Jonah chapter 1- You can’t out tough God.
1. God’s plan for a prophet 1:1-2
1. International-
1. Arise, Go
2. Evangelistic-
1. Would lead to the salvation of a pagan nation
2. Cry against it
2. Jonah Passed on performance 1:3
1. BUT
1. The rst of 2 times we see “BUT” in this chapter in reference to God being more
powerful than man (Though Jonah tries one more time)
3. God’s powerful persistence 1:4-12
1. The Storm vs 4
1. A reverse uno card to play on Jonah’s uno card.
2. Jonah tried to ee, but where can you go to hide from God? He’s everywhere. And
He knows what you’re going to do before you even do it.
3. BUTJonah also tries to sleep it o (ignoring his circumstances)
2. The Sortition vs 7
1. Means casting of lots
2. It was not a coincidence that the lots also fell on Jonah
3. The sailors vs 8
1. Their questions made him re ect and admit his godly identity
2. This must have been the most embarrassing part of this story.
3. Like getting caught eating donuts when you’re on a diet.
4. Jonah’s puny persistence 1:13
1. These men tried to row, but they simply could not
2. Experienced sailors.
3. You can never out run God.
4. Once again, God plays an UNO reverse card on Jonah.
5. “OK, now what”
5. God’s piscine problem solving 1:17
1. This just wasn’t a random sh bumping around in the sea.
2. God had, once again, put this sh here to catch Jonah, and give him time to re ect and
come to God
• Throughout this whole chapter, God has been putting the squeeze on Jonah, bit by bit, and
after several opportunities to do right, God really clamps down.
• He never hurts Jonah.
• He never puts Jonah in a situation where he couldn’t have turned around.
• Jonah continued to do wrong, and God, mercifully, brought him to a place where He had no
other option.
• Going into the sh’s belly was the best thing that could have happened to Jonah
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Jonah 2 You can always talk to God
1. Jonah’s stubbornness 1:17-2:1
1. Three days before this dude will humble himself and talk to God.
2. No matter how hard headed and stubborn you are, you can’t out wait God.
3. Just tap. Tap before you snap. Tap before you nap.
2. Jonah’s surrender 2:2-6
1. Jonah realizes God has done this
2. He submits and cries out to God.
3. Jonah’s spirituality 2:7-9
1. Going after anything other than God is just hurting yourself.
2. Salvation is of the Lord
• You can’t out muscle God. He’s too strong.
• Just stop.
• Make the right choice, and submit to Him
• Make the spiritual choice.
Jonah 3- You will always see mercy from God
1. God’s second call 2:10-3:1
1. The word of the Lord came unto the sh
2. The word of the Lord came unto Jonah THE SECOND TIME
1. The work around the world must continue.
2. The work in the worker must continue
3. The work God does in you will always be more important than the work He does
through you.
3. God will never get rid of you.
4. God may have to discipline you, but you are his child.
2. Jonah’s success and conversions 3:2-9
1. The biggest conversion in the Bible, and it only gets 7 verses
1. The work God does in you will always be more important than the work He does
through you. You need to remember this!
3. God’s salvation and clemency 3:10
1. God repented of the evil He would do to Nineveh
2. God repented of the evil He would do to Jonah
• No excuse for sin
• No excise at all. God forbid
• No way God will ever dump you.
• What shall separate us from the love of God? If nothing in Rom 8 can, I can’t.
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Jonah 4- God will always work in you
1. Hatred 4:1-3
1. Jonah Got mad because they got saved.
2. For some reason, Jonah did not want these people to get saved.
3. He knew that they would get saved if he went.
4. Are you kidding me?
2. Help 4:4-11
1. God makes an illustration to help Jonah
2. Always willing to help us overcome.
