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Jonah is an Important Book in the Old Testament
Is not a fairy tale.
Not a hypothetical parable
The story of Jonah: called to preach and finally swallowed by the great fish
Used as a type of the death and resurrection of Christ
The entire account authenticated by Jesus
An Extremely Fitting Book to Study in the Light of Current World Conditions
The Call of God to Save a City (vv. 1, 2)
A. The Call of God to Save a City (vv. 1, 2)
God calls His servant and there is a good reason
Arise and go; because their wickedness is come up before me...
Why is this important: To people?
To God?
God is not threatened by our wickedness.
But we are.
A Countdown Had Begun For This Great City
The countdown has begun for a great city!
Six weeks left
The countdown of wickedness
The countdown of life
The countdown of prophetic fulfillment
Is there any hope?
YES!
But that hope rests in a prophet named Jonah, and he is relaxing
“Jonah, arise.”
Get moving
Jonah represents the sleeping church in this crucial hour
How many Christians have been given a message to proclaim in these last days, and are too busy resting in our comforts?
As the clock ticks closer to Armageddon, so many Christians are all the more comfortable
There really is a day and a time, when Jesus will return, and men can repent no longer
Nineveh represents a lost world tottering on the brink of doom and destruction
What was the Condition of Jonah’s Heart (v. 3)
Rebellious and disobedient
The Word was clear: “Go to Nineveh.”
He went to Joppa
Told to go east and went west
Do you know a point of departing from God’s will?
So often it seems like such a small turn
easy to reason ourselves away
The downward trail of backsliding
It is always so
Either higher ground or downward bound
God had more trouble getting His servant going than He did in getting Nineveh to repent
We should not think of Jonah as being more wicked or rebellious than many of us today
Jonah was not out stealing and killing
He was not promoting false religions or cults
He was not out indulging in drunkenness and committing adultery
He may have even been paying his tithes and reading his bible
But he was still just as rebellious and lost in sin as people doing all of these things
and his path of rebellion was leading him to destruction
God had a plan and a purpose for Jonah - a great plan.
And all Jonah wanted was ordinary
Oh, how terribly like Jonah so many of today's Christians are!!
We long for normal - we work for it and strive for it.
You were not created to be “normal”
You were not saved to be just to pass through life without purpose.
You are a Royal Priesthood.
A Holy
The Chastening of Jonah
Vs. 4-16
The Lord chastens His children ()
The storm: God pursues His own
Jonah asleep in the storm
So many Christians, even as we see the world falling further and further away: would rather complain about it from Tarshish than do something about it in Nineveh
We need to take God’s message to the Nineveh's of our day.
His Word will not return void
But how shall they hear without a preacher?
God’s purpose in our trials
The sailors’ reaction
Their searching question: “Why hast thou done this?” ()
Even the sinners are surprised when the Godly don’t act Godly
The Catching of Jonah by the Great Fish (vv.
11–17)
Jonah’s instruction and calming of the sea (vv.
11–15)
The prayers of the sailors (v.
16)
The sailors came to faith through this trial
The miracle of the great fish (God Would go to any Length to get Jonah Right because He had a Job for Him to do)
The fish was not there to destroy Jonah, but to restore him.
The trials God brings in our lives are to get us back on track.
He desires to bring us to glory -
The Countdown continues
What is the Condition of your Heart
Do we really want to be disciples of Jesus?
Or do we just want the benefits?
Jonah Brought to the Place of Prayer
What must God Bring into your life to bring you to himself and his will?
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