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 Let's pray.

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 Father God, we're very aware of the silence in our city right now,

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 the silence of worship and praise of your name.

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 You have people in this city that are singing your praises right now,

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 that love you, that are seeking to lift your name higher and higher and higher.

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 But God, we believe you've placed us here as a church

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 so that more and more and more people will sing your name higher, higher and higher.

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 God, we believe that there are people in our city that are perishing

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 who await to hear the Gospel message.

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 And when they hear, Lord, we believe that they will repent.

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 And they will repent unto you and that they will believe in you

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 and that, God, you will relent of them.

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 You will turn your fierce wrath away from them

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 and turn your wrath onto Christ for them.

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 God, I pray that you would impress upon us, your people, this morning

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 that we are here sent by you with a message you've given us

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 to speak to a people that are perishing.

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 We used to be numbered among them.

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 God, would you make us your ambassadors to the city of Kenosha?

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 And God, our prayer is something big and it's something beyond us.

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 We can't conjure up what we're about to ask.

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 We know that only you can.

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 God, if you are able to bring about the repentance of 120,000 people

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 in the 8th century B.C.

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 through just five words of a Hebrew prophet,

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 God, you certainly can bring about a revival in the city of Kenosha

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 in the 21st century A.D.

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 when we proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

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 So God, would you by your Spirit,

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 would you please make your appeal through us

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 to those who are perishing.

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 God, help us to say with all boldness and love,

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 you're going the wrong way.

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 God, would you do a work in our city?

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 God, we want you to add to our number.

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 Not for number's sake,

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 but so that more people would be saved.

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 And more people would be able to say

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 salvation belongs to the Lord.

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 That more people would know the sweetness

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 of sins forgiven.

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 Of righteousness imputed.

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 Of a confidence that

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 you're for us forever.

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 Forever.

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 God, would you do a work in us?

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 Would you move the needle in us?

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 Would you move us from being unwilling and silent

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 to being willing and vocal?

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 We ask this in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Well, before I start preaching,

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 I want to introduce to you all a couple.

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 Josh and Christy Anderson.

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 They're sitting right here.

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 Josh and Christy,

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 will you please stand up?

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 Josh and Christy are missionaries

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 and they will be going in just a little bit

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 to a big country in East Asia.

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 And we have the privilege of a church

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 as joining them,

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 as ministry partners,

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 and sending them.

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 And so they'll be joining us

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 for the next few weeks

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 before they leave.

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 And in July,

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 they're going to share a little bit more

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 about what God is calling them to.

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 But I want you to see them

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 and meet them.

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 They're going to be in our midst

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 for a little bit this summer.

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 Josh and Christy,

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 thank you for being here.

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 You are so welcome here.

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 Now, if you would open up your Bibles,

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 if you haven't already,

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 to Jonah chapter 3.

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 I'll get there myself.

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 Do you know,

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 outside this building

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 and around Library Square

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 is a one-way street.

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 And it's like clockwork.

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 Every week,

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 at least one person

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 is going the wrong way

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 on this street.

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 And there's not unusual,

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 I'm running out of the building,

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 you're going the wrong way.

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 Yesterday,

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 I'm on my way to the building.

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 This is early Saturday morning

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 and I'd stop to get my chocolate milk

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 at South Court Pantry,

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 coming in on 7th Avenue.

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 And I'm taking the corner around there

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 by M&I Bank,

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 BMI, excuse me.

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 And there's a dark SUV

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 going the wrong way.

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 So I slow down,

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 roll down my window

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 and I see this couple

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 in the front seat

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 and I can tell

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 they're already kind of like,

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 oh no.

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 I'm like,

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 you do know that you're going

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 the wrong way

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 on a one-way street,

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 don't you?

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 And they were like,

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 oh yeah,

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 we figured it out.

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 And so as I drove away,

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 I looked in my rearview mirror

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 and you know what I saw?

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 I saw that SUV turning around.

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 It started going the right way.

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 Salvation is a one-way street

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 called Jesus.

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 And for those yet to be saved,

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 those who are perishing,

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 they're going the wrong way.

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 They're on a path of destruction.

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 And so this morning,

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 what we're going to see

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 from Jonah 3 is,

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 God has put us here

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 to tell people

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 that they're going the wrong way

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 so that they would turn around,

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 that they would trust in Jesus,

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 and that they would experience

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 what we've experienced,

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 deliverance,

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 and welcome into the family of God.

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 This morning in Jonah 3,

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 we'll see how God used

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 this reluctant prophet

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 to speak His message

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 to these Ninevite sinners

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 who repent.

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 It's amazing.

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 They repent.

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 And God turns from His great anger.

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 He relents.

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 When sinners repent,

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 God relents.

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 When sinners repent,

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 when they hear the message of God

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 and they believe,

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 they repent,

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 God relents.

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 So this morning in Jonah 3,

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 we're going to see three moves.

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 Jonah is resent.

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 That's chapter 3, 1-3.

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 We're going to see Nineveh repent.

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 That's verses 4-9.

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 And then we'll see God relent

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 in verse 10.

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 God relents

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 when a sinner repents

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 after believing the Gospel

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 from lips of those God has sent.

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 So let's look at

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 this first little snapshot

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 when Jonah is resent.

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 In chapter 3, verse 1,

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 we read,

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 Then the word of the Lord

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 came to Jonah.

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 That's the identical words

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 of chapter 1, verse 1,

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 with the exception of one thing.

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 So he says,

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 The word of the Lord

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 came to Jonah the second time.

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 Instead of saying,

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 The word of the Lord

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 came to Jonah,

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 son of Amittai,

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 he says,

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 The word of the Lord

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 came to Jonah a second time.

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 You see,

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 the first time,

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 Jonah wasn't ready.

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 God knew it.

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 Jonah hit the bricks.

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 He went to the farthest city

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 possible away from Nineveh.

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 That's where he's heading.

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 And then God caught him

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 on that boat

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 called the prophet catcher.

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 Got him into the drink,

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 and while he's in the belly

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 of that big fish,

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 God changed Jonah.

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 Jonah repented.

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 He realized that he was resisting God.

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 And so his last great exclamation

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 of chapter 2 is,

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 Salvation belongs to the Lord.

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 It's his.

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 It's his.

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 And so he gets spit up on a beach,

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 presumably somewhere close to Israel,

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 and now he's ready to be recommissioned.

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 Jonah's been changed and sent.

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 We have been changed and sent.

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 We say that salvation belongs

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 to our Lord God.

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 And He has given us a message to proclaim.

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 He has sent us.

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 You know, in 2 Corinthians 5,

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 we have this great passage

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 about Christians being commissioned

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 with the ministry of reconciliation.

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 Did you know that God has entrusted us,

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 Christ the King Church,

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 with a ministry?

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 It's the ministry of reconciliation.

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 To call sinners back to God.

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 Well, in chapter 3, verse 1 and 2,

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 God says,

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 Arise, go to Nineveh, the great city,

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 and call out against it

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 the message that I tell you.

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 Nineveh's a great city.

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 It's big.

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 120,000 people.

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 We see that in chapter 4, verse 11,

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 which means in that day,

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 it was huge.

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 It was expansive.

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 It was a three-day journey

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 from one side to the next.

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 The best way to think about that is this.

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 You know, when we talk about Chicago,

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 we talk about Chicagoland.

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 And when we talk about Chicagoland,

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 not only are we talking about,

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 we're talking about the downtown area

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 as well as the surrounding towns and suburbs.

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 You know, the whole Chicago metroplex.

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 And so when the author of Jonah

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 is talking about Nineveh,

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 he's talking about the Nineveh metroplex.

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 It's a big area.

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 And so not only did it cover downtown Nineveh,

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 it covered some towns in close proximity to Nineveh.

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 So it was an expansive area.

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 That's why it takes so long to cross it.

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 It was also prominent.

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 Nineveh was the capital of Assyria.

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 It was the heartbeat of that nation.

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 A nation that I told you last week

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 or the week before was a brutal nation.

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 Devastating.

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 There were killers.

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 Early terrorists.

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 They wreaked havoc wherever they went.

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 They wanted people to be afraid of them.

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 This was an important city.

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 It was an important city.

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 But what I want you to see in verse 3

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 is that it's important to God.

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 The city of Nineveh is important to God.

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 And I've got to explain,

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 I've got to get a little technical with you

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 to help you see it.

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 Because you can't see it in English.

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 If you're reading out of the NIV in verse 3,

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 it says,

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 Now Nineveh was a very important city.

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 You see that if you're reading the NIV?

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 And if you're reading the ESV,

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 it says Nineveh was an exceedingly great city.

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 Exceedingly great.

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 Very important.

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 And so you have these pile-ups of adjectives.

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 Very, exceedingly.

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 This is a big city.

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 It's very important.

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 Now if you're reading out of the ESV

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 and you look down at the footnote,

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 you're going to read the literal English translation

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 of the Hebrew.

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 It says this,

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 Now Nineveh was a great city to God.

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 You don't see that in English.

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 But it's there in Hebrew.

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 When you were listening to Lou Reed,

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 did you hear the words that he was using

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 to describe God?

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 Yahweh, the personal name of God,

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 the deliverer of God.

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 And then he said four times that word Elohim.

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 Do you remember him say that when he read that?

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 Elohim is another word for God.

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 And I learned from Samir Masu this week

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 that at its core it means great.

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 And so what happens here,

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 what the English translators decided on

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 was that this word Elohim

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 was actually describing the city.

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 It's like a really strong adjective.

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 It's very exceedingly great.

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 But there's another way to understand it.

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 Because in chapter 3,

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 and this is where we get a little technical,

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 Elohim shows up four other times.

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 The same word.

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 And each time it's used,

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 not as an adjective,

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 but as a noun.

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 About God.

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 God himself.

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 See that in verse 5, 8, 9, and 10.

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 God, God, God, God, God.

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 So why am I making a big deal about this?

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 Here's why.

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 Nineveh was important to God.

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 Nineveh was important to God.

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 He was concerned about Nineveh.

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 Not the city.

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 Not its botanical gardens, which it had.

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 Not its impressive architecture,

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 which I'm sure it had.

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 God wasn't like,

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 ooh, nice city.

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 Well, God was interested

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 as 120,000 people of the city.

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 They were very important to him.

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 You know, Nineveh, the Assyrians,

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 were not God's covenant people.

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 They were the Jews of the time.

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 God had bound himself to the Jews,

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 saying, I am your people,

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 and you are mine.

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 And so what we see happening here

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 is that God is actually concerned

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 about people who are outside of the covenant.

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 And so the question is,

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 why would God be concerned about Ninevites

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 if they're not his covenant people?

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 And the answer is,

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 because he's their creator.

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 He made them in his image.

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 They are of intrinsic value to God.

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 They bear his image.

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 They are designed to worship.

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 And they are worshiping things

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 that are not him.

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 It's a very important city to God.

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 Because it is a concentrated place

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 of worshipers who are not worshiping him.

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 And he wants to warn them

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 and change them.

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 So the city of Nineveh

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 is important to God.

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 It is a big city.

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 It is great.

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 It's a great city of great importance to God.

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 These are people

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 that should be worshiping him,

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 but are not.

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 You know, the whole book of Jonah

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 is about God's heart for all people.

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 And so that alone

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 helps us understand this little phrase

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 that this city was important to God.

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 How do we bring that home?

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 God loves his covenant people.

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 We are his covenant people in Christ,

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 the new covenant people.

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 But you know,

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 God is more concerned

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 about more people than just us.

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 Did you know right now

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 we're surrounded by 100,000 people

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 in the city of Kenosha?

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 And each person is important to God.

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 Do you know why?

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 They're an image bearer of God.

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 That's why God

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 is insistent

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 upon sending Jonah to Nineveh.

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 Nineveh is important to him.

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 All people everywhere

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 must someday give an account

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 to the God of creation

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 who's made himself known

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 as Yahweh

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 and Jesus Christ.

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 All people are important to God.

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 Every resident of Kenosha

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 is important to God.

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 So let me try to bring this home

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 a little bit more

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 in your everyday life.

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 Do you have a neighbor?

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 Maybe they live next door to you.

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 Maybe this neighbor

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 is someone you work with.

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 Maybe this is a family member.

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 They just rub you the wrong way.

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 You see them and you're like,

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 oh man.

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 I'm going to go the other way.

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 Did you know this neighbor

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 is an image bearer of God

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 and that God sees this person

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 as important to Him?

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 You know, there are people

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 that have different political positions

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 that we do.

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 Different positions

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 on important social issues.

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 But you know what?

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 Those people are image bearers of God.

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 They're important to God.

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 They have intrinsic worth.

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 As God sent Jonah

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 2,800 years ago

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 to the city of Nineveh,

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 God is sending us today

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 to the city of Kenosha

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 because we're surrounded

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 by image bearers

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 important to God.

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 What will happen?

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 What will happen

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 if we start to see people

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 as God starts to see people?

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 What will happen?

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 We're going to start talking more.

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 We're going to start

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 opening our mouths.

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 We're going to start

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 saying things.

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 And that's what God does

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 in Jonah.

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 He needed to get something

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 done in Jonah

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 in chapter 2

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 so that He could send him

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 back in Jonah 3

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 so that He's just even

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 willing to open up

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 His mouth.

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 It says nowhere

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 He was excited

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 to go back.

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 But He was willing.

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 God

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 resends

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 Jonah

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 in chapter 3

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 1-3

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 and in verses

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 4-9

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 we see

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 something

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 amazing.

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 Nineveh repents.

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 And so what I want

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 to help you see

00:20:01.120 --> 00:20:01.960
 in this passage

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 is the message

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 that was proclaimed

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 and the response

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 of the Ninevites.

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 And in so doing

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 I'm going to seek

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 to address

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 two obstacles

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 that we all deal with

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 when talking to others

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 about Jesus.

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 Okay?

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 So let's look

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 at this message.

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 It's really interesting

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 because the author

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 of Jonah

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 he doesn't mess around.

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 And so like

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 verses 1-3

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 presumably Jonah's

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 in Israel

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 being recommissioned

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 and then in verse 4

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 all of a sudden

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 he's like on the

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 outskirts

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 of the metroplex

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 of Nineveh.

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 He's not wasting

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 any time.

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 So there he is.

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 And the first thing

00:20:44.519 --> 00:20:45.539
 I want you to see

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 is that this message

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 that Jonah

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 is to preach

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 and that he calls out

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 yet forty days

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 and Nineveh

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 shall be overthrown.

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 That's in verse 4.

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 In Hebrew

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 it's just five words.

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 It's just five words.

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 But what you need to see

00:21:02.639 --> 00:21:03.500
 from the get-go here

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 is that this message

00:21:04.579 --> 00:21:06.259
 was not Jonah's message.

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 Jonah didn't think this up.

00:21:09.179 --> 00:21:10.379
 This was a message

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 that God gave Jonah.

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 Look back

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 in verse 2.

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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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 the message

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 that I tell you.

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 God told Jonah

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 to speak

00:21:24.779 --> 00:21:26.119
 these five words.

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 We don't know

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 if there's any more.

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 We know that there

00:21:29.619 --> 00:21:30.539
 were these five words.

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 This is God's message.

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 And as Christians,

00:21:34.599 --> 00:21:35.619
 God has given us

00:21:35.619 --> 00:21:36.779
 a message to proclaim.

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 His message,

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 not ours.

00:21:40.159 --> 00:21:41.639
 We proclaim the gospel.

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 The message

00:21:43.079 --> 00:21:44.019
 of reconciliation.

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 That there is a God

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 and He is holy and just.

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 He created us

00:21:49.079 --> 00:21:49.919
 in His image,

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 but we have rebelled

00:21:50.839 --> 00:21:51.579
 against Him.

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 And there's a just

00:21:52.719 --> 00:21:53.899
 consequence for that.

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 But God,

00:21:54.719 --> 00:21:55.719
 even knowing that,

00:21:55.879 --> 00:21:56.939
 sent Christ

00:21:56.939 --> 00:21:58.439
 to die in the place

00:21:58.439 --> 00:21:59.059
 of sinners

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 so that those who believe

00:22:00.719 --> 00:22:01.459
 and turn

00:22:01.459 --> 00:22:02.879
 will be saved.

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 And so the call is

00:22:06.299 --> 00:22:09.159
 respond in repentance

00:22:09.159 --> 00:22:09.959
 and faith.

00:22:10.559 --> 00:22:11.619
 Turn from your sin

00:22:11.619 --> 00:22:12.719
 and turn to Christ.

00:22:12.720 --> 00:22:15.799
 We've been given

00:22:15.799 --> 00:22:16.299
 a message

00:22:16.299 --> 00:22:17.440
 just like Jonah

00:22:17.440 --> 00:22:18.440
 was given a message.

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 And our message

00:22:20.140 --> 00:22:21.779
 focuses on Jesus.

00:22:23.640 --> 00:22:24.860
 The good news

00:22:24.860 --> 00:22:26.600
 for those who are

00:22:26.600 --> 00:22:27.700
 perishing.

00:22:27.819 --> 00:22:28.360
 And what I just want

00:22:28.360 --> 00:22:29.460
 to see here is that

00:22:29.460 --> 00:22:31.279
 it started with God.

00:22:31.980 --> 00:22:33.180
 God wants to get

00:22:33.180 --> 00:22:33.720
 a message

00:22:33.720 --> 00:22:35.140
 to the Ninevites

00:22:35.140 --> 00:22:36.640
 and He calls

00:22:36.640 --> 00:22:37.880
 and sends Jonah

00:22:37.880 --> 00:22:38.640
 to do it.

00:22:40.799 --> 00:22:42.240
 That's God's M.O.

00:22:42.240 --> 00:22:44.359
 And that's one

00:22:44.359 --> 00:22:45.200
 of the biggest reasons

00:22:45.200 --> 00:22:46.240
 God has us here.

00:22:48.120 --> 00:22:48.640
 Now,

00:22:49.319 --> 00:22:50.380
 this message itself

00:22:50.380 --> 00:22:52.140
 is just five words

00:22:52.140 --> 00:22:53.000
 in Hebrew.

00:22:54.460 --> 00:22:55.200
 And it's like

00:22:55.200 --> 00:22:56.240
 one of the shortest

00:22:56.240 --> 00:22:57.500
 messages on record

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 and it has one

00:22:58.259 --> 00:22:59.620
 of the biggest effects.

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 Five words

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 and 120,000 people repent.

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 120,000 idolaters.

00:23:09.019 --> 00:23:12.200
 120,000 evildoers.

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 It's terrorist-like folks.

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 They repent.

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 I mean, seriously.

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 It's like Jonah

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 shows up and say,

00:23:23.740 --> 00:23:24.380
 hey, Nineveh,

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 40 days

00:23:25.319 --> 00:23:26.079
 and you're done.

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 And they respond.

00:23:30.359 --> 00:23:31.000
 God

00:23:31.000 --> 00:23:32.960
 has been preparing

00:23:32.960 --> 00:23:34.380
 Nineveh.

00:23:34.380 --> 00:23:45.160
 40 days

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 and you'll be overturned.

00:23:46.760 --> 00:23:47.900
 The same word

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 overturned

00:23:48.520 --> 00:23:49.760
 used of Sodom and Gomorrah.

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 Now,

00:23:53.300 --> 00:23:54.520
 for Jonah to show up

00:23:54.520 --> 00:23:54.840
 and say,

00:23:54.920 --> 00:23:55.080
 hey,

00:23:55.360 --> 00:23:56.200
 40 days

00:23:56.200 --> 00:23:57.120
 and it's over,

00:23:57.320 --> 00:23:57.960
 it's not the most

00:23:57.960 --> 00:23:58.620
 tactful way,

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 is it?

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 not the most

00:24:01.740 --> 00:24:02.759
 sensitive message.

00:24:04.840 --> 00:24:06.480
 It doesn't seem like

00:24:06.480 --> 00:24:07.600
 Jonah cared

00:24:07.600 --> 00:24:08.620
 all that much

00:24:08.620 --> 00:24:09.559
 of what it meant

00:24:09.559 --> 00:24:10.279
 to be relevant

00:24:10.279 --> 00:24:11.819
 to Assyrian culture.

00:24:15.640 --> 00:24:16.420
 You know,

00:24:16.480 --> 00:24:17.039
 next Sunday

00:24:17.039 --> 00:24:18.079
 is the civic parade.

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 I really love

00:24:22.799 --> 00:24:23.680
 the Shriners

00:24:23.680 --> 00:24:24.840
 flying carpets.

00:24:25.900 --> 00:24:26.880
 You know what I'm talking about?

00:24:26.880 --> 00:24:28.860
 Those little go-carts

00:24:28.860 --> 00:24:30.340
 that are retrofitted

00:24:30.340 --> 00:24:31.020
 with kind of

00:24:31.020 --> 00:24:32.140
 that red carpet look

00:24:32.140 --> 00:24:33.000
 and they weave

00:24:33.000 --> 00:24:33.400
 in and out

00:24:33.400 --> 00:24:33.940
 of each other.

00:24:36.380 --> 00:24:36.620
 Well,

00:24:36.640 --> 00:24:37.300
 let's just say

00:24:37.300 --> 00:24:38.280
 that next Sunday

00:24:38.280 --> 00:24:39.020
 we're all sitting

00:24:39.020 --> 00:24:39.680
 on the side

00:24:39.680 --> 00:24:40.480
 of 60th

00:24:40.480 --> 00:24:41.980
 watching the Shriners

00:24:41.980 --> 00:24:42.660
 come down

00:24:42.660 --> 00:24:44.120
 and they pass on

00:24:44.120 --> 00:24:44.720
 by us

00:24:44.720 --> 00:24:46.360
 and right behind them

00:24:46.360 --> 00:24:47.420
 is just this very

00:24:47.420 --> 00:24:48.020
 kind of

00:24:48.020 --> 00:24:49.400
 no big deal

00:24:49.400 --> 00:24:50.100
 pickup truck.

00:24:53.940 --> 00:24:55.020
 No fanfare.

00:24:55.019 --> 00:24:57.220
 no fancy float.

00:24:59.339 --> 00:25:00.420
 But on

00:25:00.420 --> 00:25:01.379
 the back

00:25:01.379 --> 00:25:02.599
 of that

00:25:02.599 --> 00:25:03.980
 pickup truck

00:25:03.980 --> 00:25:04.900
 is Jonah.

00:25:06.240 --> 00:25:06.980
 And Jonah

00:25:06.980 --> 00:25:07.839
 is decked out

00:25:07.839 --> 00:25:08.420
 with some very

00:25:08.420 --> 00:25:09.119
 simple things.

00:25:09.220 --> 00:25:09.619
 He's got

00:25:09.619 --> 00:25:10.500
 a generator,

00:25:10.779 --> 00:25:11.319
 a microphone,

00:25:11.519 --> 00:25:12.079
 and a speaker.

00:25:12.740 --> 00:25:13.339
 And as he's

00:25:13.339 --> 00:25:13.900
 coming down

00:25:13.900 --> 00:25:14.839
 60th,

00:25:15.299 --> 00:25:15.599
 do you know

00:25:15.599 --> 00:25:16.079
 what he's saying?

00:25:16.759 --> 00:25:17.559
 Over and over

00:25:17.559 --> 00:25:18.139
 and over again.

00:25:19.019 --> 00:25:19.500
 Kenosha,

00:25:20.139 --> 00:25:21.180
 40 days

00:25:21.180 --> 00:25:22.700
 and you're done.

00:25:22.700 --> 00:25:25.140
 Kenosha,

00:25:25.740 --> 00:25:26.759
 40 days.

00:25:27.100 --> 00:25:27.680
 It's over.

00:25:28.920 --> 00:25:29.960
 40 days

00:25:29.960 --> 00:25:30.539
 and you'll be

00:25:30.539 --> 00:25:31.700
 overturned,

00:25:32.920 --> 00:25:33.799
 overthrown.

00:25:34.660 --> 00:25:35.259
 Disaster

00:25:35.259 --> 00:25:35.940
 is pending.

00:25:36.539 --> 00:25:36.720
 You've got

00:25:36.720 --> 00:25:37.279
 40 days,

00:25:37.380 --> 00:25:37.720
 Kenosha.

00:25:39.600 --> 00:25:40.360
 If we're

00:25:40.360 --> 00:25:40.940
 in the crowd,

00:25:41.700 --> 00:25:42.720
 what are we

00:25:42.720 --> 00:25:43.000
 thinking?

00:25:43.000 --> 00:25:45.519
 Who is this guy?

00:25:47.660 --> 00:25:48.600
 Is he serious?

00:25:49.519 --> 00:25:50.360
 I'd be asking

00:25:50.360 --> 00:25:50.759
 questions

00:25:50.759 --> 00:25:51.480
 something like this.

00:25:51.480 --> 00:25:52.500
 Do they let

00:25:52.500 --> 00:25:53.079
 anybody into

00:25:53.079 --> 00:25:53.440
 the parade?

00:25:55.259 --> 00:25:56.019
 How can I

00:25:56.019 --> 00:25:56.360
 get in the

00:25:56.360 --> 00:25:56.579
 parade?

00:25:58.480 --> 00:25:59.039
 Where are

00:25:59.039 --> 00:25:59.660
 those shriners?

00:25:59.700 --> 00:26:00.079
 I'd like to

00:26:00.079 --> 00:26:00.779
 see them back

00:26:00.779 --> 00:26:01.299
 right now.

00:26:04.980 --> 00:26:05.620
 Quite a

00:26:05.620 --> 00:26:05.900
 message,

00:26:06.000 --> 00:26:06.279
 isn't it?

00:26:08.299 --> 00:26:08.779
 Simple,

00:26:08.980 --> 00:26:09.240
 clear,

00:26:11.240 --> 00:26:12.079
 and

00:26:12.079 --> 00:26:12.740
 confrontational.

00:26:15.900 --> 00:26:16.920
 The message

00:26:16.920 --> 00:26:18.180
 that Jonah

00:26:18.180 --> 00:26:18.819
 proclaimed

00:26:18.819 --> 00:26:20.240
 confronted

00:26:20.240 --> 00:26:21.440
 the Ninevites.

00:26:23.200 --> 00:26:24.200
 It confronted

00:26:24.200 --> 00:26:24.579
 them.

00:26:25.980 --> 00:26:26.579
 When we

00:26:26.579 --> 00:26:27.059
 hear the word

00:26:27.059 --> 00:26:27.740
 confrontation,

00:26:28.059 --> 00:26:28.440
 if you're like

00:26:28.440 --> 00:26:28.640
 me,

00:26:28.720 --> 00:26:28.960
 you're kind

00:26:28.960 --> 00:26:29.200
 of like,

00:26:29.620 --> 00:26:31.460
 I don't

00:26:31.460 --> 00:26:31.980
 like being

00:26:31.980 --> 00:26:32.440
 confronted

00:26:32.440 --> 00:26:32.859
 with the

00:26:32.859 --> 00:26:33.039
 word

00:26:33.039 --> 00:26:33.519
 confrontation.

00:26:33.960 --> 00:26:34.420
 I don't

00:26:34.420 --> 00:26:34.900
 like that.

00:26:34.980 --> 00:26:35.200
 I don't

00:26:35.200 --> 00:26:35.440
 like

00:26:35.440 --> 00:26:36.039
 confrontation.

00:26:41.039 --> 00:26:42.079
 The gospel

00:26:42.079 --> 00:26:42.839
 message that

00:26:42.839 --> 00:26:43.579
 God has

00:26:43.579 --> 00:26:44.279
 entrusted to

00:26:44.279 --> 00:26:44.660
 us

00:26:44.660 --> 00:26:46.359
 is

00:26:46.359 --> 00:26:47.319
 confrontational

00:26:47.319 --> 00:26:48.059
 in its

00:26:48.059 --> 00:26:49.039
 nature,

00:26:49.159 --> 00:26:49.399
 in its

00:26:49.399 --> 00:26:49.720
 essence.

00:26:51.279 --> 00:26:52.319
 If we

00:26:52.319 --> 00:26:53.799
 try to

00:26:53.799 --> 00:26:54.419
 de-

00:26:54.419 --> 00:26:56.980
 confrontationalize

00:26:56.980 --> 00:26:57.779
 the gospel,

00:26:58.519 --> 00:26:59.359
 we de-

00:26:59.359 --> 00:26:59.879
 gospel

00:26:59.879 --> 00:27:01.519
 the gospel.

00:27:02.279 --> 00:27:03.139
 If we

00:27:03.139 --> 00:27:03.519
 try to

00:27:03.519 --> 00:27:04.539
 remove sin

00:27:04.539 --> 00:27:05.579
 from the

00:27:05.579 --> 00:27:06.059
 gospel,

00:27:06.460 --> 00:27:07.079
 we no

00:27:07.079 --> 00:27:07.740
 longer have

00:27:07.740 --> 00:27:08.419
 a message

00:27:08.419 --> 00:27:09.939
 for sinners

00:27:09.939 --> 00:27:10.799
 who are

00:27:10.799 --> 00:27:11.460
 perishing

00:27:11.460 --> 00:27:12.619
 to be

00:27:12.619 --> 00:27:13.019
 saved.

00:27:13.019 --> 00:27:14.740
 we

00:27:14.740 --> 00:27:15.559
 cannot

00:27:15.559 --> 00:27:16.879
 de-

00:27:16.879 --> 00:27:18.920
 confrontationalize

00:27:18.920 --> 00:27:20.139
 this message

00:27:20.139 --> 00:27:21.079
 entrusted to

00:27:21.079 --> 00:27:21.460
 us.

00:27:23.019 --> 00:27:23.779
 So the

00:27:23.779 --> 00:27:24.119
 faithful

00:27:24.119 --> 00:27:24.720
 proclamation

00:27:24.720 --> 00:27:25.299
 of the

00:27:25.299 --> 00:27:25.700
 gospel

00:27:25.700 --> 00:27:26.619
 will

00:27:26.619 --> 00:27:27.339
 confront

00:27:27.339 --> 00:27:27.940
 sinners

00:27:27.940 --> 00:27:29.960
 with their

00:27:29.960 --> 00:27:30.960
 real sinfulness

00:27:30.960 --> 00:27:31.720
 against their

00:27:31.720 --> 00:27:32.359
 real holy

00:27:32.359 --> 00:27:33.000
 God in

00:27:33.000 --> 00:27:33.259
 order to

00:27:33.259 --> 00:27:33.839
 expose their

00:27:33.839 --> 00:27:34.359
 real need

00:27:34.359 --> 00:27:34.819
 for a

00:27:34.819 --> 00:27:35.319
 real

00:27:35.319 --> 00:27:36.440
 savior.

00:27:38.359 --> 00:27:38.980
 The

00:27:38.980 --> 00:27:39.400
 gospel

00:27:39.400 --> 00:27:40.079
 message

00:27:40.079 --> 00:27:44.059
 confronts

00:27:44.059 --> 00:27:44.859
 those who

00:27:44.859 --> 00:27:45.619
 are perishing

00:27:45.619 --> 00:27:46.379
 in their

00:27:46.379 --> 00:27:46.799
 sins.

00:27:48.379 --> 00:27:48.919
 It

00:27:48.919 --> 00:27:49.559
 confronts

00:27:49.559 --> 00:27:50.019
 them with

00:27:50.019 --> 00:27:50.279
 their

00:27:50.279 --> 00:27:50.980
 sinfulness

00:27:50.980 --> 00:27:53.119
 to expose

00:27:53.119 --> 00:27:53.539
 their need

00:27:53.539 --> 00:27:53.859
 for a

00:27:53.859 --> 00:27:54.079
 savior.

00:28:00.879 --> 00:28:01.799
 So here's

00:28:01.799 --> 00:28:02.939
 what I want

00:28:02.939 --> 00:28:03.579
 to get you

00:28:03.579 --> 00:28:03.960
 to this

00:28:03.960 --> 00:28:04.259
 morning.

00:28:06.779 --> 00:28:07.339
 To

00:28:07.339 --> 00:28:07.699
 proclaim

00:28:07.699 --> 00:28:08.240
 the gospel

00:28:08.240 --> 00:28:08.879
 faithfully

00:28:08.879 --> 00:28:09.159
 in the

00:28:09.159 --> 00:28:09.500
 city of

00:28:09.500 --> 00:28:09.980
 Kenosho,

00:28:10.079 --> 00:28:11.079
 will run

00:28:11.079 --> 00:28:11.539
 risk.

00:28:12.579 --> 00:28:12.960
 And here's

00:28:12.960 --> 00:28:13.240
 what the

00:28:13.240 --> 00:28:13.720
 risks are.

00:28:16.319 --> 00:28:16.960
 When we

00:28:16.960 --> 00:28:17.399
 confront

00:28:17.399 --> 00:28:18.019
 someone with

00:28:18.019 --> 00:28:18.500
 the gospel

00:28:18.500 --> 00:28:18.960
 of Jesus

00:28:18.960 --> 00:28:19.339
 Christ,

00:28:19.439 --> 00:28:19.679
 when we

00:28:19.679 --> 00:28:20.059
 tell them

00:28:20.059 --> 00:28:21.579
 God says

00:28:21.579 --> 00:28:21.859
 you're going

00:28:21.859 --> 00:28:22.199
 the wrong

00:28:22.199 --> 00:28:22.519
 way.

00:28:23.859 --> 00:28:24.339
 God's

00:28:24.339 --> 00:28:25.059
 word says

00:28:25.059 --> 00:28:25.439
 you're going

00:28:25.439 --> 00:28:25.819
 the wrong

00:28:25.819 --> 00:28:26.119
 way.

00:28:26.599 --> 00:28:26.939
 When we

00:28:26.939 --> 00:28:27.359
 confront

00:28:27.359 --> 00:28:27.899
 somebody

00:28:27.899 --> 00:28:28.879
 with the

00:28:28.879 --> 00:28:29.460
 gospel of

00:28:29.460 --> 00:28:29.720
 Jesus

00:28:29.720 --> 00:28:30.299
 Christ,

00:28:31.220 --> 00:28:32.879
 we run

00:28:32.879 --> 00:28:33.319
 the risk

00:28:33.319 --> 00:28:33.899
 of offense.

00:28:34.419 --> 00:28:34.839
 Don't we?

00:28:35.960 --> 00:28:36.740
 Because we

00:28:36.740 --> 00:28:38.079
 say things

00:28:38.079 --> 00:28:39.220
 like Jesus

00:28:39.220 --> 00:28:39.700
 is the

00:28:39.700 --> 00:28:40.319
 only way

00:28:40.319 --> 00:28:40.779
 to heaven.

00:28:41.360 --> 00:28:41.799
 He's the

00:28:41.799 --> 00:28:42.380
 only one

00:28:42.380 --> 00:28:42.700
 who can

00:28:42.700 --> 00:28:43.339
 forgive your

00:28:43.339 --> 00:28:43.720
 sins.

00:28:44.220 --> 00:28:44.740
 That kind

00:28:44.740 --> 00:28:46.059
 of exclusive

00:28:46.059 --> 00:28:47.140
 language is

00:28:47.140 --> 00:28:48.259
 offensive to

00:28:48.259 --> 00:28:49.319
 people in

00:28:49.319 --> 00:28:49.920
 our culture.

00:28:52.259 --> 00:28:53.220
 So for us

00:28:53.220 --> 00:28:53.539
 to even

00:28:53.539 --> 00:28:54.380
 proclaim it,

00:28:55.380 --> 00:28:56.600
 when we

00:28:56.600 --> 00:28:57.299
 confront people

00:28:57.299 --> 00:28:57.779
 with that,

00:28:58.180 --> 00:28:58.680
 people will

00:28:58.680 --> 00:28:59.299
 take offense.

00:28:59.299 --> 00:29:02.819
 we run

00:29:02.819 --> 00:29:03.220
 the risk

00:29:03.220 --> 00:29:03.960
 of introducing

00:29:03.960 --> 00:29:04.899
 strain into

00:29:04.899 --> 00:29:05.759
 relationships,

00:29:06.139 --> 00:29:06.359
 with

00:29:06.359 --> 00:29:06.839
 relationships

00:29:06.839 --> 00:29:07.680
 with people

00:29:07.680 --> 00:29:08.119
 we love.

00:29:09.039 --> 00:29:09.460
 I know

00:29:09.460 --> 00:29:09.819
 in our

00:29:09.819 --> 00:29:10.159
 family,

00:29:10.259 --> 00:29:10.579
 we've had

00:29:10.579 --> 00:29:11.419
 conversations

00:29:11.419 --> 00:29:12.000
 with people

00:29:12.000 --> 00:29:12.559
 we love,

00:29:12.819 --> 00:29:13.539
 and it's

00:29:13.539 --> 00:29:14.500
 been awkward.

00:29:15.460 --> 00:29:15.759
 It's

00:29:15.759 --> 00:29:16.419
 resulted in

00:29:16.419 --> 00:29:16.899
 strain.

00:29:16.899 --> 00:29:17.000
 And

00:29:17.000 --> 00:29:24.180
 I think

00:29:24.180 --> 00:29:24.659
 our biggest

00:29:24.659 --> 00:29:24.960
 fear,

00:29:25.119 --> 00:29:25.819
 the biggest

00:29:25.819 --> 00:29:26.599
 obstacle we

00:29:26.599 --> 00:29:28.919
 face to

00:29:28.919 --> 00:29:30.000
 speaking the

00:29:30.000 --> 00:29:30.719
 gospel is

00:29:30.719 --> 00:29:31.359
 all out

00:29:31.359 --> 00:29:32.000
 rejection,

00:29:32.359 --> 00:29:32.779
 isn't it?

00:29:34.539 --> 00:29:35.139
 We tell

00:29:35.139 --> 00:29:35.839
 people about

00:29:35.839 --> 00:29:36.219
 Jesus,

00:29:36.359 --> 00:29:36.639
 we say,

00:29:36.839 --> 00:29:36.859
 hey,

00:29:37.039 --> 00:29:37.579
 God's word

00:29:37.579 --> 00:29:37.959
 says you're

00:29:37.959 --> 00:29:38.240
 going the

00:29:38.240 --> 00:29:38.619
 wrong way,

00:29:38.659 --> 00:29:39.019
 you need to

00:29:39.019 --> 00:29:39.319
 turn to

00:29:39.319 --> 00:29:39.639
 Jesus,

00:29:39.899 --> 00:29:40.319
 and we

00:29:40.319 --> 00:29:41.000
 get rejected

00:29:41.000 --> 00:29:41.539
 for it.

00:29:42.379 --> 00:29:42.599
 Like,

00:29:42.639 --> 00:29:42.939
 I don't want

00:29:42.939 --> 00:29:43.259
 to talk to

00:29:43.259 --> 00:29:43.639
 you anymore.

00:29:44.419 --> 00:29:44.740
 You're not

00:29:44.740 --> 00:29:45.019
 going to hear

00:29:45.019 --> 00:29:45.439
 from me,

00:29:45.899 --> 00:29:46.459
 befriended,

00:29:46.919 --> 00:29:47.399
 off my

00:29:47.399 --> 00:29:47.759
 phone,

00:29:48.159 --> 00:29:48.539
 not going to

00:29:48.539 --> 00:29:49.019
 talk to you

00:29:49.019 --> 00:29:49.379
 again,

00:29:49.679 --> 00:29:50.039
 turn the

00:29:50.039 --> 00:29:50.599
 other way.

00:29:51.879 --> 00:29:52.419
 Isn't that

00:29:52.419 --> 00:29:52.759
 our greatest

00:29:52.759 --> 00:29:53.059
 fear?

00:29:54.299 --> 00:29:54.619
 It's one of

00:29:54.619 --> 00:29:54.919
 the biggest

00:29:54.919 --> 00:29:55.319
 things that

00:29:55.319 --> 00:29:55.699
 keeps us

00:29:55.700 --> 00:29:56.059
 from telling

00:29:56.059 --> 00:29:56.519
 other people

00:29:56.519 --> 00:29:57.019
 about Jesus.

00:29:59.600 --> 00:30:00.400
 So let's

00:30:00.400 --> 00:30:01.000
 ask this

00:30:01.000 --> 00:30:02.319
 question this

00:30:02.319 --> 00:30:02.559
 way.

00:30:06.299 --> 00:30:07.180
 Why would

00:30:07.180 --> 00:30:08.799
 we risk

00:30:08.799 --> 00:30:09.700
 something like

00:30:09.700 --> 00:30:09.940
 that?

00:30:12.240 --> 00:30:13.279
 Why would

00:30:13.279 --> 00:30:14.380
 we risk

00:30:14.380 --> 00:30:17.160
 offense,

00:30:18.039 --> 00:30:18.519
 strain,

00:30:19.220 --> 00:30:19.840
 rejection

00:30:19.840 --> 00:30:22.319
 by confronting

00:30:22.319 --> 00:30:23.019
 people with

00:30:23.019 --> 00:30:23.519
 the gospel

00:30:23.519 --> 00:30:24.000
 of Jesus?

00:30:24.120 --> 00:30:24.480
 Why would

00:30:24.480 --> 00:30:24.940
 we risk

00:30:24.940 --> 00:30:25.200
 that?

00:30:25.700 --> 00:30:31.039
 Let me put

00:30:31.039 --> 00:30:31.259
 it to you

00:30:31.259 --> 00:30:31.700
 another way.

00:30:37.500 --> 00:30:38.140
 What's more

00:30:38.140 --> 00:30:38.900
 important for

00:30:38.900 --> 00:30:39.779
 our non-Christians,

00:30:39.920 --> 00:30:40.220
 friends,

00:30:40.440 --> 00:30:40.940
 and family,

00:30:41.059 --> 00:30:41.539
 and coworkers?

00:30:41.740 --> 00:30:42.120
 What's more

00:30:42.120 --> 00:30:42.519
 important?

00:30:43.039 --> 00:30:44.180
 To be at peace

00:30:44.180 --> 00:30:44.680
 with you,

00:30:44.759 --> 00:30:45.299
 or to be at

00:30:45.299 --> 00:30:45.759
 peace with

00:30:45.759 --> 00:30:46.039
 God?

00:30:46.240 --> 00:30:47.440
 What's more

00:30:47.440 --> 00:30:47.840
 important?

00:30:48.700 --> 00:30:49.340
 What's more

00:30:49.340 --> 00:30:50.039
 eternally

00:30:50.039 --> 00:30:50.740
 significant?

00:30:50.740 --> 00:30:50.859
 significant?

00:30:51.859 --> 00:30:52.460
 That we

00:30:52.460 --> 00:30:53.160
 have a

00:30:53.160 --> 00:30:53.579
 temporal

00:30:53.579 --> 00:30:54.599
 peace now,

00:30:54.960 --> 00:30:55.839
 or that

00:30:55.839 --> 00:30:56.180
 they

00:30:56.180 --> 00:30:57.039
 experience

00:30:57.039 --> 00:30:57.640
 an eternal

00:30:57.640 --> 00:30:58.559
 peace forever?

00:30:58.799 --> 00:31:00.019
 What's more

00:31:00.019 --> 00:31:00.559
 significant?

00:31:04.059 --> 00:31:05.019
 Our fear

00:31:05.019 --> 00:31:05.680
 of rejection

00:31:05.680 --> 00:31:06.319
 will keep

00:31:06.319 --> 00:31:06.799
 us from

00:31:06.799 --> 00:31:07.700
 lovingly

00:31:07.700 --> 00:31:08.620
 confronting

00:31:08.620 --> 00:31:10.460
 those who

00:31:10.460 --> 00:31:11.680
 are perishing.

00:31:11.680 --> 00:31:12.839
 It keeps

00:31:12.839 --> 00:31:14.039
 us from

00:31:14.039 --> 00:31:14.700
 speaking

00:31:14.700 --> 00:31:16.359
 words that

00:31:16.359 --> 00:31:17.279
 can result

00:31:17.279 --> 00:31:17.960
 in people

00:31:17.960 --> 00:31:19.240
 turning around

00:31:19.240 --> 00:31:20.100
 to Jesus.

00:31:23.299 --> 00:31:24.519
 If we're

00:31:24.519 --> 00:31:25.360
 more concerned

00:31:25.360 --> 00:31:26.640
 with what

00:31:26.640 --> 00:31:28.200
 people think

00:31:28.200 --> 00:31:29.539
 about us

00:31:29.539 --> 00:31:31.059
 than what

00:31:31.059 --> 00:31:32.259
 God thinks

00:31:32.259 --> 00:31:33.700
 about people,

00:31:34.299 --> 00:31:35.120
 we will

00:31:35.120 --> 00:31:36.640
 remain silent

00:31:36.640 --> 00:31:37.840
 in this

00:31:37.840 --> 00:31:38.500
 city.

00:31:38.500 --> 00:31:41.140
 and God

00:31:41.140 --> 00:31:41.579
 would not

00:31:41.579 --> 00:31:42.079
 have us

00:31:42.079 --> 00:31:42.519
 do that.

00:31:45.559 --> 00:31:46.200
 So the

00:31:46.200 --> 00:31:46.799
 question is,

00:31:46.900 --> 00:31:48.220
 how do we

00:31:48.220 --> 00:31:49.039
 get over

00:31:49.039 --> 00:31:50.440
 our fear

00:31:50.440 --> 00:31:51.500
 of rejection?

00:31:52.900 --> 00:31:53.359
 Because

00:31:53.359 --> 00:31:54.539
 if you're

00:31:54.539 --> 00:31:55.119
 not ashamed

00:31:55.119 --> 00:31:55.400
 of the

00:31:55.400 --> 00:31:55.720
 gospel,

00:31:55.839 --> 00:31:56.000
 you're going

00:31:56.000 --> 00:31:56.319
 to find

00:31:56.319 --> 00:31:56.640
 a way

00:31:56.640 --> 00:31:57.480
 to communicate

00:31:57.480 --> 00:31:57.819
 it.

00:31:59.420 --> 00:32:00.039
 How do

00:32:00.039 --> 00:32:00.400
 we get

00:32:00.400 --> 00:32:01.180
 over

00:32:01.180 --> 00:32:02.099
 the fear?

00:32:03.319 --> 00:32:03.799
 Here's how.

00:32:03.920 --> 00:32:04.339
 Here's one

00:32:04.339 --> 00:32:04.700
 way at

00:32:04.700 --> 00:32:04.940
 least.

00:32:05.599 --> 00:32:06.099
 We begin

00:32:06.099 --> 00:32:07.140
 to purposefully

00:32:07.140 --> 00:32:07.839
 concern

00:32:07.839 --> 00:32:08.859
 ourselves

00:32:08.859 --> 00:32:10.759
 more and

00:32:10.759 --> 00:32:11.179
 more with

00:32:11.179 --> 00:32:11.639
 a person

00:32:11.639 --> 00:32:12.259
 standing

00:32:12.259 --> 00:32:13.259
 before God.

00:32:14.079 --> 00:32:14.779
 More and

00:32:14.779 --> 00:32:15.199
 more we

00:32:15.199 --> 00:32:15.819
 see people

00:32:15.819 --> 00:32:16.299
 as God

00:32:16.299 --> 00:32:16.799
 sees them.

00:32:16.919 --> 00:32:17.199
 More and

00:32:17.199 --> 00:32:18.099
 more we're

00:32:18.099 --> 00:32:18.779
 like asking

00:32:18.779 --> 00:32:19.359
 the question

00:32:19.359 --> 00:32:19.759
 when we

00:32:19.759 --> 00:32:20.500
 meet somebody,

00:32:21.339 --> 00:32:21.879
 I wonder

00:32:21.879 --> 00:32:22.220
 if they're

00:32:22.220 --> 00:32:22.619
 saved.

00:32:23.699 --> 00:32:24.299
 I wonder

00:32:24.299 --> 00:32:25.139
 if they're

00:32:25.139 --> 00:32:25.519
 at peace

00:32:25.519 --> 00:32:26.019
 with God.

00:32:26.119 --> 00:32:26.399
 I wonder

00:32:26.399 --> 00:32:27.419
 if they

00:32:27.419 --> 00:32:28.139
 know the

00:32:28.139 --> 00:32:28.539
 sweetness

00:32:28.539 --> 00:32:29.659
 of deliverance

00:32:29.659 --> 00:32:30.119
 and forgiveness

00:32:30.119 --> 00:32:30.679
 of sin.

00:32:32.279 --> 00:32:32.779
 The

00:32:32.779 --> 00:32:33.379
 Apostle Paul

00:32:33.379 --> 00:32:33.839
 helps us

00:32:33.839 --> 00:32:34.179
 out in

00:32:34.179 --> 00:32:34.879
 2 Corinthians

00:32:34.879 --> 00:32:35.439
 5.

00:32:35.899 --> 00:32:36.699
 He says

00:32:36.699 --> 00:32:36.980
 this.

00:32:36.980 --> 00:32:37.980
 He talks

00:32:37.980 --> 00:32:39.500
 about the

00:32:39.500 --> 00:32:39.819
 love of

00:32:39.819 --> 00:32:40.039
 Christ

00:32:40.039 --> 00:32:40.599
 controlling

00:32:40.599 --> 00:32:41.000
 us,

00:32:41.099 --> 00:32:41.559
 that Christ

00:32:41.559 --> 00:32:41.980
 died for

00:32:41.980 --> 00:32:42.259
 all,

00:32:42.339 --> 00:32:42.680
 that those

00:32:42.680 --> 00:32:43.120
 who live

00:32:43.120 --> 00:32:43.480
 might no

00:32:43.480 --> 00:32:43.960
 longer live

00:32:43.960 --> 00:32:44.599
 for themselves

00:32:44.599 --> 00:32:45.059
 but for

00:32:45.059 --> 00:32:45.380
 him or

00:32:45.380 --> 00:32:45.599
 for their

00:32:45.599 --> 00:32:46.059
 sake died

00:32:46.059 --> 00:32:46.319
 and was

00:32:46.319 --> 00:32:46.779
 raised.

00:32:47.480 --> 00:32:47.720
 And then

00:32:47.720 --> 00:32:48.019
 he says

00:32:48.019 --> 00:32:48.420
 this.

00:32:50.900 --> 00:32:51.279
 Therefore

00:32:51.279 --> 00:32:52.019
 we regard

00:32:52.019 --> 00:32:52.480
 no one

00:32:52.480 --> 00:32:53.000
 according to

00:32:53.000 --> 00:32:53.519
 the flesh.

00:32:54.819 --> 00:32:55.860
 We don't

00:32:55.860 --> 00:32:56.880
 regard people

00:32:56.880 --> 00:32:58.180
 the same

00:32:58.180 --> 00:32:58.579
 way we

00:32:58.579 --> 00:32:59.079
 used to.

00:32:59.620 --> 00:33:00.180
 We don't

00:33:00.180 --> 00:33:00.779
 see them

00:33:00.779 --> 00:33:01.220
 the same

00:33:01.220 --> 00:33:01.500
 way.

00:33:02.559 --> 00:33:03.000
 God is

00:33:03.000 --> 00:33:03.740
 calling us

00:33:03.740 --> 00:33:04.259
 and helping

00:33:04.259 --> 00:33:04.980
 us to see

00:33:04.980 --> 00:33:05.579
 people as

00:33:05.579 --> 00:33:06.180
 he sees

00:33:06.180 --> 00:33:06.460
 them.

00:33:07.000 --> 00:33:07.180
 It's

00:33:07.180 --> 00:33:07.519
 image

00:33:07.519 --> 00:33:08.160
 bearers

00:33:08.160 --> 00:33:09.740
 who are

00:33:09.740 --> 00:33:10.259
 perishing

00:33:10.259 --> 00:33:11.240
 apart from

00:33:11.240 --> 00:33:11.600
 Christ.

00:33:14.700 --> 00:33:15.620
 So when it

00:33:15.620 --> 00:33:16.100
 comes to

00:33:16.100 --> 00:33:16.539
 those who

00:33:16.539 --> 00:33:17.140
 are perishing

00:33:17.140 --> 00:33:19.480
 our foremost

00:33:19.480 --> 00:33:20.380
 in controlling

00:33:20.380 --> 00:33:21.600
 concern must

00:33:21.600 --> 00:33:22.279
 be their

00:33:22.279 --> 00:33:23.320
 standing with

00:33:23.320 --> 00:33:24.620
 God, not

00:33:24.620 --> 00:33:25.539
 our standing

00:33:25.539 --> 00:33:26.140
 with them.

00:33:27.140 --> 00:33:27.279
 Our

00:33:27.279 --> 00:33:27.980
 relationships

00:33:27.980 --> 00:33:29.500
 serve

00:33:29.500 --> 00:33:30.680
 God's

00:33:30.680 --> 00:33:31.660
 gospel

00:33:31.660 --> 00:33:32.579
 purposes.

00:33:36.579 --> 00:33:37.460
 So can

00:33:37.460 --> 00:33:37.759
 we just

00:33:37.759 --> 00:33:38.180
 agree to

00:33:38.180 --> 00:33:38.519
 something?

00:33:39.960 --> 00:33:40.700
 It's

00:33:40.700 --> 00:33:41.000
 going to

00:33:41.000 --> 00:33:41.720
 cost us

00:33:41.720 --> 00:33:42.299
 something.

00:33:43.480 --> 00:33:44.380
 It's not

00:33:44.380 --> 00:33:45.660
 if there's

00:33:45.660 --> 00:33:46.079
 going to be

00:33:46.079 --> 00:33:46.500
 cost.

00:33:47.599 --> 00:33:47.980
 It's

00:33:47.980 --> 00:33:49.299
 is the

00:33:49.299 --> 00:33:49.759
 cost

00:33:49.759 --> 00:33:50.660
 worth it?

00:33:51.220 --> 00:33:52.019
 That's the

00:33:52.019 --> 00:33:52.380
 question.

00:33:54.099 --> 00:33:55.119
 We will be

00:33:55.119 --> 00:33:55.579
 rejected.

00:33:55.579 --> 00:33:56.939
 we will

00:33:56.939 --> 00:33:58.139
 experience

00:33:58.139 --> 00:33:58.799
 strain.

00:34:01.139 --> 00:34:02.099
 Things will

00:34:02.099 --> 00:34:02.819
 get awkward.

00:34:04.259 --> 00:34:04.839
 But is

00:34:04.839 --> 00:34:05.539
 sharing the

00:34:05.539 --> 00:34:07.220
 gospel with

00:34:07.220 --> 00:34:08.599
 people who

00:34:08.599 --> 00:34:10.219
 are going

00:34:10.219 --> 00:34:10.819
 the wrong

00:34:10.819 --> 00:34:13.299
 way with

00:34:13.299 --> 00:34:13.699
 the hope

00:34:13.699 --> 00:34:14.000
 that they'll

00:34:14.000 --> 00:34:14.420
 turn to

00:34:14.420 --> 00:34:16.679
 Jesus and

00:34:16.679 --> 00:34:17.039
 experience

00:34:17.039 --> 00:34:17.860
 eternal life,

00:34:17.960 --> 00:34:18.460
 is that

00:34:18.460 --> 00:34:19.279
 worth the

00:34:19.279 --> 00:34:20.079
 awkwardness?

00:34:20.079 --> 00:34:21.900
 If we

00:34:21.900 --> 00:34:22.219
 asked the

00:34:22.219 --> 00:34:22.840
 apostle Paul

00:34:22.840 --> 00:34:23.259
 that, he

00:34:23.259 --> 00:34:23.759
 would say

00:34:23.759 --> 00:34:25.579
 yes.

00:34:27.440 --> 00:34:28.099
 If we

00:34:28.099 --> 00:34:28.639
 asked Jesus

00:34:28.639 --> 00:34:29.039
 that, he

00:34:29.039 --> 00:34:29.460
 would say

00:34:29.460 --> 00:34:31.360
 yes.

00:34:39.440 --> 00:34:40.420
 Jonah 3

00:34:40.420 --> 00:34:43.900
 has a

00:34:43.900 --> 00:34:44.219
 way of

00:34:44.219 --> 00:34:44.860
 exposing

00:34:44.860 --> 00:34:45.719
 us

00:34:45.719 --> 00:34:48.179
 because we

00:34:48.179 --> 00:34:48.819
 tend to be

00:34:48.819 --> 00:34:49.559
 more concerned

00:34:49.559 --> 00:34:50.259
 about our

00:34:50.259 --> 00:34:51.039
 own reputation

00:34:51.039 --> 00:34:51.639
 than God's

00:34:51.639 --> 00:34:52.179
 reputation.

00:34:53.659 --> 00:34:54.519
 We tend to

00:34:54.519 --> 00:34:54.880
 be more

00:34:54.880 --> 00:34:55.480
 concerned about

00:34:55.480 --> 00:34:55.960
 what people

00:34:55.960 --> 00:34:56.480
 think about

00:34:56.480 --> 00:34:57.079
 us than

00:34:57.079 --> 00:34:58.119
 what God

00:34:58.119 --> 00:34:58.799
 really thinks

00:34:58.799 --> 00:35:00.199
 about them.

00:35:02.199 --> 00:35:03.079
 And so if

00:35:03.079 --> 00:35:03.659
 we concern

00:35:03.659 --> 00:35:04.440
 ourselves more

00:35:04.440 --> 00:35:05.219
 and more with

00:35:05.219 --> 00:35:06.539
 what God

00:35:06.539 --> 00:35:07.239
 thinks of the

00:35:07.239 --> 00:35:07.840
 perishing,

00:35:08.259 --> 00:35:09.219
 our hearts

00:35:09.219 --> 00:35:09.960
 are going to

00:35:09.960 --> 00:35:10.820
 follow his

00:35:10.820 --> 00:35:11.179
 heart.

00:35:13.079 --> 00:35:13.940
 The want

00:35:13.940 --> 00:35:14.440
 to see

00:35:14.440 --> 00:35:14.860
 them

00:35:14.860 --> 00:35:16.199
 turn

00:35:16.199 --> 00:35:18.980
 and experience

00:35:18.980 --> 00:35:19.579
 salvation.

00:35:23.579 --> 00:35:24.039
 We've

00:35:24.039 --> 00:35:24.300
 looked at

00:35:24.300 --> 00:35:24.880
 one obstacle

00:35:24.880 --> 00:35:25.880
 and that's

00:35:25.880 --> 00:35:26.380
 our fear

00:35:26.380 --> 00:35:27.179
 of what

00:35:27.179 --> 00:35:27.760
 people think

00:35:27.760 --> 00:35:28.280
 about us,

00:35:28.360 --> 00:35:28.679
 fear of

00:35:28.679 --> 00:35:29.059
 rejection.

00:35:29.420 --> 00:35:29.659
 There's

00:35:29.659 --> 00:35:29.940
 another

00:35:29.940 --> 00:35:30.460
 obstacle

00:35:30.460 --> 00:35:32.079
 to our

00:35:32.079 --> 00:35:32.740
 evangelism,

00:35:32.880 --> 00:35:33.119
 to our

00:35:33.119 --> 00:35:33.599
 communicating

00:35:33.599 --> 00:35:34.059
 the gospel

00:35:34.059 --> 00:35:34.519
 to people.

00:35:35.280 --> 00:35:35.599
 And it's

00:35:35.599 --> 00:35:35.800
 something

00:35:35.800 --> 00:35:36.320
 different than

00:35:36.320 --> 00:35:36.719
 the fear

00:35:36.719 --> 00:35:37.240
 of what

00:35:37.240 --> 00:35:37.599
 other people

00:35:37.599 --> 00:35:37.920
 think.

00:35:38.820 --> 00:35:39.500
 It's called

00:35:39.500 --> 00:35:40.139
 unbelief.

00:35:40.139 --> 00:35:40.199
 faith.

00:35:42.279 --> 00:35:43.059
 And here's

00:35:43.059 --> 00:35:43.339
 how it

00:35:43.339 --> 00:35:43.699
 works.

00:35:45.420 --> 00:35:46.139
 We see

00:35:46.139 --> 00:35:46.739
 people around

00:35:46.739 --> 00:35:48.099
 us and

00:35:48.099 --> 00:35:48.579
 we wonder,

00:35:49.579 --> 00:35:50.199
 I wonder if

00:35:50.199 --> 00:35:50.699
 they're saved.

00:35:51.859 --> 00:35:52.400
 And then what

00:35:52.400 --> 00:35:53.500
 follows that is

00:35:53.500 --> 00:35:54.000
 something like

00:35:54.000 --> 00:35:54.319
 this.

00:35:56.019 --> 00:35:56.819
 God can't

00:35:56.819 --> 00:35:57.219
 save him.

00:35:58.519 --> 00:35:59.159
 God can't

00:35:59.159 --> 00:35:59.539
 save her.

00:35:59.739 --> 00:36:00.119
 They're

00:36:00.119 --> 00:36:01.359
 unsavable.

00:36:03.319 --> 00:36:04.019
 We think

00:36:04.019 --> 00:36:04.659
 things like,

00:36:05.259 --> 00:36:05.739
 he's too

00:36:05.739 --> 00:36:06.719
 entrenched in a

00:36:06.719 --> 00:36:07.920
 homosexual lifestyle

00:36:07.920 --> 00:36:08.400
 to ever

00:36:08.400 --> 00:36:08.820
 repent.

00:36:09.740 --> 00:36:10.480
 We think

00:36:10.480 --> 00:36:11.099
 things like,

00:36:11.440 --> 00:36:11.880
 she's just

00:36:11.880 --> 00:36:12.360
 too liberal

00:36:12.360 --> 00:36:13.139
 to respond.

00:36:13.460 --> 00:36:13.760
 He's too

00:36:13.760 --> 00:36:14.280
 absorbed with

00:36:14.280 --> 00:36:14.659
 himself.

00:36:15.000 --> 00:36:15.380
 She loves

00:36:15.380 --> 00:36:15.860
 money too

00:36:15.860 --> 00:36:16.099
 much.

00:36:16.360 --> 00:36:16.659
 He's too

00:36:16.659 --> 00:36:17.000
 into his

00:36:17.000 --> 00:36:17.519
 career.

00:36:17.940 --> 00:36:18.380
 She's too

00:36:18.380 --> 00:36:19.019
 scientific.

00:36:19.500 --> 00:36:20.420
 He's burned

00:36:20.420 --> 00:36:22.380
 after burn

00:36:22.380 --> 00:36:22.880
 after burn

00:36:22.880 --> 00:36:23.400
 from church

00:36:23.400 --> 00:36:23.940
 after church

00:36:23.940 --> 00:36:24.460
 after church.

00:36:24.639 --> 00:36:25.180
 She's a

00:36:25.180 --> 00:36:25.500
 Muslim.

00:36:25.820 --> 00:36:26.200
 She would

00:36:26.200 --> 00:36:26.599
 never,

00:36:26.720 --> 00:36:27.579
 ever repent.

00:36:28.340 --> 00:36:28.659
 That's what

00:36:28.659 --> 00:36:29.059
 we think.

00:36:33.980 --> 00:36:34.659
 These are

00:36:34.659 --> 00:36:36.119
 examples of

00:36:36.119 --> 00:36:37.220
 excuses

00:36:37.219 --> 00:36:38.239
 born of

00:36:38.239 --> 00:36:39.219
 unbelief.

00:36:43.019 --> 00:36:44.139
 An unbelief

00:36:44.139 --> 00:36:44.859
 in the power

00:36:44.859 --> 00:36:45.679
 of God

00:36:45.679 --> 00:36:46.399
 unleashed

00:36:46.399 --> 00:36:46.919
 through the

00:36:46.919 --> 00:36:47.739
 gospel of

00:36:47.739 --> 00:36:48.719
 Jesus Christ.

00:36:49.159 --> 00:36:49.619
 Paul says,

00:36:49.759 --> 00:36:50.279
 I'm not ashamed

00:36:50.279 --> 00:36:50.899
 of the gospel

00:36:50.899 --> 00:36:52.500
 for it is

00:36:52.500 --> 00:36:53.500
 God's power

00:36:53.500 --> 00:36:54.599
 unto salvation

00:36:54.599 --> 00:36:56.239
 for all

00:36:56.239 --> 00:36:57.279
 who believe.

00:37:01.779 --> 00:37:02.539
 So I want

00:37:02.539 --> 00:37:02.980
 to encourage

00:37:02.980 --> 00:37:03.199
 you.

00:37:04.639 --> 00:37:05.659
 I want

00:37:05.659 --> 00:37:06.279
 Jonah 3

00:37:06.280 --> 00:37:06.940
 to encourage

00:37:06.940 --> 00:37:07.860
 you along

00:37:07.860 --> 00:37:08.420
 these lines.

00:37:09.780 --> 00:37:10.920
 If God

00:37:10.920 --> 00:37:12.760
 could turn

00:37:12.760 --> 00:37:13.500
 Nineveh

00:37:13.500 --> 00:37:16.000
 bring about

00:37:16.000 --> 00:37:16.500
 repentance,

00:37:17.300 --> 00:37:17.960
 he can do

00:37:17.960 --> 00:37:18.680
 the same

00:37:18.680 --> 00:37:19.480
 in Kenosha.

00:37:21.860 --> 00:37:22.780
 Look at how

00:37:22.780 --> 00:37:23.360
 the Ninevites

00:37:23.360 --> 00:37:24.140
 respond to

00:37:24.140 --> 00:37:24.480
 Jonah's

00:37:24.480 --> 00:37:24.960
 preaching in

00:37:24.960 --> 00:37:25.560
 verse 5.

00:37:26.960 --> 00:37:27.200
 Jonah

00:37:27.200 --> 00:37:28.160
 proclaims

00:37:28.160 --> 00:37:28.660
 these five

00:37:28.660 --> 00:37:29.120
 words,

00:37:30.920 --> 00:37:31.940
 and Nineveh,

00:37:32.060 --> 00:37:32.519
 we read,

00:37:32.519 --> 00:37:33.559
 the people

00:37:33.559 --> 00:37:34.300
 of Nineveh

00:37:34.300 --> 00:37:35.539
 believed God.

00:37:36.199 --> 00:37:36.440
 They

00:37:36.440 --> 00:37:37.639
 believed God.

00:37:38.179 --> 00:37:38.820
 They heard

00:37:38.820 --> 00:37:39.460
 the message

00:37:39.460 --> 00:37:40.099
 and they

00:37:40.099 --> 00:37:41.800
 believed God.

00:37:42.280 --> 00:37:42.960
 Notice the

00:37:42.960 --> 00:37:43.259
 wording.

00:37:43.860 --> 00:37:44.500
 They believed

00:37:44.500 --> 00:37:46.019
 God,

00:37:46.579 --> 00:37:48.099
 not

00:37:48.099 --> 00:37:49.719
 Jonah.

00:37:51.159 --> 00:37:52.440
 They believed

00:37:52.440 --> 00:37:52.820
 that it was

00:37:52.820 --> 00:37:53.759
 God speaking

00:37:53.759 --> 00:37:54.219
 to them,

00:37:54.579 --> 00:37:55.000
 that it was

00:37:55.000 --> 00:37:56.079
 God making

00:37:56.079 --> 00:37:56.780
 his appeal

00:37:56.780 --> 00:37:57.800
 through Jonah

00:37:57.800 --> 00:37:59.500
 to them.

00:37:59.500 --> 00:37:59.559
 God.

00:38:00.440 --> 00:38:01.239
 They believed

00:38:01.239 --> 00:38:01.480
 and they

00:38:01.480 --> 00:38:01.920
 repented.

00:38:02.500 --> 00:38:03.039
 And they

00:38:03.039 --> 00:38:06.280
 believed that

00:38:06.280 --> 00:38:06.840
 they were on

00:38:06.840 --> 00:38:07.320
 the road of

00:38:07.320 --> 00:38:07.840
 destruction,

00:38:08.440 --> 00:38:08.940
 that they were

00:38:08.940 --> 00:38:09.679
 in sin,

00:38:10.039 --> 00:38:10.739
 and that they

00:38:10.739 --> 00:38:11.340
 needed to

00:38:11.340 --> 00:38:12.420
 turn around.

00:38:13.420 --> 00:38:14.039
 So look at how

00:38:14.039 --> 00:38:14.739
 they responded

00:38:14.739 --> 00:38:15.460
 in verse 5.

00:38:15.539 --> 00:38:15.920
 It was an

00:38:15.920 --> 00:38:17.659
 immediate response.

00:38:18.260 --> 00:38:18.980
 Verse 4,

00:38:19.360 --> 00:38:20.280
 he proclaims,

00:38:20.480 --> 00:38:21.139
 40 days,

00:38:21.420 --> 00:38:21.659
 you'll be

00:38:21.659 --> 00:38:22.159
 overthrown.

00:38:22.320 --> 00:38:23.059
 Verse 5,

00:38:23.559 --> 00:38:24.000
 and the people

00:38:24.000 --> 00:38:24.360
 of Nineveh

00:38:24.360 --> 00:38:24.900
 responded.

00:38:25.019 --> 00:38:25.480
 They believed

00:38:25.480 --> 00:38:25.880
 in God.

00:38:25.920 --> 00:38:26.539
 It was immediate.

00:38:26.539 --> 00:38:27.699
 It was a

00:38:27.699 --> 00:38:28.599
 real response.

00:38:29.059 --> 00:38:29.659
 They called

00:38:29.659 --> 00:38:30.239
 a fast.

00:38:30.360 --> 00:38:31.019
 They put on

00:38:31.019 --> 00:38:31.699
 sackcloth.

00:38:31.800 --> 00:38:32.079
 Eventually,

00:38:32.199 --> 00:38:32.599
 the king of

00:38:32.599 --> 00:38:33.360
 Nineveh would

00:38:33.360 --> 00:38:34.739
 sit in ashes.

00:38:34.860 --> 00:38:35.039
 Do you know

00:38:35.039 --> 00:38:35.500
 what all that's

00:38:35.500 --> 00:38:35.779
 about?

00:38:37.199 --> 00:38:37.679
 Repentance.

00:38:38.800 --> 00:38:39.199
 Humbling

00:38:39.199 --> 00:38:40.800
 oneself under

00:38:40.800 --> 00:38:41.380
 God's mighty

00:38:41.380 --> 00:38:41.759
 hand.

00:38:42.279 --> 00:38:42.900
 It's all

00:38:42.900 --> 00:38:43.900
 demonstrations of

00:38:43.900 --> 00:38:44.279
 humility.

00:38:44.880 --> 00:38:45.259
 It's not a

00:38:45.259 --> 00:38:45.759
 time to eat.

00:38:46.139 --> 00:38:46.539
 It's not a

00:38:46.539 --> 00:38:46.880
 time to be

00:38:46.880 --> 00:38:47.179
 comfortable.

00:38:47.539 --> 00:38:47.940
 It's a time

00:38:47.940 --> 00:38:48.940
 to cry out

00:38:48.940 --> 00:38:49.840
 because God

00:38:49.840 --> 00:38:50.539
 has addressed

00:38:50.539 --> 00:38:51.960
 us and has

00:38:51.960 --> 00:38:52.840
 warned us

00:38:52.840 --> 00:38:53.519
 that we're in

00:38:53.519 --> 00:38:54.000
 the path of

00:38:54.000 --> 00:38:54.460
 destruction.

00:38:54.659 --> 00:38:55.279
 We must turn.

00:38:55.280 --> 00:38:56.800
 It's a broad

00:38:56.800 --> 00:38:57.400
 response.

00:38:57.860 --> 00:38:58.100
 From the

00:38:58.100 --> 00:38:58.460
 greatest,

00:38:58.560 --> 00:38:59.080
 verse 5,

00:38:59.140 --> 00:38:59.400
 from the

00:38:59.400 --> 00:38:59.940
 greatest to

00:38:59.940 --> 00:39:00.620
 the least.

00:39:01.160 --> 00:39:01.480
 And then in

00:39:01.480 --> 00:39:01.920
 verse 6,

00:39:02.000 --> 00:39:02.360
 we're brought

00:39:02.360 --> 00:39:03.140
 into the very

00:39:03.140 --> 00:39:03.960
 throne room

00:39:03.960 --> 00:39:05.180
 of Nineveh.

00:39:05.320 --> 00:39:06.140
 To the king

00:39:06.140 --> 00:39:06.720
 of Nineveh.

00:39:07.120 --> 00:39:07.800
 The greatest

00:39:07.800 --> 00:39:08.540
 Ninevite.

00:39:10.760 --> 00:39:11.840
 He represents

00:39:11.840 --> 00:39:12.460
 his people.

00:39:13.680 --> 00:39:14.260
 And we read

00:39:14.260 --> 00:39:14.980
 in verse 6,

00:39:15.100 --> 00:39:16.300
 the word reached

00:39:16.300 --> 00:39:17.080
 the king of

00:39:17.080 --> 00:39:17.519
 Nineveh.

00:39:17.740 --> 00:39:18.280
 And literally,

00:39:18.500 --> 00:39:19.180
 that word means

00:39:19.180 --> 00:39:20.720
 touched the

00:39:20.720 --> 00:39:21.340
 king of

00:39:21.340 --> 00:39:21.760
 Nineveh.

00:39:21.760 --> 00:39:22.860
 He was cut

00:39:22.860 --> 00:39:23.440
 quick.

00:39:23.440 --> 00:39:25.860
 Those five

00:39:25.860 --> 00:39:26.380
 words,

00:39:26.860 --> 00:39:27.820
 God packed

00:39:27.820 --> 00:39:28.579
 a punch.

00:39:32.740 --> 00:39:33.579
 And the

00:39:33.579 --> 00:39:35.639
 king arose,

00:39:35.900 --> 00:39:36.380
 removed his

00:39:36.380 --> 00:39:36.720
 robe,

00:39:36.920 --> 00:39:37.260
 put on

00:39:37.260 --> 00:39:38.019
 sackcloth,

00:39:38.420 --> 00:39:39.119
 and sat

00:39:39.119 --> 00:39:40.840
 in ashes.

00:39:41.400 --> 00:39:42.240
 A clear

00:39:42.240 --> 00:39:43.079
 demonstration

00:39:43.079 --> 00:39:44.059
 of repentance.

00:39:45.740 --> 00:39:46.519
 The greatest

00:39:46.519 --> 00:39:47.220
 of all

00:39:47.220 --> 00:39:47.800
 Ninevites

00:39:47.800 --> 00:39:48.639
 was humbling

00:39:48.639 --> 00:39:49.159
 himself.

00:39:49.159 --> 00:39:49.800
 And he

00:39:49.800 --> 00:39:50.179
 makes a

00:39:50.179 --> 00:39:50.720
 decree that

00:39:50.720 --> 00:39:51.380
 every,

00:39:51.720 --> 00:39:52.659
 all Ninevites

00:39:52.659 --> 00:39:53.859
 stop eating.

00:39:54.980 --> 00:39:55.599
 Call out

00:39:55.599 --> 00:39:56.579
 mightily to

00:39:56.579 --> 00:39:57.059
 God.

00:39:58.139 --> 00:39:58.559
 It's a

00:39:58.559 --> 00:39:58.899
 desperate

00:39:58.899 --> 00:39:59.699
 response.

00:40:00.539 --> 00:40:01.379
 It's urgent.

00:40:01.579 --> 00:40:02.460
 It's sobering.

00:40:02.759 --> 00:40:03.379
 Who knows?

00:40:03.519 --> 00:40:03.960
 God may

00:40:03.960 --> 00:40:04.359
 turn and

00:40:04.359 --> 00:40:04.839
 relent and

00:40:04.839 --> 00:40:05.219
 turn from

00:40:05.219 --> 00:40:05.599
 his fierce

00:40:05.599 --> 00:40:06.239
 anger so

00:40:06.239 --> 00:40:07.119
 that we

00:40:07.119 --> 00:40:07.739
 may not

00:40:07.739 --> 00:40:08.259
 perish.

00:40:08.719 --> 00:40:08.960
 They

00:40:08.960 --> 00:40:09.819
 realized

00:40:09.819 --> 00:40:10.859
 that they

00:40:10.859 --> 00:40:11.259
 were about

00:40:11.259 --> 00:40:11.599
 to be

00:40:11.599 --> 00:40:12.119
 destroyed.

00:40:12.119 --> 00:40:12.319
 They

00:40:12.319 --> 00:40:12.339
 destroyed.

00:40:18.719 --> 00:40:19.279
 You know

00:40:19.279 --> 00:40:19.579
 what it all

00:40:19.579 --> 00:40:20.039
 points to?

00:40:20.039 --> 00:40:23.000
 their response

00:40:23.000 --> 00:40:24.779
 was God

00:40:24.779 --> 00:40:25.039
 word.

00:40:27.980 --> 00:40:28.500
 Theirs

00:40:28.500 --> 00:40:29.500
 was a

00:40:29.500 --> 00:40:30.039
 repentance

00:40:30.039 --> 00:40:31.219
 born of

00:40:31.219 --> 00:40:31.559
 God.

00:40:34.759 --> 00:40:35.380
 Their

00:40:35.380 --> 00:40:35.820
 immediate

00:40:35.820 --> 00:40:36.619
 response

00:40:36.619 --> 00:40:37.639
 was belief

00:40:37.639 --> 00:40:38.300
 in God.

00:40:38.699 --> 00:40:39.279
 It was a

00:40:39.279 --> 00:40:40.259
 real response.

00:40:40.420 --> 00:40:41.019
 They put on

00:40:41.019 --> 00:40:41.980
 sackcloth and

00:40:41.980 --> 00:40:42.940
 fasted unto

00:40:42.940 --> 00:40:43.500
 the Lord.

00:40:43.960 --> 00:40:44.960
 It was a

00:40:44.960 --> 00:40:45.820
 broad response

00:40:45.820 --> 00:40:46.400
 from greatest

00:40:46.400 --> 00:40:46.880
 to least

00:40:46.880 --> 00:40:47.579
 to God.

00:40:48.219 --> 00:40:48.639
 It was

00:40:48.639 --> 00:40:49.079
 desperate.

00:40:49.079 --> 00:40:49.319
 They're

00:40:49.319 --> 00:40:50.059
 crying out

00:40:50.059 --> 00:40:50.679
 to God.

00:40:50.779 --> 00:40:51.380
 Elohim.

00:40:54.819 --> 00:40:55.360
 In

00:40:55.360 --> 00:40:56.279
 2 Corinthians

00:40:56.279 --> 00:40:57.360
 7, Paul

00:40:57.360 --> 00:40:57.880
 makes a

00:40:57.880 --> 00:40:58.900
 very important

00:40:58.900 --> 00:40:59.460
 distinction

00:40:59.460 --> 00:41:00.319
 between two

00:41:00.319 --> 00:41:00.860
 types of

00:41:00.860 --> 00:41:01.239
 grief.

00:41:02.119 --> 00:41:02.679
 Godly

00:41:02.679 --> 00:41:03.039
 grief

00:41:03.039 --> 00:41:04.619
 and worldly

00:41:04.619 --> 00:41:05.119
 grief.

00:41:05.860 --> 00:41:06.119
 A

00:41:06.119 --> 00:41:06.559
 godly

00:41:06.559 --> 00:41:07.000
 sorrow

00:41:07.000 --> 00:41:08.059
 and a

00:41:08.059 --> 00:41:08.500
 worldly

00:41:08.500 --> 00:41:09.380
 sorrow.

00:41:10.460 --> 00:41:10.819
 The

00:41:10.819 --> 00:41:11.139
 difference

00:41:11.139 --> 00:41:11.579
 is

00:41:11.579 --> 00:41:12.759
 orientation.

00:41:13.940 --> 00:41:14.559
 What it

00:41:14.559 --> 00:41:15.480
 is oriented

00:41:15.480 --> 00:41:15.980
 to.

00:41:15.980 --> 00:41:18.139
 Godly

00:41:18.139 --> 00:41:18.400
 grief

00:41:18.400 --> 00:41:18.679
 is

00:41:18.679 --> 00:41:19.199
 God

00:41:19.199 --> 00:41:19.519
 word

00:41:19.519 --> 00:41:20.039
 in its

00:41:20.039 --> 00:41:20.840
 orientation.

00:41:22.599 --> 00:41:22.880
 It's the

00:41:22.880 --> 00:41:23.360
 recognition

00:41:23.360 --> 00:41:23.860
 that first

00:41:23.860 --> 00:41:24.460
 and foremost

00:41:24.460 --> 00:41:25.219
 I have

00:41:25.219 --> 00:41:25.579
 sinned

00:41:25.579 --> 00:41:26.079
 against a

00:41:26.079 --> 00:41:26.340
 holy

00:41:26.340 --> 00:41:26.699
 God.

00:41:26.840 --> 00:41:27.059
 Psalm

00:41:27.059 --> 00:41:27.800
 51

00:41:27.800 --> 00:41:28.199
 4

00:41:28.199 --> 00:41:28.519
 Against

00:41:28.519 --> 00:41:28.900
 you

00:41:28.900 --> 00:41:29.360
 and you

00:41:29.360 --> 00:41:29.900
 alone

00:41:29.900 --> 00:41:30.500
 have I

00:41:30.500 --> 00:41:30.760
 sinned

00:41:30.760 --> 00:41:30.980
 and done

00:41:30.980 --> 00:41:31.280
 what is

00:41:31.280 --> 00:41:31.599
 evil

00:41:31.599 --> 00:41:32.000
 in your

00:41:32.000 --> 00:41:32.539
 sight.

00:41:32.539 --> 00:41:37.119
 Godly

00:41:37.119 --> 00:41:37.480
 grief

00:41:37.480 --> 00:41:38.739
 recognizes

00:41:38.739 --> 00:41:39.900
 and takes

00:41:39.900 --> 00:41:40.779
 responsibility

00:41:40.779 --> 00:41:41.179
 full

00:41:41.179 --> 00:41:41.860
 responsibility

00:41:41.860 --> 00:41:42.539
 for all

00:41:42.539 --> 00:41:42.960
 of one's

00:41:42.960 --> 00:41:43.239
 sins.

00:41:43.400 --> 00:41:43.539
 It's

00:41:43.539 --> 00:41:43.920
 me.

00:41:44.639 --> 00:41:45.099
 I have

00:41:45.099 --> 00:41:45.360
 sinned

00:41:45.360 --> 00:41:45.699
 against

00:41:45.699 --> 00:41:46.139
 you.

00:41:48.219 --> 00:41:48.719
 Godly

00:41:48.719 --> 00:41:48.980
 grief

00:41:48.980 --> 00:41:49.559
 leads to

00:41:49.559 --> 00:41:49.840
 true

00:41:49.840 --> 00:41:50.400
 repentance.

00:41:52.019 --> 00:41:52.500
 Worldly

00:41:52.500 --> 00:41:52.880
 grief

00:41:52.880 --> 00:41:53.900
 can be

00:41:53.900 --> 00:41:54.579
 described

00:41:54.579 --> 00:41:55.500
 as a

00:41:55.500 --> 00:41:55.920
 sorrow

00:41:55.920 --> 00:41:56.519
 a real

00:41:56.519 --> 00:41:56.980
 sorrow

00:41:56.980 --> 00:41:58.519
 a real

00:41:58.519 --> 00:41:58.759
 sorrow

00:41:58.759 --> 00:41:59.199
 for getting

00:41:59.199 --> 00:41:59.619
 caught.

00:42:00.840 --> 00:42:01.500
 A real

00:42:01.500 --> 00:42:01.920
 sorrow

00:42:01.920 --> 00:42:03.220
 for seeing

00:42:03.220 --> 00:42:04.039
 the consequences

00:42:04.039 --> 00:42:04.599
 coming and

00:42:04.599 --> 00:42:04.880
 know that

00:42:04.880 --> 00:42:05.099
 you're going

00:42:05.099 --> 00:42:05.260
 to get

00:42:05.260 --> 00:42:05.760
 hurt for

00:42:05.760 --> 00:42:05.960
 it.

00:42:07.099 --> 00:42:07.539
 But what

00:42:07.539 --> 00:42:08.139
 godly

00:42:08.139 --> 00:42:08.940
 grief is

00:42:08.940 --> 00:42:09.579
 missing

00:42:09.579 --> 00:42:10.760
 or what

00:42:10.760 --> 00:42:11.200
 worldly

00:42:11.200 --> 00:42:11.900
 grief is

00:42:11.900 --> 00:42:12.380
 missing

00:42:12.380 --> 00:42:14.460
 is God.

00:42:16.300 --> 00:42:17.079
 You don't

00:42:17.079 --> 00:42:17.400
 care.

00:42:20.360 --> 00:42:21.059
 Worldly

00:42:21.059 --> 00:42:21.840
 grief is a

00:42:21.840 --> 00:42:22.360
 godless

00:42:22.360 --> 00:42:22.920
 remorse.

00:42:23.720 --> 00:42:23.920
 And what

00:42:23.920 --> 00:42:24.240
 we see

00:42:24.240 --> 00:42:24.579
 Nineveh

00:42:24.579 --> 00:42:25.039
 doing

00:42:25.039 --> 00:42:27.180
 is a

00:42:27.180 --> 00:42:27.659
 godly

00:42:27.659 --> 00:42:28.240
 grief.

00:42:29.579 --> 00:42:30.280
 Godly

00:42:30.280 --> 00:42:30.880
 sorrow

00:42:30.880 --> 00:42:30.980
 sorrow

00:42:30.980 --> 00:42:32.380
 which leads

00:42:32.380 --> 00:42:32.980
 them to

00:42:32.980 --> 00:42:34.099
 a true

00:42:34.099 --> 00:42:34.920
 repentance.

00:42:38.539 --> 00:42:39.780
 Here's why

00:42:39.780 --> 00:42:40.160
 I'm telling

00:42:40.160 --> 00:42:40.579
 you this.

00:42:41.960 --> 00:42:42.559
 This

00:42:42.559 --> 00:42:44.280
 godly

00:42:44.280 --> 00:42:45.039
 sorrow

00:42:45.039 --> 00:42:46.019
 that results

00:42:46.019 --> 00:42:46.559
 in a true

00:42:46.559 --> 00:42:47.180
 repentance

00:42:47.180 --> 00:42:48.500
 this

00:42:48.500 --> 00:42:50.940
 god

00:42:50.940 --> 00:42:51.460
 word

00:42:51.460 --> 00:42:53.660
 repentance

00:42:53.660 --> 00:42:55.820
 is a

00:42:55.820 --> 00:42:56.119
 god

00:42:56.119 --> 00:42:56.720
 wrought

00:42:56.720 --> 00:42:57.880
 repentance.

00:42:59.140 --> 00:42:59.740
 God's

00:42:59.739 --> 00:43:00.039
 behind

00:43:00.039 --> 00:43:00.419
 this.

00:43:01.139 --> 00:43:01.699
 God's

00:43:01.699 --> 00:43:02.059
 bringing

00:43:02.059 --> 00:43:02.259
 this

00:43:02.259 --> 00:43:02.559
 about.

00:43:06.119 --> 00:43:06.879
 And here's

00:43:06.879 --> 00:43:07.159
 why I'm

00:43:07.159 --> 00:43:07.519
 telling you

00:43:07.519 --> 00:43:07.739
 this.

00:43:08.679 --> 00:43:09.679
 When we

00:43:09.679 --> 00:43:11.479
 make excuses

00:43:11.479 --> 00:43:12.119
 under our

00:43:12.119 --> 00:43:12.839
 from our

00:43:12.839 --> 00:43:13.379
 unbelief

00:43:13.379 --> 00:43:14.319
 they'll never

00:43:14.319 --> 00:43:14.599
 turn.

00:43:15.779 --> 00:43:16.419
 They won't

00:43:16.419 --> 00:43:16.799
 respond.

00:43:17.659 --> 00:43:18.479
 It's no point

00:43:18.479 --> 00:43:18.919
 telling them

00:43:18.919 --> 00:43:19.299
 they won't

00:43:19.299 --> 00:43:19.959
 respond anyway.

00:43:20.219 --> 00:43:20.839
 Let me decide

00:43:20.839 --> 00:43:21.239
 for them.

00:43:21.299 --> 00:43:21.539
 They're not

00:43:21.539 --> 00:43:21.719
 going to

00:43:21.719 --> 00:43:22.039
 respond.

00:43:22.039 --> 00:43:24.039
 God's

00:43:24.039 --> 00:43:24.960
 God's

00:43:24.960 --> 00:43:25.960
 God's

00:43:25.960 --> 00:43:26.619
 able to

00:43:26.619 --> 00:43:26.920
 turn

00:43:26.920 --> 00:43:27.300
 people.

00:43:28.519 --> 00:43:28.940
 God's

00:43:28.940 --> 00:43:29.440
 able to

00:43:29.440 --> 00:43:29.840
 bring about

00:43:29.840 --> 00:43:30.360
 repentance.

00:43:31.440 --> 00:43:31.880
 He's just

00:43:31.880 --> 00:43:32.460
 calling us

00:43:32.460 --> 00:43:33.079
 to speak

00:43:33.079 --> 00:43:33.539
 the message.

00:43:35.079 --> 00:43:35.880
 We can't

00:43:35.880 --> 00:43:36.719
 make someone

00:43:36.719 --> 00:43:37.500
 experience a

00:43:37.500 --> 00:43:38.079
 godly grief.

00:43:38.360 --> 00:43:38.940
 God does

00:43:38.940 --> 00:43:39.360
 that.

00:43:39.719 --> 00:43:40.259
 What we

00:43:40.259 --> 00:43:40.719
 can do

00:43:40.719 --> 00:43:41.599
 is tell

00:43:41.599 --> 00:43:42.519
 people that

00:43:42.519 --> 00:43:42.800
 they're going

00:43:42.800 --> 00:43:43.139
 the wrong

00:43:43.139 --> 00:43:44.139
 way and

00:43:44.139 --> 00:43:44.340
 that they

00:43:44.340 --> 00:43:44.599
 need to

00:43:44.599 --> 00:43:44.920
 turn to

00:43:44.920 --> 00:43:45.219
 Jesus.

00:43:48.219 --> 00:43:48.880
 While the

00:43:48.880 --> 00:43:50.420
 people of

00:43:50.420 --> 00:43:50.940
 Nineveh

00:43:50.940 --> 00:43:52.400
 recognize that

00:43:52.400 --> 00:43:53.039
 God is

00:43:53.039 --> 00:43:53.820
 making his

00:43:53.820 --> 00:43:54.340
 appeal to

00:43:54.340 --> 00:43:54.780
 them through

00:43:54.780 --> 00:43:55.139
 Jonah.

00:43:56.519 --> 00:43:56.960
 And in

00:43:56.960 --> 00:43:57.579
 310,

00:43:58.480 --> 00:43:58.820
 God

00:43:58.820 --> 00:43:59.280
 relents.

00:44:00.099 --> 00:44:00.840
 When God

00:44:00.840 --> 00:44:01.700
 sees how

00:44:01.700 --> 00:44:02.139
 they turned

00:44:02.139 --> 00:44:02.599
 away from

00:44:02.599 --> 00:44:03.039
 their evil

00:44:03.039 --> 00:44:03.400
 way, how

00:44:03.400 --> 00:44:04.019
 they repented,

00:44:05.300 --> 00:44:06.159
 God relents

00:44:06.159 --> 00:44:06.519
 of the

00:44:06.519 --> 00:44:07.059
 disaster.

00:44:08.980 --> 00:44:09.720
 He turns

00:44:09.720 --> 00:44:12.380
 his just

00:44:12.380 --> 00:44:13.220
 anger, his

00:44:13.220 --> 00:44:14.260
 wrath, from

00:44:14.260 --> 00:44:15.079
 the Ninevites.

00:44:16.360 --> 00:44:17.139
 It raises

00:44:17.139 --> 00:44:17.720
 a question.

00:44:19.039 --> 00:44:19.840
 Did God

00:44:19.840 --> 00:44:20.480
 just change?

00:44:20.900 --> 00:44:21.280
 Did God

00:44:21.280 --> 00:44:21.700
 just change

00:44:21.700 --> 00:44:22.180
 his mind?

00:44:22.460 --> 00:44:22.840
 And is it

00:44:22.840 --> 00:44:23.280
 okay that

00:44:23.280 --> 00:44:23.880
 God changes

00:44:23.880 --> 00:44:24.360
 his mind?

00:44:25.519 --> 00:44:25.840
 Well, let

00:44:25.840 --> 00:44:26.760
 me just say

00:44:26.760 --> 00:44:27.300
 it this way.

00:44:28.680 --> 00:44:29.480
 What we see

00:44:29.480 --> 00:44:30.100
 happening in

00:44:30.100 --> 00:44:31.519
 Jonah 310

00:44:31.519 --> 00:44:33.300
 is not so

00:44:33.300 --> 00:44:33.880
 much God

00:44:33.880 --> 00:44:34.660
 changing his

00:44:34.660 --> 00:44:36.260
 mind as

00:44:36.260 --> 00:44:39.220
 the Ninevites

00:44:39.220 --> 00:44:40.220
 changing their

00:44:40.220 --> 00:44:40.440
 mind.

00:44:41.920 --> 00:44:42.500
 God's the

00:44:42.500 --> 00:44:42.780
 same.

00:44:43.500 --> 00:44:43.900
 I'm the

00:44:43.900 --> 00:44:44.140
 Lord, I

00:44:44.140 --> 00:44:44.400
 do not

00:44:44.400 --> 00:44:44.940
 change.

00:44:45.400 --> 00:44:46.059
 Malachi 3.

00:44:46.660 --> 00:44:47.140
 There's no

00:44:47.140 --> 00:44:47.860
 shifting shadow

00:44:47.860 --> 00:44:48.320
 in God.

00:44:49.079 --> 00:44:49.460
 He's the

00:44:49.460 --> 00:44:49.720
 same.

00:44:49.719 --> 00:44:50.139
 today,

00:44:50.579 --> 00:44:51.000
 tomorrow,

00:44:51.539 --> 00:44:51.859
 forever.

00:44:54.359 --> 00:44:55.039
 And so

00:44:55.039 --> 00:44:55.599
 what we see

00:44:55.599 --> 00:44:56.459
 happening though

00:44:56.459 --> 00:44:57.519
 is God

00:44:57.519 --> 00:44:58.459
 who is

00:44:58.459 --> 00:44:59.099
 who he

00:44:59.099 --> 00:45:00.859
 is responds

00:45:00.859 --> 00:45:01.239
 in his

00:45:01.239 --> 00:45:01.799
 purpose to

00:45:01.799 --> 00:45:02.559
 respond to

00:45:02.559 --> 00:45:03.419
 unrepentance

00:45:03.419 --> 00:45:04.079
 one way

00:45:04.079 --> 00:45:05.099
 and his

00:45:05.099 --> 00:45:05.599
 purpose to

00:45:05.599 --> 00:45:06.279
 respond to

00:45:06.279 --> 00:45:06.759
 repentance

00:45:06.759 --> 00:45:07.659
 another way.

00:45:08.459 --> 00:45:08.719
 And so

00:45:08.719 --> 00:45:10.119
 when the

00:45:10.119 --> 00:45:11.059
 Ninevites

00:45:11.059 --> 00:45:11.759
 repent,

00:45:12.659 --> 00:45:13.259
 God

00:45:13.259 --> 00:45:14.559
 relents

00:45:14.559 --> 00:45:15.559
 just like

00:45:15.559 --> 00:45:16.059
 he said

00:45:16.059 --> 00:45:16.579
 he would.

00:45:16.579 --> 00:45:19.199
 Jeremiah

00:45:19.199 --> 00:45:19.920
 18,

00:45:20.119 --> 00:45:20.759
 7-8,

00:45:20.840 --> 00:45:21.179
 I don't

00:45:21.179 --> 00:45:21.639
 have time

00:45:21.639 --> 00:45:21.940
 to go

00:45:21.940 --> 00:45:22.420
 into it.

00:45:22.539 --> 00:45:22.699
 Just

00:45:22.699 --> 00:45:23.219
 encourage you

00:45:23.219 --> 00:45:23.500
 to look

00:45:23.500 --> 00:45:23.860
 at it.

00:45:26.000 --> 00:45:26.639
 But what

00:45:26.639 --> 00:45:27.039
 I want to

00:45:27.039 --> 00:45:27.559
 point out

00:45:27.559 --> 00:45:29.480
 in Jonah

00:45:29.480 --> 00:45:30.099
 310 is

00:45:30.099 --> 00:45:30.639
 that God's

00:45:30.639 --> 00:45:31.360
 nature hasn't

00:45:31.360 --> 00:45:31.960
 changed.

00:45:32.639 --> 00:45:32.960
 What has

00:45:32.960 --> 00:45:33.639
 changed in

00:45:33.639 --> 00:45:34.279
 Jonah 3

00:45:34.279 --> 00:45:34.659
 are the

00:45:34.659 --> 00:45:35.299
 Ninevites.

00:45:35.819 --> 00:45:36.139
 They've

00:45:36.139 --> 00:45:36.559
 turned away

00:45:36.559 --> 00:45:37.099
 from evil

00:45:37.099 --> 00:45:37.639
 and God

00:45:37.639 --> 00:45:38.420
 relents.

00:45:38.920 --> 00:45:39.219
 He's a

00:45:39.219 --> 00:45:39.619
 God who's

00:45:39.619 --> 00:45:40.259
 gracious and

00:45:40.259 --> 00:45:40.639
 merciful,

00:45:40.860 --> 00:45:41.259
 slow to

00:45:41.259 --> 00:45:41.659
 anger and

00:45:41.659 --> 00:45:42.259
 abounding in

00:45:42.259 --> 00:45:43.139
 steadfast love,

00:45:43.139 --> 00:45:44.259
 relenting from

00:45:44.259 --> 00:45:47.099
 disaster when

00:45:47.099 --> 00:45:47.299
 there's

00:45:47.299 --> 00:45:47.719
 repentance.

00:45:51.500 --> 00:45:52.400
 Is God

00:45:52.400 --> 00:45:52.900
 still a

00:45:52.900 --> 00:45:53.359
 God of

00:45:53.359 --> 00:45:54.059
 fierce anger?

00:45:54.619 --> 00:45:54.819
 Yes,

00:45:54.859 --> 00:45:55.299
 He is.

00:45:56.420 --> 00:45:56.699
 Yes,

00:45:56.739 --> 00:45:57.099
 He is.

00:46:00.900 --> 00:46:01.819
 Is God

00:46:01.819 --> 00:46:02.400
 storing up

00:46:02.400 --> 00:46:03.500
 wrath over

00:46:03.500 --> 00:46:04.079
 people of

00:46:04.079 --> 00:46:04.379
 Kenosha?

00:46:04.500 --> 00:46:04.699
 Yes,

00:46:04.759 --> 00:46:05.139
 He is.

00:46:05.519 --> 00:46:05.719
 Yes,

00:46:05.759 --> 00:46:06.119
 He is.

00:46:07.379 --> 00:46:08.539
 Will God

00:46:08.539 --> 00:46:09.960
 relent today

00:46:09.960 --> 00:46:10.559
 if people

00:46:10.559 --> 00:46:10.960
 repent?

00:46:11.359 --> 00:46:11.599
 Yes,

00:46:11.639 --> 00:46:12.039
 He will.

00:46:12.440 --> 00:46:12.659
 Yes,

00:46:12.699 --> 00:46:13.019
 He will.

00:46:13.859 --> 00:46:14.539
 He will

00:46:14.539 --> 00:46:15.239
 turn His

00:46:15.239 --> 00:46:16.199
 wrath from

00:46:16.199 --> 00:46:16.579
 a sinner

00:46:16.579 --> 00:46:17.379
 and pour

00:46:17.379 --> 00:46:17.759
 out His

00:46:17.759 --> 00:46:18.299
 wrath for

00:46:18.299 --> 00:46:18.639
 them on

00:46:18.639 --> 00:46:19.279
 Christ and

00:46:19.279 --> 00:46:19.779
 deliver them.

00:46:20.539 --> 00:46:21.539
 He relents.

00:46:24.119 --> 00:46:25.219
 God relents

00:46:25.219 --> 00:46:27.420
 when a

00:46:27.420 --> 00:46:28.379
 sinner repents

00:46:28.379 --> 00:46:30.960
 after hearing

00:46:30.960 --> 00:46:31.859
 the gospel

00:46:31.859 --> 00:46:32.799
 and believing

00:46:32.799 --> 00:46:33.519
 the gospel

00:46:33.519 --> 00:46:34.039
 from the

00:46:34.039 --> 00:46:34.460
 lips of

00:46:34.460 --> 00:46:34.879
 those who

00:46:34.879 --> 00:46:35.319
 are sent.

00:46:37.199 --> 00:46:37.519
 So,

00:46:38.519 --> 00:46:39.599
 in quick

00:46:39.599 --> 00:46:40.059
 fashion,

00:46:40.179 --> 00:46:40.519
 let me just

00:46:40.519 --> 00:46:41.019
 say four

00:46:41.019 --> 00:46:41.440
 things.

00:46:41.440 --> 00:46:44.639
 all people

00:46:44.639 --> 00:46:45.179
 everywhere are

00:46:45.179 --> 00:46:45.639
 important to

00:46:45.639 --> 00:46:45.840
 God.

00:46:47.039 --> 00:46:47.539
 That's why

00:46:47.539 --> 00:46:48.019
 He sent

00:46:48.019 --> 00:46:48.579
 Jonah to

00:46:48.579 --> 00:46:48.900
 Nineveh.

00:46:49.039 --> 00:46:49.380
 That's why

00:46:49.380 --> 00:46:49.880
 He sent

00:46:49.880 --> 00:46:50.440
 us here.

00:46:52.519 --> 00:46:53.200
 God has

00:46:53.200 --> 00:46:54.179
 entrusted us

00:46:54.179 --> 00:46:54.980
 with His

00:46:54.980 --> 00:46:55.460
 message,

00:46:55.579 --> 00:46:56.099
 the gospel.

00:46:57.019 --> 00:46:57.659
 He wants

00:46:57.659 --> 00:46:58.000
 to make

00:46:58.000 --> 00:46:58.500
 His appeal

00:46:58.500 --> 00:46:59.320
 through us

00:46:59.320 --> 00:46:59.900
 to the

00:46:59.900 --> 00:47:00.380
 people of

00:47:00.380 --> 00:47:00.820
 Kenosha,

00:47:00.900 --> 00:47:01.220
 just like

00:47:01.220 --> 00:47:01.780
 He appealed

00:47:01.780 --> 00:47:02.340
 through Jonah

00:47:02.340 --> 00:47:02.960
 to Nineveh.

00:47:02.960 --> 00:47:03.099
 God.

00:47:09.059 --> 00:47:09.559
 Third,

00:47:09.760 --> 00:47:10.260
 just as

00:47:10.260 --> 00:47:10.720
 pagans

00:47:10.720 --> 00:47:11.360
 repented in

00:47:11.360 --> 00:47:11.880
 the 8th

00:47:11.880 --> 00:47:12.460
 century when

00:47:12.460 --> 00:47:12.780
 they heard

00:47:12.780 --> 00:47:13.579
 God,

00:47:14.099 --> 00:47:14.500
 they will

00:47:14.500 --> 00:47:15.440
 repent in

00:47:15.440 --> 00:47:16.119
 the 21st

00:47:16.119 --> 00:47:16.900
 century when

00:47:16.900 --> 00:47:17.240
 they hear

00:47:17.240 --> 00:47:18.199
 God speaking

00:47:18.199 --> 00:47:18.579
 to them.

00:47:19.340 --> 00:47:19.800
 Let that

00:47:19.800 --> 00:47:20.260
 build your

00:47:20.260 --> 00:47:20.519
 faith.

00:47:22.240 --> 00:47:22.579
 And the

00:47:22.579 --> 00:47:23.139
 fourth thing

00:47:23.139 --> 00:47:24.460
 is who

00:47:24.460 --> 00:47:24.900
 our God

00:47:24.900 --> 00:47:25.159
 is.

00:47:26.780 --> 00:47:27.639
 When people

00:47:27.639 --> 00:47:28.340
 repent with

00:47:28.340 --> 00:47:28.760
 a godly

00:47:28.760 --> 00:47:29.099
 grief,

00:47:29.320 --> 00:47:30.280
 God relents.

00:47:30.280 --> 00:47:31.920
 He's

00:47:31.920 --> 00:47:32.460
 gracious,

00:47:32.900 --> 00:47:33.340
 merciful,

00:47:33.660 --> 00:47:34.120
 slow to

00:47:34.120 --> 00:47:34.420
 anger,

00:47:34.580 --> 00:47:35.140
 abounding in

00:47:35.140 --> 00:47:35.940
 steadfast love.

00:47:36.500 --> 00:47:37.220
 He relents

00:47:37.220 --> 00:47:38.000
 from disaster.

00:47:38.640 --> 00:47:38.860
 He's

00:47:38.860 --> 00:47:39.519
 poured it on

00:47:39.519 --> 00:47:40.180
 Christ and

00:47:40.180 --> 00:47:40.480
 made it

00:47:40.480 --> 00:47:41.060
 available to

00:47:41.060 --> 00:47:41.600
 anyone who

00:47:41.600 --> 00:47:42.080
 will call on

00:47:42.080 --> 00:47:42.420
 the name of

00:47:42.420 --> 00:47:42.760
 the Lord.

00:47:47.280 --> 00:47:47.800
 You're going

00:47:47.800 --> 00:47:48.320
 to leave this

00:47:48.320 --> 00:47:48.620
 building.

00:47:50.900 --> 00:47:51.500
 And when

00:47:51.500 --> 00:47:51.860
 you're leaving

00:47:51.860 --> 00:47:52.660
 the front door

00:47:52.660 --> 00:47:53.260
 over the

00:47:53.260 --> 00:47:53.580
 door,

00:47:54.220 --> 00:47:54.800
 you are now

00:47:54.800 --> 00:47:55.360
 entering your

00:47:55.360 --> 00:47:55.940
 mission field.

00:47:56.019 --> 00:47:56.460
 I hope you've

00:47:56.460 --> 00:47:56.940
 seen that.

00:47:57.940 --> 00:47:58.519
 You walk

00:47:58.519 --> 00:47:58.920
 out,

00:47:59.000 --> 00:47:59.180
 you're going

00:47:59.180 --> 00:47:59.480
 to spend

00:47:59.480 --> 00:47:59.980
 the rest of

00:47:59.980 --> 00:48:00.380
 your day.

00:48:01.219 --> 00:48:01.679
 You're going

00:48:01.679 --> 00:48:02.099
 to see a

00:48:02.099 --> 00:48:02.380
 lot of

00:48:02.380 --> 00:48:02.619
 people.

00:48:03.840 --> 00:48:04.480
 The question

00:48:04.480 --> 00:48:05.000
 that I want

00:48:05.000 --> 00:48:05.599
 you to ask

00:48:05.599 --> 00:48:05.940
 is,

00:48:06.500 --> 00:48:07.519
 not what

00:48:07.519 --> 00:48:07.780
 does this

00:48:07.780 --> 00:48:08.280
 people think

00:48:08.280 --> 00:48:08.699
 of me.

00:48:10.000 --> 00:48:10.659
 The question

00:48:10.659 --> 00:48:11.260
 I want you

00:48:11.260 --> 00:48:11.840
 to be asking

00:48:11.840 --> 00:48:12.400
 is this.

00:48:13.179 --> 00:48:13.579
 What does

00:48:13.579 --> 00:48:14.199
 God think

00:48:14.199 --> 00:48:14.619
 about that

00:48:14.619 --> 00:48:14.960
 person?

00:48:17.659 --> 00:48:18.340
 Is that

00:48:18.340 --> 00:48:18.960
 person in

00:48:18.960 --> 00:48:19.579
 right standing

00:48:19.579 --> 00:48:20.260
 with God?

00:48:22.760 --> 00:48:23.880
 If God

00:48:23.880 --> 00:48:24.480
 brought about

00:48:24.480 --> 00:48:25.159
 repentance in

00:48:25.159 --> 00:48:25.619
 Nineveh,

00:48:26.240 --> 00:48:26.800
 he can bring

00:48:26.800 --> 00:48:27.400
 it about in

00:48:27.400 --> 00:48:27.840
 Kenosha.

00:48:29.059 --> 00:48:29.780
 Let's pray.

00:48:29.980 --> 00:48:33.000
 God in

00:48:33.000 --> 00:48:33.219
 heaven,

00:48:33.219 --> 00:48:37.240
 we are a

00:48:37.240 --> 00:48:38.480
 people that

00:48:38.480 --> 00:48:39.719
 need your

00:48:39.719 --> 00:48:40.599
 strength and

00:48:40.599 --> 00:48:41.519
 empowerment to

00:48:41.519 --> 00:48:42.260
 proclaim the

00:48:42.260 --> 00:48:42.800
 message you've

00:48:42.800 --> 00:48:43.320
 given us.

00:48:43.719 --> 00:48:44.460
 We're fearful,

00:48:44.920 --> 00:48:45.380
 we make

00:48:45.380 --> 00:48:46.059
 excuses,

00:48:46.760 --> 00:48:47.320
 God we can

00:48:47.320 --> 00:48:48.480
 distract

00:48:48.480 --> 00:48:49.300
 ourselves very

00:48:49.300 --> 00:48:49.780
 easily,

00:48:50.260 --> 00:48:50.900
 but God would

00:48:50.900 --> 00:48:51.659
 you help us

00:48:51.659 --> 00:48:52.539
 to see the

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 people of

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 Kenosha the

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 way that you

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 see the people

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 of Kenosha.

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 God would

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 you use us

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 to appeal to

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 them with the

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 gospel of

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 Jesus Christ.

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 God would

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 you save

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 because we

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 know that

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 anyone who

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 calls upon

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 your name

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 will be

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 saved.

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 Amen.