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Why did God have the book of Jonah written?

Why did God have the book of Jonah written?. There were lessons for both the Jews of old and for Christians today. (Rom 15:4). Why did God have the book of Jonah written?.

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Why did God have the book of Jonah written?

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  1. Why did God have the book of Jonah written? • There were lessons for both the Jews of old and for Christians today. (Rom 15:4)

  2. Why did God have the book of Jonah written? • (Romans 15:4 NKJV)“For whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that we through the patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope.”

  3. Why did God have the book of Jonah written? • Have you ever thought of an individual or a race of people as being beyond redemption?

  4. Why did God have the book of Jonah written? • Have you ever thought of an individual or a race of people as being beyond redemption? • Often we have such a confidence in our "wisdom" that we fight God.

  5. Why did God have the book of Jonah written? • Have you ever thought of an individual or a race of people as being beyond redemption? • Often we have such a confidence in our "wisdom" that we fight God. • In the book of Jonah we learn some important lessons about God.

  6. Why did God have the book of Jonah written? • Have you ever thought of an individual or a race of people as being beyond redemption? • Often we have such a confidence in our "wisdom" that we fight God. • In the book of Jonah we learn some important lessons about God. • As Christians we must come to think like God! (2 Cor 10:5)

  7. Why did God have the book of Jonah written? • (2 Corinthians 10:5 NKJV)“casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ,”

  8. Why did God have the book of Jonah written? • The same problem within Jonah is faced by Christians today.

  9. Background of the book of Jonah • Who was Jonah?

  10. Background of the book of Jonah • Who was Jonah? • Jonah's name means, "dove." He was the one to make peace between the heathen city of Nineveh and God.

  11. Background of the book of Jonah • Who was Jonah? • Jonah's name means, "dove." He was the one to make peace between the heathen city of Nineveh and God. • Jonah lived about the time of Jeroboam II (II Kings 14:23-25).

  12. Background of the book of Jonah • (2 Kings 14:23-25 NKJV)“In the fifteenth year of Amaziah the son of Joash, king of Judah, Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel, became king in Samaria, and reigned forty-one years. {24} And he did evil in the sight of the LORD; he did not depart from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who had made Israel sin.

  13. Background of the book of Jonah • {25} He restored the territory of Israel from the entrance of Hamath to the Sea of the Arabah, according to the word of the LORD God of Israel, which He had spoken through His servant Jonah the son of Amittai, the prophet who was from Gath Hepher.”

  14. Background of the book of Jonah • Lived in Gathhepher about 20 miles north of Joppa.

  15. Background of the book of Jonah • Lived in Gathhepher about 20 miles north of Joppa. • He was a truly zealous prophet for God. He wants all nations who refuse the Lord to be destroyed.

  16. Background of the book of Jonah • What do we know about Nineveh?(Jonah 1:2)

  17. Background of the book of Jonah • (Jonah 1:2 NKJV)“”Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry out against it; for their wickedness has come up before Me.””

  18. Background of the book of Jonah • This is one of the oldest cities in history.

  19. Background of the book of Jonah • This is one of the oldest cities in history. • This city was mentioned shortly after flood (Gen 10:8-12).

  20. Background of the book of Jonah • (Genesis 10:8-12 NKJV)“Cush begot Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one on the earth. {9} He was a mighty hunter before the LORD; therefore it is said, “Like Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD.” {10} And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.

  21. Background of the book of Jonah • {11} From that land he went to Assyria and built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah, {12} and Resen between Nineveh and Calah (that is the principal city).”

  22. Background of the book of Jonah • Nineveh was located on the Tigris River.

  23. Background of the book of Jonah • Nineveh was located on the Tigris River. • It was approximately 8 miles in circumference. The walls enclosed 1800 acres of land.

  24. Background of the book of Jonah • Nineveh was located on the Tigris River. • It was approximately 8 miles in circumference. The walls enclosed 1800 acres of land. • Hence, it was three days' journey around the city (Jonah 3:3)!

  25. Background of the book of Jonah • (Jonah 3:3 NKJV)“So Jonah arose and went to Nineveh, according to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, a three-day journeyin extent.”

  26. Background of the book of Jonah • At this time it was the capital of Assyria.

  27. Background of the book of Jonah • At this time it was the capital of Assyria. • Nineveh was known for its wickedness and cruelty of its people.

  28. Background of the book of Jonah • It was called "the Robber city" because it overran and robbed other countries to make itself rich.

  29. Some lessons about God • He is concerned for all men.

  30. Some lessons about God • He is concerned for all men. • How could God show concern for such a wicked people? He did! (Jonah 1:1-2)

  31. Some lessons about God • (Jonah 1:1-2 NKJV)“Now the word of the LORD came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, {2} “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry out against it; for their wickedness has come up before Me.””

  32. Some lessons about God • How did God view these people?(Jonah 4:11)

  33. Some lessons about God • Jonah 4:11 (NKJV) - And should I not pity Nineveh, that great city, in which are more than one hundred and twenty thousand persons who cannot discern between their right hand and theirleft—and much livestock?”

  34. Some lessons about God • Do we have the mind of Christ concerning the gospel and the wicked? (2 Pt 3:9; Mk 6:34; 2 Tim 2:24-26)

  35. Some lessons about God • (Mark 6:34 NKJV)“And Jesus, when He came out, saw a great multitude and was moved with compassion for them, because they were like sheep not having a shepherd. So He began to teach them many things.”

  36. Some lessons about God • (2 Timothy 2:24-26 NKJV)“And a servant of the Lord must not quarrel but be gentle to all, able to teach, patient, {25} in humility correcting those who are in opposition, if God perhaps will grant them repentance, so that they may know the truth, {26} and that they may come to their senses and escape the snare of the devil, having been taken captive by him to do his will.”

  37. Some lessons about God • (2 Peter 3:9 NKJV)“The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.”

  38. Some lessons about God • He is able to accomplish His purpose.

  39. Some lessons about God • He is able to accomplish His purpose. • God wanted him to go. Would you have questioned the wisdom of this? (Jonah 1:3)

  40. Some lessons about God • (Jonah 1:3 NKJV)“But Jonah arose to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the LORD. He went down to Joppa, and found a ship going to Tarshish; so he paid the fare, and went down into it, to go with them to Tarshish from the presence of the LORD.”

  41. Some lessons about God • Unlike Jonah, God does not directly make us aware of when a door of opportunity opens in the life of an individual. Still we are to teach all men. (Mt 28:18-19)

  42. Some lessons about God • (Matthew 28:18-19 NKJV)“And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. {19} “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,”

  43. Some lessons about God • Are we ready for the opportunity of the open door. (Esther 4:14-15)

  44. Some lessons about God • (Esther 4:14-15 NKJV)“For if you remain completely silent at this time, relief and deliverance will arise for the Jews from another place, but you and your father’s house will perish. Yet who knows whether you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this?” {15} Then Esther told them to reply to Mordecai:”

  45. Some lessons about God • He is no respecter of persons.(Acts 10:34-35)

  46. Some lessons about God • (Acts 10:34-35 NKJV)“Then Peter opened his mouth and said: “In truth I perceive that God shows no partiality. {35} “But in every nation whoever fears Him and works righteousness is accepted by Him.”

  47. Some lessons about God • What would God do if they repented? (Jonah 3:10)

  48. Some lessons about God • (Jonah 3:10 NKJV)“Then God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God relented from the disaster that He had said He would bring upon them, and He did not do it.”

  49. Some lessons about God • Do we think that God will allow us to go to heaven if we do any less? (Mt 12:41)

  50. Some lessons about God • (Matthew 12:41 NKJV)“The men of Nineveh will rise up in the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and indeed a greater than Jonah is here.”

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