A Jonah Experience

Text: Jonah 1:1 – 4 “Now the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, 2Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me. 3But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD, and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD.
4But the LORD sent out a great wind into the sea, and there was a mighty tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken.”

I. The Call – v.1
1. Tim. 4:11 -13 “These things command and teach. 12Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity. 13Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine.”
2. To Preach the Gospel
3. To Be An Example

II. The Disobedience – v.3
1. Heb. 2:2 “For if the word spoken by angels was stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompense of reward;”
2. Consequences
3. Loss of Blessings and Rewards

III. The Obedience – Jonah 3:3
1. 1 Peter 1:2 “Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.”
2. Brings God’s Blessings
3. Right With God
4. Pleases God

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