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"Behold I will send forth many fishers, saith the Lord, and they
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shall fish them; and after will I send for many hunters, and they shall
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hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill, and out of the
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holes of the rocks." Jeremiah 16:16
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In Matthew 4:19 and Mark 1:17, when calling out his disciples Jesus
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said, "follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men." Here we have
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the beginning of the fulfillment of Jeremiah's prophecy. Most
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Christians know that the Apostles and other d isciples were sent forth
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as fishers of men.
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During this so called "Christian dispensation", the Christian
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religion has been taught in a manner "you can accept it or reject it
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as you wish". More or less in the manner we go fishing. Fishermen
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take a line and a hook; put bait on it; and then put the baited hook
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into the water. The fish can take it or not as he wishes. If the
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bait is good, the fisherman thinks that he has done a good job because
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he has caught a fish. Just as a fisher-of-men believes that, when he
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preaches the go spel, and people come to a knowledge of Jesus Christ,
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he has done a good work.
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The fisher is usually blind as to what he is catching until after he
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has the catch in his net or until he pulls his line out of the water.
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But the hunter is entirely different, he knows his game. The only
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people in the nation who could be call ed "the hunters" are those who
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know, among other things, the true identity of God's Israel people.
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They know their quarry. They know what they are hunting for and they
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disregard all other things. They go as hunters who see the game
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before the g ame sees them.
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In the parable of the supper (Luke 14) there were three stages:
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1. Fishing - To whomsoever will. "Say to them that are bidden,
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Come..."
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2. Hunting - Search the city and "bring in the poor, maimed, halt and
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the blind."
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3. Finally the king says to the servant "go out and compel them to
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come in..."
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We are getting ready for the banquet, the marriage supper of the
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Lamb. A time will come when all will be compelled to comply with
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God's will.
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How To Hunt The hunter has to know his game, keep his eyes open and
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have a weapon readily available. The Bible is our main weapon and
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battle strategy. Education, exposure, and truth are our "bullets."
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Many of us have found it difficult to re-train our emotional bias
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concerning our rigid religious beliefs. Those who are sucessful in
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this endeavor will be those who rely most firmly on the Word of God
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in spite of prior deep-rooted traditions. Only by putting on ALL of
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the armour of God described in Isaiah 59:17 and Ephesians 6:14-17
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can we "withstand in the evil day."
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God's armour consists of total protection for all parts of the body
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of Christ except the back, because He requires us to "STAND" after
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having done all possible, not run from the battle. The only weapon of
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offence we are given is "the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of
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God" which "is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two edged
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sword." It is the sword of truth which the wicked dread and fear
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which will deliver us from their hands.
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We must fear God and keep His commandments; for this is the whole
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duty of man. (Ecclesiastes 12:13)
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The churches have taught us that we must fear "the devil," although
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Christ said, "fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to
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kill the soul; but rather fear Him (God) which is able to destroy both
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soul and body." (Mattew 10:28)
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We are to fear no-one EXCEPT God, for it is our WHOLE duty. And
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that duty is to OBEY. "If you love Me, OBEY My commandments" John
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14:15
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It is the hunters who are now being gathered to track God's people
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and bring them home to Him in this end time. Let us each be a hunter.
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