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*LESSONS FROM THE CHICKEN PEN*

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*TEXT:* *Matthew 23:37* /O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!/

 

*INTRODUCTION: *

o   *The Lord Cares About Us*

o   The Lord's care is compared to that of a Mother hen for her young chicks when they are in danger.

o   Chickens are not very smart.

o   Some will go hide under the mother's wings and others will not.

o   Lost people are not very smart either.

o   Some will go hide under the shadow of the Almighty, and others will not

*/Psalms 36:7/*/ How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings/.

o   *Chickens *

o   A chicken is a farm bird raised primarily for eggs and meat

o   I have heard that all Preachers love to eat chicken.

o   They say it is because a rooster "told on" Simon Peter, and preachers have been trying  to get even ever since.

o   Preachers are such famous chicken eaters, that it is said that a Preacher's belt is nothing but a leather fence around a chicken grave yard.

o   Called to preach because he had a taste for chicken.

o   *Lessons From The Chicken Pen *

o   We raised chickens when I was growing up.

o   You can learn a lot about people by watching the chicken pen.

! I.         CHICKENS ARE FORMED DIFFERENTLY

/1 Corinthians 4:7 for who maketh thee to differ from another?/

!! A.  There are many different types of chickens

!!! 1.

There are over 50 different standard breeds of Chickens.

!!! 2.   There are Rhode Island Reds, Black Minorcas, White Plymouth Rocks, Barred Plymouth Rocks, Silver-gray Dorkings, White Wyandottes, White Leghorns, Bannies, and many more...

!!! 3.

There are also many different types of sinners.

!!!! a)   Tall sinners or short sinners.

!!!! b)  Skinny sinners or fat sinners

!!!! c)   Rich sinners or poor sinners

!!!! d)  Red, brown, yellow, black, or white sinners

!!!! e)   Different types but same in nature

!!!!! (1) It's all JUST CHICKEN once it's in the DUMPLINGS.

!!!!! (2) All chickens taste the same.

!!! 4.   Before God, all people are the same.

!!! 5.   We are all just SINNERS (Rom.

3:23 "All have sinned...")

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II.

CHICKENS "FOLLOW THE CROWD"

*/Matthew/**/ 15:14/*/ "...if the blind lead the blind, both... fall into the ditch."

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!! A.  Chickens follow motion

!!! 1.

If a chicken sees another chicken running across the yard, he will go follow him.

!!! 2.   He thinks that chicken must know something he doesn't, so he follows.

!!! 3.   People will follow someone with zeal and energy, regardless of where he is headed.

!!! 4.   That's why people followed Joseph Smith, Brigham Young, Sun Moon and David Koresh.

!!! 5.   Some people will follow anyone who is moving.

!! B.   Chickens follow the majority

!!! 1.

If a chicken sees a bunch of chickens go a certain direction, he will go follow them.

!!! 2.   Usually two or three pet chickens that you would hand feed.

When you would go out in the yard, they would come running to him.

Then the ones you wanted to butcher were easy prey.

!!! 3.   The rest of those chickens thought this little group knew something they didn't know.

So they would run to go follow the crowd.

!!! 4.   People are JUST LIKE CHICKENS in this ASPECT.

!!! 5.

They will follow the crowd.

!!! 6.   That's why you hear such commercials as:

!!!! a)   "MOST dentists prefer..."

!!!! b)  "MOST doctors recommend..."

!!!! c)   “MOST people are using..."

!!! 7.   Christians should follow the BOOK, not the CROWD! 

*/Matthew 7:13-14/*/ Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.

/

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III.

CHICKENS FIGHT OVER THINGS

*/Eccles.

6:7/*/ All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.

/

!! A.  They fight over food

!!! 1.

If a grasshopper accidentally jumps into a pen of hungry chickens, they are liable to kill 2 or 3 chickens trying to get to that grasshopper.

!!! 2.   They will jerk it right out of each other's mouths.

!!! 3.   They will jump up and peck each other on the head and sometimes in the eye.

!!! 4.   If one of them ever draws blood, the others will peck at the blood until the chicken dies.

!! B.   They fight over shiny things

!!! 1.

Some chickens will fight over anything.

!!! 2.   You can throw something shiny in the pen and they will all run and fight over it until they've all had a taste to see that it's not edible.

!!! 3.   If one wants it, they all want it.

They can walk over it all day and then one decide he wants \\     it and they all want it.

!! C.  People fight over food

!!! 1.

People have to have food, and some compete with others for it.

!!! 2.   It's awful, the way some people carry on in the woods when more than one person has Shot a deer or an elk.

!!! 3.   They will kill each other over a piece of meat.

!! D.  People fight over shiny things

!!! 1.   It's obvious that people fight over money

!!! 2.   But have you noticed how they also fight over baseball cards, football cards, and many  other things

!!! 3.   As long as nobody wanted baseball cards, they were simply trash

!!! 4.   When somebody started collecting them, the cards became valuable

!!! 5.   Now people will fight and steal for a little card with a picture on it.

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IV.   Chickens frighten easily

*/Proverbs 28:1/*/ The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.

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!! A.  “Chicken" means "coward"

!!! 1.   Look it up in the DICTIONARY

!!! 2.   One definition of a chicken is a coward.

!! B.   Chickens are afraid of other chickens

!!! 1.

They will run from each other.

!!! 2.   If there is an old rooster that is rather agressive, he can chase the rest of the chickens all over the chicken pen if he has a mind to.

Some BAPTISTS are afraid of other people.

!!! 3.   That's why they never witness or tell anybody about Jesus.

!!! 4.   They are afraid of people.

!! C.  Chickens are afraid of challenges

!!! 1.

Most chickens will never even TRY to fly over the fence.

!!! 2.   We would clip their wings with scissors if we caught them outside the fence, but we didn't have to clip all the chickens.

!!! 3.   Flying over the fence was TOO BIG A CHALLENGE for most of them.

!!! 4.   Some BAPTISTS are like chickens in this ASPECT:

!!!! a)   Joining a CHURCH is too big a challenge for some.