1. The Runaways
JONAH

3. The Book of Jonah is a Biography A Real Story not a work of Fiction
Running from God – Chapter 1
Running to God – Chapter 2
Running With God – Chapter 3
Running At God – Chapter 4

4. Five God Has a Plan You Can Run But You Can’t Hide
God Gives Second Chances
Partial Obedience is never Enough
The Gospel will Work

5. The Forgotten Runaways in the Book
All Men without Christ are Adrift
on the Stormy Sea of Life

6. Lessons from the Sailors
Sinners make all kinds of Desperate Efforts to save themselves – vs. 5-8, 13
“They Rowed Hard to bring it to land”
Sinners Efforts are doomed to fail – vs. 13
“But They Could Not”
Sinners Efforts continue to Increase their Sorrow – vs. 10 & 14
”And the men were exceedingly afraid”
Sinners are only safe through the Sacrifice of Another – vs
“Lay not upon us innocent blood”