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2006 - Touchet Baptist Church, Touchet, Washington - Pastor Mike Paulson - 2006
Expounding the way of God more perfectly - Acts 18:26 - with the Scriptures Rightly Divided - II Timothy 2:15
Bear Hunting 
Let's go on a bear hunt - and rightly divide the word 'bear'

What must we bear as a Christian today?

Must we bear the cross? - Luke 14:27
What kind of fruit are we to bear?  numbers?  Souls?  And if we don't bear enough fruit, will we be cut down, as more and more pastors threaten their folks...?  Luke 13:9; John 15:8

Bear Witness?
...to what - this was a witness to the Jews of Jesus - their Messiah!
John 1:7 - that Jesus was that Christ!
John 1:8 - of THAT Light
John 5:32-39 - Witnesses - John the Baptist, Works of Jesus, God, Scriptures

John 18:37 - Fact - Jesus would bear witness unto the truth!

Paul
Acts 9:15

Not a false witness
Romans 13:9 - thou shalt not bear false witness
II Corinthians 11:4 - don't bear with a false witness

Women have their own private bear - just for them! I Timothy 5:14



Our Own Bears! 


Infirmities of the weak!
Romans 15:1


Meat
I Corinthians 3:2


Temptation
I Corinthians 10:13


A little of your pastors folly
(but not lies and deception of a false gospel)
II Corinthains 11:1


The Marks of being a Paul-following Christian
(spiritual and mental marks...)
Galatians 6:17


One Another's Burden
(not just an empty ear)
Galatians 6:2


Our Own Burden
Galatians 6:5

A Future bear
Image of the heavenly
I Corinthians 15:49 -
A lost person's bear!
or those that hinder the truth - vs 7)
or even a 'brother' who troubles you - reap what they sow, etc.
Galatians 5:10 - I have confidence in you through the Lord, that ye will be none otherwise minded: but he that troubleth you shall bear his judgment, whosoever he be.
Conclusion:
Hebrews 9:28 - A Tribulation verse, yet it is a fact for today but not TO today!
So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.