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JONAH 1 Jonah Flees God Pursues Into the Darkness The Great Fish

JONAH FLEES… VS 1 -3

JONAH FLEES THE WORD OF THE LORD VS 1 -3

JONAH FLEES THE WORD OF THE LORD Matthew 12 VS 1 -3

JONAH FLEES THE WORD OF THE LORD Matthew 12 2 Kings 14: 25 VS 1 -3

JONAH FLEES THE WORD OF THE LORD Matthew 12 2 Kings 14: 25 Amos, Hosea, & Isaiah VS 1 -3

JONAH FLEES THE WORD OF THE LORD Matthew 12 2 Kings 14: 25 Amos, Hosea, & Isaiah Jeroboam II reigned @ 782 – 741 BC VS 1 -3

JONAH FLEES VS 1 -3 Jonah means “Dove”

JONAH FLEES VS 1 -3 A prophet

JONAH FLEES VS 1 -3 A prophet John 7: 52

JONAH FLEES VS 1 -3 A prophet John 7: 52 from Gath = “tell”

JONAH FLEES VS 1 -3 A prophet John 7: 52 from Gath = “tell” Son of Amittai = “truthful”

JONAH FLEES VS 1 -3 A prophet John 7: 52 from Gath = “tell” Son of Amittai = “truthful” A Heavenly AMBASSADOR

JONAH FLEES VS 1 -3 WRONG WAY JONAH!!!

JONAH FLEES VS 1 -3

JONAH FLEES VS 1 -3

JONAH FLEES VS 1 -3 Zephaniah 2: 15

JONAH FLEES VS 1 -3 Nahum 3: 1 -4

JONAH FLEES VS 1 -3 template

JONAH FLEES VS 1 -3 Ra’ah EVIL / DISASTER

JONAH FLEES VS 1 -3

JONAH FLEES VS 1 -3 “. . . not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance. ” 2 Peter 3: 9

JONAH FLEES VS 1 -3 “I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that they turn from their ways and live. Turn! Turn from your evil ways!” Ezekiel 3: 18

JONAH FLEES VS 1 -3 REPENTANCE

JONAH FLEES VS 1 -3 REPENTANCE A change of mind that brings a change in action

JONAH FLEES VS 1 -3 WRONG WAY JONAH!

JONAH FLEES VS 1 -3 “Where shall I go from your Spirit? Or where shall I flee from your presence? 8 If I ascend to heaven, you are there! If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there! 9 If I take the wings of the morning and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, 10 even there your hand shall lead me, and your right hand shall hold me fast. ” Psalm 139: 7 -10

Sin separates us from God

There’s only one remedy. . . The Cross!

Have YOU chosen to receive?

GOD PURSUES… VS 4 -10

GOD PURSUES VS 4 -10 The Lord hurled a great wind

GOD PURSUES VS 4 -10 The Lord hurled a great wind JESUS. . . total peace and confidence in God

GOD PURSUES VS 4 -10 The Lord hurled a great wind JESUS. . . total peace and confidence in God JONAH. . . fear, uncertainty AND defiance of God!

GOD PURSUES VS 4 -10 WRONG WAY JONAH!

GOD PURSUES 10 Miracles of Jonah � Presentation of the storm � The Lot falls to Jonah � Stopping of the Storm � The Great Fish swallowing Jonah alive � The preservation of Jonah inside the fish � The vomiting of Jonah onto dry land � The plant, the worm and the east wind � The repentance of the entire city of Nineveh! VS 4 -10

GOD PURSUES VS 4 -10 Proverbs 16: 33

GOD PURSUES VS 4 -10 “See to it that no one misses the grace of God and that no bitter root grows up to cause trouble defile many. ” Hebrews 12: 15 and

INTO THE DARKNESS… VS 11 -16

INTO THE DARKNESS VS 11 -16 WRONG WAY JONAH!

INTO THE DARKNESS VS 11 -16 Religion is MAN’s unsuccessful attempt to bridge that gap between himself and the Holy God with various works. . . but Christianity is God’s successful attempt at bridging that gap between himself and fallen man through the cross of Calvary…

INTO THE DARKNESS VS 11 -16 “Eternity in their Hearts” Don Richardson

THE GREAT FISH… VS 17

THE GREAT FISH VS 17 WRONG WAY JONAH!

THE GREAT FISH VS 17

THE GREAT FISH VS 17 “For just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. ” Matthew 12: 40

CONCLUSION: Jonah Flees God Pursues Into the Darkness The Great Fish

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