WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.220 If you want to open up your Bibles, we're in the book of Jonah this morning. 00:00:04.299 --> 00:00:12.259 And if you're in a pew Bible, the ESV pew Bible, it's on page 658, the NIV pew Bible, it's 1436. 00:00:12.580 --> 00:00:18.519 If you're like me, what I end up doing is just find in the middle of my Bible and start going left. 00:00:19.260 --> 00:00:23.760 And so I'll just look until I hit Jonah, and eventually I get there. 00:00:26.760 --> 00:00:28.699 Do you know what word associations are? 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:36.880 The word association is when someone says something and then you say back the first thing that comes to your mind. 00:00:38.880 --> 00:00:44.659 So if I say day and, you would say day and night. 00:00:45.380 --> 00:00:46.579 Peanut butter and? 00:00:47.939 --> 00:00:49.439 Jonah and the? 00:00:50.280 --> 00:00:50.879 Whale. 00:00:51.379 --> 00:00:52.060 That's right. 00:00:52.060 --> 00:00:57.359 When you think of Jonah, you're probably thinking about a prophet in the belly of a big fish. 00:00:57.359 --> 00:01:01.619 And the book of Jonah is so much more than that. 00:01:02.920 --> 00:01:14.019 And so Jonah is unlike many other prophetic books because Jonah will focus on seven words of the prophet Jonah in Jonah 3. 00:01:15.159 --> 00:01:17.859 But really the book of Jonah is about the life of Jonah. 00:01:18.799 --> 00:01:20.060 It's a biography of Jonah. 00:01:20.060 --> 00:01:28.060 It's about God's call on Jonah to preach a message of repentance to a distant and dangerous people. 00:01:28.439 --> 00:01:29.379 We'll get there in a second. 00:01:31.260 --> 00:01:37.040 Jonah is a very dramatic, vivid book with a lot of changing scenes. 00:01:37.040 --> 00:01:43.440 I mean, chapter 1 takes place on a boat being ravaged by a tempest in the Mediterranean Sea. 00:01:44.300 --> 00:01:48.520 And then chapter 2 takes place in the belly of a whale. 00:01:49.800 --> 00:01:53.060 Chapter 3 takes place in the city of Nineveh. 00:01:53.260 --> 00:01:56.760 The capital of Assyria in the 8th century. 00:01:56.980 --> 00:02:00.820 And we're actually brought into the very throne room of Nineveh. 00:02:00.819 --> 00:02:07.779 And then in chapter 4, we find ourselves on the outskirts of Nineveh with Jonah. 00:02:07.919 --> 00:02:14.199 Where Jonah awaits and is hoping for God just to lay bare the city of Nineveh. 00:02:15.359 --> 00:02:23.819 But what Jonah gets is an object lesson in God's mercy and kindness and pity. 00:02:25.740 --> 00:02:26.959 Jonah was a real person. 00:02:26.960 --> 00:02:29.920 All these events happen. 00:02:31.020 --> 00:02:31.939 This isn't a parable. 00:02:32.599 --> 00:02:33.780 This isn't an allegory. 00:02:34.580 --> 00:02:36.640 This is a historical account. 00:02:36.920 --> 00:02:40.400 And this historical account teaches something to us. 00:02:41.340 --> 00:02:42.700 It's didactic. 00:02:44.280 --> 00:02:47.120 You see, ultimately, the book of Jonah is about God. 00:02:48.200 --> 00:02:53.120 About God's heart for those who are perishing. 00:02:53.659 --> 00:02:55.260 For those who are lost. 00:02:55.259 --> 00:02:59.299 And so, over the next few weeks, we're going to learn a lot about God's heart. 00:02:59.459 --> 00:03:02.359 And we're going to learn about some of our wayward tendencies. 00:03:04.179 --> 00:03:06.219 In God's call on our lives. 00:03:06.359 --> 00:03:07.979 But here's what's going to ring true. 00:03:10.259 --> 00:03:12.699 Anyone who calls upon the name of the Lord will be saved. 00:03:13.579 --> 00:03:13.919 Anyone. 00:03:15.379 --> 00:03:18.159 Anyone who calls upon the name of the Lord will be saved. 00:03:18.239 --> 00:03:19.840 We see that happening in chapter 1. 00:03:19.899 --> 00:03:21.680 We'll see it happen in chapter 2. 00:03:21.739 --> 00:03:23.039 We'll see it happen in chapter 3. 00:03:23.039 --> 00:03:27.979 Anyone who calls upon the name of the Lord will be delivered. 00:03:30.299 --> 00:03:31.259 Our prayer. 00:03:31.379 --> 00:03:31.859 My prayer. 00:03:32.120 --> 00:03:34.019 Is that as we go through the book of Jonah. 00:03:34.739 --> 00:03:40.840 God will form in us His evangelistic heart for all people. 00:03:40.840 --> 00:03:46.840 For people to come to know Him as the God over all. 00:03:47.280 --> 00:03:48.759 As the God who saves. 00:03:49.599 --> 00:03:51.060 As the one true God. 00:03:51.300 --> 00:04:00.620 And as a result, my prayer is that we as a church will seek to make Christ known to those who are perishing in our city. 00:04:00.620 --> 00:04:06.939 That God will burden us with a heart for the lost. 00:04:06.939 --> 00:04:14.819 So instead of a word association when you associate Jonah with a whale. 00:04:14.819 --> 00:04:20.899 I think what we're going to realize is the association with Jonah is this. 00:04:21.519 --> 00:04:22.839 When you hear the word Jonah. 00:04:23.480 --> 00:04:27.279 You'll need to be thinking God's heart for the lost. 00:04:27.980 --> 00:04:33.600 Because everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord will be saved. 00:04:33.600 --> 00:04:42.840 Jonah chapter 1 has two scenes in it. 00:04:43.939 --> 00:04:45.560 It's a great story. 00:04:46.320 --> 00:04:46.960 Two scenes. 00:04:47.640 --> 00:04:48.939 The first scene is this. 00:04:49.500 --> 00:04:50.580 Jonah runs from God. 00:04:51.420 --> 00:04:52.379 Second scene. 00:04:53.180 --> 00:04:54.340 God catches Jonah. 00:04:54.339 --> 00:04:59.439 So let's dive in and let's look at this. 00:05:00.739 --> 00:05:01.799 So scene 1. 00:05:02.500 --> 00:05:04.000 Verses 1-3. 00:05:04.239 --> 00:05:06.179 Jonah runs from God. 00:05:08.120 --> 00:05:11.120 Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah the son of Amittai. 00:05:11.259 --> 00:05:11.979 Saying arise. 00:05:12.120 --> 00:05:13.659 Go to Nineveh the great city. 00:05:13.759 --> 00:05:14.500 That great city. 00:05:14.599 --> 00:05:15.639 And call out against it. 00:05:15.739 --> 00:05:18.299 For their evil has come up before me. 00:05:18.939 --> 00:05:22.839 Right from the beginning we're introduced to a particular name of God. 00:05:22.839 --> 00:05:24.659 You see that word Lord? 00:05:25.799 --> 00:05:28.719 In your Bibles do you see how it's all capitalized? 00:05:28.919 --> 00:05:29.919 L-O-R-D. 00:05:30.119 --> 00:05:31.259 They're all capital letters. 00:05:32.000 --> 00:05:36.359 Underneath that is the Hebrew name Yahweh. 00:05:36.879 --> 00:05:38.879 The personal name of God. 00:05:39.519 --> 00:05:43.879 This is the name God revealed himself to Moses in Exodus 3. 00:05:44.039 --> 00:05:48.919 When Moses revealed that he was going to deliver his people from Egypt. 00:05:48.920 --> 00:05:57.199 And so what from the beginning we're introduced to is God, Yahweh, is the deliverer. 00:05:57.560 --> 00:06:02.400 And he has a message for Jonah to proclaim to a particular people. 00:06:03.740 --> 00:06:05.720 Which brings us to this guy named Jonah. 00:06:05.840 --> 00:06:07.120 Jonah son of Amittai. 00:06:08.060 --> 00:06:10.580 There's not much spoken of him here. 00:06:10.700 --> 00:06:12.340 It was just like Jonah son of Amittai. 00:06:12.420 --> 00:06:13.020 This is the guy. 00:06:13.019 --> 00:06:21.139 But in 2 Kings 14.25, Jonah, the son of Amittai, is referenced. 00:06:21.879 --> 00:06:22.859 It's the same guy. 00:06:24.000 --> 00:06:27.699 And so that allows us to place him at a certain place in time. 00:06:28.279 --> 00:06:31.579 And so Jonah was a prophet during Jeroboam 2. 00:06:32.019 --> 00:06:38.079 He was a prophet in the northern kingdom of Israel in the 8th century B.C. 00:06:38.079 --> 00:06:39.919 And here's why that's interesting. 00:06:41.060 --> 00:06:51.000 Jonah was a prophet in Samaria in the northern kingdom of Israel right before Samaria was sacked. 00:06:52.339 --> 00:06:54.539 Do you remember who sacked Samaria? 00:06:57.039 --> 00:06:57.879 Assyria. 00:06:59.459 --> 00:07:00.740 The Ninevites. 00:07:00.740 --> 00:07:10.600 And so this prophet is going to go preach the message to the people who will eventually be used by God to sack Samaria. 00:07:12.920 --> 00:07:14.639 Speaking of Nineveh. 00:07:15.379 --> 00:07:15.939 Nineveh. 00:07:17.160 --> 00:07:23.759 Its remains lie on the Tigris River on the outskirts of modern day Mosul, Iraq. 00:07:23.759 --> 00:07:30.019 It was the capital, the nerve center of Assyria. 00:07:30.740 --> 00:07:38.259 And though all Assyrians were image bearers of God, they were notoriously aggressive and brutal. 00:07:39.220 --> 00:07:45.379 They were a major player for imperial dominance in the ancient Near East. 00:07:46.379 --> 00:07:49.420 They were very proficient at psychological warfare. 00:07:49.600 --> 00:07:53.600 As one of my seminary profs would say, they were one of the early terrorists. 00:07:53.600 --> 00:08:04.980 For example, after defeating a city, it wouldn't be unusual for the Assyrians to impale people from that city. 00:08:06.240 --> 00:08:10.620 Impale them anally with a huge, huge pole. 00:08:11.560 --> 00:08:15.700 And then they would dig a hole and put the butt end of that pole in the hole. 00:08:15.699 --> 00:08:20.959 And they would lift this person up as a flag of sorts. 00:08:21.959 --> 00:08:27.060 A spectacle that showed the Assyrian dominance. 00:08:27.180 --> 00:08:28.039 It would have been graphic. 00:08:28.240 --> 00:08:29.079 It would have been terrifying. 00:08:29.779 --> 00:08:31.839 But it wasn't just one person they would do this to. 00:08:32.179 --> 00:08:37.340 They would surround the city with these kinds of flags after they would defeat it. 00:08:37.340 --> 00:08:39.700 They were brutal people. 00:08:40.720 --> 00:08:42.660 These are not innocent Ninevites. 00:08:43.800 --> 00:08:47.460 They were conducting a campaign of terror in the ancient Near East. 00:08:49.060 --> 00:08:52.120 This is the Assyria Jonah knew. 00:08:54.720 --> 00:08:56.440 Jonah is called to do something. 00:08:56.560 --> 00:09:00.540 He's called to call out against the city of Nineveh. 00:09:00.660 --> 00:09:02.120 He's called to call out against it. 00:09:02.180 --> 00:09:03.440 To preach against it. 00:09:03.440 --> 00:09:05.740 To say, stop doing what you're doing. 00:09:06.940 --> 00:09:08.840 It was a message of repentance. 00:09:12.260 --> 00:09:15.740 And we're told why Jonah is called to preach against it. 00:09:15.740 --> 00:09:19.360 For their evil has come up against me. 00:09:21.020 --> 00:09:27.300 God, Yahweh, was aware, thoroughly aware, 00:09:27.780 --> 00:09:31.320 of the sinfulness of these Ninevites. 00:09:31.320 --> 00:09:36.980 And so God has called Jonah to go and preach against them. 00:09:37.860 --> 00:09:39.960 They've done evil in God's sight. 00:09:40.120 --> 00:09:42.020 God is holy and just. 00:09:43.760 --> 00:09:45.300 He does something about it. 00:09:45.379 --> 00:09:47.860 Now, what's really interesting here is this. 00:09:49.340 --> 00:09:53.660 The Assyrians worshipped a different God than Yahweh. 00:09:53.659 --> 00:09:56.059 But notice. 00:09:57.860 --> 00:10:02.399 Even though these Assyrians did not acknowledge Yahweh to be their God. 00:10:04.019 --> 00:10:07.959 God holds them accountable for their sinfulness. 00:10:09.120 --> 00:10:11.379 For their evil that has risen to Him. 00:10:12.059 --> 00:10:15.959 The God of the Bible is the God of all nations. 00:10:15.960 --> 00:10:20.600 All people everywhere are accountable to Him. 00:10:21.320 --> 00:10:23.639 Whether they acknowledge Him as their God. 00:10:23.740 --> 00:10:26.519 Or even if they acknowledge His existence. 00:10:28.379 --> 00:10:31.080 God never sweeps evil under the rug. 00:10:34.759 --> 00:10:36.440 So what this means for us is this. 00:10:36.560 --> 00:10:38.680 Everyone in the city of Kenosha is accountable to God. 00:10:39.320 --> 00:10:39.740 Everyone. 00:10:39.740 --> 00:10:45.320 Everybody in the city of Kenosha is accountable to God. 00:10:45.399 --> 00:10:49.799 And just as God sent Jonah to make known a message to a people, 00:10:49.960 --> 00:10:54.399 God is sending us to make a message known to the city of Kenosha. 00:10:54.740 --> 00:10:58.039 To call people to repentance and faith in Christ. 00:11:03.279 --> 00:11:05.740 Everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord will be saved. 00:11:05.740 --> 00:11:18.180 God sends Jonah to Nineveh. 00:11:19.360 --> 00:11:23.440 And so it should be no surprise to us that our Savior King Jesus 00:11:23.440 --> 00:11:27.320 tells us to go to the nations to make disciples. 00:11:28.460 --> 00:11:32.620 What we see here is God's great missionary heart. 00:11:32.620 --> 00:11:38.779 He has always had a heart for all people to worship Him with everything they've got. 00:11:43.639 --> 00:11:48.019 This sense of arise, go, call. 00:11:49.080 --> 00:11:52.139 In Jonah 1-2, there's urgency to that. 00:11:52.980 --> 00:11:54.139 There's priority to that. 00:11:57.159 --> 00:12:00.220 In verse 3, we see Jonah's response. 00:12:00.220 --> 00:12:04.120 And it kind of takes us by surprise, doesn't it? 00:12:05.779 --> 00:12:07.180 Jonah responds immediately. 00:12:07.879 --> 00:12:09.100 We've got to give him that. 00:12:10.279 --> 00:12:11.200 Look at verse 3. 00:12:12.120 --> 00:12:14.740 But Jonah rose to flee. 00:12:16.360 --> 00:12:18.019 He's getting out of town. 00:12:18.639 --> 00:12:22.040 He jumps on the first ship to Tarshish. 00:12:22.860 --> 00:12:25.600 Now, that might sound weird in your ears. 00:12:25.899 --> 00:12:26.379 Tarshish. 00:12:26.379 --> 00:12:26.820 Tarshish. 00:12:27.279 --> 00:12:29.799 Everybody, just try to say Tarshish. 00:12:30.480 --> 00:12:31.220 1-2-3. 00:12:32.279 --> 00:12:32.679 Tarshish. 00:12:32.840 --> 00:12:34.100 It's not easy to say. 00:12:34.519 --> 00:12:36.039 Now say Tarshish. 00:12:36.159 --> 00:12:36.620 1-2-3. 00:12:37.559 --> 00:12:37.919 Tarshish. 00:12:38.379 --> 00:12:39.500 There's something to it, isn't it? 00:12:40.620 --> 00:12:42.179 Feels good coming off the lips. 00:12:43.039 --> 00:12:47.539 Notice Tarshish shows up three times in verse 3. 00:12:47.539 --> 00:12:52.799 But Jonah rose to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord. 00:12:52.879 --> 00:12:55.899 He went down to Joppa and found a ship going to Tarshish. 00:12:56.079 --> 00:13:02.519 So he paid the fare and went on board to go with them to Tarshish, away from the presence of the Lord. 00:13:03.500 --> 00:13:04.179 There's some emphasis. 00:13:05.039 --> 00:13:05.559 Do you know why? 00:13:07.039 --> 00:13:15.139 Tarshish was most likely the most westerly city in the known world of the time. 00:13:15.139 --> 00:13:22.460 So where Jonah was, he was in northern Israel and he used to go east to Nineveh. 00:13:23.039 --> 00:13:26.139 And so what Jonah does, he's like, I am out of here. 00:13:26.580 --> 00:13:30.799 He jumps on the first ship he can get onto. 00:13:31.379 --> 00:13:32.039 Pays a fare. 00:13:32.159 --> 00:13:39.519 He'll probably be on the ship for a year to get to the most westerly, remotest place on the face of the earth. 00:13:42.220 --> 00:13:43.200 Jonah's on the run. 00:13:43.200 --> 00:13:43.240 Jonah's on the run. 00:13:45.139 --> 00:13:47.500 He doesn't want to go to Nineveh. 00:13:49.100 --> 00:13:52.899 And this is blatant disobedience. 00:13:54.539 --> 00:13:57.659 Willful disobedience to God. 00:13:59.539 --> 00:14:01.139 God's not thrown by it though. 00:14:01.199 --> 00:14:02.220 We'll see that in a second. 00:14:03.980 --> 00:14:07.899 The other phrase that you need to see here is from the presence of the Lord. 00:14:08.000 --> 00:14:10.860 It's also repeated twice in verse 3. 00:14:11.240 --> 00:14:13.600 Jonah wasn't just trying to get away from Nineveh. 00:14:13.600 --> 00:14:16.460 He was trying to get away from his God. 00:14:19.560 --> 00:14:22.920 He wanted to get as far away from God as he could. 00:14:22.919 --> 00:14:28.979 And the very fact that he jumps a ship just shows how desperate he is. 00:14:29.659 --> 00:14:30.860 Jews were landlubbers. 00:14:31.559 --> 00:14:32.759 They didn't like going on ships. 00:14:33.839 --> 00:14:37.459 He jumps a ship to be on it for a year to get to Tarshish. 00:14:37.460 --> 00:14:39.900 He's desperate. 00:14:39.900 --> 00:14:41.100 He wants out. 00:14:41.100 --> 00:14:42.660 But you know what? 00:14:42.720 --> 00:14:43.780 We're never told why. 00:14:45.280 --> 00:14:48.820 We'll learn why in Jonah chapter 4. 00:14:48.820 --> 00:14:54.860 I got a question for you this morning. 00:14:54.860 --> 00:15:00.120 Are you running from God's call on your life? 00:15:02.320 --> 00:15:09.039 As a Christian, are you running from God's call on your life to make Christ known to those who are perishing around you? 00:15:10.539 --> 00:15:11.800 Are you avoiding it? 00:15:12.440 --> 00:15:13.519 Do you have your head in the sand? 00:15:13.519 --> 00:15:20.939 You might not jump a ship for Tarshish, but maybe you've sought to escape in some other way. 00:15:22.840 --> 00:15:24.340 Let me just point you to something. 00:15:25.500 --> 00:15:34.059 Aren't you glad that when God the Father sent Jesus the Son to come and die and be raised again, 00:15:34.159 --> 00:15:37.939 aren't you glad that Jesus didn't run the other way? 00:15:37.940 --> 00:15:45.640 Aren't you glad that Jesus came, the ultimate missionary for us? 00:15:48.240 --> 00:15:54.000 Well, scene one ends with Jonah on deck of a Phoenician ship sailing to Tarshish. 00:15:54.120 --> 00:15:54.980 I love saying it. 00:15:56.640 --> 00:15:58.520 And we're left with tension. 00:15:59.460 --> 00:16:02.940 Because seriously, who runs from God and it's okay? 00:16:04.860 --> 00:16:06.680 There seems to be conflict. 00:16:06.679 --> 00:16:09.059 There seems to be conflict between God and Jonah. 00:16:10.099 --> 00:16:12.219 How's this kind of thing turn out? 00:16:14.919 --> 00:16:18.579 You know how a ship has its name written on the stern, on the back? 00:16:18.759 --> 00:16:19.599 You know what I'm talking about? 00:16:19.639 --> 00:16:26.359 If you walk down by the marina, you'll see things like the Mary Jean or Wind Walker or Bobby 2. 00:16:29.839 --> 00:16:35.019 Jonah gets on this Phoenician ship and in his mind, that ship's name is the Escape. 00:16:36.679 --> 00:16:42.259 But what we're going to see happen is God has already got this ship named, baby. 00:16:43.539 --> 00:16:46.959 This ship is called the Prophet Catcher. 00:16:46.960 --> 00:16:51.860 And little does Jonah know that he's on board. 00:16:53.200 --> 00:16:56.840 And Jonah may run, but God is going to catch him in order to change him. 00:16:56.900 --> 00:17:03.980 And not only is he going to change Jonah, he's going to catch and change a crew of polytheistic sailors. 00:17:04.600 --> 00:17:05.980 And he's going to change them. 00:17:06.240 --> 00:17:14.700 And then eventually, God is going to do a change of Jonah that's going to result in 120,000 Ninevites repenting. 00:17:14.700 --> 00:17:16.880 It had to happen. 00:17:18.039 --> 00:17:20.220 This is God's mercy, what we're about to read. 00:17:21.059 --> 00:17:23.259 So scene one, Jonah is on the run. 00:17:23.640 --> 00:17:26.819 Jonah runs from God, but God's not freaking out. 00:17:27.860 --> 00:17:31.019 Scene two, God catches Jonah. 00:17:32.400 --> 00:17:33.600 All right, here's a technical note. 00:17:34.920 --> 00:17:38.080 There is an unfortunate break in your ESV Bible. 00:17:38.079 --> 00:17:44.699 If you're reading in the ESV Bible, in between verse 6 and verse 7, there's a heading that says, 00:17:44.859 --> 00:17:46.599 Jonah is thrown into the sea, which is true. 00:17:47.879 --> 00:17:54.779 But it's unfortunate because verses 4 through 16 are all one beautiful unit. 00:17:55.859 --> 00:17:56.939 They shouldn't be interrupted. 00:17:58.519 --> 00:18:06.199 And that unit, 4 through 16, is carefully designed to hold together to make a really important point. 00:18:06.200 --> 00:18:11.759 I want to show you what that point is in just a second. 00:18:12.759 --> 00:18:20.180 But scene two starts with God hurling a great wind onto the sea. 00:18:20.600 --> 00:18:22.240 And it forms a tempest. 00:18:22.640 --> 00:18:23.940 And it is chaotic. 00:18:24.580 --> 00:18:29.059 And these mariners on this boat start freaking out. 00:18:29.580 --> 00:18:31.660 Now these guys, they've done a lot of sailing. 00:18:31.660 --> 00:18:41.320 And so for this to make them so afraid in verses 4 and 5, it means this was a crazy storm. 00:18:44.120 --> 00:18:44.600 Crazy. 00:18:46.040 --> 00:18:53.660 And what we see in verses 5 and 6 is that these sailors, these seasoned sailors, start crying out. 00:18:54.300 --> 00:18:56.900 Each cries out to his own God. 00:18:56.980 --> 00:18:57.740 Do you see that there? 00:18:58.460 --> 00:18:59.880 It's very important to note that. 00:18:59.880 --> 00:19:01.720 There's going to be a change. 00:19:05.520 --> 00:19:06.740 They start striving. 00:19:06.860 --> 00:19:07.760 They lighten the load. 00:19:07.880 --> 00:19:12.500 And in contrast, Jonah goes down below deck and is sleeping. 00:19:12.940 --> 00:19:14.120 Now I'm not a psychologist. 00:19:14.840 --> 00:19:16.240 But there's something weird going on there. 00:19:16.520 --> 00:19:17.180 Do you know what I'm saying? 00:19:18.140 --> 00:19:19.000 Crazy storm. 00:19:19.120 --> 00:19:20.120 Guy sleeping down there. 00:19:20.540 --> 00:19:21.460 He's like in denial. 00:19:21.820 --> 00:19:22.680 He doesn't care. 00:19:22.680 --> 00:19:26.900 Well, the captain goes down. 00:19:27.900 --> 00:19:29.019 Wakes Jonah up. 00:19:29.259 --> 00:19:31.900 And he says something very interesting in verse 6. 00:19:31.960 --> 00:19:33.360 So the captain came and said to him, 00:19:33.660 --> 00:19:34.920 What do you mean, you sleeper? 00:19:34.940 --> 00:19:36.200 What are you doing sleeping? 00:19:37.660 --> 00:19:39.440 All hands on deck, buddy. 00:19:40.220 --> 00:19:40.620 Arise. 00:19:40.960 --> 00:19:42.279 Call out to your God. 00:19:42.340 --> 00:19:43.400 Now look at verse 2. 00:19:44.860 --> 00:19:45.259 Arise. 00:19:45.420 --> 00:19:48.519 Go to Nineveh, that great city, and call out against it. 00:19:49.960 --> 00:19:51.160 Jonah would have got the point. 00:19:51.160 --> 00:19:53.620 God's there. 00:19:54.880 --> 00:19:55.960 Jonah, wake up. 00:19:56.700 --> 00:19:57.840 You're on the prophet catcher. 00:20:00.240 --> 00:20:01.360 I'm doing a work. 00:20:06.820 --> 00:20:08.460 The captain wakes him up. 00:20:08.540 --> 00:20:10.400 There's an echo of God in that. 00:20:10.560 --> 00:20:13.500 He doesn't want these people to perish on his boat. 00:20:14.240 --> 00:20:17.040 Verse 7, there's a sense of panic and dread on the ship. 00:20:17.039 --> 00:20:22.639 Sailors are asking for an explanation of what's going on. 00:20:22.720 --> 00:20:25.099 And so they do what they only know how to do to get an explanation. 00:20:25.700 --> 00:20:30.839 They cast lots, which is a way of kind of divining direction. 00:20:31.740 --> 00:20:33.779 Who can explain this to us? 00:20:34.200 --> 00:20:35.240 They cast lots. 00:20:35.460 --> 00:20:37.779 God into sovereignty pulls up who? 00:20:38.200 --> 00:20:38.659 Jonah. 00:20:38.660 --> 00:20:44.560 And so these sailors, in verse 8, come to Jonah and pepper him with questions. 00:20:45.000 --> 00:20:46.460 And what they're essentially doing is, 00:20:46.840 --> 00:20:48.940 Jonah, will you explain the lot fell on you? 00:20:49.080 --> 00:20:51.440 Why is this happening to us? 00:20:51.900 --> 00:20:52.420 Splash. 00:20:53.019 --> 00:20:53.540 Splash. 00:20:56.040 --> 00:20:57.400 And then in verse 9, 00:20:58.340 --> 00:21:02.720 we have the very first quote of Jonah. 00:21:02.720 --> 00:21:08.220 Jonah, the first thing he says in the book of Jonah. 00:21:10.160 --> 00:21:11.759 What's happening to us? 00:21:13.180 --> 00:21:14.059 Jonah says, 00:21:15.519 --> 00:21:18.140 I wasn't there, so I don't know. 00:21:19.259 --> 00:21:20.120 I am a Hebrew. 00:21:21.160 --> 00:21:22.700 And I fear the Lord. 00:21:24.000 --> 00:21:26.880 The God of heaven who made the sea and the dry land. 00:21:30.019 --> 00:21:31.860 If I were one of the sailors, you know, 00:21:31.859 --> 00:21:33.279 I'd be like, okay, okay, okay. 00:21:35.279 --> 00:21:36.199 Okay, you're a Hebrew. 00:21:36.359 --> 00:21:37.379 I pick up on the accent. 00:21:37.559 --> 00:21:38.099 I buy it. 00:21:40.059 --> 00:21:41.079 Okay, okay, okay. 00:21:42.159 --> 00:21:44.740 You fear the Lord, the God of heaven, 00:21:44.859 --> 00:21:46.059 who made the sea and dry land. 00:21:46.159 --> 00:21:48.339 Okay, I'm familiar with Genesis 1 enough to know 00:21:48.339 --> 00:21:51.719 that Yahweh made the sea and the dry land. 00:21:51.779 --> 00:21:52.139 I get it. 00:21:52.159 --> 00:21:52.579 I get it. 00:21:55.139 --> 00:21:56.459 But you fear the Lord? 00:21:58.259 --> 00:21:58.619 Jonah, 00:21:58.619 --> 00:21:58.699 Jonah, 00:21:59.500 --> 00:22:03.059 you want a ship bound for Tarshish? 00:22:04.699 --> 00:22:06.359 Captain just woke you up. 00:22:07.079 --> 00:22:08.659 What do you mean you fear the Lord? 00:22:11.919 --> 00:22:13.039 It rings hollow. 00:22:13.779 --> 00:22:15.059 And it's supposed to. 00:22:15.619 --> 00:22:16.619 Because it is. 00:22:18.619 --> 00:22:20.500 There is a major gap 00:22:20.500 --> 00:22:23.679 between Jonah's profession 00:22:23.680 --> 00:22:26.660 and his practice. 00:22:29.340 --> 00:22:31.500 Jonah is saying one thing, 00:22:32.160 --> 00:22:33.080 I fear the Lord. 00:22:34.279 --> 00:22:35.480 But he's doing another. 00:22:36.500 --> 00:22:38.259 He's running in disobedience. 00:22:42.220 --> 00:22:44.140 I know the Jonah complex. 00:22:44.880 --> 00:22:45.220 Do you? 00:22:47.320 --> 00:22:49.980 Your profession doesn't match up with your practice? 00:22:49.980 --> 00:22:50.120 Do you? 00:22:50.120 --> 00:22:50.140 Do you? 00:22:50.140 --> 00:22:50.160 Do you? 00:22:50.160 --> 00:22:50.180 Do you? 00:22:50.180 --> 00:22:50.220 Do you? 00:22:50.220 --> 00:22:50.720 Do you? 00:22:50.720 --> 00:22:50.759 Do you? 00:22:50.759 --> 00:22:51.259 Do you? 00:22:51.259 --> 00:22:52.259 Do you? 00:22:52.259 --> 00:22:53.259 Do you? 00:22:53.259 --> 00:22:53.759 Do you? 00:22:53.940 --> 00:22:54.339 Well, 00:22:54.460 --> 00:22:55.460 we turn to verse 10 00:22:55.460 --> 00:22:56.400 and these sailors, 00:22:57.519 --> 00:23:00.740 in great contrast to Jonah, 00:23:02.000 --> 00:23:04.019 they hear what he says 00:23:04.019 --> 00:23:06.680 and they were exceedingly afraid. 00:23:06.920 --> 00:23:07.740 The Hebrew reads, 00:23:07.879 --> 00:23:09.240 they feared with a great fear. 00:23:11.319 --> 00:23:12.059 And they say, 00:23:12.119 --> 00:23:13.299 what is this you have done? 00:23:14.400 --> 00:23:15.740 They knew he was fleeing 00:23:15.740 --> 00:23:16.960 from the presence of the Lord. 00:23:17.079 --> 00:23:17.859 He told them. 00:23:19.240 --> 00:23:20.140 And so these guys 00:23:20.140 --> 00:23:20.980 are putting it together. 00:23:20.980 --> 00:23:22.140 Jonah's God, 00:23:22.140 --> 00:23:22.160 Jonah's God, 00:23:22.380 --> 00:23:22.960 the Lord, 00:23:23.200 --> 00:23:23.779 Yahweh. 00:23:23.980 --> 00:23:26.079 He is the one behind all this. 00:23:26.420 --> 00:23:28.160 And it seems that Jonah and his God 00:23:28.160 --> 00:23:29.620 have some unfinished business 00:23:29.620 --> 00:23:31.640 and we're getting caught up in it 00:23:31.640 --> 00:23:34.279 and his God is amazing. 00:23:36.039 --> 00:23:38.759 Their fear is a real fear. 00:23:39.319 --> 00:23:40.599 Not a professed fear. 00:23:41.480 --> 00:23:42.940 They really are afraid. 00:23:43.460 --> 00:23:44.740 They really are aware 00:23:44.740 --> 00:23:46.180 that they are in the presence 00:23:46.180 --> 00:23:47.180 of a God 00:23:47.180 --> 00:23:48.500 who is doing something 00:23:48.500 --> 00:23:50.440 that is way beyond them. 00:23:54.860 --> 00:23:56.500 The irony is thick. 00:23:57.700 --> 00:23:58.080 Jonah, 00:23:58.740 --> 00:23:59.279 the prophet, 00:23:59.660 --> 00:24:01.279 who's supposed to know God, 00:24:02.279 --> 00:24:04.060 doesn't really fear God. 00:24:05.180 --> 00:24:06.240 And he was sleeping. 00:24:08.240 --> 00:24:09.019 And these sailors, 00:24:09.340 --> 00:24:10.519 who are polytheistic, 00:24:10.640 --> 00:24:11.560 they were worshipping 00:24:11.560 --> 00:24:13.120 all sorts of different gods 00:24:13.120 --> 00:24:14.420 when they got on board this boat. 00:24:14.420 --> 00:24:14.539 So, 00:24:15.259 --> 00:24:19.240 these polytheistic sailors 00:24:19.240 --> 00:24:21.700 are now encountering 00:24:21.700 --> 00:24:23.940 the one true living God 00:24:23.940 --> 00:24:25.740 and their response 00:24:25.740 --> 00:24:28.120 is what Jonah should have been. 00:24:29.000 --> 00:24:29.500 Fear, 00:24:29.779 --> 00:24:30.460 reverence. 00:24:31.920 --> 00:24:33.140 What do we do? 00:24:34.200 --> 00:24:35.240 How do we respond? 00:24:35.240 --> 00:24:35.340 How do we respond? 00:24:39.060 --> 00:24:39.920 The sailors, 00:24:40.100 --> 00:24:41.220 realizing that they have 00:24:41.220 --> 00:24:43.360 an expert in Yahweh on board, 00:24:43.359 --> 00:24:45.079 in verse 11, 00:24:45.199 --> 00:24:45.679 starts saying, 00:24:46.319 --> 00:24:46.559 Jonah, 00:24:46.699 --> 00:24:48.159 you know this God. 00:24:48.240 --> 00:24:49.139 What do we do? 00:24:49.799 --> 00:24:51.539 How do we stop this? 00:24:54.740 --> 00:24:56.259 Tell us what we must do 00:24:56.259 --> 00:24:57.000 to be saved. 00:24:57.559 --> 00:24:57.819 Jonah. 00:25:01.179 --> 00:25:03.139 But Jonah doesn't point to God. 00:25:03.219 --> 00:25:04.339 He points to himself. 00:25:05.779 --> 00:25:06.419 In verse 12, 00:25:06.519 --> 00:25:08.740 Jonah gives the explanation. 00:25:08.740 --> 00:25:13.140 We're in this mess, guys, 00:25:13.200 --> 00:25:13.859 on account of me, 00:25:13.960 --> 00:25:15.579 so throw me in the sea, 00:25:15.920 --> 00:25:18.500 and the sea will be made quiet. 00:25:20.120 --> 00:25:21.420 And when you read that, 00:25:21.819 --> 00:25:23.039 it's really hard to know 00:25:23.039 --> 00:25:23.900 as you're reading it 00:25:23.900 --> 00:25:24.539 whether or not 00:25:24.539 --> 00:25:25.940 Jonah is being noble 00:25:25.940 --> 00:25:27.539 or he's just kind of 00:25:27.539 --> 00:25:28.299 thrown in the towel. 00:25:29.099 --> 00:25:29.759 You don't know. 00:25:30.339 --> 00:25:31.240 And it's intentional. 00:25:32.299 --> 00:25:33.559 The author of Jonah 00:25:33.559 --> 00:25:35.319 wants you not to know. 00:25:35.319 --> 00:25:37.119 He wants you to be 00:25:37.119 --> 00:25:38.819 experiencing some tension. 00:25:43.779 --> 00:25:45.879 In verses 13 and 14, 00:25:46.939 --> 00:25:47.679 the sailors 00:25:47.679 --> 00:25:50.579 strive for Jonah. 00:25:51.759 --> 00:25:53.460 They dig in their oars. 00:25:53.599 --> 00:25:55.099 They try to make it to land. 00:25:55.779 --> 00:25:56.799 Jonah didn't care about 00:25:56.799 --> 00:25:57.519 these sailors, 00:25:58.319 --> 00:25:59.279 but these sailors 00:25:59.279 --> 00:26:00.159 cared about Jonah. 00:26:00.980 --> 00:26:01.379 Ironic. 00:26:01.380 --> 00:26:04.020 They dig in 00:26:04.020 --> 00:26:05.440 and they start moving to land, 00:26:05.540 --> 00:26:06.940 but God in His sovereignty 00:26:06.940 --> 00:26:08.840 clicks up the intensity 00:26:08.840 --> 00:26:09.860 of the storm. 00:26:10.280 --> 00:26:11.260 They're going nowhere. 00:26:12.740 --> 00:26:14.340 And so these sailors 00:26:14.340 --> 00:26:15.900 are only left 00:26:15.900 --> 00:26:16.820 with one option. 00:26:17.000 --> 00:26:18.260 And they realize 00:26:18.260 --> 00:26:19.840 Jonah's God 00:26:19.840 --> 00:26:21.240 is limiting them 00:26:21.240 --> 00:26:22.920 to just one option. 00:26:24.780 --> 00:26:25.800 And that option 00:26:25.800 --> 00:26:27.600 is to throw 00:26:27.600 --> 00:26:28.800 Jonah 00:26:28.800 --> 00:26:30.220 into the sea. 00:26:31.380 --> 00:26:33.600 And it's in verse 14 00:26:33.600 --> 00:26:34.220 that something 00:26:34.220 --> 00:26:35.720 really amazing happens. 00:26:37.200 --> 00:26:38.540 Would you look at verse 14? 00:26:39.840 --> 00:26:41.000 Therefore they called out 00:26:41.000 --> 00:26:41.600 to the Lord, 00:26:42.700 --> 00:26:43.260 O Lord, 00:26:43.860 --> 00:26:45.160 let us not perish 00:26:45.160 --> 00:26:46.140 for this man's life 00:26:46.140 --> 00:26:47.020 and lay not on us 00:26:47.020 --> 00:26:47.640 innocent blood 00:26:47.640 --> 00:26:48.480 for you, O Lord, 00:26:48.920 --> 00:26:50.220 have done as it pleased you. 00:26:50.920 --> 00:26:52.640 Lord, O Lord, O Lord. 00:26:53.360 --> 00:26:54.960 Yahweh, Yahweh, Yahweh. 00:26:55.580 --> 00:26:57.360 Yahweh, Yahweh, Yahweh. 00:26:57.359 --> 00:26:59.719 They are crying out, 00:27:00.179 --> 00:27:01.939 not each to his own God, 00:27:02.339 --> 00:27:03.199 they are together 00:27:03.199 --> 00:27:03.939 crying out 00:27:03.939 --> 00:27:05.099 to the one true God, 00:27:05.959 --> 00:27:06.279 Yahweh. 00:27:07.019 --> 00:27:07.919 You see what happened? 00:27:08.919 --> 00:27:09.899 At the beginning 00:27:09.899 --> 00:27:10.619 of this section, 00:27:11.659 --> 00:27:12.719 they were polytheists. 00:27:13.879 --> 00:27:15.579 God is now moving them 00:27:15.579 --> 00:27:17.599 towards monotheism 00:27:17.599 --> 00:27:19.819 and the fear 00:27:19.819 --> 00:27:21.719 of the one true God, 00:27:23.759 --> 00:27:24.119 Yahweh. 00:27:27.619 --> 00:27:28.799 These sailors know 00:27:28.799 --> 00:27:31.240 that they are in the hands 00:27:31.240 --> 00:27:32.919 of Jonah's God 00:27:32.919 --> 00:27:33.740 and they've realized 00:27:33.740 --> 00:27:34.699 that they are accountable 00:27:34.699 --> 00:27:35.159 to Him. 00:27:35.219 --> 00:27:35.959 That's why they say, 00:27:36.199 --> 00:27:37.299 don't hold this man's blood 00:27:37.299 --> 00:27:38.139 against us. 00:27:40.759 --> 00:27:41.939 What happens here 00:27:41.939 --> 00:27:43.099 is that these sailors 00:27:43.099 --> 00:27:44.599 are calling on the name 00:27:44.599 --> 00:27:45.099 of the Lord. 00:27:45.099 --> 00:27:47.139 Everyone who calls 00:27:47.139 --> 00:27:47.879 on the name of the Lord 00:27:47.879 --> 00:27:48.419 will be saved. 00:27:50.019 --> 00:27:51.339 They call on Him 00:27:51.339 --> 00:27:54.240 and God does something amazing. 00:27:55.279 --> 00:27:56.639 In verses 15 and 16, 00:27:58.240 --> 00:27:59.659 the sailors throw Jonah 00:27:59.659 --> 00:28:00.480 into the water 00:28:00.480 --> 00:28:01.459 and remember, 00:28:01.639 --> 00:28:02.439 you see what happens? 00:28:04.619 --> 00:28:05.059 Quiet. 00:28:07.199 --> 00:28:08.299 It might ring a bell. 00:28:09.199 --> 00:28:09.980 At the end of Mark 4, 00:28:10.919 --> 00:28:13.439 Jesus speaks a word 00:28:13.440 --> 00:28:15.000 to the Sea of Galilee 00:28:15.000 --> 00:28:16.400 and there is silence. 00:28:18.160 --> 00:28:19.120 God is sovereign 00:28:19.120 --> 00:28:20.080 over these things. 00:28:24.480 --> 00:28:26.120 This account ends 00:28:26.120 --> 00:28:27.259 with these sailors 00:28:27.259 --> 00:28:28.059 throwing Jonah 00:28:28.059 --> 00:28:28.820 into the sea 00:28:28.820 --> 00:28:30.640 and the result 00:28:30.640 --> 00:28:32.400 is peace. 00:28:33.559 --> 00:28:34.039 Deliverance. 00:28:34.980 --> 00:28:36.240 God has delivered them. 00:28:36.380 --> 00:28:37.460 Yahweh has delivered them. 00:28:37.559 --> 00:28:38.680 They then fear 00:28:38.680 --> 00:28:39.740 a great fear. 00:28:39.740 --> 00:28:42.539 They're no longer 00:28:42.539 --> 00:28:43.160 panicking. 00:28:44.680 --> 00:28:45.920 They're worshiping. 00:28:47.000 --> 00:28:48.400 They make sacrifice. 00:28:49.599 --> 00:28:51.120 They make vows. 00:28:51.519 --> 00:28:51.880 To who? 00:28:53.460 --> 00:28:54.519 To the Lord. 00:28:55.799 --> 00:28:56.279 Yahweh. 00:28:59.160 --> 00:29:00.420 These sailors have turned 00:29:00.420 --> 00:29:01.880 from trusting in false gods 00:29:01.880 --> 00:29:03.599 to trusting in the one true God. 00:29:04.660 --> 00:29:06.059 God has not only caught 00:29:06.059 --> 00:29:07.120 His wayward prophet, 00:29:07.119 --> 00:29:08.119 but it seems as though 00:29:08.119 --> 00:29:09.899 He's caught some wayward sailors 00:29:09.899 --> 00:29:12.599 and He's changed them. 00:29:17.019 --> 00:29:18.719 There's something about this passage 00:29:18.719 --> 00:29:19.779 that you can't see 00:29:19.779 --> 00:29:20.879 with English eyes. 00:29:23.259 --> 00:29:24.419 It was originally written 00:29:24.419 --> 00:29:24.899 in Hebrew 00:29:24.899 --> 00:29:26.599 and there's something 00:29:26.599 --> 00:29:27.599 going on here 00:29:27.599 --> 00:29:29.159 that's worth pointing out. 00:29:30.000 --> 00:29:31.179 But in order to do that, 00:29:31.539 --> 00:29:32.500 I've got to talk weddings. 00:29:32.839 --> 00:29:33.159 You ready? 00:29:35.299 --> 00:29:36.859 We married a couple here yesterday. 00:29:36.859 --> 00:29:37.479 It was great. 00:29:37.599 --> 00:29:38.179 Huge wedding. 00:29:38.740 --> 00:29:40.599 Massive wedding party. 00:29:41.479 --> 00:29:42.539 Typically what happens 00:29:42.539 --> 00:29:44.259 is a wedding party, 00:29:44.759 --> 00:29:45.839 groomsmen and bridesmaids 00:29:45.839 --> 00:29:46.619 will come down, 00:29:46.740 --> 00:29:47.699 walk arm in arm 00:29:47.699 --> 00:29:48.779 down this center aisle 00:29:48.779 --> 00:29:50.219 and they will move out 00:29:50.219 --> 00:29:52.259 and we'll have bridesmaids 00:29:52.259 --> 00:29:52.939 on this side 00:29:52.939 --> 00:29:54.199 and groomsmen on this side. 00:29:54.259 --> 00:29:55.179 You know what I'm talking about? 00:29:55.279 --> 00:29:56.539 And so they pair 00:29:56.539 --> 00:29:57.619 and then they separate 00:29:57.619 --> 00:29:59.139 and what happens is 00:29:59.139 --> 00:30:00.799 you have both sides 00:30:00.799 --> 00:30:01.879 of the wedding party 00:30:01.879 --> 00:30:04.019 kind of filling in 00:30:04.019 --> 00:30:06.139 and moving towards the center. 00:30:06.859 --> 00:30:08.599 all in anticipation 00:30:08.599 --> 00:30:10.279 of the coming in 00:30:10.279 --> 00:30:10.959 of the bride 00:30:10.959 --> 00:30:13.919 and the bride 00:30:13.919 --> 00:30:14.519 and the groom 00:30:14.519 --> 00:30:15.939 standing together 00:30:15.939 --> 00:30:16.879 in front of everybody. 00:30:18.479 --> 00:30:20.379 We have that going on 00:30:20.379 --> 00:30:21.359 in this passage. 00:30:22.319 --> 00:30:23.279 If you'll notice 00:30:23.279 --> 00:30:25.119 at the beginning of chapter 1 00:30:25.119 --> 00:30:26.419 verse 4 and 5 00:30:26.419 --> 00:30:27.879 and at 15 and 16 00:30:27.879 --> 00:30:29.579 you have someone 00:30:29.579 --> 00:30:30.579 hurling something 00:30:30.579 --> 00:30:31.479 into the sea. 00:30:31.480 --> 00:30:31.539 fear. 00:30:32.539 --> 00:30:33.740 And then there's 00:30:33.740 --> 00:30:34.500 great fear. 00:30:35.140 --> 00:30:35.779 And then there's 00:30:35.779 --> 00:30:36.599 calling out. 00:30:37.240 --> 00:30:38.019 And what happens 00:30:38.019 --> 00:30:39.259 in this is that 00:30:39.259 --> 00:30:40.980 there is a movement 00:30:40.980 --> 00:30:42.599 in these verses 00:30:42.599 --> 00:30:45.640 towards verses 9 and 10 00:30:45.640 --> 00:30:47.620 which is where the author 00:30:47.620 --> 00:30:49.680 wants our eyes to fall. 00:30:50.700 --> 00:30:52.559 And there lies 00:30:52.559 --> 00:30:53.200 the emphasis 00:30:53.200 --> 00:30:54.420 of this passage. 00:30:55.519 --> 00:30:56.200 Fear. 00:30:56.200 --> 00:30:59.120 And it's in contrast 00:30:59.120 --> 00:31:00.000 to each other. 00:31:00.960 --> 00:31:01.519 Jonah 00:31:01.519 --> 00:31:04.160 says he fears the Lord 00:31:04.160 --> 00:31:05.559 but he really doesn't. 00:31:06.500 --> 00:31:07.340 These sailors 00:31:07.340 --> 00:31:08.980 really do. 00:31:09.980 --> 00:31:11.100 And it's ironic 00:31:11.100 --> 00:31:13.140 because the prophet 00:31:13.140 --> 00:31:14.080 who's supposed to fear 00:31:14.080 --> 00:31:14.440 the Lord 00:31:14.440 --> 00:31:15.120 doesn't. 00:31:15.539 --> 00:31:17.200 And these polytheistic sailors 00:31:17.200 --> 00:31:18.180 who are not supposed 00:31:18.180 --> 00:31:18.900 to fear the Lord 00:31:18.900 --> 00:31:19.920 they do. 00:31:19.920 --> 00:31:21.960 and the result 00:31:21.960 --> 00:31:24.600 one is delivered 00:31:24.600 --> 00:31:26.660 the other is thrown overboard. 00:31:28.680 --> 00:31:30.279 The sailors are delivered. 00:31:31.660 --> 00:31:33.259 The prophet's thrown overboard. 00:31:34.880 --> 00:31:36.860 What this is all pointing to 00:31:36.860 --> 00:31:38.340 is the importance 00:31:38.340 --> 00:31:40.720 of fearing the Lord. 00:31:41.600 --> 00:31:42.240 Everyone 00:31:42.240 --> 00:31:43.500 anyone who calls upon 00:31:43.500 --> 00:31:44.380 the name of the Lord 00:31:44.380 --> 00:31:47.660 will be saved. 00:31:49.920 --> 00:31:55.180 The point of this passage 00:31:55.180 --> 00:31:55.680 is this. 00:31:57.320 --> 00:31:58.259 God is willing 00:31:58.259 --> 00:31:59.039 and able to deliver 00:31:59.039 --> 00:32:00.200 anybody who calls on him. 00:32:01.860 --> 00:32:03.180 The sailors were willing 00:32:03.180 --> 00:32:05.320 but Jonah was not. 00:32:06.500 --> 00:32:08.100 God delivers the sailors 00:32:08.100 --> 00:32:10.180 but Jonah is thrown 00:32:10.180 --> 00:32:11.000 into the sea. 00:32:11.080 --> 00:32:11.580 So you could say 00:32:11.580 --> 00:32:12.300 something like this. 00:32:12.720 --> 00:32:13.600 The prophet catcher 00:32:13.600 --> 00:32:14.519 caught the prophet 00:32:14.519 --> 00:32:15.680 but then threw him back. 00:32:17.980 --> 00:32:19.200 But he wasn't done. 00:32:19.920 --> 00:32:22.519 As we'll see next week 00:32:22.519 --> 00:32:23.779 starting in 117 00:32:23.779 --> 00:32:25.980 God has had a bigger plan 00:32:25.980 --> 00:32:26.720 all along. 00:32:27.500 --> 00:32:28.720 In order for God 00:32:28.720 --> 00:32:30.740 to change this prophet's heart 00:32:30.740 --> 00:32:33.019 he had to get this prophet 00:32:33.019 --> 00:32:33.960 into a whale. 00:32:35.140 --> 00:32:36.360 And then in the whale 00:32:36.360 --> 00:32:37.220 what you'll see 00:32:37.220 --> 00:32:38.240 is this prophet 00:32:38.240 --> 00:32:40.620 crying out to God. 00:32:42.279 --> 00:32:43.360 Salvation belongs 00:32:43.360 --> 00:32:44.000 to the Lord. 00:32:44.519 --> 00:32:45.700 Making sacrifice. 00:32:46.560 --> 00:32:47.240 Making vows. 00:32:47.240 --> 00:32:49.359 There's a couple things 00:32:49.359 --> 00:32:50.140 I want you to see. 00:32:53.900 --> 00:32:54.700 God's heart 00:32:54.700 --> 00:32:55.680 has always been 00:32:55.680 --> 00:32:56.539 that all people 00:32:56.539 --> 00:32:57.579 in all places 00:32:57.579 --> 00:32:58.980 would call upon him 00:32:58.980 --> 00:33:01.200 with all their heart. 00:33:02.279 --> 00:33:03.400 I'm just going to close 00:33:03.400 --> 00:33:05.960 with a passage 00:33:05.960 --> 00:33:06.559 from Malachi. 00:33:06.559 --> 00:33:06.700 Malachi. 00:33:10.799 --> 00:33:12.099 Malachi 1.11 00:33:12.099 --> 00:33:14.039 From the rising of the sun 00:33:14.039 --> 00:33:14.859 to its setting 00:33:14.859 --> 00:33:16.099 my name will be great 00:33:16.099 --> 00:33:17.179 among the nations 00:33:17.179 --> 00:33:19.599 for I am a great king 00:33:19.599 --> 00:33:20.819 says the Lord of hosts 00:33:20.819 --> 00:33:22.779 and my name will be feared 00:33:22.779 --> 00:33:23.839 among the nations. 00:33:25.519 --> 00:33:26.339 Word association. 00:33:27.199 --> 00:33:29.139 Day and night. 00:33:30.279 --> 00:33:31.839 Peanut butter and jelly. 00:33:33.119 --> 00:33:35.679 Jonah and God's heart 00:33:35.679 --> 00:33:36.839 for the lost. 00:33:38.119 --> 00:33:39.079 Everyone who calls 00:33:39.079 --> 00:33:40.240 on the name of the Lord Jesus 00:33:40.240 --> 00:33:41.959 will be saved. 00:33:41.959 --> 00:33:42.619 Let me pray. 00:33:44.859 --> 00:33:49.799 Oh God, 00:33:49.879 --> 00:33:50.279 would you 00:33:50.279 --> 00:33:52.500 help us to 00:33:52.500 --> 00:33:54.079 not only fear you 00:33:54.079 --> 00:33:55.419 with all of our hearts 00:33:55.419 --> 00:33:57.099 but God to 00:33:57.099 --> 00:33:58.559 be faithful 00:33:58.559 --> 00:33:59.339 to your call 00:33:59.339 --> 00:33:59.939 on our life 00:33:59.939 --> 00:34:02.079 to make Christ known 00:34:02.079 --> 00:34:03.199 to those who are perishing. 00:34:04.099 --> 00:34:05.479 We ask this in Jesus' name. 00:34:06.219 --> 00:34:06.539 Amen. 00:34:06.539 --> 00:34:06.679 Amen. 00:34:06.679 --> 00:34:06.740 Amen. 00:34:06.740 --> 00:34:06.759 Amen. 00:34:06.759 --> 00:34:06.779 Amen. 00:34:06.779 --> 00:34:06.799 Amen. 00:34:06.799 --> 00:34:06.819 Amen. 00:34:06.819 --> 00:34:06.839 Amen. 00:34:06.839 --> 00:34:08.739 Amen. 00:34:08.739 --> 00:34:08.779 Amen. 00:34:08.779 --> 00:34:08.799 Amen. 00:34:08.799 --> 00:34:10.739 Amen. 00:34:10.739 --> 00:34:10.799 Amen. 00:34:10.799 --> 00:34:10.819 Amen. 00:34:10.819 --> 00:34:10.880 Amen. 00:34:10.880 --> 00:34:10.900 Amen. 00:34:10.900 --> 00:34:14.839 Amen.