THE STUBBORN EVANGELIST: PART FOUR (4 OF 4)
by Scott Maze
The Stubborn Evangelist: Part Four (4 of 4)
Series: The Stubborn Evangelist
Scott Maze
Jonah 4
Today we conclude a four-part series entitled Jonah: The Stubborn Evangelist. Jonah is also a man on the run from his responsibility - to share the message of God's mercy to others. And this is what Jonah is really about - first experiencing God's mercy and then extending God's mercy. And it's just this reason why Jonah shows his stubbornness. For he hates his enemies and does not want to show God's mercy to them.
Nowhere does Jonah's hatred for his enemies become clearer than in today's passage. For at the very mention of the city of Nineveh, Jonah revolts from God and runs from God. And all throughout this short story is one where Jonah is in flight; it's also one where God is in pursuit. And in the end, it's God's pursuit that eventually extinguishes Jonah's rebellion. For four chapters we witness Jonah's futile flight as well as God's persistent pursuit.
The Story of Jonah: Catching Up from the Last Three Weeks
When we last saw Jonah, he had walked off the beach and into the great city of Nineveh. His story began by the word of the Lord coming to Jonah where God says, ''Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and call out against it, for their evil has come up before me.'' (Jonah 1:2) Many of you remember the general outline of what happened. Jonah did not go east to Nineveh on the Tigris River. He got on a boat in Joppa bound for Tarshish (probably in Spain) - the opposite direction. God hurls a storm against the ship. When the prayers of the crew prove useless, they awaken Jonah and tell him to pray. Then they cast lots to see whose guilt brought the storm, and the lot fell to Jonah. When they asked who he was, he said, ''I am a Hebrew, and I fear the Lord, the God of heaven, who made the sea and the dry land'' (Jonah 1:9). When the crew asked what might still the storm, Jonah said, ''Pick me up and hurl me into the sea; then the sea will quiet do ...
Series: The Stubborn Evangelist
Scott Maze
Jonah 4
Today we conclude a four-part series entitled Jonah: The Stubborn Evangelist. Jonah is also a man on the run from his responsibility - to share the message of God's mercy to others. And this is what Jonah is really about - first experiencing God's mercy and then extending God's mercy. And it's just this reason why Jonah shows his stubbornness. For he hates his enemies and does not want to show God's mercy to them.
Nowhere does Jonah's hatred for his enemies become clearer than in today's passage. For at the very mention of the city of Nineveh, Jonah revolts from God and runs from God. And all throughout this short story is one where Jonah is in flight; it's also one where God is in pursuit. And in the end, it's God's pursuit that eventually extinguishes Jonah's rebellion. For four chapters we witness Jonah's futile flight as well as God's persistent pursuit.
The Story of Jonah: Catching Up from the Last Three Weeks
When we last saw Jonah, he had walked off the beach and into the great city of Nineveh. His story began by the word of the Lord coming to Jonah where God says, ''Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and call out against it, for their evil has come up before me.'' (Jonah 1:2) Many of you remember the general outline of what happened. Jonah did not go east to Nineveh on the Tigris River. He got on a boat in Joppa bound for Tarshish (probably in Spain) - the opposite direction. God hurls a storm against the ship. When the prayers of the crew prove useless, they awaken Jonah and tell him to pray. Then they cast lots to see whose guilt brought the storm, and the lot fell to Jonah. When they asked who he was, he said, ''I am a Hebrew, and I fear the Lord, the God of heaven, who made the sea and the dry land'' (Jonah 1:9). When the crew asked what might still the storm, Jonah said, ''Pick me up and hurl me into the sea; then the sea will quiet do ...
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