WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.000 You guys grab your Bibles. Jonah chapter 1. We're going to start reading in verse 1. 00:00:06.000 --> 00:00:16.120 Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah, the son of Amittai, saying, Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and call out against it, for their evil has come up before me. 00:00:16.879 --> 00:00:20.440 But Jonah rose to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord. 00:00:21.039 --> 00:00:24.100 He went down to Joppa and found a ship going to Tarshish. 00:00:24.100 --> 00:00:30.679 So he paid the fare and went on board to go with them to Tarshish, away from the presence of the Lord. 00:00:31.800 --> 00:00:39.200 But the Lord hurled a great wind upon the sea, and there was a mighty tempest on the sea, so that the ship threatened to break up. 00:00:40.280 --> 00:00:43.460 Then the mariners were afraid, and each cried out to his God. 00:00:43.799 --> 00:00:47.680 And they hurled the cargo that was in the ship into the sea to lighten it for them. 00:00:47.960 --> 00:00:53.719 But Jonah had gone down into the inner part of the ship and had lain down and was fast asleep. 00:00:54.420 --> 00:01:00.079 So the captain came and said to him, What do you mean, you sleeper? Arise, call out to your God. 00:01:00.939 --> 00:01:04.700 Perhaps the God will give a thought to us that we may not perish. 00:01:05.900 --> 00:01:11.980 And they said to one another, Come, let us cast lots, that we may know on whose account this evil has come upon us. 00:01:12.460 --> 00:01:14.879 So they cast lots, and a lot fell on Jonah. 00:01:15.560 --> 00:01:19.520 Then they said to him, Tell us on whose account this evil has come upon us. 00:01:19.719 --> 00:01:22.659 What is your occupation, and where do you come from? 00:01:22.659 --> 00:01:25.599 What is your country, and of what people are you? 00:01:26.200 --> 00:01:32.359 And he said to them, I am a Hebrew, and I fear the Lord, the God of heaven, who made the sea and the dry land. 00:01:32.979 --> 00:01:37.620 Then the men were exceedingly afraid and said to him, What is this that you have done? 00:01:38.219 --> 00:01:42.099 For the men knew that he was fleeing from the presence of the Lord, because he had told them. 00:01:42.099 --> 00:01:47.359 Then they said to him, What shall we do to you that the sea may quiet down for us? 00:01:48.019 --> 00:01:50.619 For the sea grew more and more tempestuous. 00:01:51.119 --> 00:01:53.919 He said to them, Pick me up and hurl me into the sea. 00:01:54.679 --> 00:01:56.319 Then the sea will quiet down for you. 00:01:56.659 --> 00:02:00.060 For I know it is because of me that this great tempest has come upon you. 00:02:01.060 --> 00:02:04.819 Nevertheless, the men rode hard to get back to dry land, but they could not. 00:02:04.819 --> 00:02:08.419 For the sea grew more and more tempestuous against them. 00:02:09.000 --> 00:02:13.400 Therefore they called out to the Lord, O Lord, let us not perish for this man's life, 00:02:13.579 --> 00:02:15.680 and lay not on us innocent blood. 00:02:15.959 --> 00:02:18.939 For you, O Lord, have done as it pleased you. 00:02:19.780 --> 00:02:24.280 So they picked up Jonah and hurled him into the sea, and the sea ceased from its raging. 00:02:24.979 --> 00:02:30.379 Then the men feared the Lord exceedingly, and they offered a sacrifice to the Lord and made vows. 00:02:30.379 --> 00:02:39.840 Last week we talked about repentance, and how God's mission is dependent on him, and him alone. 00:02:40.659 --> 00:02:46.099 So Jonah's mission was to go to the land of Nineveh, the great city of Nineveh, 00:02:46.219 --> 00:02:49.340 and preach to them because their evil had come up against the Lord. 00:02:52.319 --> 00:02:59.659 Maybe today your mission is to repent of unbelief, or unfaithfulness, or idolatry. 00:03:00.379 --> 00:03:05.719 What I failed to talk about though last week was why God calls us to repentance. 00:03:06.359 --> 00:03:13.340 Why does God call us, make us do something that is difficult? 00:03:14.099 --> 00:03:16.000 What is the reason for God? 00:03:16.079 --> 00:03:22.639 Why should we turn from our sins that a lot of times are enjoyable? 00:03:22.639 --> 00:03:27.879 Why would God make us do something difficult? 00:03:29.079 --> 00:03:32.819 The answer is that God loves his children. 00:03:33.779 --> 00:03:37.619 God loves his children and has called us to be holy. 00:03:39.219 --> 00:03:42.359 For his word says, be holy as I am holy. 00:03:42.360 --> 00:03:49.920 God showed his love to Jonah by not allowing him to finish his journey to Tarshish. 00:03:52.920 --> 00:03:55.860 Which he went on in complete disobedience. 00:03:55.860 --> 00:04:01.320 See, what we and what Jonah says to God is, 00:04:02.900 --> 00:04:05.840 surely God, you love me too much. 00:04:06.100 --> 00:04:14.860 You love me too much to make me go do something that my spirit or my conviction just doesn't agree with. 00:04:17.259 --> 00:04:20.340 Surely God, you love me too much to make me do that. 00:04:20.339 --> 00:04:27.919 But God says to us, I love you too much to not make you go do that. 00:04:28.879 --> 00:04:32.620 I love you too much to not make you holy. 00:04:32.739 --> 00:04:36.139 To not make you repent or push you to repentance. 00:04:36.139 --> 00:04:42.099 God loves us too much to let us run in sin. 00:04:42.199 --> 00:04:44.279 He loves us too much to let us bathe in it. 00:04:44.579 --> 00:04:48.479 To let us wallow in our idolatry. 00:04:48.839 --> 00:04:50.060 He loves us too much. 00:04:51.860 --> 00:04:53.379 He loved us in creation. 00:04:54.659 --> 00:04:58.240 Because in creation we were created to worship him. 00:04:58.599 --> 00:05:03.019 Because he alone is better and worthy of all praise. 00:05:03.019 --> 00:05:06.740 In the book of Jonah, God loves Jonah. 00:05:07.620 --> 00:05:08.799 God loves the sailors. 00:05:09.459 --> 00:05:10.899 God loves the city of Nineveh. 00:05:11.439 --> 00:05:15.259 And he shows it by not allowing them to continue in sin. 00:05:17.259 --> 00:05:19.939 And he shows us the same love today, doesn't he? 00:05:21.799 --> 00:05:24.779 If we're children of God, you cannot continue in sin. 00:05:26.099 --> 00:05:27.639 You're going to mess up. 00:05:27.699 --> 00:05:28.539 We're going to mess up. 00:05:28.859 --> 00:05:31.139 But you cannot continue in sin. 00:05:31.979 --> 00:05:32.680 You can't. 00:05:33.019 --> 00:05:34.579 The Holy Spirit will not allow. 00:05:36.399 --> 00:05:38.079 Matthew 5, the Beatitudes. 00:05:38.259 --> 00:05:38.959 Jesus said, 00:05:39.379 --> 00:05:42.120 Blessed are those who mourn. 00:05:43.459 --> 00:05:44.740 For they will be comforted. 00:05:45.659 --> 00:05:51.219 This isn't the sissy kind of crying all the time and being real emotional and in touch with your emotions. 00:05:51.799 --> 00:05:55.680 It's brokenness over your sin and the sin that is around you. 00:05:55.680 --> 00:06:01.920 We're broken over what we've done. 00:06:01.920 --> 00:06:07.240 And next week in chapter 2, we'll see Jonah's prayer. 00:06:07.379 --> 00:06:08.439 We'll see his repentance. 00:06:08.620 --> 00:06:11.160 We'll see his brokenness over what he has done. 00:06:11.160 --> 00:06:17.040 The brokenness is the beginning of repentance. 00:06:19.680 --> 00:06:22.880 The Spirit will not allow us to continue in sin. 00:06:22.879 --> 00:06:28.219 Here in the book of Jonah, God hurls a storm at Jonah. 00:06:28.219 --> 00:06:31.639 Like a man throwing a spear. 00:06:32.639 --> 00:06:38.620 God hurls this storm at Jonah to stop him where he's at to bring him back to what God had commanded him to do. 00:06:38.620 --> 00:06:49.939 And the ultimate way that God shows us love, of course, we all know is through Christ Jesus. 00:06:49.939 --> 00:06:55.579 Through the death and resurrection and life of Christ. 00:06:56.980 --> 00:07:02.180 And here in Jonah chapter 1, God provides salvation to the sailors. 00:07:03.420 --> 00:07:07.019 Physically and as we'll see, spiritually. 00:07:08.159 --> 00:07:11.120 So God's salvation is our topic this morning. 00:07:12.879 --> 00:07:15.319 Salvation is an act of the sovereign God. 00:07:15.839 --> 00:07:17.100 Creator of the universe. 00:07:17.100 --> 00:07:20.040 The one who controls the sea and calms the storm. 00:07:21.520 --> 00:07:27.820 And those who seek salvation in morality, in religion, or in self will die. 00:07:28.879 --> 00:07:32.360 Only salvation by God leads to life. 00:07:33.680 --> 00:07:36.500 And I can stand up here and I can say with full assurance. 00:07:37.260 --> 00:07:39.000 That what is spoken from up here. 00:07:39.760 --> 00:07:43.760 Nathan, me, anybody on Thursday night is not original. 00:07:44.660 --> 00:07:46.280 The message is not original. 00:07:46.279 --> 00:07:49.399 It is timely, maybe. 00:07:50.879 --> 00:07:52.819 But everything has already been said. 00:07:53.719 --> 00:07:56.819 So when I speak of salvation, don't close your ears. 00:07:57.299 --> 00:07:58.199 Don't shut down. 00:07:58.799 --> 00:08:01.039 Because we have to hear what God has done. 00:08:01.079 --> 00:08:03.079 We have to be reminded about what he's done. 00:08:03.139 --> 00:08:07.679 And we have a story here that shows us God's love through salvation. 00:08:07.680 --> 00:08:16.379 We must never get bored talking about God's work and his salvation. 00:08:18.079 --> 00:08:20.460 So I have two points this morning. 00:08:20.720 --> 00:08:25.019 And the first one is salvation is an act of the sovereign God. 00:08:27.699 --> 00:08:30.899 Salvation is an act of the sovereign God. 00:08:30.899 --> 00:08:33.480 God is pretty basic, pretty elementary. 00:08:34.559 --> 00:08:37.120 But it's a truth we have to grasp. 00:08:38.159 --> 00:08:51.559 Before we dig in, I want to point out to you some of the events that have taken place where God has used and been in control of to bring the sailors and bring Jonah to the point at the end of chapter one. 00:08:51.559 --> 00:08:55.519 First of all, clearly, we know the story. 00:08:55.639 --> 00:08:56.879 Jonah disobeys God. 00:08:57.519 --> 00:09:02.259 He goes the exact opposite of where God tells him to go. 00:09:02.519 --> 00:09:07.500 And when I say opposite, I mean, it's not I'm not exaggerating. 00:09:07.579 --> 00:09:08.339 It is the opposite. 00:09:08.719 --> 00:09:09.979 Even opposite in direction. 00:09:09.980 --> 00:09:15.600 And so God hurls a storm at him to bring him back. 00:09:17.120 --> 00:09:19.539 You know, it kind of reminds me of Joseph. 00:09:20.240 --> 00:09:30.259 And when he's talking to his brothers in chapter 50 of Genesis, where he said, you meant this as evil, but God meant it as good so that I would save many. 00:09:30.259 --> 00:09:37.340 And Jonah may have said in his own words, you know, I messed up. 00:09:37.399 --> 00:09:37.939 I screwed up. 00:09:38.000 --> 00:09:38.960 I meant this as evil. 00:09:39.120 --> 00:09:46.179 But lo and behold, God, you've you've meant it for good because, look, the sailors, I mean, you save them physically. 00:09:46.580 --> 00:09:49.740 And in verse 16, you save them spiritually. 00:09:50.139 --> 00:09:50.159 And. 00:09:51.259 --> 00:09:52.179 Wow, God, I. 00:09:53.220 --> 00:09:56.240 I can't believe you use my disobedience like that. 00:09:56.240 --> 00:10:01.779 So we got we got Jonah's disobedience. 00:10:02.539 --> 00:10:06.399 We have pagan sailors casting lots to see whose fault it is. 00:10:07.620 --> 00:10:12.000 Now, what you what you have when they cast lots is not like a bunch of rocks. 00:10:12.000 --> 00:10:13.279 And then they try to read the rocks. 00:10:13.279 --> 00:10:15.720 It's usually like two rocks, two stones, pebbles. 00:10:16.080 --> 00:10:19.159 And they're painted on both sides with some sort of color. 00:10:20.200 --> 00:10:21.460 And they would throw them down. 00:10:21.560 --> 00:10:22.759 They would they would pick a person. 00:10:22.759 --> 00:10:27.000 And so Andy, we would say, OK, Andy, is it Andy's fault? 00:10:27.299 --> 00:10:28.960 And we would throw two rocks down. 00:10:29.000 --> 00:10:34.240 And if it was two dark colors up, then the answer would be no. 00:10:35.220 --> 00:10:37.939 But if it was two light colors, the answer would be yes. 00:10:37.960 --> 00:10:39.480 So we would say, OK, it's Andy's fault. 00:10:40.580 --> 00:10:43.759 And then if it was a black and a white or a light and a dark. 00:10:44.919 --> 00:10:47.460 We'd have to throw the stones again to figure it out. 00:10:47.460 --> 00:10:51.879 And this isn't the first time that that God has used casting lots. 00:10:52.980 --> 00:10:57.259 I mean, Proverbs 16, 33 says the lot is cast into the lap. 00:10:57.840 --> 00:11:00.440 But it's every decision is from the Lord. 00:11:01.500 --> 00:11:02.879 Every decision is from the Lord. 00:11:05.900 --> 00:11:14.259 If I asked you each individual person how you came to know the Lord, if I said, tell me your story. 00:11:14.259 --> 00:11:16.500 What is your salvation story? 00:11:16.840 --> 00:11:18.799 Most of the stories in here would be different. 00:11:18.960 --> 00:11:21.019 There'd be something different about it. 00:11:23.220 --> 00:11:28.120 It could be, you know, one event or events that brought you to salvation. 00:11:28.279 --> 00:11:29.639 It could be a book or books. 00:11:30.159 --> 00:11:32.620 It could be a one conversation or many. 00:11:33.879 --> 00:11:35.919 But each story is different in detail. 00:11:36.220 --> 00:11:38.799 But but hear me not in substance. 00:11:39.899 --> 00:11:41.720 It's all the same in substance. 00:11:41.720 --> 00:11:45.980 And for here in the book of Jonah. 00:11:47.379 --> 00:11:50.580 In the sailors, God used events. 00:11:51.820 --> 00:11:54.040 That led to fear. 00:11:55.720 --> 00:11:57.560 To move them to salvation. 00:11:57.899 --> 00:11:59.300 OK, you got the progression. 00:11:59.779 --> 00:12:06.700 God used events in fear to move them to salvation physically and as we'll see spiritually. 00:12:07.399 --> 00:12:10.700 So look at verse five of chapter one. 00:12:11.720 --> 00:12:14.840 We have the sailors fear of the storm. 00:12:15.920 --> 00:12:24.040 Then the mariners were afraid and each cried out to his God and they hurled the cargo that was in the ship into the sea to lighten it for them. 00:12:24.039 --> 00:12:31.319 The sailors feared the situation. 00:12:31.319 --> 00:12:33.259 They feared for their lives. 00:12:35.259 --> 00:12:44.899 And I just wondering how many near death experiences have you have you heard or stories of where God used to redeem a person, to save a person? 00:12:44.899 --> 00:12:46.399 They're out there. 00:12:47.559 --> 00:12:50.419 Plane crash, car crash, whatever. 00:12:52.959 --> 00:12:53.980 Shark attack. 00:12:59.319 --> 00:13:03.620 Maybe there's someone here who who has a story like the sailors. 00:13:03.620 --> 00:13:08.379 I'm not saying you're in a ship in the sea and a big wind out of the middle of nowhere comes in. 00:13:08.500 --> 00:13:12.940 But, you know, God has has rocked your world with some something. 00:13:13.360 --> 00:13:14.820 And this is what we have. 00:13:17.519 --> 00:13:20.240 The sailors thought that death was inevitable. 00:13:21.519 --> 00:13:24.000 They started throwing out all their supplies. 00:13:24.000 --> 00:13:28.559 They went from from this is a great ride to we're going to die. 00:13:32.159 --> 00:13:35.200 And the only way that they felt like they were going to survive was. 00:13:36.779 --> 00:13:39.460 Their instincts and let's start throwing things out. 00:13:42.200 --> 00:13:43.039 Verse nine. 00:13:43.899 --> 00:13:46.600 So the verse five, they were they were afraid of the. 00:13:47.799 --> 00:13:49.340 They were afraid of the storm. 00:13:50.300 --> 00:13:53.759 Verse nine, Jonah says to says that he fears the Lord. 00:13:54.759 --> 00:13:58.740 And I was stuck on this verse for most of the week. 00:13:59.580 --> 00:14:02.080 This verse just kept rolling in my head. 00:14:02.460 --> 00:14:04.500 I don't understand how he can say this. 00:14:04.560 --> 00:14:07.519 And yet his actions are completely opposite of this. 00:14:07.600 --> 00:14:08.360 Look at verse nine. 00:14:09.800 --> 00:14:11.800 Verse eight, they ask him, who is he? 00:14:11.879 --> 00:14:12.060 Where? 00:14:12.220 --> 00:14:12.980 What have you done? 00:14:14.860 --> 00:14:16.740 In the middle of this raging storm. 00:14:16.740 --> 00:14:24.560 And he says to them, I am a Hebrew and I fear the Lord, the God of heaven, who made the sea and the dry land. 00:14:28.820 --> 00:14:30.740 I just get it. 00:14:31.379 --> 00:14:33.740 What is God trying to say to us? 00:14:34.519 --> 00:14:39.220 When we clearly see from the events before this, Jonah does not fear the Lord. 00:14:40.879 --> 00:14:42.680 And I think I finally figured it out. 00:14:42.679 --> 00:14:46.059 And it's simple. 00:14:46.219 --> 00:14:47.819 I probably should have. 00:14:48.359 --> 00:14:50.319 I probably shouldn't admit that I didn't figure it out. 00:14:52.000 --> 00:14:58.000 My question to you is, is how many in this room say that they believe in God, but do not live like it? 00:14:58.000 --> 00:15:10.039 How many of you pull out your family of God membership card and say the right things and read off of it? 00:15:11.820 --> 00:15:16.539 What you're supposed to say and in reality live a life that is contradictory to this. 00:15:16.820 --> 00:15:24.440 And that's basically what Jonah, he's like, he pulls out his family of Israel, Jewish Hebrew membership card. 00:15:24.440 --> 00:15:26.420 And on the back, it tells him exactly what to say. 00:15:26.480 --> 00:15:31.880 And so he reads, I am a Hebrew and I fear the Lord, God of heaven, who made the sea and the dry land. 00:15:34.660 --> 00:15:37.440 But his actions don't line up with what he's saying. 00:15:38.720 --> 00:15:39.780 This this fear. 00:15:40.980 --> 00:15:42.440 Is the fear of reverence. 00:15:43.160 --> 00:15:50.560 Same Hebrew word is not afraid of circumstances, afraid of worship of God, of Yahweh. 00:15:50.559 --> 00:15:58.479 I think we all have lived. 00:15:59.259 --> 00:16:01.539 We all say we believe in God. 00:16:01.639 --> 00:16:04.579 We all say we're Christians or or most of us in this room. 00:16:04.739 --> 00:16:04.759 And. 00:16:06.619 --> 00:16:10.419 But we've at some point in our lives, we've lived contradictory to that. 00:16:11.599 --> 00:16:12.799 At some point. 00:16:13.659 --> 00:16:17.000 For example, we'll say God's sovereign. 00:16:17.000 --> 00:16:19.200 He's in control of everything. 00:16:19.879 --> 00:16:21.480 He's the creator of the universe. 00:16:22.000 --> 00:16:23.200 He placed me here. 00:16:23.259 --> 00:16:25.700 The air that I breathe is a gift from him above. 00:16:27.080 --> 00:16:29.279 But I don't think he knows all my secrets. 00:16:32.059 --> 00:16:33.340 I really should have. 00:16:33.440 --> 00:16:34.820 I really should do this. 00:16:36.120 --> 00:16:37.799 So that then I can have this out. 00:16:39.179 --> 00:16:41.059 Or God is good, but. 00:16:41.059 --> 00:16:43.779 What the heck is going on? 00:16:45.559 --> 00:16:47.419 I can't seem to catch a break. 00:16:47.899 --> 00:16:51.439 Surely God is not good because all these events in my life have been horrible. 00:16:56.379 --> 00:16:59.139 Or God's thoughts are not our own. 00:16:59.219 --> 00:17:02.219 That's what we like to throw that around a lot as Christians. 00:17:02.359 --> 00:17:03.759 God's thoughts are not our own. 00:17:03.759 --> 00:17:12.099 If you really believe that, why are you saying, God, I really, really, really, really, really need to know why she broke up with me. 00:17:12.160 --> 00:17:12.519 I don't. 00:17:12.839 --> 00:17:13.859 I don't get it. 00:17:14.859 --> 00:17:21.579 Or I really, really, really need that car or that iPod or that iPhone or fill in the old anything. 00:17:25.339 --> 00:17:26.480 This was Jonah here. 00:17:28.180 --> 00:17:29.480 He feared the Lord. 00:17:29.599 --> 00:17:31.480 He said he feared the Lord, but he did not. 00:17:31.480 --> 00:17:34.940 And as I said last week, he gets a really bad rap. 00:17:35.380 --> 00:17:39.759 Because we have one event in Jonah's life and he looks like an idiot. 00:17:44.180 --> 00:17:49.380 But here we have the bad part of the bad choice in his life. 00:17:50.980 --> 00:17:53.200 So what is God trying to teach us? 00:17:55.480 --> 00:17:57.720 So we have Jonah saying that he fears the Lord. 00:17:57.720 --> 00:17:58.460 Verse 10. 00:17:58.460 --> 00:18:07.039 Then in a result of him saying that I fear the Lord, the sailors go. 00:18:07.960 --> 00:18:11.279 Then the men were exceedingly afraid to say, what is this that you have done? 00:18:11.640 --> 00:18:15.640 For the men knew that he was fleeing from the presence of the Lord because he had told them. 00:18:16.059 --> 00:18:19.360 Now, this isn't them saying, dude, tell me what you did. 00:18:19.720 --> 00:18:20.519 I got to know. 00:18:20.600 --> 00:18:22.000 Like, did you kill somebody? 00:18:22.160 --> 00:18:23.160 Did you like what? 00:18:23.160 --> 00:18:24.060 What did you do? 00:18:24.340 --> 00:18:27.120 This is what have you done? 00:18:27.180 --> 00:18:28.759 We're going to die because of you. 00:18:29.460 --> 00:18:31.600 Like, how could you have run from God? 00:18:33.100 --> 00:18:36.500 Even the pagan sailors knew that he did something a little odd. 00:18:38.500 --> 00:18:43.560 They knew he did not make the one wise his choice. 00:18:43.559 --> 00:18:50.980 And so we have we have the sailors here coming around to seeing who God is. 00:18:51.480 --> 00:18:53.119 We have the sailors going. 00:18:54.460 --> 00:19:03.419 Well, if he's a God, if he's a Hebrew and he fears the Lord, the God of creation, a land and sea, then. 00:19:03.420 --> 00:19:14.720 And this storm came out of came out of nowhere abruptly and and it's sailing season and storms really aren't supposed to occur kind of like this. 00:19:18.320 --> 00:19:20.000 Then maybe this God is for real. 00:19:21.080 --> 00:19:25.019 Then then we're really going to this man. 00:19:25.019 --> 00:19:32.019 Isn't that how God works, though? 00:19:33.339 --> 00:19:36.660 That we have to come to a place where we know who God is. 00:19:37.139 --> 00:19:39.519 We have to acknowledge that he exists. 00:19:39.519 --> 00:19:44.539 We have to know and see who he is before. 00:19:46.619 --> 00:19:47.819 He works. 00:19:48.740 --> 00:19:50.920 He reveals himself to us. 00:19:53.180 --> 00:19:54.680 Before anything else. 00:19:55.759 --> 00:19:57.759 And for the sailors, it was a storm. 00:19:58.240 --> 00:19:59.839 It was a storm that did it. 00:20:00.160 --> 00:20:06.220 It was a disobedient missionary and it was a storm that showed the sailors who God was. 00:20:08.200 --> 00:20:10.799 For you, it could be could have been anything. 00:20:11.400 --> 00:20:13.319 And it may need to be something. 00:20:18.920 --> 00:20:24.819 The bottom line is that is that we come to a knowledge of who God is by him revealing it to us. 00:20:25.019 --> 00:20:37.000 And here, God, using the events and the circumstances, he's revealed himself to us, even through the words of a disobedient missionary. 00:20:37.000 --> 00:20:41.539 The sailors got it. 00:20:41.539 --> 00:20:45.740 They knew who they were who they were dealing with. 00:20:45.740 --> 00:20:53.160 The verse 16 is the last use of the word fear. 00:20:54.480 --> 00:20:59.940 And theologians and commentaries that I've read say that these sailors. 00:20:59.940 --> 00:21:04.180 They got saved, as we say in the Baptist church. 00:21:04.420 --> 00:21:05.539 They got it right. 00:21:06.680 --> 00:21:10.680 They dropped their pagan worship. 00:21:10.680 --> 00:21:12.680 They dropped their idols. 00:21:12.680 --> 00:21:15.340 And they worshipped the Lord Yahweh. 00:21:15.860 --> 00:21:17.200 The God who provides. 00:21:17.279 --> 00:21:19.120 The God who is creator. 00:21:21.420 --> 00:21:24.380 They came to a saving knowledge of God. 00:21:24.380 --> 00:21:31.000 So this fear is the same fear that Jonah spoke. 00:21:31.820 --> 00:21:36.920 But their actions line up with what verse 16 is saying. 00:21:39.980 --> 00:21:42.720 It is one of reverence and worship. 00:21:44.000 --> 00:21:46.740 The men feared the Lord exceedingly. 00:21:47.100 --> 00:21:50.380 And they offered a sacrifice to the Lord and made vows. 00:21:50.380 --> 00:21:54.300 Now, think back to the beginning of this story. 00:21:54.640 --> 00:21:56.980 They threw all their supplies overboard. 00:21:57.520 --> 00:21:59.760 It says they got rid of everything to lighten the load. 00:22:00.380 --> 00:22:04.680 So, chances are they couldn't have made the sacrifice on the boat. 00:22:06.220 --> 00:22:10.760 So they had to contemplate and consider and get to land. 00:22:10.880 --> 00:22:12.240 And then they're going to make their sacrifice. 00:22:12.480 --> 00:22:13.520 And then they make this vow. 00:22:13.820 --> 00:22:15.740 And what I'm getting at is it's not just this. 00:22:16.400 --> 00:22:17.280 God, you saved us. 00:22:17.320 --> 00:22:17.640 Thank you. 00:22:18.660 --> 00:22:20.040 Now I'll go on and live my life. 00:22:20.380 --> 00:22:21.140 This was. 00:22:21.440 --> 00:22:22.680 They made a commitment. 00:22:25.680 --> 00:22:30.420 And the author adds exceedingly to show us that the men feared the Lord exceedingly. 00:22:30.640 --> 00:22:32.160 That there's this commitment here. 00:22:32.780 --> 00:22:36.060 There's this fervor for who God is. 00:22:37.120 --> 00:22:38.360 And who they feared. 00:22:38.359 --> 00:22:53.699 The interesting thing here is that their salvation spiritually came after their physical salvation of God ceasing the storm immediately. 00:22:53.700 --> 00:23:05.000 And why that's interesting is we've all heard of guys in prison and they have like this jailhouse salvation where, 00:23:05.000 --> 00:23:09.339 God, if I get out early, I'm really going to live for you. 00:23:11.180 --> 00:23:18.119 And so while they're in jail, they're reading their Bibles and they're committed to what God is doing. 00:23:18.259 --> 00:23:24.140 They're attending Bible study and doing all this outward thing, kind of like our Lethia Way skit. 00:23:24.140 --> 00:23:24.540 But. 00:23:26.860 --> 00:23:27.380 But. 00:23:28.580 --> 00:23:29.840 I've seen it enough. 00:23:30.060 --> 00:23:32.320 They get out of jail and they're back to what they were doing. 00:23:32.780 --> 00:23:35.040 It was just their ticket out, so to speak. 00:23:35.680 --> 00:23:38.400 It wasn't any any real conversion. 00:23:38.400 --> 00:23:41.120 And here God has already saved them. 00:23:41.860 --> 00:23:46.700 So their salvation led to worship. 00:23:47.900 --> 00:23:52.140 God saving them on the sea led them to to worship. 00:23:53.320 --> 00:23:54.860 So God used the sea. 00:23:55.180 --> 00:23:56.380 He is the storm. 00:23:56.740 --> 00:24:03.600 He is the lots that they cast and he used fear to get the sailors attention so that they would know the creator. 00:24:04.480 --> 00:24:05.660 So God is sovereign. 00:24:06.220 --> 00:24:07.120 God is sovereign. 00:24:07.119 --> 00:24:09.279 He is in control and his salvation. 00:24:10.519 --> 00:24:13.239 His salvation is for him alone to give. 00:24:14.659 --> 00:24:17.919 And he chose to give it to pagan sailors. 00:24:21.679 --> 00:24:26.219 Even in the midst of chasing down a disobedient missionary named Jonah. 00:24:28.759 --> 00:24:29.899 The next point. 00:24:29.899 --> 00:24:33.739 The second point is those who seek salvation in morality. 00:24:35.099 --> 00:24:37.059 Religion or self. 00:24:37.119 --> 00:24:37.899 Will die. 00:24:39.159 --> 00:24:40.839 But salvation from God. 00:24:41.479 --> 00:24:42.119 Gives life. 00:24:42.919 --> 00:24:45.000 Those who seek salvation in morality. 00:24:45.799 --> 00:24:46.399 Religion. 00:24:47.219 --> 00:24:48.159 And self. 00:24:48.299 --> 00:24:48.839 Will die. 00:24:49.979 --> 00:24:51.399 But salvation from God. 00:24:51.679 --> 00:24:52.759 Gives life. 00:24:52.759 --> 00:24:54.900 I think of Romans 8. 00:24:54.900 --> 00:24:54.900 00:24:54.960 --> 00:24:55.379 13. 00:24:55.379 --> 00:24:55.960 It says, 00:24:56.160 --> 00:24:59.839 If you live according to the flesh, you will die. 00:24:59.839 --> 00:25:05.819 But if by the spirit you put the death, the deeds of the body, you will live. 00:25:06.819 --> 00:25:18.539 So if you live according to the flesh, if you do the things that please yourself, that please what's inside of you, if you try to achieve things and if you live for that, you will die. 00:25:18.539 --> 00:25:19.099 Morality. 00:25:19.099 --> 00:25:19.539 Morality. 00:25:19.539 --> 00:25:20.299 Morality. 00:25:20.639 --> 00:25:21.139 Religion. 00:25:22.139 --> 00:25:22.659 Self. 00:25:22.660 --> 00:25:23.980 But if by the spirit. 00:25:23.980 --> 00:25:28.920 But if by the spirit, meaning if God reveals himself, if God works. 00:25:29.920 --> 00:25:31.980 You put the death, the deeds of the body. 00:25:32.759 --> 00:25:33.740 You will live. 00:25:33.740 --> 00:25:38.200 In Jonah chapter 1, we have all three. 00:25:38.319 --> 00:25:38.799 Morality. 00:25:38.980 --> 00:25:39.339 Religion. 00:25:39.519 --> 00:25:40.079 And self. 00:25:41.759 --> 00:25:43.319 And we have morality. 00:25:43.559 --> 00:25:44.900 Trying to be good people. 00:25:45.400 --> 00:25:47.980 The sailors saying, no, we can't throw this guy overboard. 00:25:49.859 --> 00:25:51.000 We have religion. 00:25:51.960 --> 00:25:53.380 The sailors calling Jonah. 00:25:53.500 --> 00:25:56.640 Waking him up and saying, pray to your God that he might save us. 00:25:56.839 --> 00:25:57.519 Who knows? 00:25:57.519 --> 00:26:05.000 We have Jonah pulling out his membership card and reading it off. 00:26:07.039 --> 00:26:12.639 And then we have, of course, self where Jonah says, I don't agree with that, God. 00:26:13.039 --> 00:26:13.440 Nineveh? 00:26:14.480 --> 00:26:16.160 That's a tough crowd. 00:26:16.240 --> 00:26:17.099 I'm not going to go that way. 00:26:19.480 --> 00:26:23.119 All three do not lead to salvation. 00:26:23.119 --> 00:26:27.819 And, of course, we're reading this story. 00:26:28.079 --> 00:26:32.219 And if you guys haven't seen it yet, this is a great analogy of God's salvation. 00:26:32.679 --> 00:26:33.659 This whole story. 00:26:34.679 --> 00:26:36.399 Just chapter 1 by itself. 00:26:39.099 --> 00:26:44.559 Jonah having to be sacrificed for the sailors so that they could live. 00:26:44.759 --> 00:26:46.659 The storm immediately ending. 00:26:48.659 --> 00:26:51.239 Of course, Jonah can't save anyone. 00:26:53.119 --> 00:26:56.119 It's not because Jonah said, throw me overboard, then you'll be saved. 00:26:56.699 --> 00:27:00.159 It's because God chose to cease the storm because of Jonah. 00:27:06.099 --> 00:27:07.059 Verse 6. 00:27:08.639 --> 00:27:13.139 The captain comes down and said to him, 00:27:13.279 --> 00:27:14.939 What do you mean, you sleeper? 00:27:15.099 --> 00:27:16.939 Arise, call out to your God. 00:27:18.019 --> 00:27:21.439 Perhaps the God will give a thought to us that we may not perish. 00:27:23.119 --> 00:27:32.839 But the funny thing here is what the captain says to Jonah mirrors what God said to Jonah at the beginning of chapter 1. 00:27:33.259 --> 00:27:34.199 Arise, go. 00:27:34.979 --> 00:27:38.359 The captain says, arise, call out to your God. 00:27:38.359 --> 00:27:43.500 I heard somebody preach on this. 00:27:43.579 --> 00:27:48.439 And he said, I bet Jonah felt like he was in a nightmare. 00:27:49.279 --> 00:27:53.959 He's sleeping good under the boat, wherever he's at, in a deep sleep. 00:27:54.139 --> 00:27:58.139 And then all of a sudden, here's the exact same command coming from a voice right next to him. 00:27:58.719 --> 00:28:00.479 Probably nudging him or punching him. 00:28:00.519 --> 00:28:01.439 Get up, you fool. 00:28:01.740 --> 00:28:02.799 We're about to die. 00:28:02.799 --> 00:28:05.859 I thought, this is crazy. 00:28:06.019 --> 00:28:06.799 How could... 00:28:07.519 --> 00:28:08.220 This is nuts. 00:28:14.519 --> 00:28:16.319 Arise and call out to your God. 00:28:17.259 --> 00:28:18.519 In other words, be religious. 00:28:18.779 --> 00:28:20.019 We're about to die. 00:28:20.500 --> 00:28:22.599 Pray to your God that maybe he'll save us. 00:28:23.639 --> 00:28:24.639 Go to church. 00:28:24.640 --> 00:28:24.720 Church. 00:28:28.560 --> 00:28:29.560 You laugh. 00:28:30.680 --> 00:28:31.640 You chuckle, but... 00:28:34.280 --> 00:28:36.040 That's how our brain works. 00:28:38.360 --> 00:28:44.660 If I do good things, if I do great things for God, then he'll be pleased and then he'll bless. 00:28:46.080 --> 00:28:51.860 If I just pray to God, he'll save us from whatever, from this storm, whatever that may be. 00:28:51.859 --> 00:28:57.659 If I just serve at church, God will save me from blank. 00:28:58.979 --> 00:29:04.599 If I just read my Bible, God will save me from blank. 00:29:06.599 --> 00:29:09.439 That is a lie straight from hell. 00:29:12.099 --> 00:29:14.339 God doesn't bless because of you. 00:29:15.500 --> 00:29:18.099 He doesn't bless you because of what you've done. 00:29:18.099 --> 00:29:19.659 And he blesses you because of him. 00:29:20.859 --> 00:29:22.599 Through Jesus Christ. 00:29:24.199 --> 00:29:25.899 And because he chooses to. 00:29:27.719 --> 00:29:32.519 That is a self-centered, self-worshiping, God-minimizing worship of yourself. 00:29:32.639 --> 00:29:34.079 And it does not lead to salvation. 00:29:34.079 --> 00:29:41.439 If I can do this for God, then he'll surely do this. 00:29:43.059 --> 00:29:43.500 Garbage. 00:29:44.839 --> 00:29:48.399 And in reality, in Christ, God has already blessed you. 00:29:48.519 --> 00:29:49.339 You can even measure. 00:29:50.179 --> 00:29:51.139 He's already done it. 00:29:54.439 --> 00:29:57.939 This is why grace is so important to the gospel. 00:29:57.940 --> 00:29:59.940 Ephesians. 00:30:00.799 --> 00:30:03.019 For by grace you have been saved through faith. 00:30:03.259 --> 00:30:04.580 And this is not your own doing. 00:30:04.680 --> 00:30:05.820 It is a gift of God. 00:30:05.980 --> 00:30:08.340 Not a result of works so that no one can boast. 00:30:08.519 --> 00:30:11.279 This isn't just a verse we say because it sounds good. 00:30:12.740 --> 00:30:15.360 This isn't a verse that we say because I've memorized it. 00:30:16.180 --> 00:30:20.200 This is a verse that we say because it is the cornerstone of the gospel. 00:30:20.799 --> 00:30:22.320 God's grace on you. 00:30:23.400 --> 00:30:23.940 Unmerited favor. 00:30:23.940 --> 00:30:24.660 Favor. 00:30:26.740 --> 00:30:28.980 On you and on me. 00:30:33.160 --> 00:30:34.420 Religious activity. 00:30:35.160 --> 00:30:35.880 Nothing. 00:30:36.920 --> 00:30:39.460 Praying to a God. 00:30:41.059 --> 00:30:42.900 Call out to your God. 00:30:43.019 --> 00:30:46.340 Perhaps the God will give thought to us that we may not perish. 00:30:49.539 --> 00:30:52.400 Does not get you anywhere. 00:30:54.680 --> 00:30:55.120 Verse. 00:30:55.720 --> 00:30:58.920 As I've already talked about, we have Jonah's membership card. 00:30:59.500 --> 00:31:00.740 We have Hebrew. 00:31:01.259 --> 00:31:02.779 This is what I'm supposed to say. 00:31:02.860 --> 00:31:05.160 This is my religious activity here today. 00:31:05.799 --> 00:31:06.340 I'm a Hebrew. 00:31:06.779 --> 00:31:09.700 The Lord, the God of heaven who made the sea and the dry land. 00:31:10.340 --> 00:31:11.779 What a great truth. 00:31:12.200 --> 00:31:13.920 If his actions back that up. 00:31:13.960 --> 00:31:14.840 But this is just. 00:31:15.380 --> 00:31:16.240 Just talk. 00:31:18.160 --> 00:31:19.860 Does he believe what he says? 00:31:19.859 --> 00:31:24.240 Or is he just falling back on his religious background? 00:31:25.699 --> 00:31:28.039 And we have this in church today. 00:31:28.259 --> 00:31:29.779 Not necessarily here, but. 00:31:31.059 --> 00:31:32.939 I was baptized at age three. 00:31:36.740 --> 00:31:37.379 Yeah. 00:31:38.639 --> 00:31:39.719 I'm God's. 00:31:41.599 --> 00:31:45.319 My daughter is three and I'm pretty sure she doesn't quite get it. 00:31:45.319 --> 00:31:47.899 Shot me. 00:31:48.460 --> 00:31:48.939 Handgun. 00:31:56.319 --> 00:31:58.019 We know that Jonah didn't believe. 00:31:58.639 --> 00:31:59.119 We know. 00:31:59.279 --> 00:32:00.759 We know that he did not believe. 00:32:01.579 --> 00:32:03.319 What he is saying here. 00:32:03.319 --> 00:32:10.639 Because if you remember last week in Hebrew, the word believe is always connected with obedience. 00:32:12.939 --> 00:32:15.740 So if we believe something, we act it out. 00:32:19.700 --> 00:32:21.619 Jonah's not acting it out. 00:32:23.899 --> 00:32:24.200 Jonah. 00:32:24.439 --> 00:32:28.619 Jonah could have thought all he needed was to be part of the chosen people. 00:32:29.980 --> 00:32:32.639 Those thoughts that all he needed was to be religious. 00:32:32.640 --> 00:32:36.680 All he needed was to say the right thing. 00:32:38.000 --> 00:32:39.840 None of that saves. 00:32:43.080 --> 00:32:46.040 Christian, if you think that they do. 00:32:47.140 --> 00:32:48.900 Then I called you by the wrong name. 00:32:53.500 --> 00:32:56.040 Acting as if you're part of the elect. 00:32:56.680 --> 00:32:58.360 You're part of the chosen people. 00:32:58.740 --> 00:32:59.620 You can live however. 00:32:59.619 --> 00:33:05.759 If you practice religious activities, then you can live however you want. 00:33:06.019 --> 00:33:07.579 You can do whatever you want to do. 00:33:08.299 --> 00:33:09.819 You say the right things. 00:33:09.879 --> 00:33:12.779 You can live and choose whatever you want. 00:33:13.419 --> 00:33:13.659 Romans. 00:33:16.459 --> 00:33:18.879 So we continue in sin so that grace may abound. 00:33:18.880 --> 00:33:21.080 By no means. 00:33:24.540 --> 00:33:26.100 Turn to Matthew chapter 7. 00:33:28.360 --> 00:33:31.500 And stay in Matthew because we'll be in chapter 12 in just a few minutes. 00:33:32.280 --> 00:33:33.340 Matthew chapter 7. 00:33:33.339 --> 00:33:37.379 It's a good example. 00:33:37.379 --> 00:33:37.419 A good example. 00:33:37.959 --> 00:33:42.379 A good example of from the Bible of people who do good things. 00:33:43.879 --> 00:33:46.099 But don't know God. 00:33:51.240 --> 00:33:53.539 Verse 21 through 23. 00:33:53.539 --> 00:33:55.440 Not everyone. 00:33:55.440 --> 00:33:56.519 This is Jesus speaking. 00:33:56.940 --> 00:33:57.859 And how do we know that? 00:33:58.579 --> 00:33:59.599 It's in red, right? 00:34:00.559 --> 00:34:04.399 Not everyone who says to me, Lord, Lord, will enter the kingdom of heaven. 00:34:06.559 --> 00:34:08.559 The will of my father who is in heaven. 00:34:08.840 --> 00:34:12.779 On that day, many will say to me, Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name? 00:34:13.440 --> 00:34:15.139 And cast out demons in your name? 00:34:15.219 --> 00:34:17.579 And do many mighty works in your name? 00:34:17.579 --> 00:34:21.259 And then will I declare to them, I never knew you. 00:34:21.819 --> 00:34:24.380 Depart from me, you workers of lawlessness. 00:34:28.039 --> 00:34:29.619 They did great things, guys. 00:34:32.539 --> 00:34:32.940 Prophesy. 00:34:33.259 --> 00:34:33.779 Preach. 00:34:34.599 --> 00:34:35.599 Cast out demons. 00:34:36.039 --> 00:34:36.659 Mighty works. 00:34:37.420 --> 00:34:39.199 And it led to nothing. 00:34:43.259 --> 00:34:47.219 In verse 11 through 13, back in Jonah, you guys can stay in Matthew. 00:34:47.579 --> 00:34:48.900 Unless you want to turn back. 00:34:51.539 --> 00:34:57.500 We have the pagan sailors showing their morality or even nobility almost, being very noble. 00:34:58.619 --> 00:35:00.659 You know, Jonah tells them that I'm a Hebrew. 00:35:01.259 --> 00:35:03.460 And they flip out and go, we're going to die. 00:35:04.340 --> 00:35:05.219 This is not good. 00:35:07.079 --> 00:35:09.019 And then they say to him, what shall we do? 00:35:09.360 --> 00:35:11.460 What do we have to do? 00:35:11.759 --> 00:35:12.460 Just tell us. 00:35:13.819 --> 00:35:15.559 And Jonah says, throw me into the sea. 00:35:17.579 --> 00:35:24.719 Now, even in the end, the storm has progressed. 00:35:25.039 --> 00:35:26.940 It says it's getting worse and worse. 00:35:27.980 --> 00:35:30.779 Even in the end, Jonah is being disobedient. 00:35:30.780 --> 00:35:38.480 Now, this is a little bit of speculation, but he could have said, turn back to Joppa. 00:35:38.760 --> 00:35:39.880 It's my fault. 00:35:41.100 --> 00:35:41.500 Nineveh. 00:35:41.740 --> 00:35:42.560 We'll get back. 00:35:43.600 --> 00:35:44.880 I'm sorry I wasted your time. 00:35:44.920 --> 00:35:45.540 I'll give you some money. 00:35:45.620 --> 00:35:46.200 We'll get back. 00:35:46.380 --> 00:35:48.220 And then you guys can start your journey again. 00:35:48.219 --> 00:35:52.739 But he still didn't want to go to Nineveh. 00:35:54.259 --> 00:35:55.959 Jonah said, throw me into the sea. 00:35:56.779 --> 00:35:57.739 End my life. 00:35:59.879 --> 00:36:02.399 Still disobedient. 00:36:05.139 --> 00:36:07.639 And the sailors say, no way. 00:36:07.859 --> 00:36:09.099 No man left behind. 00:36:10.179 --> 00:36:11.359 We're going to make it. 00:36:11.360 --> 00:36:12.660 So what do they do? 00:36:12.720 --> 00:36:16.660 They try to row back to get to land and the storm picks up even worse. 00:36:20.740 --> 00:36:25.460 God was not going to allow them to be saved for any work. 00:36:26.300 --> 00:36:27.240 He wasn't going to. 00:36:30.099 --> 00:36:31.880 It was going to have to come from God. 00:36:31.880 --> 00:36:40.660 And I'm pretty sure that a man being thrown in the ocean isn't the special or in the sea isn't the special ingredient that calms all storms. 00:36:41.280 --> 00:36:42.059 I'm pretty certain. 00:36:43.140 --> 00:36:47.140 So, I mean, you science guys can tell me otherwise, but it's not. 00:36:47.240 --> 00:36:47.680 OK, thank you. 00:36:47.800 --> 00:36:48.420 Thank you, James. 00:36:50.420 --> 00:36:56.460 So Jonah being thrown overboard and the sea ceases is an act of God. 00:36:56.460 --> 00:37:05.079 God was not going to allow them to be saved from any works of their own. 00:37:07.980 --> 00:37:11.800 Verse 14 and 15 back in Jonah. 00:37:12.179 --> 00:37:16.960 It's funny that the sailors, they're about to throw this guy overboard. 00:37:17.059 --> 00:37:19.119 They know we have nothing else we can do. 00:37:19.440 --> 00:37:20.659 We've tried to get the land. 00:37:20.780 --> 00:37:22.179 We've tried to do all these things. 00:37:23.119 --> 00:37:24.740 We've lightened the load. 00:37:24.739 --> 00:37:32.339 And they say, all right, God, your will be done. 00:37:33.119 --> 00:37:36.299 Oh, by the way, let this man's life be not on us. 00:37:37.059 --> 00:37:39.039 We're doing as you planned. 00:37:39.239 --> 00:37:41.099 Let us not be guilty for this guy. 00:37:42.439 --> 00:37:45.059 And then they kind of put the guilt on God at the end of 14. 00:37:45.199 --> 00:37:47.479 For you, O Lord, have done as it pleased you. 00:37:51.179 --> 00:37:54.339 Morality, nobility, whatever, being noble. 00:37:54.739 --> 00:37:56.439 Doesn't get you anywhere. 00:37:56.579 --> 00:37:58.879 Just like religion doesn't get you anywhere. 00:37:59.419 --> 00:38:03.539 Being good doesn't cut it. 00:38:06.119 --> 00:38:08.879 They throw Jonah into the sea. 00:38:09.699 --> 00:38:13.319 And just like that, the raging stops. 00:38:13.879 --> 00:38:16.179 Just like that, the sea calms. 00:38:16.179 --> 00:38:19.239 Kind of reminds me of Jesus. 00:38:20.000 --> 00:38:23.179 When he speaks and says, peace be still. 00:38:23.839 --> 00:38:25.559 And the sea just... 00:38:25.559 --> 00:38:31.219 Jonah was thrown overboard. 00:38:31.559 --> 00:38:32.859 And the sea stopped. 00:38:34.139 --> 00:38:36.839 God saved them because a man was sacrificed. 00:38:37.379 --> 00:38:39.079 God saved them because a man died. 00:38:39.500 --> 00:38:40.079 Sound familiar? 00:38:40.079 --> 00:38:43.019 Matthew 12. 00:38:43.719 --> 00:38:45.920 If you guys are still in Matthew, turn to Matthew 12. 00:38:46.920 --> 00:38:48.539 If you're not, turn to Matthew 12. 00:38:51.980 --> 00:38:53.460 Verse 40 and 41. 00:38:54.139 --> 00:38:58.440 And this is what I referenced last week of Jesus talking about Jonah. 00:38:58.819 --> 00:39:01.679 And because Jesus spoke about Jonah and said that it happened, 00:39:01.679 --> 00:39:04.319 this book is pretty important. 00:39:08.079 --> 00:39:10.219 Verse 40 and 41 of chapter 12. 00:39:11.219 --> 00:39:11.980 In Matthew. 00:39:12.460 --> 00:39:16.919 For just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, 00:39:17.379 --> 00:39:21.500 so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. 00:39:22.460 --> 00:39:27.639 The men of Nineveh will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it. 00:39:27.639 --> 00:39:30.420 For they repented at the preaching of Jonah. 00:39:31.379 --> 00:39:34.639 And behold, something greater than Jonah is here. 00:39:35.940 --> 00:39:38.679 Again, letters in red so we know Jesus is writing. 00:39:40.819 --> 00:39:43.879 Jesus says something greater than Jonah is here. 00:39:44.239 --> 00:39:45.440 Present tense, here. 00:39:47.239 --> 00:39:48.940 And of course, he's talking about himself. 00:39:50.059 --> 00:39:52.199 He's talking about, I am here. 00:39:52.599 --> 00:39:54.159 Jonah died for a few days. 00:39:54.159 --> 00:39:56.559 First of all, he's in disobedience. 00:39:58.119 --> 00:40:00.960 I'm going to die for many in obedience. 00:40:05.619 --> 00:40:08.839 Jesus, out of obedience, sacrificed his life for many. 00:40:09.319 --> 00:40:13.359 Jonah, out of disobedience, sacrificed his life for the sailors. 00:40:13.359 --> 00:40:17.059 But not, not for Nineveh. 00:40:19.159 --> 00:40:21.319 Jesus lived for the glory of the Father. 00:40:21.320 --> 00:40:24.880 Jonah, in this story, lived for the glory of himself. 00:40:25.800 --> 00:40:27.840 What I desire, I'm going to do. 00:40:28.640 --> 00:40:32.460 I don't desire for them to be shown mercy, and I'm not going to do it. 00:40:33.720 --> 00:40:35.240 Jesus calmed the storm. 00:40:37.680 --> 00:40:39.480 Jonah spoke and nothing happened. 00:40:41.820 --> 00:40:43.320 Jonah had to go swimming. 00:40:45.500 --> 00:40:47.800 Jesus died for those who would trust him. 00:40:47.800 --> 00:40:55.100 God, through Jesus, saved the sailors physically and spiritually for his glory. 00:40:56.600 --> 00:41:01.220 Salvation is from God, by God, and for God. 00:41:02.360 --> 00:41:03.180 Let's pray. 00:41:03.180 --> 00:41:03.180