WARNINGS FOR SPIRITUAL SLEEPERS (1 OF 4)
Scripture: Jonah 1:5-6
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Warnings for Spiritual Sleepers (1 of 4)
Series: Jonah: More than a Fish Story
Michael White
Jonah 1:5-6
Please turn your Bibles to the book of Jonah.hosea, joel, amos, obadiah, jonah. It’s in probably the most obscure part of the Bible, the Minor Prophers. There are twelve of them.
And there is a reason why they are so neglected and understandably so: they are not particularly uplifting books.
Obadiah- judgment of Edom by means of Locusts
Hosea- God commands a prophet to knowingly marry a woman who will repeatedly cheat on him
Habbakuk- about how Gods people will suffer while the pagan nations around them prosper
?All of them talk about judgment in one way or another. They all occur after the Kingdom of Israel and Judah had been divided as a result of their sin. Some of them also occur during and after the exile, where the people of Judah were actually taken captive for 70 years in Babylon away from their homeland.
However, Jonah is distinct form the other 11 in that it is a historical narrative.
Unlike the others it’s not filled with oracles about judgment, wrath, and retribution. In fact it only contains a few words from God.
Jonah is a story about God’s dealings with people. It’s not about a prophet, nor a fish (only 3 verses that describe this fish).
In fact one author said “Men have been looking so hard at the great fish that they have failed to see the great God”
The book of Jonah is fundamentally about God. And we’ll see his compassion, love, and most important;y, his utmost sovereignty unfold in this book over the next few weeks.
So let’s begin this morning by reading Jonah 1:1-6
In 1995 Donald Hebert was fighting a fire in a Buffalo. NY home when the roof collapsed on him and caused traumatic brain damage. For several minutes he was trapped under rubble and could not breath. He fell unconscious and remained in what seemed to be an indefinite coma.
During that time he was basically a vegetable. He could not r ...
Series: Jonah: More than a Fish Story
Michael White
Jonah 1:5-6
Please turn your Bibles to the book of Jonah.hosea, joel, amos, obadiah, jonah. It’s in probably the most obscure part of the Bible, the Minor Prophers. There are twelve of them.
And there is a reason why they are so neglected and understandably so: they are not particularly uplifting books.
Obadiah- judgment of Edom by means of Locusts
Hosea- God commands a prophet to knowingly marry a woman who will repeatedly cheat on him
Habbakuk- about how Gods people will suffer while the pagan nations around them prosper
?All of them talk about judgment in one way or another. They all occur after the Kingdom of Israel and Judah had been divided as a result of their sin. Some of them also occur during and after the exile, where the people of Judah were actually taken captive for 70 years in Babylon away from their homeland.
However, Jonah is distinct form the other 11 in that it is a historical narrative.
Unlike the others it’s not filled with oracles about judgment, wrath, and retribution. In fact it only contains a few words from God.
Jonah is a story about God’s dealings with people. It’s not about a prophet, nor a fish (only 3 verses that describe this fish).
In fact one author said “Men have been looking so hard at the great fish that they have failed to see the great God”
The book of Jonah is fundamentally about God. And we’ll see his compassion, love, and most important;y, his utmost sovereignty unfold in this book over the next few weeks.
So let’s begin this morning by reading Jonah 1:1-6
In 1995 Donald Hebert was fighting a fire in a Buffalo. NY home when the roof collapsed on him and caused traumatic brain damage. For several minutes he was trapped under rubble and could not breath. He fell unconscious and remained in what seemed to be an indefinite coma.
During that time he was basically a vegetable. He could not r ...
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