Running Away from God's call

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Why God doesn't need you to accomplish his purpose, but he wants you.

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Introduction

One of my favorite Old Testament prophet is Jonah.

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Jonah is first and foremost a didactic work. As the majority of modern commentators emphasize, the author of this remarkable book was intent on educating his audience, and not merely on entertaining them.
Jonah 1:1–6 ESV
Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and call out against it, for their evil has come up before me.” But Jonah rose to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord. He went down to Joppa and found a ship going to Tarshish. So he paid the fare and went down into it, to go with them to Tarshish, away from the presence of the Lord. But the Lord hurled a great wind upon the sea, and there was a mighty tempest on the sea, so that the ship threatened to break up. Then the mariners were afraid, and each cried out to his god. And they hurled the cargo that was in the ship into the sea to lighten it for them. But Jonah had gone down into the inner part of the ship and had lain down and was fast asleep. So the captain came and said to him, “What do you mean, you sleeper? Arise, call out to your god! Perhaps the god will give a thought to us, that we may not perish.”
Wiseman, D. J., Alexander, T. D., & Waltke, B. K. (1988). Obadiah, Jonah and Micah: an introduction and commentary (Vol. 26, p. 88). Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press.
Wiseman, D. J., Alexander, T. D., & Waltke, B. K. (1988). Obadiah, Jonah and Micah: an introduction and commentary (Vol. 26, p. 88). Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press.

Jonah is first and foremost a didactic work. As the majority of modern commentators emphasize, the author of this remarkable book was intent on educating his audience, and not merely on entertaining them.

Acts 17:31–33 ESV
because he has fixed a day on which he will judge the world in righteousness by a man whom he has appointed; and of this he has given assurance to all by raising him from the dead.” Now when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked. But others said, “We will hear you again about this.” So Paul went out from their midst.
Jonah 1:1 ESV
Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying,
Acts 17:31–33 ESV
because he has fixed a day on which he will judge the world in righteousness by a man whom he has appointed; and of this he has given assurance to all by raising him from the dead.” Now when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked. But others said, “We will hear you again about this.” So Paul went out from their midst.

Jonah is first and foremost a didactic work. As the majority of modern commentators emphasize, the author of this remarkable book was intent on educating his audience, and not merely on entertaining them.

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