GOD'S STRANGE SERVANT (1-2 OF 4)
Scripture: Jonah 1:1-17, Jonah 2:1-10
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God's Strange Servant (1 of 4)
Series: The Story of Jonah
Stuart Briscoe
Jonah 1
Campbell Morgan said that people were so taken up with the ''great fish'' of Jonah that they had overlooked Jonah's ''great God.'' The amazing thing about this great God is that He was prepared to use such a strange individual.
I. The Interpretation of Jonah.
A. Historical-real person and real events.
B. Allegorical-Jonah=Dove=Israel, etc.
C. Parabolical-like Good Samaritan, Prodigal Son.
II. The Independence of Jonah.
A. His privileged position. vv. 1-2
1. Chosen to hear the Word.
2. Commissioned to bear the message.
3. Called to be the representative.
B. His rebellious reaction. v. 3
1. Its causes.
a. Disobedience to the Word.
b. Disinterest in the message.
c. Disdain for the privilege.
2. Its consequences.
a. Total loss of spiritual reality. v. 3
b. Total absence of spiritual sensitivity. v. 5
III. The Intervention of Jehovah.
A. Through His control.
1. Of the elements. v. 4
2. Of the lots. v. 7
B. Through the confrontation. vv. 8-9
1. The interrogation. v. 8
2. The information. v. 9
3. The indignation. v. 10
a. Why the inconsistency of profession and performance?
b. Why the involvement of the innocent in his sin?
C. Through the conscience.
1. The behavior of the pagans.
a. Their prayer, his prayerlessness. v. 6
b. Their fear, his fearlessness. v. 10
c. Their integrity, his duplicity. v. 13
d. Their care, his carelessness. v. 14
e. Their sacrifice, his selfishness. v. 16
2. The recognition of responsibility. v. 12
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Series: The Story of Jonah
Stuart Briscoe
Jonah 1
Campbell Morgan said that people were so taken up with the ''great fish'' of Jonah that they had overlooked Jonah's ''great God.'' The amazing thing about this great God is that He was prepared to use such a strange individual.
I. The Interpretation of Jonah.
A. Historical-real person and real events.
B. Allegorical-Jonah=Dove=Israel, etc.
C. Parabolical-like Good Samaritan, Prodigal Son.
II. The Independence of Jonah.
A. His privileged position. vv. 1-2
1. Chosen to hear the Word.
2. Commissioned to bear the message.
3. Called to be the representative.
B. His rebellious reaction. v. 3
1. Its causes.
a. Disobedience to the Word.
b. Disinterest in the message.
c. Disdain for the privilege.
2. Its consequences.
a. Total loss of spiritual reality. v. 3
b. Total absence of spiritual sensitivity. v. 5
III. The Intervention of Jehovah.
A. Through His control.
1. Of the elements. v. 4
2. Of the lots. v. 7
B. Through the confrontation. vv. 8-9
1. The interrogation. v. 8
2. The information. v. 9
3. The indignation. v. 10
a. Why the inconsistency of profession and performance?
b. Why the involvement of the innocent in his sin?
C. Through the conscience.
1. The behavior of the pagans.
a. Their prayer, his prayerlessness. v. 6
b. Their fear, his fearlessness. v. 10
c. Their integrity, his duplicity. v. 13
d. Their care, his carelessness. v. 14
e. Their sacrifice, his selfishness. v. 16
2. The recognition of responsibility. v. 12
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