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 Friends, we are kicking off a new series in a book of the Bible called Jonah.

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! And if you've never read Jonah before, you've definitely heard about it.

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 People have heard about the story of Jonah, normally when they were a kid.

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 And I had an interesting experience as a kid with the book of Jonah.

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 I was talking to a friend of mine this week who was interested in why we were doing the book of Jonah as a church.

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 Why are we exploring it?

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 And I mentioned to him that as a kid, I grew up in a place called Eden.

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 That's Eden there.

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 Well, I grew up nearby at least, 10 minutes away in the country.

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 And you'll see on your right there that that's the harbour in Eden.

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 There's a huge, big harbour where ships can sail in.

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 And that's where, if people get hit by a storm during the Sydney to Hobart, where everyone retreats before going across Bass Strait.

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 It's a beautiful part of the world that if there's ever a sunny day, it's a lovely place.

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 Now, historically, Eden was a whaling town.

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 They would hunt whales there.

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 There's this story that I was told every year when I went on a school excursion to the museum, the Eden Whaling Museum.

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 There was a man who fell into the sea during a hunt.

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 They would go on these boats.

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 They were incredibly dangerous.

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 They would all be standing up throwing harpoons.

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 No one could swim.

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 People drowned all the time.

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 And a man fell in and was assumed drowned.

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 But two days later, they found something in the belly of a whale that they'd caught.

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 It was a person.

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 It was this man.

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 He'd been bleached completely white.

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 He'd either lost or had all his hair bleached as well.

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 And he completely lost his mind.

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 Now, this friend I was talking to about my experience of thinking about this story from where I grew up,

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 and Jonah said, look, you've got this wrong.

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 That man was swallowed by a whale.

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 Jonah was swallowed by a fish, and a whale is not a fish.

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 And I thought, is that really what Jonah's about?

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 Is it just for a historical verification of the kind of sea creature that could inhale a human hole?

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 No.

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 That's not what it's about at all.

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 This book isn't a fairy tale or fable.

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 It's actually history, and it's not even about Jonah.

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 It's about God.

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 This book reveals the depth and waywardness of humanity's sin.

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 This book is about God's heart toward all those who run away from him.

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 See, God longs to save people who are nearest to him and furthest away

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 by gifting them his unearned grace and love.

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 So as I set up Jonah for us for this next season as a church,

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 I'm going to ask God for his help as he speaks through his word.

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 Let's pray.

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 Lord God, would you please make your words loud and clear from the pages of our Bible?

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 Deliver to us a great message from your prophet,

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 so we might turn to you and receive your grace.

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 Amen.

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 Now, you might have had some trouble finding Jonah in your Bible,

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 because it's hard to find.

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 It's somewhere just past the middle in the Minor Prophets.

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 It's in the Old Testament.

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 And this bit of history is recorded from a unique time in Israel's history.

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 It's around about 780 BC.

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 Israel was a divided nation.

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 The glorious reign of King Solomon,

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 the wonderful riches and majesty of his reign,

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 had come to an end,

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 and he had sons,

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 at least two of whom wanted to be king.

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 And the kingdom couldn't agree on who was going to be their king,

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 so they split in two.

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 There was a northern kingdom who retained the name Israel,

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 and a southern kingdom who had the name Judah.

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 The kingdoms from then on jostled in this uneasy brotherhood.

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 They were sandwiched between nations who hated them,

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 and they hated,

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 all around them.

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 And Jonah was a northern kingdom Israelite.

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 And he was a prophet.

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 Prophets were how God had chosen to communicate to his people

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 since the time of Moses.

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 He had chosen people, raised them up.

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 They didn't go to uni and become a prophet.

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 But he called them, literally spoke to them,

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 gave them a message,

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 and then they would pass it on to the people and their leaders.

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 And God gave Israel simple tests

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 to check who the chosen prophet was and who was not.

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 So here's one from Deuteronomy chapter 18.

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 You may say to yourselves,

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 how can we know when a message has not been spoken by the Lord?

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 If what a prophet proclaims in the name of the Lord

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 does not take place or come true,

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 that is a message the Lord has not spoken.

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 The prophet has spoken presumptuously,

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 and so do not be alarmed.

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 And therefore,

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 or if what the prophet says comes true,

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 then they are a prophet from the Lord.

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 That's the level of confidence we should have

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 if someone says,

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 God has said to you,

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 blank,

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 and then prove whether it's true.

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 We're to listen to a prophet

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 if God is speaking through them.

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 Jonah's credentials as a prophet,

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 his resume,

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 was read out by Helen just before in Two Kings.

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 Jonah had spoken God's message in 780 BC

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 to the then king called Jeroboam II.

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 Jeroboam was the one who restored the boundaries of Israel

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 from Lebo Hamath to the Dead Sea

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 in accordance with the word of God,

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 the Lord God of Israel,

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 spoken through his servant Jonah,

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 son of Amittai,

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 the prophet from Gath-Hefer.

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 God had spoken to Jonah,

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 he'd spoken to the king,

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 the king had obeyed

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 and done what Jonah had said from God,

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 and a great victory was won.

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 So Jonah truly was God's prophet.

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 Israel would have been eager to hear

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 what Jonah had to say next.

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 He would have been a celebrity.

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 He would have been the,

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 not just lifestyle guru,

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 but lifestyle guru for the nation

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 that everyone had listened to

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 and they'd had their boundaries restored.

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 Did you hear Helen read that verse

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 where it said,

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 from the free to the slave,

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 everyone was in bitterness

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 and God heard them.

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 Jonah had done a wonderful thing

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 by sharing God's word here.

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 So imagine their excitement

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 when God speaks to Jonah again

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 in Jonah 1 verse 1.

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 Would God help them win another victory

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 against their enemies?

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 But as we heard this morning,

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 God's second message from Jonah,

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 through Jonah,

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 was not for Israel,

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 it was for Nineveh.

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 Nineveh.

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 Go to the great city of Nineveh

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 and preach against it

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 because its wickedness

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 has come up before me.

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 There were prophets

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 during this season of Israel

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 being a divided nation

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 that went from one brother kingdom

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 to another,

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 but never outside Israel's borders.

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 No prophet had ever been asked

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 to leave Israel

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 to speak a message to an enemy.

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 And the enemy God chose

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 for Jonah to go to

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 was the worst one.

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 Nineveh was a capital city in Assyria.

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 Assyria was this fearsome,

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 the words today would be terrorist state.

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 Ruthless killers in battle

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 and in politics.

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 Nineveh was known as great

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 for its force and power

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 over the world around it,

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 for its great evil,

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 but also because of its vast size.

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 Apparently, it would take three days

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 to travel from one edge of the city

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 through the middle

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 and out the other side.

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 It's a huge place

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 full of tens of thousands of people,

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 at least.

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 Israel had already paid

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 huge tributes to Assyria

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 and Nineveh was the seat of power

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 for that world power.

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 It was utterly unthinkable

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 that any prophet of God

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 would go leave Israel

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 to warn an enemy of God

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 about God's coming judgment.

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 The first prophet

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 to go beyond Israel

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 on a mission of mercy

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 was Jonah.

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 So Jonah had a choice.

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 He could obey and go,

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 leave his land,

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 go warn his worst enemy,

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 or not.

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 So have a look at verse 3.

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 What does Jonah do?

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 Jonah ran away from the Lord

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 and headed for Tarshish.

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 He went down to Joppa.

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 He found a ship bound for that port

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 and paying the fare,

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 he went aboard,

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 sailed for Tarshish

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 to flee from the Lord.

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 Jonah chose

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 to run away.

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 Now, if Jonah had,

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 press play on this, Wendy,

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 if Jonah had had a phone

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 at the time,

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 he would have looked up Google Maps

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 and he would have just checked

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 how far Nineveh is away.

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 As you can see here,

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 that's round about where he was

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 and there's Nineveh in the northeast,

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 about 1,200 kilometers away.

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 It's a long way.

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 It's an intimidating walk.

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 But Jonah instead decides

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 to check his local travel guide

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 and jump on a boat

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 and head completely

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 the other direction.

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 Go to the opposite end

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 of the Mediterranean Sea,

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 to the edge of the known world,

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 away from the will of God.

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 It looks like Jonah was scared,

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 like an angry, worried kid

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 throwing a temper tantrum.

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 But his choice has at least

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 three reasons that Jonah thinks

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 are very good behind it.

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 God was asking Jonah,

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 a national hero,

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 to help save an enemy.

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 And the word in his country

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 in Israel would have been

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 treason.

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 A treasonous request from God.

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 Jonah was running away

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 from the shame

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 of becoming a national disgrace.

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 It also would have been

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 a suicide mission.

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 Jonah walking into Nineveh

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 with God's message

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 would have been like

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 a Jewish rabbi

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 stepping up to a microphone

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 at a public rally

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 in Berlin in 1940.

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 Jonah was running from danger.

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 And if Jonah had been bold enough

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 to risk treason

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 and the dangers of Assyrian hatred

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 toward Israel,

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 would have expected Nineveh

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 to ignore him anyway

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 and for God to destroy them?

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 Jonah ran, actually,

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 because he knew what God was like.

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 He'd seen God's words

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 prove miraculously true.

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 He knew that God would relent

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 and show grace to Nineveh

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 if they listened to his message.

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 He was running

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 away from God's grace

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 to Nineveh.

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 He even expected

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 that God would save them.

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 Jonah

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 doubted

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 what God was doing

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 was good,

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 offering mercy

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 and warning

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 to sinners

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 like the Ninevites.

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 And so he ran.

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 So the book of Jonah

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 answers for us

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 this question.

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 How does God respond

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 to people

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 who are running away from him?

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 All people

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 running from God

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 like Jonah

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 need an answer

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 to that question.

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 In the book of Jonah,

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 we see him run

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 from the will of God

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 in two ways.

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 First,

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 in chapters one and two,

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 he runs away

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 in open disobedience.

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 And then in chapters

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 three and four,

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 from God's will,

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 Jonah runs away

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 internally,

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 revealing a hidden distrust.

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 In the first half,

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 Jonah runs away.

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 He's on a boat

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 that hits a storm.

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 He's thrown overboard.

00:14:14.460 --> 00:14:15.280
 No more storm.

00:14:16.360 --> 00:14:17.100
 He didn't drown.

00:14:17.580 --> 00:14:18.560
 He was eaten by a fish.

00:14:18.559 --> 00:14:20.159
 He survived three days

00:14:20.159 --> 00:14:21.279
 and was spat up

00:14:21.279 --> 00:14:21.859
 on land.

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 That's his

00:14:22.799 --> 00:14:24.019
 disobedient

00:14:24.019 --> 00:14:25.079
 running away

00:14:25.079 --> 00:14:26.479
 that you've heard about.

00:14:27.099 --> 00:14:27.799
 It's out in the open.

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 Everyone's heard that story.

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 But the second half

00:14:32.259 --> 00:14:32.779
 of the book,

00:14:33.719 --> 00:14:34.139
 Jonah gets

00:14:34.139 --> 00:14:35.059
 a second chance

00:14:35.059 --> 00:14:35.599
 from God

00:14:35.599 --> 00:14:36.379
 to carry

00:14:36.379 --> 00:14:37.239
 the message

00:14:37.239 --> 00:14:38.059
 to Nineveh.

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 He obeys.

00:14:40.739 --> 00:14:41.079
 Nineveh,

00:14:41.119 --> 00:14:41.439
 listen,

00:14:42.059 --> 00:14:42.500
 repent,

00:14:43.000 --> 00:14:43.399
 fast,

00:14:43.859 --> 00:14:44.239
 pray,

00:14:44.240 --> 00:14:45.560
 and God

00:14:45.560 --> 00:14:46.200
 relents

00:14:46.200 --> 00:14:46.980
 from bringing

00:14:46.980 --> 00:14:48.139
 the disaster.

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 And Jonah

00:14:50.919 --> 00:14:52.440
 is devastated.

00:14:54.840 --> 00:14:56.100
 Jonah reveals

00:14:56.100 --> 00:14:58.039
 his hidden distrust

00:14:58.039 --> 00:14:58.820
 of God

00:14:58.820 --> 00:14:59.840
 in an outburst

00:14:59.840 --> 00:15:00.639
 of anger.

00:15:01.019 --> 00:15:02.080
 He just pours out

00:15:02.080 --> 00:15:02.659
 his hatred

00:15:02.659 --> 00:15:04.299
 of God's gracious heart.

00:15:05.580 --> 00:15:06.379
 Jonah was running

00:15:06.379 --> 00:15:07.060
 from God

00:15:07.060 --> 00:15:08.659
 even as he obeyed,

00:15:08.980 --> 00:15:10.139
 but on the inside.

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 So he sat

00:15:12.939 --> 00:15:14.379
 and watched

00:15:14.379 --> 00:15:15.000
 this city

00:15:15.000 --> 00:15:16.360
 from afar,

00:15:17.740 --> 00:15:20.279
 hoping against hope

00:15:20.279 --> 00:15:20.960
 that God might

00:15:20.960 --> 00:15:22.559
 still destroy it.

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 And as he sat there,

00:15:25.279 --> 00:15:26.039
 God was gracious

00:15:26.039 --> 00:15:27.220
 and caring toward him.

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 And the book

00:15:28.960 --> 00:15:29.419
 ends

00:15:29.419 --> 00:15:31.179
 with

00:15:31.179 --> 00:15:32.439
 God still

00:15:32.439 --> 00:15:33.179
 with Jonah

00:15:33.179 --> 00:15:34.419
 offering him

00:15:34.419 --> 00:15:35.220
 his grace.

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 And we're left

00:15:37.320 --> 00:15:38.019
 with this question.

00:15:38.560 --> 00:15:39.000
 What will

00:15:39.000 --> 00:15:39.480
 Jonah

00:15:39.480 --> 00:15:40.320
 do?

00:15:40.800 --> 00:15:41.600
 Will he

00:15:41.600 --> 00:15:42.399
 accept

00:15:42.399 --> 00:15:43.279
 God's grace

00:15:43.279 --> 00:15:43.700
 to him?

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 And that's it.

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 We don't get an answer.

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 Series over.

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 We're done.

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 Well,

00:15:52.399 --> 00:15:52.920
 at least

00:15:52.920 --> 00:15:54.840
 that's what

00:15:54.840 --> 00:15:55.540
 we might think.

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 There's a

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 striking similarity

00:15:59.460 --> 00:16:00.200
 to this

00:16:00.200 --> 00:16:00.740
 abruptly

00:16:00.740 --> 00:16:01.879
 ending story.

00:16:02.500 --> 00:16:03.220
 To a

00:16:03.220 --> 00:16:04.220
 teaching story

00:16:04.220 --> 00:16:05.440
 or a parable

00:16:05.440 --> 00:16:06.259
 that Jesus

00:16:06.259 --> 00:16:06.779
 tells.

00:16:07.800 --> 00:16:08.540
 In Luke

00:16:08.540 --> 00:16:09.200
 15

00:16:09.200 --> 00:16:09.879
 in verses

00:16:09.879 --> 00:16:10.580
 1 and 2

00:16:10.580 --> 00:16:11.740
 we get this

00:16:11.740 --> 00:16:12.519
 scene where

00:16:12.519 --> 00:16:13.320
 Jesus is

00:16:13.320 --> 00:16:14.420
 standing

00:16:14.420 --> 00:16:16.680
 up in front

00:16:16.680 --> 00:16:17.200
 of a crowd

00:16:17.200 --> 00:16:18.639
 and in front

00:16:18.639 --> 00:16:19.040
 of him

00:16:19.040 --> 00:16:19.560
 there are

00:16:19.560 --> 00:16:20.440
 tax collectors

00:16:20.440 --> 00:16:21.120
 and sinners.

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 Now those

00:16:23.220 --> 00:16:23.740
 two words

00:16:23.740 --> 00:16:24.220
 aren't used

00:16:24.220 --> 00:16:24.720
 very often

00:16:24.720 --> 00:16:25.160
 today,

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 but if you

00:16:26.399 --> 00:16:26.860
 can imagine

00:16:26.860 --> 00:16:27.560
 anyone

00:16:27.560 --> 00:16:29.160
 or group

00:16:29.160 --> 00:16:29.740
 of people

00:16:29.740 --> 00:16:30.460
 or job

00:16:30.460 --> 00:16:30.820
 that people

00:16:30.820 --> 00:16:31.060
 do

00:16:31.060 --> 00:16:31.560
 that people

00:16:31.560 --> 00:16:31.980
 don't think

00:16:31.980 --> 00:16:32.560
 highly of

00:16:32.560 --> 00:16:32.920
 or even

00:16:32.920 --> 00:16:33.259
 hate,

00:16:34.220 --> 00:16:34.940
 people

00:16:34.940 --> 00:16:35.300
 who've

00:16:35.300 --> 00:16:35.879
 done

00:16:35.879 --> 00:16:36.420
 things

00:16:36.420 --> 00:16:37.019
 that make

00:16:37.019 --> 00:16:37.500
 society

00:16:37.500 --> 00:16:38.000
 think that

00:16:38.000 --> 00:16:38.320
 they're not

00:16:38.320 --> 00:16:38.680
 worthy

00:16:38.680 --> 00:16:40.220
 or even

00:16:40.220 --> 00:16:40.519
 that they

00:16:40.519 --> 00:16:40.820
 hate,

00:16:41.320 --> 00:16:41.879
 they're all

00:16:41.879 --> 00:16:42.460
 around Jesus'

00:16:42.660 --> 00:16:42.860
 feet,

00:16:43.040 --> 00:16:43.740
 they're closest,

00:16:44.060 --> 00:16:44.639
 they're listening

00:16:44.639 --> 00:16:44.980
 in.

00:16:47.620 --> 00:16:48.779
 They were

00:16:48.779 --> 00:16:49.820
 hated openly

00:16:49.820 --> 00:16:50.860
 by the

00:16:50.860 --> 00:16:51.460
 respected

00:16:51.460 --> 00:16:52.879
 religious leaders

00:16:52.879 --> 00:16:53.660
 of Israel,

00:16:54.000 --> 00:16:54.840
 the Pharisees.

00:16:54.840 --> 00:16:54.840


00:16:57.200 --> 00:16:58.080
 Jesus knew

00:16:58.080 --> 00:16:58.720
 their hatred

00:16:58.720 --> 00:17:00.820
 and so

00:17:00.820 --> 00:17:01.720
 he told

00:17:01.720 --> 00:17:02.399
 a parable

00:17:02.399 --> 00:17:03.180
 about the

00:17:03.180 --> 00:17:03.759
 grace of

00:17:03.759 --> 00:17:04.400
 God to

00:17:04.400 --> 00:17:05.240
 all sinners,

00:17:05.480 --> 00:17:06.039
 the most

00:17:06.039 --> 00:17:06.960
 rebellious,

00:17:07.539 --> 00:17:08.539
 open sinners

00:17:08.539 --> 00:17:09.720
 who were

00:17:09.720 --> 00:17:10.100
 sitting at

00:17:10.100 --> 00:17:10.539
 his feet

00:17:10.539 --> 00:17:12.220
 and to the

00:17:12.220 --> 00:17:13.059
 most religious

00:17:13.059 --> 00:17:15.380
 shaking their

00:17:15.380 --> 00:17:16.240
 heads in

00:17:16.240 --> 00:17:16.640
 the back.

00:17:17.920 --> 00:17:18.519
 And this

00:17:18.519 --> 00:17:18.960
 story is

00:17:18.960 --> 00:17:19.340
 about a

00:17:19.340 --> 00:17:19.759
 family,

00:17:20.640 --> 00:17:21.240
 a father

00:17:21.240 --> 00:17:22.019
 and two

00:17:22.019 --> 00:17:22.500
 sons.

00:17:23.460 --> 00:17:24.120
 Another story

00:17:24.120 --> 00:17:24.519
 you might have

00:17:24.519 --> 00:17:24.859
 heard of

00:17:24.859 --> 00:17:25.220
 before.

00:17:27.059 --> 00:17:27.400
 Jesus'

00:17:27.579 --> 00:17:29.259
 story starts

00:17:29.259 --> 00:17:29.980
 with the

00:17:29.980 --> 00:17:30.640
 younger son

00:17:30.640 --> 00:17:31.779
 rebelling

00:17:31.779 --> 00:17:32.519
 openly

00:17:32.519 --> 00:17:33.599
 against his

00:17:33.599 --> 00:17:33.980
 father.

00:17:34.519 --> 00:17:35.099
 He demands

00:17:35.099 --> 00:17:35.839
 his inheritance

00:17:35.839 --> 00:17:36.599
 early.

00:17:37.640 --> 00:17:38.440
 He shames

00:17:38.440 --> 00:17:39.079
 his family

00:17:39.079 --> 00:17:39.859
 and leaves.

00:17:40.660 --> 00:17:41.120
 He leaves

00:17:41.120 --> 00:17:42.059
 lavishly,

00:17:42.720 --> 00:17:43.420
 that squanders

00:17:43.420 --> 00:17:43.820
 all his

00:17:43.820 --> 00:17:45.140
 wealth and

00:17:45.140 --> 00:17:45.440
 nearing

00:17:45.440 --> 00:17:46.019
 death,

00:17:46.860 --> 00:17:48.620
 he desperately

00:17:48.620 --> 00:17:50.680
 turns and

00:17:50.680 --> 00:17:51.300
 goes back

00:17:51.300 --> 00:17:52.000
 to his

00:17:52.000 --> 00:17:52.320
 father,

00:17:52.420 --> 00:17:52.820
 hoping to

00:17:52.820 --> 00:17:53.420
 be accepted

00:17:53.420 --> 00:17:54.440
 as just

00:17:54.440 --> 00:17:55.180
 a lowly

00:17:55.180 --> 00:17:55.820
 slave.

00:17:57.140 --> 00:17:57.600
 But the

00:17:57.600 --> 00:17:58.080
 father,

00:17:59.340 --> 00:17:59.640
 seizing

00:17:59.640 --> 00:18:00.300
 coming from

00:18:00.300 --> 00:18:00.580
 a long

00:18:00.580 --> 00:18:01.180
 way away,

00:18:01.539 --> 00:18:02.120
 runs to

00:18:02.120 --> 00:18:02.519
 him,

00:18:03.279 --> 00:18:03.820
 embraces

00:18:03.820 --> 00:18:05.539
 him and

00:18:05.539 --> 00:18:06.580
 restores this

00:18:06.580 --> 00:18:07.340
 rebel son

00:18:07.340 --> 00:18:08.360
 to his

00:18:08.360 --> 00:18:08.759
 former

00:18:08.759 --> 00:18:10.560
 honour as

00:18:10.560 --> 00:18:11.140
 a son.

00:18:11.140 --> 00:18:13.520
 All the

00:18:13.520 --> 00:18:13.860
 son did

00:18:13.860 --> 00:18:15.080
 was return

00:18:15.080 --> 00:18:16.300
 and he

00:18:16.300 --> 00:18:17.380
 received grace

00:18:17.380 --> 00:18:17.820
 from his

00:18:17.820 --> 00:18:18.540
 loving father.

00:18:19.200 --> 00:18:19.520
 And upon

00:18:19.520 --> 00:18:20.240
 hearing about

00:18:20.240 --> 00:18:20.620
 this,

00:18:21.160 --> 00:18:21.520
 the older

00:18:21.520 --> 00:18:22.020
 brother who's

00:18:22.020 --> 00:18:22.500
 been working

00:18:22.500 --> 00:18:22.880
 out in the

00:18:22.880 --> 00:18:23.620
 field is

00:18:23.620 --> 00:18:24.420
 furious.

00:18:26.020 --> 00:18:26.400
 He'd

00:18:26.400 --> 00:18:26.880
 stayed.

00:18:27.680 --> 00:18:28.060
 He'd

00:18:28.060 --> 00:18:28.560
 worked at

00:18:28.560 --> 00:18:29.180
 his father's

00:18:29.180 --> 00:18:29.759
 business and

00:18:29.759 --> 00:18:30.040
 done the

00:18:30.040 --> 00:18:30.580
 right thing.

00:18:32.100 --> 00:18:32.680
 He feels

00:18:32.680 --> 00:18:33.020
 that his

00:18:33.020 --> 00:18:33.900
 father's mercy

00:18:33.900 --> 00:18:34.560
 is against

00:18:34.560 --> 00:18:35.580
 his rights

00:18:35.580 --> 00:18:36.080
 to his

00:18:36.080 --> 00:18:36.600
 father's

00:18:36.600 --> 00:18:37.080
 inheritance

00:18:37.080 --> 00:18:38.340
 as the

00:18:38.340 --> 00:18:38.920
 good son.

00:18:38.920 --> 00:18:41.500
 he feels

00:18:41.500 --> 00:18:42.600
 owed for

00:18:42.600 --> 00:18:43.400
 his obedience,

00:18:44.120 --> 00:18:45.519
 not thankful

00:18:45.519 --> 00:18:46.620
 for his

00:18:46.620 --> 00:18:47.120
 father's

00:18:47.120 --> 00:18:48.279
 love and

00:18:48.279 --> 00:18:48.800
 generosity.

00:18:50.920 --> 00:18:51.680
 The

00:18:51.680 --> 00:18:52.920
 father replies

00:18:52.920 --> 00:18:54.080
 with an

00:18:54.080 --> 00:18:54.600
 offer of

00:18:54.600 --> 00:18:55.160
 the same

00:18:55.160 --> 00:18:55.920
 grace that

00:18:55.920 --> 00:18:56.360
 the younger

00:18:56.360 --> 00:18:56.920
 brother has

00:18:56.920 --> 00:18:57.400
 already

00:18:57.400 --> 00:18:58.060
 received.

00:19:02.960 --> 00:19:03.920
 Will the

00:19:03.920 --> 00:19:04.700
 older brother

00:19:04.700 --> 00:19:05.840
 accept

00:19:05.840 --> 00:19:06.980
 God's

00:19:06.980 --> 00:19:07.700
 grace to

00:19:07.700 --> 00:19:07.960
 him?

00:19:08.920 --> 00:19:10.000
 But just

00:19:10.000 --> 00:19:10.580
 like Jonah,

00:19:10.820 --> 00:19:11.279
 the story

00:19:11.279 --> 00:19:11.940
 ends there.

00:19:12.700 --> 00:19:12.980
 It's on a

00:19:12.980 --> 00:19:13.380
 cliffhanger.

00:19:15.740 --> 00:19:16.300
 Jonah is

00:19:16.300 --> 00:19:17.100
 structured in

00:19:17.100 --> 00:19:17.740
 the same

00:19:17.740 --> 00:19:18.620
 way each

00:19:18.620 --> 00:19:19.620
 brother ran

00:19:19.620 --> 00:19:20.620
 from their

00:19:20.620 --> 00:19:21.039
 father.

00:19:22.500 --> 00:19:23.759
 How every

00:19:23.759 --> 00:19:24.680
 human runs

00:19:24.680 --> 00:19:25.519
 two ways

00:19:25.519 --> 00:19:26.620
 from God's

00:19:26.620 --> 00:19:28.100
 will in

00:19:28.100 --> 00:19:28.800
 our lives.

00:19:30.900 --> 00:19:31.900
 Since Adam

00:19:31.900 --> 00:19:32.300
 and Eve,

00:19:33.080 --> 00:19:34.300
 all people

00:19:34.300 --> 00:19:34.980
 have doubted

00:19:34.980 --> 00:19:35.580
 that God's

00:19:35.580 --> 00:19:36.720
 will is

00:19:36.720 --> 00:19:37.100
 good.

00:19:37.099 --> 00:19:38.359
 every

00:19:38.359 --> 00:19:39.019
 person does

00:19:39.019 --> 00:19:39.339
 this.

00:19:39.899 --> 00:19:40.240
 We

00:19:40.240 --> 00:19:41.039
 measure what

00:19:41.039 --> 00:19:41.959
 God says

00:19:41.959 --> 00:19:43.859
 against our

00:19:43.859 --> 00:19:44.639
 own will

00:19:44.639 --> 00:19:46.179
 and we

00:19:46.179 --> 00:19:46.919
 usually win.

00:19:49.119 --> 00:19:50.139
 We each

00:19:50.139 --> 00:19:50.699
 run two

00:19:50.699 --> 00:19:52.019
 ways away

00:19:52.019 --> 00:19:52.819
 from God.

00:19:53.679 --> 00:19:54.339
 Firstly,

00:19:54.519 --> 00:19:55.059
 we run

00:19:55.059 --> 00:19:57.539
 openly away

00:19:57.539 --> 00:19:58.599
 like Jonah,

00:19:58.819 --> 00:19:59.139
 like a

00:19:59.139 --> 00:19:59.559
 Ninevite,

00:20:00.240 --> 00:20:00.839
 like the

00:20:00.839 --> 00:20:01.519
 younger

00:20:01.519 --> 00:20:02.319
 son.

00:20:02.319 --> 00:20:05.859
 with open

00:20:05.859 --> 00:20:06.319
 rebellion

00:20:06.319 --> 00:20:07.399
 against God.

00:20:08.179 --> 00:20:08.839
 If you've

00:20:08.839 --> 00:20:09.220
 ever heard

00:20:09.220 --> 00:20:09.779
 the phrase

00:20:09.779 --> 00:20:10.740
 follow your

00:20:10.740 --> 00:20:11.720
 heart or

00:20:11.720 --> 00:20:12.460
 you do

00:20:12.460 --> 00:20:12.879
 you,

00:20:13.500 --> 00:20:14.039
 that's our

00:20:14.039 --> 00:20:14.720
 society

00:20:14.720 --> 00:20:15.720
 affirming

00:20:15.720 --> 00:20:16.839
 running away

00:20:16.839 --> 00:20:17.279
 from God

00:20:17.279 --> 00:20:17.819
 like this.

00:20:19.079 --> 00:20:19.879
 What evils

00:20:19.879 --> 00:20:20.679
 we commit

00:20:20.679 --> 00:20:21.419
 following the

00:20:21.419 --> 00:20:22.419
 desires of

00:20:22.419 --> 00:20:23.159
 our nature

00:20:23.159 --> 00:20:24.839
 in direct

00:20:24.839 --> 00:20:25.759
 conflict

00:20:25.759 --> 00:20:27.519
 with the

00:20:27.519 --> 00:20:28.140
 will of

00:20:28.140 --> 00:20:28.339
 our

00:20:28.339 --> 00:20:28.900
 creator.

00:20:32.980 --> 00:20:33.579
 These

00:20:33.579 --> 00:20:34.480
 actions are

00:20:34.480 --> 00:20:34.759
 what we

00:20:34.759 --> 00:20:35.339
 think of

00:20:35.339 --> 00:20:35.759
 when we're

00:20:35.759 --> 00:20:36.180
 confronted

00:20:36.180 --> 00:20:36.700
 by the

00:20:36.700 --> 00:20:37.039
 word

00:20:37.039 --> 00:20:37.940
 sin.

00:20:40.519 --> 00:20:41.140
 But

00:20:41.140 --> 00:20:41.519
 secondly,

00:20:41.519 --> 00:20:42.559
 we can do

00:20:42.559 --> 00:20:43.640
 openly good

00:20:43.640 --> 00:20:44.299
 works,

00:20:44.920 --> 00:20:46.319
 good things,

00:20:47.279 --> 00:20:47.720
 but with

00:20:47.720 --> 00:20:48.359
 religious

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 motives

00:20:49.240 --> 00:20:50.519
 to try and

00:20:50.519 --> 00:20:51.259
 earn our

00:20:51.259 --> 00:20:52.019
 right to

00:20:52.019 --> 00:20:52.460
 God's

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 favor.

00:20:53.000 --> 00:20:54.380
 again,

00:20:54.539 --> 00:20:55.119
 like Jonah,

00:20:55.920 --> 00:20:56.400
 but also

00:20:56.400 --> 00:20:56.980
 like the

00:20:56.980 --> 00:20:57.480
 older

00:20:57.480 --> 00:20:58.460
 prodigal

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 son.

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 This is

00:21:01.200 --> 00:21:01.940
 an internal

00:21:01.940 --> 00:21:02.559
 rebellion

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 against the

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 will of

00:21:03.839 --> 00:21:04.339
 God

00:21:04.339 --> 00:21:06.319
 to save

00:21:06.319 --> 00:21:06.759
 us,

00:21:07.059 --> 00:21:07.480
 not by

00:21:07.480 --> 00:21:07.839
 what we

00:21:07.839 --> 00:21:08.119
 do,

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 but by

00:21:09.460 --> 00:21:10.240
 his grace.

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 That's

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 his heart,

00:21:12.039 --> 00:21:12.619
 that's his

00:21:12.619 --> 00:21:13.220
 intention,

00:21:15.720 --> 00:21:16.400
 but instead

00:21:16.400 --> 00:21:17.720
 our internal

00:21:17.720 --> 00:21:18.420
 rebellion

00:21:18.420 --> 00:21:19.279
 is to

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 trust

00:21:19.980 --> 00:21:23.740
 our

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 own

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 perspective

00:21:24.740 --> 00:21:25.200
 and our

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 own

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 strength

00:21:26.000 --> 00:21:26.500
 of will

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 over

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 God's.

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 The

00:21:29.420 --> 00:21:29.779
 better we

00:21:29.779 --> 00:21:30.079
 are at

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 being good

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 Christian

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 people,

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 the less

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 we allow

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 ourselves to

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 feel that

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 we need

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 God at

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 all.

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 The more

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 we expect

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 life to

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 turn out

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 how we

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 want,

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 because

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 after all,

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 we've

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 obeyed.

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 we believe

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 God owes

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 us for

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 our

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 allegiance

00:21:51.319 --> 00:21:51.839
 to him.

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 This

00:21:53.659 --> 00:21:55.039
 too is

00:21:55.039 --> 00:21:55.759
 running

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 from God.

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 It's

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 not a

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 virtue,

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 it's

00:22:00.460 --> 00:22:00.819
 not a

00:22:00.819 --> 00:22:01.099
 lesser

00:22:01.099 --> 00:22:01.579
 sin,

00:22:02.079 --> 00:22:02.899
 it is

00:22:02.899 --> 00:22:03.779
 sin.

00:22:06.180 --> 00:22:06.659
 Be

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 confronted

00:22:07.059 --> 00:22:07.659
 by this

00:22:07.659 --> 00:22:08.039
 as it

00:22:08.039 --> 00:22:08.440
 confronts

00:22:08.440 --> 00:22:08.700
 me.

00:22:11.119 --> 00:22:11.619
 Imagine

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 someone

00:22:12.240 --> 00:22:13.220
 who is

00:22:13.220 --> 00:22:14.000
 more of a

00:22:14.000 --> 00:22:14.279
 sinner

00:22:14.279 --> 00:22:14.779
 than

00:22:14.779 --> 00:22:15.079
 you.

00:22:17.740 --> 00:22:18.480
 Who is

00:22:18.480 --> 00:22:19.019
 more far

00:22:19.019 --> 00:22:19.420
 gone

00:22:19.420 --> 00:22:19.819
 than

00:22:19.819 --> 00:22:20.019
 you?

00:22:23.079 --> 00:22:23.779
 Are you

00:22:23.779 --> 00:22:24.119
 imagining

00:22:24.119 --> 00:22:24.680
 a person

00:22:24.680 --> 00:22:25.720
 or a

00:22:25.720 --> 00:22:26.099
 group of

00:22:26.099 --> 00:22:26.440
 people?

00:22:28.779 --> 00:22:29.400
 Be

00:22:29.400 --> 00:22:29.680
 honest.

00:22:31.880 --> 00:22:32.259
 Romans

00:22:32.259 --> 00:22:33.059
 3.23

00:22:33.059 --> 00:22:33.839
 says that

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 all have

00:22:34.579 --> 00:22:35.079
 sinned

00:22:35.079 --> 00:22:35.799
 and fall

00:22:35.799 --> 00:22:36.299
 short

00:22:36.299 --> 00:22:37.039
 of the

00:22:37.039 --> 00:22:37.559
 glory of

00:22:37.559 --> 00:22:37.940
 God.

00:22:39.359 --> 00:22:39.839
 Many

00:22:39.839 --> 00:22:40.099
 other

00:22:40.099 --> 00:22:40.460
 scriptures

00:22:40.460 --> 00:22:41.119
 say

00:22:41.119 --> 00:22:41.839
 likewise.

00:22:44.000 --> 00:22:45.119
 If

00:22:45.119 --> 00:22:45.700
 no

00:22:45.700 --> 00:22:46.440
 human

00:22:46.440 --> 00:22:47.240
 gets

00:22:47.240 --> 00:22:47.819
 themselves

00:22:47.819 --> 00:22:48.160
 any

00:22:48.160 --> 00:22:48.599
 closer

00:22:48.599 --> 00:22:48.819
 to

00:22:48.819 --> 00:22:49.119
 God

00:22:49.119 --> 00:22:49.380
 by

00:22:49.380 --> 00:22:49.859
 anything

00:22:49.859 --> 00:22:50.099
 that

00:22:50.099 --> 00:22:50.259
 they

00:22:50.259 --> 00:22:50.700
 do,

00:22:50.700 --> 00:22:51.420
 how

00:22:51.420 --> 00:22:51.720
 dare

00:22:51.720 --> 00:22:52.240
 I

00:22:52.240 --> 00:22:52.599
 look

00:22:52.599 --> 00:22:52.740
 at

00:22:52.740 --> 00:22:53.059
 another

00:22:53.059 --> 00:22:53.660
 human

00:22:53.660 --> 00:22:54.640
 as

00:22:54.640 --> 00:22:55.039
 more

00:22:55.039 --> 00:22:55.279
 in

00:22:55.279 --> 00:22:55.519
 need

00:22:55.519 --> 00:22:55.700
 of

00:22:55.700 --> 00:22:55.920
 God

00:22:55.920 --> 00:22:56.119
 than

00:22:56.119 --> 00:22:56.440
 me

00:22:56.440 --> 00:22:57.819
 or

00:22:57.819 --> 00:22:58.039
 as

00:22:58.039 --> 00:22:58.319
 less

00:22:58.319 --> 00:22:58.799
 worthy

00:22:58.799 --> 00:22:59.059
 of

00:22:59.059 --> 00:22:59.440
 God

00:22:59.440 --> 00:23:00.099
 than

00:23:00.099 --> 00:23:00.420
 me?

00:23:02.420 --> 00:23:03.180
 Lifting

00:23:03.180 --> 00:23:03.640
 ourselves

00:23:03.640 --> 00:23:04.180
 up

00:23:04.180 --> 00:23:04.579
 as

00:23:04.579 --> 00:23:04.859
 better

00:23:04.859 --> 00:23:05.140
 than

00:23:05.140 --> 00:23:05.859
 those

00:23:05.859 --> 00:23:06.299
 people

00:23:06.299 --> 00:23:07.299
 or

00:23:07.299 --> 00:23:07.680
 those

00:23:07.680 --> 00:23:08.200
 sinners

00:23:08.200 --> 00:23:10.580
 reveals

00:23:10.580 --> 00:23:10.920
 our

00:23:10.920 --> 00:23:11.259
 hidden

00:23:11.259 --> 00:23:11.660
 running

00:23:11.660 --> 00:23:12.059
 away

00:23:12.059 --> 00:23:12.840
 from

00:23:12.840 --> 00:23:13.240
 God's

00:23:13.240 --> 00:23:13.640
 grace.

00:23:14.819 --> 00:23:15.400
 And if

00:23:15.400 --> 00:23:15.600
 we are

00:23:15.600 --> 00:23:15.819
 honest

00:23:15.819 --> 00:23:16.000
 with

00:23:16.000 --> 00:23:16.500
 ourselves

00:23:16.500 --> 00:23:17.039
 we will

00:23:17.039 --> 00:23:17.480
 only

00:23:17.480 --> 00:23:17.980
 see

00:23:17.980 --> 00:23:18.600
 our

00:23:18.600 --> 00:23:19.100
 desperate

00:23:19.100 --> 00:23:19.799
 need

00:23:19.799 --> 00:23:20.360
 to

00:23:20.360 --> 00:23:20.900
 embrace

00:23:20.900 --> 00:23:22.080
 God's

00:23:22.080 --> 00:23:22.500
 grace.

00:23:24.980 --> 00:23:25.720
 There

00:23:25.720 --> 00:23:26.019
 is good

00:23:26.019 --> 00:23:26.380
 news for

00:23:26.380 --> 00:23:27.019
 anyone who

00:23:27.019 --> 00:23:27.640
 runs these

00:23:27.640 --> 00:23:28.180
 two ways

00:23:28.180 --> 00:23:28.680
 from God

00:23:28.680 --> 00:23:30.200
 because

00:23:30.200 --> 00:23:30.519
 God

00:23:30.519 --> 00:23:30.940
 shows

00:23:30.940 --> 00:23:31.340
 grace

00:23:31.340 --> 00:23:31.640
 to

00:23:31.640 --> 00:23:32.039
 Jonah

00:23:32.039 --> 00:23:32.840
 after

00:23:32.840 --> 00:23:33.120
 he

00:23:33.120 --> 00:23:33.580
 runs

00:23:33.580 --> 00:23:34.440
 both

00:23:34.440 --> 00:23:34.940
 ways.

00:23:34.940 --> 00:23:37.940
 Cliffhanger

00:23:37.940 --> 00:23:38.420
 endings

00:23:38.420 --> 00:23:38.779
 are

00:23:38.779 --> 00:23:39.200
 written

00:23:39.200 --> 00:23:40.180
 into

00:23:40.180 --> 00:23:41.240
 songs

00:23:41.240 --> 00:23:42.240
 poems

00:23:42.240 --> 00:23:43.160
 stories

00:23:43.160 --> 00:23:45.000
 hopefully

00:23:45.000 --> 00:23:45.259
 not

00:23:45.259 --> 00:23:45.620
 movies

00:23:45.620 --> 00:23:45.880
 because

00:23:45.880 --> 00:23:46.120
 those

00:23:46.120 --> 00:23:46.259
 are

00:23:46.259 --> 00:23:46.559
 terrible

00:23:46.559 --> 00:23:46.960
 movies

00:23:46.960 --> 00:23:47.160
 when

00:23:47.160 --> 00:23:47.259
 you

00:23:47.259 --> 00:23:47.420
 don't

00:23:47.420 --> 00:23:47.580
 get

00:23:47.580 --> 00:23:47.740
 an

00:23:47.740 --> 00:23:48.039
 ending

00:23:48.039 --> 00:23:48.500
 that's

00:23:48.500 --> 00:23:48.860
 terrible

00:23:48.860 --> 00:23:50.360
 but

00:23:50.360 --> 00:23:50.580
 they're

00:23:50.580 --> 00:23:50.880
 written

00:23:50.880 --> 00:23:51.920
 for the

00:23:51.920 --> 00:23:52.400
 audience

00:23:52.400 --> 00:23:52.880
 to

00:23:52.880 --> 00:23:53.420
 respond

00:23:53.420 --> 00:23:54.420
 they're

00:23:54.420 --> 00:23:54.640
 written

00:23:54.640 --> 00:23:54.960
 for the

00:23:54.960 --> 00:23:55.240
 person

00:23:55.240 --> 00:23:55.700
 reading

00:23:55.700 --> 00:23:56.180
 to

00:23:56.180 --> 00:23:56.539
 do

00:23:56.539 --> 00:23:57.019
 something

00:23:57.019 --> 00:23:57.600
 with

00:23:57.600 --> 00:23:59.620
 something

00:23:59.620 --> 00:24:00.059
 happened

00:24:00.059 --> 00:24:00.539
 next to

00:24:00.539 --> 00:24:00.779
 Jonah

00:24:00.779 --> 00:24:01.180
 we don't

00:24:01.180 --> 00:24:01.380
 know

00:24:01.380 --> 00:24:02.080
 we don't

00:24:02.080 --> 00:24:02.200
 know

00:24:02.200 --> 00:24:02.420
 what he

00:24:02.420 --> 00:24:02.680
 chose

00:24:02.680 --> 00:24:03.120
 to do

00:24:03.120 --> 00:24:03.680
 we don't

00:24:03.680 --> 00:24:03.820
 know

00:24:03.820 --> 00:24:03.940
 if

00:24:03.940 --> 00:24:04.080
 his

00:24:04.079 --> 00:24:05.319
 heart

00:24:05.319 --> 00:24:06.339
 turned

00:24:06.339 --> 00:24:11.039
 but

00:24:11.039 --> 00:24:11.240
 our

00:24:11.240 --> 00:24:11.500
 knowledge

00:24:11.500 --> 00:24:11.659
 of

00:24:11.659 --> 00:24:11.980
 history

00:24:11.980 --> 00:24:12.319
 ending

00:24:12.319 --> 00:24:12.619
 right

00:24:12.619 --> 00:24:12.839
 there

00:24:12.839 --> 00:24:12.980
 is

00:24:12.980 --> 00:24:13.099
 a

00:24:13.099 --> 00:24:13.339
 message

00:24:13.339 --> 00:24:13.579
 for

00:24:13.579 --> 00:24:13.759
 you

00:24:13.759 --> 00:24:16.000
 all

00:24:16.000 --> 00:24:16.139
 of

00:24:16.139 --> 00:24:16.399
 us

00:24:16.399 --> 00:24:16.799
 who

00:24:16.799 --> 00:24:17.099
 run

00:24:17.099 --> 00:24:17.339
 two

00:24:17.339 --> 00:24:17.659
 ways

00:24:17.659 --> 00:24:17.879
 from

00:24:17.879 --> 00:24:18.159
 God

00:24:18.159 --> 00:24:18.399
 like

00:24:18.399 --> 00:24:18.720
 Jonah

00:24:18.720 --> 00:24:20.679
 will

00:24:20.679 --> 00:24:20.980
 you

00:24:20.980 --> 00:24:21.579
 accept

00:24:21.579 --> 00:24:22.460
 God's

00:24:22.460 --> 00:24:22.859
 grace

00:24:22.859 --> 00:24:23.599
 to

00:24:23.599 --> 00:24:23.899
 you

00:24:23.899 --> 00:24:27.859
 we

00:24:27.859 --> 00:24:28.099
 need

00:24:28.099 --> 00:24:28.240
 a

00:24:28.240 --> 00:24:28.539
 prophet

00:24:28.539 --> 00:24:29.019
 to be

00:24:29.019 --> 00:24:29.439
 sent

00:24:29.439 --> 00:24:29.919
 out

00:24:29.919 --> 00:24:30.099
 of

00:24:30.099 --> 00:24:30.619
 Israel

00:24:30.619 --> 00:24:31.139
 again

00:24:31.139 --> 00:24:32.639
 a

00:24:32.639 --> 00:24:32.919
 prophet

00:24:32.919 --> 00:24:33.119
 who

00:24:33.119 --> 00:24:33.720
 obeys

00:24:33.720 --> 00:24:35.039
 a

00:24:35.039 --> 00:24:35.299
 prophet

00:24:35.299 --> 00:24:35.539
 who

00:24:35.539 --> 00:24:36.000
 shares

00:24:36.000 --> 00:24:36.500
 God's

00:24:36.500 --> 00:24:36.900
 grace

00:24:36.900 --> 00:24:37.420
 with

00:24:37.420 --> 00:24:37.620
 the

00:24:37.620 --> 00:24:37.940
 rebel

00:24:37.940 --> 00:24:38.640
 and

00:24:38.640 --> 00:24:38.779
 the

00:24:38.779 --> 00:24:39.160
 religious

00:24:39.160 --> 00:24:41.180
 and

00:24:41.180 --> 00:24:41.299
 the

00:24:41.299 --> 00:24:41.460
 good

00:24:41.460 --> 00:24:41.640
 news

00:24:41.640 --> 00:24:41.799
 is

00:24:41.799 --> 00:24:41.940
 there

00:24:41.940 --> 00:24:42.140
 is

00:24:42.140 --> 00:24:42.259
 a

00:24:42.259 --> 00:24:42.480
 prophet

00:24:42.480 --> 00:24:42.740
 like

00:24:42.740 --> 00:24:42.980
 that

00:24:42.980 --> 00:24:43.880
 who

00:24:43.880 --> 00:24:44.120
 did

00:24:44.120 --> 00:24:44.339
 not

00:24:44.339 --> 00:24:44.740
 run

00:24:44.740 --> 00:24:44.980
 from

00:24:44.980 --> 00:24:45.360
 God's

00:24:45.360 --> 00:24:45.640
 will

00:24:45.640 --> 00:24:46.380
 despite

00:24:46.380 --> 00:24:47.180
 the

00:24:47.180 --> 00:24:47.620
 great

00:24:47.620 --> 00:24:48.779
 cost

00:24:48.779 --> 00:24:52.839
 one

00:24:52.839 --> 00:24:53.339
 midnight

00:24:53.339 --> 00:24:53.740
 that

00:24:53.740 --> 00:24:54.299
 prophet

00:24:54.299 --> 00:24:57.559
 was in

00:24:57.559 --> 00:24:57.680
 a

00:24:57.680 --> 00:24:58.019
 garden

00:24:58.019 --> 00:25:02.139
 and

00:25:02.139 --> 00:25:02.240
 he

00:25:02.240 --> 00:25:02.420
 knew

00:25:02.420 --> 00:25:02.559
 that

00:25:02.559 --> 00:25:02.700
 when

00:25:02.700 --> 00:25:02.859
 the

00:25:02.859 --> 00:25:03.039
 sun

00:25:03.039 --> 00:25:03.319
 came

00:25:03.319 --> 00:25:03.539
 up

00:25:03.539 --> 00:25:04.920
 he

00:25:04.920 --> 00:25:05.079
 would

00:25:05.079 --> 00:25:05.259
 be

00:25:05.259 --> 00:25:05.779
 falsely

00:25:05.779 --> 00:25:07.019
 charged

00:25:07.019 --> 00:25:07.259
 with

00:25:07.259 --> 00:25:07.759
 treason

00:25:07.759 --> 00:25:09.480
 for

00:25:09.480 --> 00:25:09.819
 sharing

00:25:09.819 --> 00:25:10.160
 God's

00:25:10.160 --> 00:25:10.519
 message

00:25:10.519 --> 00:25:10.779
 to

00:25:10.779 --> 00:25:11.139
 sinners

00:25:11.139 --> 00:25:13.920
 he

00:25:13.920 --> 00:25:14.220
 faced

00:25:14.220 --> 00:25:14.759
 danger

00:25:14.759 --> 00:25:16.339
 violent

00:25:16.339 --> 00:25:16.839
 torture

00:25:16.839 --> 00:25:17.400
 and even

00:25:17.400 --> 00:25:17.819
 death

00:25:17.819 --> 00:25:19.920
 all

00:25:19.920 --> 00:25:20.200
 while

00:25:20.200 --> 00:25:20.460
 his

00:25:20.460 --> 00:25:21.039
 followers

00:25:21.039 --> 00:25:22.700
 abandoned

00:25:22.700 --> 00:25:23.240
 him in

00:25:23.240 --> 00:25:23.559
 fear

00:25:23.559 --> 00:25:23.799
 and

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 doubt

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 this

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 prophet

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 cried

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 out

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 to

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 God

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 as

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 he

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 sweated

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 blood

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 in

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 the

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 dark

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 father

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 if

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 you

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 are

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 willing

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 take

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 this

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 cup

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 from

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 me

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 yet

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 not

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 my

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 will

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 but

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 yours

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 be

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 done

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 two

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 things

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 this

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 prophet

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 says

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 there

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 a

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 hope

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 for

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 runaway

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 sinners

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 first

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 he

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 yielded

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 to

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 God's

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 will

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 when

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 Jonah

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 did

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 not

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 not

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 my

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 will

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 but

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 yours

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 he

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 said

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 that

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 is

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 his

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 surrender

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 to

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 this

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 hopeless

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 looking

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 mission

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 and

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 trusting

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 God's

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 will

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 the

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 rebels

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 to

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 Israel

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 the

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 rebels

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 of

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 Israel

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 and to

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 all

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 the

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 nations

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 of

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 the

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 world

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 every

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 human

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 as

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 we

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 run

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 two

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 ways

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 from

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 God's

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 will

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 God

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 had

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 one

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 final

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 message

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 for

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 his

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 prophet

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 to

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 share

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 and

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 that

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 was

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 death

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 on

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 a

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 cross

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 that

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 message

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 that

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 ultimate

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 message

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 of

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 grace

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 to

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 all

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 people

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 was

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 that

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 this

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 prophet

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 himself

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 would

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 drink

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 down

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 number

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 two

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 the

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 full

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 cup

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 of

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 judgment

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 the

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 cup

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 that

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 belonged

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 to

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 me

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 to

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 you

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 to

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 all

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 runaway

00:26:48.500 --> 00:26:49.020
 sinners

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 this

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 prophet

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 completed

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 God's

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 mission

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 and

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 died

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 also

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 sinners

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 like

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 us

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 could

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 live

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 that

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 is

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 how

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 God

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 justly

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 fairly

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 forgave

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 a

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 generation

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 of

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 repentant

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 Ninevite

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 sinners

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 that

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 whole

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 city

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 that

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 were

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 living

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 on

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 in

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 front

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 of

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 Jonah's

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 angry

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 gaze

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 this

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 book

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 Jonah

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 points

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 all

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 sinners

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 and all

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 foreigners

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 all

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 rebels

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 all

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 religious

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 runaways

00:27:31.979 --> 00:27:32.719
 from

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 God

00:27:33.199 --> 00:27:34.299
 to

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 long

00:27:34.839 --> 00:27:35.139
 for

00:27:35.139 --> 00:27:35.579
 this

00:27:35.579 --> 00:27:36.039
 prophet

00:27:36.039 --> 00:27:37.519
 who

00:27:37.519 --> 00:27:37.919
 did not

00:27:37.919 --> 00:27:38.099
 run

00:27:38.099 --> 00:27:38.479
 away

00:27:38.479 --> 00:27:39.000
 from

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 the

00:27:39.139 --> 00:27:39.419
 will

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 of

00:27:39.839 --> 00:27:40.240
 God

00:27:40.240 --> 00:27:41.099
 and the

00:27:41.099 --> 00:27:41.460
 prophet

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 who

00:27:41.740 --> 00:27:42.019
 does

00:27:42.019 --> 00:27:42.240
 not

00:27:42.240 --> 00:27:42.579
 run

00:27:42.579 --> 00:27:43.539
 is

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 Jesus

00:27:43.960 --> 00:27:44.640
 Christ

00:27:44.640 --> 00:27:46.339
 Jesus

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 did not

00:27:46.920 --> 00:27:47.319
 run

00:27:47.319 --> 00:27:47.940
 from

00:27:47.940 --> 00:27:48.359
 God

00:27:48.359 --> 00:27:50.680
 and

00:27:50.680 --> 00:27:50.859
 he

00:27:50.859 --> 00:27:51.140
 will

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 not

00:27:51.460 --> 00:27:51.859
 stop

00:27:51.859 --> 00:27:52.359
 running

00:27:52.359 --> 00:27:53.200
 to

00:27:53.200 --> 00:27:53.640
 us

00:27:53.640 --> 00:27:54.960
 that

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 1200

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 kilometers

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 to

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 Nineveh

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 not

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 intimidating

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 at all

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 it's

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 not 28

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 days

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 on

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 foot

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 it's

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 worth

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 it

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 so

00:28:08.839 --> 00:28:10.000
 this

00:28:10.000 --> 00:28:10.339
 prophet

00:28:10.339 --> 00:28:10.720
 says

00:28:10.720 --> 00:28:10.899
 to

00:28:10.899 --> 00:28:11.159
 all

00:28:11.159 --> 00:28:11.399
 those

00:28:11.399 --> 00:28:11.799
 running

00:28:11.799 --> 00:28:12.079
 from

00:28:12.079 --> 00:28:12.359
 God

00:28:12.359 --> 00:28:12.539
 in

00:28:12.539 --> 00:28:12.879
 open

00:28:12.879 --> 00:28:13.359
 rebellion

00:28:13.359 --> 00:28:13.639
 who

00:28:13.639 --> 00:28:13.759
 are

00:28:13.759 --> 00:28:14.039
 hearing

00:28:14.039 --> 00:28:14.339
 this

00:28:14.339 --> 00:28:14.679
 message

00:28:14.679 --> 00:28:15.119
 today

00:28:15.119 --> 00:28:17.259
 repent

00:28:17.259 --> 00:28:17.939
 of

00:28:17.939 --> 00:28:18.119
 your

00:28:18.119 --> 00:28:18.559
 sins

00:28:18.559 --> 00:28:20.339
 turn

00:28:20.339 --> 00:28:20.559
 to

00:28:20.559 --> 00:28:20.939
 Jesus

00:28:20.939 --> 00:28:21.740
 and

00:28:21.740 --> 00:28:22.259
 surrender

00:28:22.259 --> 00:28:22.619
 your

00:28:22.619 --> 00:28:23.139
 life

00:28:23.139 --> 00:28:23.639
 to

00:28:23.639 --> 00:28:24.139
 God's

00:28:24.139 --> 00:28:24.359
 will

00:28:24.359 --> 00:28:25.619
 receive

00:28:25.619 --> 00:28:26.019
 his

00:28:26.019 --> 00:28:26.919
 forgiveness

00:28:26.919 --> 00:28:28.000
 by his

00:28:28.000 --> 00:28:28.399
 grace

00:28:28.399 --> 00:28:29.039
 turn

00:28:29.039 --> 00:28:29.559
 and follow

00:28:29.559 --> 00:28:29.859
 him

00:28:29.859 --> 00:28:30.259
 today

00:28:30.259 --> 00:28:32.519
 no matter

00:28:32.519 --> 00:28:33.059
 how far

00:28:33.059 --> 00:28:33.359
 gone

00:28:33.359 --> 00:28:33.980
 you feel

00:28:33.980 --> 00:28:35.899
 or how

00:28:35.899 --> 00:28:36.240
 far

00:28:36.240 --> 00:28:36.639
 you have

00:28:36.639 --> 00:28:36.839
 run

00:28:36.839 --> 00:28:37.059
 from

00:28:37.059 --> 00:28:37.399
 God

00:28:37.400 --> 00:28:39.820
 Jesus

00:28:39.820 --> 00:28:40.320
 runs

00:28:40.320 --> 00:28:40.680
 toward

00:28:40.680 --> 00:28:41.100
 you

00:28:41.100 --> 00:28:42.380
 to

00:28:42.380 --> 00:28:42.800
 declare

00:28:42.800 --> 00:28:43.360
 himself

00:28:43.360 --> 00:28:43.600
 to

00:28:43.600 --> 00:28:44.040
 be

00:28:44.040 --> 00:28:44.860
 your

00:28:44.860 --> 00:28:45.420
 salvation

00:28:45.420 --> 00:28:48.180
 and

00:28:48.180 --> 00:28:48.340
 to

00:28:48.340 --> 00:28:48.519
 all

00:28:48.519 --> 00:28:48.720
 those

00:28:48.720 --> 00:28:49.019
 running

00:28:49.019 --> 00:28:49.280
 from

00:28:49.280 --> 00:28:49.660
 God

00:28:49.660 --> 00:28:49.920
 in

00:28:49.920 --> 00:28:50.460
 religious

00:28:50.460 --> 00:28:51.120
 rejection

00:28:51.120 --> 00:28:51.640
 of

00:28:51.640 --> 00:28:51.880
 his

00:28:51.880 --> 00:28:52.540
 grace

00:28:52.540 --> 00:28:55.080
 repent

00:28:55.080 --> 00:28:55.940
 of

00:28:55.940 --> 00:28:56.140
 your

00:28:56.140 --> 00:28:56.680
 pride

00:28:56.680 --> 00:28:57.140
 filled

00:28:57.140 --> 00:28:58.019
 religious

00:28:58.019 --> 00:28:58.600
 behavior

00:28:58.600 --> 00:29:01.060
 turn

00:29:01.060 --> 00:29:01.280
 from

00:29:01.280 --> 00:29:01.500
 your

00:29:01.500 --> 00:29:02.320
 distrust

00:29:02.320 --> 00:29:03.740
 and

00:29:03.740 --> 00:29:04.160
 surrender

00:29:04.160 --> 00:29:04.440
 your

00:29:04.440 --> 00:29:04.840
 life

00:29:04.840 --> 00:29:05.420
 and

00:29:05.420 --> 00:29:05.960
 receive

00:29:05.960 --> 00:29:06.380
 his

00:29:06.380 --> 00:29:06.840
 perfect

00:29:06.840 --> 00:29:07.240
 life

00:29:07.240 --> 00:29:07.480
 in

00:29:07.480 --> 00:29:07.759
 place

00:29:07.759 --> 00:29:07.900
 of

00:29:07.900 --> 00:29:08.079
 your

00:29:08.079 --> 00:29:08.359
 own

00:29:08.359 --> 00:29:10.259
 rest

00:29:10.259 --> 00:29:11.400
 from

00:29:11.400 --> 00:29:11.660
 your

00:29:11.660 --> 00:29:12.420
 striving

00:29:12.420 --> 00:29:14.519
 you

00:29:14.519 --> 00:29:14.900
 never

00:29:14.900 --> 00:29:15.420
 stop

00:29:15.420 --> 00:29:15.960
 needing

00:29:15.960 --> 00:29:16.559
 God's

00:29:16.559 --> 00:29:17.019
 grace

00:29:17.019 --> 00:29:19.839
 hear

00:29:19.839 --> 00:29:20.200
 Jesus

00:29:20.200 --> 00:29:20.660
 voice

00:29:20.660 --> 00:29:21.039
 in the

00:29:21.039 --> 00:29:21.359
 pages

00:29:21.359 --> 00:29:21.620
 of the

00:29:21.620 --> 00:29:21.960
 Bible

00:29:21.960 --> 00:29:23.120
 accept

00:29:23.120 --> 00:29:23.519
 God's

00:29:23.519 --> 00:29:24.059
 grace

00:29:24.059 --> 00:29:24.620
 from

00:29:24.620 --> 00:29:24.839
 the

00:29:24.839 --> 00:29:25.220
 mouth

00:29:25.220 --> 00:29:25.559
 of

00:29:25.559 --> 00:29:25.720
 the

00:29:25.720 --> 00:29:26.039
 prophet

00:29:26.039 --> 00:29:27.240
 Jesus

00:29:27.240 --> 00:29:29.859
 we

00:29:29.859 --> 00:29:30.319
 all run

00:29:30.319 --> 00:29:30.539
 away

00:29:30.539 --> 00:29:30.759
 from

00:29:30.759 --> 00:29:31.000
 God

00:29:31.000 --> 00:29:31.220
 without

00:29:31.220 --> 00:29:31.440
 his

00:29:31.440 --> 00:29:31.700
 help

00:29:31.700 --> 00:29:33.819
 so

00:29:33.819 --> 00:29:34.200
 he sent

00:29:34.200 --> 00:29:34.480
 Jesus

00:29:34.480 --> 00:29:34.859
 after

00:29:34.859 --> 00:29:35.240
 us

00:29:35.240 --> 00:29:36.740
 Jesus

00:29:36.740 --> 00:29:37.700
 our

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 great

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 prophet

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 runs

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 to

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 us

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 and

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 stays

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 alongside

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 us

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 will

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 you

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 accept

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 God's

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 message

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 from the

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 mouth

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 of the

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 prophet

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 Jesus

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 all you

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 need

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 to do

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 is turn

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 and receive

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 the grace

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 of the

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 father

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 and no

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 matter how

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 far you

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 run

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 God's

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 grace

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 will

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 always

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 always

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 always

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 overtake

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 you

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 God

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 God

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