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Another Sermon for the Starving Bible Believing Christians All Over the World Wide Web
2005 - Touchet Baptist Church, Touchet, Washington - Pastor Mike Paulson - 2005
Expounding the way of God more perfectly - Acts 18:26 - with the Scriptures Rightly Divided - II Timothy 2:15

The Hunted

This should have been preached before my Reduced to Possession sermon, but you can listen to them in the correct order if you would like.

This is also another area of the 'hunt' that I have not had much experience - unless you count hunting for pheasant, duck and rabbit in South Dakota anywhere near comparable to hunting elk, bear, deer, cougar, etc. in the state of hunter 'unfriendly' Washington.

This is the outline to help the audio sermon - and for some, the 'live' sermon on the internet.

By the way, this stuff happens almost simultaneously.


What makes the hunted run?

I.  SCARE THEM AWAY BEFORE YOU GET YOUR SHOT!
    their little white tail goes up and zoom, they are gone in an instant - and all the 'buddies' with them!
    they won't even listen to you, let alone consider what you want them to hear!
    you have scared them away somehow...
 
    We can have NO noises - they are all looking for something that THEY want - they can't handle surprises anymore.  II Timothy 4:3,4
        Showing or 'saying' things could scare your potential Bible target!
        Stepping on sticks, no matter how you justify it... it just doesn''t help!
            too soon
            too deep (some even hate the water in the first place)
            too much at one time
            your own bad testimony
            spouse fighting
            being cricital of your 'christian life'- things you should not do - your pastor/church/brethren, etc.
            loud, rowdy, unhappy, spoiled, critical children
            not regular in your own reading / studying
            not regular in church, etc.
            not real to you - may be an education, etc. but is it practical - do you live it or just say it?
   
    It isn't always your fault!
            they just know it - they sense it!  The devil tells them you are about to say something!

If they still hang around...
    If they do hang around, and you can take your shot - and it is a well-aimed shot - prepared, practical and real, you might be able to drop the hunted right there on the spot!
    If they do hang around, then it is not the time for a hip shot!  Study to be quiet, amen?  Amen!  Take careful aim; squeeze the trigger; breathe, etc. Don't rush the shot!

A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.
Proverbs 25:11


So, you take your shot!
You hit!
They run?

    A.  The shock of the surprise!
            TOUCHET church?
            Pastor?  Isn't he the one who wrote those articles?
            It is YOUR sign?
            KJB Only? Really?  One?  A "Book" can do all that...?
            God's "words?"  The very words of Jesus Himself?   Yup - they better be - see I Timothy 6:3-5
            your church is so... traditional!  so long?
            do we have to dress like you?
            you read the WHOLE Bible?   You read everyday?  really?  Wow!
            rightly dividing?
            Sin?  Sinner?  'Saved?'  Eternally?  You can't lose it?  If even if you...
            Paul's Greater what?
            Gospels are OT?
            That is not TO us?  what does that mean?
            Where are your robes?
            That is what and how you sing?  Where are your instruments, speakers, piano & organ is all?  etc.

    B.   The shock of the Sound!
            The sword / the gun!  King James Bible / English Language of the KJB!
            Preaching and he said what?
            Informality - no liturgical stuff!
            So much in the sermon, I can hardly keep up!
            You speak with so much authority!
            You are so 'black & white!'
            You so think you know what God thinks and says...!
            Your hymns and music is so dull!
            Your women are so quiet - don't you let them talk?  live?  do what they want?
            Your testimony of a clean changing Christian!
            You say you KNOW that you are going to heaven?  You KNOW that?

    C.  The Source of the Sound!
            The hunter!
            The preacher!
            The brethren!
            Friends
            Family members
            A Book!  King James?


CONCLUSION

But they really only die from the SHOT - the HIT - the SLICE from the SWORD!

The Hit
The Book
The Word of God / Words of God
The Spirit of God
See Hebrews 4:12,14; I Corinthains 14:24; Ephesians 1:13; Ephesians 7:17
 
They must reduced to possession before you can bring them home - they must die to self!

Then, and only then can one take their possession!