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 We are starting series going through the book of Jonah, if you guys want to turn there.

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 If you ask a group of kids to tell a story from the Bible, chances are Jonah is going to be one of those stories.

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 The book of Jonah is an exciting book with unbelievable characters and situations.

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 We have God.

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 We have Jonah, the horrible missionary.

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 We have God's mission.

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 We have a storm.

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 We've got Jonah being swallowed by a big fish.

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 We have the fact that Jonah lives in a big fish for three days.

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 We have Jonah being stewed out onto dry land.

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 We've got a plant that God provides for Jonah.

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 There are just some extreme situations to this book.

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 With all the unbelievable things, this book is a great story of redemption.

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 In fact, each chapter, four chapters, each chapter has a different story of redemption in it.

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 It's a great story of adventure, of God's power, a great story of God's sovereignty, a great story of the human heart, who we really are.

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 It's a great missionary story.

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 With God's mercy shown to Jonah, a Jew, to the Ninevites, Gentiles, and to sailors who are pagans.

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 It's a great story.

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 And a lot of times with great stories, we kind of dismiss it for Sunday school lesson material.

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 But this is a great story for all of us this morning.

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 So I'm going to read the entire book.

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 And then we'll dig into the first five verses.

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 Verse 1.

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 Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah, the son of Amittai, saying,

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 Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and call out against it, for their evil has come up before me.

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 But Jonah rose to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord.

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 He went down to Joppa and found a ship going to Tarshish.

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 So he paid the fare and went on board to go with them to Tarshish, away from the presence of the Lord.

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 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.

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

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

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 But Jonah had gone down into the inner part of the ship, and had lain down and was fast asleep.

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 So the captain came to him and said to him,

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 What do you mean, you sleeper?

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 Arise, call out to your God.

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

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 And they said to one another, Come, let us cast lots, that we may know on whose account this evil has come upon us.

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

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 Then they said to him, Tell us on whose account this evil has come upon us.

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 What is your occupation?

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 And where do you come from?

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 What is your country?

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 And of what people are you?

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 And he said to them, I am a Hebrew, and I fear the Lord, the God of heaven, who made the sea and the dry land.

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 Then the men were exceedingly afraid, and said to him, What is this that you have done?

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

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

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 For the sea grew more and more tempestuous.

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 He said to them, Pick me up, and hurl me into the sea.

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 Then the sea will quiet down for you.

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

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

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 For the sea grew more and more tempestuous against them.

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 Therefore they called out to the Lord, O Lord, let us not perish for this man's life,

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 and lay not on us innocent blood.

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

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 So they picked up Jonah and hurled him into the sea, and the sea ceased from its raging.

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 Then the men feared the Lord exceedingly, and they offered a sacrifice to the Lord and made vows.

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 And the Lord appointed a great fish to swallow up Jonah.

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 And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.

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 Then Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from the belly of the fish, saying,

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 I called out to the Lord out of my distress, and he answered me.

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 Out of the belly of Sheol I cried, and you heard my voice.

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 For you cast me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and the flood surrounded me.

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 All your waves and your billows passed over me.

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 Then I said, I am driven away from your sight.

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 Yet I shall again look upon your holy temple.

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 The waters closed in over me to take my life.

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 The deep surrounded me.

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 Weeds were wrapped about my head at the roots of the mountains.

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 I went down to the land whose bars closed upon me forever.

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 Yet you brought me up my life from the pit.

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 Brought up my life from the pit.

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 Oh Lord, my God.

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 When my life was fading away, I remembered the Lord, and my prayer came to you into your holy temple.

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 Those who pay regard to vain idols forsake their hope of steadfast love.

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 But I, with the voice of thanksgiving, will sacrifice to you what I have vowed I will pay.

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 Today, salvation belongs to the Lord.

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 And the Lord spoke to the fish, and it vomited Jonah out onto the dry land.

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 Then the word came to Jonah.

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 Then the word of the Lord came to Jonah the second time, saying, Arise.

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 Go to Nineveh, that great city, and call out against it the message that I tell you.

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 So Jonah arose and went to Nineveh, according to the word of the Lord.

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 Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city.

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 Three days' journey in breadth.

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 Jonah began to go into the city, going a day's journey, and he called out,

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 Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown.

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 And the people of Nineveh believed God.

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 They called for a fast and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them to the least of them.

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 Then the word reached the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, removed his robe,

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 covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.

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 As he issued a proclamation and published through Nineveh,

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 by the decree of the king and his nobles,

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 let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste anything.

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 Let them not feed or drink water, but let them and beasts,

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 covered with sackcloth, and let them call out mightily to God.

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 Let everyone turn from his evil way and from the violence that is in his hands.

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 Who knows?

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 God may turn and relent and turn from his fierce anger,

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 so that we may not perish.

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 When God saw what they did, how they turned from their evil way,

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 God relented of the disaster that he had said he would do to them,

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 and he did not do it.

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 But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was angry.

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 And he prayed to the Lord and said,

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 O Lord, is not this what I said when I was yet in my country?

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 That this is why I made haste to flee to Tarshish?

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 For I knew that you are a gracious God and merciful,

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 slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love,

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 and relenting from disaster.

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 Therefore now, O Lord, please take my life from me,

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 for it is better for me to die than to live.

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 And the Lord said, Do you do well to be angry?

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 Jonah went out of the city and sat to the east of the city

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 and made a booth for himself there.

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 He sat under it in the shade,

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 till he should see what would become of the city.

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 Now the Lord appointed a plant and made it come up over Jonah,

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 that it might be a shade over his head to save him from his discomfort.

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 So Jonah was exceedingly glad because of the plant.

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 But when dawn came up the next day,

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 God appointed a worm that attacked the plant so that it withered.

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 When the sun rose, God appointed a scorching east wind,

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 and the sun beat down on the head of Jonah so that he was faint.

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 And he asked that he might die and said,

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 It is better for me to die than to live.

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 But God said to Jonah,

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 Do you do well to be angry for the plant?

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 And he said, Yes, I do.

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 Well, to be angry, angry enough to die.

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 And the Lord said,

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 You pity the plant for which you did not labor,

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 nor did you make it grow which came into being in a night

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 and perished in a night.

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 And should not I pity Nineveh,

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 that great city,

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 in which there are more than 120,000 persons

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 who do not know their right hand from their left,

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 and also much cattle.

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 So, a little bit of background to the book of Jonah.

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 The book takes place in the 8th century B.C.

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 Nineveh was a capital of Assyria.

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 They're not sure if it was the capital,

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 but it was definitely a capital.

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 There were a lot of nobles who lived in this city.

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 And it was a great city.

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 Large city.

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 And the Assyrians were well known by all of Israel

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 for their brutality and cruelty.

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 They were known to tear off lips and hands of their victims.

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 Lips and hands.

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 The lion's den.

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 Torture were regular practices for this brutal people.

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 Historically speaking,

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 Jonah is a prophet of God.

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 This isn't the first time that the Word of the Lord came to Jonah.

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 In fact, we see in 2 Kings,

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 where God spoke and used Jonah to speak to the people of Israel.

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 So, Jonah is not new to hearing the Word of the Lord.

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 This book is very important to us.

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 Not because of the story,

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 although that is important.

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 It's important because Jesus Himself

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 spoke about Jonah and the big fish.

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 Jesus Himself spoke and said that this happened.

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 And if Jesus said it,

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 and these things did not happen,

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 then we must discount the rest of the Scripture

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 and just go on our merry way

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 and forget about this Christianity thing.

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 C.S. Lewis wrote it this way.

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 He says,

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 A man who was merely a man

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 and said the sort of things Jesus said

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 would not be a great moral teacher.

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 He would either be a lunatic

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 on a level with the man who says he is a poached egg

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 or else he would be the devil of hell.

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 You must make your choice.

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 Either this man was and is the Son of God

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 or else a madman or something worse.

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 You can shut him up for a fool.

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 You can spit at him and kill him as a demon.

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 Or you can fall at his feet

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 and call him Lord and God.

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 The idea there is that

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 what Jesus speaks and has spoken

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 has to happen,

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 has to be real.

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 And so Jonah,

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 spoken from God's mouth in Matthew 12,

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 has to have happened.

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 Which makes our time studying it

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 all the more important.

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 See, in it we learn about God.

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 We learn about God's desires.

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 We learn about His characteristics.

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 We also learn,

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 as if we didn't know already,

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 ourselves,

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 the heart of man.

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 And it's always good to remind ourselves

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 who we are

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 or who we were.

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 Because,

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 because who we were

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 and who we are

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 always elevates who Christ is

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 if we're Christians,

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 if we're believers.

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 If we truly look and see who we were

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 and what Christ did,

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 then it elevates Christ.

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 And that makes this book

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 very important.

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 I've titled this message,

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 God's Mission Versus Man's Heart.

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 And if you know anything about the Bible,

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 then you know that God trumps man's heart.

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 God always trumps.

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 As Creator,

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 as Mercy Giver,

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 as Holy,

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 as Justice Maker,

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 He trumps us.

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 But the book of Jonah,

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 as we've just read,

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 is filled with great hope.

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 Great hope

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 for us in the world.

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 And that excites me.

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 And that should excite you as well.

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 There are three points

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 to the sermon this morning.

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 And each point has two parts.

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 So don't get confused.

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 We have God speaks

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 and Jonah hears.

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 We have God's message

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 and Jonah's reaction.

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 We have God's response

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 and Jonah's pretense.

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 I want to make it clear

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 that God's mission,

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 and this is going to be repeated

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 as we go through this book,

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 God's mission is completely

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 dependent upon God.

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 Not dependent upon you,

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 not dependent upon me,

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 not dependent upon Jonah.

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 It is dependent upon God.

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 What God wants to do,

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 what He desires,

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 it happens.

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 What He creates,

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 it becomes.

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 He gives a mission

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 and it happens.

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 So God's sovereignty

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 is clearly displayed

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 in the book of Jonah.

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 All right,

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 so the first point this morning.

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 God speaks

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 and Jonah hears.

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 Verse 1.

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 It says,

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 Now the word of the Lord

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 came to Jonah,

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 the son of Amittai.

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 We have the two characters.

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 We have God,

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 we have the Lord,

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 and we have Jonah.

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 God speaks

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 and Jonah hears.

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 As I've said already,

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 this is not the first time

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 that God spoke to Jonah.

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 In 2 Kings 14,

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 we have the only other place

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 where Jonah is mentioned

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 in all of Scripture.

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 And God has spoken

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 through Jonah

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 to the people of Israel.

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 Now in my opinion,

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 before studying this book,

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 I thought Jonah

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 was just a goober.

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 I thought he was an idiot.

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 That God spoke to him clearly,

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 however that was.

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 Voice, word,

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 picture in the sky,

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 who knows?

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 It doesn't tell us.

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 But God spoke to him clearly,

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 and he goes the opposite direction.

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 What a fool!

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 But honestly,

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 he's quite different than that.

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 Because in 2 Kings,

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 he was already a prophet,

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 and the word of the Lord

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 came to him.

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 And he spoke to an evil king,

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 an evil Israel.

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 Israel was not godly.

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 They were not God-fearing

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 at this time.

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 So he speaks

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 to the people of Israel,

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 and King Jeroboam

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 does exactly what Jonah says.

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 And God blesses Israel.

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 In fact,

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 the land of Israel

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 had grown under this king

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 to the size that it originally was

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 under King Solomon,

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 which was the biggest

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 that it had been up to that point.

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 So God used Jonah

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 to bless Israel.

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 There's a chance,

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 a great chance,

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 that Jonah was wealthy

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 and popular.

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 That maybe he was hero-like

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 to the people of Israel.

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 So he was familiar

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 with God's voice.

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 He knew

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 if God spoke to him.

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 As we know,

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 Jonah didn't really hear God,

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 though, right?

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 In Hebrew,

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 in Deuteronomy 6,

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 we have the,

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 it's called the Shema.

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 Hear, O Israel,

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 the Lord is one.

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 In Hebrew,

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 obedience is always connected

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 with hearing.

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 Kind of like us today.

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 Sometimes we say,

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 I listened,

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 but I didn't hear you.

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 I heard the noise,

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 but I didn't really hear you.

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 In Hebrew,

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 obedience

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 was always connected

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 with hearing.

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 So that,

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 if you didn't obey

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 what was told to you,

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 then clearly you didn't hear.

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 If you didn't do

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 what God had said,

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 then you didn't really hear.

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 Jonah

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 didn't really hear.

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 He listened.

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 He picked out

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 what he wanted to.

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 Go to Nineveh.

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 Oh,

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 I'm going to go the other way.

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 He didn't hear

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 what God had said.

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 And I think

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 it happens to us

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 a lot.

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 We read Scripture.

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 We read the Word of God.

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 We listen.

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 But do we really hear?

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 Do we really follow

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 what we've read

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 with obedience?

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 So God spoke.

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 The Word of the Lord

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 came to Jonah.

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 And Jonah

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 listened.

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 The Word of the Lord

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 fell on his ears,

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 but he did not hear.

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 All right,

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 so that's the first one.

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 The next two points

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 we're going to spend

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 a little more time with.

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 So that was

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 God speaks

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 and Jonah hears.

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 Verse 1

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 clearly tells us

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 the two characters

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 in this spot.

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 Next we have

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 God's message

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 and Jonah's reaction.

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 Verse 2

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 tells us

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 God's message.

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 Arise,

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 go to Nineveh,

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 that great city,

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 and call out against it

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 for their evil

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 has come up

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 before me.

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 Clearly,

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 we don't have

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 the exact message

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 of what Jonah

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 was supposed to say.

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 We see what he said

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 in chapter 3

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 where he said,

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 40 days

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 and Nineveh

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 shall be overthrown.

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 Not a real

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 articulate message.

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 Probably

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 a little Jonah

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 sided there.

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 We have not been,

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 it has not been

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 clearly told to us,

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 but what we do know

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 is that

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 Nineveh

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 heard the message.

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 They repented.

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 They repented

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 and they started

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 worshipping

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 the Lord,

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 Yahweh.

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 It was a call

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 to repentance,

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 to turn from their sin

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 and turn towards God.

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 And it's the message

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 that Peter preached

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 at Pentecost.

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 It's the message

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 that Paul preaches.

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 It's the message

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 that Jesus preached.

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 It is the story

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 of the Bible.

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 God's redemption

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 to a repentant

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 people.

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 When Martin Luther

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 nailed the 95 Theses

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 to the church

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 in Wittenberg,

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 number one

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 on his list,

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 the Christian life

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 is to be a life

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 of repentance.

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 Because that is

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 the message

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 of Scripture.

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 Scripture.

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 This is where we

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 stand.

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 This is the message

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 to us.

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 In this story,

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 this is where we

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 sit.

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 We must be a

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 people of repentance.

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 This message is not

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 just to Nineveh,

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 it is to us.

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 Look at verse 2

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 again.

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 Look at it.

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 It starts with two

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 commands.

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 Arise,

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 go.

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 Go.

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 To give a sense

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 of urgency.

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 Not just get up

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 at your leisure,

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 make your way

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 over to Nineveh.

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 Arise and go.

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 In other words,

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 hear your orders,

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 now move.

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 Hear your orders,

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 now go.

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 As I've talked

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 about the Assyrians,

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 and I've talked

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 about the people

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 of Nineveh,

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 this would be

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 like in 1944,

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 for God to tell

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 you to go to

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 Nazi Germany

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 and preach

00:20:00.620 --> 00:20:01.700
 against Hitler

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 and the people

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 of Germany

00:20:04.380 --> 00:20:05.060
 who are buying

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 into the Nazi

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 regime.

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 That's probably

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 pretty accurate.

00:20:11.060 --> 00:20:11.660
 We would say,

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 that's crazy.

00:20:14.320 --> 00:20:14.740
 What would make

00:20:14.740 --> 00:20:15.840
 it worse is if

00:20:15.840 --> 00:20:16.539
 you were Jewish

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 and God told you

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 to go do that.

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 That would be

00:20:18.980 --> 00:20:19.440
 even better.

00:20:20.920 --> 00:20:21.640
 God has sent

00:20:21.640 --> 00:20:22.259
 me to tell you,

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 Hitler,

00:20:22.560 --> 00:20:22.940
 that you are

00:20:22.940 --> 00:20:23.500
 going to hell

00:20:23.500 --> 00:20:24.279
 unless you repent.

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 Five seconds

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 maybe,

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 you'd be dead.

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 Unless God

00:20:31.759 --> 00:20:32.460
 had a plan

00:20:32.460 --> 00:20:33.120
 for the Nazi

00:20:33.120 --> 00:20:33.560
 Germany,

00:20:33.880 --> 00:20:34.519
 like he has

00:20:34.519 --> 00:20:35.080
 here for the

00:20:35.080 --> 00:20:35.560
 Ninevites.

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 You remember

00:20:37.860 --> 00:20:38.480
 when you were

00:20:38.480 --> 00:20:39.060
 a child and

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 you played

00:20:39.460 --> 00:20:40.200
 hide and seek?

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 You know,

00:20:41.920 --> 00:20:42.259
 if somebody

00:20:42.259 --> 00:20:42.660
 was trying to

00:20:42.660 --> 00:20:43.160
 find you and

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 you happened

00:20:43.480 --> 00:20:43.840
 to be just

00:20:43.840 --> 00:20:44.180
 around the

00:20:44.180 --> 00:20:44.440
 corner,

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 you maybe

00:20:45.340 --> 00:20:45.880
 would close

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 your eyes

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 because,

00:20:47.980 --> 00:20:48.120
 you know,

00:20:48.180 --> 00:20:48.640
 if they

00:20:48.640 --> 00:20:49.320
 couldn't see

00:20:49.320 --> 00:20:49.660
 you,

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 or if you

00:20:50.779 --> 00:20:51.599
 couldn't see

00:20:51.599 --> 00:20:51.879
 them,

00:20:51.940 --> 00:20:52.359
 they couldn't

00:20:52.359 --> 00:20:52.879
 see you.

00:20:53.799 --> 00:20:54.220
 You guys

00:20:54.220 --> 00:20:55.460
 relate to that?

00:20:55.779 --> 00:20:56.660
 We do it in

00:20:56.660 --> 00:20:57.599
 class and in

00:20:57.599 --> 00:20:58.480
 prayer time,

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 you know,

00:20:58.799 --> 00:20:59.399
 when you

00:20:59.399 --> 00:20:59.619
 don't want

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 to be called,

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 we put our

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 heads down.

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 No,

00:21:02.420 --> 00:21:02.660
 I really

00:21:02.660 --> 00:21:02.899
 don't want

00:21:02.899 --> 00:21:03.180
 to pray,

00:21:03.279 --> 00:21:03.460
 so I'm

00:21:03.460 --> 00:21:03.700
 just going

00:21:03.700 --> 00:21:03.799
 to,

00:21:04.339 --> 00:21:04.819
 I can't

00:21:04.819 --> 00:21:05.139
 see him,

00:21:05.200 --> 00:21:05.579
 he can't

00:21:05.579 --> 00:21:05.960
 see me.

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 We do

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 that.

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 We,

00:21:14.319 --> 00:21:14.759
 as people,

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 tend to take

00:21:15.420 --> 00:21:15.960
 that same

00:21:15.960 --> 00:21:16.620
 practice

00:21:16.620 --> 00:21:18.519
 and apply

00:21:18.519 --> 00:21:19.019
 it to our

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 theology.

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 We apply

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 it to what

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 we think

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 God is.

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 We think

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 that if we're

00:21:25.580 --> 00:21:26.120
 not looking

00:21:26.120 --> 00:21:26.620
 at God,

00:21:27.080 --> 00:21:27.480
 if our

00:21:27.480 --> 00:21:27.940
 eyes are

00:21:27.940 --> 00:21:28.580
 closed,

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 that he

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 doesn't

00:21:31.279 --> 00:21:31.779
 exist,

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 or that he's

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 not paying

00:21:33.759 --> 00:21:34.120
 attention,

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 or he

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 doesn't

00:21:34.820 --> 00:21:35.140
 care.

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 If we

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 just ignore

00:21:39.400 --> 00:21:39.800
 him,

00:21:41.640 --> 00:21:42.019
 and this

00:21:42.019 --> 00:21:42.960
 isn't just

00:21:42.960 --> 00:21:43.920
 non-Christians,

00:21:44.640 --> 00:21:45.000
 this is

00:21:45.000 --> 00:21:45.600
 believers,

00:21:45.900 --> 00:21:46.100
 too.

00:21:46.600 --> 00:21:46.880
 These are

00:21:46.880 --> 00:21:47.579
 Christians who

00:21:47.579 --> 00:21:47.960
 do this.

00:21:48.259 --> 00:21:48.819
 I do

00:21:48.819 --> 00:21:49.200
 this.

00:21:50.039 --> 00:21:50.259
 You know

00:21:50.259 --> 00:21:50.700
 the difference

00:21:50.700 --> 00:21:51.140
 between a

00:21:51.140 --> 00:21:51.559
 Christian and

00:21:51.559 --> 00:21:52.079
 a non-Christian

00:21:52.079 --> 00:21:52.319
 here?

00:21:52.460 --> 00:21:52.980
 Is that the

00:21:52.980 --> 00:21:53.759
 Christian knows

00:21:53.759 --> 00:21:54.200
 he's doing

00:21:54.200 --> 00:21:54.480
 it.

00:21:55.819 --> 00:21:56.700
 The non-Christian

00:21:56.700 --> 00:21:57.420
 has no idea.

00:22:01.200 --> 00:22:01.920
 And that's

00:22:01.920 --> 00:22:03.160
 what the

00:22:03.160 --> 00:22:03.799
 Ninevites

00:22:03.799 --> 00:22:04.819
 were doing.

00:22:05.539 --> 00:22:06.000
 They were

00:22:06.000 --> 00:22:07.860
 existing with

00:22:07.860 --> 00:22:08.259
 their eyes

00:22:08.259 --> 00:22:08.720
 closed,

00:22:08.779 --> 00:22:09.319
 so to speak.

00:22:09.819 --> 00:22:10.120
 They were

00:22:10.120 --> 00:22:11.039
 existing without

00:22:11.039 --> 00:22:12.920
 knowing God's

00:22:12.920 --> 00:22:13.800
 God existed,

00:22:14.039 --> 00:22:14.800
 without knowing

00:22:14.800 --> 00:22:15.460
 that he was

00:22:15.460 --> 00:22:16.340
 watching them.

00:22:21.060 --> 00:22:22.759
 And honestly,

00:22:22.900 --> 00:22:23.380
 this is the

00:22:23.380 --> 00:22:23.920
 reason why

00:22:23.920 --> 00:22:24.820
 Jonah didn't

00:22:24.820 --> 00:22:26.019
 want to go.

00:22:27.200 --> 00:22:27.840
 Chapter 4

00:22:27.840 --> 00:22:28.380
 tells us he

00:22:28.380 --> 00:22:28.700
 didn't want to

00:22:28.700 --> 00:22:29.080
 go because

00:22:29.080 --> 00:22:29.600
 God was going

00:22:29.600 --> 00:22:30.200
 to show mercy

00:22:30.200 --> 00:22:30.620
 on them.

00:22:31.560 --> 00:22:32.019
 But think

00:22:32.019 --> 00:22:32.480
 about where

00:22:32.480 --> 00:22:33.100
 Jonah's coming

00:22:33.100 --> 00:22:33.420
 from.

00:22:33.820 --> 00:22:34.220
 He's coming

00:22:34.220 --> 00:22:35.180
 from Israel,

00:22:35.580 --> 00:22:35.980
 who are

00:22:35.980 --> 00:22:38.080
 practicing evil

00:22:38.080 --> 00:22:39.000
 things.

00:22:40.759 --> 00:22:41.080
 Idol

00:22:41.080 --> 00:22:41.500
 worship.

00:22:41.500 --> 00:22:43.000
 their being

00:22:43.000 --> 00:22:43.539
 evil.

00:22:44.599 --> 00:22:44.759
 So,

00:22:45.160 --> 00:22:45.940
 if God

00:22:45.940 --> 00:22:46.799
 showed mercy

00:22:46.799 --> 00:22:48.019
 on the

00:22:48.019 --> 00:22:48.599
 pagans of

00:22:48.599 --> 00:22:49.039
 Nineveh,

00:22:50.039 --> 00:22:52.039
 how much

00:22:52.039 --> 00:22:52.819
 greater is

00:22:52.819 --> 00:22:53.440
 the judgment

00:22:53.440 --> 00:22:54.160
 going to be

00:22:54.160 --> 00:22:55.220
 on a people

00:22:55.220 --> 00:22:55.940
 of Israel

00:22:55.940 --> 00:22:57.779
 who knew

00:22:57.779 --> 00:22:59.700
 God existed,

00:23:00.339 --> 00:23:01.460
 who knows

00:23:01.460 --> 00:23:02.000
 that God

00:23:02.000 --> 00:23:02.420
 is there?

00:23:03.059 --> 00:23:03.500
 How much

00:23:03.500 --> 00:23:04.319
 greater is

00:23:04.319 --> 00:23:05.579
 that judgment

00:23:05.579 --> 00:23:06.740
 going to be?

00:23:06.740 --> 00:23:10.019
 And for us,

00:23:10.079 --> 00:23:10.700
 it's the same

00:23:10.700 --> 00:23:11.000
 thing.

00:23:11.079 --> 00:23:11.920
 It's scary.

00:23:13.319 --> 00:23:13.980
 If we continue

00:23:13.980 --> 00:23:14.480
 to go on,

00:23:14.519 --> 00:23:14.880
 if we are

00:23:14.880 --> 00:23:15.640
 children of

00:23:15.640 --> 00:23:15.900
 God,

00:23:16.079 --> 00:23:16.400
 and we

00:23:16.400 --> 00:23:16.920
 continue to

00:23:16.920 --> 00:23:17.500
 practice

00:23:17.500 --> 00:23:19.440
 immorality,

00:23:19.640 --> 00:23:20.200
 if we continue

00:23:20.200 --> 00:23:21.140
 to be evil

00:23:21.140 --> 00:23:26.259
 and deny

00:23:26.259 --> 00:23:26.900
 the existence

00:23:26.900 --> 00:23:27.519
 of God,

00:23:28.720 --> 00:23:29.640
 because we

00:23:29.640 --> 00:23:30.740
 do that,

00:23:30.859 --> 00:23:31.079
 guys.

00:23:31.180 --> 00:23:32.539
 We do it.

00:23:32.539 --> 00:23:32.839
 We do it.

00:23:36.740 --> 00:23:41.039
 God

00:23:41.039 --> 00:23:48.380
 will get your

00:23:48.380 --> 00:23:48.819
 attention.

00:23:50.059 --> 00:23:50.819
 He will get

00:23:50.819 --> 00:23:51.480
 my attention.

00:23:52.440 --> 00:23:54.079
 We have to

00:23:54.079 --> 00:23:54.539
 repent.

00:23:55.420 --> 00:23:56.059
 The Christian

00:23:56.059 --> 00:23:56.859
 life is a

00:23:56.859 --> 00:23:57.319
 life of

00:23:57.319 --> 00:23:57.779
 repentance

00:23:57.779 --> 00:23:59.099
 for God's

00:23:59.099 --> 00:23:59.720
 glory and

00:23:59.720 --> 00:24:00.279
 for our

00:24:00.279 --> 00:24:00.759
 good.

00:24:03.579 --> 00:24:04.359
 End of

00:24:04.359 --> 00:24:04.899
 verse 2.

00:24:06.759 --> 00:24:07.259
 It says,

00:24:07.599 --> 00:24:08.039
 Call out

00:24:08.039 --> 00:24:08.779
 against it

00:24:08.779 --> 00:24:09.139
 for their

00:24:09.139 --> 00:24:09.920
 evil has

00:24:09.920 --> 00:24:10.500
 come up

00:24:10.500 --> 00:24:12.139
 before me.

00:24:14.619 --> 00:24:15.359
 God is

00:24:15.359 --> 00:24:15.779
 the only

00:24:15.779 --> 00:24:16.559
 audience that

00:24:16.559 --> 00:24:16.980
 matters.

00:24:18.119 --> 00:24:18.519
 He is

00:24:18.519 --> 00:24:19.000
 it.

00:24:19.819 --> 00:24:20.500
 He's the

00:24:20.500 --> 00:24:20.859
 one who

00:24:20.859 --> 00:24:21.240
 judges.

00:24:22.960 --> 00:24:23.700
 He must

00:24:23.700 --> 00:24:24.119
 live,

00:24:24.339 --> 00:24:24.920
 we must

00:24:24.920 --> 00:24:25.460
 live to

00:24:25.460 --> 00:24:26.019
 an audience

00:24:26.019 --> 00:24:26.480
 of one.

00:24:27.779 --> 00:24:29.399
 Not our

00:24:29.399 --> 00:24:29.779
 mom,

00:24:30.599 --> 00:24:31.139
 not our

00:24:31.139 --> 00:24:31.559
 dad,

00:24:32.359 --> 00:24:32.980
 not our

00:24:32.980 --> 00:24:33.339
 girlfriend,

00:24:33.500 --> 00:24:33.799
 boyfriend,

00:24:33.960 --> 00:24:34.200
 wife,

00:24:34.299 --> 00:24:34.639
 husband,

00:24:35.279 --> 00:24:35.720
 boss,

00:24:36.000 --> 00:24:36.399
 pastor.

00:24:36.799 --> 00:24:37.639
 We must

00:24:37.639 --> 00:24:38.339
 live to

00:24:38.339 --> 00:24:38.899
 an audience

00:24:38.899 --> 00:24:39.379
 of one.

00:24:40.619 --> 00:24:40.980
 No one

00:24:40.980 --> 00:24:41.639
 else matters.

00:24:43.000 --> 00:24:43.420
 And here,

00:24:44.339 --> 00:24:44.759
 it doesn't

00:24:44.759 --> 00:24:45.619
 say that

00:24:45.619 --> 00:24:46.920
 their evil

00:24:46.920 --> 00:24:47.440
 has come up

00:24:47.440 --> 00:24:48.019
 against you,

00:24:48.119 --> 00:24:48.279
 Jonah,

00:24:48.359 --> 00:24:48.599
 so I'm

00:24:48.599 --> 00:24:48.759
 going to

00:24:48.759 --> 00:24:49.099
 get them.

00:24:49.619 --> 00:24:50.160
 Or their

00:24:50.160 --> 00:24:50.559
 evil has

00:24:50.559 --> 00:24:50.859
 come up

00:24:50.859 --> 00:24:51.660
 against Israel,

00:24:51.799 --> 00:24:52.019
 so I'm

00:24:52.019 --> 00:24:52.139
 going to

00:24:52.139 --> 00:24:52.500
 get them.

00:24:53.359 --> 00:24:53.899
 Because their

00:24:53.899 --> 00:24:54.500
 evil has

00:24:54.500 --> 00:24:54.879
 come up

00:24:54.879 --> 00:24:56.160
 before me.

00:24:57.779 --> 00:24:58.899
 The

00:24:58.899 --> 00:24:59.519
 actions of

00:24:59.519 --> 00:24:59.619
 the

00:24:59.619 --> 00:25:00.180
 Ninevites,

00:25:01.819 --> 00:25:02.399
 denying the

00:25:02.399 --> 00:25:02.940
 existence of

00:25:02.940 --> 00:25:03.359
 God by

00:25:03.359 --> 00:25:03.559
 their

00:25:03.559 --> 00:25:04.079
 practices,

00:25:06.680 --> 00:25:07.920
 tells us

00:25:07.920 --> 00:25:08.639
 they thought

00:25:08.639 --> 00:25:09.220
 God did

00:25:09.220 --> 00:25:09.899
 not exist.

00:25:12.379 --> 00:25:12.879
 And

00:25:12.879 --> 00:25:13.559
 verse 3

00:25:13.559 --> 00:25:15.859
 tells us

00:25:15.859 --> 00:25:16.399
 that Jonah

00:25:16.399 --> 00:25:17.220
 thinks God

00:25:17.220 --> 00:25:17.940
 is small.

00:25:20.279 --> 00:25:20.899
 Look at

00:25:20.899 --> 00:25:21.460
 verse 3.

00:25:22.460 --> 00:25:23.259
 But Jonah

00:25:23.259 --> 00:25:23.980
 rose to

00:25:23.980 --> 00:25:24.359
 flee to

00:25:24.359 --> 00:25:24.960
 Tarshish

00:25:24.960 --> 00:25:25.879
 from the

00:25:25.879 --> 00:25:26.359
 presence of

00:25:26.359 --> 00:25:26.759
 the Lord.

00:25:27.000 --> 00:25:27.379
 He went

00:25:27.379 --> 00:25:27.740
 down to

00:25:27.740 --> 00:25:28.099
 Joppa

00:25:28.099 --> 00:25:28.439
 and found

00:25:28.439 --> 00:25:28.759
 a ship

00:25:28.759 --> 00:25:29.240
 going to

00:25:29.240 --> 00:25:29.879
 Tarshish.

00:25:30.099 --> 00:25:30.500
 So he

00:25:30.500 --> 00:25:30.919
 paid the

00:25:30.919 --> 00:25:31.379
 fare and

00:25:31.379 --> 00:25:31.699
 went on

00:25:31.699 --> 00:25:32.379
 board to

00:25:32.379 --> 00:25:32.740
 go with

00:25:32.740 --> 00:25:33.059
 them to

00:25:33.059 --> 00:25:33.659
 Tarshish

00:25:33.659 --> 00:25:34.419
 away from

00:25:34.419 --> 00:25:34.939
 the presence

00:25:34.939 --> 00:25:35.859
 of the

00:25:35.859 --> 00:25:36.099
 Lord.

00:25:36.259 --> 00:25:36.579
 So that

00:25:36.579 --> 00:25:37.099
 was God's

00:25:37.099 --> 00:25:37.579
 message.

00:25:38.199 --> 00:25:38.539
 Go to

00:25:38.539 --> 00:25:38.959
 Nineveh.

00:25:39.459 --> 00:25:39.859
 Preach

00:25:39.859 --> 00:25:40.419
 to them

00:25:40.419 --> 00:25:41.019
 repentance.

00:25:42.699 --> 00:25:43.259
 Here we

00:25:43.259 --> 00:25:43.939
 have Jonah's

00:25:43.939 --> 00:25:44.740
 reaction.

00:25:46.500 --> 00:25:46.719
 Jonah

00:25:46.719 --> 00:25:47.159
 rose.

00:25:47.799 --> 00:25:48.359
 He rose.

00:25:48.719 --> 00:25:48.959
 He got

00:25:48.959 --> 00:25:49.359
 the first

00:25:49.359 --> 00:25:49.779
 commandment

00:25:49.779 --> 00:25:50.079
 right.

00:25:51.579 --> 00:25:51.979
 Remember it

00:25:51.979 --> 00:25:52.719
 says arise

00:25:52.719 --> 00:25:53.099
 go.

00:25:54.179 --> 00:25:54.819
 He rose.

00:25:55.699 --> 00:25:56.000
 But he

00:25:56.000 --> 00:25:56.240
 went,

00:25:56.359 --> 00:25:57.579
 opposite

00:25:57.579 --> 00:25:58.439
 direction.

00:26:01.459 --> 00:26:02.240
 Tarshish is

00:26:02.240 --> 00:26:02.859
 repeated here

00:26:02.859 --> 00:26:03.599
 three times.

00:26:04.259 --> 00:26:04.439
 And I

00:26:04.439 --> 00:26:04.679
 don't know if

00:26:04.679 --> 00:26:05.000
 you guys

00:26:05.000 --> 00:26:05.599
 noticed that

00:26:05.599 --> 00:26:06.319
 when I've

00:26:06.319 --> 00:26:06.719
 read it.

00:26:07.079 --> 00:26:07.379
 I mean it's

00:26:07.379 --> 00:26:07.879
 a clearly

00:26:07.879 --> 00:26:08.799
 obvious word

00:26:08.799 --> 00:26:09.539
 Tarshish.

00:26:09.939 --> 00:26:10.500
 It's three

00:26:10.500 --> 00:26:11.379
 times repeated.

00:26:12.039 --> 00:26:12.299
 And that's

00:26:12.299 --> 00:26:13.299
 to show the

00:26:13.299 --> 00:26:14.899
 severity of

00:26:14.899 --> 00:26:15.299
 Jonah's

00:26:15.299 --> 00:26:16.079
 disobedience.

00:26:19.359 --> 00:26:20.319
 The author

00:26:20.319 --> 00:26:20.819
 makes it

00:26:20.819 --> 00:26:21.339
 clear that

00:26:21.339 --> 00:26:21.639
 Jonah

00:26:21.639 --> 00:26:22.500
 disobeyed

00:26:22.500 --> 00:26:22.799
 in a

00:26:22.799 --> 00:26:23.959
 big way.

00:26:23.960 --> 00:26:27.740
 Jonah's

00:26:27.740 --> 00:26:28.519
 message was

00:26:28.519 --> 00:26:29.019
 to go to

00:26:29.019 --> 00:26:29.380
 Nineveh.

00:26:29.519 --> 00:26:29.840
 Which from

00:26:29.840 --> 00:26:30.340
 where Jonah

00:26:30.340 --> 00:26:30.779
 was we're

00:26:30.779 --> 00:26:31.319
 not exactly

00:26:31.319 --> 00:26:31.779
 sure but

00:26:31.779 --> 00:26:32.100
 was to

00:26:32.100 --> 00:26:33.019
 go northeast.

00:26:34.880 --> 00:26:35.779
 So Jonah

00:26:35.779 --> 00:26:36.180
 was to go

00:26:36.180 --> 00:26:36.660
 northeast.

00:26:37.019 --> 00:26:37.860
 And Joppa

00:26:37.860 --> 00:26:39.299
 is southwest.

00:26:40.559 --> 00:26:41.240
 Joppa is

00:26:41.240 --> 00:26:41.500
 southwest.

00:26:41.819 --> 00:26:42.519
 That's pretty

00:26:42.519 --> 00:26:43.299
 much opposite.

00:26:45.059 --> 00:26:46.120
 On top of

00:26:46.120 --> 00:26:47.579
 that Tarshish

00:26:47.579 --> 00:26:48.860
 most people

00:26:48.860 --> 00:26:49.600
 say was a

00:26:49.600 --> 00:26:50.299
 city on the

00:26:50.299 --> 00:26:50.759
 coast of

00:26:50.759 --> 00:26:51.160
 Spain.

00:26:52.420 --> 00:26:53.200
 Now he's

00:26:53.200 --> 00:26:53.539
 got to go

00:26:53.539 --> 00:26:53.819
 through the

00:26:53.819 --> 00:26:54.180
 entire

00:26:54.180 --> 00:26:54.759
 Mediterranean

00:26:54.759 --> 00:26:55.339
 Sea to

00:26:55.339 --> 00:26:55.740
 get there.

00:26:56.400 --> 00:26:56.720
 And that

00:26:56.720 --> 00:26:57.240
 was his

00:26:57.240 --> 00:26:58.440
 place he

00:26:58.440 --> 00:26:58.819
 wanted to

00:26:58.819 --> 00:26:59.000
 go.

00:27:00.140 --> 00:27:00.779
 So not

00:27:00.779 --> 00:27:01.359
 only was he

00:27:01.359 --> 00:27:01.700
 going the

00:27:01.700 --> 00:27:01.980
 opposite

00:27:01.980 --> 00:27:03.000
 direction but

00:27:03.000 --> 00:27:03.220
 he was

00:27:03.220 --> 00:27:04.619
 going 1500

00:27:04.619 --> 00:27:05.980
 plus miles

00:27:05.980 --> 00:27:06.619
 away from

00:27:06.619 --> 00:27:07.140
 where God

00:27:07.140 --> 00:27:08.019
 wanted him

00:27:08.019 --> 00:27:08.460
 to go.

00:27:09.900 --> 00:27:10.420
 Crazy.

00:27:12.240 --> 00:27:13.160
 He knew

00:27:13.160 --> 00:27:14.660
 he did not

00:27:14.660 --> 00:27:15.079
 want to go

00:27:15.079 --> 00:27:15.640
 to Nineveh.

00:27:16.299 --> 00:27:16.799
 He knew

00:27:16.799 --> 00:27:17.740
 and he went

00:27:17.740 --> 00:27:18.180
 the opposite

00:27:18.180 --> 00:27:18.420
 way.

00:27:18.500 --> 00:27:19.019
 And we say

00:27:19.019 --> 00:27:20.059
 what a fool.

00:27:21.279 --> 00:27:21.920
 What an

00:27:21.920 --> 00:27:22.220
 idiot.

00:27:24.740 --> 00:27:25.519
 And yet we

00:27:25.519 --> 00:27:26.079
 do the same

00:27:26.079 --> 00:27:26.379
 thing.

00:27:27.379 --> 00:27:28.119
 What was the

00:27:28.119 --> 00:27:28.740
 last thing that

00:27:28.740 --> 00:27:29.319
 God told you

00:27:29.319 --> 00:27:29.619
 to do?

00:27:30.759 --> 00:27:31.440
 What was the

00:27:31.440 --> 00:27:31.960
 last thing that

00:27:31.960 --> 00:27:32.539
 you know

00:27:32.539 --> 00:27:34.000
 clearly God

00:27:34.000 --> 00:27:34.539
 wanted you to

00:27:34.539 --> 00:27:34.759
 do?

00:27:36.200 --> 00:27:36.879
 Did you do

00:27:36.879 --> 00:27:37.079
 it?

00:27:39.579 --> 00:27:40.279
 Have you been

00:27:40.279 --> 00:27:41.220
 faithful in all

00:27:41.220 --> 00:27:41.559
 things?

00:27:41.680 --> 00:27:42.500
 Because poor

00:27:42.500 --> 00:27:45.039
 Jonah, this is

00:27:45.039 --> 00:27:45.839
 one situation.

00:27:45.960 --> 00:27:46.440
 We only have

00:27:46.440 --> 00:27:46.920
 two in the

00:27:46.920 --> 00:27:47.559
 Bible so he's

00:27:47.559 --> 00:27:48.539
 shooting 50%.

00:27:48.539 --> 00:27:51.059
 Now you

00:27:51.059 --> 00:27:52.519
 and I, how

00:27:52.519 --> 00:27:53.059
 many times has

00:27:53.059 --> 00:27:53.579
 God told you

00:27:53.579 --> 00:27:53.879
 to do

00:27:53.879 --> 00:27:54.200
 something?

00:27:56.940 --> 00:27:57.559
 What are we

00:27:57.559 --> 00:27:57.839
 shooting?

00:27:57.960 --> 00:27:58.579
 30%?

00:27:59.500 --> 00:28:00.220
 80%?

00:28:04.859 --> 00:28:06.859
 And we're

00:28:06.859 --> 00:28:07.539
 given this.

00:28:08.559 --> 00:28:09.259
 We're given

00:28:09.259 --> 00:28:09.899
 the revealed

00:28:09.899 --> 00:28:10.559
 Word of God.

00:28:10.639 --> 00:28:11.039
 We're given

00:28:11.039 --> 00:28:11.659
 the revealed

00:28:11.659 --> 00:28:12.680
 will of God

00:28:12.680 --> 00:28:14.579
 by His Word.

00:28:14.700 --> 00:28:15.240
 We know

00:28:15.240 --> 00:28:16.139
 what we're

00:28:16.139 --> 00:28:16.839
 supposed to do

00:28:16.839 --> 00:28:17.779
 a lot of

00:28:17.779 --> 00:28:18.259
 times.

00:28:19.539 --> 00:28:19.839
 Yet we

00:28:19.839 --> 00:28:20.259
 still

00:28:20.259 --> 00:28:24.259
 deny.

00:28:28.000 --> 00:28:29.039
 This was

00:28:29.039 --> 00:28:29.440
 Jonah's

00:28:29.440 --> 00:28:29.879
 mistake.

00:28:30.740 --> 00:28:31.079
 He thought

00:28:31.079 --> 00:28:31.740
 he could run

00:28:31.740 --> 00:28:32.299
 from God.

00:28:33.079 --> 00:28:33.500
 He thought

00:28:33.500 --> 00:28:34.279
 that if I

00:28:34.279 --> 00:28:34.960
 just go far

00:28:34.960 --> 00:28:35.500
 enough, if I

00:28:35.500 --> 00:28:35.920
 just pick a

00:28:35.920 --> 00:28:38.039
 destination, I'm

00:28:38.039 --> 00:28:38.359
 going to go to

00:28:38.359 --> 00:28:38.819
 Australia.

00:28:40.319 --> 00:28:40.720
 He just

00:28:40.720 --> 00:28:41.480
 picked a place

00:28:41.480 --> 00:28:42.500
 that was

00:28:42.500 --> 00:28:43.019
 opposite.

00:28:43.220 --> 00:28:43.500
 He thought

00:28:43.500 --> 00:28:43.879
 that he could

00:28:43.879 --> 00:28:45.099
 run from God.

00:28:45.099 --> 00:28:46.219
 from the

00:28:46.219 --> 00:28:46.959
 presence of

00:28:46.959 --> 00:28:47.359
 the Lord

00:28:47.359 --> 00:28:47.679
 is what

00:28:47.679 --> 00:28:48.619
 verse 3

00:28:48.619 --> 00:28:50.159
 says twice.

00:28:51.819 --> 00:28:52.539
 Again, the

00:28:52.539 --> 00:28:53.000
 author is

00:28:53.000 --> 00:28:53.359
 repeating

00:28:53.359 --> 00:28:54.119
 himself to

00:28:54.119 --> 00:28:55.639
 show the

00:28:55.639 --> 00:28:56.759
 ridiculousness

00:28:56.759 --> 00:28:58.279
 of Jonah

00:28:58.279 --> 00:28:59.980
 and the

00:28:59.980 --> 00:29:00.279
 utter

00:29:00.279 --> 00:29:01.819
 disobedience

00:29:01.819 --> 00:29:03.379
 of this

00:29:03.379 --> 00:29:03.719
 man.

00:29:06.679 --> 00:29:07.339
 From the

00:29:07.339 --> 00:29:07.759
 presence of

00:29:07.759 --> 00:29:08.119
 the Lord.

00:29:08.779 --> 00:29:09.719
 The author is

00:29:09.719 --> 00:29:10.500
 not telling us

00:29:10.500 --> 00:29:10.920
 that Jonah

00:29:10.920 --> 00:29:11.460
 thought he

00:29:11.460 --> 00:29:12.000
 could run

00:29:12.000 --> 00:29:12.299
 from the

00:29:12.299 --> 00:29:12.720
 presence of

00:29:12.720 --> 00:29:13.059
 the Lord.

00:29:13.660 --> 00:29:14.539
 Verse 9 of

00:29:14.539 --> 00:29:15.319
 chapter 1

00:29:15.319 --> 00:29:16.599
 tells us that

00:29:16.599 --> 00:29:18.220
 Jonah knew

00:29:18.220 --> 00:29:18.700
 who God

00:29:18.700 --> 00:29:19.140
 was.

00:29:19.640 --> 00:29:20.019
 I am a

00:29:20.019 --> 00:29:20.920
 Hebrew and I

00:29:20.920 --> 00:29:21.220
 fear the

00:29:21.220 --> 00:29:21.859
 Lord, the

00:29:21.859 --> 00:29:22.180
 God of

00:29:22.180 --> 00:29:22.920
 heaven, who

00:29:22.920 --> 00:29:23.799
 made the

00:29:23.799 --> 00:29:24.940
 sea and the

00:29:24.940 --> 00:29:25.740
 dry land.

00:29:26.880 --> 00:29:27.579
 He knew who

00:29:27.579 --> 00:29:28.180
 God was.

00:29:28.180 --> 00:29:28.220
 God was.

00:29:30.340 --> 00:29:31.060
 It's more

00:29:31.060 --> 00:29:32.259
 like Jonah

00:29:32.259 --> 00:29:32.980
 is saying, or

00:29:32.980 --> 00:29:33.560
 the author is

00:29:33.560 --> 00:29:33.900
 saying that

00:29:33.900 --> 00:29:34.380
 Jonah is no

00:29:34.380 --> 00:29:35.060
 longer standing

00:29:35.060 --> 00:29:35.480
 in God's

00:29:35.480 --> 00:29:35.700
 presence.

00:29:35.820 --> 00:29:36.000
 He's no

00:29:36.000 --> 00:29:36.700
 longer standing

00:29:36.700 --> 00:29:37.259
 with God.

00:29:37.560 --> 00:29:37.900
 He's no

00:29:37.900 --> 00:29:38.560
 longer doing

00:29:38.560 --> 00:29:39.140
 the will of

00:29:39.140 --> 00:29:39.420
 God.

00:29:43.600 --> 00:29:44.320
 Kind of like

00:29:44.320 --> 00:29:45.340
 Elijah who

00:29:45.340 --> 00:29:46.420
 said, I am

00:29:46.420 --> 00:29:47.580
 standing in the

00:29:47.580 --> 00:29:48.080
 presence of

00:29:48.080 --> 00:29:48.320
 God.

00:29:48.400 --> 00:29:48.900
 I am doing

00:29:48.900 --> 00:29:49.440
 what God has

00:29:49.440 --> 00:29:49.840
 commanded me

00:29:49.840 --> 00:29:50.160
 to do.

00:29:50.740 --> 00:29:51.140
 It's kind of

00:29:51.140 --> 00:29:51.620
 that same

00:29:51.620 --> 00:29:52.160
 language.

00:29:54.120 --> 00:29:55.860
 Jonah is

00:29:55.860 --> 00:29:57.440
 not standing

00:29:57.440 --> 00:29:58.060
 with God.

00:29:58.180 --> 00:30:01.180
 And the

00:30:01.180 --> 00:30:01.759
 funny thing

00:30:01.759 --> 00:30:02.100
 with this

00:30:02.100 --> 00:30:04.320
 story is

00:30:04.320 --> 00:30:05.100
 that Jonah

00:30:05.100 --> 00:30:05.980
 probably thought

00:30:05.980 --> 00:30:06.500
 he was doing

00:30:06.500 --> 00:30:06.900
 good.

00:30:07.560 --> 00:30:07.980
 He thought he

00:30:07.980 --> 00:30:08.380
 was doing

00:30:08.380 --> 00:30:08.720
 okay.

00:30:08.960 --> 00:30:09.299
 I take

00:30:09.299 --> 00:30:09.779
 back good.

00:30:10.000 --> 00:30:10.259
 Okay.

00:30:11.480 --> 00:30:13.880
 Because God

00:30:13.880 --> 00:30:14.400
 tells him what

00:30:14.400 --> 00:30:14.740
 to do,

00:30:14.860 --> 00:30:15.440
 wherever his

00:30:15.440 --> 00:30:16.220
 location is,

00:30:16.279 --> 00:30:16.620
 and he has

00:30:16.620 --> 00:30:16.900
 to go

00:30:16.900 --> 00:30:18.180
 southwest to

00:30:18.180 --> 00:30:18.600
 Joppa.

00:30:19.279 --> 00:30:20.000
 And a long

00:30:20.000 --> 00:30:20.580
 journey, I'm

00:30:20.580 --> 00:30:20.779
 sure.

00:30:20.860 --> 00:30:21.100
 Everybody

00:30:21.100 --> 00:30:21.759
 walked back

00:30:21.759 --> 00:30:22.000
 then.

00:30:22.500 --> 00:30:23.039
 However long

00:30:23.039 --> 00:30:23.440
 it took him,

00:30:23.460 --> 00:30:23.880
 he got to

00:30:23.880 --> 00:30:24.240
 Joppa.

00:30:24.900 --> 00:30:25.380
 And in his

00:30:25.380 --> 00:30:26.039
 head he says,

00:30:26.120 --> 00:30:26.420
 I'm going to

00:30:26.420 --> 00:30:27.360
 go to Tarshish

00:30:27.360 --> 00:30:28.080
 before he gets

00:30:28.079 --> 00:30:28.659
 to Joppa.

00:30:29.079 --> 00:30:29.419
 And there

00:30:29.419 --> 00:30:30.179
 happens to be a

00:30:30.179 --> 00:30:30.859
 ship there

00:30:30.859 --> 00:30:31.839
 who's going to

00:30:31.839 --> 00:30:32.460
 Tarshish.

00:30:33.559 --> 00:30:35.439
 So, not only

00:30:35.439 --> 00:30:35.919
 has he gotten

00:30:35.919 --> 00:30:36.399
 through the long

00:30:36.399 --> 00:30:37.599
 journey, he now

00:30:37.599 --> 00:30:38.240
 has a ship

00:30:38.240 --> 00:30:38.879
 that's going to

00:30:38.879 --> 00:30:39.439
 Tarshish.

00:30:39.779 --> 00:30:40.359
 And lo and

00:30:40.359 --> 00:30:41.099
 behold, he's got

00:30:41.099 --> 00:30:41.859
 enough money to

00:30:41.859 --> 00:30:42.399
 pay for the

00:30:42.399 --> 00:30:43.019
 ship to go to

00:30:43.019 --> 00:30:43.619
 Tarshish.

00:30:44.159 --> 00:30:44.960
 However long

00:30:44.960 --> 00:30:45.879
 this journey is,

00:30:46.659 --> 00:30:47.059
 he probably

00:30:47.059 --> 00:30:49.099
 thought, God

00:30:49.099 --> 00:30:49.559
 is surely

00:30:49.559 --> 00:30:50.019
 blessing.

00:30:51.359 --> 00:30:52.119
 Everything is

00:30:52.119 --> 00:30:52.819
 working out.

00:30:52.819 --> 00:30:54.799
 this is great.

00:30:56.859 --> 00:30:59.439
 But, we

00:30:59.439 --> 00:30:59.960
 think this

00:30:59.960 --> 00:31:00.220
 too.

00:31:00.859 --> 00:31:01.240
 We do

00:31:01.240 --> 00:31:02.000
 this as

00:31:02.000 --> 00:31:02.279
 well.

00:31:03.559 --> 00:31:05.259
 You buy a

00:31:05.259 --> 00:31:06.460
 car that

00:31:06.460 --> 00:31:07.240
 stretches the

00:31:07.240 --> 00:31:08.359
 budget, that

00:31:08.359 --> 00:31:09.220
 stresses the

00:31:09.220 --> 00:31:10.579
 finances, and

00:31:10.579 --> 00:31:11.039
 because you

00:31:11.039 --> 00:31:11.579
 haven't had a

00:31:11.579 --> 00:31:12.599
 wreck, you

00:31:12.599 --> 00:31:13.079
 say, God

00:31:13.079 --> 00:31:13.500
 wills it.

00:31:14.159 --> 00:31:14.599
 God is

00:31:14.599 --> 00:31:14.960
 blessing.

00:31:14.960 --> 00:31:19.559
 Or, you're

00:31:19.559 --> 00:31:20.100
 dating a

00:31:20.100 --> 00:31:22.059
 non-believer, and

00:31:22.059 --> 00:31:23.460
 things have been

00:31:23.460 --> 00:31:24.039
 going great.

00:31:24.100 --> 00:31:24.480
 You haven't

00:31:24.480 --> 00:31:25.240
 gone too far

00:31:25.240 --> 00:31:26.180
 physically, and

00:31:26.180 --> 00:31:27.960
 she or he

00:31:27.960 --> 00:31:28.900
 loves me, and

00:31:28.900 --> 00:31:30.120
 we have good

00:31:30.120 --> 00:31:31.200
 conversations, we

00:31:31.200 --> 00:31:31.779
 support each

00:31:31.779 --> 00:31:32.059
 other.

00:31:32.400 --> 00:31:33.279
 We haven't got

00:31:33.279 --> 00:31:34.079
 pregnant yet, so

00:31:34.079 --> 00:31:35.000
 God wills it.

00:31:36.120 --> 00:31:36.539
 God is

00:31:36.539 --> 00:31:36.900
 blessing.

00:31:40.360 --> 00:31:40.660
 Or, what

00:31:40.660 --> 00:31:42.480
 about not

00:31:42.480 --> 00:31:43.160
 really buying

00:31:43.160 --> 00:31:43.620
 into this

00:31:43.620 --> 00:31:44.319
 Christian thing?

00:31:45.700 --> 00:31:46.579
 What about

00:31:46.579 --> 00:31:47.579
 going to

00:31:47.579 --> 00:31:47.980
 church?

00:31:49.259 --> 00:31:50.039
 Going to

00:31:50.039 --> 00:31:50.980
 eat afterwards

00:31:50.980 --> 00:31:52.299
 with church

00:31:52.299 --> 00:31:52.720
 people?

00:31:55.440 --> 00:31:56.299
 Talk about

00:31:56.299 --> 00:31:57.400
 spiritual things,

00:31:58.680 --> 00:31:59.440
 but deep

00:31:59.440 --> 00:32:00.700
 down, you

00:32:00.700 --> 00:32:01.539
 know you're

00:32:01.539 --> 00:32:02.100
 not even a

00:32:02.100 --> 00:32:02.420
 Christian.

00:32:04.220 --> 00:32:05.660
 But, I

00:32:05.660 --> 00:32:06.319
 haven't lost a

00:32:06.319 --> 00:32:06.840
 loved one yet.

00:32:06.980 --> 00:32:07.420
 God hasn't

00:32:07.420 --> 00:32:08.039
 really got my

00:32:08.039 --> 00:32:08.700
 attention yet.

00:32:08.759 --> 00:32:09.380
 I'll wait.

00:32:10.660 --> 00:32:11.180
 I haven't

00:32:11.180 --> 00:32:11.860
 fallen deep

00:32:11.860 --> 00:32:12.380
 into sin,

00:32:12.480 --> 00:32:13.140
 into whatever

00:32:13.140 --> 00:32:14.039
 that may be.

00:32:14.960 --> 00:32:16.180
 God still

00:32:16.180 --> 00:32:16.840
 blesses.

00:32:17.640 --> 00:32:18.200
 Incredible!

00:32:21.700 --> 00:32:22.500
 See, Jonah

00:32:22.500 --> 00:32:23.279
 had a smooth

00:32:23.279 --> 00:32:23.819
 ride to

00:32:23.819 --> 00:32:24.220
 Joppa.

00:32:25.299 --> 00:32:25.960
 A smooth

00:32:25.960 --> 00:32:26.360
 ride to

00:32:26.360 --> 00:32:26.640
 Joppa.

00:32:26.840 --> 00:32:27.500
 Doesn't say he

00:32:27.500 --> 00:32:27.799
 had any

00:32:27.799 --> 00:32:28.180
 trouble.

00:32:30.279 --> 00:32:30.960
 He thought he

00:32:30.960 --> 00:32:31.240
 was going to

00:32:31.240 --> 00:32:31.640
 have a smooth

00:32:31.640 --> 00:32:32.120
 ride to

00:32:32.120 --> 00:32:32.620
 Tarshish.

00:32:33.759 --> 00:32:34.460
 So, there's

00:32:34.460 --> 00:32:34.980
 Jonah's

00:32:34.980 --> 00:32:36.160
 reaction.

00:32:37.160 --> 00:32:37.720
 Now, we

00:32:37.720 --> 00:32:38.279
 have God's

00:32:38.279 --> 00:32:40.299
 response and

00:32:40.299 --> 00:32:40.779
 Jonah's

00:32:40.779 --> 00:32:41.380
 pretense.

00:32:41.380 --> 00:32:42.600
 verses 4 and

00:32:42.600 --> 00:32:43.000
 5.

00:32:43.960 --> 00:32:44.580
 I call this

00:32:44.580 --> 00:32:44.960
 God's

00:32:44.960 --> 00:32:45.320
 oh yeah

00:32:45.320 --> 00:32:45.720
 moment.

00:32:47.340 --> 00:32:47.640
 You're going

00:32:47.640 --> 00:32:47.980
 to go that

00:32:47.980 --> 00:32:48.160
 way?

00:32:48.240 --> 00:32:48.640
 Oh yeah.

00:32:48.980 --> 00:32:49.400
 I'll show

00:32:49.400 --> 00:32:49.720
 you.

00:32:50.900 --> 00:32:51.420
 Verse 4.

00:32:52.260 --> 00:32:52.520
 But the

00:32:52.520 --> 00:32:53.480
 Lord hurled

00:32:53.480 --> 00:32:54.000
 a great

00:32:54.000 --> 00:32:54.520
 wind upon

00:32:54.520 --> 00:32:54.980
 the sea,

00:32:55.360 --> 00:32:56.120
 and there

00:32:56.120 --> 00:32:56.380
 was a

00:32:56.380 --> 00:32:57.100
 mighty tempest

00:32:57.100 --> 00:32:57.380
 on the

00:32:57.380 --> 00:32:57.800
 sea, so

00:32:57.800 --> 00:32:58.080
 that the

00:32:58.080 --> 00:32:58.380
 ship

00:32:58.380 --> 00:32:59.140
 threatened

00:32:59.140 --> 00:33:00.000
 to break

00:33:00.000 --> 00:33:00.600
 up.

00:33:02.200 --> 00:33:02.760
 This

00:33:02.760 --> 00:33:03.200
 verse

00:33:03.200 --> 00:33:04.000
 has become

00:33:04.000 --> 00:33:04.720
 fascinating

00:33:04.720 --> 00:33:05.240
 to me.

00:33:06.660 --> 00:33:07.080
 God's

00:33:07.080 --> 00:33:07.460
 sovereignty

00:33:07.460 --> 00:33:08.060
 is displayed

00:33:08.060 --> 00:33:08.360
 in the

00:33:08.360 --> 00:33:08.640
 obvious.

00:33:08.640 --> 00:33:09.640
 God is

00:33:09.640 --> 00:33:10.280
 in control

00:33:10.280 --> 00:33:10.759
 of the

00:33:10.759 --> 00:33:11.100
 obvious

00:33:11.100 --> 00:33:11.500
 things.

00:33:11.780 --> 00:33:11.880
 The

00:33:11.880 --> 00:33:12.259
 wind,

00:33:13.160 --> 00:33:13.720
 the sea,

00:33:15.040 --> 00:33:15.720
 but he's

00:33:15.720 --> 00:33:16.220
 also

00:33:16.220 --> 00:33:18.060
 sovereign

00:33:18.060 --> 00:33:18.660
 over the

00:33:18.660 --> 00:33:19.200
 not so

00:33:19.200 --> 00:33:19.620
 obvious,

00:33:20.000 --> 00:33:20.520
 the ship

00:33:20.520 --> 00:33:21.800
 in this

00:33:21.800 --> 00:33:22.220
 verse.

00:33:22.520 --> 00:33:22.720
 And we'll

00:33:22.720 --> 00:33:23.000
 get to

00:33:23.000 --> 00:33:23.340
 that in

00:33:23.340 --> 00:33:23.700
 just a

00:33:23.700 --> 00:33:23.900
 minute.

00:33:25.500 --> 00:33:26.080
 Jonah

00:33:26.080 --> 00:33:26.780
 disobeyed.

00:33:27.380 --> 00:33:27.680
 He

00:33:27.680 --> 00:33:28.160
 disobeyed

00:33:28.160 --> 00:33:28.420
 God.

00:33:29.180 --> 00:33:29.560
 But,

00:33:29.900 --> 00:33:30.780
 the sea,

00:33:31.520 --> 00:33:32.120
 the wind,

00:33:32.220 --> 00:33:32.500
 and even

00:33:32.500 --> 00:33:32.920
 the ship

00:33:32.920 --> 00:33:33.460
 obeyed

00:33:33.460 --> 00:33:33.740
 God.

00:33:35.140 --> 00:33:35.660
 They did

00:33:35.660 --> 00:33:36.100
 what God

00:33:36.100 --> 00:33:36.740
 commanded.

00:33:37.580 --> 00:33:37.880
 Look at

00:33:37.880 --> 00:33:38.320
 verse 4.

00:33:38.319 --> 00:33:38.599
 But the

00:33:38.599 --> 00:33:39.059
 Lord

00:33:39.059 --> 00:33:39.819
 hurled

00:33:39.819 --> 00:33:40.299
 a great

00:33:40.299 --> 00:33:40.619
 wind

00:33:40.619 --> 00:33:41.059
 upon

00:33:41.059 --> 00:33:41.319
 the

00:33:41.319 --> 00:33:41.639
 sea.

00:33:42.439 --> 00:33:42.899
 This

00:33:42.899 --> 00:33:43.299
 language

00:33:43.299 --> 00:33:43.659
 is like

00:33:43.659 --> 00:33:44.139
 a man

00:33:44.139 --> 00:33:44.639
 hurling

00:33:44.639 --> 00:33:45.299
 a spear.

00:33:47.119 --> 00:33:47.679
 Hurling

00:33:47.679 --> 00:33:48.139
 a spear

00:33:48.139 --> 00:33:48.419
 at a

00:33:48.419 --> 00:33:48.819
 target,

00:33:49.139 --> 00:33:49.599
 at an

00:33:49.599 --> 00:33:49.919
 animal,

00:33:50.039 --> 00:33:50.399
 or whatever,

00:33:50.519 --> 00:33:51.059
 an enemy,

00:33:52.379 --> 00:33:53.200
 with

00:33:53.200 --> 00:33:54.259
 strength

00:33:54.259 --> 00:33:54.480
 and

00:33:54.480 --> 00:33:55.500
 intensity.

00:33:57.319 --> 00:33:57.859
 God

00:33:57.859 --> 00:33:58.679
 hurled

00:33:58.679 --> 00:33:59.000
 this

00:33:59.000 --> 00:33:59.259
 wind

00:33:59.259 --> 00:33:59.480
 at

00:33:59.480 --> 00:33:59.740
 Jonah,

00:34:00.559 --> 00:34:01.000
 at the

00:34:01.000 --> 00:34:01.200
 ship

00:34:01.200 --> 00:34:01.379
 that

00:34:01.379 --> 00:34:01.579
 Jonah

00:34:01.579 --> 00:34:01.799
 was

00:34:01.799 --> 00:34:02.019
 in.

00:34:02.700 --> 00:34:03.240
 The

00:34:03.240 --> 00:34:03.419
 wind

00:34:03.419 --> 00:34:04.019
 obeyed.

00:34:04.899 --> 00:34:05.379
 Went

00:34:05.379 --> 00:34:05.559
 where

00:34:05.559 --> 00:34:05.819
 God

00:34:05.819 --> 00:34:06.279
 commanded.

00:34:06.279 --> 00:34:07.960
 the sea

00:34:07.960 --> 00:34:08.480
 obeyed

00:34:08.480 --> 00:34:08.619
 and

00:34:08.619 --> 00:34:09.099
 created

00:34:09.099 --> 00:34:09.719
 a storm

00:34:09.719 --> 00:34:09.940
 like

00:34:09.940 --> 00:34:10.500
 nothing

00:34:10.500 --> 00:34:11.059
 the

00:34:11.059 --> 00:34:11.519
 sailors

00:34:11.519 --> 00:34:11.880
 had

00:34:11.880 --> 00:34:12.340
 seen.

00:34:13.619 --> 00:34:14.099
 Now look,

00:34:14.619 --> 00:34:15.099
 the ship

00:34:15.099 --> 00:34:15.679
 obeyed

00:34:15.679 --> 00:34:16.360
 as well.

00:34:17.400 --> 00:34:18.000
 So that

00:34:18.000 --> 00:34:18.480
 the ship

00:34:18.480 --> 00:34:19.059
 threatened

00:34:19.059 --> 00:34:19.699
 to break

00:34:19.699 --> 00:34:19.980
 up.

00:34:20.980 --> 00:34:21.739
 The ESV

00:34:21.739 --> 00:34:22.119
 translation

00:34:22.119 --> 00:34:23.440
 is correct.

00:34:24.119 --> 00:34:24.579
 To kind

00:34:24.579 --> 00:34:26.420
 of say

00:34:26.420 --> 00:34:26.719
 it this

00:34:26.719 --> 00:34:26.900
 way,

00:34:26.980 --> 00:34:27.380
 the ship

00:34:27.380 --> 00:34:27.820
 in Hebrew

00:34:27.820 --> 00:34:28.779
 is personified.

00:34:28.780 --> 00:34:28.820
 destroyed.

00:34:29.700 --> 00:34:30.080
 So that

00:34:30.080 --> 00:34:30.800
 the ship

00:34:30.800 --> 00:34:31.840
 considered

00:34:31.840 --> 00:34:32.280
 breaking

00:34:32.280 --> 00:34:32.720
 up.

00:34:33.680 --> 00:34:34.200
 Considered

00:34:34.200 --> 00:34:34.660
 tearing

00:34:34.660 --> 00:34:35.160
 in half

00:34:35.160 --> 00:34:35.620
 because the

00:34:35.620 --> 00:34:35.900
 storm

00:34:35.900 --> 00:34:36.260
 was so

00:34:36.260 --> 00:34:36.580
 great.

00:34:38.660 --> 00:34:39.360
 So whatever

00:34:39.360 --> 00:34:39.800
 that looks

00:34:39.800 --> 00:34:40.120
 like on

00:34:40.120 --> 00:34:40.420
 the ship,

00:34:40.519 --> 00:34:40.780
 I have

00:34:40.780 --> 00:34:41.240
 no idea.

00:34:42.280 --> 00:34:42.640
 But the

00:34:42.640 --> 00:34:43.040
 storm

00:34:43.040 --> 00:34:44.560
 was so

00:34:44.560 --> 00:34:44.940
 great,

00:34:45.780 --> 00:34:46.580
 the wind

00:34:46.580 --> 00:34:47.460
 obeyed

00:34:47.460 --> 00:34:47.720
 God,

00:34:47.940 --> 00:34:48.340
 the sea

00:34:48.340 --> 00:34:48.820
 obeyed

00:34:48.820 --> 00:34:49.040
 God,

00:34:49.120 --> 00:34:49.360
 and the

00:34:49.360 --> 00:34:49.640
 ship

00:34:49.640 --> 00:34:50.360
 considered

00:34:50.360 --> 00:34:51.140
 to break

00:34:51.140 --> 00:34:51.680
 apart.

00:34:52.980 --> 00:34:53.440
 They're

00:34:53.440 --> 00:34:53.880
 God's

00:34:53.880 --> 00:34:54.460
 sovereign

00:34:54.460 --> 00:34:55.019
 hand.

00:34:55.019 --> 00:34:58.320
 And when

00:34:58.320 --> 00:34:58.639
 the Lord

00:34:58.639 --> 00:34:59.039
 gives a

00:34:59.039 --> 00:34:59.340
 mission,

00:35:00.059 --> 00:35:00.599
 when He

00:35:00.599 --> 00:35:01.199
 commands you

00:35:01.199 --> 00:35:01.519
 to do

00:35:01.519 --> 00:35:01.960
 something,

00:35:03.480 --> 00:35:04.019
 that

00:35:04.019 --> 00:35:04.400
 something

00:35:04.400 --> 00:35:04.900
 is going

00:35:04.900 --> 00:35:05.159
 to get

00:35:05.159 --> 00:35:05.440
 done.

00:35:07.699 --> 00:35:08.019
 Whatever

00:35:08.019 --> 00:35:09.360
 that is,

00:35:10.559 --> 00:35:11.119
 God will

00:35:11.119 --> 00:35:11.519
 have His

00:35:11.519 --> 00:35:11.820
 mission

00:35:11.820 --> 00:35:12.340
 complete.

00:35:14.199 --> 00:35:14.759
 Here,

00:35:16.239 --> 00:35:16.880
 the storm

00:35:16.880 --> 00:35:17.739
 that God

00:35:17.739 --> 00:35:20.300
 threw at

00:35:20.300 --> 00:35:20.639
 Jonah,

00:35:21.360 --> 00:35:21.619
 and that

00:35:21.619 --> 00:35:21.980
 they had

00:35:21.980 --> 00:35:22.800
 to endure,

00:35:23.759 --> 00:35:24.159
 was a

00:35:24.159 --> 00:35:24.800
 storm big

00:35:24.800 --> 00:35:25.240
 enough,

00:35:25.620 --> 00:35:27.100
 and great

00:35:27.100 --> 00:35:27.500
 enough,

00:35:27.660 --> 00:35:28.039
 that it

00:35:28.039 --> 00:35:28.760
 scared the

00:35:28.760 --> 00:35:29.120
 sailors,

00:35:29.300 --> 00:35:29.800
 these guys

00:35:29.800 --> 00:35:30.780
 who sailed

00:35:30.780 --> 00:35:31.400
 for a living,

00:35:31.560 --> 00:35:31.980
 these guys

00:35:31.980 --> 00:35:32.880
 who lived

00:35:32.880 --> 00:35:33.180
 on the

00:35:33.180 --> 00:35:33.600
 Mediterranean

00:35:33.600 --> 00:35:34.019
 Sea.

00:35:35.120 --> 00:35:36.340
 It scared

00:35:36.340 --> 00:35:36.780
 them.

00:35:38.140 --> 00:35:38.580
 Verse 5,

00:35:38.640 --> 00:35:39.360
 the mariners,

00:35:39.660 --> 00:35:40.380
 the mariners,

00:35:40.460 --> 00:35:40.880
 however you say

00:35:40.880 --> 00:35:41.180
 that word,

00:35:41.260 --> 00:35:42.080
 were afraid.

00:35:42.580 --> 00:35:43.100
 The sailors

00:35:43.100 --> 00:35:43.780
 were afraid.

00:35:45.039 --> 00:35:45.700
 And they

00:35:45.700 --> 00:35:46.100
 went into

00:35:46.100 --> 00:35:47.120
 survival mode.

00:35:49.000 --> 00:35:49.720
 Let's throw

00:35:49.720 --> 00:35:50.360
 this off.

00:35:50.600 --> 00:35:51.000
 Let's throw

00:35:51.000 --> 00:35:51.620
 this off.

00:35:52.560 --> 00:35:53.360
 Let's lighten

00:35:53.360 --> 00:35:53.680
 the load.

00:35:53.760 --> 00:35:54.240
 We have to

00:35:54.239 --> 00:35:54.799
 survive this

00:35:54.799 --> 00:35:55.419
 great storm.

00:35:58.359 --> 00:35:58.879
 Jonah's

00:35:58.879 --> 00:35:59.419
 pretense,

00:35:59.519 --> 00:35:59.859
 or his

00:35:59.859 --> 00:36:00.679
 assumption

00:36:00.679 --> 00:36:01.299
 was that

00:36:01.299 --> 00:36:02.399
 everything was

00:36:02.399 --> 00:36:02.659
 good,

00:36:03.259 --> 00:36:03.979
 that everything

00:36:03.979 --> 00:36:04.719
 was okay.

00:36:05.619 --> 00:36:06.599
 I made it to

00:36:06.599 --> 00:36:07.000
 Joppa.

00:36:07.459 --> 00:36:08.459
 I found a

00:36:08.459 --> 00:36:08.679
 boat.

00:36:08.879 --> 00:36:09.519
 I had enough

00:36:09.519 --> 00:36:09.879
 money.

00:36:10.239 --> 00:36:10.739
 Here I go

00:36:10.739 --> 00:36:11.179
 off to

00:36:11.179 --> 00:36:11.819
 Tarshish.

00:36:16.099 --> 00:36:17.019
 He closed

00:36:17.019 --> 00:36:17.519
 his eyes

00:36:17.519 --> 00:36:18.099
 while God

00:36:18.099 --> 00:36:18.519
 was sending

00:36:18.519 --> 00:36:19.059
 a storm.

00:36:19.059 --> 00:36:22.699
 God was

00:36:22.699 --> 00:36:23.500
 orchestrating

00:36:23.500 --> 00:36:23.980
 a great

00:36:23.980 --> 00:36:24.599
 symphony

00:36:24.599 --> 00:36:26.840
 while Jonah

00:36:26.840 --> 00:36:27.440
 had his

00:36:27.440 --> 00:36:27.860
 eyes

00:36:27.860 --> 00:36:28.779
 closed.

00:36:30.219 --> 00:36:30.880
 How many

00:36:30.880 --> 00:36:31.380
 of you guys

00:36:31.380 --> 00:36:31.679
 are doing

00:36:31.679 --> 00:36:31.980
 that?

00:36:32.239 --> 00:36:32.579
 How many

00:36:32.579 --> 00:36:33.000
 of us

00:36:33.000 --> 00:36:33.579
 are doing

00:36:33.579 --> 00:36:33.980
 that?

00:36:34.539 --> 00:36:34.920
 How many

00:36:34.920 --> 00:36:35.739
 are ignoring

00:36:35.739 --> 00:36:36.639
 the existence

00:36:36.639 --> 00:36:37.320
 of God

00:36:37.320 --> 00:36:39.239
 when in

00:36:39.239 --> 00:36:39.719
 reality,

00:36:39.900 --> 00:36:41.159
 God is

00:36:41.159 --> 00:36:41.559
 working?

00:36:41.559 --> 00:36:46.039
 God is

00:36:46.039 --> 00:36:46.380
 sovereign,

00:36:46.559 --> 00:36:47.019
 then you

00:36:47.019 --> 00:36:49.039
 know that

00:36:49.039 --> 00:36:49.380
 he does

00:36:49.380 --> 00:36:49.900
 not need

00:36:49.900 --> 00:36:50.400
 you or

00:36:50.400 --> 00:36:51.059
 me to

00:36:51.059 --> 00:36:51.840
 fulfill his

00:36:51.840 --> 00:36:52.679
 plan,

00:36:52.920 --> 00:36:53.420
 to fulfill

00:36:53.420 --> 00:36:54.039
 his mission.

00:36:54.739 --> 00:36:55.400
 But yet,

00:36:55.460 --> 00:36:56.860
 God invites us

00:36:56.860 --> 00:36:57.719
 to join him.

00:36:58.400 --> 00:36:59.340
 He invites us

00:36:59.340 --> 00:36:59.659
 into his

00:36:59.659 --> 00:37:00.179
 kingdom work.

00:37:00.239 --> 00:37:01.000
 He invited

00:37:01.000 --> 00:37:01.480
 Jonah,

00:37:01.480 --> 00:37:01.559
 Jonah,

00:37:02.039 --> 00:37:02.900
 and he

00:37:02.900 --> 00:37:03.380
 decided he

00:37:03.380 --> 00:37:03.699
 was still

00:37:03.699 --> 00:37:03.920
 going to

00:37:03.920 --> 00:37:04.420
 use Jonah,

00:37:04.800 --> 00:37:05.159
 and he

00:37:05.159 --> 00:37:05.460
 got his

00:37:05.460 --> 00:37:05.840
 attention.

00:37:08.699 --> 00:37:09.139
 Have you

00:37:09.139 --> 00:37:10.420
 fulfilled the

00:37:10.420 --> 00:37:10.920
 mission that

00:37:10.920 --> 00:37:11.539
 God has

00:37:11.539 --> 00:37:12.000
 for you?

00:37:14.000 --> 00:37:14.719
 Are you

00:37:14.719 --> 00:37:15.360
 sitting down

00:37:15.360 --> 00:37:16.019
 below while

00:37:16.019 --> 00:37:17.320
 a storm is

00:37:17.320 --> 00:37:17.740
 raging,

00:37:18.119 --> 00:37:18.480
 while your

00:37:18.480 --> 00:37:19.320
 eyes close

00:37:19.320 --> 00:37:20.300
 thinking that

00:37:20.300 --> 00:37:21.659
 God does

00:37:21.659 --> 00:37:22.320
 not exist or

00:37:22.320 --> 00:37:22.980
 care or that

00:37:22.980 --> 00:37:23.639
 even everything

00:37:23.639 --> 00:37:24.740
 is okay because

00:37:24.740 --> 00:37:26.639
 nothing severe

00:37:26.639 --> 00:37:27.159
 has happened?

00:37:29.260 --> 00:37:30.039
 No big

00:37:30.039 --> 00:37:30.699
 storms have

00:37:30.699 --> 00:37:31.360
 happened in

00:37:31.360 --> 00:37:31.900
 my life.

00:37:34.800 --> 00:37:35.579
 For some

00:37:35.579 --> 00:37:35.980
 of you,

00:37:38.200 --> 00:37:38.780
 fulfilling the

00:37:38.780 --> 00:37:39.240
 mission of

00:37:39.240 --> 00:37:40.860
 God is

00:37:40.860 --> 00:37:41.620
 receiving the

00:37:41.620 --> 00:37:42.260
 free gift of

00:37:42.260 --> 00:37:42.780
 salvation.

00:37:43.660 --> 00:37:44.480
 Right now,

00:37:44.539 --> 00:37:45.039
 for some of

00:37:45.039 --> 00:37:45.660
 you, it is

00:37:45.660 --> 00:37:47.099
 receiving this

00:37:47.099 --> 00:37:47.940
 gift of

00:37:47.940 --> 00:37:48.480
 salvation.

00:37:51.700 --> 00:37:52.220
 God's

00:37:52.220 --> 00:37:52.760
 mission for

00:37:52.760 --> 00:37:53.240
 Jonah was

00:37:53.240 --> 00:37:53.860
 to go to a

00:37:53.860 --> 00:37:54.860
 pagan Assyrian

00:37:54.860 --> 00:37:56.620
 city and

00:37:56.620 --> 00:37:57.200
 preach to

00:37:57.200 --> 00:37:57.900
 them repentance.

00:38:00.320 --> 00:38:01.140
 Your mission

00:38:01.139 --> 00:38:01.500
 might just

00:38:01.500 --> 00:38:02.440
 be to repent

00:38:02.440 --> 00:38:04.059
 right now.

00:38:06.400 --> 00:38:07.000
 Nineveh was

00:38:07.000 --> 00:38:07.839
 not a Jewish

00:38:07.839 --> 00:38:08.179
 city.

00:38:09.639 --> 00:38:10.519
 They were an

00:38:10.519 --> 00:38:11.159
 enemy of

00:38:11.159 --> 00:38:11.920
 Israel and

00:38:11.920 --> 00:38:12.500
 of people who

00:38:12.500 --> 00:38:12.900
 practiced

00:38:12.900 --> 00:38:14.119
 brutality on

00:38:14.119 --> 00:38:14.900
 the Jews.

00:38:16.579 --> 00:38:17.539
 In my

00:38:17.539 --> 00:38:17.940
 opinion,

00:38:19.379 --> 00:38:20.299
 Jonah is

00:38:20.299 --> 00:38:21.379
 warranted for

00:38:21.379 --> 00:38:21.980
 not going.

00:38:23.440 --> 00:38:25.159
 He's right on

00:38:25.159 --> 00:38:25.759
 for not wanting

00:38:25.759 --> 00:38:26.179
 to go.

00:38:27.139 --> 00:38:27.719
 But my

00:38:27.719 --> 00:38:28.960
 opinion does

00:38:28.960 --> 00:38:30.139
 not matter.

00:38:31.139 --> 00:38:31.840
 Your opinion

00:38:31.840 --> 00:38:33.340
 does not

00:38:33.340 --> 00:38:33.860
 matter.

00:38:37.220 --> 00:38:37.780
 God's

00:38:37.780 --> 00:38:38.440
 mission is

00:38:38.440 --> 00:38:39.179
 not dependent

00:38:39.179 --> 00:38:39.840
 on us.

00:38:40.500 --> 00:38:41.079
 It is

00:38:41.079 --> 00:38:41.720
 dependent upon

00:38:41.720 --> 00:38:42.099
 Him.

00:38:46.099 --> 00:38:47.000
 God desires

00:38:47.000 --> 00:38:47.340
 that His

00:38:47.340 --> 00:38:47.900
 creation,

00:38:48.039 --> 00:38:48.360
 that His

00:38:48.360 --> 00:38:48.780
 people,

00:38:48.980 --> 00:38:49.679
 that people

00:38:49.679 --> 00:38:50.960
 would know

00:38:50.960 --> 00:38:51.579
 His Son

00:38:51.579 --> 00:38:52.380
 and be His

00:38:52.380 --> 00:38:52.760
 children.

00:38:54.340 --> 00:38:55.300
 Praise God

00:38:55.300 --> 00:38:55.840
 for the book

00:38:55.840 --> 00:38:56.240
 of Jonah.

00:38:56.980 --> 00:38:57.760
 Praise God

00:38:57.760 --> 00:38:58.140
 for this

00:38:58.140 --> 00:38:58.559
 experience,

00:38:58.640 --> 00:38:59.160
 this time,

00:38:59.539 --> 00:38:59.840
 that we're

00:38:59.840 --> 00:39:00.260
 able to

00:39:00.260 --> 00:39:01.559
 read that

00:39:01.559 --> 00:39:01.960
 Jonah was

00:39:01.960 --> 00:39:02.440
 to go to

00:39:02.440 --> 00:39:03.539
 a Gentile

00:39:03.539 --> 00:39:04.240
 nation,

00:39:04.519 --> 00:39:05.059
 a pagan

00:39:05.059 --> 00:39:05.480
 nation,

00:39:05.579 --> 00:39:06.559
 a non-Jewish

00:39:06.559 --> 00:39:07.180
 nation,

00:39:07.440 --> 00:39:08.120
 and preach

00:39:08.120 --> 00:39:08.920
 repentance.

00:39:10.200 --> 00:39:10.700
 Because that's

00:39:10.700 --> 00:39:11.120
 you and me.

00:39:14.640 --> 00:39:15.320
 We are

00:39:15.320 --> 00:39:15.860
 Gentiles.

00:39:16.380 --> 00:39:17.100
 Unless you're

00:39:17.100 --> 00:39:17.440
 a Jewish,

00:39:17.559 --> 00:39:18.380
 we are Gentiles.

00:39:18.480 --> 00:39:18.740
 We are

00:39:18.740 --> 00:39:20.480
 outside the

00:39:20.480 --> 00:39:21.100
 chosen people

00:39:21.099 --> 00:39:22.319
 of God.

00:39:22.639 --> 00:39:23.059
 We are

00:39:23.059 --> 00:39:23.440
 not of

00:39:23.440 --> 00:39:23.799
 Israel.

00:39:25.219 --> 00:39:25.539
 And in

00:39:25.539 --> 00:39:25.880
 the book

00:39:25.880 --> 00:39:26.500
 of Jonah,

00:39:26.799 --> 00:39:27.400
 before

00:39:27.400 --> 00:39:28.079
 Christ,

00:39:29.059 --> 00:39:29.519
 Jonah was

00:39:29.519 --> 00:39:29.960
 to go

00:39:29.960 --> 00:39:30.360
 and to

00:39:30.360 --> 00:39:30.799
 preach

00:39:30.799 --> 00:39:33.179
 to Gentiles.

00:39:34.019 --> 00:39:34.380
 What a

00:39:34.380 --> 00:39:35.619
 great story.

00:39:35.920 --> 00:39:36.179
 What a

00:39:36.179 --> 00:39:37.519
 great mission.

00:39:38.119 --> 00:39:38.940
 Praise God

00:39:38.940 --> 00:39:39.339
 for His

00:39:39.339 --> 00:39:39.719
 mission.

00:39:41.719 --> 00:39:42.460
 Praise God

00:39:42.460 --> 00:39:43.099
 for calling

00:39:43.099 --> 00:39:43.699
 a people to

00:39:43.699 --> 00:39:44.699
 Him who

00:39:44.699 --> 00:39:45.179
 are not

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 Jewish.

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 Praise God

00:39:47.739 --> 00:39:48.239
 for calling

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 based on

00:39:48.940 --> 00:39:49.639
 Him alone.

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 Because I

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 guarantee if

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 I'm Irish,

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 I bet no

00:39:53.759 --> 00:39:54.779
 British person

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 is going to

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 come and

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 preach to

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 Irish people

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 back in the

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 1400s or

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 whatever.

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 Clay, you

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 can correct

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 me later.

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 It's not

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 based on

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 anybody but

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 God alone.

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 His

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 message,

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 Jonah didn't

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 like.

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 He didn't

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 like it.

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 Jonah

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 worshipped

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 himself and

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 his desires

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 instead of

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 worshipping the

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 Creator.

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 And here's

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 the bottom

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 line.

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 I'm going to

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 close in just

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 a minute.

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 But if we

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 truly understand

00:40:38.299 --> 00:40:38.960
 the mercy of

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 God, if we

00:40:39.919 --> 00:40:41.139
 truly understood

00:40:41.139 --> 00:40:42.699
 the mercy of

00:40:42.699 --> 00:40:43.779
 God, then we

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 would not act

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 like Jonah.

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 God, we

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 would act like

00:40:48.859 --> 00:40:49.639
 another prophet.

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 One who

00:40:51.719 --> 00:40:52.619
 went in the

00:40:52.619 --> 00:40:53.159
 presence of

00:40:53.159 --> 00:40:56.059
 God, where

00:40:56.059 --> 00:40:56.920
 his sin and

00:40:56.920 --> 00:40:57.639
 God's holiness

00:40:57.639 --> 00:40:58.440
 was revealed,

00:40:59.440 --> 00:41:00.679
 knew exactly

00:41:00.679 --> 00:41:01.619
 what he had

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 to do.

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 So,

00:41:02.059 --> 00:41:05.719
 turn to

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 Isaiah chapter

00:41:06.360 --> 00:41:06.799
 6.

00:41:07.539 --> 00:41:08.079
 We've gone

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 here a few

00:41:09.139 --> 00:41:10.299
 times in the

00:41:10.299 --> 00:41:11.159
 last couple

00:41:11.159 --> 00:41:12.719
 years, but it

00:41:12.719 --> 00:41:13.920
 just clearly

00:41:13.920 --> 00:41:15.219
 illustrates to

00:41:15.219 --> 00:41:16.219
 us what our

00:41:16.219 --> 00:41:17.079
 proper response

00:41:17.079 --> 00:41:18.239
 is to the

00:41:18.239 --> 00:41:18.599
 gospel.

00:41:20.539 --> 00:41:20.980
 We're going to

00:41:20.980 --> 00:41:21.519
 read just a few

00:41:21.519 --> 00:41:21.880
 verses.

00:41:22.079 --> 00:41:23.000
 Isaiah 6.

00:41:23.000 --> 00:41:23.059
 Isaiah 6.

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 Isaiah 6.

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 And the

00:41:54.159 --> 00:41:54.900
 foundations of

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 the threshold

00:41:55.500 --> 00:41:56.599
 shook at the

00:41:56.599 --> 00:41:57.219
 voice of him

00:41:57.219 --> 00:41:57.820
 who called,

00:41:58.099 --> 00:41:58.719
 and the house

00:41:58.719 --> 00:41:59.299
 was filled with

00:41:59.299 --> 00:41:59.900
 smoke, and I

00:41:59.900 --> 00:42:01.039
 said, woe is

00:42:01.039 --> 00:42:02.920
 me, for I am

00:42:02.920 --> 00:42:04.019
 lost, for I am

00:42:04.019 --> 00:42:05.079
 a man of unclean

00:42:05.079 --> 00:42:05.860
 lips, and I

00:42:05.860 --> 00:42:06.639
 dwell in the

00:42:06.639 --> 00:42:07.199
 midst of a

00:42:07.199 --> 00:42:07.739
 people of

00:42:07.739 --> 00:42:08.699
 unclean lips,

00:42:09.579 --> 00:42:10.239
 for my eyes

00:42:10.239 --> 00:42:10.759
 have seen the

00:42:10.759 --> 00:42:11.599
 King, the

00:42:11.599 --> 00:42:11.960
 Lord of

00:42:11.960 --> 00:42:12.380
 hosts.

00:42:13.619 --> 00:42:14.279
 Then one of

00:42:14.279 --> 00:42:14.840
 the seraphim

00:42:14.840 --> 00:42:15.420
 flew to me,

00:42:15.799 --> 00:42:16.320
 having in his

00:42:16.320 --> 00:42:17.000
 hand a burning

00:42:17.000 --> 00:42:17.639
 coal that had

00:42:17.639 --> 00:42:18.500
 taken with

00:42:18.500 --> 00:42:19.139
 tongs from

00:42:19.139 --> 00:42:19.820
 the altar, and

00:42:19.820 --> 00:42:20.199
 he touched

00:42:20.199 --> 00:42:20.900
 my mouth and

00:42:20.900 --> 00:42:22.139
 said, behold,

00:42:22.139 --> 00:42:23.279
 this has

00:42:23.279 --> 00:42:23.759
 touched your

00:42:23.759 --> 00:42:24.679
 lips, your

00:42:24.679 --> 00:42:25.400
 guilt is taken

00:42:25.400 --> 00:42:26.299
 away, and

00:42:26.299 --> 00:42:26.879
 your sin

00:42:26.879 --> 00:42:27.759
 atoned for.

00:42:27.920 --> 00:42:28.539
 The gospel.

00:42:31.659 --> 00:42:32.319
 And I

00:42:32.319 --> 00:42:32.719
 heard the

00:42:32.719 --> 00:42:33.299
 voice of the

00:42:33.299 --> 00:42:33.839
 Lord saying,

00:42:33.940 --> 00:42:34.639
 whom shall I

00:42:34.639 --> 00:42:35.379
 send, and

00:42:35.379 --> 00:42:35.920
 who will go

00:42:35.920 --> 00:42:36.420
 for us?

00:42:36.599 --> 00:42:37.400
 And Isaiah's

00:42:37.400 --> 00:42:38.559
 response is,

00:42:38.659 --> 00:42:39.379
 then I said,

00:42:39.500 --> 00:42:40.259
 here am I,

00:42:40.619 --> 00:42:41.519
 send me.

00:42:43.359 --> 00:42:44.299
 Here am I,

00:42:44.599 --> 00:42:45.400
 send me.

00:42:45.400 --> 00:42:48.139
 Jonah didn't

00:42:48.139 --> 00:42:49.980
 really understand

00:42:49.980 --> 00:42:50.599
 the mercy of

00:42:50.599 --> 00:42:50.700
 God.

00:42:50.800 --> 00:42:51.340
 He knew that

00:42:51.340 --> 00:42:51.700
 God was

00:42:51.700 --> 00:42:52.139
 merciful.

00:42:53.119 --> 00:42:53.660
 He knew that

00:42:53.660 --> 00:42:53.840
 it would

00:42:53.840 --> 00:42:54.220
 happen.

00:42:55.059 --> 00:42:55.820
 But Jonah's

00:42:55.820 --> 00:42:56.260
 Jewish.

00:42:57.340 --> 00:42:59.119
 Jonah's the

00:42:59.119 --> 00:42:59.900
 chosen people.

00:43:03.599 --> 00:43:04.180
 And he

00:43:04.180 --> 00:43:05.180
 decided that

00:43:05.180 --> 00:43:05.820
 what God was

00:43:05.820 --> 00:43:06.360
 going to do,

00:43:07.300 --> 00:43:09.360
 I don't want

00:43:09.360 --> 00:43:09.800
 anything to do

00:43:09.800 --> 00:43:10.079
 with that.

00:43:11.440 --> 00:43:12.200
 Guys, if we

00:43:12.200 --> 00:43:13.019
 truly understood

00:43:13.019 --> 00:43:14.440
 the mercy of

00:43:14.440 --> 00:43:15.280
 God, if we

00:43:15.280 --> 00:43:16.380
 truly understood

00:43:16.380 --> 00:43:17.619
 the gospel,

00:43:18.179 --> 00:43:19.139
 our response

00:43:19.139 --> 00:43:19.619
 would be,

00:43:19.960 --> 00:43:20.639
 here am I,

00:43:20.800 --> 00:43:21.360
 send me.

00:43:22.679 --> 00:43:23.679
 Wherever that

00:43:23.679 --> 00:43:24.539
 is, whatever

00:43:24.539 --> 00:43:25.300
 that looks

00:43:25.300 --> 00:43:25.719
 like.

00:43:29.940 --> 00:43:31.019
 The gospel

00:43:31.019 --> 00:43:32.900
 that puts

00:43:32.900 --> 00:43:34.179
 your sinfulness,

00:43:34.420 --> 00:43:35.380
 your depravity,

00:43:36.099 --> 00:43:36.659
 up against

00:43:36.659 --> 00:43:37.460
 God's holiness

00:43:37.460 --> 00:43:37.960
 and His

00:43:37.960 --> 00:43:38.539
 justice.

00:43:41.259 --> 00:43:42.139
 Justice that

00:43:42.139 --> 00:43:42.840
 determines we

00:43:42.840 --> 00:43:43.420
 are guilty.

00:43:45.340 --> 00:43:46.140
 That we

00:43:46.140 --> 00:43:47.600
 deserve the

00:43:47.600 --> 00:43:48.140
 wrath of

00:43:48.140 --> 00:43:48.980
 God because

00:43:48.980 --> 00:43:50.000
 of our sin.

00:43:52.480 --> 00:43:53.380
 Ephesians 2,

00:43:53.480 --> 00:43:54.100
 but God

00:43:54.100 --> 00:43:55.039
 being rich in

00:43:55.039 --> 00:43:55.980
 mercy because

00:43:55.980 --> 00:43:56.539
 of the great

00:43:56.539 --> 00:43:56.980
 love with

00:43:56.980 --> 00:43:57.960
 which He

00:43:57.960 --> 00:43:58.900
 loved us,

00:43:59.820 --> 00:44:00.900
 even when we

00:44:00.900 --> 00:44:01.380
 were dead in

00:44:01.380 --> 00:44:02.200
 our trespasses,

00:44:02.340 --> 00:44:03.180
 made us alive

00:44:03.180 --> 00:44:04.680
 together with

00:44:04.680 --> 00:44:05.500
 Christ.

00:44:06.400 --> 00:44:07.039
 For our

00:44:07.039 --> 00:44:07.700
 sake He made

00:44:07.700 --> 00:44:08.280
 Him to be

00:44:08.280 --> 00:44:08.960
 sin who knew

00:44:08.960 --> 00:44:09.500
 no sin,

00:44:09.539 --> 00:44:10.019
 that in Him

00:44:10.019 --> 00:44:10.300
 we might

00:44:10.300 --> 00:44:11.360
 become the

00:44:11.360 --> 00:44:11.820
 righteousness

00:44:11.820 --> 00:44:12.900
 of God.

00:44:15.120 --> 00:44:16.160
 Jesus died

00:44:16.160 --> 00:44:17.019
 and rose from

00:44:17.019 --> 00:44:17.780
 the grave for

00:44:17.780 --> 00:44:18.500
 you and for

00:44:18.500 --> 00:44:19.019
 me so that

00:44:19.019 --> 00:44:20.760
 we, if we

00:44:20.760 --> 00:44:22.660
 repent, if we

00:44:22.660 --> 00:44:23.160
 do as the

00:44:23.160 --> 00:44:24.019
 Ninevites did,

00:44:25.700 --> 00:44:26.180
 that He will

00:44:26.180 --> 00:44:26.980
 show us mercy

00:44:26.980 --> 00:44:28.160
 and that we

00:44:28.160 --> 00:44:28.960
 will be, as

00:44:28.960 --> 00:44:30.820
 the Logos

00:44:30.820 --> 00:44:31.280
 questioned,

00:44:32.340 --> 00:44:32.780
 we will be

00:44:32.780 --> 00:44:33.840
 righteous in

00:44:33.840 --> 00:44:34.559
 Christ.

00:44:35.080 --> 00:44:35.600
 We will be

00:44:35.600 --> 00:44:36.440
 made right

00:44:36.440 --> 00:44:38.080
 because of what

00:44:38.080 --> 00:44:38.800
 Christ has

00:44:38.800 --> 00:44:39.140
 done.

00:44:39.139 --> 00:44:40.139
 Christ will

00:44:40.139 --> 00:44:40.879
 be mediating

00:44:40.879 --> 00:44:41.339
 on our

00:44:41.339 --> 00:44:41.839
 behalf.

00:44:44.699 --> 00:44:45.339
 He is

00:44:45.339 --> 00:44:45.679
 mine.

00:44:46.480 --> 00:44:47.319
 I pay for

00:44:47.319 --> 00:44:47.480
 Him.

00:44:47.539 --> 00:44:47.839
 He is

00:44:47.839 --> 00:44:48.359
 right.

00:44:51.359 --> 00:44:52.179
 God is

00:44:52.179 --> 00:44:53.199
 merciful and

00:44:53.199 --> 00:44:54.460
 He alone is

00:44:54.460 --> 00:44:55.699
 worthy of all

00:44:55.699 --> 00:44:56.420
 praise.

00:44:56.940 --> 00:44:57.480
 Let's pray.

00:44:57.920 --> 00:44:59.599
 God is

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