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 We're going to read the Bible now.

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 If you can open up your Bible to Jonah 1, verses 1 to 16.

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 He said,

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 Threatened to break up.

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 Then the mariners were afraid, and each cried out to his God,

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 and they hurled the cargo that was in the ship into the sea to lighten it for them.

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 But Jonah had gone down into the inner part of the ship,

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 and had lain down and was fast asleep.

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 So the captain came and said to him,

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 What do you mean, you sleeper?

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 Arise, call out to your God.

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 Perhaps the God will give a thought to us, that we may not perish.

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 And they said to one another,

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 Come, let us cast lots, that we may know on whose account this evil has come upon us.

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 So they cast lots, and the lot fell on Jonah.

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 Then they said to him,

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 Tell us on whose account this evil has come upon us.

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 What is your occupation?

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 And where do you come from?

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 What is your country?

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 And of what people are you?

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 And he said to them,

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 I am a Hebrew, and I fear the Lord, the God of heaven, who made the sea and the dry land.

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 Then the men were exceedingly afraid, and said to him,

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 What is this that you have done?

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 For the men knew that he was fleeing from the presence of the Lord, because he had told them.

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 Then they said to him,

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 What shall we do to you, that the sea may quiet down for us?

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 For the sea grew more and more tempestuous.

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 He said to them,

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 Pick me up and hurl me into the sea, then the sea will quiet down for you,

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 for I know it is because of me that this great tempest has come upon you.

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 Nevertheless, the men rode hard to get back to dry land, but they could not,

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 for the sea grew more and more tempestuous against them.

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 Therefore they called out to the Lord,

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 O Lord, let us not perish for this man's life,

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 and lay not on us innocent blood,

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 for you, O Lord, have done as it pleased you.

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 So they picked up Jonah and hurled him into the sea,

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 and the sea ceased from its raging.

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 Then the men feared the Lord exceedingly,

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 and they offered a sacrifice to the Lord and made vows.

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 Okay, well, thanks everyone.

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 I'm really excited to be preaching today.

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 It's been about two years since I preached here,

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 which, I know, thank you Sarah Morris,

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 that's the reaction that I had.

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 Sarah was like,

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 two years, it's been quite a while,

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 so I'm really stoked to be here today.

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 And we're starting a series on the book of Jonah today.

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 So Jonah chapter one.

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 Jonah is my favorite ending to a book in the Bible ever.

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 All so much cattle?

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 That's the end of the book of Jonah.

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 I don't know if you've got that far through the book.

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 They're the last three words.

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 Random.

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 I, for about 10 years, have had,

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 this is a bit of a confession to start,

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 have had quite a weird, complex, morbid fascination with tornadoes.

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 I don't know if anyone else here has gone down YouTube tornado rabbit holes.

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 Yes, I can see one.

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 It's a bit of an odd thing.

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 It's actually a bucket list of mine

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 that I want to see a tornado before I die.

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 Okay.

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 I can't tell if that's a me too or if that's a you're crazy.

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 I think it's probably a bit of a mix.

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 But in Australia, we don't actually have many tornadoes.

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 There's been a few.

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 In fact, this is a fun fact for you.

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 The strongest tornado ever in Australia was in Bula Dila.

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 Who knew it could be that close?

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 But we don't get many.

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 We get a few.

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 The best one probably filmed in Australia,

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 and I'm hoping this is going to click through.

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 This is probably the most impressive looking one it was in.

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 Just between Bathurst and Lithgow, if you know where that is.

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 Decent.

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 Like that tornado.

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 Pretty good.

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 You know, it's a decent size,

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 but it's not particularly impressive, let's just say.

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 Now, if you want a proper tornado,

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 we're talking the big boys here,

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 there's really only one country that you can go to.

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 Oh, Australian tornadoes part one

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 if you want to go down the rabbit hole,

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 which suggests there's a part two as well,

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 so you can do that in your own time.

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 But the big ones are found in the US.

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 Now, this is an example of another one

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 that was filmed in America.

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 Now we're talking.

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 Look at this.

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 Isn't that massive?

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 That's the type of tornado I want to see before I die.

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 I want to go into...

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 Katie and Kevin are like,

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 no, you don't want to see that before you die.

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 Have you guys ever seen one in America?

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 No.

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 Yeah, but I'm sure the damage in it makes the news.

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 See, I'm a bit removed from it.

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 I recognise that.

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 But that's impressive.

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 That's something that I think is super exciting.

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 Now, again, I don't know if you know much about tornadoes,

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 but that is not even the start of how big a tornado can get.

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 This is one that was in South Dakota.

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 In case it's not immediately obvious,

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 that whole thing is a tornado.

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 It's called a wedge tornado,

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 and it is terrifying.

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 Like, no-one wants to be in front of that thing.

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 And I think I'm very happy to see the big majestic one.

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 You can kind of see it in the middle of the day.

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 I'm very happy if I don't see one of these in my lifetime.

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 That is just terrifying.

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 Now, people have all different types of reactions to tornadoes.

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 Some are fascinated.

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 Some are horrified.

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 This is a reaction.

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 This is a very famous...

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 You didn't think you were going to be coming here to church today

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 for a tornado rundown, but here it is.

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 This is a very famous video of a guy who was in his house

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 when a tornado was coming in his house.

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 Now, this is the start of the video.

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 You can kind of see it there in the background.

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 We're now going to skip,

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 because this obviously goes for quite a while.

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 We're going to skip about a minute and a half in.

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 Now, this is real.

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 This is pre-AI days.

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 The guy is still filming.

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 He's still filming.

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 Anyway, this video, it actually continues for like another 30 seconds,

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 and it's basically this chunked-out noise over a black background.

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 But I think the reason I'm fascinated by tornadoes

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 is because of the raw power.

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 Like, there's something just intensely amazing

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 about seeing this type of thing coming towards you.

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 And there's nothing that you can do about it.

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 If you are in front of this thing here, like the guy in the camera,

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 you can't tell that thing to change course.

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 It's going where it wants to go.

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 You cannot tell it that it should maybe quieten down

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 or, I don't know, dissipate before it gets to you.

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 So that thing will do whatever it wants to do.

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 And in this part of the Bible that we're reading today,

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 Jonah chapter 1,

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 we're going to see a completely unstoppable God.

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 We are going to see a completely unstoppable God

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 intent on delivering His mercy to His enemies.

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 And the question as we go through, Jonah,

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 as we kind of go through the passage today

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 that you should be asking yourself,

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 is how will you respond?

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 When you're faced with this incredible force,

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 unstoppable force that is our God,

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 how do you respond?

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 Do you run?

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 Do you pretend like it's not there, that it's not coming?

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 Or do you recognise the reality of what's before you?

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 So let's pray and we can get into it.

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 Dear God, thank you that we can be here today

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 talking about Jonah chapter 1.

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 Such an incredible part of your words to us.

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 I pray that you'd help us to hear.

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 I pray that you'd help me to speak clearly

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 and cover over any of my failings if needed.

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 Amen.

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 Okay, we're going to open up Jonah chapter 1.

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 So we'll read from Jonah chapter 1, verse 1.

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 If you've got your Bible there,

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 then it's somewhere in the middle-ish.

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 That is so unhelpful.

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 Look at your contents if you're not sure where it is.

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 But the first thing,

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 and actually while you're doing that,

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 I'm going to swap stands

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 because I already tell this is just going to

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 slowly sink down as I'm going.

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 So I'm going to quickly swap stands while you find it.

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 Okay, Jonah chapter 1.

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 Now, first thing that we're going to see

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 as we read through this

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 is that Jonah shows us

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 that rebellion is pointless

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 in front of an unstoppable God.

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 Rebellion is pointless against an unstoppable God.

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 So verse 1.

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 Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah,

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 the son of Amittai, saying,

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 Arise, go to Nineveh,

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 that great city,

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 and call out against it,

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 for their evil has come up before me.

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 But Jonah rose to flee to Tarshish

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 from the presence of the Lord.

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 He went down to Joppa

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 and found a ship going...

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 They should have called it Tarshish.

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 That would make way more sense.

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 Found a ship going to Tarshish.

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 So he paid the fare

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 and went down into it

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 to go with them to Tarshish

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 away from the presence of the Lord.

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 So Jonah chapter 1,

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 we're introduced to this man

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 called Jonah, the son of Amittai.

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 We don't know much about Amittai,

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 apart from the fact that he's his dad, I guess.

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 But we do know that he's a prophet of God.

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 So we're told that Jonah is a prophet.

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 He was around during the reign

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 of a king called Jeroboam II.

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 So if you don't know much

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 about the history of Israel,

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 basically Israel is in two parts.

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 There's a northern kingdom

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 and a southern kingdom.

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 Jonah's in the northern kingdom,

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 and this king, Jeroboam II,

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 is king over the northern kingdom.

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 And up until this point,

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 every king has been evil.

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 There's one that's a little bit mixed in there,

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 but basically all the kings of Israel

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 have been evil to this point.

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 And Jeroboam II is no exception.

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 He is right on the same path

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 as his fathers and grandfather.

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 And when we look at Jonah,

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 we actually know a bit about Jonah

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 because he's mentioned in two kings.

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 So he's not just mentioned in the book of Jonah.

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 We see in 2 Kings 14.

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 And basically what it says in there

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 is that Jonah was a prophet of God

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 during Jeroboam II.

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 And he told this king

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 that he would be the one

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 to expand the borders of Israel.

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 So again, kind of it had shrunk

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 a little bit over time.

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 Jonah is telling this evil king

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 that actually he will expand

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 the borders of the kingdom.

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 Now Jeroboam II reigned

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 somewhere between,

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 look, we're talking ancient history, right?

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 So there's a bit of an up and down

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 as to what the range

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 of when he might have reigned would be.

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 But it's around 793 to 746 BC

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 for argument's sake

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 and so I don't have to keep giving a range.

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 Let's just say 770 BC.

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 And so Jonah is the prophet during this time.

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 But you get the very, very strong impression

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 Jonah would be happy

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 to have any other job.

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 He does not want to be a prophet.

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 He would love to just be like a bricklayer

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 or a carpenter or something like that.

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 He does not want to be the prophet of God.

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 And in verse 1 and 2,

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 God says to Jonah,

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 I have a message for you

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 that I want you to go and give

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 to the people of Nineveh.

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 I want you to tell them

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 that their evil has come up before me.

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 Now what does Jonah do?

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 Yes, Lord.

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 Thank you for this amazing message.

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 Consider it done.

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 Don't stress God.

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 I am on top of this.

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 Of course not.

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 We know that he does the opposite

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 and he runs away.

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 Now, usually when we read Jonah,

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 if you're like me,

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 you probably get to this point

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 and you're like,

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 fool, what a fool.

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 Jonah, silly man.

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 And he is.

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 But you know what?

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 It's actually a little bit understandable.

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 So if you don't know anything

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 about the Ninevites,

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 they're really a main city

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 of one of Israel's biggest enemies,

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 the Assyrians.

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 And during this time,

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 Assyria is probably

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 the most powerful nation on earth.

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 And so it's no small feat

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 that Jonah would go to an enemy city

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 and preach to them God's message.

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 Jonah would love for these people

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 to just be wiped off the face of the planet.

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 And we find out later in Jonah

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 that he suspects that God will be merciful

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 to them if he goes.

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 So he hates them.

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 And in fact,

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 in about 50 years on from Jonah,

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 the Assyrians end up conquering

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 the northern kingdom of Israel.

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 So the kingdom that Jonah is in,

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 the Assyrians end up conquering.

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 That is the people that God is telling him to go to.

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 So you can kind of understand that.

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 But even just from a selfish perspective,

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 he's asking him to go to an enemy

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 and tell them that they're complete rebels

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 and they're evil.

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 Now to try and maybe make a bit of a poor illustration,

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 imagine you were Ukrainian

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 and God came and said,

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 I want you to go to Moscow

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 and I want you to tell them that they're evil

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 and that the God of the whole universe

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 is unhappy with them.

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 Best case jail, probably.

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 Worst case torture and death.

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 That is what God is asking Jonah to do.

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 And I can kind of understand his hesitance

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 when he does that.

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 So Jonah actually doesn't want to do this.

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 Now he's concerned for his own safety.

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 We can get the slide happening.

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 Oh, this is a slide I forgot to say.

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 I'm going to actually...

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 Okay, this is a slide

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 that I should have said right at the start.

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 So I'm going to do this quickly.

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 It was talking about the scale of tornadoes.

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 So...

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 You can tell I've got a weird...

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 I've just completely thrown the whole flow of my talk,

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 but I think this is important.

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 This is a map of Newcastle.

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 There was a giant tornado in America, again, of course,

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 called the El Reno tornado.

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 It happened in 2013.

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 I'm not sure if anyone's heard of this tornado.

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 Yes, yes.

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 4.2 kilometres wide.

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 Which is ridiculous.

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 500 kilometre per hour winds,

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 which is also ridiculous.

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 This is...

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 If church was the centre point of that tornado,

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 that's how far it would stretch.

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 So we're talking, what, Lake Macquarie in the south,

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 all the way up to nearly Woolworths at Edgeworth,

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 if you know where that is.

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 If you know where I live,

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 this would knock out my house as well.

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 It's about a 10-minute drive to my house.

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 So we're talking about a massive, massive tornado.

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 Great, that's important for later

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 and totally not helpful in the context

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 of what I was talking about.

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 But Jonah is running from God.

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 He's rebelling against God.

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 And God is unstoppable.

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 His plans never fail.

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 And Jonah is rebelling against this unstoppable God.

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 This is the slide that we're meant to be up to.

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 This is where Jonah is running.

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 So he goes to Joppa.

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 This is in Miles, which is very unhelpful.

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 It's one of the terrible inventions of the British.

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 2,500 kilometres is where he's going to Tarshish.

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 It's basically the end of the world for someone like Jonah.

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 God is calling him to go the other direction.

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 He's calling him to go to Nineveh.

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 And it's about as far as you can possibly get

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 from where God is calling him to go, Tarshish,

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 other direction.

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 And he's running away.

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 Now, Jonah is rebelling against an unstoppable God.

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 His plans never fail.

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 And Jonah's rebellion against this unstoppable God

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 is pointless.

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 There is no point in his rebelling.

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 So we're going to read from verse 4.

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 You've got Bible again, verse 4.

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 But the Lord hurled a great wind upon the sea,

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 and there was a mighty tempest on the sea,

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 so the ship threatened to break up.

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 Then the mariners were afraid,

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 and each cried out to his God,

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 and they hurled the cargo that was in the ship

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 into the sea to lighten it for them.

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 But Jonah had gone down into the inner part of the ship

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 and had lain down and was fast asleep.

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 Then verse 7.

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 And they said to one another,

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 Come, let us cast lots,

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 that we may know on whose account this evil has come upon us.

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 So they cast lots, and the lot fell on Jonah.

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 Then they said to him,

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 Tell us on whose account this evil has come upon us.

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 What's your occupation and where do you come from?

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 What's your country and of what people are you?

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 And he said to them,

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 I am a Hebrew and I fear the Lord,

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 the God of heaven, who made the sea and the dry land.

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 Then verse 12.

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 He said to them,

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 Pick me up and hurl me into the sea.

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 Then the sea will quiet down for you,

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 for I know it is because of me

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 that this great tempest has come upon you.

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 Nevertheless, the men rode hard to get back to dry land,

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 but they could not.

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 For the sea grew more and more tempestuous against them.

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 Then in verse 15.

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 So they picked up Jonah and hurled him into the sea,

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 and the sea ceased from its raging.

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 See, Jonah's rebellion against God is pointless.

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 He's running away.

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 He's trying to hope that maybe God won't see him,

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 but God sends a massive wind to come and push him back.

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 And they kind of try everything that they can.

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 Jonah has kind of told him he's running from our God.

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 But God makes it clear to everyone

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 that Jonah is the reason that they are in this mess.

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 They're the reason that they're in this horrific storm.

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 And the sailors, to their credit, actually,

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 very nobly, try and resist this storm.

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 They throw stuff into the sea.

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 They kind of, Jonah says, throw me out.

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 And they're like, oh, don't worry.

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 We'll try and row anyway.

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 But they find that it is pointless.

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 And eventually they throw Jonah into the sea,

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 and he's swallowed up by the great fish.

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 And of course, that's what Jonah is most famous for,

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 is being swallowed by a fish.

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 But for all his efforts,

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 Jonah finds out that rebellion against God is pointless.

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 Now, this is why I kept persisting with my out-of-place slides,

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 because I want you to imagine that this El Reno tornado,

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 four kilometres wide, 500 kilometre per hour winds,

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 they reckon, over 500 kilometre per hour winds,

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 is coming towards us.

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 It's coming out of the south.

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 It's hit Lake Macquarie Maccas.

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 There's some good things come out of this tornado.

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 It's Bunnings.

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 It's Costco.

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 It kind of just evaporates into the sky.

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 It gets to KFC Glendale.

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 And it is coming.

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 There is nothing you can do.

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 It will hit this building.

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 Now, imagine if at that point you went,

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 you know what?

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 I'm not moving.

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 I have been here since 8 o'clock this morning.

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 I had to get my kids ready.

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 My son spilt water on my preaching notes.

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 My wife still has two songs to go.

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 We're not leaving.

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 I'm staying here.

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 And in fact, you can move.

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 You can go around me.

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 That's fine.

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 You know, if you want to quieten down before you get here,

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 that's an option as well.

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 But I'm not moving.

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 Now, imagine if that was your response

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 to the tornado coming down on you.

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 Well, I would find out pretty quickly

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 that no amount of rebellious attitude from me

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 will make any difference to what that tornado does.

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 It's coming for me.

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 It'll throw me hundreds of metres into the air.

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 It'll obliterate this building.

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 And it does not matter whether I tell it to do something or not

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 because it is unstoppable.

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 And that's what we're seeing here in Jonah.

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 We're seeing Jonah up against an unstoppable, unresistible God.

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 The God of the universe who will deliver his plan

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 and nothing that Jonah says or does will stop it.

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 I wonder how well acquainted you are with God's plans.

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 Maybe you're not really been to church much before.

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 Maybe you're someone who kind of has been in and out of church.

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 But I wonder how much you actually know about God's plans.

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 Because if a great God of the universe is tracking towards you,

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 wouldn't you want to know what that plan is?

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 If that plan will be delivered

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 and you cannot change it,

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 he will deliver it,

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 then I would put it to you

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 that you probably want to know what that plan is.

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 You know, I think most people in Newcastle

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 actually don't want to know the plans of God.

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 I think Jonah is probably not the best example

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 for what someone is like in Newcastle.

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 I think very few people in Newcastle that aren't Christian

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 will rebel against it.

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 They'll know God's plan.

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 They'll know Jesus' death and resurrection.

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 And they'll decide,

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 no, I'm doing something anyway.

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 I think actually most people

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 are very happy being willfully ignorant of God's plan.

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 Because if I know God's plan,

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 then I probably have to change something

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 about what I'm doing.

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 I think that's why a lot of people

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 don't want to hear about God's plan.

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 And I've been trying to think about why I find,

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 I don't know if you're at church camp,

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 if you're at church camp,

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 or if you weren't at church camp,

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 there was a really strong,

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 I guess, question put to us about evangelism.

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 Are we telling people the gospel?

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 And I've been trying to think about

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 what is it that I find so hard

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 about telling someone about Jesus?

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 Because I actually do talk about Jesus a lot.

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 I talk about him,

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 like all my colleagues know I'm Christian.

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 I talked about the fact I went to church camp,

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 for example.

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 My colleagues know that I go to this church,

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 so they would know where to find me

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 on a Sunday morning if they wanted to come and visit.

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 I actually don't have a problem

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 with telling them I'm a Christian.

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 But where it gets hard

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 is when I have to say,

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 actually, God's plan applies to you as well.

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 I think most people are happy for me to be a Christian.

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 As long as it's for you.

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 I don't want to know about it.

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 Like, that's fine, you do what you want to do,

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 but I'm not someone who wants to know

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 about the plans of God.

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 They don't want to know that they're in rebellion

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 to an unstoppable God.

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 See, to properly tell others

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 means that at some point,

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 you're going to have to say something offensive

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 and that they don't want to hear.

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 And that is that they are at conflict

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 with the plans of an unstoppable God.

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 And in Australia,

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 there is almost nothing more offensive

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 than to tell someone

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 that they're living life the wrong way.

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 I don't know if you've done it before,

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 but it's kind of the unwritten rule in Australia

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 that you don't talk about my life,

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 you don't dwell too hard on my life

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 and I won't do that to you.

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 But it doesn't change the reality.

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 Whether that person, that friend, that colleague,

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 whoever it might be, family member,

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 whether they know the plans of God,

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 whether they believe the plans of God,

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 makes no difference to the reality.

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 There is an unstoppable God headed their way.

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 And I think in Australia,

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 most of our job is convincing people

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 that they actually are in rebellion

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 to this unstoppable God.

00:27:15.739 --> 00:27:17.839
 And we should be trying to help other people see,

00:27:17.939 --> 00:27:20.419
 I think, the reality of this giant tornado

00:27:20.419 --> 00:27:21.359
 bearing down on them.

00:27:21.359 --> 00:27:28.919
 So if rebellion is pointless

00:27:28.919 --> 00:27:30.959
 against an unstoppable God,

00:27:31.099 --> 00:27:32.779
 faith is accepting the reality

00:27:32.779 --> 00:27:34.119
 of an unstoppable God.

00:27:36.319 --> 00:27:38.439
 Now there's a really strong contrast in Jonah.

00:27:39.079 --> 00:27:39.839
 If you see Jonah,

00:27:39.939 --> 00:27:41.779
 he's kind of the guy who's running away,

00:27:41.919 --> 00:27:42.519
 he's scared,

00:27:43.099 --> 00:27:44.779
 he knows what God's plan is,

00:27:44.819 --> 00:27:45.039
 and he's like,

00:27:45.099 --> 00:27:46.059
 I want no piece of that.

00:27:46.500 --> 00:27:48.419
 There is a contrasting reaction in Jonah.

00:27:48.420 --> 00:27:49.900
 I don't know if you picked it up

00:27:49.900 --> 00:27:50.940
 as we read through,

00:27:51.840 --> 00:27:56.300
 but the sailors actually have the reaction

00:27:56.300 --> 00:27:57.840
 that Jonah probably should have had

00:27:57.840 --> 00:27:59.080
 and the fear towards God

00:27:59.080 --> 00:28:00.180
 that Jonah should have had.

00:28:00.660 --> 00:28:02.240
 So we're going to read some of that again,

00:28:02.320 --> 00:28:03.380
 but they put him to shame.

00:28:03.519 --> 00:28:04.640
 So we're going to start at verse four.

00:28:05.140 --> 00:28:06.539
 We're going to cover some of the bits

00:28:06.539 --> 00:28:08.279
 that we already have talked about,

00:28:08.940 --> 00:28:11.019
 but try and look at the reaction

00:28:11.019 --> 00:28:13.240
 of the sailors in response to God.

00:28:13.240 --> 00:28:18.319
 But the Lord hurled a great wind upon the sea,

00:28:18.920 --> 00:28:20.680
 and there was a mighty tempest on the sea,

00:28:20.759 --> 00:28:22.539
 so that the ship threatened to break up.

00:28:24.240 --> 00:28:25.500
 Then the mariners were afraid,

00:28:25.579 --> 00:28:26.779
 and each cried out to his God,

00:28:26.819 --> 00:28:28.599
 and they hurled the cargo that was in the ship

00:28:28.599 --> 00:28:30.180
 into the sea to lighten it for them.

00:28:31.759 --> 00:28:33.160
 But Jonah had gone down

00:28:33.160 --> 00:28:34.480
 into the inner part of the ship,

00:28:34.779 --> 00:28:36.620
 and had lain down and was fast asleep.

00:28:38.000 --> 00:28:39.660
 So the captain came and said to them,

00:28:39.660 --> 00:28:41.580
 what do you mean, you sleeper?

00:28:41.740 --> 00:28:43.320
 Arise, call out to your God.

00:28:44.080 --> 00:28:46.019
 Perhaps the God will give a thought to us

00:28:46.019 --> 00:28:47.720
 that we might not perish.

00:28:49.140 --> 00:28:50.420
 And they said to one another,

00:28:50.540 --> 00:28:51.880
 come, let us cast lots,

00:28:51.980 --> 00:28:53.259
 that we may know on whose account

00:28:53.259 --> 00:28:54.740
 this evil has come upon us.

00:28:55.680 --> 00:28:57.019
 So they cast lots,

00:28:57.700 --> 00:28:58.940
 and the lot fell on Jonah.

00:29:00.160 --> 00:29:01.220
 Then they said to him,

00:29:01.779 --> 00:29:03.080
 tell us, on whose account

00:29:03.080 --> 00:29:04.700
 this evil has come upon us?

00:29:05.900 --> 00:29:07.060
 What's your occupation?

00:29:07.259 --> 00:29:08.140
 Where do you come from?

00:29:09.660 --> 00:29:10.620
 What's your country,

00:29:10.700 --> 00:29:11.640
 and what people are you?

00:29:13.519 --> 00:29:14.500
 And he said to them,

00:29:14.600 --> 00:29:15.320
 I am a Hebrew,

00:29:15.779 --> 00:29:17.160
 and I fear the Lord,

00:29:17.240 --> 00:29:17.900
 the God of heaven,

00:29:17.960 --> 00:29:19.340
 who made the sea and the dry land.

00:29:20.560 --> 00:29:22.420
 Then the men were exceedingly afraid,

00:29:22.519 --> 00:29:23.240
 and said to him,

00:29:23.840 --> 00:29:25.700
 what is this you have done?

00:29:27.060 --> 00:29:28.660
 For the men knew that he was fleeing

00:29:28.660 --> 00:29:29.920
 from the presence of the Lord,

00:29:29.980 --> 00:29:31.040
 because he had told them.

00:29:32.740 --> 00:29:33.800
 Then he said to them,

00:29:34.259 --> 00:29:35.640
 what shall we do to you,

00:29:35.700 --> 00:29:37.480
 that the sea may quiet down for us?

00:29:37.480 --> 00:29:41.019
 For the sea grew more and more tempestuous.

00:29:41.400 --> 00:29:42.319
 He said to them,

00:29:42.799 --> 00:29:44.339
 pick me up and hurl me into the sea,

00:29:44.460 --> 00:29:46.000
 then the sea will quieten down for you,

00:29:46.079 --> 00:29:47.559
 for I know it is because of me

00:29:47.559 --> 00:29:49.440
 that this great tempest has come upon you.

00:29:51.660 --> 00:29:52.019
 Nevertheless,

00:29:52.440 --> 00:29:54.180
 the men rode hard to get back to dry land,

00:29:54.259 --> 00:29:54.980
 but they could not,

00:29:55.079 --> 00:29:57.019
 for the sea grew more and more tempestuous

00:29:57.019 --> 00:29:57.640
 against them.

00:29:58.799 --> 00:30:00.319
 Therefore they called out to the Lord,

00:30:00.720 --> 00:30:01.140
 O Lord,

00:30:01.200 --> 00:30:03.200
 let us not perish for this man's life,

00:30:03.200 --> 00:30:06.420
 and lay not on us innocent blood.

00:30:06.940 --> 00:30:07.680
 For you, O Lord,

00:30:07.720 --> 00:30:09.279
 have done as it pleased you.

00:30:10.799 --> 00:30:12.000
 So they picked up Jonah

00:30:12.000 --> 00:30:13.019
 and hurled him into the sea,

00:30:13.059 --> 00:30:14.600
 and the sea ceased from its raging.

00:30:15.860 --> 00:30:17.920
 Then the men feared the Lord exceedingly,

00:30:18.000 --> 00:30:19.700
 and they offered a sacrifice to the Lord

00:30:19.700 --> 00:30:20.480
 and made vows.

00:30:23.039 --> 00:30:23.779
 See, the sailors,

00:30:24.019 --> 00:30:25.420
 they actually initially don't know

00:30:25.420 --> 00:30:26.259
 what they're dealing with.

00:30:26.720 --> 00:30:28.400
 They can see that something's going on.

00:30:28.480 --> 00:30:30.100
 They know that this giant storm

00:30:30.099 --> 00:30:31.159
 is happening,

00:30:32.079 --> 00:30:34.279
 and these guys are very experienced.

00:30:35.619 --> 00:30:36.899
 I don't know if you've ever experienced

00:30:36.899 --> 00:30:38.019
 turbulence on a plane.

00:30:39.159 --> 00:30:40.980
 You kind of don't freak out.

00:30:41.059 --> 00:30:42.159
 It happens all the time.

00:30:42.399 --> 00:30:43.439
 You're not supposed to worry.

00:30:44.619 --> 00:30:46.579
 If the crew starts freaking out,

00:30:47.000 --> 00:30:48.639
 then you start freaking out

00:30:48.639 --> 00:30:49.519
 if you're on a plane.

00:30:49.919 --> 00:30:51.299
 That's when you know you're in big trouble.

00:30:51.740 --> 00:30:52.919
 And in this part of the Bible,

00:30:53.059 --> 00:30:53.899
 in Jonah chapter 1,

00:30:54.039 --> 00:30:55.299
 the crew are freaking out.

00:30:55.799 --> 00:30:57.119
 They're throwing stuff overboard.

00:30:57.279 --> 00:30:58.359
 They're praying to their gods.

00:30:58.359 --> 00:31:01.119
 I don't know how you kind of do that

00:31:01.119 --> 00:31:02.939
 on a ship that's like rocking all around,

00:31:03.019 --> 00:31:03.740
 but they're doing that.

00:31:04.779 --> 00:31:05.879
 They're really freaking out,

00:31:05.919 --> 00:31:07.419
 and they start calling out to their gods,

00:31:07.699 --> 00:31:09.139
 and they eventually go,

00:31:09.339 --> 00:31:11.259
 this must be because of some reason.

00:31:11.399 --> 00:31:13.019
 This is not a normal storm.

00:31:13.159 --> 00:31:14.279
 We've been in storms before.

00:31:15.019 --> 00:31:16.059
 And so they cast lots.

00:31:16.159 --> 00:31:17.319
 It's like throwing the dice,

00:31:17.959 --> 00:31:19.979
 and it says that Jonah

00:31:19.979 --> 00:31:22.579
 is the one who's put them in this situation.

00:31:24.000 --> 00:31:25.219
 It's Jonah's fault.

00:31:25.220 --> 00:31:28.519
 And Jonah tells them

00:31:28.519 --> 00:31:30.819
 that it's because he's rebelling against God.

00:31:31.960 --> 00:31:35.259
 And they respond how Jonah should have responded.

00:31:36.600 --> 00:31:38.460
 Sorry, say that again.

00:31:38.759 --> 00:31:39.860
 What are you talking about?

00:31:40.460 --> 00:31:40.839
 Why?

00:31:41.039 --> 00:31:42.100
 You're running from God,

00:31:42.140 --> 00:31:43.420
 and you're putting us in danger.

00:31:43.660 --> 00:31:45.120
 You're on the same boat as us.

00:31:45.259 --> 00:31:46.799
 You stupid person.

00:31:46.799 --> 00:31:47.399
 Listen.

00:31:47.819 --> 00:31:50.299
 That is how they respond.

00:31:51.299 --> 00:31:52.299
 See, they recognize

00:31:52.299 --> 00:31:55.440
 that they're up against an unstoppable God.

00:31:57.139 --> 00:31:58.940
 There's nothing that they can do.

00:32:00.419 --> 00:32:02.700
 They recognize the reality

00:32:02.700 --> 00:32:05.680
 that they are up against something

00:32:05.680 --> 00:32:06.819
 that is unstoppable.

00:32:08.859 --> 00:32:09.440
 And so eventually,

00:32:09.619 --> 00:32:10.839
 they throw Jonah into the sea,

00:32:10.919 --> 00:32:11.740
 and the storm stops.

00:32:11.799 --> 00:32:12.619
 And what do they say?

00:32:13.220 --> 00:32:14.079
 It says that then,

00:32:14.079 --> 00:32:15.599
 they feared the Lord exceedingly,

00:32:16.379 --> 00:32:17.879
 and they offered a sacrifice

00:32:17.879 --> 00:32:19.460
 to the Lord and made vows.

00:32:22.899 --> 00:32:23.339
 Now,

00:32:23.699 --> 00:32:25.299
 when later in the week

00:32:25.299 --> 00:32:26.859
 you go down the tornado rabbit hole,

00:32:27.779 --> 00:32:28.559
 you'll notice

00:32:28.559 --> 00:32:31.119
 that often what the storm chasers do,

00:32:31.199 --> 00:32:32.159
 because this is a whole thing,

00:32:32.779 --> 00:32:34.199
 is that people kind of

00:32:34.199 --> 00:32:35.099
 try and predict

00:32:35.099 --> 00:32:36.079
 where these tornadoes will be,

00:32:36.159 --> 00:32:37.059
 and they'll find them

00:32:37.059 --> 00:32:37.859
 and try and follow them,

00:32:38.539 --> 00:32:39.619
 is that they try

00:32:39.619 --> 00:32:40.899
 and not get in the way,

00:32:40.900 --> 00:32:43.180
 because they recognize

00:32:43.180 --> 00:32:44.540
 that if they put themselves

00:32:44.540 --> 00:32:45.400
 in harm's way,

00:32:46.060 --> 00:32:47.320
 there's nothing they can do.

00:32:47.380 --> 00:32:48.340
 They have no power.

00:32:48.640 --> 00:32:49.340
 This thing will just

00:32:49.340 --> 00:32:50.480
 throw them into the air.

00:32:51.300 --> 00:32:52.360
 They realize

00:32:52.360 --> 00:32:53.480
 that the tornado

00:32:53.480 --> 00:32:54.340
 is unstoppable.

00:32:56.880 --> 00:32:57.800
 Well, the sailors here

00:32:57.800 --> 00:32:58.340
 recognize

00:32:58.340 --> 00:32:59.560
 that they're up against

00:32:59.560 --> 00:33:01.120
 an unstoppable tornado.

00:33:01.400 --> 00:33:03.160
 They can't row against God.

00:33:04.120 --> 00:33:06.120
 They can't fight against Him.

00:33:06.119 --> 00:33:10.099
 They can simply accept

00:33:10.099 --> 00:33:11.279
 the reality.

00:33:12.459 --> 00:33:13.219
 They can accept

00:33:13.219 --> 00:33:14.559
 that the God of the heaven,

00:33:15.099 --> 00:33:16.479
 who created the sea and the land,

00:33:17.239 --> 00:33:18.619
 will deliver His plans.

00:33:21.739 --> 00:33:22.319
 See, in Jonah,

00:33:22.439 --> 00:33:23.599
 God is to be feared.

00:33:25.919 --> 00:33:27.239
 The men recognize

00:33:27.239 --> 00:33:28.779
 that they have been fighting

00:33:28.779 --> 00:33:31.319
 against this God.

00:33:31.319 --> 00:33:35.379
 They have on board

00:33:35.379 --> 00:33:36.339
 a man who is running

00:33:36.339 --> 00:33:37.119
 from God.

00:33:37.960 --> 00:33:38.439
 And Jonah,

00:33:38.639 --> 00:33:39.619
 I actually probably

00:33:39.619 --> 00:33:40.579
 didn't do it justice

00:33:40.579 --> 00:33:41.779
 when I read it out before,

00:33:42.480 --> 00:33:44.119
 but when he's talking

00:33:44.119 --> 00:33:45.379
 about who God is,

00:33:45.939 --> 00:33:46.539
 and they're kind of

00:33:46.539 --> 00:33:47.179
 grilling Him,

00:33:48.460 --> 00:33:48.899
 and they're like,

00:33:49.019 --> 00:33:49.819
 who are you?

00:33:49.899 --> 00:33:50.960
 Where are you from?

00:33:51.019 --> 00:33:51.379
 And he's like,

00:33:52.039 --> 00:33:53.099
 I'm a Hebrew.

00:33:53.639 --> 00:33:54.039
 And they're like,

00:33:54.079 --> 00:33:54.899
 okay, well, what God?

00:33:56.579 --> 00:33:57.659
 He made the heavens,

00:33:58.500 --> 00:33:59.079
 I guess.

00:33:59.079 --> 00:34:03.139
 And the dry land,

00:34:03.500 --> 00:34:05.579
 and I guess the sea.

00:34:07.019 --> 00:34:09.440
 Like, it's a ridiculous response

00:34:09.440 --> 00:34:10.500
 from Jonah.

00:34:11.000 --> 00:34:12.719
 He knows who God is.

00:34:14.019 --> 00:34:14.579
 The sailors,

00:34:15.099 --> 00:34:16.539
 they just recognize

00:34:16.539 --> 00:34:17.739
 that they are up against

00:34:17.739 --> 00:34:19.139
 an unstoppable God.

00:34:19.819 --> 00:34:20.980
 They fear Him,

00:34:21.840 --> 00:34:23.059
 even though they don't know

00:34:23.059 --> 00:34:24.019
 His full plans.

00:34:24.619 --> 00:34:25.679
 Jonah knows His plans,

00:34:25.719 --> 00:34:26.360
 and He runs.

00:34:26.360 --> 00:34:30.500
 But for us,

00:34:30.880 --> 00:34:32.180
 we know God's plan

00:34:32.180 --> 00:34:32.820
 for the world.

00:34:34.620 --> 00:34:35.539
 If you're a Christian

00:34:35.539 --> 00:34:36.039
 here today,

00:34:36.120 --> 00:34:36.920
 and you've been

00:34:36.920 --> 00:34:37.980
 coming along to church

00:34:37.980 --> 00:34:38.880
 for any length of time,

00:34:39.579 --> 00:34:40.780
 you know God's plan

00:34:40.780 --> 00:34:41.680
 for this world.

00:34:42.640 --> 00:34:43.480
 We have faith

00:34:43.480 --> 00:34:44.860
 in an unstoppable God.

00:34:46.940 --> 00:34:48.840
 We accept the reality

00:34:48.840 --> 00:34:50.980
 that God will deliver

00:34:50.980 --> 00:34:52.240
 His plan for this world,

00:34:52.300 --> 00:34:53.280
 and there is nothing

00:34:53.280 --> 00:34:54.420
 that can stop it.

00:34:54.420 --> 00:34:58.700
 And unlike

00:34:58.700 --> 00:35:00.039
 the unstoppable tornado,

00:35:01.760 --> 00:35:02.619
 whether you believe

00:35:02.619 --> 00:35:03.500
 in God or not,

00:35:04.360 --> 00:35:07.099
 you have to accept

00:35:07.099 --> 00:35:08.000
 God's plan

00:35:08.000 --> 00:35:08.820
 for this world.

00:35:10.000 --> 00:35:10.579
 Whether or not

00:35:10.579 --> 00:35:12.099
 you have faith in God,

00:35:12.780 --> 00:35:13.760
 it actually makes

00:35:13.760 --> 00:35:14.599
 no difference

00:35:14.599 --> 00:35:15.440
 to the reality.

00:35:16.599 --> 00:35:17.800
 The tornado is hitting.

00:35:17.980 --> 00:35:18.420
 God is unstoppable.

00:35:18.420 --> 00:35:19.019
 The tornado is unstoppable.

00:35:19.019 --> 00:35:21.739
 To resist is like

00:35:21.739 --> 00:35:22.639
 standing in front

00:35:22.639 --> 00:35:23.699
 of that giant tornado

00:35:23.699 --> 00:35:24.940
 coming towards you

00:35:24.940 --> 00:35:26.800
 in stubborn rebellion

00:35:26.800 --> 00:35:27.860
 about the reality

00:35:27.860 --> 00:35:28.460
 that's coming.

00:35:33.460 --> 00:35:34.059
 You know,

00:35:34.099 --> 00:35:35.199
 my Christian faith,

00:35:35.900 --> 00:35:37.239
 no matter how it's going,

00:35:37.380 --> 00:35:38.239
 sometimes it might be

00:35:38.239 --> 00:35:38.759
 doing well.

00:35:40.559 --> 00:35:41.820
 How much does that

00:35:41.820 --> 00:35:43.239
 progress the plans of God

00:35:43.239 --> 00:35:44.960
 if my faith is going well?

00:35:44.960 --> 00:35:48.860
 If I'm having a tough time

00:35:48.860 --> 00:35:49.539
 and I'm kind of not

00:35:49.539 --> 00:35:50.740
 reading my Bible very often

00:35:50.740 --> 00:35:52.440
 and I kind of feel

00:35:52.440 --> 00:35:53.559
 distant from God,

00:35:54.360 --> 00:35:56.000
 how much does that

00:35:56.000 --> 00:35:57.400
 stop the plans of God?

00:36:01.199 --> 00:36:02.599
 When we see things

00:36:02.599 --> 00:36:03.240
 in this world

00:36:03.240 --> 00:36:04.119
 that seem like

00:36:04.119 --> 00:36:05.260
 a departure from

00:36:05.260 --> 00:36:07.019
 a Christian worldview,

00:36:08.019 --> 00:36:09.960
 when we see people

00:36:09.960 --> 00:36:11.019
 departing from God's

00:36:11.019 --> 00:36:11.619
 way of living,

00:36:11.619 --> 00:36:14.000
 should we pray

00:36:14.000 --> 00:36:15.079
 as if God

00:36:15.079 --> 00:36:15.900
 may not know

00:36:15.900 --> 00:36:16.639
 that that's happening?

00:36:19.199 --> 00:36:20.440
 Should we pray

00:36:20.440 --> 00:36:21.739
 as if somehow

00:36:21.739 --> 00:36:22.639
 God's fighting

00:36:22.639 --> 00:36:23.559
 the forces of evil

00:36:23.559 --> 00:36:24.299
 and he's slowly

00:36:24.299 --> 00:36:25.159
 losing the battle?

00:36:28.759 --> 00:36:30.099
 God is unstoppable.

00:36:32.900 --> 00:36:34.559
 Nothing can resist him.

00:36:37.920 --> 00:36:39.559
 I wonder if world events

00:36:39.559 --> 00:36:40.639
 are keeping you up at night.

00:36:41.619 --> 00:36:41.859
 I mean,

00:36:41.900 --> 00:36:42.519
 the obvious one,

00:36:42.599 --> 00:36:43.440
 what's filled today?

00:36:43.539 --> 00:36:44.619
 Like $2.40?

00:36:45.719 --> 00:36:46.119
 Diesel?

00:36:46.239 --> 00:36:46.339
 Hang on,

00:36:46.380 --> 00:36:47.779
 it's $2.90 today?

00:36:51.920 --> 00:36:52.679
 Are you wondering

00:36:52.679 --> 00:36:53.559
 how you'll get by?

00:36:53.639 --> 00:36:54.400
 Maybe some of you,

00:36:54.480 --> 00:36:55.119
 there was a mortgage

00:36:55.119 --> 00:36:56.159
 rate increase

00:36:56.159 --> 00:36:58.000
 recently,

00:36:58.579 --> 00:36:59.579
 kind of freaking out,

00:36:59.659 --> 00:36:59.799
 going,

00:36:59.859 --> 00:37:00.319
 I don't know how

00:37:00.319 --> 00:37:00.819
 we're going to handle

00:37:00.819 --> 00:37:01.259
 this one.

00:37:03.679 --> 00:37:04.519
 Are you worried

00:37:04.519 --> 00:37:05.299
 about the world

00:37:05.299 --> 00:37:06.559
 getting dragged into war?

00:37:06.739 --> 00:37:07.659
 I don't know about you,

00:37:07.699 --> 00:37:08.719
 but sometimes it feels

00:37:08.719 --> 00:37:09.440
 like we're kind of

00:37:09.440 --> 00:37:11.179
 just on this really

00:37:11.179 --> 00:37:13.179
 long downward slide

00:37:13.179 --> 00:37:14.659
 into a third world war.

00:37:17.200 --> 00:37:18.139
 Maybe you're worried

00:37:18.139 --> 00:37:18.980
 about what your kids

00:37:18.980 --> 00:37:19.599
 are going to inherit.

00:37:19.820 --> 00:37:20.500
 I worry about that

00:37:20.500 --> 00:37:21.320
 from time to time.

00:37:23.260 --> 00:37:23.619
 Grandkids?

00:37:24.380 --> 00:37:25.119
 What kind of a world

00:37:25.119 --> 00:37:25.619
 are we bringing

00:37:25.619 --> 00:37:26.519
 these kids up into?

00:37:28.940 --> 00:37:29.820
 Maybe you feel like

00:37:29.820 --> 00:37:30.760
 Australia is the land

00:37:30.760 --> 00:37:31.320
 of the haves

00:37:31.320 --> 00:37:32.059
 and the have-nots.

00:37:32.220 --> 00:37:33.019
 Like you want to buy

00:37:33.019 --> 00:37:33.500
 a house,

00:37:33.980 --> 00:37:34.800
 but it just keeps getting

00:37:34.800 --> 00:37:35.700
 worse and worse

00:37:35.700 --> 00:37:36.660
 and further and further

00:37:36.660 --> 00:37:37.420
 out of reach.

00:37:39.460 --> 00:37:40.060
 It feels like

00:37:40.060 --> 00:37:41.060
 our society is just

00:37:41.060 --> 00:37:42.180
 drifting further and

00:37:42.180 --> 00:37:43.340
 further away from God,

00:37:43.440 --> 00:37:44.140
 but our God is

00:37:44.140 --> 00:37:44.800
 unstoppable.

00:37:47.360 --> 00:37:48.560
 He will deliver

00:37:48.560 --> 00:37:49.320
 his plans.

00:37:51.320 --> 00:37:52.380
 You think Donald Trump

00:37:52.380 --> 00:37:53.160
 can get in the way

00:37:53.160 --> 00:37:54.360
 of an unstoppable God?

00:37:56.260 --> 00:37:57.340
 You think Anthony

00:37:57.340 --> 00:37:57.960
 Albanese

00:37:57.960 --> 00:37:59.680
 has any effect

00:37:59.680 --> 00:38:00.900
 on the plans of God?

00:38:00.900 --> 00:38:04.559
 or Pauline Hanson

00:38:04.559 --> 00:38:05.440
 or whoever it is

00:38:05.440 --> 00:38:06.579
 that you're concerned about?

00:38:08.920 --> 00:38:10.160
 To what effect

00:38:10.160 --> 00:38:11.320
 does the unbelief

00:38:11.320 --> 00:38:12.079
 of Australia

00:38:12.079 --> 00:38:12.820
 have

00:38:12.820 --> 00:38:14.340
 on the directions

00:38:14.340 --> 00:38:16.200
 of an unstoppable God?

00:38:18.480 --> 00:38:18.960
 Nothing.

00:38:20.300 --> 00:38:21.059
 It is like me

00:38:21.059 --> 00:38:22.019
 standing in front

00:38:22.019 --> 00:38:22.660
 of the tornado

00:38:22.660 --> 00:38:23.940
 shaking my fist.

00:38:26.119 --> 00:38:27.000
 See, faith is not

00:38:27.000 --> 00:38:27.800
 about giving

00:38:27.800 --> 00:38:29.000
 God's plans

00:38:29.000 --> 00:38:29.660
 a helpful push

00:38:29.660 --> 00:38:30.460
 in the right direction.

00:38:30.460 --> 00:38:31.619
 It's accepting

00:38:31.619 --> 00:38:32.599
 the reality

00:38:32.599 --> 00:38:33.840
 of an unstoppable

00:38:33.840 --> 00:38:34.599
 God.

00:38:37.699 --> 00:38:38.659
 It doesn't mean

00:38:38.659 --> 00:38:39.380
 we shouldn't care

00:38:39.380 --> 00:38:39.920
 about this world.

00:38:40.000 --> 00:38:40.760
 Don't hear me saying that.

00:38:40.800 --> 00:38:41.199
 I'm not saying

00:38:41.199 --> 00:38:41.860
 we shouldn't care

00:38:41.860 --> 00:38:42.619
 about what happens

00:38:42.619 --> 00:38:43.840
 and that we shouldn't

00:38:43.840 --> 00:38:44.559
 try and fight

00:38:44.559 --> 00:38:46.059
 for a society

00:38:46.059 --> 00:38:47.960
 that gives

00:38:47.960 --> 00:38:48.679
 honour and respect

00:38:48.679 --> 00:38:49.500
 to God's words

00:38:49.500 --> 00:38:49.980
 and purpose.

00:38:50.099 --> 00:38:50.880
 I'm not saying that.

00:38:52.159 --> 00:38:53.320
 But we don't need

00:38:53.320 --> 00:38:53.960
 to worry

00:38:53.960 --> 00:38:54.920
 when it goes

00:38:54.920 --> 00:38:55.619
 against what we

00:38:55.619 --> 00:38:56.400
 think should happen.

00:38:58.780 --> 00:38:59.940
 A little while ago

00:38:59.940 --> 00:39:01.200
 I, probably

00:39:01.200 --> 00:39:02.380
 about five years ago,

00:39:03.159 --> 00:39:03.700
 went through

00:39:03.700 --> 00:39:04.659
 an existential dread

00:39:04.659 --> 00:39:05.820
 about climate change.

00:39:06.280 --> 00:39:07.220
 Now, I'm not making

00:39:07.220 --> 00:39:08.280
 a point about climate change.

00:39:08.300 --> 00:39:08.679
 I don't care

00:39:08.679 --> 00:39:08.940
 if you think

00:39:08.940 --> 00:39:09.559
 it's real or not.

00:39:09.920 --> 00:39:10.460
 But I had this

00:39:10.460 --> 00:39:11.639
 existential dread

00:39:11.639 --> 00:39:13.179
 that we were kind

00:39:13.179 --> 00:39:14.179
 of going down

00:39:14.179 --> 00:39:14.700
 this path

00:39:14.700 --> 00:39:15.460
 where my kids

00:39:15.460 --> 00:39:16.099
 are going to grow up

00:39:16.099 --> 00:39:16.500
 in a world

00:39:16.500 --> 00:39:17.679
 where it's a horrendous

00:39:17.679 --> 00:39:18.400
 place to live.

00:39:18.400 --> 00:39:22.599
 our God's unstoppable.

00:39:24.119 --> 00:39:24.700
 Climate change

00:39:24.700 --> 00:39:25.240
 isn't going to make

00:39:25.240 --> 00:39:25.720
 a difference

00:39:25.720 --> 00:39:27.139
 to God's plans.

00:39:27.260 --> 00:39:28.039
 He knows it.

00:39:28.480 --> 00:39:29.519
 He sees it.

00:39:30.700 --> 00:39:31.820
 He will always

00:39:31.820 --> 00:39:33.160
 deliver his plans.

00:39:37.160 --> 00:39:38.139
 Our God

00:39:38.139 --> 00:39:38.920
 is unstoppable

00:39:38.920 --> 00:39:40.139
 and all we can do

00:39:40.139 --> 00:39:40.760
 is accept

00:39:40.760 --> 00:39:41.460
 the reality

00:39:41.460 --> 00:39:42.440
 of what he will do.

00:39:42.440 --> 00:39:48.119
 But what is

00:39:48.119 --> 00:39:48.659
 the plan

00:39:48.659 --> 00:39:49.860
 of our unstoppable

00:39:49.860 --> 00:39:50.260
 God?

00:39:50.679 --> 00:39:51.099
 Because I've kind

00:39:51.099 --> 00:39:51.800
 of talked a lot

00:39:51.800 --> 00:39:52.200
 about it

00:39:52.200 --> 00:39:53.079
 up until this point.

00:39:53.740 --> 00:39:54.539
 He has a plan.

00:39:54.740 --> 00:39:55.200
 It's coming.

00:39:55.659 --> 00:39:56.039
 There's nothing

00:39:56.039 --> 00:39:56.360
 he can do

00:39:56.360 --> 00:39:56.880
 to move it.

00:39:57.440 --> 00:39:58.099
 But what actually

00:39:58.099 --> 00:39:59.059
 is that plan?

00:40:01.659 --> 00:40:02.500
 Because Jonah

00:40:02.500 --> 00:40:03.119
 points us

00:40:03.119 --> 00:40:03.740
 to something

00:40:03.740 --> 00:40:04.880
 much bigger

00:40:04.880 --> 00:40:06.500
 than simply

00:40:06.500 --> 00:40:07.480
 God's plan

00:40:07.480 --> 00:40:07.980
 to save

00:40:07.980 --> 00:40:08.500
 the Ninevites

00:40:08.500 --> 00:40:09.039
 and we'll kind

00:40:09.039 --> 00:40:10.200
 of hear more

00:40:10.200 --> 00:40:10.659
 about that

00:40:10.659 --> 00:40:11.480
 in future weeks.

00:40:11.480 --> 00:40:13.539
 Jonah points

00:40:13.539 --> 00:40:14.000
 us

00:40:14.000 --> 00:40:15.920
 to Jesus.

00:40:17.320 --> 00:40:18.320
 The ultimate

00:40:18.320 --> 00:40:18.820
 plan

00:40:18.820 --> 00:40:19.579
 of an unstoppable

00:40:19.579 --> 00:40:20.079
 God.

00:40:21.980 --> 00:40:22.400
 I'm going to

00:40:22.400 --> 00:40:22.900
 open up to

00:40:22.900 --> 00:40:23.460
 Matthew chapter

00:40:23.460 --> 00:40:23.860
 12.

00:40:23.980 --> 00:40:24.340
 If you've got

00:40:24.340 --> 00:40:24.760
 your Bible

00:40:24.760 --> 00:40:25.360
 open up to

00:40:25.360 --> 00:40:25.840
 Matthew chapter

00:40:25.840 --> 00:40:26.460
 12.

00:40:32.159 --> 00:40:32.679
 I'm going to

00:40:32.679 --> 00:40:33.000
 start at

00:40:33.000 --> 00:40:33.659
 verse 38

00:40:33.659 --> 00:40:37.840
 because Jonah

00:40:37.840 --> 00:40:38.260
 is actually

00:40:38.260 --> 00:40:38.780
 mentioned in

00:40:38.780 --> 00:40:39.079
 the New

00:40:39.079 --> 00:40:39.719
 Testament as

00:40:39.719 --> 00:40:40.000
 well.

00:40:40.659 --> 00:40:41.059
 He's mentioned

00:40:41.059 --> 00:40:41.380
 a couple

00:40:41.380 --> 00:40:42.180
 of times but

00:40:42.180 --> 00:40:43.220
 we're going

00:40:43.220 --> 00:40:43.440
 to read

00:40:43.440 --> 00:40:43.680
 Matthew

00:40:43.680 --> 00:40:44.380
 chapter 12.

00:40:46.220 --> 00:40:46.599
 In this

00:40:46.599 --> 00:40:46.980
 section,

00:40:47.320 --> 00:40:47.940
 basically the

00:40:47.940 --> 00:40:48.380
 background of

00:40:48.380 --> 00:40:48.599
 what we're

00:40:48.599 --> 00:40:48.760
 going to

00:40:48.760 --> 00:40:49.260
 read is the

00:40:49.260 --> 00:40:50.720
 Pharisees who

00:40:50.720 --> 00:40:51.700
 are religious

00:40:51.700 --> 00:40:52.300
 leaders of

00:40:52.300 --> 00:40:52.680
 the day.

00:40:53.019 --> 00:40:53.360
 I actually

00:40:53.360 --> 00:40:53.820
 was practicing

00:40:53.820 --> 00:40:54.460
 this yesterday

00:40:54.460 --> 00:40:54.920
 and had a

00:40:54.920 --> 00:40:55.340
 slip of the

00:40:55.340 --> 00:40:55.619
 tongue.

00:40:56.340 --> 00:40:56.720
 I'm sure

00:40:56.720 --> 00:40:57.160
 someone has

00:40:57.160 --> 00:40:57.760
 invented this

00:40:57.760 --> 00:40:58.240
 word but I

00:40:58.240 --> 00:40:58.460
 thought it was

00:40:58.460 --> 00:40:58.980
 fantastic.

00:40:59.440 --> 00:40:59.880
 Pharisees.

00:41:03.640 --> 00:41:04.000
 They

00:41:04.000 --> 00:41:06.539
 basically are

00:41:06.539 --> 00:41:06.780
 trying to

00:41:06.780 --> 00:41:07.340
 catch Jesus

00:41:07.340 --> 00:41:07.660
 out.

00:41:08.820 --> 00:41:09.400
 They're trying

00:41:09.400 --> 00:41:09.860
 to trip him

00:41:09.860 --> 00:41:10.039
 up.

00:41:10.099 --> 00:41:10.340
 They're trying

00:41:10.340 --> 00:41:10.599
 to get him

00:41:10.599 --> 00:41:10.940
 to say

00:41:10.940 --> 00:41:11.500
 something that

00:41:11.500 --> 00:41:11.880
 he doesn't

00:41:11.880 --> 00:41:12.160
 mean.

00:41:12.960 --> 00:41:13.840
 And this

00:41:13.840 --> 00:41:14.400
 is what we

00:41:14.400 --> 00:41:15.220
 come to where

00:41:15.220 --> 00:41:16.420
 Jesus just

00:41:16.420 --> 00:41:17.320
 before this has

00:41:17.320 --> 00:41:18.099
 essentially called

00:41:18.099 --> 00:41:18.680
 the Pharisees

00:41:18.680 --> 00:41:19.019
 evil.

00:41:19.400 --> 00:41:20.920
 That was

00:41:20.920 --> 00:41:21.660
 unintentional.

00:41:22.079 --> 00:41:22.840
 The Pharisees

00:41:22.840 --> 00:41:23.160
 evil.

00:41:25.660 --> 00:41:26.539
 Verse 38.

00:41:26.539 --> 00:41:27.400
 Then some of

00:41:27.400 --> 00:41:27.900
 the scribes

00:41:27.900 --> 00:41:28.500
 and Pharisees

00:41:28.500 --> 00:41:28.980
 answered him

00:41:28.980 --> 00:41:29.360
 saying,

00:41:29.559 --> 00:41:29.840
 Teacher,

00:41:30.219 --> 00:41:30.800
 we wish to

00:41:30.800 --> 00:41:31.320
 see a sign

00:41:31.320 --> 00:41:31.779
 from you.

00:41:32.800 --> 00:41:33.300
 But he

00:41:33.300 --> 00:41:33.860
 answered them,

00:41:34.059 --> 00:41:34.699
 An evil and

00:41:34.699 --> 00:41:35.259
 adulterous

00:41:35.259 --> 00:41:36.259
 generation seeks

00:41:36.259 --> 00:41:36.940
 for a sign,

00:41:37.940 --> 00:41:38.719
 but no sign

00:41:38.719 --> 00:41:39.199
 will be given

00:41:39.199 --> 00:41:40.719
 to it except

00:41:40.719 --> 00:41:41.239
 the sign of

00:41:41.239 --> 00:41:41.619
 the prophet

00:41:41.619 --> 00:41:42.000
 Jonah.

00:41:43.380 --> 00:41:44.039
 But just as

00:41:44.039 --> 00:41:45.460
 Jonah was

00:41:45.460 --> 00:41:46.139
 three days and

00:41:46.139 --> 00:41:46.779
 three nights in

00:41:46.779 --> 00:41:47.219
 the belly of

00:41:47.219 --> 00:41:47.940
 the great fish,

00:41:49.059 --> 00:41:49.880
 so will the

00:41:49.880 --> 00:41:50.480
 Son of Man be

00:41:50.480 --> 00:41:51.059
 three days and

00:41:51.059 --> 00:41:51.699
 three nights in

00:41:51.699 --> 00:41:52.079
 the heart of

00:41:52.079 --> 00:41:52.480
 the earth.

00:41:53.619 --> 00:41:54.360
 The men of

00:41:54.360 --> 00:41:54.820
 Nineveh will

00:41:54.820 --> 00:41:55.380
 rise up at

00:41:55.380 --> 00:41:55.780
 the judgment

00:41:55.780 --> 00:41:56.460
 with this

00:41:56.460 --> 00:41:57.200
 generation and

00:41:57.200 --> 00:41:57.740
 condemn it.

00:41:58.480 --> 00:41:58.780
 For they

00:41:58.780 --> 00:41:59.420
 repented at

00:41:59.420 --> 00:41:59.840
 the preaching

00:41:59.840 --> 00:42:00.300
 of Jonah,

00:42:00.960 --> 00:42:01.599
 and behold,

00:42:01.760 --> 00:42:02.619
 something greater

00:42:02.619 --> 00:42:03.380
 than Jonah is

00:42:03.380 --> 00:42:03.660
 here.

00:42:05.840 --> 00:42:06.300
 See, in

00:42:06.300 --> 00:42:07.099
 Matthew, Jesus

00:42:07.099 --> 00:42:08.380
 tells us that

00:42:08.380 --> 00:42:10.000
 Jonah is

00:42:10.000 --> 00:42:10.920
 actually a

00:42:10.920 --> 00:42:11.280
 sign.

00:42:12.200 --> 00:42:13.400
 It's a sign

00:42:13.400 --> 00:42:14.300
 pointing to

00:42:14.300 --> 00:42:14.860
 something that

00:42:14.860 --> 00:42:15.680
 is far greater.

00:42:17.500 --> 00:42:18.539
 Because just as

00:42:18.539 --> 00:42:19.380
 Jonah is God's

00:42:19.380 --> 00:42:20.360
 unstoppable mercy

00:42:20.360 --> 00:42:21.300
 to the Ninevites,

00:42:22.360 --> 00:42:23.640
 Jesus is God's

00:42:23.640 --> 00:42:24.840
 unstoppable mercy

00:42:24.840 --> 00:42:25.740
 to this world.

00:42:28.300 --> 00:42:28.720
 Now, throughout

00:42:28.720 --> 00:42:29.160
 the book of

00:42:29.160 --> 00:42:30.240
 Jonah, I said

00:42:30.240 --> 00:42:30.579
 that there's

00:42:30.579 --> 00:42:31.039
 some questions

00:42:31.039 --> 00:42:32.180
 you should be

00:42:32.180 --> 00:42:32.780
 asking yourself

00:42:32.780 --> 00:42:33.260
 and that's about

00:42:33.260 --> 00:42:33.700
 response.

00:42:34.140 --> 00:42:34.519
 But there's

00:42:34.519 --> 00:42:35.180
 other questions

00:42:35.180 --> 00:42:35.720
 we should be

00:42:35.720 --> 00:42:36.039
 asking.

00:42:37.440 --> 00:42:39.000
 Who is going

00:42:39.000 --> 00:42:39.420
 to be the

00:42:39.420 --> 00:42:40.140
 perfect prophet

00:42:40.140 --> 00:42:41.380
 who will

00:42:41.380 --> 00:42:42.880
 actually be the

00:42:42.880 --> 00:42:43.620
 one who delivers

00:42:43.620 --> 00:42:44.360
 God's mercy?

00:42:45.600 --> 00:42:46.660
 Because Jonah is

00:42:46.660 --> 00:42:47.160
 useless.

00:42:48.180 --> 00:42:48.860
 He doesn't want

00:42:48.860 --> 00:42:49.420
 to be there.

00:42:49.760 --> 00:42:50.539
 He fights against

00:42:50.539 --> 00:42:50.960
 him the whole

00:42:50.960 --> 00:42:51.220
 time.

00:42:51.360 --> 00:42:52.120
 Even after you

00:42:52.120 --> 00:42:52.740
 would think being

00:42:52.740 --> 00:42:53.340
 in the belly of a

00:42:53.340 --> 00:42:53.940
 fish for three

00:42:53.940 --> 00:42:55.720
 days, you would

00:42:55.720 --> 00:42:56.220
 get on board

00:42:56.220 --> 00:42:56.700
 with God's

00:42:56.700 --> 00:42:57.079
 plans.

00:42:57.300 --> 00:42:57.960
 We'll find out

00:42:57.960 --> 00:42:58.280
 as we go

00:42:58.280 --> 00:42:58.620
 through the

00:42:58.620 --> 00:42:58.880
 series.

00:42:59.019 --> 00:42:59.559
 Even then,

00:42:59.640 --> 00:43:00.360
 Jonah still is

00:43:00.360 --> 00:43:01.079
 frustrated and

00:43:01.079 --> 00:43:01.519
 annoyed at God

00:43:01.519 --> 00:43:01.940
 and thinks he

00:43:01.940 --> 00:43:02.280
 should do

00:43:02.280 --> 00:43:02.900
 something different.

00:43:05.400 --> 00:43:05.980
 But we're

00:43:05.980 --> 00:43:06.320
 meant to be

00:43:06.320 --> 00:43:07.180
 asking, who

00:43:07.180 --> 00:43:08.079
 is the one

00:43:08.079 --> 00:43:09.320
 who will

00:43:09.320 --> 00:43:10.720
 willingly submit

00:43:10.720 --> 00:43:11.240
 to God's

00:43:11.240 --> 00:43:12.140
 unstoppable plan?

00:43:12.139 --> 00:43:15.339
 who is the

00:43:15.339 --> 00:43:16.199
 perfect one

00:43:16.199 --> 00:43:17.920
 who delivers

00:43:17.920 --> 00:43:18.719
 God's mercy?

00:43:21.619 --> 00:43:23.379
 Because like

00:43:23.379 --> 00:43:24.199
 the Ninevites

00:43:24.199 --> 00:43:25.259
 that we see

00:43:25.259 --> 00:43:26.659
 in verse 1,

00:43:27.279 --> 00:43:28.179
 God calls us

00:43:28.179 --> 00:43:29.119
 to realise

00:43:29.119 --> 00:43:30.179
 that our evil

00:43:30.179 --> 00:43:30.859
 has come up

00:43:30.859 --> 00:43:31.559
 before him.

00:43:33.460 --> 00:43:34.379
 Without his

00:43:34.379 --> 00:43:35.179
 mercy, we are

00:43:35.179 --> 00:43:36.199
 standing in the

00:43:36.199 --> 00:43:37.119
 path of his

00:43:37.119 --> 00:43:38.839
 wrath at our

00:43:38.839 --> 00:43:39.259
 rebellion.

00:43:39.619 --> 00:43:40.119
 It's like a

00:43:40.119 --> 00:43:40.739
 giant tornado

00:43:40.739 --> 00:43:41.519
 coming towards

00:43:41.519 --> 00:43:41.820
 you.

00:43:43.840 --> 00:43:44.759
 Because humanity

00:43:44.759 --> 00:43:45.199
 has not

00:43:45.199 --> 00:43:46.619
 accepted and

00:43:46.619 --> 00:43:47.619
 not recognised

00:43:47.619 --> 00:43:48.699
 the reality of

00:43:48.699 --> 00:43:49.280
 an unstoppable

00:43:49.280 --> 00:43:49.840
 God.

00:43:51.099 --> 00:43:51.780
 We have

00:43:51.780 --> 00:43:52.539
 rebelled against

00:43:52.539 --> 00:43:52.759
 him.

00:43:52.840 --> 00:43:53.199
 We have not

00:43:53.199 --> 00:43:54.099
 given him his

00:43:54.099 --> 00:43:55.000
 due place as

00:43:55.000 --> 00:43:55.599
 the ruler of

00:43:55.599 --> 00:43:56.159
 the world,

00:43:57.280 --> 00:43:57.759
 the God of

00:43:57.759 --> 00:43:58.320
 the heavens,

00:43:59.360 --> 00:44:00.079
 the lands,

00:44:00.280 --> 00:44:00.719
 the sea.

00:44:02.619 --> 00:44:03.280
 We have

00:44:03.280 --> 00:44:03.739
 turned our

00:44:03.739 --> 00:44:04.340
 back on him

00:44:04.340 --> 00:44:04.780
 and we've

00:44:04.780 --> 00:44:06.139
 chosen to

00:44:06.139 --> 00:44:06.639
 make our

00:44:06.639 --> 00:44:07.559
 own reality,

00:44:08.519 --> 00:44:09.000
 thinking that

00:44:09.000 --> 00:44:09.360
 somehow,

00:44:09.780 --> 00:44:10.599
 actually, my

00:44:10.599 --> 00:44:11.059
 plans are

00:44:11.059 --> 00:44:11.500
 unstoppable.

00:44:11.519 --> 00:44:11.639
 unstoppable.

00:44:12.820 --> 00:44:13.400
 I'm the

00:44:13.400 --> 00:44:13.699
 one who

00:44:13.699 --> 00:44:14.280
 decides what

00:44:14.280 --> 00:44:14.739
 happens.

00:44:15.960 --> 00:44:16.480
 People can

00:44:16.480 --> 00:44:16.920
 move around

00:44:16.920 --> 00:44:17.119
 me.

00:44:17.219 --> 00:44:17.800
 My plans

00:44:17.800 --> 00:44:18.019
 are the

00:44:18.019 --> 00:44:18.340
 ones that

00:44:18.340 --> 00:44:18.920
 never fail.

00:44:21.800 --> 00:44:22.980
 But Jesus

00:44:22.980 --> 00:44:24.019
 tells us

00:44:24.019 --> 00:44:25.219
 that Jonah

00:44:25.219 --> 00:44:25.940
 is a sign

00:44:25.940 --> 00:44:26.400
 that points

00:44:26.400 --> 00:44:26.820
 to him.

00:44:28.420 --> 00:44:29.500
 Jesus is

00:44:29.500 --> 00:44:29.880
 the answer

00:44:29.880 --> 00:44:30.300
 to those

00:44:30.300 --> 00:44:30.780
 questions.

00:44:31.340 --> 00:44:32.000
 Jesus is

00:44:32.000 --> 00:44:32.739
 our perfect

00:44:32.739 --> 00:44:33.599
 prophet.

00:44:35.500 --> 00:44:36.099
 Jesus is

00:44:36.099 --> 00:44:36.679
 the one who

00:44:36.679 --> 00:44:37.159
 willingly

00:44:37.159 --> 00:44:37.940
 submits

00:44:37.940 --> 00:44:39.820
 himself to

00:44:39.820 --> 00:44:40.539
 the unstoppable

00:44:40.539 --> 00:44:41.220
 plans of

00:44:41.220 --> 00:44:41.740
 his father.

00:44:43.360 --> 00:44:43.600
 And just

00:44:43.600 --> 00:44:43.980
 as Jonah

00:44:43.980 --> 00:44:44.539
 spent three

00:44:44.539 --> 00:44:44.900
 days and

00:44:44.900 --> 00:44:45.320
 nights in

00:44:45.320 --> 00:44:45.559
 the belly

00:44:45.559 --> 00:44:45.960
 of a fish,

00:44:46.080 --> 00:44:46.800
 Jesus spends

00:44:46.800 --> 00:44:47.340
 three days

00:44:47.340 --> 00:44:47.700
 and three

00:44:47.700 --> 00:44:49.160
 nights cast

00:44:49.160 --> 00:44:49.580
 out from

00:44:49.580 --> 00:44:49.960
 God's

00:44:49.960 --> 00:44:50.480
 presence,

00:44:51.920 --> 00:44:52.300
 dying on

00:44:52.300 --> 00:44:52.700
 the cross

00:44:52.700 --> 00:44:53.220
 and taking

00:44:53.220 --> 00:44:53.900
 the wrath

00:44:53.900 --> 00:44:54.280
 that we

00:44:54.280 --> 00:44:54.880
 deserved.

00:44:57.440 --> 00:44:58.300
 Because just

00:44:58.300 --> 00:44:59.140
 as Jonah's,

00:44:59.680 --> 00:45:00.200
 in Jonah,

00:45:00.280 --> 00:45:00.620
 we see that

00:45:00.620 --> 00:45:01.519
 God's plan for

00:45:01.519 --> 00:45:02.019
 the Ninevites

00:45:02.019 --> 00:45:02.720
 is unstoppable.

00:45:04.320 --> 00:45:05.539
 Jesus is

00:45:05.539 --> 00:45:06.380
 God's unstoppable

00:45:06.380 --> 00:45:07.820
 plan for

00:45:07.820 --> 00:45:08.420
 saving those

00:45:08.420 --> 00:45:09.140
 who accept

00:45:09.140 --> 00:45:09.920
 the reality

00:45:09.920 --> 00:45:11.740
 of his

00:45:11.740 --> 00:45:12.240
 plan for

00:45:12.240 --> 00:45:12.660
 the world.

00:45:15.700 --> 00:45:16.559
 Now imagine

00:45:16.559 --> 00:45:17.559
 again that

00:45:17.559 --> 00:45:18.140
 you've got the

00:45:18.140 --> 00:45:18.780
 tornado bearing

00:45:18.780 --> 00:45:19.160
 down your

00:45:19.160 --> 00:45:19.620
 house.

00:45:20.400 --> 00:45:20.880
 Imagine you're

00:45:20.880 --> 00:45:21.140
 in this

00:45:21.140 --> 00:45:21.720
 situation.

00:45:22.100 --> 00:45:22.500
 You're seconds

00:45:22.500 --> 00:45:22.780
 away.

00:45:22.860 --> 00:45:23.420
 There's nothing

00:45:23.420 --> 00:45:24.080
 you can do.

00:45:25.059 --> 00:45:25.480
 You cannot

00:45:25.480 --> 00:45:25.800
 run.

00:45:25.900 --> 00:45:26.240
 You cannot

00:45:26.240 --> 00:45:27.840
 kind of stand

00:45:27.840 --> 00:45:28.420
 against it.

00:45:29.140 --> 00:45:29.920
 What should

00:45:29.920 --> 00:45:30.260
 you do in

00:45:30.260 --> 00:45:30.940
 this situation?

00:45:32.680 --> 00:45:33.100
 If you're

00:45:33.100 --> 00:45:34.180
 in, you've

00:45:34.180 --> 00:45:34.640
 got the camera

00:45:34.640 --> 00:45:35.100
 there, what

00:45:35.100 --> 00:45:35.559
 should you be

00:45:35.559 --> 00:45:35.800
 doing?

00:45:35.800 --> 00:45:37.680
 You should

00:45:37.680 --> 00:45:38.420
 be trying

00:45:38.420 --> 00:45:38.840
 to seek

00:45:38.840 --> 00:45:39.240
 shelter.

00:45:40.220 --> 00:45:40.740
 That's why

00:45:40.740 --> 00:45:41.380
 this video is

00:45:41.380 --> 00:45:41.980
 so shocking

00:45:41.980 --> 00:45:42.400
 because you're

00:45:42.400 --> 00:45:44.160
 like, it's

00:45:44.160 --> 00:45:44.780
 so the

00:45:44.780 --> 00:45:45.519
 opposite thing

00:45:45.519 --> 00:45:45.960
 to what you

00:45:45.960 --> 00:45:46.200
 should be

00:45:46.200 --> 00:45:46.580
 doing in

00:45:46.580 --> 00:45:47.160
 the situation.

00:45:48.320 --> 00:45:49.000
 You should

00:45:49.000 --> 00:45:49.800
 be seeking

00:45:49.800 --> 00:45:50.320
 a tornado

00:45:50.320 --> 00:45:50.740
 shelter.

00:45:51.600 --> 00:45:51.840
 I don't

00:45:51.840 --> 00:45:52.019
 know if

00:45:52.019 --> 00:45:52.380
 you've seen

00:45:52.380 --> 00:45:52.800
 a tornado

00:45:52.800 --> 00:45:53.420
 shelter before.

00:45:53.539 --> 00:45:53.680
 They're

00:45:53.680 --> 00:45:54.160
 basically

00:45:54.160 --> 00:45:55.100
 these big

00:45:55.100 --> 00:45:55.680
 capsules.

00:45:57.080 --> 00:45:57.800
 Imagine a

00:45:57.800 --> 00:45:58.039
 shipping

00:45:58.039 --> 00:45:58.460
 container

00:45:58.460 --> 00:45:58.800
 almost,

00:45:58.900 --> 00:45:59.200
 probably a

00:45:59.200 --> 00:45:59.460
 little bit

00:45:59.460 --> 00:45:59.820
 smaller.

00:46:00.480 --> 00:46:00.960
 They usually

00:46:00.960 --> 00:46:01.380
 dig them

00:46:01.380 --> 00:46:01.720
 into the

00:46:01.720 --> 00:46:02.039
 ground.

00:46:02.260 --> 00:46:02.480
 They might

00:46:02.480 --> 00:46:03.120
 put concrete

00:46:03.120 --> 00:46:03.740
 around them

00:46:03.740 --> 00:46:05.039
 or something

00:46:05.039 --> 00:46:05.600
 to pack it

00:46:05.599 --> 00:46:05.779
 in.

00:46:06.159 --> 00:46:06.519
 The idea

00:46:06.519 --> 00:46:07.059
 is that as

00:46:07.059 --> 00:46:07.539
 the tornado

00:46:07.539 --> 00:46:08.099
 goes over

00:46:08.099 --> 00:46:08.639
 the top,

00:46:09.380 --> 00:46:10.019
 you're under

00:46:10.019 --> 00:46:10.739
 there safe,

00:46:10.880 --> 00:46:11.219
 protected.

00:46:11.579 --> 00:46:12.400
 That's kind

00:46:12.400 --> 00:46:12.839
 of the whole

00:46:12.839 --> 00:46:13.339
 idea of a

00:46:13.339 --> 00:46:14.039
 tornado shelter.

00:46:16.519 --> 00:46:16.940
 In fact,

00:46:17.039 --> 00:46:17.579
 there's another

00:46:17.579 --> 00:46:18.119
 video, I

00:46:18.119 --> 00:46:18.799
 chose not to

00:46:18.799 --> 00:46:19.219
 show it.

00:46:20.639 --> 00:46:21.339
 I think it's

00:46:21.339 --> 00:46:21.960
 just, I

00:46:21.960 --> 00:46:22.179
 recognise

00:46:22.179 --> 00:46:22.480
 the kids

00:46:22.480 --> 00:46:22.880
 in the room,

00:46:23.980 --> 00:46:24.679
 that almost

00:46:24.679 --> 00:46:25.259
 is identical

00:46:25.259 --> 00:46:25.739
 to this

00:46:25.739 --> 00:46:27.319
 video where

00:46:27.319 --> 00:46:27.920
 a guy's

00:46:27.920 --> 00:46:28.420
 filming a

00:46:28.420 --> 00:46:28.980
 tornado coming

00:46:28.980 --> 00:46:29.480
 towards his

00:46:29.480 --> 00:46:31.019
 house and

00:46:31.019 --> 00:46:31.980
 his wife had

00:46:31.980 --> 00:46:32.380
 told him,

00:46:32.500 --> 00:46:33.860
 we've got a

00:46:33.860 --> 00:46:34.500
 tornado shelter,

00:46:34.619 --> 00:46:35.159
 get into it.

00:46:35.159 --> 00:46:35.899
 This is the

00:46:35.899 --> 00:46:37.019
 time that

00:46:37.019 --> 00:46:37.299
 you do

00:46:37.299 --> 00:46:37.539
 that.

00:46:37.759 --> 00:46:37.960
 And the

00:46:37.960 --> 00:46:38.259
 man,

00:46:38.500 --> 00:46:39.239
 apparently his

00:46:39.239 --> 00:46:39.819
 wife said

00:46:39.819 --> 00:46:40.879
 to him that

00:46:40.879 --> 00:46:41.279
 he wasn't

00:46:41.279 --> 00:46:41.699
 scared.

00:46:42.839 --> 00:46:43.339
 He would

00:46:43.339 --> 00:46:43.819
 be fine,

00:46:43.940 --> 00:46:44.420
 he's strong

00:46:44.420 --> 00:46:44.759
 enough.

00:46:45.519 --> 00:46:45.819
 She didn't

00:46:45.819 --> 00:46:46.239
 need to worry

00:46:46.239 --> 00:46:46.579
 about him.

00:46:47.000 --> 00:46:47.519
 She went

00:46:47.519 --> 00:46:47.859
 to the

00:46:47.859 --> 00:46:48.659
 tornado shelter,

00:46:49.759 --> 00:46:50.359
 he filmed

00:46:50.359 --> 00:46:51.259
 the tornado,

00:46:52.759 --> 00:46:53.579
 she survived

00:46:53.579 --> 00:46:54.119
 and his body

00:46:54.119 --> 00:46:54.579
 was found

00:46:54.579 --> 00:46:55.119
 hundreds of

00:46:55.119 --> 00:46:55.679
 metres away.

00:46:55.679 --> 00:47:00.139
 how will

00:47:00.139 --> 00:47:00.919
 you respond

00:47:00.919 --> 00:47:01.339
 to the

00:47:01.339 --> 00:47:01.980
 unstoppable

00:47:01.980 --> 00:47:02.599
 God?

00:47:05.659 --> 00:47:06.299
 Because

00:47:06.299 --> 00:47:07.039
 just like

00:47:07.039 --> 00:47:07.239
 the

00:47:07.239 --> 00:47:07.639
 tornado,

00:47:07.899 --> 00:47:08.339
 God's

00:47:08.339 --> 00:47:08.739
 judgement

00:47:08.739 --> 00:47:10.079
 and wrath

00:47:10.079 --> 00:47:10.619
 is coming

00:47:10.619 --> 00:47:11.619
 directly for

00:47:11.619 --> 00:47:12.179
 those who

00:47:12.179 --> 00:47:12.819
 have rebelled

00:47:12.819 --> 00:47:13.500
 against him.

00:47:14.239 --> 00:47:14.739
 It's

00:47:14.739 --> 00:47:15.339
 unstoppable,

00:47:15.619 --> 00:47:15.919
 there is

00:47:15.919 --> 00:47:16.859
 nothing that

00:47:16.859 --> 00:47:17.539
 we can do

00:47:17.539 --> 00:47:19.000
 to redirect

00:47:19.000 --> 00:47:20.119
 the course.

00:47:20.539 --> 00:47:20.879
 There's

00:47:20.879 --> 00:47:21.579
 nothing that

00:47:21.579 --> 00:47:22.039
 we can do

00:47:22.039 --> 00:47:22.559
 to resist

00:47:22.559 --> 00:47:22.839
 it.

00:47:22.840 --> 00:47:24.900
 We

00:47:24.900 --> 00:47:25.140
 have

00:47:25.140 --> 00:47:25.519
 committed

00:47:25.519 --> 00:47:26.360
 evil in

00:47:26.360 --> 00:47:26.780
 the sights

00:47:26.780 --> 00:47:27.300
 of God.

00:47:28.180 --> 00:47:28.380
 We

00:47:28.380 --> 00:47:28.700
 haven't

00:47:28.700 --> 00:47:29.320
 recognised

00:47:29.320 --> 00:47:29.880
 the reality

00:47:29.880 --> 00:47:30.240
 that he's

00:47:30.240 --> 00:47:30.740
 unstoppable,

00:47:30.940 --> 00:47:31.240
 that he

00:47:31.240 --> 00:47:31.680
 alone is

00:47:31.680 --> 00:47:32.039
 the ruler

00:47:32.039 --> 00:47:32.420
 of this

00:47:32.420 --> 00:47:32.780
 world.

00:47:33.200 --> 00:47:33.380
 We

00:47:33.380 --> 00:47:33.600
 don't

00:47:33.600 --> 00:47:34.539
 recognise

00:47:34.539 --> 00:47:36.860
 that God

00:47:36.860 --> 00:47:37.180
 is the

00:47:37.180 --> 00:47:37.500
 ruler of

00:47:37.500 --> 00:47:38.019
 our life

00:47:38.019 --> 00:47:38.460
 and so

00:47:38.460 --> 00:47:39.960
 fury of

00:47:39.960 --> 00:47:40.420
 God is

00:47:40.420 --> 00:47:40.840
 heading our

00:47:40.840 --> 00:47:41.140
 way and

00:47:41.140 --> 00:47:41.600
 there's no

00:47:41.600 --> 00:47:42.400
 escaping it.

00:47:44.420 --> 00:47:45.000
 Now we

00:47:45.000 --> 00:47:45.240
 certainly

00:47:45.240 --> 00:47:45.900
 can't stand

00:47:45.900 --> 00:47:46.420
 in rebellion

00:47:46.420 --> 00:47:47.120
 shaking our

00:47:47.120 --> 00:47:47.500
 fist.

00:47:48.600 --> 00:47:48.760
 You know

00:47:48.760 --> 00:47:49.300
 how people

00:47:49.300 --> 00:47:49.880
 often play

00:47:49.880 --> 00:47:50.680
 the Bon

00:47:50.680 --> 00:47:51.039
 Jovi

00:47:51.039 --> 00:47:51.300
 I did

00:47:51.300 --> 00:47:51.420
 it

00:47:51.420 --> 00:47:51.800
 my way

00:47:51.800 --> 00:47:52.120
 song?

00:47:52.840 --> 00:47:53.480
 You

00:47:53.480 --> 00:47:53.880
 can't do

00:47:53.880 --> 00:47:54.519
 that in

00:47:54.519 --> 00:47:54.880
 the face

00:47:54.880 --> 00:47:55.360
 of God.

00:47:56.880 --> 00:47:57.720
 God is

00:47:57.720 --> 00:47:58.480
 unstoppable.

00:48:00.559 --> 00:48:01.200
 Only

00:48:01.200 --> 00:48:02.440
 a tornado

00:48:02.440 --> 00:48:02.940
 shelter

00:48:02.940 --> 00:48:03.960
 that can

00:48:03.960 --> 00:48:04.360
 take the

00:48:04.360 --> 00:48:05.180
 full fury

00:48:05.180 --> 00:48:05.559
 of the

00:48:05.559 --> 00:48:05.980
 wrath

00:48:05.980 --> 00:48:06.440
 of a

00:48:06.440 --> 00:48:06.760
 tornado

00:48:06.760 --> 00:48:07.460
 can help.

00:48:07.980 --> 00:48:08.400
 See we

00:48:08.400 --> 00:48:08.760
 need

00:48:08.760 --> 00:48:09.140
 Jesus.

00:48:11.039 --> 00:48:11.760
 He is

00:48:11.760 --> 00:48:12.120
 the

00:48:12.120 --> 00:48:12.460
 shelter

00:48:12.460 --> 00:48:13.780
 that we

00:48:13.780 --> 00:48:14.300
 can stand

00:48:14.300 --> 00:48:14.700
 behind.

00:48:15.700 --> 00:48:15.940
 He

00:48:15.940 --> 00:48:16.340
 shelters

00:48:16.340 --> 00:48:16.760
 us from

00:48:16.760 --> 00:48:17.160
 the wrath

00:48:17.160 --> 00:48:17.400
 and he

00:48:17.400 --> 00:48:17.900
 takes the

00:48:17.900 --> 00:48:18.280
 penalty

00:48:18.280 --> 00:48:19.480
 that we

00:48:19.480 --> 00:48:19.840
 deserve

00:48:19.840 --> 00:48:20.420
 by dying

00:48:20.420 --> 00:48:20.720
 on the

00:48:20.720 --> 00:48:21.039
 cross.

00:48:21.039 --> 00:48:23.320
 And he

00:48:23.320 --> 00:48:24.059
 rises again

00:48:24.059 --> 00:48:24.420
 to show

00:48:24.420 --> 00:48:24.679
 that the

00:48:24.679 --> 00:48:25.019
 penalty

00:48:25.019 --> 00:48:25.599
 is fully

00:48:25.599 --> 00:48:26.119
 paid.

00:48:28.360 --> 00:48:29.059
 See this

00:48:29.059 --> 00:48:29.340
 is where

00:48:29.340 --> 00:48:29.840
 the tornado

00:48:29.840 --> 00:48:30.219
 metaphor

00:48:30.219 --> 00:48:30.800
 slightly

00:48:30.800 --> 00:48:31.139
 breaks

00:48:31.139 --> 00:48:31.500
 down

00:48:31.500 --> 00:48:31.840
 because

00:48:31.840 --> 00:48:32.320
 God

00:48:32.320 --> 00:48:32.639
 is the

00:48:32.639 --> 00:48:32.920
 one

00:48:32.920 --> 00:48:33.420
 who

00:48:33.420 --> 00:48:33.800
 provided

00:48:33.800 --> 00:48:34.079
 that

00:48:34.079 --> 00:48:34.460
 shelter.

00:48:35.679 --> 00:48:36.519
 God

00:48:36.519 --> 00:48:36.960
 sent

00:48:36.960 --> 00:48:37.579
 Jesus.

00:48:38.579 --> 00:48:39.440
 He sent

00:48:39.440 --> 00:48:39.880
 us as

00:48:39.880 --> 00:48:40.619
 his mercy

00:48:40.619 --> 00:48:42.360
 so that

00:48:42.360 --> 00:48:43.059
 when his

00:48:43.059 --> 00:48:43.779
 wrath against

00:48:43.779 --> 00:48:44.199
 the sin

00:48:44.199 --> 00:48:44.539
 and evil

00:48:44.539 --> 00:48:44.800
 in the

00:48:44.800 --> 00:48:45.019
 world

00:48:45.019 --> 00:48:45.480
 came

00:48:45.480 --> 00:48:46.860
 he would

00:48:46.860 --> 00:48:47.119
 see

00:48:47.119 --> 00:48:47.679
 Jesus

00:48:47.679 --> 00:48:51.219
 and we

00:48:51.219 --> 00:48:51.519
 would be

00:48:51.519 --> 00:48:51.960
 saved.

00:48:53.960 --> 00:48:54.599
 So how

00:48:54.599 --> 00:48:54.920
 will you

00:48:54.920 --> 00:48:55.619
 respond to

00:48:55.619 --> 00:48:56.159
 an unstoppable

00:48:56.159 --> 00:48:56.159


00:48:56.159 --> 00:48:56.639
 God?

00:48:57.639 --> 00:48:58.119
 If you

00:48:58.119 --> 00:48:58.259
 aren't

00:48:58.259 --> 00:48:58.839
 a Christian

00:48:58.839 --> 00:48:59.319
 here today

00:48:59.319 --> 00:48:59.759
 and I'm

00:48:59.759 --> 00:49:00.539
 not sure

00:49:00.539 --> 00:49:01.259
 if that's

00:49:01.259 --> 00:49:01.519
 you or

00:49:01.519 --> 00:49:01.739
 not

00:49:01.739 --> 00:49:02.519
 and maybe

00:49:02.519 --> 00:49:02.839
 you aren't

00:49:02.839 --> 00:49:03.079
 sure

00:49:03.079 --> 00:49:03.539
 maybe you've

00:49:03.539 --> 00:49:03.859
 been kind

00:49:03.859 --> 00:49:04.179
 of putting

00:49:04.179 --> 00:49:04.599
 the foot

00:49:04.599 --> 00:49:05.139
 down into

00:49:05.139 --> 00:49:05.639
 the tornado

00:49:05.639 --> 00:49:06.039
 shelter

00:49:06.039 --> 00:49:06.480
 but then

00:49:06.480 --> 00:49:07.460
 like oh

00:49:07.460 --> 00:49:08.059
 maybe it's

00:49:08.059 --> 00:49:08.859
 fake

00:49:08.859 --> 00:49:09.400
 maybe the

00:49:09.400 --> 00:49:09.679
 tornado

00:49:09.679 --> 00:49:10.039
 sirens

00:49:10.039 --> 00:49:10.279
 aren't

00:49:10.279 --> 00:49:10.639
 actually

00:49:10.639 --> 00:49:10.920
 something

00:49:10.920 --> 00:49:11.279
 to worry

00:49:11.279 --> 00:49:11.639
 about

00:49:11.639 --> 00:49:13.380
 maybe it's

00:49:13.380 --> 00:49:13.920
 not going

00:49:13.920 --> 00:49:14.099
 to be

00:49:14.099 --> 00:49:14.400
 bad

00:49:14.400 --> 00:49:14.779
 maybe it'll

00:49:14.779 --> 00:49:15.239
 go around

00:49:15.239 --> 00:49:15.539
 me

00:49:15.539 --> 00:49:18.199
 if that's

00:49:18.199 --> 00:49:18.539
 you

00:49:18.539 --> 00:49:19.960
 then the

00:49:19.960 --> 00:49:20.639
 reality is

00:49:20.639 --> 00:49:21.000
 there is

00:49:21.000 --> 00:49:21.719
 an unstoppable

00:49:21.719 --> 00:49:22.219
 God

00:49:22.219 --> 00:49:22.820
 coming your

00:49:22.820 --> 00:49:23.199
 way

00:49:23.199 --> 00:49:25.860
 he will

00:49:25.860 --> 00:49:26.619
 deliver his

00:49:26.619 --> 00:49:27.139
 plan for

00:49:27.139 --> 00:49:27.619
 the world

00:49:27.619 --> 00:49:28.259
 whether you

00:49:28.259 --> 00:49:29.159
 recognize it

00:49:29.159 --> 00:49:29.860
 or not

00:49:29.860 --> 00:49:31.639
 if you walk

00:49:31.639 --> 00:49:32.039
 out of this

00:49:32.039 --> 00:49:32.420
 building

00:49:32.420 --> 00:49:33.619
 and you say

00:49:33.619 --> 00:49:35.119
 that guy

00:49:35.119 --> 00:49:35.779
 talked for

00:49:35.779 --> 00:49:37.099
 probably far

00:49:37.099 --> 00:49:37.579
 too long

00:49:37.579 --> 00:49:38.860
 I learnt

00:49:38.860 --> 00:49:39.440
 some things

00:49:39.440 --> 00:49:40.199
 about tornadoes

00:49:40.199 --> 00:49:40.619
 the rest

00:49:40.619 --> 00:49:41.719
 was psychopathic

00:49:41.719 --> 00:49:44.679
 doesn't change

00:49:44.679 --> 00:49:45.219
 the reality

00:49:45.219 --> 00:49:50.000
 turn to

00:49:50.000 --> 00:49:50.459
 God

00:49:50.459 --> 00:49:52.539
 seek the

00:49:52.539 --> 00:49:52.919
 tornado

00:49:52.919 --> 00:49:53.459
 shelter

00:49:53.459 --> 00:49:56.099
 seek

00:49:56.099 --> 00:49:56.539
 Jesus

00:49:56.539 --> 00:49:57.039
 he's the

00:49:57.039 --> 00:49:57.719
 only one

00:49:57.719 --> 00:49:58.079
 that can

00:49:58.079 --> 00:49:58.639
 save you

00:49:58.639 --> 00:49:59.099
 from the

00:49:59.099 --> 00:49:59.459
 wrath

00:49:59.459 --> 00:50:00.099
 of a

00:50:00.099 --> 00:50:01.019
 righteous

00:50:01.019 --> 00:50:01.779
 God

00:50:01.779 --> 00:50:03.839
 because he

00:50:03.839 --> 00:50:04.339
 will deliver

00:50:04.339 --> 00:50:05.139
 his plan

00:50:05.139 --> 00:50:09.159
 and if you

00:50:09.159 --> 00:50:09.500
 are a

00:50:09.500 --> 00:50:09.779
 Christian

00:50:09.779 --> 00:50:10.500
 well where

00:50:10.500 --> 00:50:10.739
 are you

00:50:10.739 --> 00:50:11.079
 taking

00:50:11.079 --> 00:50:11.519
 shelter

00:50:11.519 --> 00:50:15.139
 you know

00:50:15.139 --> 00:50:15.559
 the plan

00:50:15.559 --> 00:50:15.820
 of an

00:50:15.820 --> 00:50:16.239
 unstoppable

00:50:16.239 --> 00:50:16.579
 God

00:50:16.579 --> 00:50:16.920
 this is

00:50:16.920 --> 00:50:17.119
 not

00:50:17.119 --> 00:50:17.460
 news

00:50:17.460 --> 00:50:17.840
 to you

00:50:17.840 --> 00:50:18.239
 I'm sure

00:50:18.239 --> 00:50:18.519
 probably

00:50:18.519 --> 00:50:18.820
 for the

00:50:18.820 --> 00:50:19.280
 last 10

00:50:19.280 --> 00:50:19.599
 minutes

00:50:19.599 --> 00:50:20.759
 something

00:50:20.759 --> 00:50:21.039
 you've

00:50:21.039 --> 00:50:21.340
 heard a

00:50:21.340 --> 00:50:21.559
 thousand

00:50:21.559 --> 00:50:21.920
 times

00:50:21.920 --> 00:50:22.420
 before

00:50:22.420 --> 00:50:24.000
 are you

00:50:24.000 --> 00:50:24.259
 in the

00:50:24.259 --> 00:50:24.539
 shelter

00:50:24.539 --> 00:50:25.259
 or are you

00:50:25.259 --> 00:50:26.259
 maybe

00:50:26.259 --> 00:50:26.699
 kind of

00:50:26.699 --> 00:50:27.179
 half out

00:50:27.179 --> 00:50:27.380
 of the

00:50:27.380 --> 00:50:27.639
 shelter

00:50:27.639 --> 00:50:29.219
 maybe

00:50:29.219 --> 00:50:29.420
 you're

00:50:29.420 --> 00:50:29.839
 pretending

00:50:29.839 --> 00:50:30.279
 like the

00:50:30.279 --> 00:50:30.619
 tornado

00:50:30.619 --> 00:50:31.019
 doesn't

00:50:31.019 --> 00:50:31.559
 exist

00:50:31.559 --> 00:50:32.960
 you kind

00:50:32.960 --> 00:50:33.259
 of turn

00:50:33.259 --> 00:50:33.559
 up on

00:50:33.559 --> 00:50:34.139
 Sunday

00:50:34.139 --> 00:50:34.480
 but it's

00:50:34.480 --> 00:50:34.940
 mainly for

00:50:34.940 --> 00:50:35.379
 appearances

00:50:35.379 --> 00:50:35.859
 sake

00:50:35.859 --> 00:50:38.819
 or maybe

00:50:38.819 --> 00:50:39.460
 you've built

00:50:39.460 --> 00:50:39.960
 your own

00:50:39.960 --> 00:50:40.359
 shelter

00:50:40.359 --> 00:50:41.779
 maybe it has a

00:50:41.779 --> 00:50:42.679
 fantastic patio

00:50:42.679 --> 00:50:43.460
 you'll have a good

00:50:43.460 --> 00:50:44.019
 view from the

00:50:44.019 --> 00:50:44.339
 deck

00:50:44.339 --> 00:50:45.379
 when that

00:50:45.379 --> 00:50:45.739
 tornado

00:50:45.739 --> 00:50:46.420
 rips it up

00:50:46.420 --> 00:50:49.840
 maybe you

00:50:49.840 --> 00:50:50.200
 think you

00:50:50.200 --> 00:50:50.700
 can hide

00:50:50.700 --> 00:50:51.240
 behind your

00:50:51.240 --> 00:50:52.039
 bank balance

00:50:52.039 --> 00:50:54.619
 maybe that's

00:50:54.619 --> 00:50:54.740
 you

00:50:54.740 --> 00:50:55.320
 maybe you'll

00:50:55.320 --> 00:50:56.420
 kind of

00:50:56.420 --> 00:50:57.500
 show your

00:50:57.500 --> 00:50:58.480
 phone up to

00:50:58.480 --> 00:50:59.099
 the tornado

00:50:59.099 --> 00:50:59.460
 as it

00:50:59.460 --> 00:50:59.880
 approaches

00:50:59.880 --> 00:51:00.440
 and says

00:51:00.440 --> 00:51:01.000
 I've got a

00:51:01.000 --> 00:51:01.280
 million

00:51:01.280 --> 00:51:01.900
 there's

00:51:01.900 --> 00:51:02.119
 nothing

00:51:02.119 --> 00:51:02.420
 you can

00:51:02.420 --> 00:51:02.800
 do

00:51:02.800 --> 00:51:07.079
 maybe

00:51:07.079 --> 00:51:07.440
 you'll be

00:51:07.440 --> 00:51:07.960
 outside

00:51:07.960 --> 00:51:08.320
 when the

00:51:08.320 --> 00:51:08.900
 tornado

00:51:08.900 --> 00:51:09.380
 comes

00:51:09.380 --> 00:51:09.700
 yelling

00:51:09.700 --> 00:51:11.460
 I'm the

00:51:11.460 --> 00:51:12.400
 CEO of

00:51:12.400 --> 00:51:12.920
 insert

00:51:12.920 --> 00:51:13.500
 big company

00:51:13.500 --> 00:51:13.780
 name

00:51:13.780 --> 00:51:14.280
 here

00:51:14.280 --> 00:51:18.019
 what are

00:51:18.019 --> 00:51:18.780
 you seeking

00:51:18.780 --> 00:51:20.340
 shelter

00:51:20.340 --> 00:51:20.840
 in

00:51:20.840 --> 00:51:24.440
 maybe it's

00:51:24.440 --> 00:51:24.920
 your looks

00:51:24.920 --> 00:51:25.400
 maybe you'll

00:51:25.400 --> 00:51:25.860
 be like

00:51:25.860 --> 00:51:27.019
 the storm

00:51:27.019 --> 00:51:27.300
 will just

00:51:27.300 --> 00:51:27.640
 be like

00:51:27.640 --> 00:51:28.360
 damn

00:51:28.360 --> 00:51:30.060
 I'm going

00:51:30.060 --> 00:51:30.500
 a different

00:51:30.500 --> 00:51:30.980
 way

00:51:30.980 --> 00:51:33.140
 maybe you

00:51:33.140 --> 00:51:33.440
 think your

00:51:33.440 --> 00:51:34.040
 biceps

00:51:34.040 --> 00:51:34.440
 you'll be

00:51:34.440 --> 00:51:34.660
 able to

00:51:34.660 --> 00:51:35.300
 punch the

00:51:35.300 --> 00:51:35.640
 tornado

00:51:35.640 --> 00:51:36.240
 apart

00:51:36.240 --> 00:51:39.560
 but God's

00:51:39.560 --> 00:51:40.180
 wrath

00:51:40.180 --> 00:51:41.040
 against evil

00:51:41.040 --> 00:51:42.000
 is unstoppable

00:51:42.000 --> 00:51:42.680
 and there is

00:51:42.680 --> 00:51:43.400
 nothing that

00:51:43.400 --> 00:51:44.060
 we can do

00:51:44.059 --> 00:51:45.599
 except come

00:51:45.599 --> 00:51:46.159
 to Jesus

00:51:46.159 --> 00:51:47.000
 and seek

00:51:47.000 --> 00:51:47.460
 shelter

00:51:47.460 --> 00:51:50.139
 he is the

00:51:50.139 --> 00:51:50.880
 only one

00:51:50.880 --> 00:51:51.559
 that can

00:51:51.559 --> 00:51:52.079
 save

00:51:52.079 --> 00:51:55.420
 and I

00:51:55.420 --> 00:51:55.619
 mean

00:51:55.619 --> 00:51:56.579
 how

00:51:56.579 --> 00:51:57.079
 incredible

00:51:57.079 --> 00:51:57.719
 thankful we

00:51:57.719 --> 00:51:58.059
 should be

00:51:58.059 --> 00:51:58.420
 that God

00:51:58.420 --> 00:51:59.000
 has provided

00:51:59.000 --> 00:51:59.460
 that way

00:51:59.460 --> 00:52:00.059
 for us

00:52:00.059 --> 00:52:01.279
 without it

00:52:01.279 --> 00:52:01.840
 we are

00:52:01.840 --> 00:52:02.380
 in the

00:52:02.380 --> 00:52:02.900
 path

00:52:02.900 --> 00:52:04.880
 we're the

00:52:04.880 --> 00:52:05.659
 ones shaking

00:52:05.659 --> 00:52:06.119
 our fists

00:52:06.119 --> 00:52:06.840
 in defiance

00:52:06.840 --> 00:52:07.920
 without God

00:52:07.920 --> 00:52:08.960
 we're the

00:52:08.960 --> 00:52:09.579
 ones turning

00:52:09.579 --> 00:52:10.079
 our backs

00:52:10.079 --> 00:52:10.619
 and ignoring

00:52:10.619 --> 00:52:11.019
 him

00:52:11.019 --> 00:52:12.119
 it's

00:52:12.119 --> 00:52:13.000
 his mercy

00:52:13.000 --> 00:52:13.619
 that means

00:52:13.619 --> 00:52:14.039
 we are

00:52:14.039 --> 00:52:14.539
 saved

00:52:14.539 --> 00:52:16.559
 see

00:52:16.559 --> 00:52:17.039
 Jesus

00:52:17.039 --> 00:52:18.079
 is God's

00:52:18.079 --> 00:52:18.539
 unstoppable

00:52:18.539 --> 00:52:19.059
 plan

00:52:19.059 --> 00:52:21.679
 so will

00:52:21.679 --> 00:52:22.239
 you run

00:52:22.239 --> 00:52:22.739
 will you try

00:52:22.739 --> 00:52:23.300
 and flee it

00:52:23.300 --> 00:52:23.800
 like Jonah

00:52:23.800 --> 00:52:24.159
 did

00:52:24.159 --> 00:52:26.400
 will you

00:52:26.400 --> 00:52:26.940
 ignore it

00:52:26.940 --> 00:52:27.460
 or will you

00:52:27.460 --> 00:52:28.239
 turn to him

00:52:28.239 --> 00:52:29.420
 will you take

00:52:29.420 --> 00:52:30.199
 shelter in the

00:52:30.199 --> 00:52:30.900
 saving work

00:52:30.900 --> 00:52:32.039
 of Jesus

00:52:32.039 --> 00:52:32.519
 death and

00:52:32.519 --> 00:52:33.000
 resurrection

00:52:33.000 --> 00:52:37.639
 and I

00:52:37.639 --> 00:52:38.280
 quickly pray

00:52:38.280 --> 00:52:45.360
 dear God

00:52:45.360 --> 00:52:45.780
 thank you

00:52:45.780 --> 00:52:46.139
 that you

00:52:46.139 --> 00:52:46.699
 are a

00:52:46.699 --> 00:52:47.119
 God who

00:52:47.119 --> 00:52:47.679
 cares about

00:52:47.679 --> 00:52:48.059
 evil

00:52:48.059 --> 00:52:49.119
 thank you

00:52:49.119 --> 00:52:49.440
 that you

00:52:49.440 --> 00:52:49.860
 don't just

00:52:49.860 --> 00:52:50.219
 let it

00:52:50.219 --> 00:52:50.559
 slide

00:52:50.559 --> 00:52:50.860
 and that

00:52:50.860 --> 00:52:51.179
 you are

00:52:51.179 --> 00:52:51.559
 a God

00:52:51.559 --> 00:52:51.900
 who

00:52:51.900 --> 00:52:53.679
 recognizes

00:52:53.679 --> 00:52:54.219
 that our

00:52:54.219 --> 00:52:54.619
 evil

00:52:54.619 --> 00:52:55.559
 and the

00:52:55.559 --> 00:52:55.960
 evil of

00:52:55.960 --> 00:52:56.260
 the world

00:52:56.260 --> 00:52:56.659
 is something

00:52:56.659 --> 00:52:57.019
 that needs

00:52:57.019 --> 00:52:57.280
 to be

00:52:57.280 --> 00:52:57.460
 dealt

00:52:57.460 --> 00:52:57.800
 with

00:52:57.800 --> 00:52:59.639
 God

00:52:59.639 --> 00:52:59.940
 you are

00:52:59.940 --> 00:53:00.059
 an

00:53:00.059 --> 00:53:00.519
 unstoppable

00:53:00.519 --> 00:53:01.039
 God

00:53:01.039 --> 00:53:02.000
 you're

00:53:02.000 --> 00:53:02.340
 a God

00:53:02.340 --> 00:53:02.660
 who

00:53:02.660 --> 00:53:03.380
 we can

00:53:03.380 --> 00:53:03.620
 take

00:53:03.620 --> 00:53:03.920
 great

00:53:03.920 --> 00:53:04.300
 comfort

00:53:04.300 --> 00:53:04.700
 that he

00:53:04.700 --> 00:53:04.960
 will

00:53:04.960 --> 00:53:05.260
 deliver

00:53:05.260 --> 00:53:05.460
 his

00:53:05.460 --> 00:53:05.820
 plans

00:53:05.820 --> 00:53:06.000
 and

00:53:06.000 --> 00:53:06.260
 nothing

00:53:06.260 --> 00:53:06.519
 can

00:53:06.519 --> 00:53:06.880
 change

00:53:06.880 --> 00:53:07.079
 it

00:53:07.079 --> 00:53:09.740
 thank you

00:53:09.740 --> 00:53:10.260
 so much

00:53:10.260 --> 00:53:10.800
 for Jesus

00:53:10.800 --> 00:53:12.000
 thank you

00:53:12.000 --> 00:53:12.539
 that he

00:53:12.539 --> 00:53:13.340
 is the

00:53:13.340 --> 00:53:13.680
 shelter

00:53:13.680 --> 00:53:14.200
 that we

00:53:14.200 --> 00:53:14.600
 need

00:53:14.600 --> 00:53:16.300
 thank you

00:53:16.300 --> 00:53:16.760
 that because

00:53:16.760 --> 00:53:17.300
 of him

00:53:17.300 --> 00:53:18.740
 we can

00:53:18.740 --> 00:53:19.480
 be saved

00:53:19.480 --> 00:53:20.300
 from your

00:53:20.300 --> 00:53:20.680
 wrath

00:53:20.680 --> 00:53:22.019
 we are made

00:53:22.019 --> 00:53:22.539
 right with

00:53:22.539 --> 00:53:22.860
 you and

00:53:22.860 --> 00:53:23.180
 God I

00:53:23.180 --> 00:53:23.519
 pray

00:53:23.519 --> 00:53:25.420
 that for

00:53:25.420 --> 00:53:25.940
 those here

00:53:25.940 --> 00:53:26.579
 today or

00:53:26.579 --> 00:53:27.039
 for all of

00:53:27.039 --> 00:53:27.320
 us here

00:53:27.320 --> 00:53:27.720
 today that

00:53:27.720 --> 00:53:28.079
 you help

00:53:28.079 --> 00:53:28.420
 us to

00:53:28.420 --> 00:53:28.820
 remember

00:53:28.820 --> 00:53:29.860
 that that

00:53:29.860 --> 00:53:30.620
 plan will

00:53:30.620 --> 00:53:31.260
 be delivered

00:53:31.260 --> 00:53:31.600
 and there

00:53:31.600 --> 00:53:32.100
 is nothing

00:53:32.099 --> 00:53:32.519
 we can

00:53:32.519 --> 00:53:32.679
 do

00:53:32.679 --> 00:53:32.920
 about

00:53:32.920 --> 00:53:33.279
 it

00:53:33.279 --> 00:53:34.579
 except

00:53:34.579 --> 00:53:35.199
 come to

00:53:35.199 --> 00:53:35.519
 you

00:53:35.519 --> 00:53:36.019
 and

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 trust

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 your

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 son

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 amen

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!