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Introduction
Sin separates us from God.
The Bible declares that all men have sinned and their relationship with the Creator has been broken.
Many people think that God forgives men out of the goodness of his heart.
Many people do not think much of their sin.
They worship a made up god.
They worship a god of their own imagination.
They do not worship the biblical God.
Sin is serious because ultimately it is an offense against a holy God.
Forgiveness may only be recieved on the basis of Jesus’ death on the cross:
We must believe he died in our place.
We must believe he died for our sins.
We must confess that we have sinned against God.
We have broken God’s law.
This is true repentance and confession of sin.
As we come to chapter 2 in the book of Jonah we see the prophet, in the belly of the whale, confessing his sin before God.
We consider:
Sin separates us from God
Sin exposes us to God’s judgement
God forgives a repentant sinner
I. Sin separates us from God
I. El pecado nos separa de Dios
Jonah has been thrown overboard into the ocean.
He has been running away from God.
We now see him “inside the fish” (in the belly of the whale), 2:2.
Jonah was sent to Nineveh and yet he disobeyed and traveled southwest to the coast of Spain.
He was fleeing from the presence of the Lord.
Jonah was doing the impossible - trying to flee from an omnipresent God.
Notice Jonah’s distress:
Jonah 2:1
Jonah is in the belly of the whale and he likens it to “the realm of the dead”.
He feels as if he is in a tomb.
He has been fleeing from the fountain of life and blessing and now feels as if he’s at the point of death.
We can see him struggling in the midst of the ocean/seaweed.
Notice how he describes the waves of the ocean drowning him.
Jonah is tangled in the seaweed.
He feels as if the waters are enclosing him and will surely drown him.
Jonah has sinned against God.
He his rebellion, his sin, his disobedience has brought him to experience separation from God.
Sin always has consequences.
Sin causes us to be separated from God.
Jonah feels as if he has been expelled from the very presence of God, never to see the house of the Lord once more.
Is it not interesting that many people once they have fallen into sin, the first thing they do is stop coming to church?
They are like Adam and Eve in the garden when they hid from the presence of God after they had sinned.
We hide because of the shame that overcomes us when we’ve sinned agains the Lord.
Let us never forget that sin also affects a believer’s relationship with God.
Surely, a true believer cannot loose his salvation - however, would a true believer be in continuous rebellion against God?
Would a true child of God walk according to his own thinking instead of walking according to the will of God?
We must continually come before the throne of God to confess our sins.
We sin in though, deed, and word.
The Lord’s Prayer - which is the model prayer Jesus taught his disciples teaches us to pray:
Sin is always crouching at our door waiting for the slightest opportunity to trap us!
Be aware of those things that tempt you.
Ask God to fill you with his Spirit so that you may be strong in the day of temptation.
Jonah is drowning, he is desperate, he is agonizing over his sin.
II.
Sin exposes us to God’s judgement
II.
El pecado nos expone al juicio de Dios
Notice how Jonah recognizes God’s hand in the middle of his circumstances:
Jonah recognizes that God himself has hurled him into the sea.
Jonah recognizes this is all God’s doing.
After all, it is God who brought the storm upon the sea.
It is God who made the lots come upon Jonah when the ship crew was trying to figure out who was responsible.
It is God who calmed the sea once Jonah was thrown overboard.
This is all God’s doing.
God is responsible for pouring his judgement upon sinful man.
God is a God of judgement.
Let us never forget he will judge ever evil deed.
No sin will go unpunished.
God will punish with everlasting punishment all those who refuse to confess Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior.
However, God’s treatment of his rebellious children (believers) is not the same as his judgement of the wicked.
God does not condemn us.
However, God will discipline his children.
God disciplined the people of Israel by allowing them to be conquered by the Babylonians, by the Medes and Persians, by the Assyrians.
Surely, God will also discipline New Testament believers when we have fallen into sin.
However, this is corrective discipline such that we will come to our senses and seek God.
III.
God forgives a repentant sinner
III.
Dios perdona al pecador arrepentido
How will God respond to Jonah?
Will God leave him to perish in the middle of the sea?
Notice how Jonah since 2:1 is praying knowing that he will be heard.
Jonah knows God will listen to a penitent sinner’s prayer.
Although Jonah has offended God he knows enough about God’s word to understand God hears those who confess their sin!
Notice how in verse 6 Jonah feels that he is at the bottom of the ocean floor.
He feels as if he will surely die and yet God hears his prayer.
Jonah is confident that his prayer has come before the presence of God.
At the moment, when Jonah felt he would die his prayer was heard.
Jonah 2:
In this prayer, Jonah:
Recognizes that God is not like the idols.
God surely is a loving God to those who confess their sin before him.
Idols will do neither good or evil to us for they are nothing.
Jonah confesses his sin, knowing how much he depends on him.
Jonah renews his vows and promises to make good on his promises.
A truly repentant person can be confident he has recieved forgiveness from God.
We believe we are forgiven by faith, solely because of Jesus Christ and his work on the cross.
We believe Jesus Christ’s blood is sufficient to cleanse us from all our sin.
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