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Explore Jonah's journey to fulfill God's command despite initial reluctance. Witness God's unwavering pursuit and the powerful message of redemption in the midst of disobedience. Reflect on the themes of mercy, repentance, and God's sovereignty.
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JONAH 1 ....................... THE PRODIGAL PROPHET
3 Points Jonah’s Great Commission Jonah says “No” when God says “Go” God won’t let go
Jonah’s Great CommissionJonah 1:1-2 God’s command is certain!
Woe to the bloody city, all full of lies and plunder—no end to the prey! 2 The crack of the whip, and rumble of the wheel, galloping horse and bounding chariot! 3 Horsemen charging, flashing sword and glittering spear, hosts of slain, heaps of corpses, dead bodies without end— they stumble over the bodies! 4 And all for the countless whorings of the prostitute, graceful and of deadly charms, who betrays nations with her whorings, and peoples with her charms. - Nahum 3:1-4
Jonah 4:2 2 And he prayed to the LORD and said, “O LORD, is not this what I said when I was yet in my country? That is why I made haste to flee to Tarshish; for I knew that you are a gracious God and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, and relenting from disaster.
NO Prodigal
God doesn’t let go!Jonah 1:4-17 God could have let Jonah go! God’s sovereign purpose and perseverance. God will go to great lengths to get our attention.
“The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from the Lord.” (Proverbs 16:33).
Jeremiah 20:9 “I will not mention him, or speak any more in his name,” there is in my heart as it were a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I am weary with holding it in, and I cannot.”
Hebrews 3:12 12 Take care, brothers, lest there be in any of you an evil, unbelieving heart, leading you to fall away from the living God. 13 But exhort one another every day, as long as it is called “today,” that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.