Sermons on Jonah
GOD IS A MERCIFUL GOD
GOD IS A MERCIFUL GOD JONAH 4 Have you ever been upset when God has bestowed a blessing on someone totally undeserving? After Jonah disobeyed God and repented, God gave Jonah a second chance, sending him to Nineveh again. He was undistracted, unafraid, and boldly proclaimed God’s message in Nineveh. The people believed God, repented, and turned from their evil and violent ways. God spared them. Yet Jonah was in misery! That was not what he wanted to happen. It…
REVIVAL IN NINEVEH
REVIVAL IN NINEVEH JONAH 3 Jonah chose to disobey God by jumping on a ship to Tarshish, going in the opposite direction of Nineveh, and ending up in the belly of a great fish. God is a God of second chances, and after the great fish regurgitated Jonah, God sent Jonah to Ninevah again. Same call, but this time Jonah chose to obey. He was undistracted, unafraid, and boldly proclaimed God’s message in Nineveh. The people believed God, repented, and…
JONAH: CHOICES, CONSEQUENCES, SECOND CHANCES
JONAH: CHOICES, CONSEQUENCES, SECOND CHANCES JONAH 2 Choices have consequences. We are free to make our choices, but we don’t get to choose the consequences of those choices. Jonah chose to disobey God by jumping on a ship to Tarshish, going in the opposite direction of Nineveh, and ending up in the belly of a great fish. Jonah did not pray during the storm, when his shipmates exposed him as a rebel, or even when they threw him overboard. But,…
JONAH: CHOICES AND CONSEQUENCES
JONAH: CHOICES AND CONSEQUENCES JONAH 1:1-13 Choices have consequences. We are free to make our choices, but we don’t get to choose the consequences of those choices. We have the choice to obey or disobey God’s commands and His call on our life. It has been estimated that 99% of the time, obedience starts with pain or discomfort in some form. Yet the final result of obedience is peace. In this passage, God called Jonah personally to a particular place,…