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Has captured imaginations for centuries. It seems to have it all: God’s requirement,

Has captured imaginations for centuries. It seems to have it all: God’s requirement, Jonah’s rebellion and retreat, God reigns him with a raging storm, the sailors’ reluctance, Jonah’s repentance and report, Nineveh’s redemption, Jonah’s resentment, and God’s reminders. .

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Has captured imaginations for centuries. It seems to have it all: God’s requirement,

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  1. Has captured imaginations for centuries. It seems to have it all: • God’s requirement, • Jonah’s rebellion and retreat, • God reigns him with a raging storm, • the sailors’ reluctance, • Jonah’s repentance and report, Nineveh’s redemption, • Jonah’s resentment, and • God’s reminders. We all know the story, but have we really gotten the point?

  2. 1:3 But Jonah retreated toward Tarshish! God required Jonah to report to Nineveh, 1:1-2

  3. “So they picked up Jonah, threw him into the sea, and the sea stopped its raging.” • God then reigns Jonah with a raging tempest, 1:4-9; • Jonah realizes and reports the resolution, 1:9-12; • The sailors are reluctant, but relent, 1:13-15; • and repent, 1:16.

  4. “And the Lord appointed a great fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the stomach of the fish three days and three nights.” 1:17 “ThenJonah prayed to the Lord his God from the stomach of the fish…”2:1ff

  5. “Then the Lord commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah up on dry land.” 2:10 “Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah a second time, saying, ‘Arise, go to Nineveh the great city and proclaim to it the proclamation which I am going to tell you.’” 3:1-2 “So Jonah arose and went to Nineveh according to the word of the Lord…” 3:3a

  6. Nineveh’s reception (of the word), repentance, 3:4-9; God relents, and Nineveh is redeemed,3:10!

  7. Jonah’s resentment, 4:1-3; God’s reminders, 4:4-11. But what’s the point of it all? That God loves all people and wants all to be saved? Sure, Rom.1:16; 1Tim.2:4; Titus 2:11-15… But is that it?

  8. Consider this question: Why was it so important that Jonah go to Nineveh? Why not let the whale be the end of it for Jonah, and send someone else to Nineveh, cf.Esther 4:14? Because the story is about Jonah’s salvationas much as Nineveh’s… and there was something yet lacking(cf. Luke 18:22ff)…

  9. Jonah was doing the right things, finally… But his “heart was not right” (cf. Acts 8:21): 1. He sought pleasure from the wrong sources, v.1, Jas.4:1ff, Luke15:7; 2. He thought only of himself, vv.2-5, Phil.2:3-5ff; 3. He didn’t getthe value of others’ souls, vv.6-11, Matt.16:26; but perhaps most importantly… 4. He didn’t love his enemies, v.2 Matt.5:43-48!

  10. Jonah begged to die, but was not ready… He needed God’s compassion as much as Nineveh! Now, here are the big questions: “Where is your Nineveh?” “Even if your actions are (finally) right, is yourheart right?” What does your story indicate?

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