Children hunt eggs. Christians keep hunting

1. THE EGG HUNT
Isaiah 10:14
My hand has found like a nest the riches of the
people, And as one gathers eggs that are left, I
have gathered all the earth; And there was no
one who moved his wing, Nor opened his mouth
with even a peep.

2. The Text Background
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King of Assyria was boasting
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Similar to Alexander the Great –
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Nothing left to conquor
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I am not asking you to search for eggs
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I am asking that you search for truth

3. Search the Scriptures
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John 5:39 You search the Scriptures, for in
them you think you have eternal life; and these
are they which testify of Me.
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Acts 17:11 These were more fair-minded than
those in Thessalonica, in that they received the
word with all readiness, and searched the
Scriptures daily to find out whether these things
were so.

4. Search Yourself
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1 Corinthians 11:28-29 28 But let a man
examine himself, and so let him eat of the
bread and drink of the cup.
29 For he who eats and drinks in an
unworthy manner eats and drinks
judgment to himself, not discerning the
Lord's body.

5. Search Yourself
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Matthew 26:22 And they were
exceedingly sorrowful, and each of them
began to say to Him, "Lord, is it I?"
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2 Corinthians 13:5 Examine yourselves
as to whether you are in the faith. Test
yourselves. Do you not know yourselves,
that Jesus Christ is in you?--unless indeed
you are disqualified.

6. Search for Honest Man
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Acts 6:3 Therefore, brethren, seek out from
among you seven men of good reputation, full
of the Holy Spirit and wisdom, whom we may
appoint over this business;
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Jeremiah 5:1 Run to and fro through the
streets of Jerusalem; See now and know; And
seek in her open places If you can find a man,
If there is anyone who executes judgment, Who
seeks the truth, And I will pardon her.

7. Search for Honest Man
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Genesis 18 – 50, 45, 40, 30, 20, 10
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Diogenes – looked for an honest man

8. Search for God
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Job 11:7 Can you search out the deep things
of God? Can you find out the limits of the
Almighty?
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Hebrews 11:3 By faith we understand that the
worlds were framed by the word of God, so that
the things which are seen were not made of
things which are visible.

9. Search for God
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Romans 1:20 For since the creation
of the world His invisible attributes are
clearly seen, being understood by the
things that are made, even His eternal
power and Godhead, so that they are
without excuse,

10. Search for God
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Matthew 6:26-30 26 Look at the birds of the air,
for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into
barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are
you not of more value than they? 27 Which of you
by worrying can add one cubit to his stature? 28
So why do you worry about clothing? Consider the
lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil
nor spin; 29 and yet I say to you that even
Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one
of these. 30 Now if God so clothes the grass of the
field, which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into
the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O you

11. Search for Christ
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John 1:46 And Nathanael said to him, "Can
anything good come out of Nazareth?" Philip
said to him, "Come and see."
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Matthew 2:8 And he sent them to Bethlehem
and said, "Go and search carefully for the
young Child, and when you have found Him,
bring back word to me, that I may come and
worship Him also."

12. Search for Christ
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1 Peter 1:9-11 9 receiving the end of your
faith--the salvation of your souls. 10 Of this
salvation the prophets have inquired and
searched carefully, who prophesied of the
grace that would come to you, 11 searching
what, or what manner of time, the Spirit of
Christ who was in them was indicating when
He testified beforehand the sufferings of
Christ and the glories that would follow.

13. Search for Christ
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Galatians 4:4 But when the fullness of the time
had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a
woman, born under the law,
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John 1:40-42 40 One of the two who heard
John speak, and followed Him, was Andrew,
Simon Peter's brother. 41 He first found his own
brother Simon, and said to him, "We have
found the Messiah" (which is translated, the
Christ). 42 And he brought him to Jesus. Now
when Jesus looked at him, He said, "You are
Simon the son of Jonah. You shall be called
Cephas" (which is translated, A Stone).

14. How is your search going?
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Have you found:
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Scriptures
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Yourself
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An Honest Man
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God
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Christ
The search is not over –
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keep searching, learning, growing,
being and doing.