Jonah's Calling (1 of 6)
Series: God's Disobedient Prophet
Richard A. Bradley
Jonah 1:1-3
Jonah 1:1-3
1 Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying,
2 ''Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry out against it; for their wickedness has come up before Me.''
3 But Jonah arose 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 from the presence of the Lord.
We don't know much about Jonah, son of Amittai, before God called him to go to Nineveh. He was a Hebrew prophet who served the Lord during the reign of Jeroboam II of Judah. We don't know when God called him to be a prophet and we don't know how long he served as a prophet. What we do have is one brief glimpse into the life of this prophet who accomplished so much and hated every minute of it. Whoever wrote that everyone is famous for at least fifteen minutes must have been referring to Jonah.
One would think any man of God who achieved the kind of success Jonah did would be happy with the results. He was called to preach in one of the world's great cities and the people responded to the Lord in a way that most preachers can only dream about.
The point of Jonah's story is what it took to get him to the place where he could preach that sermon and what happened afterward. Jonah's story begins with his calling.
JONAH'S CALLING WAS CLEAR
1 Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying,
''The word of the Lord'' is just another way of saying that God spoke to Jonah. How did God speak to Jonah? We don't know whether God spoke to him audibly or the way He speaks to most of us; in a still, small voice. However, He chose to speak to the son of Amittai, Jonah never doubted that his calling came from God.
God chooses different means of speaking to His people but He always speaks clearly. How will we know whe ...
Series: God's Disobedient Prophet
Richard A. Bradley
Jonah 1:1-3
Jonah 1:1-3
1 Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying,
2 ''Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry out against it; for their wickedness has come up before Me.''
3 But Jonah arose 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 from the presence of the Lord.
We don't know much about Jonah, son of Amittai, before God called him to go to Nineveh. He was a Hebrew prophet who served the Lord during the reign of Jeroboam II of Judah. We don't know when God called him to be a prophet and we don't know how long he served as a prophet. What we do have is one brief glimpse into the life of this prophet who accomplished so much and hated every minute of it. Whoever wrote that everyone is famous for at least fifteen minutes must have been referring to Jonah.
One would think any man of God who achieved the kind of success Jonah did would be happy with the results. He was called to preach in one of the world's great cities and the people responded to the Lord in a way that most preachers can only dream about.
The point of Jonah's story is what it took to get him to the place where he could preach that sermon and what happened afterward. Jonah's story begins with his calling.
JONAH'S CALLING WAS CLEAR
1 Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying,
''The word of the Lord'' is just another way of saying that God spoke to Jonah. How did God speak to Jonah? We don't know whether God spoke to him audibly or the way He speaks to most of us; in a still, small voice. However, He chose to speak to the son of Amittai, Jonah never doubted that his calling came from God.
God chooses different means of speaking to His people but He always speaks clearly. How will we know whe ...
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