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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>NOV
14 - 1 TIMOTHY 2-3 - COUNSEL TO MEN, WOMEN AND LEADERS</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.
2:1-2 (2:1-7, NNT) PRAYER: TO BE MADE FOR ALL MEN. <font size="3">“I
exhort therefore first of all to make supplications, prayers,
intercessions, thanksgivings, for all men; </font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">2
</font><font size="3">for kings and all that are in high place</font><font size="3">s</font><font size="3">;
that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and
gravity.” </font></b><span style="font-weight:normal">Father, we
recognize Your Government through secular leaders, and pray and thank
You for them, including all men. Your Government in Christ is </span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">Good
News</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">.
</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.
2:8 PRAYER: ATTITUDE OF HEART REQUIRED. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“I
desire therefore the men to pray in every place, lift</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">ing</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">
up holy hands, without wrath and disputings.” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Men
is generic here, including all men and women: the human race. Father,
we note that You have made prayer an outflow of the heart, taking
precedence over the head! </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.
2:11-12 (2:9-15) WOMEN: THEIR ADORNMENT AND STATUS. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“Let
a woman learn in quietness with all subjection. </span></font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none">12
</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">But I
permit not a woman to teach, nor to have dominion over a man, but to
be in quietness.” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">That
is, silence concerning authority over man, but not silence in prayer,
prophecy, exhortation, sharing, etc., for these are also mentioned in
Scripture. Give us balance, Father! </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.
3:4-5 (3:1-7) OVERSEERS: QUALIFICATIONS. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“Ruling
well his own :house, having children in subjection with all gravity;
</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">(but
if one knows not how to rule his own :house, how shall he care for
God’s church?)” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">As
a father to his family, so is an overseer (elder, shepherd) to his
flock (local church); as a husband to a wife, so is a pastor to his
board (leaders); as parents to their family, so is a pastor and
leaders to their church. Forgive us Father, for forgetting this
analogy, and that the family </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">first</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
came, then the church! </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.
3:12-13 (3:8-13) DEACONS AND WIVES: QUALIFICATIONS. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“Let
deacons be husbands of one wife, ruling </span></font><font size="3"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">the</span></i></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">
children and their own :houses well. </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">For
who have served well as deacons gain to themselves a good standing,
and great boldness in the faith which </span></font><font size="3"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">is</span></i></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">
in Christ Jesus.” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">This
is a high calling. </span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Seven</span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
deacons looked after the entire city church of Jerusalem, with its
many home churches. </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.
3:14-15. THESE RULES: FOR GOD’S HOUSE, THE CHURCH. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“These
</span></font><font size="3"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">things</span></i></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">
I write to you, hoping to come unto you shortly; </span></font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none">15
</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">but if
I delay that you know how one should behave in God’s house, the
which is </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 church, pillar and ground of the truth.” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">This
is the Mystery of mysteries! </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.
3:16. MYSTERY OF GODLINESS: GOD IN JESUS. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“And
confessedly great is the mystery of :godliness; Who was manifested in
</span></font><font size="3"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">the</span></i></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">
flesh, Justified in </span></font><font size="3"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">the</span></i></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">
spirit, Seen of angels, Preached among nations, Believed on in </span></font><font size="3"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">the</span></i></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">
world, Received up in glory.” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">This
is the Mystery of mysteries! </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>:
2:5 (2:1-7) THE UNIQUE POSITION OF JESUS! </b></span><b><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“For
one</span></font><font size="3"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">
is</span></i></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">
God, one is also mediator between God and men, a man, Christ Jesus.”
</span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">We
accept Your way of doing things, Father. Salvation and Reconciliation
comes in </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">no other
way</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
than through Jesus Christ. There is </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">no
other way</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved. </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">Narrow</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
is the gate, and </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">straitened</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
is the way which leads to life, and </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">few</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
there be who find it.</span></span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b>Quote
from Paul Washer - “You may say, ‘God doesn’t hate anybody. God
is love.’ No, my friend. You need to understand something. Jesus
Christ taught, the prophets taught, the apostles taught this: that
apart from the grace of God revealed in Jesus Christ our Lord the
only thing left for you is the wrath, the fierce anger of God because
of your rebellion and your sin.”</b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">Our
chapter from Proverbs for the Day: </span><span style="text-decoration:none">5:1-2
(5, ESV) WARNING AGAINST ADULTERY. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“My
son, be attentive to my wisdom; incline your ear to my understanding,
</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">that
you may keep discretion, and your lips may guard knowledge.”
</span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Ponder
the wisdom of God here through Solomon. Solomon heard these words
through his father David, but failed to heed them in his old age. We
all need to ponder this! </span></span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">5:15-23.
Solomon, having shown the great evil that there is in adultery and
fornication, prescribes remedies against them 1. Enjoy with
satisfaction the comforts of lawful marriage, which was ordained for
the prevention of uncleanness. Let none complain that God has dealt
unkindly with them in forbidding them those pleasures which they have
a natural desire of, for he has graciously provided for the regular
gratification of them. “You may not indeed eat of every tree of the
garden, but choose out one, which you please, and of that you may
freely eat; nature will be content with them, but lust with nothing.”
Let young men marry, marry and not burn. Have a </span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">cistern,
a well of your own (5:15), </span></i></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">even
the wife </span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">of
your youth, 5:18. Wholly abstain, or wed. - </span></i></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Herbert.
Let him that is married take delight in his wife, and let him be very
fond of her, not only because she is the wife that he himself has
chosen and he ought to be pleased with his own choice, but because
she is the wife that God in his providence appointed for him. </span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">Let
your fountain be blessed (5:18);</span></i></b><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
</span></span></i><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">think
yourself very happy in her, look upon her as a blessed wife, </span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">l</span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">et
her have your blessing, pray daily for her, and then </span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">rejoice
with her</span></i></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">.
Mutual delight is the bond of mutual fidelity. Let him be fond of his
wife and love her dearly (5:19). If you will suffer your love to run
into an excess, let it be only of your own wife. Let him take delight
in his children and look upon them with pleasure (5:16-17). Let him
then scorn the offer of forbidden pleasures when he is </span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">always
ravished with the love </span></i></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">of
a faithful virtuous wife; let him consider what an absurdity it will
be for him to be </span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">ravished
with a strange woman (5:20). </span></i></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">If
the dictates of reason may be heard, the laws of virtue will be
obeyed. </span></span><b><span style="text-decoration:none">(From
“Matthew Henry’s Commentary in One Volume” - Zondervan)</span></b></font></font></p>
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