE OF HIS MELCHEZEDEK PRIESTHOOD. <font size="3">“Whence
also he is able to save to the uttermost them that approach :God
through him, he ever living to make intercession for them.”
</font></b><span style="font-weight:normal">Father, this is Your
wonderful Son You are setting forth before us! He has a benign rule
in the Spirit! His Kingdom is </span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">not</span></u><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
</span></span></i><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">of
this world, but a hidden, inner kingdom of the heart today. At His
return it will become a glorious manifested Kingdom. The intercession
of Jesus will release it. </span></span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">Hallowed
be your :name!</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">2.
8:6 (8) JESUS: SUPERIOR TO AARON THROUGH NEW COVENANT. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“But
now has he obtained a ministry the more superior, by so much as he is
also mediator of a better covenant, which has been enacted
(constituted as Torah) upon better promises.” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Father,
we rejoice in the more excellent ministry of Jesus. We rejoice th</span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">at</span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
the </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">better</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
covenant has been constituted as Torah, so that </span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">it
</span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">is
now fully suitable for the Church, the One New Man composed of both
Jew and Gentile. We rejoice that it is now </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">written
on our hearts</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
by the Spirit! </span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">Your
:kingdom come!</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">3.
9:22 (9) JESUS’ BLOOD: </span><u>SANCTIFIES</u><span style="text-decoration:none">
THE HEAVENLY TABERNACLE! </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“And
according to the law, almost all </span></font><font size="3"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">things</span></i></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">
are cleansed with blood, and apart from shedding of blood </span></font><font size="3"><u>is
no remission</u></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">.”
</span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Here
is the awe-inspiring heart of it all: the </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">death</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
of Jesus, and </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">the
shedding of his blood</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">!
Father, </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">this</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
is what spells defeat for Satan: </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">Calvary</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">!
</span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">There</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
his head was crushed. From there Jesus triumphantly rose again! </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 face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><b><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">4.
10:5-7 (10:1-18) MESSIAH: FULFILLS </span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><u>SHADOW</u></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">
OF LAW. </span></font><span style="text-decoration:none"> “</span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">Wherefore
when he comes into the world, he says, Sacrifice and offering you
would not, But a body did you prepare me; </span></font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none">6
</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">In
whole burnt offerings and </span></font><font size="3"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">sacrifices</span></i></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">
for sin you had no pleasure: </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">Then
said I. Lo, I am come (in </span></font><font size="3"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">the
</span></i></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">roll
of </span></font><font size="3"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">the</span></i></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">
book it is written of me) :To do your :will, </span></font><font size="3"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">O</span></i></font><font size="3"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">
:God.” </span></span></font></b><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Forgive
us Father, for understanding so dimly, and walking so far off from
the spirit of Jesus. O put in our heart the spirit to say - we
</span></span></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal"><u><span style="font-weight:normal">delight</span></u></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
to do Your will, O our God! </span></span></span></font><b><font style="font-size:11pt"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">Our
:daily :bread Give us this day.</span></i></font></b></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal">
<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><b><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">5.
10:24-25 (10:19-25) MESSIAH’S BLOOD: BASIS FOR OUR BOLDNESS.
</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“And
let us consider one another unto provoking of love and good works: </span></font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none">25
</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">not
forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is a custom of
some, but exhorting; and so much the more, as you see the day drawing
nigh.” </span></font></b><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Exhortation
is a work of the Holy Spirit, the Paraclete. He helps to make
evangelists out of us. Hold us steady. </span></span></font><b><font style="font-size:11pt"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">And
forgive us our :debts, As we also have forgiven our :debtors.</span></i></font></b></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><b><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">6.
10:30-31 (10:26-38) LORD’S DISPLEASURE: UPON WILLFUL SINNERS.
</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“For
we know him that said, Vengeance is mine, I will recompense. And
again,</span></font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none">
</span></font><font size="3"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">The</span></i></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">
Lord shall judge his :people. </span></font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none">31
</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">Fearful
</span></font><font size="3"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">‘tis</span></i></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">
to fall into </span></font><font size="3"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">the</span></i></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">
living God’s hands.” </span></font></b><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Help
us not to water down Your fear, Father! </span></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">(Isaiah
66:2). </span></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
Help us to walk softly, knowing that You are a consuming fire! </span></span></font><b><font style="font-size:11pt"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">And
bring us not into temptation!</span></i></font></b></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><b><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">7.
10:39. TRUSTING: THE WAY OF SALVATION! “</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">But
we are not of them that shrink back unto destruction; but of </span></font><font size="3"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">those
having</span></i></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">
faith unto saving of </span></font><font size="3"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">the</span></i></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">
soul.” </span></font></b><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Yes,
we choose to walk in Your fear, Father! This is our spirit of safety.
We take nothing for granted, and choose like Paul to keep our bodies
under. </span></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><u><span style="font-weight:normal">Then</span></u></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
we have free conscience! </span></span></font><b><font style="font-size:11pt"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">But
deliver us from the evil </span></i></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">one!</span></font></b></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><b><font style="font-size:11pt"><u>NOTE</u></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">:
8:10 (8) GOD DESCRIBES HIS NEW COVENANT! </span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“For
this </span></font><font size="3"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">is</span></i></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">
the covenant that I will covenant for the house of Israel After those
:days, says </span></font><font size="3"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">the</span></i></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">
Lord; I will put my laws into their :mind, and on their heart also
will I write them: And I will be God to them, and they shall be a
people to me.” </span></font></b><font style="font-size:11pt"><u><span style="font-weight:normal">This</span></u></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
is what You have fulfilled for the One New Man: Jew and Gentile!</span></span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><b><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">Quote
on “Books” by John Milton, </span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">Areopagitica</span></i></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">
- </span></font></b><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">“Who
kills a man, kills a reasonable creature, God’s image; but he who
destroys a good book kills reason itself.”</span></span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><b><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">Our
Psalm for the Day: 116:12-14 (116, ESV) I LOVE THE LORD. </span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“What
shall I render to the LORD for all his benefits to me? </span></font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none">13
</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">I will
lift up the cup of salvation and call on the name of the LORD, </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">I will
pay my vows to the LORD in the presence of all his people.”
</span></font></b><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Father,
Your Kingdom is one of righteous inward government of the heart. This
is </span></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">good
news, </span></span></i></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">to
rule our heart! In thought, word and deed. W</span></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">h</span></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">at
a wonderful way to say, Thank You for Your great salvation! </span></span></font><b><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">
</span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">
</span></font></b></font>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt">Personal
love fostered by a personal experience of redemption is the theme of
this Psalm, and it it we see the redeemed answered when they pray,
preserved in time of trouble, resting in their God, walking at large,
sensible of their obligations, conscious that they are not their own
but bought with a price, and joining with all the ransomed company to
sing hallelujahs unto God.</font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">116:1.
</span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>I
love the Lord. </b></span></i></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">A
blessed declaration: every believer ought to be able to declare with
the the slightest hesitation, </span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>“I
love the Lord.”</b></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">
It was required under the law, but was never produced in the heart of
man except by the grace of God and upon gospel principles. It is a
great thing to say, </span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>“I
love the Lord”;</b></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">
for the sweetest of all graces and the surest of all evidences of
salvation is love. It is great goodness on the part of God that He
condescends to be loved by such poor creatures as we are, and it is a
sure proof that He has been a work in our heart.</span></font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal">
<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">116:10.
</span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>I
believed, therefore have I spoken. </b></span></i></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">Concerning
the things of God, no man should speak unless he believes; the speech
of the waverer is mischievous, but the tongue of the believer is
profitable; the most powerful speech which has ever been uttered by
the lip of man has emanated from a heart fully persuaded of the truth
of God. Not only the Psalmist, but such men as Luther, and Calvin,
and other great witnesses for the faith could each one most heartily
say, </span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>“I
believed; therefore have I spoken.”</b></span></font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal">
<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">116:15.
</span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>Precious
in the sight of the Lord is the death of His saints. </b></span></i></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">They
shall not die prematurely; they shall be immortal till their work is
done; and when their time shall come to die, then their deaths shall
be precious. The Lord watches over their dying beds, smooths their
pillows, sustains their hearts, and receives their souls. Those who
are redeemed with precious Blood are so dear to God that even their
deaths are precious to Him. The death-beds of saints are
very precious to the church; she often learns much from them. They
are very precious to all believers, who delight to treasure up the
last words of the departed. But they are most of all precious to the
Lord Jehovah Himself, Who views the triumphant deaths of His gracious
ones with sacred delight. If we have walked before Him in the
land of the living, we need not fear to die before Him when the hour
of our departure is at hand.</span></font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal">
<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">116:18.
</span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>I
will pay my vows unto the Lord now in the presence of all His people.
</b></span></i></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">The
mercy came in secret, but the praise is rendered in public; the
company was, however, select; he did not cast his pearls before
swine, but delivered his testimony before those who could understand
and appreciate it.</span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">116:19.
</span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>In
the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. </b></span></i></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">God’s
praise is not to be confined to a closet, nor His Name to be
whispered in holes and corners, as if we were afraid that men should
hear us: but in the thick of the throng, and in the very center of
assemblies, we should lift up heart and voice unto the Lord and
invite others to join with us in adoring Him. </span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>(From
“The Treasury of David” by C.H. Spurgeon, abridged by D.O.
Fuller)</b></span></font></font></p>
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