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Introduction
Our new series for the next 4 weeks will be the book of Jonah.
I find that this book is rich in some deep biblical truths.
It is going to read like a story but what is being told has happened historically.
It is not a wise tail.
It is in fact truth.
The author who wrote the book did write it in an extremely beautiful and genius way.
Let’s dive in.
Slide Main Text
Slide Why Jonah
Why Jonah
Here are a couple of reasons as to why I decided to take us through the book of Jonah.
Slide Sin & Grace
First, Sin and Grace
I find that this book really paint’s a beautiful picture of sin and grace.
We will see the sin being committed.
Jonah, a prophet, actively fleeing from the presence of God.
This is sinful.
But as we move through the story today, we will see the grace and mercy of God as He pursues Jonah even in the midst of Jonah trying to flee.
We also will come to understand how Nineveh is a sinful city.
But yet again, in turn we will witness the grace and mercy of God as He extends that grace and mercy to a pagan nation or city.
Through this, we will also be able to see Jesus and his sacrifice on the cross not only play a part in our lives today, but see how that payment he made extended to Jonah’s time as well.
In fact, how Jesus’ payment extended to all past events aside form those in Jonah.
Slide Relate to Jonah
Second, We relate to Jonah
All of us have had a time in our life where we felt like our way was better than God’s way.
If you have not, you honestly will sometime in your life.
I can say this with confidence because we are human.
Our nature is to do what we please.
What we want.
It is only by the study of the bible, praying, and renewing of our heart and mind that make it possible for us to live a life worthy and in line with Christ.
Slide God’s Love for City
Lastly, God’s love for a city
God’s grace and mercy is astounding.
So many get hung up on the “evil” things that God does.
Example, when God judges a person, people, or nation and rains down His wrath upon them, everyone always says that God is a mean and evil God.
Like He is just a kid with a magnify glass pointed at an ant hill.
In reality, he is a just judge.
In being a just judge, He offers up grace and mercy to those that would repent.
Spoiler alert, we will see this for a pagan, evil, wicked city.
So with all that said, let’s dive into our text today starting in Jonah 1:1.
Slide Scripture
Jonah’s Background
Who he is
Let’s talk Jonah real quick.
Jonah is a person who is a prophet for God.
He literally talks with God and God talks to him.
Legend of Jonah
Jonah comes into the timeline right on the coat tails of Elijah and Elisha.
Legend has it that he was the son of the woman of Zarephath.
What happened was she was widowed and her child died.
That little child was restored to life by Elijah and given the name Jonah.
Because of this, Jonah was sent off to Prophet school where he learned the ways of being a prohet and then was commissied into becoming a prophet by God through the other prophets.
Now the Bible says nothing of this though.
It is a legend.
Jonah is mentioned only one other time in the bible in 2 Kings 14:25.
So we do not know a lot about him but we do know that he was a prophet that was used by God often.
Nineveh
God calls Jonah to go to Nineveh.
At this time in history, 725 B.C. to be exact, Nineveh was a great city.
It was the capital of Assyria which was the most dominate and wicked nation at the time.
They had a way of killing people where they would barrie them alive in the sand and leave just their head above ground.
The heat of the day would cause them to go mad and they would die a very slow death.
God instructs Jonah to go out and call them out on how wicked and evil they are.
Not only that but also deliver the message that God is going to destroy the city.
Knocking on Hitler’s Door
This would be like marching into downtown Berlin during WWII and knocking on Hitler’s door only to say that God is going to destroy your nation or city rather, unless you repent of your sins.
I would hate that task.
So lets keep reading and see what Jonah’s response is.
Slide Scripture
Where is his heart?
Well we see Jonah’s answer.
I wish that we could say he did not go because he was afraid.
Unfortunately later on in Chapter 4 we see Jonah confess why he did not go to Nineveh.
Jonah is a very religious man.
That is the problem.
He is a man who is used by God in great and mighty ways but his heart has not been transformed by the gospel.
What I mean by that is Jonah’s heart is not fully committed to the Lord.
Where is his identity?
Jonah’s identity is in that of religious things.
Slide Question
This is where I stop and ask you, where is your identity today?
Is it in false idols, is it in religious activities, is it in things of this world or, or, is it in God.
See, if Jonah’s identity had been in God, he would have gone to Nineveh.
Jonah is a very prideful man.
One could almost say he is a racist.
Let me explain, Jonah loves his people.
He loves his nation.
Because of this, he understood that by going to Nineveh and proclaiming to them what the Lord had given him to say, they would in turn repent.
Spoiler alert.
Because they would repent, God is going to show grace and mercy to the pagan city of Nineveh.
Why he flees
This is why Jonah flees.
He does not wish to see the grace and mercy be extended by God to the great city of Nineveh.
Slide Map
By the way, Nineveh is 500miles east of where Jonah is.
The dude flees to Tarshish which is practically Spain today.
So he flees from Israel and goes to Spain, or Tarshish.
Thats 2,000 miles in the opposite direction.
Anyways, lets keep reading and see how God decides to deal with this.
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