May 29, 2016

David Vollick (Burlington, Ontario)

May 29 2016 Jonah‛s Pronouncement

10 Then the Lord ordered the fish to spit Jonah out onto the beach.

1 The Lord gave this message to Jonah son of Amittai: 2 “Get up and go to the great city of Nineveh. Announce my judgment against it because I have seen how wicked its people are.”

Then the Lord spoke to Jonah a second time: 2 “Get up and go to the great city of Nineveh, and deliver the message I have given you.”

WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?

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3 This time Jonah obeyed the Lord’s command and went to Nineveh, a city so large that it took three days to see it all. 4 On the day Jonah entered the city, he shouted to the crowds: “Forty days from now Nineveh will be destroyed [overthrown]!”

5 The people of Nineveh believed God’s message, and from the greatest to the least, they declared a fast and put on burlap to show their sorrow.

motivation [to repent]. The issue [for the people of Ninevah] was not that of information, but that of motivation [to repent].

I have the distinct impression that if our nation received word of God’s impending judgment, we would have little difficulty determining what it is we are doing which is offensive to God, which is, in short, sin. Bob Deffinbaugh

6 When the king of Nineveh heard and sat on a heap of ashes. what Jonah was saying, he stepped down from his throne and took off his royal robes. He dressed himself in burlap and sat on a heap of ashes.

7 Then the king and his nobles sent this decree throughout the city: “No one, not even the animals from your herds and flocks, may eat or drink anything at all.

8 People and animals alike must wear garments of mourning, and everyone must pray earnestly to God. They must turn from their evil ways and stop all their violence. 9 Who can tell? Perhaps even yet God will change his mind and hold back his fierce anger from destroying us.”

He changed His mind and did not 10 When God saw what they had done and how they had put a stop to their evil ways, He changed His mind and did not carry out the destruction He had threatened.

Jonah expected God to relent (4:2), and the Ninevites at least hoped He would do so (3:9).

What Next? 9 The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance. 2 Peter 3:9

What Next? JONAH JESUS DISOBEDIENT OBEDIENT

What Next? JONAH JESUS DISOBEDIENT OBEDIENT Second-chance prophet

Gets it right the first time What Next? JONAH JESUS DISOBEDIENT OBEDIENT Second-chance prophet Gets it right the first time

What Next? 11 So Christ has now become the High Priest over all the good things that have come He has entered that greater, more perfect Tabernacle…12 With his own blood—not the blood of goats and calves—he entered the Most Holy Place once for all time and secured our redemption forever. Hebrews 9:11-12

What Next? Only Trust Him 330

What Next? Come every soul by sin oppressed There’s mercy with the Lord, And He will surely give you rest By trusting in His word.

Only trust Him, only trust Him, He will save you, He will save you, What Next? CHORUS Only trust Him, only trust Him, Only trust Him now. He will save you, He will save you, He will save you now.

What Next? For Jesus shed His precious blood, Rich blessings to bestow; Plunge now into the crimson flood That washes white as snow.

Only trust Him, only trust Him, He will save you, He will save you, What Next? CHORUS Only trust Him, only trust Him, Only trust Him now. He will save you, He will save you, He will save you now.

What Next? Yes, Jesus is the Truth, the Way That leads you into rest: Believe in Him without delay And you are fully blest.

Only trust Him, only trust Him, He will save you, He will save you, What Next? CHORUS Only trust Him, only trust Him, Only trust Him now. He will save you, He will save you, He will save you now.