Introduction
- Jonah 1:1-2
- Obadiah 1:1
- If Jonah had done what God asked, we might only have a single chapter like Obadiah.
I need to love souls like God does.
- Jonah 1:3-15
- It was about a month’s journey to get to Ninevah.
- Jonah 4:1-2 – Jonah was displeased that God was not destroying them! He didn’t want to go because he was afraid God would forgive them. This was a terrible attitude!
- While God is not afraid to punish sin, He always prefers salvation.
- Jonah 4:5-11 – Jonah’s priorities were all wrong. He cared for the plant, but did not care about 120,000 people!
Distress should help me turn to the Lord.
- Jonah 1:15-17
- Jonah 2:1-10 – In the water, Jonah thought he would die, but God sent a fish to save him.
- Sometimes hitting rock bottom is the only thing that will wake us up.
If the Ninevites could repent, so can I!
- Jonah 3:4-10
- Jonah 1:2 – These were wicked people!
- Nehemiah 1:1; 3:1
- The Ninevites even recorded their own cruelty in their history, amputating, impaling, and skinning prisoners.
- Matthew 12:41
- We should never feel like we’ve don’t anything so bad God can’t forgive us.