WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.839 We are surrounded by people 00:00:03.839 --> 00:00:07.520 who are perishing in their sins. 00:00:08.960 --> 00:00:13.599 Spiritually dead, blind, deaf, 00:00:15.620 --> 00:00:19.740 hopeless, under God's just wrath, 00:00:20.960 --> 00:00:22.879 because they've rejected God. 00:00:24.879 --> 00:00:28.080 We too used to be numbered among them. 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:32.740 Before God graciously intervened 00:00:32.740 --> 00:00:34.719 in each of our lives, 00:00:34.799 --> 00:00:36.119 for those of us who are Christians, 00:00:37.859 --> 00:00:41.579 we were justly condemned rebels too. 00:00:43.159 --> 00:00:44.600 Now if you were like me, 00:00:46.740 --> 00:00:49.620 you tend to lose sight of the people 00:00:49.620 --> 00:00:51.799 who are perishing all around us. 00:00:54.960 --> 00:00:57.579 We tend to forget that we're living 00:00:57.579 --> 00:01:01.460 among a people who are perishing, 00:01:02.159 --> 00:01:03.519 who are lost, 00:01:03.799 --> 00:01:05.480 who are under God's wrath. 00:01:05.759 --> 00:01:07.799 They're idolaters. 00:01:08.620 --> 00:01:10.459 God created them to worship Him, 00:01:10.539 --> 00:01:11.840 and yet they're worshiping 00:01:11.840 --> 00:01:13.439 what we'll see in Jonah 2. 00:01:14.439 --> 00:01:15.379 Meaningless vapor. 00:01:15.379 --> 00:01:15.439 Meaningless vapor. 00:01:15.439 --> 00:01:22.019 not only does God want us 00:01:22.019 --> 00:01:25.519 to make us aware of the people around us 00:01:25.519 --> 00:01:26.879 who are perishing, 00:01:27.759 --> 00:01:30.159 God wants to do a deeper work 00:01:30.159 --> 00:01:33.060 that goes beyond awareness. 00:01:34.799 --> 00:01:36.319 God wants to compel us 00:01:36.319 --> 00:01:40.420 to speak to those who are perishing 00:01:40.420 --> 00:01:42.739 that salvation belongs to the Lord. 00:01:42.739 --> 00:01:47.000 There's a gap between our profession 00:01:47.000 --> 00:01:48.060 and our practice. 00:01:49.199 --> 00:01:50.119 We all know. 00:01:50.979 --> 00:01:52.719 We're supposed to have compassionate hearts 00:01:52.719 --> 00:01:54.759 for those who are dying in their sin. 00:01:54.879 --> 00:01:55.819 We all know that. 00:01:55.819 --> 00:02:01.000 But if we're to be honest, 00:02:02.259 --> 00:02:04.419 if you're like me, 00:02:04.539 --> 00:02:06.599 there are particular lost people 00:02:06.599 --> 00:02:08.379 or even groups of people 00:02:08.379 --> 00:02:11.319 that you would rather have wiped off 00:02:11.319 --> 00:02:13.019 the face of the earth. 00:02:17.979 --> 00:02:19.419 Our hearts are hardened 00:02:19.419 --> 00:02:21.099 to particular groups of sinners. 00:02:21.340 --> 00:02:21.479 I mean, 00:02:22.359 --> 00:02:23.519 I just need the word to say, 00:02:23.599 --> 00:02:24.299 the word ISIS. 00:02:28.240 --> 00:02:30.579 God wants to change our heart 00:02:30.579 --> 00:02:32.659 towards all who are perishing. 00:02:33.359 --> 00:02:35.099 Nice people who are perishing 00:02:35.099 --> 00:02:37.699 and mean people who are perishing. 00:02:38.319 --> 00:02:39.599 God wants to change our hearts 00:02:39.599 --> 00:02:40.180 towards them. 00:02:40.939 --> 00:02:43.159 God does not discriminate 00:02:43.159 --> 00:02:46.259 when it comes to His salvation. 00:02:49.539 --> 00:02:51.500 Anyone who calls upon the name of the Lord 00:02:51.500 --> 00:02:52.139 will be saved. 00:02:54.439 --> 00:02:56.500 So whether they're nice people perishing 00:02:56.500 --> 00:02:57.919 or mean people perishing, 00:02:58.919 --> 00:03:01.259 whether they're compliant or violent, 00:03:01.259 --> 00:03:03.919 they're dead, blind, deaf, 00:03:04.120 --> 00:03:05.719 and without hope in this world, 00:03:05.840 --> 00:03:07.319 why does God want us 00:03:07.319 --> 00:03:10.399 to speak of Christ to others? 00:03:10.560 --> 00:03:11.539 It's His heart. 00:03:13.379 --> 00:03:15.159 Our great God wants to save 00:03:15.159 --> 00:03:16.379 a great number of sinners 00:03:16.379 --> 00:03:18.239 from a great number of situations 00:03:18.239 --> 00:03:22.419 and unite them all in Christ 00:03:22.419 --> 00:03:23.959 as one new people, 00:03:24.159 --> 00:03:24.659 the church. 00:03:26.219 --> 00:03:27.139 The redeemed. 00:03:28.280 --> 00:03:29.500 So here's my observation 00:03:29.500 --> 00:03:30.539 going into this sermon. 00:03:31.719 --> 00:03:33.179 Our God is a great God 00:03:33.179 --> 00:03:34.439 and He wants to save sinners. 00:03:34.560 --> 00:03:35.379 He's willing and able. 00:03:37.899 --> 00:03:39.620 And then we're surrounded by people 00:03:39.620 --> 00:03:40.399 all around us 00:03:40.399 --> 00:03:41.639 who need to be saved. 00:03:44.179 --> 00:03:45.620 And here we are. 00:03:46.519 --> 00:03:47.739 Christ the King Church. 00:03:47.879 --> 00:03:48.560 The redeemed. 00:03:50.719 --> 00:03:52.719 We who personally experience 00:03:52.719 --> 00:03:55.579 the saving power of God 00:03:55.579 --> 00:03:56.659 through Jesus Christ. 00:03:56.780 --> 00:03:58.120 He lit us up in Jesus. 00:03:58.120 --> 00:03:58.259 Jesus. 00:04:00.580 --> 00:04:01.800 And we're living among 00:04:01.800 --> 00:04:03.020 multitudes of men and women, 00:04:03.159 --> 00:04:03.740 boys and girls 00:04:03.740 --> 00:04:05.439 who are presently living 00:04:05.439 --> 00:04:06.259 in darkness. 00:04:06.640 --> 00:04:07.599 And these people 00:04:07.599 --> 00:04:09.080 may not realize it, 00:04:10.080 --> 00:04:12.219 but God has placed us here 00:04:12.219 --> 00:04:13.780 smack dab in the middle 00:04:13.780 --> 00:04:14.719 of this city. 00:04:15.259 --> 00:04:16.780 He's placed us here 00:04:16.780 --> 00:04:17.639 for a purpose. 00:04:20.379 --> 00:04:22.060 He's got this strategy 00:04:22.060 --> 00:04:23.579 going on 00:04:23.579 --> 00:04:25.699 to make known 00:04:25.699 --> 00:04:26.539 the name of Jesus 00:04:26.539 --> 00:04:27.680 around the world. 00:04:29.459 --> 00:04:30.439 To make known 00:04:30.439 --> 00:04:31.939 to all peoples 00:04:31.939 --> 00:04:33.180 that Jesus 00:04:33.180 --> 00:04:35.459 is their salvation. 00:04:38.180 --> 00:04:40.019 So this little city of ours 00:04:40.019 --> 00:04:41.039 is our little slice 00:04:41.039 --> 00:04:41.620 of the nations. 00:04:41.879 --> 00:04:42.979 And God has placed us 00:04:42.979 --> 00:04:45.099 here to make known 00:04:45.099 --> 00:04:46.579 the life-transforming power 00:04:46.579 --> 00:04:47.719 of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. 00:04:47.799 --> 00:04:48.439 That's why we're doing 00:04:48.439 --> 00:04:49.659 the outreach this August. 00:04:49.660 --> 00:04:49.780 Christ. 00:04:51.580 --> 00:04:53.340 Because here's what we're 00:04:53.340 --> 00:04:53.900 banking on. 00:04:55.160 --> 00:04:57.160 It shows up in Acts 4.12. 00:04:57.340 --> 00:04:58.300 It goes like this. 00:04:59.160 --> 00:05:00.180 There is salvation 00:05:00.180 --> 00:05:02.160 in no one else. 00:05:03.340 --> 00:05:04.780 For there's no other name 00:05:04.780 --> 00:05:05.760 given among men 00:05:05.760 --> 00:05:06.320 under heaven 00:05:06.320 --> 00:05:08.820 by which we can be saved. 00:05:09.720 --> 00:05:10.800 There's no other name. 00:05:13.800 --> 00:05:15.480 And herein lies the problem. 00:05:16.540 --> 00:05:17.420 Now you might be sitting 00:05:17.420 --> 00:05:17.960 in your seats 00:05:17.959 --> 00:05:18.779 and you're like, 00:05:18.879 --> 00:05:20.419 yeah, rip it Salvati! 00:05:21.299 --> 00:05:22.099 God's awesome! 00:05:22.299 --> 00:05:23.319 He wants to save! 00:05:23.839 --> 00:05:25.060 We're surrounded by sinners 00:05:25.060 --> 00:05:25.759 need saving! 00:05:25.959 --> 00:05:26.319 Yes! 00:05:30.319 --> 00:05:31.479 But the problem is 00:05:31.479 --> 00:05:34.299 we tend not to care 00:05:34.299 --> 00:05:35.740 about those who are perishing. 00:05:38.279 --> 00:05:39.319 And if we don't care 00:05:39.319 --> 00:05:40.539 about those who are perishing, 00:05:40.639 --> 00:05:41.419 we're not going to tell them 00:05:41.419 --> 00:05:42.379 the greatest news 00:05:42.379 --> 00:05:43.299 that they can ever hear. 00:05:45.679 --> 00:05:47.859 That God is offering them today 00:05:47.860 --> 00:05:49.879 salvation in Christ. 00:05:51.199 --> 00:05:52.020 But there's another thing. 00:05:54.960 --> 00:05:56.639 If we don't care 00:05:56.639 --> 00:05:58.460 about those who are perishing, 00:05:59.280 --> 00:06:00.300 we don't care 00:06:00.300 --> 00:06:02.040 about what God cares about. 00:06:04.199 --> 00:06:05.400 There's a gap between 00:06:05.400 --> 00:06:06.379 our profession 00:06:06.379 --> 00:06:07.400 and our practice. 00:06:07.400 --> 00:06:10.300 But as the Brits would say, 00:06:10.939 --> 00:06:11.860 mind the gap. 00:06:11.860 --> 00:06:15.660 God minds that gap. 00:06:17.040 --> 00:06:18.939 He's aware of the gap in us 00:06:18.939 --> 00:06:21.960 and He's more than happy 00:06:21.960 --> 00:06:23.080 to bridge that gap. 00:06:24.600 --> 00:06:27.280 He is a way to soften our hearts 00:06:27.280 --> 00:06:30.000 and make our hearts malleable 00:06:30.000 --> 00:06:32.660 and conform our hearts 00:06:32.660 --> 00:06:34.199 to His heart 00:06:34.199 --> 00:06:36.220 for the lost. 00:06:36.220 --> 00:06:39.840 His way of softening our hearts 00:06:39.840 --> 00:06:42.680 will bring us face to face 00:06:42.680 --> 00:06:45.640 with our own perishing. 00:06:46.820 --> 00:06:48.020 That's what we see happening 00:06:48.020 --> 00:06:48.920 in Jonah 2. 00:06:51.240 --> 00:06:52.200 In Jonah 1, 00:06:52.300 --> 00:06:53.580 God calls Jonah to preach 00:06:53.580 --> 00:06:54.560 against the Ninevites. 00:06:54.660 --> 00:06:55.500 And the Ninevites 00:06:55.500 --> 00:06:57.040 would be to Jonah 00:06:57.040 --> 00:07:00.040 what ISIS is to us today. 00:07:00.040 --> 00:07:03.580 An unnerving threat 00:07:03.580 --> 00:07:05.540 far away 00:07:05.540 --> 00:07:07.480 but looming. 00:07:09.180 --> 00:07:10.580 The Ninevites were enemies 00:07:10.580 --> 00:07:12.060 of Israel 00:07:12.060 --> 00:07:13.879 and so when Jonah hears God say, 00:07:13.960 --> 00:07:14.460 hey, go! 00:07:15.220 --> 00:07:16.160 Go to the Ninevites, 00:07:16.240 --> 00:07:16.980 that great city. 00:07:18.360 --> 00:07:19.400 Jonah jumps up 00:07:19.400 --> 00:07:20.820 and runs the opposite way. 00:07:21.900 --> 00:07:23.080 He gets on the first ship 00:07:23.080 --> 00:07:25.180 to Tarshish. 00:07:25.939 --> 00:07:27.000 I love saying that. 00:07:27.000 --> 00:07:31.180 And Tarshish happens to be 00:07:31.180 --> 00:07:32.740 the town 00:07:32.740 --> 00:07:34.899 in the opposite direction 00:07:34.899 --> 00:07:35.939 of Nineveh 00:07:35.939 --> 00:07:38.339 and it's the farthest town 00:07:38.339 --> 00:07:39.920 in the opposite direction 00:07:39.920 --> 00:07:40.899 of Nineveh 00:07:40.899 --> 00:07:42.560 in the known world of the time. 00:07:43.779 --> 00:07:45.279 He was trying to get away. 00:07:46.660 --> 00:07:47.899 He's unwilling to preach 00:07:47.899 --> 00:07:48.680 to the Ninevites. 00:07:49.959 --> 00:07:51.279 And we don't learn 00:07:51.279 --> 00:07:52.680 why he's unwilling 00:07:52.680 --> 00:07:54.120 until chapter 4. 00:07:55.500 --> 00:07:56.699 But what I want to tell you 00:07:56.699 --> 00:07:57.779 this morning is this. 00:07:59.360 --> 00:08:00.939 Jonah didn't want his God 00:08:00.939 --> 00:08:02.079 to show grace. 00:08:04.339 --> 00:08:05.579 Jonah didn't want his God 00:08:05.579 --> 00:08:06.560 to show mercy 00:08:06.560 --> 00:08:08.099 and steadfast love 00:08:08.099 --> 00:08:09.099 to the Ninevites. 00:08:09.319 --> 00:08:09.860 Do you know why? 00:08:11.500 --> 00:08:13.060 Jonah didn't think 00:08:13.060 --> 00:08:14.639 the Ninevites deserved it. 00:08:18.699 --> 00:08:20.399 Is there anyone in your life 00:08:20.399 --> 00:08:21.879 that you don't think 00:08:21.879 --> 00:08:23.699 deserves God's grace? 00:08:28.139 --> 00:08:29.199 Jonah wanted God 00:08:29.199 --> 00:08:30.139 to wipe the Ninevites 00:08:30.139 --> 00:08:31.779 off the face of the earth 00:08:31.779 --> 00:08:33.360 in a glorious display 00:08:33.360 --> 00:08:34.019 of his wrath 00:08:34.019 --> 00:08:35.740 that would have eclipsed 00:08:35.740 --> 00:08:37.000 Sodom and Gomorrah. 00:08:40.539 --> 00:08:41.620 Jonah runs 00:08:41.620 --> 00:08:42.539 but God 00:08:42.539 --> 00:08:43.580 catches him. 00:08:44.259 --> 00:08:45.159 And not only did God 00:08:45.159 --> 00:08:47.620 catch this disobedient prophet, 00:08:47.799 --> 00:08:49.600 he catches a crew of sailors 00:08:49.600 --> 00:08:50.820 in Jonah chapter 1 00:08:50.820 --> 00:08:53.639 who boarded that ship 00:08:53.639 --> 00:08:55.220 worshiping a variety 00:08:55.220 --> 00:08:56.340 of different gods. 00:08:58.060 --> 00:09:00.240 And through that big storm incident 00:09:00.240 --> 00:09:01.200 in chapter 1, 00:09:01.440 --> 00:09:03.159 these sailors 00:09:03.159 --> 00:09:03.940 who worshiped 00:09:03.940 --> 00:09:05.019 a variety of God, 00:09:05.139 --> 00:09:06.120 they hear about 00:09:06.120 --> 00:09:07.019 the one true God, 00:09:07.100 --> 00:09:07.500 Yahweh, 00:09:07.639 --> 00:09:08.060 through who? 00:09:08.840 --> 00:09:10.720 This disobedient prophet 00:09:10.720 --> 00:09:12.420 who didn't give a rip about him. 00:09:13.639 --> 00:09:15.300 They learn about Yahweh 00:09:15.300 --> 00:09:16.500 and they go from 00:09:16.500 --> 00:09:18.419 crying out to many gods 00:09:18.419 --> 00:09:19.860 to calling on the name 00:09:19.860 --> 00:09:20.899 of the one true God, 00:09:20.980 --> 00:09:21.299 Yahweh. 00:09:22.919 --> 00:09:23.919 And by the end 00:09:23.919 --> 00:09:24.940 of chapter 1, 00:09:25.019 --> 00:09:25.899 God delivers them. 00:09:26.000 --> 00:09:26.659 Those sailors 00:09:26.659 --> 00:09:27.700 were changed men. 00:09:27.840 --> 00:09:28.940 By the verse 16 00:09:28.940 --> 00:09:29.600 of chapter 1, 00:09:29.700 --> 00:09:30.740 they're offering sacrifice, 00:09:30.960 --> 00:09:31.799 they're making vows 00:09:31.799 --> 00:09:32.399 to Yahweh, 00:09:32.799 --> 00:09:33.740 they've been changed. 00:09:33.980 --> 00:09:34.840 They get to port, 00:09:34.919 --> 00:09:35.559 they go home, 00:09:35.580 --> 00:09:36.580 and they say to their wives, 00:09:36.899 --> 00:09:37.120 honey, 00:09:37.200 --> 00:09:37.899 you would not believe 00:09:37.899 --> 00:09:38.399 what happened 00:09:38.399 --> 00:09:39.059 on the Mediterranean. 00:09:39.059 --> 00:09:43.299 I met the God 00:09:43.299 --> 00:09:44.500 who created all. 00:09:44.500 --> 00:09:47.080 He delivered me. 00:09:49.019 --> 00:09:50.000 But not Jonah. 00:09:51.620 --> 00:09:53.320 At the end of chapter 1, 00:09:53.419 --> 00:09:54.440 Jonah's in the drink 00:09:54.440 --> 00:09:57.259 and just where God wants him. 00:09:59.000 --> 00:10:00.299 Jonah has yet to call 00:10:00.299 --> 00:10:01.240 on the name of the Lord. 00:10:01.340 --> 00:10:02.100 The sailors did. 00:10:02.259 --> 00:10:02.980 Jonah has not. 00:10:03.960 --> 00:10:04.840 And God is going to 00:10:04.840 --> 00:10:06.039 graciously bring him 00:10:06.039 --> 00:10:07.519 down to the point 00:10:07.519 --> 00:10:08.720 where he must call 00:10:08.720 --> 00:10:09.559 on the name of the Lord. 00:10:09.659 --> 00:10:09.980 You see, 00:10:10.440 --> 00:10:11.740 in Jonah 2, 00:10:11.740 --> 00:10:13.559 something transformational 00:10:13.559 --> 00:10:14.120 happens. 00:10:15.279 --> 00:10:15.860 Jonah 1, 00:10:16.019 --> 00:10:16.960 God calls Jonah. 00:10:17.179 --> 00:10:17.940 Jonah splits 00:10:17.940 --> 00:10:19.100 in the opposite direction. 00:10:19.820 --> 00:10:20.480 Jonah 3, 00:10:20.899 --> 00:10:22.360 God recommissions Jonah. 00:10:22.820 --> 00:10:23.460 Jonah's willing 00:10:23.460 --> 00:10:24.360 to go to Nineveh. 00:10:24.759 --> 00:10:25.779 Something happens 00:10:25.779 --> 00:10:26.899 in Jonah 2. 00:10:28.059 --> 00:10:29.539 God does something 00:10:29.539 --> 00:10:30.240 in Jonah 00:10:30.240 --> 00:10:31.340 to make him willing 00:10:31.340 --> 00:10:31.919 to go. 00:10:33.000 --> 00:10:34.220 What changed Jonah? 00:10:36.000 --> 00:10:37.080 What made Jonah 00:10:37.080 --> 00:10:37.779 willing to go 00:10:37.779 --> 00:10:38.220 and preach 00:10:38.220 --> 00:10:39.559 to these Ninevites? 00:10:39.559 --> 00:10:42.179 And that's the question 00:10:42.179 --> 00:10:43.419 we're going to answer 00:10:43.419 --> 00:10:44.619 this morning 00:10:44.619 --> 00:10:45.919 for ourselves. 00:10:47.419 --> 00:10:49.439 What is going to 00:10:49.439 --> 00:10:51.639 make us willing 00:10:51.639 --> 00:10:54.419 to open our mouths 00:10:54.419 --> 00:10:56.139 to tell those living 00:10:56.139 --> 00:10:56.739 in darkness 00:10:56.739 --> 00:10:59.000 that their only hope 00:10:59.000 --> 00:11:00.659 is the light of life, 00:11:01.239 --> 00:11:02.359 Jesus Christ. 00:11:02.360 --> 00:11:04.680 salvation belongs 00:11:04.680 --> 00:11:05.580 to the Lord. 00:11:07.580 --> 00:11:09.180 Jonah 2 shows us how. 00:11:11.100 --> 00:11:12.519 Jonah has a personal 00:11:12.519 --> 00:11:14.360 experience of God's 00:11:14.360 --> 00:11:16.820 saving, delivering grace. 00:11:16.820 --> 00:11:16.960 grace. 00:11:19.600 --> 00:11:20.379 Jonah is brought 00:11:20.379 --> 00:11:22.120 down to death 00:11:22.120 --> 00:11:23.760 and he's brought 00:11:23.760 --> 00:11:25.600 up to life 00:11:25.600 --> 00:11:28.360 by God's grace. 00:11:28.360 --> 00:11:28.460 grace. 00:11:30.519 --> 00:11:31.580 This deliverance 00:11:31.580 --> 00:11:32.320 we'll read about 00:11:32.320 --> 00:11:33.060 in Jonah 2 00:11:33.060 --> 00:11:35.279 not only rescued Jonah, 00:11:36.139 --> 00:11:37.600 it changed Jonah. 00:11:38.440 --> 00:11:40.060 It prepared Jonah 00:11:40.060 --> 00:11:41.879 to go to Nineveh 00:11:41.879 --> 00:11:44.460 to declare God's Word 00:11:44.460 --> 00:11:45.019 for them. 00:11:46.860 --> 00:11:49.120 The grace that saves us 00:11:49.120 --> 00:11:50.800 from our perishing 00:11:50.800 --> 00:11:53.320 is the same grace 00:11:53.320 --> 00:11:54.940 that burdens us 00:11:54.940 --> 00:11:56.320 for the perishing. 00:11:56.320 --> 00:12:01.740 Why is there a gap 00:12:01.740 --> 00:12:02.640 between our profession 00:12:02.640 --> 00:12:03.280 and our practice? 00:12:07.840 --> 00:12:09.220 We tend to forget 00:12:09.220 --> 00:12:10.540 what God and His grace 00:12:10.540 --> 00:12:11.520 has done for us. 00:12:14.740 --> 00:12:16.180 He saved us. 00:12:17.860 --> 00:12:19.040 And it becomes 00:12:19.040 --> 00:12:20.680 a spring of joy 00:12:20.680 --> 00:12:22.120 which we declare 00:12:22.120 --> 00:12:22.880 to others 00:12:22.880 --> 00:12:24.400 salvation 00:12:24.400 --> 00:12:26.180 is yours in Christ. 00:12:26.320 --> 00:12:28.420 In Jonah 2 00:12:28.420 --> 00:12:29.379 God brings Jonah 00:12:29.379 --> 00:12:30.440 to an end to Himself 00:12:30.440 --> 00:12:31.980 in order to change him 00:12:31.980 --> 00:12:32.940 so that he'd be willing 00:12:32.940 --> 00:12:33.780 to go to Nineveh. 00:12:33.860 --> 00:12:34.660 That's the transformation. 00:12:36.520 --> 00:12:37.000 Why? 00:12:39.060 --> 00:12:40.040 Because all who call 00:12:40.040 --> 00:12:40.920 upon the name of the Lord 00:12:40.920 --> 00:12:41.480 will be saved. 00:12:42.860 --> 00:12:43.840 Even Ninevites. 00:12:45.280 --> 00:12:47.120 Ninevites in the 8th century B.C. 00:12:48.200 --> 00:12:49.500 Even Kenoschites 00:12:49.500 --> 00:12:51.660 in the 21st century A.D. 00:12:51.659 --> 00:12:53.759 all who call upon 00:12:53.759 --> 00:12:54.600 the name of the Lord 00:12:54.600 --> 00:12:55.319 will be saved. 00:12:57.579 --> 00:12:58.399 All who call 00:12:58.399 --> 00:12:59.100 the name of the Lord 00:12:59.100 --> 00:12:59.899 will be saved 00:12:59.899 --> 00:13:01.439 and those who've been 00:13:01.439 --> 00:13:02.500 saved 00:13:02.500 --> 00:13:04.059 will call all 00:13:04.059 --> 00:13:05.500 to the name 00:13:05.500 --> 00:13:07.079 of the Lord. 00:13:07.259 --> 00:13:08.339 So, Jonah 2. 00:13:09.779 --> 00:13:11.000 In the original language 00:13:11.000 --> 00:13:12.419 it is a masterpiece. 00:13:13.699 --> 00:13:16.019 It is very carefully constructed. 00:13:17.120 --> 00:13:18.500 It's like a really good sandwich. 00:13:18.500 --> 00:13:18.620 Church. 00:13:20.620 --> 00:13:22.240 Chapter 1, verse 17 00:13:22.240 --> 00:13:23.779 and chapter 2, verse 10 00:13:23.779 --> 00:13:26.960 are like the two pieces of bread 00:13:26.960 --> 00:13:28.919 that hold together the contents. 00:13:29.179 --> 00:13:32.220 Chapter 2, verses 1-9. 00:13:33.100 --> 00:13:34.519 Jonah 1, verse 17 00:13:34.519 --> 00:13:36.559 and chapter 2, verse 10 00:13:36.559 --> 00:13:39.519 they're actually narrative. 00:13:40.080 --> 00:13:41.759 Which means they're telling a story. 00:13:42.559 --> 00:13:44.340 It's describing events. 00:13:44.500 --> 00:13:45.720 It's like when you pick up 00:13:45.720 --> 00:13:46.500 the Kenosha News 00:13:46.500 --> 00:13:47.019 and you're reading 00:13:47.019 --> 00:13:49.080 and you're describing events. 00:13:49.740 --> 00:13:50.980 It's written in prose. 00:13:55.259 --> 00:13:56.220 And what we read 00:13:56.220 --> 00:13:57.139 in both those verses 00:13:57.139 --> 00:13:59.420 is that God sovereignly directs 00:13:59.420 --> 00:14:00.660 a really big fish 00:14:00.660 --> 00:14:02.399 to bring about 00:14:02.399 --> 00:14:03.700 a really big deliverance. 00:14:05.379 --> 00:14:06.279 Now, in the middle 00:14:06.279 --> 00:14:07.060 of this sandwich 00:14:07.060 --> 00:14:09.060 verses 1-9 00:14:09.060 --> 00:14:11.259 is a poem. 00:14:13.000 --> 00:14:13.980 Verses 1-9 00:14:13.980 --> 00:14:14.759 is poetry. 00:14:16.500 --> 00:14:17.600 It's a psalm. 00:14:18.820 --> 00:14:20.320 A psalm of thanksgiving. 00:14:21.800 --> 00:14:24.340 Written by Jonah 00:14:24.340 --> 00:14:26.300 while in the belly 00:14:26.300 --> 00:14:27.980 of a whale. 00:14:28.159 --> 00:14:29.720 And what this psalm records 00:14:29.720 --> 00:14:31.080 is Jonah 00:14:31.080 --> 00:14:32.779 coming to the point 00:14:32.779 --> 00:14:34.100 where he calls 00:14:34.100 --> 00:14:35.860 on the name of the Lord 00:14:35.860 --> 00:14:37.580 for deliverance. 00:14:38.139 --> 00:14:39.279 So here's what I want you to see 00:14:39.279 --> 00:14:40.340 going into this passage. 00:14:40.340 --> 00:14:42.460 This little psalm 00:14:42.460 --> 00:14:43.879 verses 1-9 00:14:43.879 --> 00:14:46.240 is surrounded by God's sovereignty. 00:14:48.160 --> 00:14:49.879 God bringing about 00:14:49.879 --> 00:14:51.660 what we're about to read. 00:14:52.940 --> 00:14:54.280 He has Jonah 00:14:54.280 --> 00:14:55.720 right where He wants him 00:14:55.720 --> 00:14:56.780 to change him. 00:14:59.780 --> 00:15:00.860 God's sovereignty 00:15:00.860 --> 00:15:02.780 is causing Jonah's 00:15:02.780 --> 00:15:04.120 suffering 00:15:04.120 --> 00:15:05.240 as well as 00:15:05.240 --> 00:15:06.100 his deliverance 00:15:06.100 --> 00:15:07.100 and change of heart. 00:15:07.620 --> 00:15:08.420 God has a purpose 00:15:08.419 --> 00:15:09.259 for this prophet 00:15:09.259 --> 00:15:11.740 to dramatically 00:15:11.740 --> 00:15:12.579 change him. 00:15:14.819 --> 00:15:15.459 He's got him 00:15:15.459 --> 00:15:16.439 right where He wants him. 00:15:17.839 --> 00:15:18.979 And God has purpose 00:15:18.979 --> 00:15:20.039 to change us 00:15:20.039 --> 00:15:20.659 as well. 00:15:21.879 --> 00:15:22.679 What kind of sandwich 00:15:22.679 --> 00:15:23.659 is this? 00:15:23.939 --> 00:15:25.120 It's not a fish sandwich. 00:15:28.360 --> 00:15:29.459 This is a sandwich 00:15:29.459 --> 00:15:31.459 of God's grace. 00:15:34.179 --> 00:15:34.919 Of His heart 00:15:34.919 --> 00:15:35.579 for the nations. 00:15:36.360 --> 00:15:37.120 So let's dive 00:15:37.120 --> 00:15:37.860 into this text. 00:15:38.799 --> 00:15:40.039 Chapter 1, verse 17 00:15:40.039 --> 00:15:41.139 we read that God 00:15:41.139 --> 00:15:42.860 appointed a great fish 00:15:42.860 --> 00:15:44.720 to swallow up Jonah. 00:15:46.860 --> 00:15:48.200 Jonah was in that fish 00:15:48.200 --> 00:15:49.039 for three days 00:15:49.039 --> 00:15:49.799 and three nights. 00:15:50.240 --> 00:15:51.120 And on an aside, 00:15:52.019 --> 00:15:53.580 Jesus refers back 00:15:53.580 --> 00:15:54.600 to Jonah 2. 00:15:55.080 --> 00:15:55.720 And you know what He says 00:15:55.720 --> 00:15:56.840 about it in Matthew 12? 00:15:58.159 --> 00:16:00.360 That was pointing to me. 00:16:01.440 --> 00:16:02.279 And then He says, 00:16:02.620 --> 00:16:04.460 someone greater than Jonah 00:16:04.460 --> 00:16:05.080 is here. 00:16:06.940 --> 00:16:07.800 Do you know why? 00:16:09.560 --> 00:16:11.019 Jesus was the greatest prophet 00:16:11.019 --> 00:16:12.820 who proclaimed 00:16:12.820 --> 00:16:13.960 the greatest message 00:16:13.960 --> 00:16:15.759 of the greatest act 00:16:15.759 --> 00:16:16.580 of deliverance. 00:16:17.519 --> 00:16:18.259 Jonah was in the belly 00:16:18.259 --> 00:16:19.360 of a whale for three days. 00:16:20.240 --> 00:16:21.480 Jesus was in the grave 00:16:21.480 --> 00:16:22.300 for three days. 00:16:22.900 --> 00:16:23.900 And then He was raised 00:16:23.900 --> 00:16:24.620 from the dead 00:16:24.620 --> 00:16:26.540 securing our salvation. 00:16:30.200 --> 00:16:31.120 God is sovereign 00:16:31.120 --> 00:16:32.860 not over just this fish 00:16:32.860 --> 00:16:35.879 but over history. 00:16:41.320 --> 00:16:41.980 Something you need 00:16:41.980 --> 00:16:43.240 to know about this big fish. 00:16:43.539 --> 00:16:44.539 When you read about it, 00:16:45.320 --> 00:16:45.659 you're like, 00:16:45.720 --> 00:16:46.779 okay, what's this big fish? 00:16:46.860 --> 00:16:47.399 Is it a whale? 00:16:47.899 --> 00:16:48.480 What is it? 00:16:49.340 --> 00:16:50.039 We don't know. 00:16:50.899 --> 00:16:51.560 What we do know 00:16:51.560 --> 00:16:52.080 is big enough 00:16:52.080 --> 00:16:53.019 to swallow a dude. 00:16:53.200 --> 00:16:54.039 That's what we know. 00:16:54.039 --> 00:16:58.799 But don't think about 00:16:58.799 --> 00:16:59.620 this big fish 00:16:59.620 --> 00:17:00.519 as punishment. 00:17:03.360 --> 00:17:04.119 This fish, 00:17:04.599 --> 00:17:05.519 if it had a name, 00:17:05.639 --> 00:17:06.539 it would be called 00:17:06.539 --> 00:17:07.299 deliverance. 00:17:08.799 --> 00:17:09.240 Rescue. 00:17:10.659 --> 00:17:12.220 This fish was the means 00:17:12.220 --> 00:17:14.519 by which God saved Jonah 00:17:14.519 --> 00:17:16.079 and made him willing 00:17:16.079 --> 00:17:16.960 to go to Nineveh. 00:17:18.339 --> 00:17:19.259 God will use 00:17:19.259 --> 00:17:20.619 whatever He sees fit 00:17:20.619 --> 00:17:22.379 to accomplish His purposes. 00:17:22.380 --> 00:17:24.820 Furthermore, 00:17:25.020 --> 00:17:25.820 there's no reason 00:17:25.820 --> 00:17:26.240 to believe 00:17:26.240 --> 00:17:27.160 that this event 00:17:27.160 --> 00:17:27.880 didn't happen. 00:17:28.060 --> 00:17:29.060 You might be saying, 00:17:29.600 --> 00:17:29.920 you know, 00:17:30.020 --> 00:17:30.940 big fish normally 00:17:30.940 --> 00:17:32.000 don't swallow people. 00:17:32.940 --> 00:17:34.220 You're totally right. 00:17:34.700 --> 00:17:35.700 They don't. 00:17:36.380 --> 00:17:38.300 This is a supernatural 00:17:38.300 --> 00:17:39.680 deliverance. 00:17:40.480 --> 00:17:41.660 If this fish 00:17:41.660 --> 00:17:42.980 didn't intervene, 00:17:43.640 --> 00:17:45.580 Jonah would have died 00:17:45.580 --> 00:17:46.640 by drowning. 00:17:49.040 --> 00:17:51.340 God delivered Jonah. 00:17:52.380 --> 00:17:57.760 What we're going to see here 00:17:57.760 --> 00:17:59.680 is that this big fish 00:17:59.680 --> 00:18:02.400 didn't swallow Jonah 00:18:02.400 --> 00:18:04.140 while he was on the surface. 00:18:06.020 --> 00:18:08.040 Jonah wasn't flailing around 00:18:08.040 --> 00:18:09.120 and this big fish 00:18:09.120 --> 00:18:11.160 came and took him in. 00:18:12.240 --> 00:18:14.420 Jonah was on the bottom 00:18:14.420 --> 00:18:15.760 of the sea 00:18:15.760 --> 00:18:17.320 when this big fish 00:18:17.320 --> 00:18:18.900 swallowed him. 00:18:18.980 --> 00:18:19.520 You'll see it. 00:18:19.519 --> 00:18:21.859 So, 00:18:21.920 --> 00:18:22.519 1.17 00:18:22.519 --> 00:18:24.079 it's that first bookend, 00:18:24.200 --> 00:18:26.160 that first piece of bread 00:18:26.160 --> 00:18:28.039 that God is sovereign 00:18:28.039 --> 00:18:29.799 bringing all these events 00:18:29.799 --> 00:18:31.220 together. 00:18:32.960 --> 00:18:33.200 So, 00:18:33.299 --> 00:18:34.099 now let's look at 00:18:34.099 --> 00:18:34.940 the contents, 00:18:35.160 --> 00:18:36.639 this poem itself 00:18:36.639 --> 00:18:38.900 by getting into 00:18:38.900 --> 00:18:40.240 chapter 2, 00:18:40.299 --> 00:18:41.379 verses 1-9. 00:18:41.500 --> 00:18:42.180 Chapter 2, 00:18:42.240 --> 00:18:42.920 verse 1. 00:18:43.039 --> 00:18:44.019 The Jonah prayed 00:18:44.019 --> 00:18:44.579 to the Lord 00:18:44.579 --> 00:18:45.019 as God 00:18:45.019 --> 00:18:45.519 from the belly 00:18:45.519 --> 00:18:46.059 of the fish. 00:18:46.059 --> 00:18:48.399 And notice, 00:18:48.859 --> 00:18:49.200 again, 00:18:49.240 --> 00:18:49.899 it's from the belly 00:18:49.899 --> 00:18:50.539 of the fish. 00:18:51.579 --> 00:18:52.700 This poetry 00:18:52.700 --> 00:18:54.399 originated 00:18:54.399 --> 00:18:56.019 in Jonah 00:18:56.019 --> 00:18:57.359 who is in 00:18:57.359 --> 00:18:58.119 the belly 00:18:58.119 --> 00:18:58.819 of a fish. 00:18:59.500 --> 00:19:00.519 But what you need 00:19:00.519 --> 00:19:01.319 to realize 00:19:01.319 --> 00:19:02.700 is that he's not 00:19:02.700 --> 00:19:03.339 reflecting 00:19:03.339 --> 00:19:04.159 on being 00:19:04.159 --> 00:19:05.500 in the belly 00:19:05.500 --> 00:19:06.299 of the fish. 00:19:07.019 --> 00:19:08.279 He's reflecting 00:19:08.279 --> 00:19:09.619 on being delivered 00:19:09.619 --> 00:19:11.220 from the depths. 00:19:12.099 --> 00:19:13.039 From the gates 00:19:13.039 --> 00:19:13.619 of Sheol. 00:19:13.619 --> 00:19:17.259 And so, 00:19:17.419 --> 00:19:18.579 verse 2 00:19:18.579 --> 00:19:19.419 of chapter 2, 00:19:19.500 --> 00:19:20.899 we get this summary. 00:19:21.719 --> 00:19:22.339 I called out 00:19:22.339 --> 00:19:22.879 to the Lord 00:19:22.879 --> 00:19:23.659 out of my distress 00:19:23.659 --> 00:19:24.879 and He answered me. 00:19:25.179 --> 00:19:25.919 Out of the belly 00:19:25.919 --> 00:19:26.659 of Sheol, 00:19:26.719 --> 00:19:27.379 I cried 00:19:27.379 --> 00:19:29.079 and you heard 00:19:29.079 --> 00:19:29.839 my voice. 00:19:31.539 --> 00:19:32.419 This is a prayer 00:19:32.419 --> 00:19:33.079 of thanksgiving. 00:19:34.299 --> 00:19:35.500 Jonah is going 00:19:35.500 --> 00:19:37.699 to give great joy. 00:19:38.179 --> 00:19:39.239 He's going to say, 00:19:39.359 --> 00:19:40.619 God has delivered me. 00:19:40.619 --> 00:19:43.919 He's saying, 00:19:44.359 --> 00:19:45.179 this is a prayer 00:19:45.179 --> 00:19:46.599 in which I called 00:19:46.599 --> 00:19:47.239 on the name 00:19:47.239 --> 00:19:47.899 of the Lord 00:19:47.899 --> 00:19:49.799 and He answered me. 00:19:53.099 --> 00:19:54.479 It was about time 00:19:54.479 --> 00:19:55.799 this disobedient prophet 00:19:55.799 --> 00:19:56.899 called on the name 00:19:56.899 --> 00:19:57.479 of the Lord. 00:19:58.839 --> 00:20:00.019 He called on the name 00:20:00.019 --> 00:20:00.419 of the Lord 00:20:00.419 --> 00:20:01.659 out of his distress. 00:20:02.179 --> 00:20:02.959 Verse 2. 00:20:04.919 --> 00:20:05.839 When he says 00:20:05.839 --> 00:20:06.500 out of the belly 00:20:06.500 --> 00:20:07.099 of Sheol, 00:20:07.259 --> 00:20:08.059 don't be thinking 00:20:08.059 --> 00:20:08.739 out of the belly 00:20:08.739 --> 00:20:09.279 of a whale. 00:20:09.439 --> 00:20:10.500 It's a play on words. 00:20:10.619 --> 00:20:14.000 Jonah knew 00:20:14.000 --> 00:20:14.919 he was coming down 00:20:14.919 --> 00:20:15.779 to the very gates 00:20:15.779 --> 00:20:16.759 of death itself. 00:20:17.759 --> 00:20:18.919 God delivered him 00:20:18.919 --> 00:20:19.899 from the depths. 00:20:21.199 --> 00:20:22.259 And so what we see 00:20:22.259 --> 00:20:24.559 in these verses here 00:20:24.559 --> 00:20:26.759 is this weaving 00:20:26.759 --> 00:20:28.459 of falling down, 00:20:28.639 --> 00:20:29.779 descending down 00:20:29.779 --> 00:20:30.739 into the depths 00:20:30.739 --> 00:20:31.419 of the sea 00:20:31.419 --> 00:20:32.759 and getting closer 00:20:32.759 --> 00:20:33.439 and closer 00:20:33.439 --> 00:20:35.059 to death. 00:20:35.779 --> 00:20:36.199 Sheol. 00:20:36.679 --> 00:20:37.239 The pit. 00:20:38.019 --> 00:20:38.679 The land 00:20:38.680 --> 00:20:40.240 who would bar him 00:20:40.240 --> 00:20:40.640 out. 00:20:45.060 --> 00:20:45.820 So what we're 00:20:45.820 --> 00:20:46.400 seeing here 00:20:46.400 --> 00:20:50.000 is that Jonah 00:20:50.000 --> 00:20:51.019 is in the water. 00:20:52.420 --> 00:20:53.360 He's reminding 00:20:53.360 --> 00:20:53.900 himself. 00:20:54.160 --> 00:20:55.180 This psalm is saying, 00:20:55.259 --> 00:20:56.360 I was in the water. 00:20:58.060 --> 00:20:59.640 I was falling 00:20:59.640 --> 00:21:00.299 into the belly 00:21:00.299 --> 00:21:00.960 of Sheol. 00:21:01.140 --> 00:21:02.600 I was on my way 00:21:02.599 --> 00:21:03.439 to Tarshish, 00:21:04.119 --> 00:21:05.039 but I took 00:21:05.039 --> 00:21:06.819 a downward 00:21:06.819 --> 00:21:07.559 turn 00:21:07.559 --> 00:21:08.679 and I was 00:21:08.679 --> 00:21:09.480 on my way 00:21:09.480 --> 00:21:10.339 to Sheol, 00:21:10.899 --> 00:21:11.319 the realm 00:21:11.319 --> 00:21:11.879 of the dead. 00:21:15.439 --> 00:21:16.500 I want you to notice 00:21:16.500 --> 00:21:17.659 something very important 00:21:17.659 --> 00:21:18.259 in verse 2. 00:21:18.259 --> 00:21:20.299 I called. 00:21:20.559 --> 00:21:21.480 He answered me. 00:21:21.839 --> 00:21:22.659 I called. 00:21:23.659 --> 00:21:26.419 You answered me. 00:21:26.420 --> 00:21:27.660 He said, 00:21:27.660 --> 00:21:28.620 it's very subtle, 00:21:28.920 --> 00:21:30.060 but it's significant. 00:21:31.080 --> 00:21:31.700 He moves from 00:21:31.700 --> 00:21:34.400 talking about God 00:21:34.400 --> 00:21:36.880 to talking 00:21:36.880 --> 00:21:39.019 to God. 00:21:40.019 --> 00:21:41.460 It moves from 00:21:41.460 --> 00:21:42.980 He to 00:21:42.980 --> 00:21:43.960 you. 00:21:45.380 --> 00:21:46.480 It's moved from 00:21:46.480 --> 00:21:47.480 theory to being 00:21:47.480 --> 00:21:48.259 very personal. 00:21:50.259 --> 00:21:51.759 God is minding 00:21:51.759 --> 00:21:52.539 the gap 00:21:52.539 --> 00:21:53.700 in Jonah. 00:21:53.700 --> 00:21:53.820 Jonah. 00:21:53.819 --> 00:21:57.639 What we'll see 00:21:57.639 --> 00:21:58.339 is that God, 00:21:59.259 --> 00:21:59.899 even though 00:21:59.899 --> 00:22:00.759 Jonah tried 00:22:00.759 --> 00:22:01.339 to flee from 00:22:01.339 --> 00:22:01.879 His presence, 00:22:02.059 --> 00:22:02.599 God was there 00:22:02.599 --> 00:22:03.720 all along. 00:22:05.299 --> 00:22:06.179 In verses 3 00:22:06.179 --> 00:22:07.139 through the beginning 00:22:07.139 --> 00:22:07.960 of verse 6, 00:22:08.159 --> 00:22:09.379 we'll look at 00:22:09.379 --> 00:22:10.579 this descent 00:22:10.579 --> 00:22:11.379 down. 00:22:13.359 --> 00:22:13.759 Again, 00:22:13.839 --> 00:22:14.200 I just want to 00:22:14.200 --> 00:22:14.599 reiterate, 00:22:14.859 --> 00:22:15.720 Jonah's not 00:22:15.720 --> 00:22:16.740 recalling being 00:22:16.740 --> 00:22:17.460 in the fish. 00:22:17.939 --> 00:22:18.859 He's recalling 00:22:18.859 --> 00:22:20.059 being overwhelmed 00:22:20.059 --> 00:22:21.019 by the sea 00:22:21.019 --> 00:22:23.399 into the deep, 00:22:23.400 --> 00:22:24.360 into the heart 00:22:24.360 --> 00:22:25.019 of the seas. 00:22:25.400 --> 00:22:25.880 The flood 00:22:25.880 --> 00:22:26.620 surrounded me. 00:22:26.720 --> 00:22:27.759 All your waves 00:22:27.759 --> 00:22:28.500 and billows 00:22:28.500 --> 00:22:29.519 passed over me. 00:22:30.180 --> 00:22:31.140 This is a description 00:22:31.140 --> 00:22:32.220 of being overwhelmed 00:22:32.220 --> 00:22:32.980 by the waters. 00:22:34.680 --> 00:22:35.200 He was in 00:22:35.200 --> 00:22:35.920 over His head. 00:22:36.360 --> 00:22:36.940 Anybody in 00:22:36.940 --> 00:22:37.480 over your head 00:22:37.480 --> 00:22:37.960 in the sea, 00:22:38.040 --> 00:22:38.540 in the lake? 00:22:39.360 --> 00:22:39.720 You're getting 00:22:39.720 --> 00:22:40.900 close to not 00:22:40.900 --> 00:22:41.340 being able 00:22:41.340 --> 00:22:41.720 to keep your 00:22:41.720 --> 00:22:42.460 head up anymore? 00:22:43.620 --> 00:22:44.620 Panic sets in? 00:22:47.160 --> 00:22:48.000 He says in 00:22:48.000 --> 00:22:48.780 verse 3, 00:22:48.779 --> 00:22:49.339 it's very 00:22:49.339 --> 00:22:49.879 interesting. 00:22:50.099 --> 00:22:50.799 For you 00:22:50.799 --> 00:22:52.200 cast me 00:22:52.200 --> 00:22:54.379 into the deep. 00:22:55.579 --> 00:22:56.399 Even though 00:22:56.399 --> 00:22:57.339 the sailors 00:22:57.339 --> 00:22:58.319 cast Jonah 00:22:58.319 --> 00:22:59.220 into the sea, 00:23:00.220 --> 00:23:00.720 Jonah knows 00:23:00.720 --> 00:23:01.079 what's really 00:23:01.079 --> 00:23:01.539 going on. 00:23:03.539 --> 00:23:04.799 God orchestrated 00:23:04.799 --> 00:23:05.480 the whole thing. 00:23:06.440 --> 00:23:07.279 God wanted 00:23:07.279 --> 00:23:08.160 Jonah in the sea. 00:23:08.740 --> 00:23:09.460 God caused 00:23:09.460 --> 00:23:10.079 Jonah to be 00:23:10.079 --> 00:23:10.700 in this 00:23:10.700 --> 00:23:11.740 overwhelming 00:23:11.740 --> 00:23:12.859 situation. 00:23:14.740 --> 00:23:15.680 Is that nice 00:23:15.680 --> 00:23:16.059 of God? 00:23:16.059 --> 00:23:18.639 Is that 00:23:18.639 --> 00:23:19.179 unloving 00:23:19.179 --> 00:23:19.619 of God 00:23:19.619 --> 00:23:20.019 to do? 00:23:21.399 --> 00:23:22.139 To put 00:23:22.139 --> 00:23:22.559 someone 00:23:22.559 --> 00:23:23.059 through a 00:23:23.059 --> 00:23:23.679 hard thing? 00:23:26.039 --> 00:23:27.299 To overwhelm 00:23:27.299 --> 00:23:27.779 someone? 00:23:30.480 --> 00:23:31.179 Oh no, 00:23:31.279 --> 00:23:32.059 it's not 00:23:32.059 --> 00:23:32.440 unloving. 00:23:32.579 --> 00:23:32.879 In fact, 00:23:32.980 --> 00:23:33.440 this is one 00:23:33.440 --> 00:23:33.779 of the most 00:23:33.779 --> 00:23:34.399 loving things 00:23:34.399 --> 00:23:35.179 God could do. 00:23:35.940 --> 00:23:36.619 It's a hard 00:23:36.619 --> 00:23:36.899 love, 00:23:37.000 --> 00:23:37.379 but it's a 00:23:37.379 --> 00:23:37.940 real love. 00:23:38.759 --> 00:23:39.299 God is 00:23:39.299 --> 00:23:40.139 bringing Jonah 00:23:40.139 --> 00:23:41.159 to an end 00:23:41.159 --> 00:23:41.740 to Himself. 00:23:42.619 --> 00:23:43.759 He's letting 00:23:43.759 --> 00:23:44.759 Jonah 00:23:44.759 --> 00:23:45.659 sink. 00:23:46.059 --> 00:23:47.899 until 00:23:47.899 --> 00:23:48.940 Jonah 00:23:48.940 --> 00:23:49.839 cries 00:23:49.839 --> 00:23:50.440 out. 00:23:55.279 --> 00:23:55.819 In 00:23:55.819 --> 00:23:56.720 chapter 2 00:23:56.720 --> 00:23:57.379 verse 4, 00:23:58.500 --> 00:23:59.440 in the state 00:23:59.440 --> 00:23:59.839 of being 00:23:59.839 --> 00:24:00.519 overwhelmed, 00:24:00.740 --> 00:24:01.440 Jonah thinks 00:24:01.440 --> 00:24:02.039 that God 00:24:02.039 --> 00:24:02.639 has lost 00:24:02.639 --> 00:24:03.440 sight of him. 00:24:03.839 --> 00:24:04.579 Then I said, 00:24:04.960 --> 00:24:05.639 I am driven 00:24:05.639 --> 00:24:06.599 away from 00:24:06.599 --> 00:24:07.279 your sight. 00:24:07.759 --> 00:24:08.319 Jonah is 00:24:08.319 --> 00:24:09.099 fearing that 00:24:09.099 --> 00:24:09.559 he's been 00:24:09.559 --> 00:24:10.440 cast out 00:24:10.440 --> 00:24:11.119 of God's 00:24:11.119 --> 00:24:11.480 saving 00:24:11.480 --> 00:24:12.179 presence. 00:24:13.000 --> 00:24:13.599 That God 00:24:13.599 --> 00:24:14.079 had cast 00:24:14.079 --> 00:24:14.440 him out. 00:24:14.440 --> 00:24:17.120 But God 00:24:17.120 --> 00:24:17.660 hasn't driven 00:24:17.660 --> 00:24:18.299 Jonah away. 00:24:18.860 --> 00:24:19.440 He seems to 00:24:19.440 --> 00:24:19.880 have forgotten. 00:24:20.180 --> 00:24:20.539 He's the 00:24:20.539 --> 00:24:20.820 one that 00:24:20.820 --> 00:24:21.200 bolted. 00:24:22.720 --> 00:24:23.220 He's the 00:24:23.220 --> 00:24:23.519 one that 00:24:23.519 --> 00:24:23.920 sought to 00:24:23.920 --> 00:24:24.279 flee the 00:24:24.279 --> 00:24:24.860 presence of 00:24:24.860 --> 00:24:25.259 the Lord. 00:24:25.820 --> 00:24:26.299 Quite the 00:24:26.299 --> 00:24:26.799 contrary. 00:24:27.320 --> 00:24:27.779 God has 00:24:27.779 --> 00:24:28.279 been faithful. 00:24:29.279 --> 00:24:29.600 God has 00:24:29.600 --> 00:24:30.160 followed him. 00:24:30.640 --> 00:24:30.920 God has 00:24:30.920 --> 00:24:31.559 orchestrated 00:24:31.559 --> 00:24:32.080 all these 00:24:32.080 --> 00:24:32.440 things. 00:24:34.080 --> 00:24:34.539 God is 00:24:34.539 --> 00:24:35.480 actually wanting 00:24:35.480 --> 00:24:36.039 to draw 00:24:36.039 --> 00:24:36.840 Jonah into 00:24:36.840 --> 00:24:38.340 His presence. 00:24:38.339 --> 00:24:39.720 and what 00:24:39.720 --> 00:24:40.899 God sees 00:24:40.899 --> 00:24:41.659 in Jonah 00:24:41.659 --> 00:24:43.319 is a 00:24:43.319 --> 00:24:43.980 hardened 00:24:43.980 --> 00:24:45.019 heart 00:24:45.019 --> 00:24:46.240 unwilling 00:24:46.240 --> 00:24:47.799 to preach 00:24:47.799 --> 00:24:48.619 to the 00:24:48.619 --> 00:24:49.379 Ninevites. 00:24:51.459 --> 00:24:52.240 A heart 00:24:52.240 --> 00:24:52.659 that needed 00:24:52.659 --> 00:24:52.959 to be 00:24:52.959 --> 00:24:53.500 softened. 00:24:53.599 --> 00:24:54.399 A prideful 00:24:54.399 --> 00:24:54.919 heart that 00:24:54.919 --> 00:24:55.319 needed to 00:24:55.319 --> 00:24:55.819 be humbled. 00:24:58.000 --> 00:24:58.439 And God 00:24:58.439 --> 00:24:58.959 is afflicting 00:24:58.959 --> 00:24:59.759 Jonah to 00:24:59.759 --> 00:25:00.419 humble Jonah 00:25:00.419 --> 00:25:01.000 because God 00:25:01.000 --> 00:25:01.659 loves Jonah 00:25:01.659 --> 00:25:02.579 because God 00:25:02.579 --> 00:25:02.980 wants to 00:25:02.980 --> 00:25:03.419 make much 00:25:03.419 --> 00:25:03.699 of His 00:25:03.699 --> 00:25:04.259 name in 00:25:04.259 --> 00:25:04.779 Assyria. 00:25:04.779 --> 00:25:04.859 Yeah. 00:25:04.859 --> 00:25:04.899 Yeah. 00:25:04.899 --> 00:25:04.919 Yeah. 00:25:04.919 --> 00:25:04.959 Yeah. 00:25:04.959 --> 00:25:05.000 Yeah. 00:25:05.000 --> 00:25:05.019 Yeah. 00:25:05.019 --> 00:25:05.039 Yeah. 00:25:05.039 --> 00:25:05.079 Yeah. 00:25:05.079 --> 00:25:05.099 Yeah. 00:25:05.099 --> 00:25:05.480 Yeah. 00:25:05.480 --> 00:25:06.000 Yeah. 00:25:06.000 --> 00:25:07.059 Yeah. 00:25:07.059 --> 00:25:07.079 Yeah. 00:25:07.079 --> 00:25:07.099 Yeah. 00:25:07.099 --> 00:25:08.319 Yeah. 00:25:08.319 --> 00:25:09.079 Yeah. 00:25:09.079 --> 00:25:09.319 Yeah. 00:25:09.319 --> 00:25:09.559 Yeah. 00:25:09.559 --> 00:25:11.460 Yeah. 00:25:11.460 --> 00:25:12.439 Yeah. 00:25:12.439 --> 00:25:13.399 Yeah. 00:25:13.399 --> 00:25:13.939 Yeah. 00:25:13.939 --> 00:25:14.419 But that's 00:25:14.419 --> 00:25:15.000 what it took 00:25:15.000 --> 00:25:18.079 to get at 00:25:18.079 --> 00:25:18.500 Jonah's 00:25:18.500 --> 00:25:18.939 arrogance 00:25:18.939 --> 00:25:19.899 to soften 00:25:19.899 --> 00:25:20.879 his heart. 00:25:23.460 --> 00:25:24.460 Jonah says, 00:25:25.000 --> 00:25:25.619 yet I shall 00:25:25.619 --> 00:25:26.179 look upon 00:25:26.179 --> 00:25:26.759 your temple 00:25:26.759 --> 00:25:27.619 in verse 00:25:27.619 --> 00:25:27.899 four. 00:25:28.939 --> 00:25:29.720 It's kind 00:25:29.720 --> 00:25:30.220 of a then 00:25:30.220 --> 00:25:30.740 and now 00:25:30.740 --> 00:25:31.500 situation. 00:25:31.819 --> 00:25:32.319 Beginning 00:25:32.319 --> 00:25:32.679 of verse 00:25:32.679 --> 00:25:33.039 four he 00:25:33.039 --> 00:25:33.259 says, 00:25:33.259 --> 00:25:34.119 then I 00:25:34.119 --> 00:25:34.939 said I 00:25:34.939 --> 00:25:35.359 am driven 00:25:35.359 --> 00:25:35.960 away from 00:25:35.960 --> 00:25:36.379 your sight 00:25:36.379 --> 00:25:36.799 when he 00:25:36.799 --> 00:25:37.039 was in 00:25:37.039 --> 00:25:37.599 the waters. 00:25:38.319 --> 00:25:39.339 And then he says, 00:25:40.139 --> 00:25:42.159 yet I shall look upon your holy temple. 00:25:42.240 --> 00:25:43.539 The best way to explain it is 00:25:43.539 --> 00:25:47.119 he's in the stomach of the fish. 00:25:48.279 --> 00:25:48.899 He's been delivered. 00:25:48.980 --> 00:25:50.279 I'm going to look on the temple again. 00:25:50.480 --> 00:25:52.839 I was being cast out, 00:25:52.839 --> 00:25:54.480 but now I'm on my way. 00:25:57.359 --> 00:25:59.839 In verses 5 and the beginning of 6, 00:25:59.960 --> 00:26:01.359 the descent continues. 00:26:02.099 --> 00:26:03.819 The waters closed in over me. 00:26:03.879 --> 00:26:05.159 The deep surrounded me. 00:26:05.160 --> 00:26:09.320 My weeds, seaweed wrapped around my head. 00:26:13.140 --> 00:26:16.340 At the roots of the mountains. 00:26:17.480 --> 00:26:20.380 That's a reference to the bottom of the sea. 00:26:25.160 --> 00:26:27.460 In 6, the latter half in 6b, 00:26:27.560 --> 00:26:29.860 he says, I went down to the land 00:26:29.860 --> 00:26:32.400 whose bars closed upon me forever. 00:26:32.560 --> 00:26:33.519 I went down. 00:26:34.460 --> 00:26:36.160 Jonah has been descending down 00:26:36.160 --> 00:26:37.799 ever since Jonah chapter 1. 00:26:39.119 --> 00:26:41.019 Chapter 1, verse 3. 00:26:41.160 --> 00:26:42.259 He went down to Joppa. 00:26:43.759 --> 00:26:44.639 1, verse 5. 00:26:44.740 --> 00:26:46.720 He went down into the inner part of the ship. 00:26:46.720 --> 00:26:47.799 And here in 2, verse 6, 00:26:48.160 --> 00:26:51.160 he's gone down as far as he can go 00:26:51.160 --> 00:26:54.940 to the land whose bars closed upon me forever. 00:26:55.240 --> 00:26:57.160 He's talking about Sheol. 00:26:57.160 --> 00:27:01.200 The pit, verse 6. 00:27:02.160 --> 00:27:05.120 The place away from the saving presence of the Lord. 00:27:05.840 --> 00:27:08.200 Where people would be after they died 00:27:08.200 --> 00:27:09.420 as they awaited judgment. 00:27:09.900 --> 00:27:11.019 The bars are referenced, 00:27:11.519 --> 00:27:13.420 is a reference to bars in a city gate 00:27:13.420 --> 00:27:15.519 of a city in the ancient Near East 00:27:15.519 --> 00:27:18.279 that would lock people out 00:27:18.279 --> 00:27:20.140 and lock a people in. 00:27:20.140 --> 00:27:21.300 What Jonah is describing 00:27:21.300 --> 00:27:25.200 is a sense of being barred into Sheol. 00:27:26.720 --> 00:27:27.520 No escape. 00:27:28.420 --> 00:27:29.440 Separated without hope. 00:27:31.820 --> 00:27:33.520 Jonah has reached the end of his rope. 00:27:33.519 --> 00:27:38.119 Do you know what it's like 00:27:38.119 --> 00:27:38.980 to reach the end of your rope? 00:27:46.460 --> 00:27:47.339 Do you know what it's like 00:27:47.339 --> 00:27:48.059 to be overwhelmed? 00:27:50.059 --> 00:27:50.599 Barred in? 00:27:52.599 --> 00:27:53.720 Hitting rock bottom? 00:27:54.900 --> 00:27:56.980 There's no further descent to go. 00:27:57.619 --> 00:27:58.619 There's nowhere to go. 00:27:59.519 --> 00:28:00.619 Have you ever experienced this? 00:28:02.680 --> 00:28:03.079 Underwater? 00:28:03.519 --> 00:28:08.619 Do you know what it's like? 00:28:10.740 --> 00:28:12.500 We're reaching the turning point 00:28:12.500 --> 00:28:13.900 of the poem. 00:28:15.740 --> 00:28:16.900 Jonah's reached bottom. 00:28:18.200 --> 00:28:20.359 This is the darkest time of night for Jonah. 00:28:22.619 --> 00:28:23.980 Just before the dawn. 00:28:25.680 --> 00:28:27.339 In the latter half of verse 6, 00:28:27.420 --> 00:28:28.059 we read this. 00:28:28.720 --> 00:28:31.539 I went down to the land 00:28:31.539 --> 00:28:36.559 yet you brought up my life 00:28:36.559 --> 00:28:37.440 from the pit. 00:28:37.879 --> 00:28:40.519 Oh Lord, my God. 00:28:48.319 --> 00:28:50.399 When Jonah came to an end to himself, 00:28:51.059 --> 00:28:53.759 he finally cried out to God. 00:28:54.480 --> 00:28:56.220 We see that explicitly in verse 7. 00:28:56.319 --> 00:28:58.039 When my life was fainting away, 00:28:58.039 --> 00:28:59.500 I remembered the Lord 00:28:59.500 --> 00:29:00.700 and my prayer came to you. 00:29:01.420 --> 00:29:03.200 When my life was fainting away. 00:29:03.240 --> 00:29:03.960 Do you know what he's talking about? 00:29:05.819 --> 00:29:06.839 Out of oxygen. 00:29:08.180 --> 00:29:08.659 Underwater. 00:29:09.659 --> 00:29:10.700 Losing consciousness. 00:29:13.899 --> 00:29:15.619 My life was fainting away. 00:29:15.899 --> 00:29:16.920 I remembered you. 00:29:16.920 --> 00:29:20.000 His last thought of God 00:29:20.000 --> 00:29:21.259 at the bottom of the sea 00:29:21.259 --> 00:29:21.700 was, 00:29:22.140 --> 00:29:23.440 I remember you. 00:29:24.300 --> 00:29:25.060 It's the turning point 00:29:25.060 --> 00:29:26.740 in Jonah chapter 2. 00:29:28.200 --> 00:29:30.019 You brought up my life 00:29:30.019 --> 00:29:30.980 from the pit. 00:29:32.440 --> 00:29:33.980 Did you notice the contrast? 00:29:34.140 --> 00:29:35.140 I went down 00:29:35.140 --> 00:29:37.380 and you brought up. 00:29:37.660 --> 00:29:38.300 Did you notice that? 00:29:38.299 --> 00:29:41.119 Jonah has no doubt 00:29:41.119 --> 00:29:41.700 that it was God 00:29:41.700 --> 00:29:42.460 who rescued him. 00:29:43.779 --> 00:29:45.119 God humbling him. 00:29:45.700 --> 00:29:46.839 God bringing him low 00:29:46.839 --> 00:29:48.119 in order to raise him up. 00:29:48.419 --> 00:29:49.319 God bringing him down 00:29:49.319 --> 00:29:50.539 in order to change him. 00:29:52.440 --> 00:29:53.740 Jonah did nothing 00:29:53.740 --> 00:29:55.980 to merit what happened here. 00:29:57.039 --> 00:29:58.980 At his lowest point, 00:29:59.099 --> 00:29:59.940 he called out 00:29:59.940 --> 00:30:01.619 and there he was swallowed 00:30:01.619 --> 00:30:02.440 by the fish 00:30:02.440 --> 00:30:04.759 at the bottom of the sea. 00:30:04.759 --> 00:30:08.519 God sent that big fish down. 00:30:09.220 --> 00:30:09.640 Get him. 00:30:10.779 --> 00:30:11.420 Deliver him. 00:30:13.319 --> 00:30:15.500 This was an act 00:30:15.500 --> 00:30:16.500 of God's grace. 00:30:16.740 --> 00:30:17.539 It was a display 00:30:17.539 --> 00:30:18.960 of his steadfast love. 00:30:19.319 --> 00:30:19.740 In fact, 00:30:19.859 --> 00:30:21.799 God sovereignly orchestrated 00:30:21.799 --> 00:30:22.980 all these events 00:30:22.980 --> 00:30:24.079 in order that Jonah 00:30:24.079 --> 00:30:25.599 would call upon 00:30:25.599 --> 00:30:27.140 the name of the Lord 00:30:27.140 --> 00:30:29.740 and experience deliverance. 00:30:30.400 --> 00:30:32.460 God wanted Jonah 00:30:32.460 --> 00:30:33.720 to be brought 00:30:33.720 --> 00:30:35.019 face to face 00:30:35.019 --> 00:30:37.240 with his own perishing. 00:30:42.880 --> 00:30:44.180 God delivers him. 00:30:46.460 --> 00:30:47.519 Jonah seems to have been 00:30:47.519 --> 00:30:48.759 a pretty prideful bugger. 00:30:50.500 --> 00:30:51.640 In his arrogance, 00:30:51.819 --> 00:30:53.200 he held out on calling 00:30:53.200 --> 00:30:54.180 on the name of the Lord 00:30:54.180 --> 00:30:56.079 all the way down 00:30:56.079 --> 00:30:58.180 until he could barely 00:30:58.180 --> 00:30:59.160 think anymore. 00:31:00.019 --> 00:31:01.039 And then he calls 00:31:01.039 --> 00:31:01.980 on the name of the Lord 00:31:01.980 --> 00:31:03.539 and God delivers him. 00:31:03.720 --> 00:31:07.039 He finally humbles himself. 00:31:07.160 --> 00:31:08.100 There's this great passage 00:31:08.100 --> 00:31:09.180 in James 4.6. 00:31:10.160 --> 00:31:11.600 God opposes the proud, 00:31:12.700 --> 00:31:14.299 but he gives grace 00:31:14.299 --> 00:31:14.819 to the humble. 00:31:16.620 --> 00:31:17.860 Jonah humbles himself. 00:31:18.460 --> 00:31:19.500 God delivers him. 00:31:20.740 --> 00:31:22.319 It's all by God's grace. 00:31:22.579 --> 00:31:23.600 God was orchestrating 00:31:23.600 --> 00:31:24.279 the whole thing. 00:31:24.660 --> 00:31:25.660 And then look at verse 8. 00:31:25.660 --> 00:31:25.720 Verse 8. 00:31:25.720 --> 00:31:30.720 Those who pay regard 00:31:30.720 --> 00:31:31.360 to vain idols 00:31:31.360 --> 00:31:32.259 forsake their hope 00:31:32.259 --> 00:31:33.240 of steadfast love. 00:31:35.200 --> 00:31:36.160 One reads that 00:31:36.160 --> 00:31:36.680 and you're kind of like, 00:31:36.779 --> 00:31:37.579 where did that come from? 00:31:38.519 --> 00:31:39.380 That seems a little 00:31:39.380 --> 00:31:39.960 out of place. 00:31:40.220 --> 00:31:41.059 We're just talking about 00:31:41.059 --> 00:31:41.940 Jonah being delivered 00:31:41.940 --> 00:31:42.680 and all of a sudden 00:31:42.680 --> 00:31:43.339 he's talking about 00:31:43.339 --> 00:31:44.220 those people 00:31:44.220 --> 00:31:45.279 who worship vain idols, 00:31:45.380 --> 00:31:45.740 pay regard. 00:31:45.819 --> 00:31:46.839 What's all this about? 00:31:46.839 --> 00:31:46.980 Jonah. 00:31:50.659 --> 00:31:51.639 In a demonstration 00:31:51.639 --> 00:31:52.659 of a changed heart, 00:31:55.099 --> 00:31:56.139 Jonah recognizes 00:31:56.139 --> 00:31:57.759 not only his state 00:31:57.759 --> 00:31:58.899 of perishing, 00:31:59.339 --> 00:32:00.599 but he starts to see 00:32:00.599 --> 00:32:01.699 the state of those 00:32:01.699 --> 00:32:03.039 perishing around him. 00:32:03.879 --> 00:32:05.379 That they are worshippers 00:32:05.379 --> 00:32:07.659 of vain idols, 00:32:08.319 --> 00:32:09.759 meaningless vapor, 00:32:10.959 --> 00:32:11.480 nothing. 00:32:11.480 --> 00:32:14.000 They forsake 00:32:14.000 --> 00:32:15.819 God's steadfast love. 00:32:17.819 --> 00:32:19.360 He's coming to terms 00:32:19.360 --> 00:32:22.620 with those who are perishing 00:32:22.620 --> 00:32:23.700 in their idolatry 00:32:23.700 --> 00:32:24.519 all around him. 00:32:27.140 --> 00:32:28.120 In verse 9, 00:32:28.200 --> 00:32:29.079 Jonah lifts his voice 00:32:29.079 --> 00:32:29.720 to the Lord. 00:32:31.960 --> 00:32:32.339 I will, 00:32:32.700 --> 00:32:33.980 but I with the voice 00:32:33.980 --> 00:32:34.680 of thanksgiving 00:32:34.680 --> 00:32:36.120 will sacrifice to you. 00:32:36.220 --> 00:32:36.620 You know what 00:32:36.620 --> 00:32:37.460 thanksgiving is? 00:32:38.059 --> 00:32:38.579 Thanksgiving, 00:32:38.900 --> 00:32:39.339 gratitude, 00:32:39.339 --> 00:32:41.279 is a beautiful, 00:32:41.480 --> 00:32:44.220 very clear indicator 00:32:44.220 --> 00:32:45.240 of a changed heart. 00:32:45.819 --> 00:32:47.299 Of a chart of heart 00:32:47.299 --> 00:32:49.799 that's been grace impacted. 00:32:51.360 --> 00:32:52.079 Jonah went from 00:32:52.079 --> 00:32:52.860 not giving a rip 00:32:52.860 --> 00:32:53.599 about anybody 00:32:53.599 --> 00:32:55.039 to being grateful 00:32:55.039 --> 00:32:56.299 that God delivered him 00:32:56.299 --> 00:32:57.440 from the gates of Sheol 00:32:57.440 --> 00:32:58.539 and now he's aware 00:32:58.539 --> 00:32:59.860 of people who are perishing. 00:33:01.940 --> 00:33:03.240 When was the last time 00:33:03.240 --> 00:33:04.480 you thanked God 00:33:04.480 --> 00:33:05.620 for saving you? 00:33:07.120 --> 00:33:08.220 When was the last time 00:33:08.220 --> 00:33:09.660 you came to your God 00:33:09.660 --> 00:33:10.019 and said, 00:33:10.120 --> 00:33:10.420 oh God, 00:33:10.500 --> 00:33:11.319 thank you for saving 00:33:11.319 --> 00:33:12.359 a sinner like me. 00:33:12.439 --> 00:33:13.480 I didn't deserve anything. 00:33:14.720 --> 00:33:17.200 I deserved your wrath. 00:33:21.839 --> 00:33:23.399 Out of his heart of gratitude, 00:33:23.599 --> 00:33:25.779 Jonah says he will sacrifice 00:33:25.779 --> 00:33:27.279 and make vows. 00:33:28.059 --> 00:33:29.379 It calls to mind 00:33:29.379 --> 00:33:31.339 at the end of chapter 1, 00:33:31.439 --> 00:33:32.200 those sailors 00:33:32.200 --> 00:33:35.339 who after being delivered by God, 00:33:35.419 --> 00:33:37.579 sacrificed and made vows. 00:33:37.579 --> 00:33:38.579 Jonah's been changed. 00:33:38.579 --> 00:33:42.639 Jonah's been changed 00:33:42.639 --> 00:33:45.279 by experiencing the saving presence 00:33:45.279 --> 00:33:45.939 of the Lord. 00:33:49.039 --> 00:33:50.639 He was running from the One 00:33:50.639 --> 00:33:52.699 who wanted to save others 00:33:52.699 --> 00:33:54.619 and now he's experienced 00:33:54.619 --> 00:33:56.559 being saved by that One. 00:33:56.699 --> 00:33:57.299 Being delivered. 00:33:58.339 --> 00:33:59.559 And now he's willing to go 00:33:59.559 --> 00:34:00.599 and preach. 00:34:00.599 --> 00:34:01.919 At the end of this psalm, 00:34:02.240 --> 00:34:04.199 it closes with that great, 00:34:04.480 --> 00:34:06.059 great declaration. 00:34:06.480 --> 00:34:08.500 Salvation belongs to the Lord, 00:34:08.679 --> 00:34:10.199 Jonah says in the belly of a whale. 00:34:12.519 --> 00:34:14.440 He's personally and profoundly 00:34:14.440 --> 00:34:16.679 experienced God's deliverance. 00:34:17.719 --> 00:34:19.279 He knows firsthand 00:34:19.279 --> 00:34:21.339 what it means to be delivered. 00:34:21.340 --> 00:34:24.960 And it closes, 00:34:25.160 --> 00:34:27.100 salvation belongs to the Lord. 00:34:27.240 --> 00:34:28.300 He alone can rescue. 00:34:28.740 --> 00:34:30.059 He alone can save. 00:34:30.340 --> 00:34:31.480 He can save anyone. 00:34:31.940 --> 00:34:33.420 God can save Ninevites 00:34:33.420 --> 00:34:35.519 in the 8th century B.C. 00:34:35.640 --> 00:34:37.280 and He can save Kenoshaites 00:34:37.280 --> 00:34:39.320 in the 21st century A.D. 00:34:40.800 --> 00:34:41.860 He saved me. 00:34:43.140 --> 00:34:44.260 He saved you. 00:34:45.660 --> 00:34:47.340 Anyone who calls upon the name of the Lord 00:34:47.340 --> 00:34:48.019 will be saved. 00:34:48.019 --> 00:34:51.099 In verse 10, 00:34:51.179 --> 00:34:52.500 we have that final bookend, 00:34:52.679 --> 00:34:54.559 that last piece of bread 00:34:54.559 --> 00:34:55.219 on the sandwich. 00:34:55.460 --> 00:34:56.860 Having graciously saved Jonah 00:34:56.860 --> 00:34:57.699 and changed Jonah, 00:34:58.139 --> 00:34:59.460 God speaks to the fish. 00:34:59.559 --> 00:35:02.259 The fish vomits Jonah on dry land. 00:35:02.360 --> 00:35:03.480 He delivered him from the sea 00:35:03.480 --> 00:35:05.780 and presumably bumped him 00:35:05.780 --> 00:35:07.239 in the right direction to Nineveh. 00:35:10.820 --> 00:35:12.619 This morning I started this sermon 00:35:12.619 --> 00:35:14.119 with an observation. 00:35:15.259 --> 00:35:16.300 God's heart is to save. 00:35:16.739 --> 00:35:17.480 He's willing and able. 00:35:18.440 --> 00:35:19.719 We live among a people 00:35:19.719 --> 00:35:20.719 who are perishing 00:35:20.719 --> 00:35:21.880 and need salvation. 00:35:26.300 --> 00:35:28.159 People in order to be saved 00:35:28.159 --> 00:35:30.400 need to call on the name of the Lord. 00:35:32.159 --> 00:35:33.280 Acts 4.12 00:35:33.280 --> 00:35:35.280 There is salvation in no one else 00:35:35.280 --> 00:35:36.780 for there is no other name under heaven 00:35:36.780 --> 00:35:37.519 given among men 00:35:37.519 --> 00:35:38.920 by which they must be saved. 00:35:40.000 --> 00:35:41.199 Who's going to tell them? 00:35:43.500 --> 00:35:44.739 Who's going to go to them? 00:35:44.739 --> 00:35:45.439 We are. 00:35:45.439 --> 00:35:45.739 We are. 00:35:45.739 --> 00:35:47.739 We are. 00:35:47.739 --> 00:35:48.279 We are. 00:35:48.279 --> 00:35:49.279 We are. 00:35:49.279 --> 00:35:53.019 We are the ones called by God 00:35:53.019 --> 00:35:55.199 to proclaim the name of Jesus Christ 00:35:55.199 --> 00:35:56.000 to the perishing. 00:35:56.000 --> 00:35:58.559 But we're slow to it, aren't we? 00:36:01.199 --> 00:36:02.619 So we need to be changed. 00:36:03.519 --> 00:36:04.800 And what will motivate us 00:36:04.800 --> 00:36:06.380 to boldly and winsomely 00:36:06.380 --> 00:36:07.800 tell those who are perishing 00:36:07.800 --> 00:36:11.119 is our own salvation. 00:36:13.420 --> 00:36:15.239 Recalling our own deliverance. 00:36:15.340 --> 00:36:16.480 What will compel us 00:36:16.480 --> 00:36:18.000 to take risks like that? 00:36:18.000 --> 00:36:20.119 What will get us over 00:36:20.119 --> 00:36:21.420 our own distractions 00:36:21.420 --> 00:36:24.079 and quiet bigotries? 00:36:24.280 --> 00:36:25.679 What did God do 00:36:25.679 --> 00:36:26.840 to get Jonah willing 00:36:26.840 --> 00:36:28.079 to preach to the Ninevites? 00:36:28.579 --> 00:36:30.260 God delivered Jonah. 00:36:31.059 --> 00:36:32.400 He brought him face to face 00:36:32.400 --> 00:36:33.599 with his own perishing 00:36:33.599 --> 00:36:34.320 and said, 00:36:34.500 --> 00:36:35.119 look what I can do. 00:36:36.519 --> 00:36:37.280 I can do that 00:36:37.280 --> 00:36:39.099 for the Ninevites as well. 00:36:39.099 --> 00:36:45.639 We are to call to a mind afresh 00:36:45.639 --> 00:36:48.019 that God has saved us 00:36:48.019 --> 00:36:51.559 from our perishing 00:36:51.559 --> 00:36:53.599 for no other reason 00:36:53.599 --> 00:36:54.480 than His grace. 00:36:55.519 --> 00:36:57.199 There's nothing special about me 00:36:57.199 --> 00:36:58.860 and there's nothing special about you 00:36:58.860 --> 00:37:00.679 that caused God to rescue you 00:37:00.679 --> 00:37:01.279 from your sin. 00:37:04.059 --> 00:37:05.059 He saved you. 00:37:07.360 --> 00:37:08.239 Here's the logic. 00:37:10.099 --> 00:37:12.019 God saves sinners like you and me 00:37:12.019 --> 00:37:13.619 to show a world that it's perishing 00:37:13.619 --> 00:37:14.779 that He can save anybody. 00:37:17.460 --> 00:37:19.360 Anyone who calls upon the name of the Lord 00:37:19.360 --> 00:37:20.079 will be saved. 00:37:21.139 --> 00:37:22.460 God doesn't discriminate 00:37:22.460 --> 00:37:26.860 according to race, position, 00:37:27.099 --> 00:37:28.400 bank account, or education. 00:37:28.659 --> 00:37:29.679 God will save anyone 00:37:29.679 --> 00:37:30.940 who calls upon His name. 00:37:31.739 --> 00:37:33.639 And if God is willing and able to save me, 00:37:34.299 --> 00:37:36.019 He's willing and able to save anybody. 00:37:39.099 --> 00:37:44.500 I want to ask four questions to close. 00:37:48.500 --> 00:37:50.019 Are people in our city 00:37:50.019 --> 00:37:51.480 perishing apart from God 00:37:51.480 --> 00:37:52.659 because of their idolatry? 00:37:52.659 --> 00:37:55.559 Yes. 00:37:58.460 --> 00:38:00.779 Does our God want to save people in our city 00:38:00.779 --> 00:38:03.179 who are perishing in their idolatry? 00:38:04.940 --> 00:38:05.359 Yes. 00:38:08.119 --> 00:38:10.279 Is God calling you and me 00:38:10.279 --> 00:38:12.359 to be willing to open our mouths 00:38:12.359 --> 00:38:15.420 to tell people who are perishing 00:38:15.420 --> 00:38:16.480 that their salvation 00:38:16.480 --> 00:38:18.259 is in Christ alone? 00:38:18.260 --> 00:38:19.260 Yes. 00:38:19.260 --> 00:38:20.260 Yes. 00:38:20.260 --> 00:38:20.460 Yes. 00:38:24.060 --> 00:38:25.380 So what will it take 00:38:25.380 --> 00:38:27.280 to motivate you 00:38:27.280 --> 00:38:29.200 to tell someone else 00:38:29.200 --> 00:38:31.320 of this great salvation 00:38:31.320 --> 00:38:32.740 that is in Christ alone 00:38:32.740 --> 00:38:34.100 but God offers to all? 00:38:34.180 --> 00:38:34.900 What will it take? 00:38:34.900 --> 00:38:38.860 We're not going to do it out of duty. 00:38:40.300 --> 00:38:41.539 We do this out of delight. 00:38:44.139 --> 00:38:46.019 Our witness to those who are perishing 00:38:46.019 --> 00:38:47.240 is born of thanksgiving. 00:38:47.380 --> 00:38:48.519 It springs from joy. 00:38:48.619 --> 00:38:49.780 It's the joy of salvation. 00:38:50.579 --> 00:38:52.160 Salvation belongs to the Lord. 00:38:52.300 --> 00:38:54.119 My salvation belongs to the Lord. 00:38:54.500 --> 00:38:56.300 Your salvation belongs to the Lord. 00:38:56.639 --> 00:38:58.260 I was lost, but now I'm found. 00:38:58.380 --> 00:38:59.260 I once was blind, 00:38:59.320 --> 00:39:00.079 but now I see. 00:39:00.180 --> 00:39:00.860 Amazing grace, 00:39:00.920 --> 00:39:01.680 how sweet the sound 00:39:01.680 --> 00:39:02.920 that saved a wretch like me. 00:39:02.920 --> 00:39:05.260 We're all wretches 00:39:05.260 --> 00:39:09.019 saved by God's amazing grace. 00:39:10.240 --> 00:39:12.480 And we speak to others 00:39:12.480 --> 00:39:14.840 as those who were once perishing, 00:39:15.400 --> 00:39:17.180 but now are saved. 00:39:18.220 --> 00:39:19.980 We speak as those who once 00:39:19.980 --> 00:39:22.900 descended down to the gates of Sheol, 00:39:24.079 --> 00:39:26.180 but were brought up to life 00:39:26.180 --> 00:39:27.579 by the grace of God. 00:39:29.119 --> 00:39:30.740 Brothers and sisters in Christ, 00:39:30.739 --> 00:39:35.019 do you realize you have something to say? 00:39:37.299 --> 00:39:38.979 You have something to say. 00:39:40.859 --> 00:39:43.019 Salvation belongs to the Lord. 00:39:45.419 --> 00:39:47.079 Anyone who calls upon the name of the Lord 00:39:47.079 --> 00:39:47.859 will be saved. 00:39:49.079 --> 00:39:51.199 And then those who've been saved 00:39:51.199 --> 00:39:53.939 will call all to the name of the Lord. 00:39:55.299 --> 00:39:55.919 Let's pray. 00:39:55.920 --> 00:40:03.420 God, we do pray that you would 00:40:03.420 --> 00:40:05.360 remind us afresh 00:40:05.360 --> 00:40:07.380 of what you saved us from 00:40:07.380 --> 00:40:08.579 just as you did Jonah. 00:40:09.500 --> 00:40:10.820 And in so doing, God, 00:40:10.900 --> 00:40:13.159 you would loosen our jaw, 00:40:13.960 --> 00:40:15.039 loosen our tongue, 00:40:15.960 --> 00:40:17.460 that God, you would fill our hearts 00:40:17.460 --> 00:40:19.420 with gratitude for being saved 00:40:19.420 --> 00:40:20.860 by you and your grace, 00:40:20.860 --> 00:40:22.619 and that we would tell others 00:40:22.619 --> 00:40:26.059 where salvation is found 00:40:26.059 --> 00:40:29.639 in our great God and Savior, 00:40:29.759 --> 00:40:30.500 Jesus Christ. 00:40:31.279 --> 00:40:32.500 In His name we pray. 00:40:32.500 --> 00:40:59.079 就聖書