WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:11.320 And it's on page 927, and Harry is going to read that, so Jonah 2, he's going to perish. 00:00:11.700 --> 00:00:15.339 Jonah chapter 2, the whole chapter. 00:00:16.359 --> 00:00:17.920 Yeah, the whole chapter, Harry. 00:00:18.820 --> 00:00:20.900 And don't generally get sight of the fish, right? 00:00:23.900 --> 00:00:28.060 From inside the fish, Jonah prayed to the Lord his God. 00:00:28.059 --> 00:00:33.519 He said, In my distress I called to the Lord, and he answered me. 00:00:34.179 --> 00:00:36.839 From the depths of the grave I called for help. 00:00:37.659 --> 00:00:39.579 And you listened to my cry. 00:00:40.539 --> 00:00:47.200 You hurled me into the deep, into the very heart of the seas, and the currents swirled about me. 00:00:48.000 --> 00:00:50.619 All your waves and breakers swept over me. 00:00:51.399 --> 00:00:54.259 I said, I have been banished from your sight. 00:00:54.759 --> 00:00:57.859 Yet I will look again towards your holy temple. 00:00:59.020 --> 00:01:01.140 The engulfing waters threatened me. 00:01:01.660 --> 00:01:03.000 The deep surrounded me. 00:01:03.880 --> 00:01:05.879 Seaweed was wrapped around my head. 00:01:06.740 --> 00:01:09.280 To the roots of the mountains I sank down. 00:01:10.120 --> 00:01:12.480 The earth beneath barred me in forever. 00:01:13.400 --> 00:01:16.960 But you brought my life up from the pit, O Lord my God. 00:01:16.959 --> 00:01:21.079 When my life was ebbing away, I remembered you, Lord. 00:01:21.500 --> 00:01:24.739 And my prayer rose to you, to your holy temple. 00:01:25.699 --> 00:01:30.319 Those who cling to worthless idols forfeit the grace that could be there. 00:01:30.319 --> 00:01:35.299 But I, with a song of thanksgiving, will sacrifice to you. 00:01:35.919 --> 00:01:37.719 What I have bowed I will make good. 00:01:38.339 --> 00:01:40.259 Salvation comes from the Lord. 00:01:40.260 --> 00:01:43.020 And the Lord commanded the fish. 00:01:43.019 --> 00:01:45.640 And it prompted Jonah unto try not. 00:01:45.640 --> 00:01:47.980 Thank you very much. 00:01:47.980 --> 00:01:48.799 Keep your finger. 00:01:49.239 --> 00:01:50.799 1, 2, 1, 0. 00:01:51.859 --> 00:01:55.859 Hebrews chapter 12, verses 1 to 6. 00:01:56.719 --> 00:01:58.680 And then verse 11. 00:01:59.159 --> 00:01:59.780 Thank you. 00:01:59.780 --> 00:02:02.900 Hebrews chapter 12, verses 1 to 6. 00:02:03.140 --> 00:02:03.960 And verse 11. 00:02:04.560 --> 00:02:08.020 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, 00:02:08.439 --> 00:02:10.379 let us throw off everything that hinders, 00:02:10.800 --> 00:02:12.819 and the sin that so easily entangles, 00:02:13.319 --> 00:02:16.400 and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. 00:02:16.400 --> 00:02:20.760 Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, 00:02:21.260 --> 00:02:23.879 who for the joy set before him endured the cross, 00:02:24.580 --> 00:02:25.700 scorning its shame, 00:02:26.020 --> 00:02:29.259 and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God, 00:02:30.200 --> 00:02:33.379 considering him who endured such opposition from sinful men, 00:02:33.819 --> 00:02:36.040 so that he will not grow weary and lose heart. 00:02:37.060 --> 00:02:38.319 When you struggle against sin, 00:02:38.360 --> 00:02:41.020 you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood, 00:02:41.439 --> 00:02:44.960 and you have forgotten that word of encouragement that addresses you as sons. 00:02:44.960 --> 00:02:48.879 My son, do not make light of the Lord's discipline, 00:02:49.280 --> 00:02:51.820 and do not lose heart when he rebukes you, 00:02:52.360 --> 00:02:55.020 because the Lord disciplines those he loves, 00:02:55.180 --> 00:02:57.540 and punishes everyone he accepts as a son. 00:02:59.280 --> 00:02:59.939 And verse 11. 00:03:00.860 --> 00:03:03.800 No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. 00:03:04.500 --> 00:03:08.439 Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace 00:03:08.439 --> 00:03:10.680 for those who have been trained by it. 00:03:14.960 --> 00:03:31.200 When I first came to Carigoline, 00:03:31.360 --> 00:03:34.659 I met somebody who works with seaweed. 00:03:35.340 --> 00:03:38.280 I've never met anybody before who's met with seaweed, wrong. 00:03:38.280 --> 00:03:40.039 Is that man? 00:03:40.500 --> 00:03:44.120 Now I've discovered that Jonah was probably the first seaweed man. 00:03:44.439 --> 00:03:47.080 The first five seaweed was wrapped around his head. 00:03:47.979 --> 00:03:50.280 Maybe he was the founder of cyber colloids. 00:03:50.360 --> 00:03:50.879 I don't know. 00:03:51.900 --> 00:03:54.259 But we're not here to think about that. 00:03:54.340 --> 00:03:55.560 We're here to think about Jonah. 00:03:56.099 --> 00:03:58.659 The title we've given to this morning is 00:03:58.659 --> 00:03:59.699 Submitting to Grace, 00:03:59.699 --> 00:04:03.819 and we're going to pray and ask for God's help 00:04:03.819 --> 00:04:05.619 as we look at this together. 00:04:05.780 --> 00:04:07.399 Let's do that. 00:04:11.739 --> 00:04:16.579 Father, thank you for your grace to us. 00:04:18.000 --> 00:04:20.279 We're people who are in need. 00:04:20.659 --> 00:04:22.000 We need your help. 00:04:22.000 --> 00:04:25.300 And so in your grace, 00:04:25.579 --> 00:04:27.959 pour out your Holy Spirit upon us. 00:04:29.800 --> 00:04:33.319 Generously fill us so that we may understand better 00:04:33.319 --> 00:04:35.680 your word to us, 00:04:35.779 --> 00:04:37.560 how it applies to our lives, 00:04:38.339 --> 00:04:41.240 and how it all works out in practice. 00:04:42.660 --> 00:04:45.620 Please encourage us through this morning, we pray. 00:04:46.620 --> 00:04:47.699 In Jesus' name. 00:04:48.439 --> 00:04:48.800 Amen. 00:04:52.000 --> 00:04:56.079 The Horse Whisperer. 00:04:56.079 --> 00:04:57.959 It's a bit of a chick flick, 00:04:58.740 --> 00:05:01.899 but it's a film starring Robert Redford, 00:05:02.459 --> 00:05:06.819 who is highly regarded as a horse tamer. 00:05:08.079 --> 00:05:11.959 He takes his wild and stubborn and aggressive horses, 00:05:12.899 --> 00:05:17.319 and he gently breaks them to the control of the owner. 00:05:18.459 --> 00:05:20.620 By gently applying pressure, 00:05:20.620 --> 00:05:24.160 at times it can seem cruel and harsh. 00:05:24.720 --> 00:05:26.840 He tames the stubborn will 00:05:26.840 --> 00:05:31.139 till it submits to the will of the Master. 00:05:32.579 --> 00:05:35.180 Now in our story of Jonah in chapter 2, 00:05:35.280 --> 00:05:37.860 it seems that God is having to tame 00:05:37.860 --> 00:05:40.420 a very stubborn runaway. 00:05:41.459 --> 00:05:42.480 In chapter 1, 00:05:42.579 --> 00:05:44.300 Jonah verse 2 was told, 00:05:44.519 --> 00:05:44.800 Go! 00:05:45.800 --> 00:05:47.000 But verse 3, 00:05:47.160 --> 00:05:49.800 Jonah ran away from the Lord. 00:05:49.800 --> 00:05:51.520 God had called him, do you remember, 00:05:51.639 --> 00:05:52.759 to go to Nineveh 00:05:52.759 --> 00:05:56.259 to preach against that great city. 00:05:57.579 --> 00:05:58.980 But Jonah had other plans. 00:05:59.699 --> 00:06:01.480 Stubbornly and disobediently, 00:06:01.579 --> 00:06:03.240 he ran in the other direction. 00:06:03.660 --> 00:06:05.379 The last thing that Jonah wanted 00:06:05.379 --> 00:06:06.620 was for his enemies, 00:06:07.139 --> 00:06:08.360 the people of Nineveh, 00:06:09.019 --> 00:06:11.400 to experience God's grace 00:06:11.400 --> 00:06:12.740 and forgiveness. 00:06:12.740 --> 00:06:18.199 So God gently applies a little bit of pressure 00:06:18.199 --> 00:06:20.920 to tame this stubborn will 00:06:20.920 --> 00:06:24.759 so that he submits to the will of the Master. 00:06:26.060 --> 00:06:27.560 And that pressure comes, 00:06:27.699 --> 00:06:29.360 verse 4 of chapter 1, 00:06:30.699 --> 00:06:33.579 that the Lord sent a great wind on the sea 00:06:33.579 --> 00:06:35.680 and such a violent storm arose 00:06:35.680 --> 00:06:38.019 that the ship threatened to break up. 00:06:38.019 --> 00:06:41.899 Surely this is going to tame Jonah. 00:06:42.979 --> 00:06:45.879 But it seems Jonah is somewhat arrogant. 00:06:46.459 --> 00:06:47.359 Look at verse 5. 00:06:47.859 --> 00:06:49.439 All the sailors were afraid 00:06:49.439 --> 00:06:51.479 and they cried out to their own God 00:06:51.479 --> 00:06:53.159 and they began to throw the cargo 00:06:53.159 --> 00:06:54.879 into the sea to lighten the ships. 00:06:56.579 --> 00:06:58.879 But Jonah had gone below deck 00:06:58.879 --> 00:07:01.240 where he lay down and fell 00:07:01.240 --> 00:07:02.759 into a deep sleep 00:07:02.759 --> 00:07:04.839 right the way through the storm. 00:07:04.839 --> 00:07:08.239 It seems that he is quite content 00:07:08.239 --> 00:07:09.719 to be disobedient. 00:07:10.519 --> 00:07:11.779 It's as if Jonah is saying, 00:07:12.219 --> 00:07:13.659 God, you can do what you like. 00:07:13.739 --> 00:07:15.060 You can throw storms, 00:07:15.439 --> 00:07:16.719 but I ain't going. 00:07:19.379 --> 00:07:21.019 But God, through the storm, 00:07:21.159 --> 00:07:22.439 does not back down. 00:07:23.339 --> 00:07:26.239 And eventually Jonah begins to be tamed. 00:07:26.879 --> 00:07:27.620 Verse 11. 00:07:28.859 --> 00:07:32.120 The sea was getting rougher and rougher. 00:07:32.120 --> 00:07:33.519 So they asked him, 00:07:33.959 --> 00:07:36.079 what should we do to make the sea 00:07:36.079 --> 00:07:37.379 calm down for us? 00:07:39.300 --> 00:07:40.280 Jonah replied, 00:07:40.759 --> 00:07:41.560 pick me up 00:07:41.560 --> 00:07:44.680 and throw me into the sea. 00:07:48.079 --> 00:07:50.980 I know that it is my fault 00:07:50.980 --> 00:07:52.899 that this great storm 00:07:52.899 --> 00:07:54.579 has come upon you. 00:07:56.079 --> 00:07:58.040 It seems that God, 00:07:58.220 --> 00:07:59.180 through the storm, 00:07:59.180 --> 00:08:01.360 has got Jonah's attention 00:08:01.360 --> 00:08:03.319 and he's beginning 00:08:03.319 --> 00:08:04.460 to be tamed. 00:08:05.660 --> 00:08:06.740 Now at one level, 00:08:06.879 --> 00:08:07.900 Jonah's request 00:08:07.900 --> 00:08:10.180 seems a little bit like 00:08:10.180 --> 00:08:11.900 a mad act of suicide. 00:08:12.860 --> 00:08:14.259 Throw me into the sea! 00:08:16.560 --> 00:08:17.500 They all knew 00:08:17.500 --> 00:08:18.220 if he was going to be 00:08:18.220 --> 00:08:19.160 thrown into the sea, 00:08:19.240 --> 00:08:20.360 that would be the end of it. 00:08:20.920 --> 00:08:22.819 But this isn't a rash decision 00:08:22.819 --> 00:08:23.500 by Jonah. 00:08:23.879 --> 00:08:26.120 This is a purposeful submission 00:08:26.120 --> 00:08:27.980 to God's grace. 00:08:27.980 --> 00:08:31.540 The request of being thrown overboard 00:08:31.540 --> 00:08:33.159 is admitting defeat. 00:08:33.320 --> 00:08:34.159 It's saying to God, 00:08:34.360 --> 00:08:35.259 I surrender! 00:08:38.480 --> 00:08:38.980 You see, 00:08:39.080 --> 00:08:39.860 Jonah knew 00:08:39.860 --> 00:08:41.399 who God was 00:08:41.399 --> 00:08:42.240 and what he was like. 00:08:42.340 --> 00:08:43.460 Look back at chapter 1, 00:08:43.539 --> 00:08:44.080 verse 9. 00:08:44.920 --> 00:08:46.159 He knew that he was 00:08:46.159 --> 00:08:47.320 the God of heaven 00:08:47.320 --> 00:08:49.519 who made the sea 00:08:49.519 --> 00:08:51.440 and who made 00:08:51.440 --> 00:08:52.680 the land. 00:08:52.679 --> 00:08:56.219 We sang about it 00:08:56.219 --> 00:08:56.819 at the beginning. 00:08:57.639 --> 00:08:58.159 Indescribable, 00:08:58.339 --> 00:08:59.419 uncontainable. 00:09:00.479 --> 00:09:01.759 God is so big. 00:09:02.779 --> 00:09:03.620 So for Jonah 00:09:03.620 --> 00:09:04.359 to be thrown 00:09:04.359 --> 00:09:05.379 into the sea 00:09:05.379 --> 00:09:07.059 was in fact 00:09:07.059 --> 00:09:08.000 to be thrown 00:09:08.000 --> 00:09:09.339 into the hands 00:09:09.339 --> 00:09:11.199 of God's grace. 00:09:12.199 --> 00:09:13.199 Just to be thrown 00:09:13.199 --> 00:09:13.899 into the sea 00:09:13.899 --> 00:09:14.599 wasn't the end 00:09:14.599 --> 00:09:15.079 of his life. 00:09:15.139 --> 00:09:16.399 He was throwing himself 00:09:16.399 --> 00:09:17.899 upon God. 00:09:17.899 --> 00:09:20.240 And I think 00:09:20.240 --> 00:09:21.199 that's what Jonah 00:09:21.199 --> 00:09:22.139 is getting at 00:09:22.139 --> 00:09:23.360 in chapter 2, 00:09:23.799 --> 00:09:24.600 verse 8. 00:09:25.720 --> 00:09:26.379 Where we have 00:09:26.379 --> 00:09:27.059 this phrase, 00:09:27.480 --> 00:09:28.779 those who cling 00:09:28.779 --> 00:09:30.559 to worthless idols 00:09:30.559 --> 00:09:32.959 forfeit the grace 00:09:32.959 --> 00:09:34.799 that could be theirs. 00:09:36.480 --> 00:09:37.159 An idol, 00:09:37.439 --> 00:09:38.919 explains Tim Keller 00:09:38.919 --> 00:09:39.519 in his book 00:09:39.519 --> 00:09:40.740 Counterfeit Gods, 00:09:41.360 --> 00:09:41.759 he says, 00:09:41.819 --> 00:09:43.259 an idol is anything 00:09:43.259 --> 00:09:44.379 more important 00:09:44.379 --> 00:09:45.519 to you than God. 00:09:45.519 --> 00:09:47.519 Anything that absorbs 00:09:47.519 --> 00:09:48.340 your heart 00:09:48.340 --> 00:09:49.939 and imagination 00:09:49.939 --> 00:09:50.899 more than God. 00:09:51.340 --> 00:09:52.480 Anything that you 00:09:52.480 --> 00:09:54.159 seek to give you 00:09:54.159 --> 00:09:55.519 what only God 00:09:55.519 --> 00:09:56.059 can give. 00:09:57.779 --> 00:09:58.759 Now for Jonah, 00:09:58.939 --> 00:09:59.539 his idol 00:09:59.539 --> 00:10:00.659 was autonomy. 00:10:01.500 --> 00:10:02.379 He wanted to be 00:10:02.379 --> 00:10:03.659 his own boss, 00:10:03.980 --> 00:10:05.620 to rule his own life, 00:10:05.899 --> 00:10:06.860 to be in charge 00:10:06.860 --> 00:10:07.379 of his life, 00:10:07.460 --> 00:10:08.600 to do what he wanted. 00:10:08.919 --> 00:10:09.679 That was what 00:10:09.679 --> 00:10:10.699 was most important 00:10:10.699 --> 00:10:11.240 to him. 00:10:12.879 --> 00:10:13.579 But as Jonah 00:10:13.579 --> 00:10:14.399 was discovering 00:10:14.399 --> 00:10:16.199 to push God out, 00:10:17.000 --> 00:10:18.019 to rule 00:10:18.019 --> 00:10:19.519 your own life, 00:10:20.740 --> 00:10:21.879 is to forfeit 00:10:21.879 --> 00:10:22.779 the grace 00:10:22.779 --> 00:10:24.779 that could be yours. 00:10:26.459 --> 00:10:27.620 I think we all 00:10:27.620 --> 00:10:28.639 need to be tamed 00:10:28.639 --> 00:10:29.639 just like Jonah 00:10:29.639 --> 00:10:30.679 needed to be tamed. 00:10:31.039 --> 00:10:31.939 Because we all 00:10:31.939 --> 00:10:32.659 have the same 00:10:32.659 --> 00:10:33.600 kind of idol 00:10:33.600 --> 00:10:34.360 as Jonah. 00:10:34.779 --> 00:10:35.459 We all want 00:10:35.459 --> 00:10:36.579 to run our own lives, 00:10:36.919 --> 00:10:37.519 we all want 00:10:37.519 --> 00:10:38.519 to live our own way, 00:10:38.840 --> 00:10:39.460 we all want 00:10:39.460 --> 00:10:39.980 to pretend 00:10:39.980 --> 00:10:41.019 that we're God. 00:10:41.360 --> 00:10:42.319 We want to be 00:10:42.319 --> 00:10:43.439 in control of everything 00:10:43.440 --> 00:10:44.280 and we make up 00:10:44.280 --> 00:10:44.680 the rules 00:10:44.680 --> 00:10:45.600 for our own life. 00:10:48.000 --> 00:10:49.480 But to fight God, 00:10:49.600 --> 00:10:50.760 to run away from him, 00:10:50.860 --> 00:10:51.820 to disobey, 00:10:52.200 --> 00:10:53.220 and stubbornly 00:10:53.220 --> 00:10:54.520 refuse to submit 00:10:54.520 --> 00:10:55.440 to his will, 00:10:57.340 --> 00:10:58.460 is to forfeit 00:10:58.460 --> 00:10:59.220 the grace 00:10:59.220 --> 00:11:00.400 and love of God 00:11:00.400 --> 00:11:02.680 that could be ours. 00:11:04.200 --> 00:11:05.020 So Jonah 00:11:05.020 --> 00:11:06.100 has come to see 00:11:06.100 --> 00:11:06.920 that the only 00:11:06.920 --> 00:11:07.880 place to be 00:11:07.880 --> 00:11:09.700 is in the security 00:11:09.700 --> 00:11:11.380 of God's hands. 00:11:11.379 --> 00:11:12.139 it's no good 00:11:12.139 --> 00:11:12.799 running away 00:11:12.799 --> 00:11:13.399 from him. 00:11:14.120 --> 00:11:15.320 The only place 00:11:15.320 --> 00:11:15.939 for him 00:11:15.939 --> 00:11:17.820 is to be 00:11:17.820 --> 00:11:18.500 with God. 00:11:19.840 --> 00:11:20.220 And so 00:11:20.220 --> 00:11:20.840 Jonah 00:11:20.840 --> 00:11:22.279 throws himself 00:11:22.279 --> 00:11:23.620 or he requests 00:11:23.620 --> 00:11:24.039 that they 00:11:24.039 --> 00:11:24.720 throw him 00:11:24.720 --> 00:11:25.439 into the sea 00:11:25.439 --> 00:11:27.200 because in doing 00:11:27.200 --> 00:11:27.879 that he is 00:11:27.879 --> 00:11:28.960 submitting himself 00:11:28.960 --> 00:11:30.840 to God's grace. 00:11:32.139 --> 00:11:33.120 We all need 00:11:33.120 --> 00:11:33.799 to be tamed 00:11:33.799 --> 00:11:34.639 and we all need 00:11:34.639 --> 00:11:35.320 to submit 00:11:35.320 --> 00:11:36.799 and surrender. 00:11:37.799 --> 00:11:38.639 But how do 00:11:38.639 --> 00:11:39.320 we do it? 00:11:39.320 --> 00:11:40.500 Does that mean 00:11:40.500 --> 00:11:41.000 we all have 00:11:41.000 --> 00:11:41.400 to jump 00:11:41.400 --> 00:11:42.180 into our cars 00:11:42.180 --> 00:11:42.720 and drive 00:11:42.720 --> 00:11:43.140 off down 00:11:43.140 --> 00:11:43.640 to cross 00:11:43.640 --> 00:11:43.980 Aden 00:11:43.980 --> 00:11:45.120 and jump 00:11:45.120 --> 00:11:45.820 off the pier 00:11:45.820 --> 00:11:46.600 into the sea 00:11:46.600 --> 00:11:47.560 and expect 00:11:47.560 --> 00:11:48.300 a great big 00:11:48.300 --> 00:11:49.240 fish to swallow 00:11:49.240 --> 00:11:49.740 us up? 00:11:51.140 --> 00:11:51.820 Now I don't 00:11:51.820 --> 00:11:52.320 think we should 00:11:52.320 --> 00:11:52.780 do that. 00:11:52.879 --> 00:11:53.300 That would 00:11:53.300 --> 00:11:53.960 be suicide. 00:11:55.180 --> 00:11:55.740 But I think 00:11:55.740 --> 00:11:56.440 here in chapter 00:11:56.440 --> 00:11:57.120 two through 00:11:57.120 --> 00:11:58.020 Jonah's prayer 00:11:58.020 --> 00:11:59.280 we do have 00:11:59.280 --> 00:11:59.920 a model 00:11:59.920 --> 00:12:01.460 of how we 00:12:01.460 --> 00:12:02.460 should submit 00:12:02.460 --> 00:12:03.900 to God's 00:12:03.900 --> 00:12:04.280 grace 00:12:04.280 --> 00:12:06.100 in our life. 00:12:06.100 --> 00:12:08.080 So first 00:12:08.080 --> 00:12:09.800 in this prayer 00:12:09.800 --> 00:12:10.460 submitting 00:12:10.460 --> 00:12:11.740 to the 00:12:11.740 --> 00:12:12.720 personal God 00:12:12.720 --> 00:12:13.620 who listens. 00:12:14.759 --> 00:12:15.540 Verse one 00:12:15.540 --> 00:12:16.800 chapter two 00:12:16.800 --> 00:12:17.500 From inside 00:12:17.500 --> 00:12:18.100 the fish 00:12:18.100 --> 00:12:19.440 Jonah prayed 00:12:19.440 --> 00:12:20.100 to the Lord 00:12:20.100 --> 00:12:20.700 his God. 00:12:20.820 --> 00:12:21.259 He said 00:12:21.259 --> 00:12:22.759 In my distress 00:12:22.759 --> 00:12:23.460 I called 00:12:23.460 --> 00:12:24.060 to the Lord 00:12:24.060 --> 00:12:24.740 and he answered 00:12:24.740 --> 00:12:25.040 me. 00:12:25.460 --> 00:12:26.440 From the depths 00:12:26.440 --> 00:12:27.360 of the grave 00:12:27.360 --> 00:12:28.279 I called 00:12:28.279 --> 00:12:28.960 for help 00:12:28.960 --> 00:12:30.480 and you 00:12:30.480 --> 00:12:31.060 listened 00:12:31.060 --> 00:12:32.560 to my cry. 00:12:32.559 --> 00:12:35.619 Now there's 00:12:35.619 --> 00:12:36.039 something 00:12:36.039 --> 00:12:37.239 that seems 00:12:37.239 --> 00:12:39.099 not quite 00:12:39.099 --> 00:12:39.799 right about 00:12:39.799 --> 00:12:40.639 this prayer. 00:12:41.539 --> 00:12:42.139 It sounds 00:12:42.139 --> 00:12:42.839 a little bit 00:12:42.839 --> 00:12:44.059 presumptuous 00:12:44.059 --> 00:12:44.859 and almost 00:12:44.859 --> 00:12:45.899 disrespectful. 00:12:46.799 --> 00:12:47.259 Remember 00:12:47.259 --> 00:12:48.159 Jonah has 00:12:48.159 --> 00:12:49.639 stubbornly 00:12:49.639 --> 00:12:51.059 and disobediently 00:12:51.059 --> 00:12:51.559 run away 00:12:51.559 --> 00:12:52.319 from God 00:12:52.319 --> 00:12:53.379 but yet he 00:12:53.379 --> 00:12:54.619 has the audacity 00:12:54.619 --> 00:12:55.839 look at verse 00:12:55.839 --> 00:12:56.259 one 00:12:56.259 --> 00:12:58.079 to pray to 00:12:58.079 --> 00:12:58.799 and he refers 00:12:58.799 --> 00:12:59.539 to him as 00:12:59.539 --> 00:13:00.579 the Lord 00:13:00.579 --> 00:13:02.000 his God. 00:13:02.559 --> 00:13:04.879 In fact 00:13:04.879 --> 00:13:05.759 in verse six 00:13:05.759 --> 00:13:06.279 it's even 00:13:06.279 --> 00:13:06.959 stronger 00:13:06.959 --> 00:13:07.739 at the very 00:13:07.739 --> 00:13:08.599 end of verse six 00:13:08.599 --> 00:13:09.159 he called 00:13:09.159 --> 00:13:09.459 him 00:13:09.459 --> 00:13:10.639 O Lord 00:13:10.639 --> 00:13:12.899 my God. 00:13:13.619 --> 00:13:14.439 How could 00:13:14.439 --> 00:13:15.119 he do that 00:13:15.119 --> 00:13:15.739 after all 00:13:15.739 --> 00:13:16.179 his running 00:13:16.179 --> 00:13:16.579 away? 00:13:17.319 --> 00:13:17.799 How could 00:13:17.799 --> 00:13:18.559 God still 00:13:18.559 --> 00:13:19.539 be his God 00:13:19.539 --> 00:13:20.439 my God? 00:13:21.779 --> 00:13:22.419 Well this 00:13:22.419 --> 00:13:23.000 is the kind 00:13:23.000 --> 00:13:23.519 of God 00:13:23.519 --> 00:13:24.439 that we have 00:13:24.439 --> 00:13:25.539 that even 00:13:25.539 --> 00:13:26.219 in the midst 00:13:26.219 --> 00:13:26.919 of our sin 00:13:26.919 --> 00:13:28.119 and disobedience 00:13:28.119 --> 00:13:29.699 he is still 00:13:29.699 --> 00:13:30.699 the personal 00:13:30.699 --> 00:13:31.979 intimate 00:13:31.980 --> 00:13:33.159 God. 00:13:33.759 --> 00:13:34.759 He doesn't 00:13:34.759 --> 00:13:35.320 block 00:13:35.320 --> 00:13:36.080 his ears 00:13:36.080 --> 00:13:36.500 to our 00:13:36.500 --> 00:13:37.019 cry and 00:13:37.019 --> 00:13:37.320 say 00:13:37.320 --> 00:13:38.300 sorry 00:13:38.300 --> 00:13:39.200 can't hear 00:13:39.200 --> 00:13:40.899 you wouldn't 00:13:40.899 --> 00:13:41.620 listen to me 00:13:41.620 --> 00:13:41.980 Jonah 00:13:41.980 --> 00:13:43.100 so I'm not 00:13:43.100 --> 00:13:43.360 going to 00:13:43.360 --> 00:13:44.220 listen to you 00:13:44.220 --> 00:13:45.580 tit for tat. 00:13:46.700 --> 00:13:47.659 No God's 00:13:47.659 --> 00:13:48.420 not like that. 00:13:48.700 --> 00:13:49.240 God is 00:13:49.240 --> 00:13:49.759 gracious 00:13:49.759 --> 00:13:50.899 slow to 00:13:50.899 --> 00:13:51.320 anger 00:13:51.320 --> 00:13:52.500 and abounding 00:13:52.500 --> 00:13:53.080 in love 00:13:53.080 --> 00:13:54.120 and so Jonah 00:13:54.120 --> 00:13:54.879 can say with 00:13:54.879 --> 00:13:55.519 confidence 00:13:55.519 --> 00:13:56.879 that he cried 00:13:56.879 --> 00:13:57.220 out 00:13:57.220 --> 00:13:58.920 he answered 00:13:58.920 --> 00:13:59.240 me 00:13:59.240 --> 00:14:00.639 he called 00:14:00.639 --> 00:14:01.340 for help 00:14:01.340 --> 00:14:02.779 and you 00:14:02.779 --> 00:14:03.460 listened 00:14:03.460 --> 00:14:04.799 to my 00:14:04.799 --> 00:14:05.259 cry. 00:14:06.659 --> 00:14:07.200 Jonah had 00:14:07.200 --> 00:14:07.860 written God 00:14:07.860 --> 00:14:08.379 out of his 00:14:08.379 --> 00:14:08.820 life 00:14:08.820 --> 00:14:10.680 but for 00:14:10.680 --> 00:14:11.340 those who 00:14:11.340 --> 00:14:11.980 belong to 00:14:11.980 --> 00:14:12.460 God 00:14:12.460 --> 00:14:13.980 God 00:14:13.980 --> 00:14:14.840 will never 00:14:14.840 --> 00:14:15.860 write you 00:14:15.860 --> 00:14:16.220 out 00:14:16.220 --> 00:14:17.320 of his 00:14:17.320 --> 00:14:17.740 life. 00:14:18.960 --> 00:14:19.240 God 00:14:19.240 --> 00:14:19.720 remains 00:14:19.720 --> 00:14:20.639 steadfast 00:14:20.639 --> 00:14:21.419 and loyal 00:14:21.419 --> 00:14:22.700 so that we 00:14:22.700 --> 00:14:23.200 can always 00:14:23.200 --> 00:14:24.139 turn to our 00:14:24.139 --> 00:14:25.240 personal God 00:14:25.240 --> 00:14:26.360 confident 00:14:26.360 --> 00:14:28.180 that he 00:14:28.180 --> 00:14:28.740 will listen. 00:14:31.080 --> 00:14:31.680 Sometimes 00:14:31.680 --> 00:14:32.399 people say 00:14:32.399 --> 00:14:32.860 to me 00:14:32.860 --> 00:14:34.399 when they're 00:14:34.399 --> 00:14:35.039 in a state 00:14:35.039 --> 00:14:35.500 of running 00:14:35.500 --> 00:14:36.019 away from 00:14:36.019 --> 00:14:36.360 God 00:14:36.360 --> 00:14:37.820 I can do 00:14:37.820 --> 00:14:38.399 it myself 00:14:38.399 --> 00:14:39.080 in my own 00:14:39.080 --> 00:14:39.879 dialoguing 00:14:39.879 --> 00:14:40.519 with God. 00:14:41.440 --> 00:14:42.159 There's no 00:14:42.159 --> 00:14:42.639 way 00:14:42.639 --> 00:14:43.620 after what 00:14:43.620 --> 00:14:44.399 I've done 00:14:44.399 --> 00:14:45.720 that God 00:14:45.720 --> 00:14:46.100 is going 00:14:46.100 --> 00:14:46.700 to have me 00:14:46.700 --> 00:14:47.200 back. 00:14:48.060 --> 00:14:48.860 There's no 00:14:48.860 --> 00:14:49.560 way after 00:14:49.560 --> 00:14:50.139 what I've 00:14:50.139 --> 00:14:50.639 said 00:14:50.639 --> 00:14:51.519 that God 00:14:51.519 --> 00:14:51.879 is going 00:14:51.879 --> 00:14:52.360 to listen 00:14:52.360 --> 00:14:52.840 to me. 00:14:52.840 --> 00:14:56.120 Well we 00:14:56.120 --> 00:14:56.620 should never 00:14:56.620 --> 00:14:57.440 blame God 00:14:57.440 --> 00:14:58.000 that he is 00:14:58.000 --> 00:14:58.480 not going 00:14:58.480 --> 00:14:59.300 to listen. 00:15:00.300 --> 00:15:01.160 His grace 00:15:01.160 --> 00:15:02.019 is wider 00:15:02.019 --> 00:15:02.480 than we 00:15:02.480 --> 00:15:03.100 could ever 00:15:03.100 --> 00:15:03.620 imagine 00:15:03.620 --> 00:15:05.879 and even 00:15:05.879 --> 00:15:06.720 in the midst 00:15:06.720 --> 00:15:07.120 of our 00:15:07.120 --> 00:15:08.019 sin and 00:15:08.019 --> 00:15:09.200 disobedience 00:15:09.200 --> 00:15:10.920 even in our 00:15:10.920 --> 00:15:11.480 running 00:15:11.480 --> 00:15:12.660 he is still 00:15:12.660 --> 00:15:13.540 the personal 00:15:13.540 --> 00:15:14.660 and intimate 00:15:14.660 --> 00:15:15.680 God who 00:15:15.680 --> 00:15:17.019 comes close 00:15:17.019 --> 00:15:17.740 and who 00:15:17.740 --> 00:15:18.480 will answer 00:15:18.480 --> 00:15:19.500 and who 00:15:19.500 --> 00:15:20.019 will listen. 00:15:21.800 --> 00:15:22.500 So this is 00:15:22.500 --> 00:15:23.360 where submission 00:15:23.360 --> 00:15:24.139 to grace 00:15:24.139 --> 00:15:25.240 starts. 00:15:26.179 --> 00:15:27.080 It's crying 00:15:27.080 --> 00:15:27.480 out 00:15:27.480 --> 00:15:28.340 independence 00:15:28.340 --> 00:15:29.860 on a 00:15:29.860 --> 00:15:30.399 personal 00:15:30.399 --> 00:15:30.919 God 00:15:30.919 --> 00:15:32.440 who will 00:15:32.440 --> 00:15:33.059 always 00:15:33.059 --> 00:15:33.519 listen 00:15:33.519 --> 00:15:35.000 and answer. 00:15:38.080 --> 00:15:38.559 But then 00:15:38.559 --> 00:15:39.100 we discover 00:15:39.100 --> 00:15:39.919 something else. 00:15:41.259 --> 00:15:41.860 Submitting 00:15:41.860 --> 00:15:42.480 to the 00:15:42.480 --> 00:15:42.899 sovereign 00:15:42.899 --> 00:15:43.299 Lord 00:15:43.299 --> 00:15:43.639 who 00:15:43.639 --> 00:15:44.399 intervenes. 00:15:44.480 --> 00:15:44.740 If the 00:15:44.740 --> 00:15:45.460 first part 00:15:45.460 --> 00:15:45.759 of the 00:15:45.759 --> 00:15:46.039 prayer 00:15:46.039 --> 00:15:46.580 seems 00:15:46.580 --> 00:15:47.519 somewhat 00:15:47.519 --> 00:15:48.580 disrespectful 00:15:48.580 --> 00:15:50.940 this next 00:15:50.940 --> 00:15:51.720 part seems 00:15:51.720 --> 00:15:52.480 contradictory. 00:15:52.500 --> 00:15:53.720 look at what 00:15:53.720 --> 00:15:54.299 Jonah says 00:15:54.299 --> 00:15:54.740 in chapter 00:15:54.740 --> 00:15:55.340 1 verse 00:15:55.340 --> 00:15:55.899 12. 00:16:00.580 --> 00:16:01.500 He said 00:16:01.500 --> 00:16:01.820 to the 00:16:01.820 --> 00:16:02.240 sailors 00:16:02.240 --> 00:16:03.000 pick me 00:16:03.000 --> 00:16:03.320 up 00:16:03.320 --> 00:16:04.679 and throw 00:16:04.679 --> 00:16:05.179 me into 00:16:05.179 --> 00:16:05.700 the sea. 00:16:07.460 --> 00:16:08.240 Then in 00:16:08.240 --> 00:16:08.960 verse 15 00:16:08.960 --> 00:16:09.500 of chapter 00:16:09.500 --> 00:16:09.899 1 00:16:09.899 --> 00:16:11.519 the sailors 00:16:11.519 --> 00:16:12.139 took 00:16:12.139 --> 00:16:12.759 Jonah 00:16:12.759 --> 00:16:14.679 and they 00:16:14.679 --> 00:16:15.460 threw him 00:16:15.460 --> 00:16:16.279 overboard 00:16:16.279 --> 00:16:17.519 and the 00:16:17.519 --> 00:16:18.299 raging sea 00:16:18.299 --> 00:16:19.039 grew calm. 00:16:19.039 --> 00:16:19.099 man. 00:16:21.279 --> 00:16:21.939 Now look 00:16:21.939 --> 00:16:22.319 at chapter 00:16:22.319 --> 00:16:22.779 2 00:16:22.779 --> 00:16:23.799 verse 3. 00:16:25.799 --> 00:16:26.419 Remember 00:16:26.419 --> 00:16:26.839 he's 00:16:26.839 --> 00:16:27.279 praying 00:16:27.279 --> 00:16:28.539 talking to 00:16:28.539 --> 00:16:28.939 God 00:16:28.939 --> 00:16:30.139 and look 00:16:30.139 --> 00:16:30.379 what he 00:16:30.379 --> 00:16:30.839 says in 00:16:30.839 --> 00:16:31.480 verse 3. 00:16:33.059 --> 00:16:33.500 You 00:16:33.500 --> 00:16:35.139 God 00:16:35.139 --> 00:16:36.699 you hurled 00:16:36.699 --> 00:16:37.120 me 00:16:37.120 --> 00:16:38.579 into the 00:16:38.579 --> 00:16:39.000 deep 00:16:39.000 --> 00:16:40.319 into the 00:16:40.319 --> 00:16:41.139 very heart 00:16:41.139 --> 00:16:41.679 of the 00:16:41.679 --> 00:16:41.939 sea 00:16:41.939 --> 00:16:43.219 and the 00:16:43.219 --> 00:16:43.620 current 00:16:43.620 --> 00:16:44.179 swirled 00:16:44.179 --> 00:16:44.759 about me 00:16:44.759 --> 00:16:46.220 all your 00:16:46.220 --> 00:16:46.860 waves 00:16:46.860 --> 00:16:47.759 and breakers 00:16:47.759 --> 00:16:48.100 swept 00:16:48.100 --> 00:16:48.899 over me. 00:16:50.980 --> 00:16:51.980 So my 00:16:51.980 --> 00:16:52.679 dear Watson 00:16:52.679 --> 00:16:53.980 who threw 00:16:53.980 --> 00:16:54.399 Jonah 00:16:54.399 --> 00:16:55.080 overboard? 00:16:56.960 --> 00:16:57.860 Was it the 00:16:57.860 --> 00:16:58.179 sailors 00:16:58.179 --> 00:16:59.460 or was it 00:16:59.460 --> 00:16:59.840 God? 00:17:01.039 --> 00:17:01.779 Well the 00:17:01.779 --> 00:17:02.159 sailors 00:17:02.159 --> 00:17:03.080 physically 00:17:03.080 --> 00:17:04.379 manhandled 00:17:04.379 --> 00:17:04.779 him and 00:17:04.779 --> 00:17:05.180 picked him 00:17:05.180 --> 00:17:05.559 up and 00:17:05.559 --> 00:17:06.180 threw him 00:17:06.180 --> 00:17:06.619 into the 00:17:06.619 --> 00:17:06.879 sea. 00:17:06.880 --> 00:17:08.880 but I 00:17:08.880 --> 00:17:09.320 think the 00:17:09.320 --> 00:17:09.980 bigger one 00:17:09.980 --> 00:17:10.660 behind it 00:17:10.660 --> 00:17:11.540 that God 00:17:11.540 --> 00:17:12.860 stands behind 00:17:12.860 --> 00:17:13.760 their action. 00:17:14.800 --> 00:17:15.200 I think 00:17:15.200 --> 00:17:15.720 this is what 00:17:15.720 --> 00:17:16.320 chapter 2 00:17:16.320 --> 00:17:16.800 is telling 00:17:16.800 --> 00:17:17.140 us. 00:17:17.540 --> 00:17:18.180 That God 00:17:18.180 --> 00:17:18.560 is the 00:17:18.560 --> 00:17:19.300 one who 00:17:19.300 --> 00:17:20.240 has ordered 00:17:20.240 --> 00:17:21.040 these events 00:17:21.040 --> 00:17:21.540 to take 00:17:21.540 --> 00:17:22.120 place. 00:17:23.480 --> 00:17:24.120 Chapter 1 00:17:24.120 --> 00:17:24.660 verse 4 00:17:24.660 --> 00:17:25.180 told us 00:17:25.180 --> 00:17:25.460 that it 00:17:25.460 --> 00:17:25.860 was the 00:17:25.860 --> 00:17:26.420 Lord who 00:17:26.420 --> 00:17:26.940 sent this 00:17:26.940 --> 00:17:27.800 great storm. 00:17:28.440 --> 00:17:29.080 He sent 00:17:29.080 --> 00:17:29.680 the winds. 00:17:30.100 --> 00:17:31.140 He purposed 00:17:31.140 --> 00:17:32.380 and willed 00:17:32.380 --> 00:17:33.280 that Jonah 00:17:33.280 --> 00:17:34.100 would go 00:17:34.100 --> 00:17:34.700 overboard. 00:17:36.880 --> 00:17:39.940 Now that 00:17:39.940 --> 00:17:40.620 tells us 00:17:40.620 --> 00:17:41.040 that the 00:17:41.040 --> 00:17:41.780 events and 00:17:41.780 --> 00:17:42.580 circumstances 00:17:42.580 --> 00:17:43.100 of our 00:17:43.100 --> 00:17:43.720 lives 00:17:43.720 --> 00:17:45.440 do not 00:17:45.440 --> 00:17:46.340 happen by 00:17:46.340 --> 00:17:46.900 chance. 00:17:47.000 --> 00:17:47.280 There's no 00:17:47.280 --> 00:17:47.760 such thing 00:17:47.760 --> 00:17:48.360 as luck. 00:17:50.680 --> 00:17:51.560 The trouble 00:17:51.560 --> 00:17:51.960 that we 00:17:51.960 --> 00:17:52.880 find ourselves 00:17:52.880 --> 00:17:53.220 in, 00:17:54.260 --> 00:17:54.900 the suffering 00:17:54.900 --> 00:17:55.740 that comes 00:17:55.740 --> 00:17:56.540 our way, 00:17:58.440 --> 00:17:58.880 yes, 00:17:59.200 --> 00:17:59.560 God 00:17:59.560 --> 00:18:00.300 stands 00:18:00.300 --> 00:18:01.100 behind it 00:18:01.100 --> 00:18:02.820 all to 00:18:02.820 --> 00:18:03.600 fulfill his 00:18:03.600 --> 00:18:05.180 purpose in 00:18:05.180 --> 00:18:05.820 our lives. 00:18:06.880 --> 00:18:08.260 what? 00:18:09.600 --> 00:18:10.160 In 00:18:10.160 --> 00:18:10.640 protest, 00:18:10.940 --> 00:18:11.080 we 00:18:11.080 --> 00:18:11.800 stamp our 00:18:11.800 --> 00:18:12.040 feet, 00:18:12.140 --> 00:18:12.560 we say, 00:18:13.220 --> 00:18:14.000 God could 00:18:14.000 --> 00:18:14.840 never bring 00:18:14.840 --> 00:18:15.760 anything bad 00:18:15.760 --> 00:18:16.420 or unpleasant 00:18:16.420 --> 00:18:17.120 into our 00:18:17.120 --> 00:18:17.600 lives. 00:18:18.040 --> 00:18:18.500 The God 00:18:18.500 --> 00:18:18.880 that I 00:18:18.880 --> 00:18:19.220 know is 00:18:19.220 --> 00:18:19.540 a God 00:18:19.540 --> 00:18:20.060 of love. 00:18:20.240 --> 00:18:20.520 He would 00:18:20.520 --> 00:18:21.100 never do 00:18:21.100 --> 00:18:21.520 anything 00:18:21.520 --> 00:18:22.000 rotten 00:18:22.000 --> 00:18:22.480 and mean. 00:18:27.120 --> 00:18:27.380 Well, 00:18:27.460 --> 00:18:28.020 who are we 00:18:28.020 --> 00:18:28.740 that created 00:18:28.740 --> 00:18:30.720 to tell 00:18:30.720 --> 00:18:31.500 our creator 00:18:31.500 --> 00:18:33.080 what he 00:18:33.080 --> 00:18:33.640 should do? 00:18:33.640 --> 00:18:35.640 And as 00:18:35.640 --> 00:18:36.380 much as we 00:18:36.380 --> 00:18:36.900 may come 00:18:36.900 --> 00:18:37.840 to struggle 00:18:37.840 --> 00:18:38.800 and try 00:18:38.800 --> 00:18:39.280 and work 00:18:39.280 --> 00:18:39.900 out what's 00:18:39.900 --> 00:18:40.420 going on, 00:18:40.460 --> 00:18:40.620 and it 00:18:40.620 --> 00:18:40.980 will take 00:18:40.980 --> 00:18:41.320 a whole 00:18:41.320 --> 00:18:42.020 other sermon 00:18:42.020 --> 00:18:42.480 and a big 00:18:42.480 --> 00:18:43.259 series to 00:18:43.259 --> 00:18:43.960 explore that 00:18:43.960 --> 00:18:44.360 idea, 00:18:44.780 --> 00:18:45.420 in this 00:18:45.420 --> 00:18:46.220 context, 00:18:46.920 --> 00:18:47.560 it seems 00:18:47.560 --> 00:18:48.240 that God 00:18:48.240 --> 00:18:49.020 is ordering 00:18:49.020 --> 00:18:49.780 the events 00:18:49.780 --> 00:18:50.440 deliberately 00:18:50.440 --> 00:18:51.680 and purposefully 00:18:51.680 --> 00:18:53.020 in the life 00:18:53.020 --> 00:18:53.560 of Jonah 00:18:53.560 --> 00:18:55.520 to bring 00:18:55.520 --> 00:18:56.020 him back 00:18:56.020 --> 00:18:56.820 to himself. 00:18:58.040 --> 00:18:58.440 And if 00:18:58.440 --> 00:18:59.100 God will do 00:18:59.100 --> 00:18:59.560 that for 00:18:59.560 --> 00:18:59.860 Jonah, 00:19:00.020 --> 00:19:00.600 why can't 00:19:00.599 --> 00:19:00.879 he do 00:19:00.879 --> 00:19:01.139 it with 00:19:01.139 --> 00:19:01.459 us? 00:19:04.679 --> 00:19:05.359 In fact, 00:19:05.439 --> 00:19:05.959 Jonah has 00:19:05.959 --> 00:19:06.359 come to 00:19:06.359 --> 00:19:06.879 see that 00:19:06.879 --> 00:19:07.579 what God 00:19:07.579 --> 00:19:08.119 did, 00:19:08.399 --> 00:19:08.759 he did 00:19:08.759 --> 00:19:09.079 for the 00:19:09.079 --> 00:19:09.699 purpose of 00:19:09.699 --> 00:19:10.119 changing 00:19:10.119 --> 00:19:10.759 his life 00:19:10.759 --> 00:19:11.159 around. 00:19:11.539 --> 00:19:11.899 Look at 00:19:11.899 --> 00:19:12.559 verse 4. 00:19:14.459 --> 00:19:14.959 He said, 00:19:15.079 --> 00:19:15.639 I have 00:19:15.639 --> 00:19:16.659 been banished 00:19:16.659 --> 00:19:18.000 from your 00:19:18.000 --> 00:19:18.619 sight. 00:19:19.799 --> 00:19:20.740 Verse 5, 00:19:20.980 --> 00:19:22.019 the engulfing 00:19:22.019 --> 00:19:22.599 waters 00:19:22.599 --> 00:19:23.119 threatened 00:19:23.119 --> 00:19:23.419 me, 00:19:23.740 --> 00:19:24.259 the deep 00:19:24.259 --> 00:19:24.859 surrounded 00:19:24.859 --> 00:19:25.159 me, 00:19:25.519 --> 00:19:25.859 seaweed 00:19:25.859 --> 00:19:26.579 was wrapped 00:19:26.579 --> 00:19:27.199 around my 00:19:27.199 --> 00:19:27.539 head, 00:19:27.879 --> 00:19:28.259 to the 00:19:28.259 --> 00:19:28.879 roots of 00:19:28.879 --> 00:19:29.500 the mountains 00:19:29.500 --> 00:19:30.240 I sank 00:19:30.240 --> 00:19:30.700 down, 00:19:31.119 --> 00:19:31.720 the earth 00:19:31.720 --> 00:19:32.380 beneath 00:19:32.380 --> 00:19:33.160 barred me 00:19:33.160 --> 00:19:34.420 in forever. 00:19:37.240 --> 00:19:37.660 Do you 00:19:37.660 --> 00:19:38.240 remember back 00:19:38.240 --> 00:19:38.759 in chapter 00:19:38.759 --> 00:19:39.059 1, 00:19:39.140 --> 00:19:39.640 verse 3, 00:19:40.240 --> 00:19:41.420 it tells 00:19:41.420 --> 00:19:41.759 us there 00:19:41.759 --> 00:19:42.319 that Jonah 00:19:42.319 --> 00:19:43.099 ran away 00:19:43.099 --> 00:19:44.500 and the 00:19:44.500 --> 00:19:44.900 translation 00:19:44.900 --> 00:19:45.799 is literally 00:19:45.799 --> 00:19:46.619 Jonah was 00:19:46.619 --> 00:19:47.319 running away 00:19:47.319 --> 00:19:47.920 from the 00:19:47.920 --> 00:19:48.619 presence 00:19:48.619 --> 00:19:49.799 of the 00:19:49.799 --> 00:19:50.119 Lord. 00:19:51.420 --> 00:19:52.220 Of course, 00:19:52.279 --> 00:19:52.779 it's rather 00:19:52.779 --> 00:19:53.440 silly, 00:19:53.619 --> 00:19:54.099 isn't it? 00:19:54.579 --> 00:19:55.440 We can't 00:19:55.440 --> 00:19:56.259 run from 00:19:56.259 --> 00:19:56.940 the presence 00:19:56.940 --> 00:19:57.579 of God. 00:19:57.980 --> 00:19:58.500 How can 00:19:58.500 --> 00:19:58.980 we run 00:19:58.980 --> 00:19:59.579 away from 00:19:59.579 --> 00:20:00.259 the creator 00:20:00.259 --> 00:20:00.819 who made 00:20:00.819 --> 00:20:01.420 the sea 00:20:01.420 --> 00:20:01.839 and the 00:20:01.839 --> 00:20:02.180 land? 00:20:02.420 --> 00:20:03.039 We can't 00:20:03.039 --> 00:20:03.480 get away 00:20:03.480 --> 00:20:04.019 from God 00:20:04.019 --> 00:20:04.460 even if 00:20:04.460 --> 00:20:05.180 we tried. 00:20:05.980 --> 00:20:06.319 But you 00:20:06.319 --> 00:20:06.740 know what? 00:20:06.839 --> 00:20:07.559 God can 00:20:07.559 --> 00:20:08.339 remove his 00:20:08.339 --> 00:20:08.920 presence 00:20:08.920 --> 00:20:10.400 from us. 00:20:12.559 --> 00:20:13.319 And that's 00:20:13.319 --> 00:20:13.839 what Jonah 00:20:13.839 --> 00:20:14.940 was experiencing 00:20:14.940 --> 00:20:16.860 in verse 4. 00:20:16.960 --> 00:20:17.380 He said, 00:20:17.519 --> 00:20:18.319 I have been 00:20:18.319 --> 00:20:19.099 banished 00:20:19.099 --> 00:20:20.819 from your 00:20:20.819 --> 00:20:21.380 sight. 00:20:22.500 --> 00:20:23.059 God 00:20:23.059 --> 00:20:24.000 took Jonah 00:20:24.000 --> 00:20:25.059 and he 00:20:25.059 --> 00:20:25.599 put him 00:20:25.599 --> 00:20:26.099 into the 00:20:26.099 --> 00:20:26.619 storm. 00:20:27.019 --> 00:20:27.819 He allowed 00:20:27.819 --> 00:20:28.599 Jonah 00:20:28.599 --> 00:20:29.559 to sink 00:20:29.559 --> 00:20:30.259 beneath the 00:20:30.259 --> 00:20:30.619 waves. 00:20:30.940 --> 00:20:31.500 He allowed 00:20:31.500 --> 00:20:31.900 him to 00:20:31.900 --> 00:20:32.380 struggle 00:20:32.380 --> 00:20:32.920 under the 00:20:32.920 --> 00:20:33.400 weight of 00:20:33.400 --> 00:20:33.819 seaweed. 00:20:34.240 --> 00:20:34.720 He allowed 00:20:34.720 --> 00:20:35.059 him to 00:20:35.059 --> 00:20:35.660 fall to 00:20:35.660 --> 00:20:36.000 the very 00:20:36.000 --> 00:20:36.720 foundation 00:20:36.720 --> 00:20:37.160 of the 00:20:37.160 --> 00:20:37.660 mountains. 00:20:37.660 --> 00:20:38.740 As if God 00:20:38.740 --> 00:20:39.319 was saying 00:20:39.319 --> 00:20:39.700 through it 00:20:39.700 --> 00:20:39.920 all, 00:20:40.180 --> 00:20:40.660 if you 00:20:40.660 --> 00:20:41.140 want to 00:20:41.140 --> 00:20:41.539 run away 00:20:41.539 --> 00:20:41.940 from my 00:20:41.940 --> 00:20:42.359 presence, 00:20:42.539 --> 00:20:42.759 Jonah, 00:20:43.539 --> 00:20:44.140 this is 00:20:44.140 --> 00:20:44.500 what it's 00:20:44.500 --> 00:20:44.839 going to be 00:20:44.839 --> 00:20:45.180 like. 00:20:45.180 --> 00:20:50.460 And it's 00:20:50.460 --> 00:20:51.039 only when 00:20:51.039 --> 00:20:51.380 Jonah 00:20:51.380 --> 00:20:52.160 begins to 00:20:52.160 --> 00:20:52.920 submit to 00:20:52.920 --> 00:20:53.500 God's 00:20:53.500 --> 00:20:53.900 sovereign 00:20:53.900 --> 00:20:54.620 control 00:20:54.620 --> 00:20:55.500 over his 00:20:55.500 --> 00:20:57.380 life and 00:20:57.380 --> 00:20:57.840 over the 00:20:57.840 --> 00:20:58.500 world that 00:20:58.500 --> 00:20:59.200 he made 00:20:59.200 --> 00:21:01.180 that God 00:21:01.180 --> 00:21:02.160 intervenes. 00:21:03.240 --> 00:21:03.680 Look at 00:21:03.680 --> 00:21:04.140 the end of 00:21:04.140 --> 00:21:04.799 verse 6. 00:21:06.980 --> 00:21:07.360 In the 00:21:07.360 --> 00:21:07.860 midst of 00:21:07.860 --> 00:21:08.279 all that 00:21:08.279 --> 00:21:09.080 going down, 00:21:10.460 --> 00:21:10.860 he can 00:21:10.860 --> 00:21:11.279 say, 00:21:11.440 --> 00:21:12.140 but you 00:21:12.140 --> 00:21:13.080 brought my 00:21:13.080 --> 00:21:13.860 life up 00:21:13.860 --> 00:21:14.480 from the 00:21:14.480 --> 00:21:14.860 pit. 00:21:15.180 --> 00:21:16.480 O Lord 00:21:16.480 --> 00:21:17.560 my God. 00:21:19.340 --> 00:21:20.160 It's at 00:21:20.160 --> 00:21:20.680 this point, 00:21:20.799 --> 00:21:21.440 I imagine, 00:21:22.299 --> 00:21:22.779 when the 00:21:22.779 --> 00:21:23.620 great fish 00:21:23.620 --> 00:21:24.580 was provided 00:21:24.580 --> 00:21:26.799 that God 00:21:26.799 --> 00:21:27.920 intervenes in 00:21:27.920 --> 00:21:28.700 his life and 00:21:28.700 --> 00:21:29.400 Jonah is 00:21:29.400 --> 00:21:29.820 saved. 00:21:31.900 --> 00:21:32.320 And no 00:21:32.320 --> 00:21:32.820 wonder he 00:21:32.820 --> 00:21:33.539 can finish 00:21:33.539 --> 00:21:34.259 his prayer 00:21:34.259 --> 00:21:34.759 at the end 00:21:34.759 --> 00:21:35.539 of verse 9. 00:21:36.860 --> 00:21:37.539 Salvation 00:21:37.539 --> 00:21:39.660 comes from 00:21:39.660 --> 00:21:40.160 the Lord. 00:21:43.220 --> 00:21:44.140 Now I'm 00:21:44.140 --> 00:21:44.779 not saying 00:21:44.779 --> 00:21:45.740 that everything 00:21:45.740 --> 00:21:46.619 bad that 00:21:46.619 --> 00:21:48.119 happens or 00:21:48.119 --> 00:21:49.539 every experience 00:21:49.539 --> 00:21:50.319 of suffering 00:21:50.319 --> 00:21:51.960 is because 00:21:51.960 --> 00:21:52.680 you are 00:21:52.680 --> 00:21:53.279 running away 00:21:53.279 --> 00:21:53.940 from God. 00:21:53.940 --> 00:21:54.940 It does not 00:21:54.940 --> 00:21:55.960 necessarily mean 00:21:55.960 --> 00:21:56.619 if you're in 00:21:56.619 --> 00:21:57.319 that place 00:21:57.319 --> 00:21:58.460 that you are 00:21:58.460 --> 00:21:59.079 running from 00:21:59.079 --> 00:21:59.319 God. 00:21:59.399 --> 00:21:59.819 We mustn't 00:21:59.819 --> 00:22:00.500 think like 00:22:00.500 --> 00:22:00.899 that. 00:22:02.180 --> 00:22:03.019 But what we 00:22:03.019 --> 00:22:04.119 can say 00:22:04.119 --> 00:22:05.519 see is that 00:22:05.519 --> 00:22:06.579 God will 00:22:06.579 --> 00:22:07.299 bring into 00:22:07.299 --> 00:22:08.119 our lives 00:22:08.119 --> 00:22:09.319 whatever it 00:22:09.319 --> 00:22:09.859 takes. 00:22:10.719 --> 00:22:11.039 He will 00:22:11.039 --> 00:22:11.500 let us 00:22:11.500 --> 00:22:12.159 experience 00:22:12.159 --> 00:22:13.039 distress. 00:22:13.859 --> 00:22:14.199 He will 00:22:14.199 --> 00:22:15.219 even let us 00:22:15.219 --> 00:22:16.539 experience the 00:22:16.539 --> 00:22:17.359 removal of 00:22:17.359 --> 00:22:18.099 his presence 00:22:18.099 --> 00:22:19.539 only to 00:22:19.539 --> 00:22:20.559 cause us to 00:22:20.559 --> 00:22:21.239 submit to 00:22:21.239 --> 00:22:21.839 his grace 00:22:21.839 --> 00:22:22.899 when we are 00:22:22.899 --> 00:22:23.539 running away 00:22:23.539 --> 00:22:24.179 from him. 00:22:24.180 --> 00:22:29.180 who are we 00:22:29.180 --> 00:22:29.860 to tell the 00:22:29.860 --> 00:22:30.380 creator 00:22:30.380 --> 00:22:33.400 what he 00:22:33.400 --> 00:22:34.000 should do 00:22:34.000 --> 00:22:35.019 in our 00:22:35.019 --> 00:22:35.460 life. 00:22:37.160 --> 00:22:37.600 And this 00:22:37.600 --> 00:22:37.940 is where 00:22:37.940 --> 00:22:38.840 submission to 00:22:38.840 --> 00:22:39.740 grace begins. 00:22:41.019 --> 00:22:42.019 Trusting in a 00:22:42.019 --> 00:22:42.900 sovereign God 00:22:42.900 --> 00:22:43.460 who is in 00:22:43.460 --> 00:22:44.380 control of 00:22:44.380 --> 00:22:45.779 every single 00:22:45.779 --> 00:22:46.600 detail of our 00:22:46.600 --> 00:22:46.980 life. 00:22:49.019 --> 00:22:49.779 A sovereign 00:22:49.779 --> 00:22:50.500 God who 00:22:50.500 --> 00:22:51.140 works to 00:22:51.140 --> 00:22:51.700 intervene 00:22:51.700 --> 00:22:53.279 to bring us 00:22:53.279 --> 00:22:53.779 back to 00:22:53.779 --> 00:22:54.279 himself. 00:22:58.360 --> 00:22:59.220 But then 00:22:59.220 --> 00:22:59.900 there is also 00:22:59.900 --> 00:23:01.559 submitting to 00:23:01.559 --> 00:23:02.120 the gracious 00:23:02.120 --> 00:23:03.799 God who 00:23:03.799 --> 00:23:04.400 restores. 00:23:06.019 --> 00:23:06.420 Jonah's 00:23:06.420 --> 00:23:07.720 experience inside 00:23:07.720 --> 00:23:08.340 the fish of 00:23:08.340 --> 00:23:09.080 the belly and 00:23:09.080 --> 00:23:09.860 through the 00:23:09.860 --> 00:23:11.120 storm, it 00:23:11.120 --> 00:23:11.600 couldn't have 00:23:11.600 --> 00:23:12.140 been easy. 00:23:13.279 --> 00:23:13.819 There is no 00:23:13.819 --> 00:23:14.700 pretending that 00:23:14.700 --> 00:23:15.740 this was hard. 00:23:17.039 --> 00:23:17.680 But God 00:23:17.680 --> 00:23:18.840 uses all of 00:23:18.840 --> 00:23:19.940 these experiences 00:23:19.940 --> 00:23:21.240 to bring Jonah 00:23:21.240 --> 00:23:21.920 back to 00:23:21.920 --> 00:23:22.440 himself. 00:23:22.839 --> 00:23:23.599 And thankfully 00:23:23.599 --> 00:23:24.500 God doesn't 00:23:24.500 --> 00:23:25.299 do things in 00:23:25.299 --> 00:23:26.160 half measures. 00:23:26.359 --> 00:23:26.880 Verse 8 00:23:26.880 --> 00:23:27.779 chapter 2. 00:23:28.880 --> 00:23:29.480 Those who 00:23:29.480 --> 00:23:30.079 cling to 00:23:30.079 --> 00:23:31.220 worthless idols 00:23:31.220 --> 00:23:32.460 forfeit the 00:23:32.460 --> 00:23:33.400 grace that 00:23:33.400 --> 00:23:33.779 could be 00:23:33.779 --> 00:23:34.220 theirs. 00:23:34.779 --> 00:23:35.640 But I, 00:23:36.180 --> 00:23:36.819 says Jonah, 00:23:36.940 --> 00:23:37.680 with a song 00:23:37.680 --> 00:23:38.599 of thanksgiving 00:23:38.599 --> 00:23:40.140 will sacrifice 00:23:40.140 --> 00:23:41.599 to you what 00:23:41.599 --> 00:23:42.319 I have 00:23:42.319 --> 00:23:43.620 vowed I 00:23:43.620 --> 00:23:44.359 will make 00:23:44.359 --> 00:23:44.759 good. 00:23:45.640 --> 00:23:46.279 Salvation 00:23:46.279 --> 00:23:47.819 comes from 00:23:47.819 --> 00:23:48.319 the Lord. 00:23:48.519 --> 00:23:48.960 In other 00:23:48.960 --> 00:23:49.660 words, Jonah 00:23:49.660 --> 00:23:50.559 is making a 00:23:50.559 --> 00:23:51.159 vow, he's 00:23:51.159 --> 00:23:51.700 making a 00:23:51.700 --> 00:23:52.859 promise to 00:23:52.859 --> 00:23:53.740 commit himself 00:23:53.740 --> 00:23:54.379 to God. 00:23:54.940 --> 00:23:55.799 In response 00:23:55.799 --> 00:23:56.399 to God's 00:23:56.399 --> 00:23:57.299 amazing grace 00:23:57.299 --> 00:23:58.619 intervening into 00:23:58.619 --> 00:23:59.419 his life on 00:23:59.419 --> 00:23:59.859 the ship, 00:24:00.220 --> 00:24:00.659 putting him 00:24:00.659 --> 00:24:01.079 into the 00:24:01.079 --> 00:24:01.480 storm, 00:24:01.819 --> 00:24:02.619 providing this 00:24:02.619 --> 00:24:03.159 great big 00:24:03.159 --> 00:24:04.399 fish, Jonah 00:24:04.399 --> 00:24:05.279 responds and 00:24:05.279 --> 00:24:05.579 says, 00:24:06.659 --> 00:24:08.500 you did this 00:24:08.500 --> 00:24:09.039 for me. 00:24:09.799 --> 00:24:10.139 In 00:24:10.139 --> 00:24:11.099 thanksgiving 00:24:11.099 --> 00:24:12.919 for all that 00:24:12.919 --> 00:24:13.619 you have done, 00:24:14.000 --> 00:24:14.639 I am going 00:24:14.639 --> 00:24:15.220 to give my 00:24:15.220 --> 00:24:16.519 life to 00:24:16.519 --> 00:24:17.159 serve you. 00:24:17.160 --> 00:24:19.160 God's 00:24:19.160 --> 00:24:20.259 God's 00:24:20.259 --> 00:24:21.320 intention all 00:24:21.320 --> 00:24:21.720 along. 00:24:22.740 --> 00:24:23.220 God's 00:24:23.220 --> 00:24:23.800 call to 00:24:23.800 --> 00:24:24.720 Jonah had 00:24:24.720 --> 00:24:25.540 never changed 00:24:25.540 --> 00:24:26.080 as we will 00:24:26.080 --> 00:24:26.660 see next 00:24:26.660 --> 00:24:27.100 week in 00:24:27.100 --> 00:24:27.840 chapter 3. 00:24:28.240 --> 00:24:28.920 God still 00:24:28.920 --> 00:24:29.460 comes to 00:24:29.460 --> 00:24:30.019 Jonah and 00:24:30.019 --> 00:24:30.560 he still 00:24:30.560 --> 00:24:31.140 sends him 00:24:31.140 --> 00:24:31.779 to Nineveh. 00:24:32.440 --> 00:24:33.120 Rather than 00:24:33.120 --> 00:24:33.960 throw Jonah 00:24:33.960 --> 00:24:34.740 up onto the 00:24:34.740 --> 00:24:35.380 trash heap 00:24:35.380 --> 00:24:35.900 because he 00:24:35.900 --> 00:24:37.200 failed, he 00:24:37.200 --> 00:24:37.880 graciously 00:24:37.880 --> 00:24:38.920 restores him 00:24:38.920 --> 00:24:39.279 to the 00:24:39.279 --> 00:24:39.759 work that 00:24:39.759 --> 00:24:40.040 he had 00:24:40.040 --> 00:24:40.480 originally 00:24:40.480 --> 00:24:41.200 been called 00:24:41.200 --> 00:24:41.500 to. 00:24:41.500 --> 00:24:44.759 The 00:24:44.759 --> 00:24:45.440 culture that 00:24:45.440 --> 00:24:45.859 we live 00:24:45.859 --> 00:24:46.140 in and 00:24:46.140 --> 00:24:46.859 the society 00:24:46.859 --> 00:24:47.319 that we 00:24:47.319 --> 00:24:47.799 are used 00:24:47.799 --> 00:24:49.619 to gives 00:24:49.619 --> 00:24:50.259 no room 00:24:50.259 --> 00:24:51.119 for failure 00:24:51.119 --> 00:24:52.700 and very 00:24:52.700 --> 00:24:53.299 often the 00:24:53.299 --> 00:24:54.180 church family 00:24:54.180 --> 00:24:54.720 can look 00:24:54.720 --> 00:24:55.220 down on 00:24:55.220 --> 00:24:55.759 those who 00:24:55.759 --> 00:24:56.259 sin and 00:24:56.259 --> 00:24:57.839 disobey and 00:24:57.839 --> 00:24:58.500 just write 00:24:58.500 --> 00:24:59.099 them off and 00:24:59.099 --> 00:25:00.900 say, I 00:25:00.900 --> 00:25:01.400 mean look at 00:25:01.400 --> 00:25:03.240 them, all 00:25:03.240 --> 00:25:04.299 their disobedience 00:25:04.299 --> 00:25:04.640 and their 00:25:04.640 --> 00:25:06.539 sin, out. 00:25:08.859 --> 00:25:09.779 We need to 00:25:09.779 --> 00:25:10.779 take time to 00:25:10.779 --> 00:25:11.920 see how God 00:25:11.920 --> 00:25:12.940 works with 00:25:12.940 --> 00:25:13.539 his people 00:25:13.539 --> 00:25:15.379 and we 00:25:15.379 --> 00:25:15.940 need to be 00:25:15.940 --> 00:25:17.619 gracious with 00:25:17.619 --> 00:25:18.259 one another. 00:25:19.700 --> 00:25:20.359 God does 00:25:20.359 --> 00:25:21.059 not throw 00:25:21.059 --> 00:25:21.839 us out on 00:25:21.839 --> 00:25:22.539 the garbage 00:25:22.539 --> 00:25:23.759 can every 00:25:23.759 --> 00:25:24.819 time we 00:25:24.819 --> 00:25:25.319 fail. 00:25:26.920 --> 00:25:27.639 He 00:25:27.639 --> 00:25:28.460 graciously 00:25:28.460 --> 00:25:29.779 restores 00:25:29.779 --> 00:25:31.799 us, bringing 00:25:31.799 --> 00:25:33.180 us back to 00:25:33.180 --> 00:25:33.759 himself. 00:25:37.899 --> 00:25:38.720 Have a 00:25:38.720 --> 00:25:39.279 look please 00:25:39.279 --> 00:25:39.940 with me at 00:25:39.940 --> 00:25:40.440 Hebrews 00:25:40.440 --> 00:25:41.519 chapter 12. 00:25:50.799 --> 00:25:51.620 It's on 00:25:51.620 --> 00:25:53.880 page 1210. 00:26:00.360 --> 00:26:01.400 When Jonah 00:26:01.400 --> 00:26:02.000 was running 00:26:02.000 --> 00:26:02.660 away from 00:26:02.660 --> 00:26:03.299 God, he 00:26:03.299 --> 00:26:04.080 had certainly 00:26:04.080 --> 00:26:06.400 lost sight of 00:26:06.400 --> 00:26:07.340 God's grace 00:26:07.339 --> 00:26:08.859 God's love. 00:26:11.099 --> 00:26:11.939 Jonah had 00:26:11.939 --> 00:26:12.879 taken his 00:26:12.879 --> 00:26:14.179 focus off 00:26:14.179 --> 00:26:14.859 the God 00:26:14.859 --> 00:26:16.639 who saves. 00:26:18.639 --> 00:26:20.059 So for us, 00:26:20.259 --> 00:26:20.980 chapter 12, 00:26:21.059 --> 00:26:21.659 verse 2, 00:26:22.799 --> 00:26:25.839 let's not 00:26:25.839 --> 00:26:26.379 lose our 00:26:26.379 --> 00:26:26.899 focus. 00:26:28.339 --> 00:26:29.299 Let us, 00:26:29.519 --> 00:26:30.179 verse 2, 00:26:30.299 --> 00:26:31.139 fix our 00:26:31.139 --> 00:26:32.919 eyes on 00:26:32.919 --> 00:26:33.459 Jesus, 00:26:33.460 --> 00:26:34.660 Jesus, the 00:26:34.660 --> 00:26:36.480 author and 00:26:36.480 --> 00:26:38.360 perfecter of 00:26:38.360 --> 00:26:39.019 our faith. 00:26:40.819 --> 00:26:41.440 He is the 00:26:41.440 --> 00:26:41.759 one who 00:26:41.759 --> 00:26:42.640 starts our 00:26:42.640 --> 00:26:43.240 salvation, 00:26:43.900 --> 00:26:45.400 and he is 00:26:45.400 --> 00:26:46.180 the one who 00:26:46.180 --> 00:26:47.079 will complete 00:26:47.079 --> 00:26:48.240 our salvation. 00:26:49.100 --> 00:26:49.819 And how does 00:26:49.819 --> 00:26:50.340 he do it? 00:26:50.819 --> 00:26:51.279 Well, look at 00:26:51.279 --> 00:26:52.120 the rest of 00:26:52.120 --> 00:26:52.660 verse 2. 00:26:52.660 --> 00:26:54.880 who for the 00:26:54.880 --> 00:26:55.840 joy set 00:26:55.840 --> 00:26:56.779 before him 00:26:56.779 --> 00:26:59.080 endured the 00:26:59.080 --> 00:26:59.620 cross, 00:27:01.380 --> 00:27:02.300 scorning its 00:27:02.300 --> 00:27:02.640 shame, 00:27:03.800 --> 00:27:04.180 and sat 00:27:04.180 --> 00:27:04.800 down at the 00:27:04.800 --> 00:27:05.640 right hand of 00:27:05.640 --> 00:27:06.320 the throne of 00:27:06.320 --> 00:27:06.680 God. 00:27:08.880 --> 00:27:09.900 When Jesus 00:27:09.900 --> 00:27:10.600 was on the 00:27:10.600 --> 00:27:11.100 cross, 00:27:13.100 --> 00:27:14.259 it was like 00:27:14.259 --> 00:27:15.279 he was 00:27:15.279 --> 00:27:16.240 thrown by 00:27:16.240 --> 00:27:17.400 his father 00:27:17.400 --> 00:27:19.440 into the 00:27:19.440 --> 00:27:20.060 ultimate 00:27:20.060 --> 00:27:20.880 storm, 00:27:22.259 --> 00:27:23.120 into the 00:27:23.120 --> 00:27:23.980 storm of 00:27:23.980 --> 00:27:24.900 God's 00:27:24.900 --> 00:27:25.300 wrath, 00:27:26.660 --> 00:27:27.600 where Christ 00:27:27.600 --> 00:27:28.080 on the 00:27:28.080 --> 00:27:29.100 cross was 00:27:29.100 --> 00:27:29.940 taking all 00:27:29.940 --> 00:27:30.340 of our 00:27:30.340 --> 00:27:30.840 sin, 00:27:31.160 --> 00:27:31.580 and all 00:27:31.580 --> 00:27:31.920 of our 00:27:31.920 --> 00:27:32.880 disobedience, 00:27:32.960 --> 00:27:33.320 and all 00:27:33.320 --> 00:27:33.660 of our 00:27:33.660 --> 00:27:34.620 failure on 00:27:34.620 --> 00:27:35.320 himself, 00:27:36.120 --> 00:27:36.519 and we're 00:27:36.519 --> 00:27:37.140 told here 00:27:37.140 --> 00:27:37.960 that Jesus 00:27:37.960 --> 00:27:39.280 submitted 00:27:39.280 --> 00:27:40.220 himself to 00:27:40.220 --> 00:27:40.740 the cross, 00:27:40.800 --> 00:27:41.220 he didn't 00:27:41.220 --> 00:27:41.780 run away 00:27:41.780 --> 00:27:42.460 from it, 00:27:43.120 --> 00:27:46.880 because of 00:27:46.880 --> 00:27:47.780 the joy 00:27:47.780 --> 00:27:49.080 that was 00:27:49.080 --> 00:27:49.940 before him. 00:27:50.840 --> 00:27:51.620 The joy 00:27:51.620 --> 00:27:52.420 would be 00:27:52.420 --> 00:27:53.920 our salvation. 00:27:55.520 --> 00:27:55.960 And when 00:27:55.960 --> 00:27:56.980 Jesus died 00:27:56.980 --> 00:27:57.400 on the 00:27:57.400 --> 00:27:57.800 cross, 00:27:58.100 --> 00:27:58.620 it was as 00:27:58.620 --> 00:27:59.320 if he was 00:27:59.320 --> 00:28:00.200 overcome by 00:28:00.200 --> 00:28:00.740 the waves 00:28:00.740 --> 00:28:01.340 of judgment, 00:28:01.760 --> 00:28:02.520 he sank 00:28:02.520 --> 00:28:03.420 down into 00:28:03.420 --> 00:28:04.200 the depths 00:28:04.200 --> 00:28:04.920 of hell 00:28:04.920 --> 00:28:05.920 for you 00:28:05.920 --> 00:28:06.660 and for 00:28:06.660 --> 00:28:07.160 me, 00:28:07.540 --> 00:28:08.220 so that we 00:28:08.220 --> 00:28:08.840 would never 00:28:08.840 --> 00:28:09.560 be banished 00:28:09.560 --> 00:28:10.160 from his 00:28:10.160 --> 00:28:10.820 presence, 00:28:11.160 --> 00:28:11.900 so that we 00:28:11.900 --> 00:28:12.380 would know 00:28:12.380 --> 00:28:13.320 his grace 00:28:13.320 --> 00:28:14.180 in our 00:28:14.180 --> 00:28:15.220 lives each 00:28:15.220 --> 00:28:15.640 and every 00:28:15.640 --> 00:28:15.960 day. 00:28:16.880 --> 00:28:17.480 God 00:28:17.480 --> 00:28:20.100 not only 00:28:20.100 --> 00:28:21.220 saves us, 00:28:22.420 --> 00:28:23.380 his desire 00:28:23.380 --> 00:28:23.960 is to 00:28:23.960 --> 00:28:24.940 keep his 00:28:24.940 --> 00:28:25.620 children, 00:28:26.200 --> 00:28:26.600 and to 00:28:26.600 --> 00:28:27.600 never lose 00:28:27.600 --> 00:28:28.440 his children, 00:28:28.840 --> 00:28:29.860 even if 00:28:29.860 --> 00:28:30.820 and when 00:28:30.820 --> 00:28:31.580 we run 00:28:31.580 --> 00:28:32.120 away from 00:28:32.120 --> 00:28:32.440 him. 00:28:34.300 --> 00:28:35.180 Look at 00:28:35.180 --> 00:28:35.820 verse 5 00:28:35.820 --> 00:28:36.340 of Hebrews 00:28:36.340 --> 00:28:36.860 12. 00:28:41.080 --> 00:28:41.940 Have you 00:28:41.940 --> 00:28:42.520 forgotten 00:28:42.520 --> 00:28:43.640 that word 00:28:43.640 --> 00:28:44.560 of encouragement 00:28:44.559 --> 00:28:46.700 that addresses 00:28:46.700 --> 00:28:47.480 you as 00:28:47.480 --> 00:28:48.419 sons or 00:28:48.419 --> 00:28:49.079 as children? 00:28:50.519 --> 00:28:51.460 My child, 00:28:51.779 --> 00:28:53.379 do not 00:28:53.379 --> 00:28:54.259 make light 00:28:54.259 --> 00:28:54.940 of the 00:28:54.940 --> 00:28:55.460 Lord's 00:28:55.460 --> 00:28:55.919 discipline. 00:28:56.919 --> 00:28:57.799 Do not 00:28:57.799 --> 00:28:58.779 lose heart 00:28:58.779 --> 00:29:00.179 when he 00:29:00.179 --> 00:29:00.799 rebukes 00:29:00.799 --> 00:29:01.079 you. 00:29:03.740 --> 00:29:04.119 Jonah 00:29:04.119 --> 00:29:04.599 knew what 00:29:04.599 --> 00:29:04.940 it was 00:29:04.940 --> 00:29:05.299 to be 00:29:05.299 --> 00:29:05.839 disciplined. 00:29:07.519 --> 00:29:08.460 Verse 6, 00:29:08.460 --> 00:29:23.840 9, 00:29:23.840 --> 00:29:25.240 he 00:29:25.240 --> 00:29:27.860 gently 00:29:27.860 --> 00:29:29.059 corrects 00:29:29.059 --> 00:29:30.460 everyone 00:29:30.460 --> 00:29:30.900 he 00:29:30.900 --> 00:29:31.640 accepts 00:29:31.640 --> 00:29:33.000 as a 00:29:33.000 --> 00:29:33.420 child. 00:29:33.420 --> 00:29:37.820 verse 9, 00:29:37.820 --> 00:29:40.400 we have 00:29:40.400 --> 00:29:40.960 all had 00:29:40.960 --> 00:29:41.440 human 00:29:41.440 --> 00:29:41.920 fathers 00:29:41.920 --> 00:29:42.240 who 00:29:42.240 --> 00:29:42.840 disciplined 00:29:42.840 --> 00:29:43.320 us, 00:29:43.960 --> 00:29:45.160 and we 00:29:45.160 --> 00:29:45.840 respected 00:29:45.840 --> 00:29:46.460 them for 00:29:46.460 --> 00:29:46.660 us. 00:29:46.660 --> 00:29:47.320 even if 00:29:47.320 --> 00:29:47.920 our 00:29:47.920 --> 00:29:48.360 human 00:29:48.360 --> 00:29:48.900 fathers 00:29:48.900 --> 00:29:49.259 were 00:29:49.259 --> 00:29:50.200 wrong 00:29:50.200 --> 00:29:50.480 in the 00:29:50.480 --> 00:29:50.660 way 00:29:50.660 --> 00:29:50.860 they 00:29:50.860 --> 00:29:51.100 did 00:29:51.100 --> 00:29:51.259 it, 00:29:51.360 --> 00:29:51.480 and 00:29:51.480 --> 00:29:51.860 even 00:29:51.860 --> 00:29:52.100 though 00:29:52.100 --> 00:29:52.300 they 00:29:52.300 --> 00:29:52.480 can 00:29:52.480 --> 00:29:52.820 get 00:29:52.820 --> 00:29:53.160 things 00:29:53.160 --> 00:29:53.519 wrong, 00:29:54.980 --> 00:29:55.120 the 00:29:55.120 --> 00:29:55.660 comparison 00:29:55.660 --> 00:29:56.100 is not 00:29:56.100 --> 00:29:56.380 to say 00:29:56.380 --> 00:29:56.759 God is 00:29:56.759 --> 00:29:57.200 like our 00:29:57.200 --> 00:29:57.660 fathers, 00:29:57.960 --> 00:29:59.040 but how 00:29:59.040 --> 00:29:59.500 much 00:29:59.500 --> 00:30:00.180 more 00:30:00.180 --> 00:30:01.240 should 00:30:01.240 --> 00:30:01.620 we 00:30:01.620 --> 00:30:02.140 submit 00:30:02.140 --> 00:30:02.759 to the 00:30:02.759 --> 00:30:03.300 father 00:30:03.300 --> 00:30:03.940 of our 00:30:03.940 --> 00:30:04.640 spirits 00:30:04.640 --> 00:30:05.820 and 00:30:05.820 --> 00:30:06.259 live? 00:30:08.120 --> 00:30:09.120 Verse 11, 00:30:09.640 --> 00:30:10.140 no 00:30:10.140 --> 00:30:10.920 discipline 00:30:10.920 --> 00:30:11.540 seems 00:30:11.540 --> 00:30:12.160 pleasant 00:30:12.160 --> 00:30:12.540 at the 00:30:12.540 --> 00:30:12.940 time, 00:30:13.980 --> 00:30:14.519 but 00:30:14.519 --> 00:30:15.240 painful. 00:30:16.660 --> 00:30:17.920 Later on, 00:30:17.980 --> 00:30:18.380 however, 00:30:18.480 --> 00:30:19.140 it produces 00:30:19.140 --> 00:30:19.880 a harvest 00:30:19.880 --> 00:30:20.240 of 00:30:20.240 --> 00:30:20.800 righteousness 00:30:20.800 --> 00:30:21.820 and peace 00:30:21.820 --> 00:30:23.680 for those 00:30:23.680 --> 00:30:24.240 who have 00:30:24.240 --> 00:30:25.060 been trained 00:30:25.060 --> 00:30:25.779 by it. 00:30:29.040 --> 00:30:29.900 And we 00:30:29.900 --> 00:30:30.460 see that 00:30:30.460 --> 00:30:31.100 the hard 00:30:31.100 --> 00:30:31.820 things that 00:30:31.820 --> 00:30:32.259 we go 00:30:32.259 --> 00:30:32.759 through in 00:30:32.759 --> 00:30:33.279 life at 00:30:33.279 --> 00:30:35.100 times is 00:30:35.100 --> 00:30:35.920 all part 00:30:35.920 --> 00:30:36.680 of God's 00:30:36.680 --> 00:30:37.140 love, 00:30:38.300 --> 00:30:39.259 all part 00:30:39.259 --> 00:30:39.759 of his 00:30:39.759 --> 00:30:40.380 grace, 00:30:40.759 --> 00:30:41.060 that he 00:30:41.060 --> 00:30:41.800 doesn't want 00:30:41.800 --> 00:30:42.220 us to 00:30:42.220 --> 00:30:42.720 wander 00:30:42.720 --> 00:30:44.360 too far 00:30:44.360 --> 00:30:44.779 away, 00:30:44.779 --> 00:30:46.740 but he 00:30:46.740 --> 00:30:47.200 wants to 00:30:47.200 --> 00:30:47.740 bring us 00:30:47.740 --> 00:30:48.119 back, 00:30:48.259 --> 00:30:48.720 he wants 00:30:48.720 --> 00:30:49.460 to tame 00:30:49.460 --> 00:30:49.700 us, 00:30:49.960 --> 00:30:50.420 he wants 00:30:50.420 --> 00:30:51.099 to train 00:30:51.099 --> 00:30:51.359 us, 00:30:51.759 --> 00:30:52.200 he wants 00:30:52.200 --> 00:30:52.579 us to 00:30:52.579 --> 00:30:53.119 submit 00:30:53.119 --> 00:30:54.000 to the 00:30:54.000 --> 00:30:54.359 will 00:30:54.359 --> 00:30:55.720 of the 00:30:55.720 --> 00:30:56.079 father. 00:30:58.079 --> 00:30:58.660 God 00:30:58.660 --> 00:30:59.139 in his 00:30:59.139 --> 00:30:59.940 grace sent 00:30:59.940 --> 00:31:00.460 his son, 00:31:00.559 --> 00:31:00.920 the Lord 00:31:00.920 --> 00:31:01.319 Jesus, 00:31:01.480 --> 00:31:02.119 to save 00:31:02.119 --> 00:31:02.339 us, 00:31:03.420 --> 00:31:03.920 and should 00:31:03.920 --> 00:31:04.559 we ever 00:31:04.559 --> 00:31:05.119 run away 00:31:05.119 --> 00:31:05.920 from God, 00:31:07.220 --> 00:31:08.160 by his 00:31:08.160 --> 00:31:08.759 grace, 00:31:09.839 --> 00:31:10.359 he will 00:31:10.359 --> 00:31:10.899 discipline 00:31:10.899 --> 00:31:11.359 us, 00:31:13.099 --> 00:31:13.759 he will 00:31:13.759 --> 00:31:14.299 tame 00:31:14.299 --> 00:31:14.680 us, 00:31:14.919 --> 00:31:15.379 he will 00:31:15.379 --> 00:31:15.919 train 00:31:15.919 --> 00:31:16.279 us, 00:31:16.500 --> 00:31:16.980 he will 00:31:16.980 --> 00:31:17.419 bring 00:31:17.419 --> 00:31:18.000 into our 00:31:18.000 --> 00:31:18.559 lives 00:31:18.559 --> 00:31:19.279 whatever 00:31:19.279 --> 00:31:20.839 he sees 00:31:20.839 --> 00:31:21.359 fit, 00:31:22.240 --> 00:31:23.879 so that 00:31:23.879 --> 00:31:24.399 we stay 00:31:24.399 --> 00:31:25.099 close to 00:31:25.099 --> 00:31:25.720 his grace, 00:31:26.000 --> 00:31:26.359 so that 00:31:26.359 --> 00:31:26.859 we stay 00:31:26.859 --> 00:31:27.700 immersed in 00:31:27.700 --> 00:31:28.440 his love, 00:31:30.440 --> 00:31:31.539 so that 00:31:31.539 --> 00:31:31.980 he will 00:31:31.980 --> 00:31:32.940 never ever 00:31:32.940 --> 00:31:33.799 lose us. 00:31:35.539 --> 00:31:36.180 This is 00:31:36.180 --> 00:31:36.419 where 00:31:36.419 --> 00:31:37.419 submission to 00:31:37.419 --> 00:31:37.759 grace 00:31:37.759 --> 00:31:38.299 begins, 00:31:40.259 --> 00:31:41.000 entrusting 00:31:41.000 --> 00:31:41.259 ourselves 00:31:41.259 --> 00:31:41.640 ourselves 00:31:41.640 --> 00:31:43.539 to a 00:31:43.539 --> 00:31:43.960 gracious 00:31:43.960 --> 00:31:44.519 God 00:31:44.519 --> 00:31:46.279 who will 00:31:46.279 --> 00:31:46.839 restore. 00:31:48.039 --> 00:31:49.640 Let's 00:31:49.640 --> 00:31:49.980 pray 00:31:49.980 --> 00:31:50.900 together. 00:31:50.900 --> 00:32:20.880 Thank you. 00:32:20.900 --> 00:32:50.880 Thank you. 00:32:50.900 --> 00:32:52.900 Thank you. 00:32:52.900 --> 00:32:54.900 Thank you. 00:32:54.900 --> 00:32:56.900 Thank you. 00:32:56.900 --> 00:33:04.180 And in so doing we forfeit the grace that is ours. 00:33:04.180 --> 00:33:21.640 Lord, please that you would forgive us for the times we run our own way and cling to other things instead of you. 00:33:21.640 --> 00:33:25.380 Please be gracious to us. 00:33:26.920 --> 00:33:35.280 In your love, gently discipline us so that we come back to you. 00:33:35.279 --> 00:33:48.619 Father, if we have drifted, please forgive us. 00:33:48.619 --> 00:33:52.079 Please restore us afresh. 00:33:53.819 --> 00:33:58.639 Fill our lives with the joy and the wonder of your amazing grace. 00:33:58.640 --> 00:34:02.380 Please overwhelm us with your love. 00:34:04.720 --> 00:34:09.119 And let us stay close to you as you hold on to us. 00:34:09.119 --> 00:34:15.099 We thank you for the gracious God that you are. 00:34:16.619 --> 00:34:18.059 In Jesus' name. 00:34:19.159 --> 00:34:19.599 Amen. 00:34:19.599 --> 00:34:31.960 We're going to sing a, I think it's a new song. 00:34:31.960 --> 00:34:34.179 Some of you may...