Flee Now, Pay Later
Jonah 1:1-17
Introduction: Nineveh needed Jonah. One million people in four Metroplex-like areas'. The center of heathen, idol worship. (No preacher in it to proclaim God's way. Wickedness so great and so vile it's odor had reached heaven!
But Jonah needed Nineveh. You need that job! That place of responsibility. That challenge. That stretch- ing!
LlL. Philip Brooks would say--to his con- greation, ''Do not pray for an easier life; pray to be better men and women. Do not pray for tasks equal to your power: pray for power equal to your tasks.'' (That is how we grow.)
God needed Jonah. He is mentioned 18 times. Jonah needed God. God is mentioned 38 times. (Fish, 4) God uses people to accomplish his task.
ILL. When God spoke to Cornelius (Acts 10) ''Send for Peter he will tell you how to be saved Not the job of angels to tell how to be saved. That is man's job.''
It might be hard, but God has placed you there. The will of God is the expression of the love of God. (If God loved me he would get me out of this situation. No.' Hold still for a moment. See what God teaches.)
Chapter 1 - PROVIDENCE Chapter 2 - PARDON Chapter 3 - POWER Chapter 4 - PITY
Chapter 1 - Resignation; Chapter 9-, Repentance Chapter 3 - Revival, Chapter 4 - Rebellion.
So Chapter 1 deals with God's work. Preach against
Flee/page 2 sin and for God. Word use God's not yours; Workers, you are God's instrument; Will we must obey God's direction and do His will.
But Jonah chose not to! Instead of rising up to obey, he rose up to flee! And from that point on it was downhill! Down to Joppa, down to the ship, own into the sides of the ship, down into the fish and finally, down into the fishes' belly!
The cost of Satan's new/old travel plan? Tremendous! It took awhile for it to add up and come due, but it did! What did he lose? What did it cost? What did he pay?
I. HIS HIGH PURPOSE
Jonah was too smart to think he could get where God could not ...
Jonah 1:1-17
Introduction: Nineveh needed Jonah. One million people in four Metroplex-like areas'. The center of heathen, idol worship. (No preacher in it to proclaim God's way. Wickedness so great and so vile it's odor had reached heaven!
But Jonah needed Nineveh. You need that job! That place of responsibility. That challenge. That stretch- ing!
LlL. Philip Brooks would say--to his con- greation, ''Do not pray for an easier life; pray to be better men and women. Do not pray for tasks equal to your power: pray for power equal to your tasks.'' (That is how we grow.)
God needed Jonah. He is mentioned 18 times. Jonah needed God. God is mentioned 38 times. (Fish, 4) God uses people to accomplish his task.
ILL. When God spoke to Cornelius (Acts 10) ''Send for Peter he will tell you how to be saved Not the job of angels to tell how to be saved. That is man's job.''
It might be hard, but God has placed you there. The will of God is the expression of the love of God. (If God loved me he would get me out of this situation. No.' Hold still for a moment. See what God teaches.)
Chapter 1 - PROVIDENCE Chapter 2 - PARDON Chapter 3 - POWER Chapter 4 - PITY
Chapter 1 - Resignation; Chapter 9-, Repentance Chapter 3 - Revival, Chapter 4 - Rebellion.
So Chapter 1 deals with God's work. Preach against
Flee/page 2 sin and for God. Word use God's not yours; Workers, you are God's instrument; Will we must obey God's direction and do His will.
But Jonah chose not to! Instead of rising up to obey, he rose up to flee! And from that point on it was downhill! Down to Joppa, down to the ship, own into the sides of the ship, down into the fish and finally, down into the fishes' belly!
The cost of Satan's new/old travel plan? Tremendous! It took awhile for it to add up and come due, but it did! What did he lose? What did it cost? What did he pay?
I. HIS HIGH PURPOSE
Jonah was too smart to think he could get where God could not ...
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