The Revival We Need (3 of 5)
Series: Jonah, God's Unbounded Love
Joe Alain
Jonah 3:1-10
Through one person's obedience to God, a nation was saved! Jonah brought God's Word to the Ninevites and a moral revival occurred. But it almost did not happen.
Recalling the Story
- Jonah the prophet was called to go to the Assyrians in Nineveh (Ch. 1). The Assyrians are gentiles, different, and a brutal enemy of Israel.
- Jonah wants nothing to do with this mission and seeks to flee to Tarshish, away from the presence of God.
- To get Jonah's attention, God sends a devastating storm and a great fish (1:17).
- In the belly of the fish, Jonah does what he has not done up to this point - he prays (Ch. 2)!
- God expels Jonah from his 3 day detention in the belly of the great fish (2:10).
The story continues . . .
God's Word comes to Jonah a ''second time'' (3:1-2).
- God's patience, his mercy and grace is evident in this second call.
- There is no hint of rebuke, no chastisement, no ''I told you so,'' but neither is there a change in God's plans.
- It's the same song, second verse. There is no room for bargaining, or negotiation, God's message and mission remains the same, ''Go to Nineveh.''
- Did Jonah try to negotiate? We don't know, but we do sometimes and we learn early how to do it. Children learn to negotiate with parents. We too as children often try to negotiate with God telling Him what we will do or what we are already doing in order to get out of what He wants us to do.
Jonah carries out God's mission (3:3-4)
- Based on his three days in the belly of the fish, hopefully Jonah has cleaned up a little (see 2:10).
- Jonah has a tough message (impending judgment) to deliver and a tough crowd.
The people of Nineveh believed God (3:5)
- People actually believing God's Word, ''That's not supposed to happen, is it?'' Gentiles, wicked people, cruel enemies of God's people responding to God? Jonah thought God was supposed to ''smite'' pe ...
Series: Jonah, God's Unbounded Love
Joe Alain
Jonah 3:1-10
Through one person's obedience to God, a nation was saved! Jonah brought God's Word to the Ninevites and a moral revival occurred. But it almost did not happen.
Recalling the Story
- Jonah the prophet was called to go to the Assyrians in Nineveh (Ch. 1). The Assyrians are gentiles, different, and a brutal enemy of Israel.
- Jonah wants nothing to do with this mission and seeks to flee to Tarshish, away from the presence of God.
- To get Jonah's attention, God sends a devastating storm and a great fish (1:17).
- In the belly of the fish, Jonah does what he has not done up to this point - he prays (Ch. 2)!
- God expels Jonah from his 3 day detention in the belly of the great fish (2:10).
The story continues . . .
God's Word comes to Jonah a ''second time'' (3:1-2).
- God's patience, his mercy and grace is evident in this second call.
- There is no hint of rebuke, no chastisement, no ''I told you so,'' but neither is there a change in God's plans.
- It's the same song, second verse. There is no room for bargaining, or negotiation, God's message and mission remains the same, ''Go to Nineveh.''
- Did Jonah try to negotiate? We don't know, but we do sometimes and we learn early how to do it. Children learn to negotiate with parents. We too as children often try to negotiate with God telling Him what we will do or what we are already doing in order to get out of what He wants us to do.
Jonah carries out God's mission (3:3-4)
- Based on his three days in the belly of the fish, hopefully Jonah has cleaned up a little (see 2:10).
- Jonah has a tough message (impending judgment) to deliver and a tough crowd.
The people of Nineveh believed God (3:5)
- People actually believing God's Word, ''That's not supposed to happen, is it?'' Gentiles, wicked people, cruel enemies of God's people responding to God? Jonah thought God was supposed to ''smite'' pe ...
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