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JONAH - JONAH, CALL TO MISSIONS (1 OF 4)

by Steve Jones

Scripture: Jonah 1:1-10, Jonah 1:13-17
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Jonah - Jonah, Call to Missions (1 of 4)
Series: Jonah
Steve Jones
Jonah 1


Introduction: I want you to identify this theme song if you can (play theme song of ''Mission Impossible.''

I want you to complete this sentence if you can: ''Your mission, if you choose to ______ ___ (accept it.)

I want you to tell me the last name of the fictional character who leads MI5 if you can. First name Ethan, last name _______ (Hunt).

Now let's try this quiz:

1) Where is the ''great commission'' in Matthews gospel? Matthew 28:?

2) Fill in the blanks: ''All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore, go and ________ _________ of all nations, ____________ them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to _______ everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.''

3) What Old Testament prophet was sent as a missionary to the lost people of Assyria?
I just want to make sure that, as Christians, we are as well-versed in our own, real, live mission as we are in the fictional mission of Tom Cruise and the MI5 movie franchise. If you could answer the first set of questions but not the last set of questions, this message series is for you. And even if you could answer the second set of questions, this series of messages is still for you.

The question you might have found most challenging was the question about the Old Testament prophet who was sent as a missionary to the lost people of Assyria. Jonah. I'm going to preach four messages from the Old Testament prophetic book of Jonah. The book has four chapters and we'll do one message per chapter. The theme of all four of these four messages will be missions. In Jonah chapter one, Jonah hears the call to missions.

I. JONAH'S CALL TO MISSIONS CAME THROUGH THE WORD OF GOD

Jonah 1:1-2 ''The word of the Lord came to Jonah son of Amittai: 'Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because it ...

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