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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
27 - HEBREWS 11 - FAITH: SWALLOWS UP DOUBT</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.
11:1-2 (NNT) FAITH: ITS STARTLING DEFINITION. <font size="3">“Now
faith is assurance of </font><font size="3"><i>things</i></font><font size="3"><span style="font-style:normal">
hoped </span></font><font size="3"><i>for</i></font><font size="3"><span style="font-style:normal">,
conviction of things unseen. </span></font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="font-style:normal">2
</span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-style:normal">For
therein the elders had witness borne them.” </span></font></b><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal">Assurance
= </span></span><span style="font-style:normal"><u><span style="font-weight:normal">title-deed</span></u></span><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">!
Your promises Father, begin to be fulfilled when we exercise faith in
what You have said. We begin to submit to Kingdom principles when we
do this. This is the beginning of the </span></span></span><span style="font-style:normal"><u><span style="font-weight:normal">Good
News</span></u></span><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
of Your Kingdom. </span></span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">Hallowed
be 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">2.
11:3. FAITH: REVEALS NATURE OF GOD’S CREATION. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“By
faith we understand that the ages have been framed by God’s word,
so that what is seen has not been made out of </span></font><font size="3"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">things</span></i></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">
which appear.” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Spiritual
invisibility becomes materially visible when You speak, Father; and
You spoke through Christ. Like Jesus, we commit ourselves to walk
well-pleasing to You! </span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">Your
:kingdom come.</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">3.
11:6 (11:4-12) FAITH EXAMPLES: ABEL THROUGH SARAH. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“And
without faith it is impossible to be well-pleasing; for who comes to
:God must believe that he is, and is rewarder of them that seek after
him.” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Enoch
believed this; Father, we too would follow in his footsteps. We would
know You and Your Son intimately, love Your supremely, and look to
You for our needs. </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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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">4.
11:16 (11:13-16) FAITH’S TESTIMONY: THE CITY OF GOD. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">But
now they desire a better, that is, a heavenly: wherefore :God is not
ashamed of them, to be called their God; for he has prepared them a
city.” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Father,
forgive us for often falling short of the faith of these Old Covenant
saints. Surely our faith because of the New Covenant, ought to
surpass theirs! And we look for this same city! </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.
11:17-19 (11:17-31) FAITH EXAMPLES: ABRAHAM THROUGH RAHAB. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“By
faith Abraham, being tried, has offered up :Isaac, and who had gladly
received the promises was offering up his only begotten </span></font><font size="3"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">son</span></i></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">;
</span></font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none">18
</span></font><font size="3"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">he</span></i></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">
unto whom it was said [that], In Isaac shall your seed be called; </span></font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none">19
</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">accounting
that God </span></font><font size="3"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">is</span></i></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">
able to raise up, even </span></font><font size="3"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">the</span></i></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">
dead; from whence he did also in a parable receive him back.” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">What
a test of faith! But You Father, were with him in it! </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.
11:32 (11:32-38) FAITH EXAMPLES: GIDEON THROUGH THE MARTYRS. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“And
what more </span></font><font size="3"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">shall</span></i></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">
I say? for the time will fail me if I tell of Gide</span></font><font size="3"><u>o</u></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">n,
Barak, Samps</span></font><font size="3"><u>o</u></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">n,
Jephthah ; and of David and Samuel and the prophets: who through
faith …” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">How
weak and limited Satan appears in the light of this. He is subject to
You Father, and as with Job can do nothing to us apart from your
permission! Yes, we heartily accept this! </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.
11:39-40. FAITH’S PATIENCE: PERFECTION FOR ALL AT THE LAST DAY.
</span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“And these
all, witnessed to through the</span></font><font size="3"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">ir</span></i></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">
faith, received not the promise, </span></font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none">40
</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">:God
having foreseen something better concerning us, that apart from us
they be not made perfect.” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">At
the last day, the day of resurrection of the body, the day of the
judgment seat of Christ when the saints will be rewarded; at that day
Father, shall saints </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">both
living and dead</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
be </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">together</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
rewarded. </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"><u><b>NOTE</b></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>:
11:7 (11:4-12) </b></span><b><span style="text-decoration:none">FAITH
OF NOAH! </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“By
faith N</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">o</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">ah,
warned concerning the </span></font><font size="3"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">things</span></i></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">
not seen as yet, with godly fear prepared an ark to </span></font><font size="3"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">the</span></i></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">
saving of his :house; through which he condemned the world, and
became heir of the righteousness which </span></font><font size="3"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">is</span></i></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">
according to faith.” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Father,
we too would follow the example of Noah!</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">Quote
from William Ellery Channing, </span><i><span style="text-decoration:none">Self-Culture</span></i><span style="text-decoration:none">
- </span></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">“God
be thanked for books. They are the voices of the distant and of the
dead, and make us heirs of the spiritual life of past ages.”</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: 117 (ESV) THE LORD’S FAITHFULNESS ENDURES
FOREVER. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">Praise
the LORD, all nations! Extol him, all peoples! </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">For
great is his steadfast love (CHEsed) toward us, and the faithfulness
of the LORD endures forever. Praise the LORD! </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Father,
we join them in hallowing Your Name! We have all be</span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">en</span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
created by You in Christ; just so have </span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">we
</span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">also
been redeemed and sustained. You indeed are worthy of our praise! </span></span></font></font>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">This
Psalm, which is very little in its letter, is exceedingly large in
its spirit; for, bursting beyond all bounds of race of nationality,
it calls upon all mankind to praise the name of the Lord. The same
divine Spirit which expatiates in the One Hundred Nineteenth, here
condenses His utterances into two short verses, but yet the same
infinite fullness is present and perceptible. I</span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">t
may be worth noting that this is at once the shortest chapter of the
Scriptures and the central portion of the whole Bible.</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">117:1.
</span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">O praise the
Lord, all ye nations. </span></i></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">This
is an exhortation to the Gentiles to glorify Jehovah and a clear
proof that the Old Testament spirit differed widely from that narrow
and contracted national bigotry with which the Jews of or Lord’s
Day became so inveterately diseased. </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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